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Descendants of John Baston & Isabel Thatcher married 1552
Bampton, Oxfordshire
Source Citations
44. Mary BASTON
1Mary Baston 1698 Bampton Baptism Register,
LDS C020084. "
St Mary the Virgin, Bampton 25th September 1697.
Mary d of
Jon Baston, labourer."
There were both John & Jonathan Baston at this
time.. Image.
2Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, TNA PROB 11/793, 29 Nov 1742, National
Archives, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb A-G (Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November in the sixteenth of the
reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over Great Britain, France
and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred
and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in the County of Berkshire,
Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and
form following That is to say first I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty
God hoping and assuredly believing through the merrits and passion of my Lord
and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to inherit everlasting glory
and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my
Executor herein after named and concerning my worldly estate as it hath pleased
God to bless me with I dispose of the same as follows.
First I give and
bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of John Cook all that my half
yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres 80 the more or less lying in the
common fields of the said East Hendred with all and every the appurtences
thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of Court Roll to hold to she my said
sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever after.
I give and bequeath unto
my brother Thomas Baston five pounds of good and lawfull money of great
Britain and also I give and bequeath unto Deborah the daughter of my said
brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the lawfull money both which said five
pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my Executor herein after named within a
twelve month after my decease.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin
Thomas Baston son of my late brother William Baston all my right and
interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging to the same which said
messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of Thomas Castle deceased who
before his death did surrender the said messuage with the appurtences to my use
as security for the payment of a sum of money by me left him. To hold my said
cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the said time that the money
remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I give and bequeath the
whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment to my said cousin
Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Francis Baston son
also of him said brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money who also is son of my said brother John Baston.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods, daughter of my said brother John Baston,
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
Bennett, daughter also of my said brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of
my brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Henry Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston son also of my said later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late
brother William Baston five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John
Prior son of my late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary
Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath
Robert son in law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five
pounds of like lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and
bequeathed my will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as
above given and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the
rest of my goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid
and my funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister
Deborah the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole
and sole Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the
mark of Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to
be the last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence
and by us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton.
Thomas Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of
February in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before
the Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer."
Messuage - Dwelling house with out buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
Legacy to Mary Woods
(nee Baston) as niece in Elizabeth Baston's 1742 Will.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods, daughter of my said brother John Baston
five pounds of like lawful money." Image.
86. Robert (Bason) BASTON
1Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, TNA PROB 11/723, 29 Nov 1742, National
Archives, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb A-G (Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November in the sixteenth of the
reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over Great Britain, France
and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred
and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in the County of Berkshire,
Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and
form following That is to say first I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty
God hoping and assuredly believing through the merrits and passion of my Lord
and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to inherit everlasting glory
and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my
Executor herein after named and concerning my worldly estate as it hath pleased
God to bless me with I dispose of the same as follows.
First I give and
bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of John Cook all that my half
yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres 80 the more or less lying in the
common fields of the said East Hendred with all and every the appurtences
thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of Court Roll to hold to she my said
sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever after.
I give and bequeath unto
my brother Thomas Baston five pounds of good and lawfull money of great
Britain and also I give and bequeath unto Deborah the daughter of my said
brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the lawfull money both which said five
pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my Executor herein after named within a
twelve month after my decease.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin
Thomas Baston son of my late brother William Baston all my right and
interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging to the same which said
messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of Thomas Castle deceased who
before his death did surrender the said messuage with the appurtences to my use
as security for the payment of a sum of money by me left him. To hold my said
cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the said time that the money
remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I give and bequeath the
whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment to my said cousin
Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Francis Baston son
also of him said brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money who also is son of my said brother John Baston.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods, daughter of my said brother John Baston,
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
Bennett, daughter also of my said brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of
my brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Henry Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston son also of my said later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late
brother William Baston five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John
Prior son of my late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary
Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath
Robert son in law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five
pounds of like lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and
bequeathed my will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as
above given and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the
rest of my goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid
and my funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister
Deborah the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole
and sole Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the
mark of Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to
be the last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence
and by us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton.
Thomas Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of
February in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before
the Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer."
Messuage - Dwelling house with out buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
Legacy to Robert
Woods as nephew in Elizabeth Baston 1742 Will.
Also I give and bequeath
Robert son in law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five pounds
of like lawfull money." Image.
John WOODS
1Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, TNA PROB 11/723, 29 Nov 1742, National
Archives, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb A-G (Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November in the sixteenth of the
reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over Great Britain, France
and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred
and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in the County of Berkshire,
Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and
form following That is to say first I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty
God hoping and assuredly believing through the merrits and passion of my Lord
and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to inherit everlasting glory
and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my
Executor herein after named and concerning my worldly estate as it hath pleased
God to bless me with I dispose of the same as follows.
First I give and
bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of John Cook all that my half
yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres 80 the more or less lying in the
common fields of the said East Hendred with all and every the appurtences
thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of Court Roll to hold to she my said
sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever after.
I give and bequeath unto
my brother Thomas Baston five pounds of good and lawfull money of great
Britain and also I give and bequeath unto Deborah the daughter of my said
brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the lawfull money both which said five
pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my Executor herein after named within a
twelve month after my decease.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin
Thomas Baston son of my late brother William Baston all my right and
interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging to the same which said
messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of Thomas Castle deceased who
before his death did surrender the said messuage with the appurtences to my use
as security for the payment of a sum of money by me left him. To hold my said
cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the said time that the money
remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I give and bequeath the
whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment to my said cousin
Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Francis Baston son
also of him said brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money who also is son of my said brother John Baston.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods, daughter of my said brother John Baston,
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
Bennett, daughter also of my said brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of
my brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Henry Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston son also of my said later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late
brother William Baston five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John
Prior son of my late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary
Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath
Robert son in law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five
pounds of like lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and
bequeathed my will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as
above given and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the
rest of my goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid
and my funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister
Deborah the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole
and sole Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the
mark of Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to
be the last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence
and by us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton.
Thomas Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of
February in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before
the Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer."
Messuage - Dwelling house with out buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
Legacy to Robert
Woods as nephew in Elizabeth Baston 1742 Will.
Also I give and bequeath
Robert son in law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five pounds
of like lawfull money." Image.
45. John BASTON
1John Baston 1699/1700 Bampton Baptism
Register. "
St Mary's Bampton 17th March 1699/1700.
John fls (=filias =
son) John Baston (changed from Barson).". Image.
2John & Hannah Baston 1777 East Hendred,
Burial TS, John Baston, 30 Mar 1777, OFHS CD OXF-WAN02. "
St Augustine's,
East Hendred, Berkshire.
30th March 1777 John Baston.
5th April 1777
Hannah Baston widow of the above John.". "
St Augustine's, East Hendred,
Berkshire.
30th March 1777 John Baston." Image.
3Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, TNA PROB 11/723, 29 Nov 1742, National
Archives, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb A-G (Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November in the sixteenth of the
reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over Great Britain, France
and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred
and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in the County of Berkshire,
Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and
form following That is to say first I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty
God hoping and assuredly believing through the merrits and passion of my Lord
and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to inherit everlasting glory
and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my
Executor herein after named and concerning my worldly estate as it hath pleased
God to bless me with I dispose of the same as follows.
First I give and
bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of John Cook all that my half
yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres 80 the more or less lying in the
common fields of the said East Hendred with all and every the appurtences
thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of Court Roll to hold to she my said
sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever after.
I give and bequeath unto
my brother Thomas Baston five pounds of good and lawfull money of great
Britain and also I give and bequeath unto Deborah the daughter of my said
brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the lawfull money both which said five
pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my Executor herein after named within a
twelve month after my decease.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin
Thomas Baston son of my late brother William Baston all my right and
interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging to the same which said
messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of Thomas Castle deceased who
before his death did surrender the said messuage with the appurtences to my use
as security for the payment of a sum of money by me left him. To hold my said
cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the said time that the money
remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I give and bequeath the
whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment to my said cousin
Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Francis Baston son
also of him said brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money who also is son of my said brother John Baston.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods, daughter of my said brother John Baston,
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
Bennett, daughter also of my said brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of
my brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Henry Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston son also of my said later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late
brother William Baston five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John
Prior son of my late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary
Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath
Robert son in law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five
pounds of like lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and
bequeathed my will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as
above given and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the
rest of my goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid
and my funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister
Deborah the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole
and sole Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the
mark of Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to
be the last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence
and by us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton.
