• Christened: 13 Oct 1751, Clyffe Pypard St. Peter, Wiltshire, England ¹
• Buried: 1 Jan 1775, Wootton Bassett St. Bartholomew All Saints, Wiltshire, England ²

  Research Notes:

Named as a beneficiary in his father's Will (written 1767).

In 1772 John Maskelyne was a witness at the marriage of his sister Anne to Robert Mundee of Cotmarsh in the parish of Broad Hinton.

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Abstract of the Will of John Maskelyne of Harris Crofts in the Parish of Wootton Bassett in the County of Wilts, Yeoman, written 5 Dec 1774, proved 20 Mar 1775. ³

Gives, devises & bequeaths to his mother, Martha Maskelyne, all the freehold messuage or tenement with garden ground and premises bequeathed to him in his late father's Will. And after her death he bequeaths the same to his brother Thomas Maskelyne and his heirs.

Gives & bequeaths to his brother William Maskelyne and his sister Anne Mundee the interest accrued on the legacy bequeathed to him by his late father, to be equally divided between them.

Gives & bequeaths £20 out of his personal estate to his brother Giles Maskelyne.

Nominates and appoints his said mother, Martha Maskelyne, sole executrix of his last will and testament.

Signed

Witnesses: Moses Sarraude, Edmund Strange, Thomas Maskelyne