Robert Swan of Lewes, yeoman, writing his Will in Jun 1671, bequeathed £100 to his granddaughter Sarah Nicholas the wife of Thomas Stoner.
Joan Swan of West Hoathly, widow, writing her Will in Dec 1684, bequeathed to the children of her granddaughter Sarah Stoner wife of Thomas Stoner £5 each. Joan also bequeathed to her granddaughters Sarah Stoner wife of Thomas Stoner and Hanah Dungate wife of John Dungate all her household stuff except that which has already been bequeathed.
In 1694 Sarah was co-executor and a residuary legatee of her husband’s Will.
In her father's Will, written 1696, Sarah Stoner the wife of Thomas Stoner late deceased, was bequeathed £40.
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Sarah Stoner, widow (burial record)
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Abstract of the Will of Sarah Stoner of the Parish of West Hoathly in the County of Sussex, widow, written 4 Dec 1719, proved 27 Mar 1725. 2
(The names of family members are underlined.)
Gives, wills, and bequeaths £5 to the children of Abraham Stoner of West Hoathly deceased.
Gives £5 each to her daughter Elizabeth Spatchurst and her daughter Gourd*.
Gives, wills and bequeaths to her son John Stoner of London one guinea of gold and one silver spoon.
Gives one shilling to her daughter Hanah.
All the rest of her goods and chattels, bills, bonds, and ready money she gives to her son Thomas Stoner of West Hoathly, making him sole executor of her last will and testament.
(Signed)
Witnesses: Mary Cheale, Walter Hunter
* Sarah's "daughter Gourd" was Sarah Gower, though the name Gower was more often rendered as Gowarth (and other similar variants) in the early 1700s.
Marriage Information:
Sarah married Thomas Stoner, son of Thomas Stoner and Elizabeth Payne, between 1665 and 1670. (Thomas Stoner was christened on 25 Feb 1627 in West Hoathly, Sussex, England and was buried there on 1 Feb 1694.)
Marriage Notes:
Marriage Settlement, 28 Sep 1671. 3
Thomas Stoner of West Hoathly, yeoman, with Robert Swan of Lewes, yeoman, and Abraham Nicholas of West Hoathly, yeoman, in consideration of a marriage already had between Thomas Stoner and Sarah Nicholas, daughter of Abraham Nicholas, and £200 which Thomas Stoner had received of Robert Swan, grandfather of Sarah Nicholas, and Abraham Nicholas as a marriage portion for Sarah Nicholas, of:
- the messuage or tenement, two barns, and orchards called Selsfield and all the lands, tenements etc in West Hoathly;
- the messuage or tenement, barn, farm, land, tenements etc called Brickland, 20 acres in West Hoathly.
Witnesses: John Crouch, Elizabeth Exeter