Thomas Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of
February in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before
the Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer."
Messuage - Dwelling house with out buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
Legacy to John
Baston as nephew in Elizabeth Baston's 1742 Will.
Also I give and bequeath
unto my cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money." Image.
4John Baston 1766 late of Bampton
administration to son John of Gt Hendred, ORO ref: Bd 110.59; 162/2/20. "
1766 Administration Bond Jno Baston of Gt. Hendred for his late father Jno
Baston of Bampton.
Know all me by there presence that we Jno Baston of the
Parish of Gt. Hendred in the County of Berkshire a labourer and Jacob French of
the Parish of St Mary Magdalene in Oxford a Mason are held and firmly bound unto
Thomas Bever L.D. and Final Principle of the Reverend the Archdeacon of Oxon
lawfully constituted etc etc . . . . .
Dated the 27th day of May in the
sixth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the grace of
God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth
and in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Six.
The
Condition of this Obligation is such that the above bound Jno Baston natural &
lawful son & next of kin and Administrator of all and singular the Goods,
Chatels and Credits of Jno Baston late of Bampton in the County aforesaid,
labourer deceased do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of
all and singular he goods, Chattels and Credits of the said deceased which have
or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of him the said Jno Baston
or into the hands and possession of any person or persons for him and the same
so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the registry of the above named
Archdeaconry Court in Oxon at or before the last day of August next ensuing and
the same Goods, Chattels and Credits and all other the Goods, Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased at the time of his death which at any time after
shall count to the hands or possession of the said Jno Baston or in to the hands
and possession of any other person or persons for him so will and truly
administer according to Law. And further do make or cause to be made a true and
just account of his said administration at or before the last day of May 1767
etc etc . . . . . . .
Sealed and delivered
his
In the presence of
Jno
X Baston
Jas Stewart
mark
Jacob French.". Image.
Hannah COZENS
1John Baston & Hannah Cozens 1703 East
Hendred Marriage TS, SOG Bishops Transcript. "
St Augustines Church, East
Hendred 1729/30.
July 27th John Baston & Hannah Cozens."
Original
registers 1728-1746 missing. Image.
2John & Hannah Baston 1777 East Hendred,
Burial TS, Hannah Baston, 5 Apr 1777, OFHS CD OXF-WAN02. "
St Augustine's,
East Hendred, Berkshire.
30th March 1777 John Baston.
5th April 1777
Hannah Baston widow of the above John.". "
St Augustine's, East Hendred,
Berkshire.
5th April 1777 Hannah Baston widow of the above John."
Image.
87. Elizabeth BASTON
1Deborah Cooke 1754 Southwark, Surrey, Will,
CAH Image DSCF7833, Elizabeth Baston, 18 Mar 1754, National Archives, TNA ref
PROB 10/2186 (original) & PROB 11/821 (Clerk's copy). "
In the name of God
Amen I Deborah Cooke of the parish of Saint Saviour, Southwark in the county of
Surrey, widow being at this time weak in body but of perfect mind and
understanding do the fear of God make this my last Will and Testament, my soul I
do resign unto my blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ my Body I do commit to the Earth
in trust and faith of a joyful resurrection to everlasting felicity and as to my
worldly estate as God of his infinite mercy hath bestowed on me I will give,
devise and bequeath as follows.
Imprimis I give and bequeath to my loving
brother Thomas Baston the sum of twenty pounds of good and lawful money of Great
Britain.
Item to Deborah Baston daughter of my brother Thomas Baston five
pounds and silver sugar dish.
Item to Mary and Elizabeth Baston daughters of
John Baston five pounds each.
Item to Elizabeth Woodbridge and Ann Racey five
pounds each.
Item to Mary Sparrowhawk wife of William Sparrowhawk my green
damask gown large white petticoat black silk cloak my Mourning ring and half a
dozen of Napkins.
Item to her daughter Mary Sparrowhawk my cypher ring and
small gilt cup.
Item to John Prior son of William Prior five pounds.
Item
to Mary Wood and her sister (Eliz inserted) each a large silver cup.
Item to
Thomas Judd & Mary his wife one guinea for a ring.
Item to Reverend Thomas
Jones, Chaplin of St Saviour's one guinea for a ring.
Item to Francis Porter
and Hannah his wife one guinea each.
Item to Amey Merry one guinea.
Item
to Mary Quied?/ one guinea.
My will is that all legacies are paid as soon as
I am interred and that I am buried in the same form and manner and in the same
grave with my loving husband John Cooke and that I have the same gentlemen to
support my pall that supported my husband and lastly I give and bequeath unto
John Baston all the rest and residue of my estate and effects whom I constitute
and appoint my whole and sole executor of this my last Will and Testament
whereunto I have set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of March one thousand
seven hundred and fifty four.
The mark of Deborah Cooke (& seal).
Witness
our hands same day John Norket and Ebenezer Reynolds.". "
Item to Mary and
Elizabeth Baston daughters of John Baston five pounds each."
Image.
46. Elizabeth BASTON
1Elizabeth Baston 1702 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, ORO PAR16/1/R1/3 ("Book 2"). "
St Mary's Church, Bampton
1702.
Elizabeth (Mary crossed through) Dr of John Baston.".
Image.
2Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, TNA PROB 11/723, 29 Nov 1742, National
Archives, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb A-G (Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November in the sixteenth of the
reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over Great Britain, France
and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred
and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in the County of Berkshire,
Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and
form following That is to say first I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty
God hoping and assuredly believing through the merrits and passion of my Lord
and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to inherit everlasting glory
and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my
Executor herein after named and concerning my worldly estate as it hath pleased
God to bless me with I dispose of the same as follows.
First I give and
bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of John Cook all that my half
yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres 80 the more or less lying in the
common fields of the said East Hendred with all and every the appurtences
thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of Court Roll to hold to she my said
sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever after.
I give and bequeath unto
my brother Thomas Baston five pounds of good and lawfull money of great
Britain and also I give and bequeath unto Deborah the daughter of my said
brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the lawfull money both which said five
pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my Executor herein after named within a
twelve month after my decease.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin
Thomas Baston son of my late brother William Baston all my right and
interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging to the same which said
messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of Thomas Castle deceased who
before his death did surrender the said messuage with the appurtences to my use
as security for the payment of a sum of money by me left him. To hold my said
cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the said time that the money
remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I give and bequeath the
whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment to my said cousin
Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Francis Baston son
also of him said brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money who also is son of my said brother John Baston.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods, daughter of my said brother John Baston,
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
Bennett, daughter also of my said brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of
my brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Henry Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston son also of my said later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late
brother William Baston five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John
Prior son of my late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary
Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath
Robert son in law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five
pounds of like lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and
bequeathed my will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as
above given and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the
rest of my goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid
and my funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister
Deborah the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole
and sole Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the
mark of Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to
be the last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence
and by us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton.
Thomas Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of
February in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before
the Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer."
Messuage - Dwelling house with out buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
Legacy to Elizabeth
Bennett (nee Baston) in Elizabeth Baston's 1742 Will.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Elizabeth Bennett, daughter also of my said brother John Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money." Image.
90. John BENNETT
1John Bennett 1727 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, ORO PAR16/1/R1/3 & LDS C022082. "
St Mary's Church,
Bampton, 1727.
November 19th John son of John Bennett.".
Image.
48. Francis (Barston) BASTON
1Francis Barston 1705 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Registe, ORO: PAR/16/1/R1/3 & LDS C020084. "
St Mary the Virgin,
Bampton 13 June 1705.
Francis fs of John Barston.".
Image.
2Francis Baston 1790 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Burial Register, ORO PAR16/1/R1/6 "Book 6". "
St Mary's Church, Bampton 1790.
