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James Pierce

Male Bef 1558 -


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  • Name James Pierce 
    Born Bef 1558  of Challock, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I5312  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father John Pierce,   b. Bef 1517, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 21/21 Feb 1585/6, Challock, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Agnes,   b. Abt 1520, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 10 Dec 1592, Challock, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Family ID F2272  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Family Search's "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23170-37641-73?cc=1949814 : 20 May 2014), Kent, Diocese of Canterbury > Wills > 1585, A-Z > image 151 of 202; County Record Office, Maidstone. <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RGZ-985L?i=150&wc=M68V-5M9%3A250713801%2C250719201%2C251233301%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814>
      Will: John Peers, Challock,1583-1585, PRC/32/35/218, PRC/31/29 P/6, 1585
      England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881
      Will written 29 December 1583, John Peers of Challock, Kent, yeoman
      -to be buried in the church yard of Challock
      -poor of Challock
      -the children of Margarett Farbrace my daughter
      -2 daughters of Elizabeth Widyard? my daughter
      -godson John Vidian
      -children of Mary Bratt my daughter
      -Edward Bratt the son of Mary Bratt my daughter
      -servant Nicolas Worsiter
      -servant Thomas Wodland
      -daughter Christian Peers
      -residue to wife Annes and my son Richard, who are executors
      -wife have profit of all my lands in Kent for her natural life
      -my principal tenement where I now dwell to my son Richard
      -son Sampson Peers
      -if son Richard Peers dies without male heires, in default to son Sampson
      -in default to son Thomas Peers
      -son James Peers
      -Witnesses Serlys Hawker, Richardg Gyles, Rychard Honyfold
      Proved 1585