Hester Maskelyne
- Born: 1767, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England
- Christened: 4 Sep 1767, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England 1
- Married: 15 Apr 1794, Wroughton, Wiltshire, England 2
- Buried: 1 Feb 1841, Oaksey, Wiltshire, England 3
 Research Notes:
In 1813 Hester Hawkins of Oaksey in co. Wilts was a beneficiary of the Will of her brother-in-law Paul Woodward of Bath.
In 1835 Esther Hawkins was named a beneficiary of the Will of her late brother Jasper Maskelyne of Wootton Bassett, gent..
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Hester Hawkins of Wootton Bassett Wilts died aged 73 years (burial record).
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Abstract of the Will of Hester Hawkins of Oatsey in the County of Wilts, Widow, written 5 Feb 1835, proved 16 Apr 1841. 4
Gives all of her personal estate, lands, tenements and hereditaments to her trustees and friends John Yorke, gentleman, Thomas Warman, grocer, and Charles Pearce . . . . . . . , draper, all of Wootton Bassett, for the benefit of her three grandchildren: Hester Maskelyne Hopkin, Lucy Ann Hopkin, and Edward Hopkin, in equal shares.
Appoints her trustees co-executors of her last will and testament.
Witnesses: J. R. Mullings, solicitor, Cirencester; Thos. Bridgeman of Oaksey, farmer; Ann Sellwood, servant to Mrs. Hawkins
Marriage Information:
Hester married Leonard Hawkins, son of John Hawkins and Eleanor Selwin, on 15 Apr 1794 in Wroughton, Wiltshire, England. (Leonard Hawkins was born about 1762 in Oaksey, Wiltshire, England, christened there 28 Feb 1764 and was buried on 21 Sep 1819 in Oaksey, Wiltshire, England, aged 57 years.)
Marriage Notes:
Leonard Hawkins of the parish of Oaksey and Esther Maskelyne of this parish, spinster
Married by Licence
Witnesses: Edmund Maskelyne, Mary Maskelyne
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