October 15th, Francis Baston of Lew aged 91.". Image.
3Francis Barson 1718 Bampton Weald,
Apprenticeship Indenture, PAR/Bampton/b/15/items c/d/25 & PAR16/5/A17/174. "
This Indenture made the twenty fourth day of October in the fifth year of the
reign of our Sovereign Lord George by the Grace of God of Great Brittain, France
& Ireland King defender of the faith Anno Dom 1718.
Witnesseth that
Jethro Burns Churchwaden of this parish of Bampton in the County of Oxon Jno
Sanderlands, Richard Joyce Overseers of the Poor of the said parish of Bampton
by and with the consent 7 allowance of John Dews & Richard Copstoe Esq two of
his Majesty's justices of the Bars for the said County have placed and bound and
by those present do putt place and bind Francis Barson a poor boy of the said
parish of Bampton as an apprentice with Jno Elizabeth Pawling of Weald in the
said parish of Bampton widow and as an apprentice with her the said Elizabeth
Pawling to and well from this day of the date of those present untill the said
Francis Barson shall come to & attain the age of twenty four years according
to the statute in that case made & provided during which time & term the said
Francis Barson the said Elizabeth (John) Pawling his said master will &
faithfully ---- shall serve, her secrets? shall keep and his lawfull comands &
-- where gladly do the utmost of his power and behave himself toward his said
master (mistress crossed through) all during the time of his said apprenticeship
submissively & obediently and the said (Elizabeth crossed) John Pawling for & in
consideraton of the said service of the said Francis Barson doth for himself his
Exors Admons & Assings covent promise & agree to & with the said Churchwarden &
overseers & their survivors that she the said (Elizabeth crossed) John Pawling
during the said apprenticeship shall & will find & allow unt & for her said
apprentice sufficient meat drink linnen woolen hats shoes stockings waling &
lodging and all other things wich shall be neccessary or meet for such an
apprentice & during the said term and at the expiration of the said term, shall
find provide & deliver un to his said apprentice double apparel (that is to say)
apparel fit for him to wear as well on Sabbbath days as other necessary's meet &
reasonalbe for such an apprentice to have & wear. In witness whereof the paries
to those present have here unto interchangeably sett their hands & seals the day
& year first within written.
Sealed & Delivered Tho Hamersley, Ed Carter,
allowd by us Richd Coxster John Denre. jethro Burns, Jo Sandstand Ri Joyce
Churchwarden Overseers.". Image.
4Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, TNA PROB 11/723, 29 Nov 1742, National
Archives, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb A-G (Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November in the sixteenth of the
reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over Great Britain, France
and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred
and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in the County of Berkshire,
Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and
form following That is to say first I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty
God hoping and assuredly believing through the merrits and passion of my Lord
and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to inherit everlasting glory
and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my
Executor herein after named and concerning my worldly estate as it hath pleased
God to bless me with I dispose of the same as follows.
First I give and
bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of John Cook all that my half
yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres 80 the more or less lying in the
common fields of the said East Hendred with all and every the appurtences
thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of Court Roll to hold to she my said
sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever after.
I give and bequeath unto
my brother Thomas Baston five pounds of good and lawfull money of great
Britain and also I give and bequeath unto Deborah the daughter of my said
brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the lawfull money both which said five
pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my Executor herein after named within a
twelve month after my decease.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin
Thomas Baston son of my late brother William Baston all my right and
interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging to the same which said
messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of Thomas Castle deceased who
before his death did surrender the said messuage with the appurtences to my use
as security for the payment of a sum of money by me left him. To hold my said
cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the said time that the money
remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I give and bequeath the
whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment to my said cousin
Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Francis Baston son
also of him said brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money who also is son of my said brother John Baston.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods, daughter of my said brother John Baston,
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
Bennett, daughter also of my said brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of
my brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Henry Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston son also of my said later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late
brother William Baston five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John
Prior son of my late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary
Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath
Robert son in law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five
pounds of like lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and
bequeathed my will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as
above given and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the
rest of my goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid
and my funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister
Deborah the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole
and sole Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the
mark of Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to
be the last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence
and by us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton.
Thomas Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of
February in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before
the Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer."
Messuage - Dwelling house with out buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
Legacy to Francis
Baston nephew in Elizabeth Baston's 1742 Will.
Also I give and bequeath unto
my cousin Francis Baston son also of him said brother John Baston five pounds of
like lawfull money." Image.
5Francis Baston 1759 Oxford Quarter Sessions.
"
17th May 1759 Francis Bason, William Holiday & William Collingwood all of
Lew yeoman for carrying away the child of Ann Barrett.".
Mary ACRES
1Francis Baston & Mary Acres 1737 Bampton,
Marriage Register, ORO: PAR/16/1/R1/1. "
St Mary the Virgin, Bampton, 22nd
October 1737.
Francis Baston & Mary Acres by Banns.".
Image.
2Mary Akers 1709 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, ORO PAR16/1R1/3 "Book 2". "
St Mary's Church, Bampton 1709.
August 7th Mary Akers dr of Henry.". Image.
3Mary Baston 1749 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Burial Register, PAR16/1/R1/3 (Book 2). "
St Mary's Church, Bampton 1749.
March 2nd, Mary Baston."
(same day that her twins, Jane & Ann were
baptised). Image.
95. Anne BASTON
1Ann Baston 1739 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, PAR16/1/R1/3 (Book 2). "
St Mary's Church, Bampton 1739.
April 1st, Anne dr of Francis Baston.". Image.
96. Mary BASTON
1Mary Baston 1744 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, PAR16/1/R1/3 (Book 2). "
St Mary's Church, Bampton 1744.
September 26th, Mary daughter of Francis Baston.".
Image.
97. Jane BASTON
1Jane & Ann Baston 1749 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, Jane Baston to Francis, 2 Mar 1749, PAR16/1/R1/3 (Book 2). "
St Mary's Church, Bampton 1749.
2nd March Jane & Ann drs of Francis Bason.".
"
Jane & Ann drs to Francis Bason." Image.
98. Ann BASTON
1Jane & Ann Baston 1749 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, Ann Baston to Francis, 2 Mar 1749, PAR16/1/R1/3 (Book 2). "
St Mary's Church, Bampton 1749.
2nd March Jane & Ann drs of Francis Bason.".
"
Jane & Ann drs to Francis Bason." Image.
Elizabeth BASTON?
1Elizabeth Baston 1782 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Burial Register, ORO PAR16/1/R1/4 "Book 5a (3 crossed out)". "
St Mary's
Church, Bampton, 1782.
May 6th Elizabeth Baston aged 62 of Lew.".
Image.
99. Elizabeth BASTON
1Elizabeth Baston 1751 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, PAR16/1/R1/3 (Book 2). "
St Mary's, Bampton 2nd June 1751.
Elizabeth daughter to Francis Baston & Elizabeth his wife.".
Image.
100. William BASTON
1William Baston 1753 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, PAR16/1/R1/3 (Book 2). "
St Mary's, Bampton 18th July 1753.
Wm son of Francis Baston & Eliz his wife.". Image.
102. John BASTON
1John Baston 1757 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, PAR16/1/R1/3 (Book 2). "
St Mary's, Bampton 27th November
1757.
John son of Francis Baston & Eliz his wife of Lew.".
Image.
103. William BASTON
1William Baston 1760 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, PAR16/1/R1/3 (Book 2). "
St Mary's, Bampton 16th December
1760.
William son of Francis & Elizabeth Baston of Lew.".
Image.
51. William BASTON
1William Baston 1703 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Birth (Email from Ron Baston 18 Jun 2006). "
I checked my notes and have
William down as bapt. on 18.3.1704, and died in 1771. I also have a note that
says 'gravestone shows date of birth as 30.6.1703. When I was down at Bampton I
wrote to the vicar and he agreed that I could read the church copy of their
births and deaths records and this must have been from them. I honestly cannot
remember where else it could have come from.
Ron Baston 2006."
(I have
since discovered that the birth date is from his grave stone as noted in the
1847 book of Monumental Inscriptions - CAH).
