Elias Sinnock of Eastbourne
(-1690)
William Sinnock of Hastings St. Mary-in-the-Castle
(1653-1730)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Mary Langford

William Sinnock of Hastings St. Mary-in-the-Castle

  • Christened: 14 Mar 1652/3, Eastbourne, Sussex, England 1
  • Married: 2 Feb 1693, Bexhill, Sussex, England 2
  • Buried: 19 Feb 1730, St. Peter's Churchyard, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England 3

  Research Notes:

Family name spelled SEAVENOAKE in the Calendar of Marriage Licences.

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In 1690 William Sinnock and his brother Nicholas were bequeathed 20 shillings each from the Will of their late father, they as his eldest sons having already received their portions.

In Nov 1719 William Sinnock was nominated as one of the overseers of the Will of his brother Richard Sinnock of Bexhill, blacksmith.

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William Sinnock of the Castle Parish. Affidavit brought on the 22nd (burial record).

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Abstract of the Will of William Sinnock of the Castle Parish near Hastings in the County of Sussex, Yeoman, written 9 Feb 1730, proved 24 Feb 1730. 4

Whereas on the sale of an estate in Bexhill to Nicholas Maynard by himself and his late wife, it was her wish that their eldest son Richard Sinnock should receive in lieu of said estate £100.

All the rest & residue of his money, debts, securities, stock, cattle, corn, hay, household goods & implements, along with all other of his personal estate, he gives and bequeaths to his four children Richard, Nicholas, William and Catharine Sinnock, share and share alike.

Nominates and appoints his two sons Richard and Nicholas Sinnock to be co-executors of his lasty will and testament.

(his mark)

Witnesses: Tho: Genner, Mary Apps, John Collier

Inventory valued to £436 13s 3d.

  Marriage Information:

William married Mary Langford, daughter of Thomas Langford and Katherine Pettibone, on 2 Feb 1693 in Bexhill, Sussex, England. (Mary Langford was christened on 28 Jan 1666 in Bexhill, Sussex, England and was buried on 15 Mar 1727 in St. Peter's Churchyard, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Marriage Licence, 31 Jan 1692/3: William Seavenoake* of Eastbourne & Mary Langford of Bexhill, maiden; sureties: the said W. S. and Edmund Tipton of Lewes. 5

* Spelled 'Sinnock' in the Bexhill parish register.

Sources

1 Eastbourne Sussex Parish Registers, Baptisms (parish transcriptions).

2 Bexhill St. Peter Parish Registers, Marriages.

3 Ibid., Burials.

4 Wills and Administrations preserved in the District Probate Court of Lewes, ESRO reference: PBT/1/1/53/95.

5 Calendar of Sussex Marriage Licences - recorded in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes, August 1670 to March 1728-9, and in the Peculiar Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the Deanery of South Malling, May 1620 to December 1732, Edwin H. Dunkin, F.S.A. (ed.), Sussex Record Society, Volume VI, p. 144.

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