Francis Smith of Tockenham
(-1789)

 

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Martha Horsell

Francis Smith of Tockenham

  • Born:
  • Married: 24 Oct 1753, Tockenham Week, Wiltshire, England 1
  • Buried: 4 Oct 1789, Tockenham Week, Wiltshire, England 2

  Research Notes:

Abstract of the Will of Francis Smith of Tockenham in the County of Wilts, Yeoman, written 23 Sep 1789, proved 17 Jun 1790.

Gives, devises & bequeaths to his wife Martha Smith all his freehold, leasehold and copyhold estates for the term of her natural life or as long as she remains a widow, whereafter he gives, devises and bequeaths the same to his sons and daughters: John, Francis, William, Jacob, Richard, Elizabeth, Mary and Martha and their heirs, except his son Francis and his daughter Elizabeth to whom he bequeaths £20 each.

Nominates and appoints his said wife sole executrix of his last will and testament.

(his mark)

Witnesses: Rob:t Washbourn, Joseph Horsell, J. Ralph

  Marriage Information:

Francis married Martha Horsell, daughter of Bartholomew Horsell and Mary Mapson, on 24 Oct 1753 in Tockenham, Wiltshire, England. (Martha Horsell was born about 1733 in Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England, christened on 26 May 1734 in Wootton Bassett St. Bartholomew All Saints, Wiltshire, England, and was buried 1 Sep 1815 in Tockenham, Wiltshire, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Francis Smith of this Parish and Martha Horsell of Wotton Bassett

Sources


1 Tockenham Week Parish Registers, Marriages.

2 Ibid., Burials.

3 Probate records of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire, P3/S/1595.


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