2William Baston 1704 Bampton, Oxford Baptism
Register, LDS C022084. "
St Mary's Church, Bampton, Oxfordshire 18 Mar 1704
1705*
William fs of Wm Baston."
(*1704/5, 18th March 1704 is
actually 1705 on the current day calendar as the year changed on the 25th March
until about 1725). Image.
3William Baston 1771 Monumental
Inscription, Bampton, Oxfordshire, page 49. "
William Baston died 30th
June 1771 age 67."
(Extract from "A History of Bampton" by J A Giles
published 1847, a list of Monumental Inscriptions in the Churchyard).
Image.
4William Baston 1771 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Burial Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, PAR16/1/R1/3 . "
Bampton,
Oxfordshire 1771
July 2nd William Baston aged 67 (= born 1704).".
Image.
5Bampton, Oxfordshire, St Mary's Church. "
Where Francis (1761), Jonathan (1739) & William (1704) were Baptised.
The
current building dates from the 12th century, in the 13thC the tower was raised
and the spire erected. In the 14thC the Lady Chapel, the west porch and the
vestry to the north were added. Late in the 15thC a clerestory was added and in
1702 the chapel on the south side was reconstructed.". "
The Church where
William was Baptised (1704) and Buried (1771)." Image.
6Bampton, Oxfordshire, the font in St Mary's
Church, William Baston, 18 Mar 1704/1705. "
The Font used to Baptise William
Baston in 1704/5." Image.
7Oxford, All Saint's Church, WSV ref 100_0579.
"
The church from a 1800's painting.". "
Where William Baston & Elizabeth
Skinner were married in 1726, All Saint's Oxford in 2007."
(It is no
longer a Church but part of the library of Lincoln College, Oxford).
Source Image. Citation Image.
8William Baston 1732 Oxford Quarter Sessions,
Oxfordshire Record Office, QS H 173271& WSV Image DSCF6307. "
Wee John Nabbs
& Wm Lyssett surveyors of the high wayes of Bampton for this present yeare doe
present Edward Carter Justice of Bamptons keeping a peace in Bampton for
refusing to doe any part of the fix? wayes & and to the high wayes in Bampton
pursuant to publicke notice given in the Church to that end -pa---k we did
farther pd --- y said - Carter for suffering a great quantity of rubbish to lay
before his door which greatly obstructs the currant of the water and is a
manifest hindrance to the repairing the highway in the town of Bampton and upon
our sending severall workman to remove the same, the said Carter theretoward to
ass-- and -- trouble any ---- that should prep--- to remove the same.
We do
also p(resent) that K Fowler keeping a tram in Weald and renting the tythes of
Bampton of the aforesaid? and - Edmonds of the Grasly value of one hundred
pounds and upward for refusing to do any duty to the highways any.u score of his
renting the said tythes.
We do also present Willm Baston of Bampton,
Yeoman keeping a tram? for not laying his stones in such as we directed given
under our hands the 10th day of July 1732.
To Jno Driver esq one of his
Majesties Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid residing near the
premises.
Signed John Nabbs & Wm Lissett.
Ordered by several reasons above
should show cause next sessions why they should not be fined for continued?
faults.". Image.
9Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, TNA PROB 11/723, 29 Nov 1742, National
Archives, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb A-G (Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November in the sixteenth of the
reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over Great Britain, France
and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred
and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in the County of Berkshire,
Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and
form following That is to say first I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty
God hoping and assuredly believing through the merrits and passion of my Lord
and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to inherit everlasting glory
and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my
Executor herein after named and concerning my worldly estate as it hath pleased
God to bless me with I dispose of the same as follows.
First I give and
bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of John Cook all that my half
yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres 80 the more or less lying in the
common fields of the said East Hendred with all and every the appurtences
thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of Court Roll to hold to she my said
sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever after.
I give and bequeath unto
my brother Thomas Baston five pounds of good and lawfull money of great
Britain and also I give and bequeath unto Deborah the daughter of my said
brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the lawfull money both which said five
pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my Executor herein after named within a
twelve month after my decease.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin
Thomas Baston son of my late brother William Baston all my right and
interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging to the same which said
messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of Thomas Castle deceased who
before his death did surrender the said messuage with the appurtences to my use
as security for the payment of a sum of money by me left him. To hold my said
cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the said time that the money
remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I give and bequeath the
whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment to my said cousin
Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Francis Baston son
also of him said brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money who also is son of my said brother John Baston.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods, daughter of my said brother John Baston,
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
Bennett, daughter also of my said brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of
my brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Henry Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston son also of my said later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late
brother William Baston five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John
Prior son of my late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary
Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath
Robert son in law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five
pounds of like lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and
bequeathed my will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as
above given and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the
rest of my goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid
and my funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister
Deborah the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole
and sole Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the
mark of Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to
be the last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence
and by us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton.
Thomas Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of
February in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before
the Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer."
Messuage - Dwelling house with out buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
Legacy to William
Baston as nephew in Elizabeth Baston's 1742 Will.
Also I give and bequeath
unto my cousin William Baston son also of my said later brother Jonathan
Baston five pounds of like lawfull money." cousin means niece or nephew.
Image.
10Titlle Deed Parcel of Land, Bampton dated
1769, Oxfordshire Record Office, ref Mor VIII/i/1 Acc No.708. "
This
Indenture, made this Twentyith day of November 1769 in the tenth year of the
reign of our Soveriegn Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great
Britain ffrance (France) and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and
in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty nine.
Between William Hulls of Burford in the county of Oxford, Dyer; Joseph Large of
Little Barington in the county of Gloucester, Yeoman; and Humphrey Porter of
Southorp in the said county of Gloucester, Yeoman, of the one part and Joseph
Shurey of Bampton in the said county of Oxford, Malster, of the other part.
Witnesseth that this said William Hulls, Joseph Large and Humphrey Porter for
and in consideration of five shillings apiece of good and lawful money of Great
Britain to them by the said Joseph Shurey in hand well and truly paid and
satisfied at or before this sealing and in delivery of those present the receipt
where of is hereby acknowledged.
Have and oath of every of them Hath
bargained and sold and by those present. Do and oath and every of them doth
bargain and sell unto the said Joseph Sturey. All that messuage or tenement with
the appurtenances situate lying and being in Bampton aforesaid in the said
county of Oxford late in the occupation William Baston and also all that
piece or parcel of ground there unto adjoining and belonging as the same is now
mounded out. Containing in length eight pole and in broadth five pole and six
foot or thereabouts part whereof is used for a garden and all and every the
houses outhouses edifires buildings courts yards banksides orchards gardens ways
waters easements proffirs commodities and advantages whatsoever to the said
messauge or tenement and premises belonging or appertaining And the reversion or
reversions remainder and remainders, outhouses and proffits thereof and every
part and parcel thereof.
To have and to hold the said messauge or
tenement piece or parcel of land and all and singular other the promises herein
before mentioned and intended to be hereby bargained and sold and every part and
parcel thereof with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said Joseph
Shurey his Executors Administrators and assigns from this day next before the
day of the date of those present for and during and unto this full end and term
of our whole year hence next ensuing fully to be compleat and ended yielding and
paying therefore the rent of our pepper corn on the last day of the said term
(if lawfully demanded so)
To the intent that (by virtue of those
present and by force of the statute for transferring used into possession) this
said Joseph Shurey may be in the actual possession of all and singular the said
hereby bargained promisses and thereby enabled and made capable to accept and
take a grant and release of this reversion and inheritance thereof to him his
heirs and assigns.
In Witness thereof the said parties have hereunto
interchangeably sett their hands and seal this day and year first above written.
Signed and sealed
William Hull, Joseph Large, Humphrey Porter.". "."
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11Jonathan Baston of Bampton Weald, 1777 Will
& Probate, William Baston, 1777, Oxfordshire Record Office, ORO W:10/1/11. "
In the Name of God Amen, I Jonathan Baston of Weald in the parish of
Bampton in the county of Oxford, Yeoman, being of sound and disposing mind,
memory and understanding Do for the disposing of that Estate which it hath
pleased Almighty God to bless me with, make my last Will and Testament in manner
and form following.
