Margaret

Bef 1539 - Aft 1585  (> 48 years)

• Name	Margaret
  Birth	Bef 1539	Of Great Waltham, Essex, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1585	of Great Waltham, Essex, England
  Person ID	I7933	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	John Purchase,   b. Bef 1537, Of Great Waltham, Essex, England d. From 27 Mar 1585 to 11 Oct 1585, Great Waltham, Essex, England (Age > 48 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1556	Of Great Waltham, Essex, England
  Children	1. John Purchase,   b. Abt 1557, Of Great Waltham, Essex, England   2. Thomas Purchase,   b. Abt 1560, of Great Waltham, Essex, England   3. Mary Purchase,   b. Bef 1562, Of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England d. From 12 May 1627 to 17 Jul 1627, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England (Age > 65 years)   4. John Purchase,   b. Abt 1564, of Great Waltham, Essex, England   5. George Purchase,   b. Abt 1566, of Great Waltham, Essex, England
  Family ID	F3510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. An excellent resource: Warner, Lucien C., "The descendants of Andrew Warner, (New Haven, Conn.: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1919), available online at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Thomas_Sanford%2C_the_emigrant_to_New_England%3B_ancestry%2C_life%2Cand_descendants%2C_1632-4. It contains the transcripts of the wills of all the early Warners and Purchases, which name and list children and grandchildren and were instrumental in building this family in this database. Here is a transcript of his will from this source: "WILL OF JOHN PURCHAS 27 March, 1585, I John Purchas of Much Waltham, co. Essex, tanner, being grown in age and trobled with disease, do ordain this to be my testament and last will: -First I commend my body to be buri in the churchyard of Much Waltham with such costs as shalbe thought mete by myne executor and my wief. I give to ten of the poorest householders 5s. on the day of my burial. I give to Margaret my wief one - half of my moveable goods within the houses and £ 13-6-8. To John Purchas my eldest son £ 6-8-4, and to his three children John, William and Alice 6s.8d. each at 21 or marriage. To George Porcas my youngest son £ 40, and if it happen to him to depart the world ere he receive it then John my younger son shall have £ 20 of his portion, Thomas my son £ 10, and the other £ 10 I give to Mary my daughter, wife of John Warnard. I give to either of the two children of the said Mary my daughter, namely, to Thomas Warnar and Mary Warnare, 6s.8d. apiece at the age of 18 or the day of marriage. To the daughter of Thomas my To Mary my daughter, wife of John Warner , £ 5. To my sister's daughter Joan Downham 10s. at 23 or marriage. To my sister Sandford's daughter Mary 5s. All the rest of my goods I give unto John Purchas my youngest son, to do his will and best withal; which said John my youngest son I ordain and make my full and whole executor, and Thomas my son overseer. Witnesses: Thomas Edwards, Richard Pond the writer of the Proved 11 October, 1585, by John Purcas the younger son and executor. (Arch: Essex, Draper, 85.)"