Hester Hill
(-1798)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Thomas Short of Wootton Bassett

Hester Hill

  • Born:
  • Married: 6 Dec 1761, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England 1
  • Buried: 26 Mar 1798, Wootton Bassett St. Bartholomew All Saints, Wiltshire, England 2

  Research Notes:

Abstract of the Will of Hester Short late of Hunt Mill in the Parish of Wootton Bassett in the County of Wilts, Widow, written 8 Feb 1798, proved 7 Aug 1798. 3

Gives & bequeaths to her daughter Eleanor all her estate and effects, in trust, so that her son and daughter Isabella may carry on the farm.

Wills that her daughters Catharine and Ann be paid by Eleanor out of the trust estate when amounts are available.

Appoints her daughter Eleanor sole executrix of her last will and testament.

Witnesses: Mary Cruse, Jos. Harvey

  Marriage Information:

Hester married Thomas Short, son of John Short and Rebecca Edwards, on 6 Dec 1761 in Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England. (Thomas Short was christened 28 Jun 1724 in Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England and was buried there on 24 Jun 1788.)

Sources

1 Wootton Bassett Wilts Parish Registers, Marriages. Name spelled Esther.

2 Ibid., Burials.

3 Probate Records in the Consistory Court of Salisbury, P1/15Reg/108.

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