And first I commend my soul to God and my Body to the
earth to be buried in such decent manner as my Executrix herein after named
shall think fit.
Also I give and devise all that messuage or tenement in
Weald aforesaid wherein I now dwell together with the outhouses, garden and
orchard and all and singular the premises with the appurtenances except that
part of the messuage or tenement and garden now occupied by my kinswoman
Martha Carter and her family with the two rows of apple trees situate on the
east side of the orchard which I give and devise to the said Martha Carter for
and during the natural life of widowhood of my said wife which said premises I
purchased of and from Walter Webb, Abraham Puddle and Richard Matcham all late
of Weald aforesaid.
Unto my beloved wife Sarah Baston for and during
so much of the term or terms which I have therein as she shall happen to live
and remain in widowhood and from -------- and after the decease or second
marriage of my said wife whichever shall first happen, I give and devise all the
aforesaid messuage, orchard and premises with the appurtenances unto my said
kinswoman Martha Carter her Executor Administration and assigns for and
during all the residue and remainder of my Estate term or terms and interest
which shall be therein then to come and unexpired.
Also I give and bequeath
unto my kinsman John Baston, William Baston, Jonathan Baston, Edward Baston
and Francis Baston sons of my late brother William Baston the sum or legacy
of five shillings apiece to be paid within three months next after my decease.
And as for and concerning all my goodes, Chattels, ready money, debts owing to
me and personal estate of what nature or kind so ever which shall remain after
payment of all my just debts legacies and funeral expenses, I give and bequeath
the same unto my said wife Sarah Baston to and for her own separate use
and benefit.
And I do hereby make constitue and appoint my said wife sole
executrix of this my last will hereby revoking all former wills by me heretofore
made.
In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal the fourth day
of November in the eighteenth year of the Reign of our sovereign Lord King
George the third and in the year of our Lord God 1777.
Signed sealed
published and declared by the above named Jonathan Baston the testator as and
for his last Will and Testament in our presence and in his presence and at his
request attested and subscribed by us.
Thillum?
Jonathan Baston.
Elizabeth Munt
Wm Chapman."
Martha Carter was nee Webb and either a daughter or sister
to his first wife and married a Michael Carter 29th July 1770 Bampton.. "
Named as deceased brother in Jonathan Baston's 1777 Will "my late brother
William Baston"." Image.
12Bampton, Oxfordshire, village map and
Baston house location, WSV 100_1115 ©2007, Oxfordshire Record Office, MSS DD
Par Bampton a1. "1821 Inclosure Map of Bampton.
Cottage marked 477 and
allotment 753.
The location of the cottage mentioned in the 1769 deed, taken
from an 1821 detailed map of Bampton and surrounding areas showing land
boundaries.". "
Now called "Sarnia"." photo with permission of the current
owners, Peter & Dawn Jobson.. Source Image.
Citation Image.
13Bampton Meadow and Baston allotment
location, Oxfordshire Record Office, MSS DD Par Bamtpn a1. "
Cottage
marked 477 and allotment 753.
The location of the land mentioned in the 1769
deed, taken from an 1821 Land Apportionment map of Bampton & Aston showing
allotments.". Image.
14Broad Street, Bampton 1914. "
The house
mentioned as plot 477 "Baston's" in the 1821 Copyhold document.".
Image.
15Bampton, Broad Street, the Baston House
2007, 100_1112 ©2007, 100_1116 ©2007 White Swan Video Services. "The house
identified as 477 in the 1821 Inclosure Map of Bampton now called "Sarnia"."
photo taken 2007 with the kind permission of the current owners, Peter & Dawn
Jobson.. "
Interior of the Baston House in Bampton taken 2007."
Source Image. Citation Image.
16Market Square, Bampton Village (about
1890). "
The local shops, William lived just down the road in Broad Street.".
Image.
17Horse Fair, Bampton Market Place (about
1904). "
The fair took place every year in the market place and was just down
the road from where the Baston's lived.". Image.
18Coat of Arms - Baston, English Origin (1),
William Baston, 1704. "
Baston Family Coat of Arms (from Burke's General
Armory).
English Origin.
BASTON Shield: Quarterly per fesse indented or
and az (Gold & Blue).
BASTON Crest:
BASTON Motto: None.
The Baston
family name originated in Poitou, France and the surname traces its ancestral
roots back to French origin.". Image.
Elizabeth SKINNER
1William Baston & Elizabeth Skinner 1726
Oxford All Saints Marriage Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, PAR16/1/R1/3. "
All Saint's, Oxford, Oxfordshire 2 September 1726 .
William Baston of Bampton
in Com Oxon et Eliz Skinner. de eadem (of same), puella (girl)
were marryed by vertue of a Licence."
(Bachelor & Spinster according to
the Licence Bond). Image.
2William Baston & Elizabeth Skinner 1726
Oxford, Marriage Licence, Oxfordshire Record Office, Arch Oxon C.514. "
Noverint Universi per presentes nos Gulielmus Baston de Bampton in com Oxon
yeoman et Jacobus Butler de civil Oxon vur teneri et firmiter obligari John
Smith . . . .
Dat secundo die mensis septimus Anno Regis divus --- George II
Dei Gratia Mag. Britt, Franciae & Hiberniae Reg, Fidei Defenso & decimo tertio
ano ---- 1726.
(Know all men those present, that we William Baston of
Bampton in county Oxon (his occupation) and James Butler man of Oxford Town hold
ourselves firmly bound to John Smith ... the sum of fifty? pounds ... 2nd
September 1726)
The condition of this obligation is such, that if
hereafter there shall not appear any lawful lett or impediment, by reason of any
pre-contract, affinity, consanguinity, or any other lawful cause whatsoever, but
that the above bounden Wm Baston a bachelor and Elizabeth Skinner of Bampton
spinster may lawfully solemnize Matrimony together, and in the same afterwards
remain and contnue like Man & Wife, according to the Laws of this Realm in that
behalf provided, and if there be not at this present, any action, suit, plaint,
or demand, had or moved, for or concerning any such lawful lett or impediment.
And if the said parites do not proceed to the solemnization of the said
Marriage without consent of their Parent or Governers; and if the said Marriage
be openly solemnized in the Parish Church of All Saints or the Catherdral Church
of Oxon by the minister there or his lawful Deputy, between the hours of eight
and twelve in the fore-noon, according to the Book of Common Prayer by law
established. And lastly, to defend and save harmless the above names John Smith
& all his officers & ministers against all persons whatsoever, for or concerning
the grant of a Licence in this behalf: Then this Obligation to be void and of
none effect, or else to stand, remain and be, in full power, force, and virtue.
Signed John Slade, William Baston, James Butler, Manery? Breeze.".
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3Elizabeth Skinner 1706 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, PAR/16/1/R1/3. "
St Mary's
Church, Bampton 20th September 1706.
Elizabeth d of Robert Skinner.".
Image.
4Elizabeth Baston 1779 Bampton, Oxfordshire,
Burial Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, PAR16/1/R1/4. "
St Mary's Church,
Bampton.
12 Dec 1779 Eliz Baston age 73.". Image.
104. Robert BASTON
1Robert Baston 1728 Bampton Oxford Baptism
Register, LDS C022082. "
St Mary's, Bampton, Oxfordshire 14 September 1728
Robt son of Wm Baston.". Image.
105. Robert (Basson) BASTON
1Robert Basson to William 1730 Bampton,
Oxfordshire. "
St Mary's, Bampton
23 April 1730 Robert Basson to
William.". Image.
109. Elizabeth (Bason) BASTON
1Elizabeth Bason 1736 Bampton Oxford Baptism
Register, LDS 022082. "
St Mary's Church, Bampton, Oxfordshire.
21 Jan
1736 Eliz, Dr to Wm Bason.". Image.
113. Joseph BASTON
1Joseph Baston 1743 Bampton Baptism Register.
"
26 Mar 1743 Bampton, Oxfordshire
Joseph son of Wm Baston.".
Image.
