Family overview
| Family code | 130  View on map |
|---|---|
| Description | Later Sussex Morleys (ungrouped) |
| Marker count | 0 |
| First recorded | 0 |
| Last recorded | 0 |
Markers
No markers.
Genealogical notes
Diverse notes on early Withyham Morleys
William Morley, yeoman of Withyham left a will, dated 24 September 1694:
- testator is "very aged"
- bequest to the poor of Withyham
- to son George Morley 1/2 of rent from tenement "called the Chequer lying at Gravesend in the County of Kent which George Atkins(?) Esqr. now holdeth of me by lease" [perhaps a pub]
- William, eldest son of George
- to second son Richard Morley the other 1/2 of the Gravesend property
- Richard son of Richard
- daughter Anne, wife of Joseph Jones
- children
- daughter Bennett, wife of Robert Mills
- William, already given a "good guift"
- Robert
- other children(?)
- daughter-in-law Mary, widow
- William Morley, deceased elsest son (and husband of Mary, according to the will below)
- infant daughter Mary
- small bequests to maidservants, manservants, apprentices John Cripps and Mary Cripps
- John Parker named as a overseer and trustee for some female heirs
- Richard Morley sole executor
- residue to Richard Morley
- one gold ring to "my loveing friend Henry Streatfield of Chiddingstone gent."
- revokes all previous wills
- Probate London February 1701 to son Richard Morley
- margin note mentioning probate revoked, regranted(?) December 1702
William Morley, yeoman of Withyham left a will, dated 24 May 1699:
- testator is "aged and weak in body"
- bequest to poor of Withyham
- daughter-in-law Mary Morley, wife of testator's deceased son William Morley
- William and Mary's daughter Mary, unmarried and under 21
- son Richard (only bequeathed five shillings -- was there an earlier settlement?)
- Richard's son Richard
- Richard's daughter Easther
- daughter Bennett (wife of Robert Mills)
- Robert Mills
- William Mills
- William's two daughters
- other children of Robert Mills and Bennett Morley?
- daughter Anne Jones
- children of Anne?
- deceased son George Morley
- William son of George
- children of William (not named)
- William son of George
- bequests to maidservant and manservant
- residue to "my kinsman Thomas Morley of Sevenoaks in the County of Kent yeoman and to the aforesaid Robert Mills my grandsonne" (also named co-executors)
- revokes all previous wills
- Probate 9 December 1702 London. Thomas Morley "nepotis ex fra" (brother's son?) and Robert Mills took oaths. [Some note about the testator's son Richard which I cannot decipher.]
For reasons unknown, William Morley of Withyham revoked his earlier will and replaced it with a vastly different one!
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