52. Thomas (Bason) BASTON
1Thomas Baston 1714 Bampton to William
Baptism Register, ORO: PAR/16/1/R1/3 & LDS C022084. "
St Mary the Virgin,
Bampton 24 May 1714.
Thomas Bason filius William.".
Image.
2Thomas Basson 1757 Standlake, Oxfordshrie
Burial Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, PAR248/ & OFHS CD OXF-WIT03. "
St
Giles' Church, Standlake.
7th June 1757 Thomas Basson.".
Image.
3Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, Legacy to Thomas Baston nephew in Elizabeth
Baston's Will., 29 Nov 1742, National Archives, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) &
PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb A-G (Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty
ninth day of November in the sixteenth of the reign or our Sovereign Lord George
the second King over Great Britain, France and Ireland and so forth and in the
year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two I Elizabeth Baston
of East Hendred in the County of Berkshire, Spinster do make and ordain this
my last will and testament in manner and form following That is to say first I
commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping and assuredly believing
through the merrits and passion of my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ to be
eternally saved and to inherit everlasting glory and my body I commit to the
earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor herein after named
and concerning my worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I
dispose of the same as follows.
First I give and bequeath unto my
sister Deborah the wife of John Cook all that my half yard-lands containing
by estimation ten acres 80 the more or less lying in the common fields of the
said East Hendred with all and every the appurtences thereunto belonging which I
hold by Copy of Court Roll to hold to she my said sister Deborah Cook and to her
heirs forever after.
I give and bequeath unto my brother Thomas Baston
five pounds of good and lawfull money of great Britain and also I give and
bequeath unto Deborah the daughter of my said brother Thomas Baston five pounds
of the lawfull money both which said five pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my
Executor herein after named within a twelve month after my decease.
Also I
give and bequeath unto my cousin Thomas Baston son of my late brother William
Baston all my right and interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging
to the same which said messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of
Thomas Castle deceased who before his death did surrender the said messuage with
the appurtences to my use as security for the payment of a sum of money by me
left him. To hold my said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the
said time that the money remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I
give and bequeath the whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment
to my said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin
Francis Baston son also of him said brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston
five pounds of the lawfull money who also is son of my said brother John Baston.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods, daughter of my said
brother John Baston, five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Elizabeth Bennett, daughter also of my said brother John Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Ann
Baston daughter also of my brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull
money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Henry Baston son of my brother
Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin William Baston son also of my said later brother
Jonathan Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto William Baston son of my late brother William Baston five
pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Jonathan Baston
son also of my late brother William Baston five pounds of like lawfull
money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John Prior son of my late sister Mary
Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto
Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull
money.
Also I give and bequeath Robert son in law to John Woods and son to
my said cousin Mary Woods five pounds of like lawfull money.
All which
sums of five pounds above named and bequeathed my will is that my executor
herein after named shall pay the same as above given and bequeathed within a
twelve month after my decease.
All the rest of my goods and chattels of what
nature or kind so ever my debts being paid and my funeral expenses discharge I
give and bequeath unto my said sister Deborah the wife of John Cook whom
I do make and hereby appoint the whole and sole Executor of this my last will
and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the
day and year first above written - the mark of Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed,
delivered and published and declared to be the last will and testament of
Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence and by us in the presence of the
testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton. Thomas Yorke.
The Will was
proved at London the seventeenth day of February in the year of our Lord One
Thousand seven hundred and forty two before the Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of
Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth also Doctor of Law
Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of John Cook the sister of the
deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom was granted
administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said
deceased being first sworn duly to administer."
Messuage - Dwelling house
with out buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging,
appendage or accessory. "
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin
Thomas Baston son of my late brother William Baston all my right and
interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging to the same which said
messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of Thomas Castle deceased who
before his death did surrender the said messuage with the appurtences to my use
as security for the payment of a sum of money by me left him. To hold my
said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the said time that
the money remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I give and
bequeath the whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment to my
said cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs forever."
Image.
Ann BUSBY
1Thomas Baston & Ann Busby 1748 Bampton
Marriage Register, OFHS m/fiche. "
St Mary's Church, Bampton 5th May 1748.
Thomas Baston & Ann Busby.". Image.
2Ann Bason 1762 Oxford Quarter Sessions. "
Informed of Ann Bason of Brighthampton widow 18th March 1761 stolen goods found
with Sarah Bennett spinster. Sarah Bennett confirms theft. Ann Bason £10 to
prosecute.
Jury present Sarah Bennett of Bampton spinster 2nd March stole of
Ann Bason, apron, cap, silk ribbon, wollen gown, ditto cloak, straw hat & shift,
pleaded guilty.".
114. Thomas BASTON
1Thomas Bason 1748 Standlake, Oxfordshire,
Baptism Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, PAR248/. "
St Giles' Church,
Standlake 22nd January 1748.
Thomas son of Thomas & Anne Bason.".
Image.
2Thomas Bason 1750 Standlake, Oxfordshire,
Burial Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, PAR248/. "
St Giles' Church,
Standlake 6th November 1750.
Thomas son of Thomas & Anne Bason.".
Image.
115. Ann BASTON
1Ann Bason 1760 Standlake Burial Record, SOG
TS. "
17th November 1760
Ann daughter of Thomas Bason.".
53. Jonathan BASTON
1Jonathan Baston 1720 Bampton, Oxford Baptism
Register, ORO PAR 16/1/R1/3 & LDS C0229084. "
22 Jan 1720 Bampton,
Oxfordshire
Jonathan s of William Baston.". Image.
2Jonathan Baston 1784 Bampton, Burial
Register. "
St Mary's, Bampton, Oxfordshire.
11th June 1784, Jonathan
Barston age 64."
In the HIstory of Bampton by G A Jiles, published
1847 an entry shows a Monumental inscription for Jonathan and that he died 8th
June 1787, but the year may have been misread when transcribed.
Image.
3Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, TNA PROB 11/723, 29 Nov 1742, National
Archives, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb A-G (Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November in the sixteenth of the
reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over Great Britain, France
and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred
and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in the County of Berkshire,
Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and
form following That is to say first I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty
God hoping and assuredly believing through the merrits and passion of my Lord
and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to inherit everlasting glory
and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my
Executor herein after named and concerning my worldly estate as it hath pleased
God to bless me with I dispose of the same as follows.
First I give and
bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of John Cook all that my half
yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres 80 the more or less lying in the
common fields of the said East Hendred with all and every the appurtences
thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of Court Roll to hold to she my said
sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever after.
I give and bequeath unto
my brother Thomas Baston five pounds of good and lawfull money of great
Britain and also I give and bequeath unto Deborah the daughter of my said
brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the lawfull money both which said five
pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my Executor herein after named within a
twelve month after my decease.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin
Thomas Baston son of my late brother William Baston all my right and
interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging to the same which said
messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of Thomas Castle deceased who
before his death did surrender the said messuage with the appurtences to my use
as security for the payment of a sum of money by me left him. To hold my said
cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the said time that the money
remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I give and bequeath the
whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment to my said cousin
Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Francis Baston son
also of him said brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money who also is son of my said brother John Baston.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods, daughter of my said brother John Baston,
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
Bennett, daughter also of my said brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of
my brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Henry Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston son also of my said later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late
brother William Baston five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John
Prior son of my late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary
Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath
Robert son in law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five
pounds of like lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and
bequeathed my will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as
above given and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the
rest of my goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid
and my funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister
Deborah the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole
and sole Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the
mark of Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to
be the last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence
and by us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton.
Thomas Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of
February in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before
the Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer."
Messuage - Dwelling house with out buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
Legacy to Jonathan
Baston as nephew in Elizabeth Baston's 1742 Will.
Also I give and bequeath
untoJonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston five
pounds of like lawfull money." Image.
4Sutton Courtney, Berkshire, All Saint's
Church, Jonathan Baston, 1770. "
Where Jonathan Baston & Sarah Baker were
married." Image.
5Jonathan Baston of Bampton Weald, 1777 Will &
Probate, Oxfordshire Record Office, ORO W:10/1/11. "
In the Name of God Amen,
I Jonathan Baston of Weald in the parish of Bampton in the county of Oxford,
Yeoman, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding Do for the
disposing of that Estate which it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me with,
make my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
And first I
commend my soul to God and my Body to the earth to be buried in such decent
manner as my Executrix herein after named shall think fit.
Also I give and
devise all that messuage or tenement in Weald aforesaid wherein I now dwell
together with the outhouses, garden and orchard and all and singular the
premises with the appurtenances except that part of the messuage or tenement and
garden now occupied by my kinswoman Martha Carter and her family with the
two rows of apple trees situate on the east side of the orchard which I give and
devise to the said Martha Carter for and during the natural life of widowhood of
my said wife which said premises I purchased of and from Walter Webb, Abraham
Puddle and Richard Matcham all late of Weald aforesaid.
Unto my beloved
wife Sarah Baston for and during so much of the term or terms which I have
therein as she shall happen to live and remain in widowhood and from --------
and after the decease or second marriage of my said wife whichever shall first
happen, I give and devise all the aforesaid messuage, orchard and premises with
the appurtenances unto my said kinswoman Martha Carter her Executor
Administration and assigns for and during all the residue and remainder of my
Estate term or terms and interest which shall be therein then to come and
unexpired.
Also I give and bequeath unto my kinsman John Baston, William
Baston, Jonathan Baston, Edward Baston and Francis Baston sons of my late
brother William Baston the sum or legacy of five shillings apiece to be paid
within three months next after my decease.
And as for and concerning all my
goodes, Chattels, ready money, debts owing to me and personal estate of what
nature or kind so ever which shall remain after payment of all my just debts
legacies and funeral expenses, I give and bequeath the same unto my said wife
Sarah Baston to and for her own separate use and benefit.
And I do hereby
make constitue and appoint my said wife sole executrix of this my last will
hereby revoking all former wills by me heretofore made.
In Witness whereof I
have here unto set my hand and seal the fourth day of November in the eighteenth
year of the Reign of our sovereign Lord King George the third and in the year of
our Lord God 1777.
Signed sealed published and declared by the above named
Jonathan Baston the testator as and for his last Will and Testament in our
presence and in his presence and at his request attested and subscribed by us.
Thillum? Jonathan Baston.
Elizabeth Munt
Wm Chapman."
Martha Carter was nee Webb and either a
daughter or sister to his first wife and married a Michael Carter 29th July 1770
Bampton.. Image.
6Jonathan Baston of Bampton Weald, 1777 Will &
Probate, Pedigree Chart, 1777. "
created using the facts in Jonathan Baston's
1777 Will." Source Image.
Citation Image.
7Jonathan Baston Will Probate 1785, ORO:
W100.23; 10/1/11. "
Codicil, Apr 25th 1785
Sarah Baston Widow the relict
and sole Executrix in this Will named was sworn to the truth thereof and also
that the deceased effects do not amount in value to the sum of three hundred
pounds. Before me J Cox jurat.
Probate.
This will was proved at
Oxford on the twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord 1785 before the
Rev. John Cox, Clerk Batchelor of Law Surrogate of the Revd. Henry Ford Clerk
U.A. Vicar general Offic'l Principal and Councy? of he Right Revd Father in God
John by Divine permission Lord Bishop of Oxford lawfully constituted by the Oath
of Sarah Baston Widow the relict and sole Executrix therein named to whom admcon
was granted being first sworn duly to administer.".
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Jane WEBB
1Jonathan Bason & Jane Webb 1742 Bampton,
Oxfordshire, Marriage Register, ORO PAR16/1/R1/3. "
St Mary's, Bampton 9th
October 1742.
Jonathan Bason & Jane Webb by banns.".
Image.
Sarah BAKER
1Jonathan Baston & Sarah Baker 1770 Sutton
Courtney, Berkshire, OFHS N Berks CD. "
All Saints, Sutton Courtney,
Berkshire, 6th October 1770.
Jonathan Baston of Bampton & Sarah Baker.
Witnesses, John Morrhen, Jn Crutch.". Image.
2Sarah Baston 1798 Bampton Burial Register. "
St Mary's Church, Bampton, Oxfordshire.
3rd April 1798, Sarah Baston aged 80
years.". Image.
64. Deborah BASTON
1Deborah Baston 1730 East Hendred Baptism
Register, ORO Bishop's TS. "
St Lawrence, East Hendred 31st October 1730.
Deborah daughter of Thomas & Mary Baston.". Image.
2Elizabeth Baston 1742 spinster of East
Hendred, Berkshire Will & Probate, TNA PROB 11/723, 29 Nov 1742, National
Archives, PROB 11/723 (Clerk's copy) & PROB 10/1945 1743 Feb A-G (Original). "
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty ninth day of November in the sixteenth of the
reign or our Sovereign Lord George the second King over Great Britain, France
and Ireland and so forth and in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred
and forty two I Elizabeth Baston of East Hendred in the County of Berkshire,
Spinster do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and
form following That is to say first I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty
God hoping and assuredly believing through the merrits and passion of my Lord
and saviour Jesus Christ to be eternally saved and to inherit everlasting glory
and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my
Executor herein after named and concerning my worldly estate as it hath pleased
God to bless me with I dispose of the same as follows.
First I give and
bequeath unto my sister Deborah the wife of John Cook all that my half
yard-lands containing by estimation ten acres 80 the more or less lying in the
common fields of the said East Hendred with all and every the appurtences
thereunto belonging which I hold by Copy of Court Roll to hold to she my said
sister Deborah Cook and to her heirs forever after.
I give and bequeath unto
my brother Thomas Baston five pounds of good and lawfull money of great
Britain and also I give and bequeath unto Deborah the daughter of my said
brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the lawfull money both which said five
pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my Executor herein after named within a
twelve month after my decease.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin
Thomas Baston son of my late brother William Baston all my right and
interest in a messuage and appurtenances belonging to the same which said
messuage and appurtenances was late in the tenure of Thomas Castle deceased who
before his death did surrender the said messuage with the appurtences to my use
as security for the payment of a sum of money by me left him. To hold my said
cousin Thomas Baston and his heirs for and during the said time that the money
remains unpaid and when the said money shall be paid I give and bequeath the
whole that is or shall be due to me at the time of payment to my said cousin
Thomas Baston and his heirs forever.
Also I give and bequeath unto my
cousin John Baston son of my late brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Francis Baston son
also of him said brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Baston five pounds of the
lawfull money who also is son of my said brother John Baston.
Also I give and
bequeath unto my cousin Mary Woods, daughter of my said brother John Baston,
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
Bennett, daughter also of my said brother John Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Ann Baston daughter also of
my brother John Baston five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Henry Baston son of my brother Jonathan Baston five pounds
of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin William
Baston son also of my said later brother Jonathan Baston five pounds of like
lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto William Baston son of my late
brother William Baston five pounds of the lawfull money.
Also I give and
bequeath unto Jonathan Baston son also of my late brother William Baston
five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto John
Prior son of my late sister Mary Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath unto Mary Spark daughter of my late sister Mary
Prior five pounds of like lawfull money.
Also I give and bequeath
Robert son in law to John Woods and son to my said cousin Mary Woods five
pounds of like lawfull money.
All which sums of five pounds above named and
bequeathed my will is that my executor herein after named shall pay the same as
above given and bequeathed within a twelve month after my decease.
All the
rest of my goods and chattels of what nature or kind so ever my debts being paid
and my funeral expenses discharge I give and bequeath unto my said sister
Deborah the wife of John Cook whom I do make and hereby appoint the whole
and sole Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written - the
mark of Elizabeth Baston - hand sealed, delivered and published and declared to
be the last will and testament of Elizabeth Baston the testatrix in our presence
and by us in the presence of the testatrix - Richard Champ. Richard Houlton.
Thomas Yorke.
The Will was proved at London the seventeenth day of
February in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and forty two before
the Worshipful Robert Dale Doctor of Law surrogate to the Right Worshipfull John
Bettesworth also Doctor of Law Master keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Deborah Cook wife of
John Cook the sister of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will
to whom was granted administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased being first sworn duly to administer."
Messuage - Dwelling house with out buildings and land assigned to its use.
Appurtenances - Belonging, appendage or accessory. "
Legacy to Deborah in
her aunt Elizabeth Baston's 1742 Will.
also I give and bequeath unto Deborah
the daughter of my said brother Thomas Baston five pounds of the lawfull money
both which said five pounds to be paid so bequeathed by my Executor herein after
named within a twelve month after my decease." Image.
3Deborah Cooke 1754 Southwark, Surrey, Will,
CAH Image DSCF7833, Deborah Baston, 18 Mar 1854, National Archives, TNA ref PROB
10/2186 (original) & PROB 11/821 (Clerk's copy). "
In the name of God Amen I
Deborah Cooke of the parish of Saint Saviour, Southwark in the county of Surrey,
widow being at this time weak in body but of perfect mind and understanding do
the fear of God make this my last Will and Testament, my soul I do resign unto
my blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ my Body I do commit to the Earth in trust and
faith of a joyful resurrection to everlasting felicity and as to my worldly
estate as God of his infinite mercy hath bestowed on me I will give, devise and
bequeath as follows.
Imprimis I give and bequeath to my loving brother Thomas
Baston the sum of twenty pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain.
Item to Deborah Baston daughter of my brother Thomas Baston five pounds and
silver sugar dish.
Item to Mary and Elizabeth Baston daughters of John Baston
five pounds each.
Item to Elizabeth Woodbridge and Ann Racey five pounds
each.
Item to Mary Sparrowhawk wife of William Sparrowhawk my green damask
gown large white petticoat black silk cloak my Mourning ring and half a dozen of
Napkins.
Item to her daughter Mary Sparrowhawk my cypher ring and small gilt
cup.
Item to John Prior son of William Prior five pounds.
Item to Mary
Wood and her sister (Eliz inserted) each a large silver cup.
Item to Thomas
Judd & Mary his wife one guinea for a ring.
Item to Reverend Thomas Jones,
Chaplin of St Saviour's one guinea for a ring.
Item to Francis Porter and
Hannah his wife one guinea each.
Item to Amey Merry one guinea.
Item to
Mary Quied?/ one guinea.
My will is that all legacies are paid as soon as I
am interred and that I am buried in the same form and manner and in the same
grave with my loving husband John Cooke and that I have the same gentlemen to
support my pall that supported my husband and lastly I give and bequeath unto
John Baston all the rest and residue of my estate and effects whom I constitute
and appoint my whole and sole executor of this my last Will and Testament
whereunto I have set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of March one thousand
seven hundred and fifty four.
The mark of Deborah Cooke (& seal).
Witness
our hands same day John Norket and Ebenezer Reynolds.". "
Item to Deborah
Baston daughter of my brother Thomas Baston five pounds and silver sugar dish."
Image.
John GUNTER
1Deborah Baston & John Gunter 1758 East
Hendred, Marriage Register TS, ORO: PAR/. "
East Hendred 18th October 1758
John Gunter of West Hendred, bachelor & Deborah Baston of this parish, spinster
were married by Banns this 18th day of October 1758.
Wit: John Rixson & John
Holmes.
(Also Banns read 21st September, 1st & 10th October 1758 at West
Hendred, Deborah of East Hendred).". Image.
67. Thomas (Basson) BASTON
1Thomas Basson 1680 Bampton Baptism Register,
LDS C022084. "
St Mary's Bampton, 16th April 1680.
Thomas Basson filius
John.". Image.
2Thomas Baston 1736 Oxford Quarter Sessions,
OFHS QS DVD. "
1736 No 2. Wm Keen & Thomas Basaton of Brydhampton to answer
John Handy of Brydington 11th Septebmer. P B Collins.".
Image.
Elizabeth NEYAS
1Thomas Baston & Elizabeth Neyas 1702
Bampton, Oxfordshire, Marriage Register, Oxfordshire Record Office,
PAR16/1/R1/1/3 "Book 2". "
St Mary's Church, Bampton 21st November 1702.
Thomas Baston & Eliz. Neyas by licence.". Image.
Elizabeth BROOKS
1Thomas Basson & Elizabeth Brooks 1717 Kencot
Marriage Register TS, OFHS CD TS. "
St George's Church, Kencot, Oxfordshire
29th May 1717.
Thomas Basson & Elizabeth Brooks of Brighthampton by Banns.".
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Susanna PALMER
1John Baston & Susanna Palmer 1699 Bampton,
Marriage Register, ORO: PAR/ SOG: Ox/R38. "
St Michael's, Begbroke
26th October 1699
John Baston of Aston in ye psh of Bampton and Susanna
Palmer of ye same psh were married by certificate."
Both the IGI &
transcripts have 1679 Begbroke, but no trace of either entry as date is 1699
according to the actual parish register entry..
Image.
2Susannah Palmer 1678 Bampton Baptism
Register, LDS C022084. "
St Mary's Bampton 22nd November 1677.
Susannah
Palmer filia Richard.". Image.
3Susanna Baston 1719 Bampton Burial Register,
ORO: PAR/16/1/R1/3. "
St Mary's Bampton 5th October 1719.
Susanna Baston
wife of John.". Image.
119. Susanna BASTON
1Susanna Baston 1700/1 Bampton Baptism
Register, LDS C020084 (1700). "
St Mary the Virgin, Bampton, 1st January
1700/1
Susanna d to Jno Baston Junr.". Image.
Henry BANTING
1Susanna Burston & Henry Banting 1719 Witney,
Oxfordshire, Marriage Register TS, Oxfordshire Family History Society,
transcript CD WIT01. "
St Mary's Church, Witney 6 Feb 1719.
Henry Banting
of Shipton & Susanna Burston of Coggs.".
Alice SHEPARD
1John Baston & Alice Shepard 1720 Oxford,
Marriage Licence, Oxfordshire Record Office. "
Licence obtained 2 June 1720
to marry in St Michael's Church, Oxford.
John Baston widower of Aston & Alice
Shepard widow of Norleigh."
Licence obtained but no trace of a marriage
ever taking place either at Oxford, Northleigh or Bampton but an Alice wife of
John Basson was buried 1729 in Northleigh.. Image.
Elizabeth ARCHER
1John Bason & Elizabeth Sheppard 1724
Bampton, Oxfordshire, Marriage Register TS, Oxfordshire Family History Society,
transcript CD WIT04. "
St Mary's Church, Bampton 1st February 1824.
John
Bason of Coat & Elizabeth Sheppard of Cote.".
69. Henry BASTON
1Henry Baston 1684 Bampton Baptism Register,
ORO PAR16/1/R1/1 & IGI C022084. "
St Mary's Bampton, 10th October 1684.
Henry the son of John Baston.". Image.
2Henry Bason 1742 Standlake, Oxfordshire,
Burial Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, PAR248/. "
St Giles' Church,
Standlake 17th October 1742.
Henry Bason.". Image.
Elizabeth JAMES
1Henry Baston & Elizabeth James 1709 Bampton
Marriage Register, ORO: PAR/16/1/R1/1. "
St Mary the Virgin, Bampton 29th
October 1709.
Henry Basson & Elizabeth James by Banns.".
Image.
2Elizabeth Bason 1751 Standlake, Oxfordshire,
Burial Register, Oxfordshire Record Office, PAR248/. "
St Giles' Church,
Standlake 9th September 1751.
Elizabeth Bason of Brighthampton, widow.".
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Mary MINCHIN
1Thomas Bason & Mary Minchin 1753 Yelford
Marriage Licence & TS, Oxfordshire Record Office, Lic 246 Arch Dioc d26 f79 &
SOG. "
Thomas Bason & Mary Minchin 1753 Yelford Marriage Bond
Thomas Bason
of Coate age 28 years and Mary Minchin of Yelford age 29 years."
All
Yelford registers pre 1745 Baptisms, 1770 Marriages are missing..
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Edith KIMBER
1John Baston & Edith Kimber 1832 North
Hinksey, Marriage TS, SOG TS. "St Lawrence Church, North Hinksey, Berkshire
John Baston & Edith Kimber.".
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