Anne Parker

  General Notes:

The will of Anne Gurdon:

I desire that my body may have a private and decent burial. I give to my son Robert Gurdon my great seal gold ring which was both his grand- father's and his father's. I give to my said son Robert all my stock of deer and conies that shall be in the warren park at the time of my death. I give, more, to my said son Robert ten pounds. I give to my son in law Dr. Thomas Jacomb and my daughter his wife ten pounds apiece. I give to my daughter Gould ten pounds. I give to my daughter JollifF ten pounds. I give to my son Philip and his wife ten pounds apiece. I give to my son Nathaniel aud his wife ten pounds apiece. I give to my son Brampton ten pounds. I give to my son Barret ten pounds. Certain household stuff to Brampton and to Barret. To my dear brother Mr. Henry Parker forty shillings and to my nephew Mr. Henry Parker, his son, forty shillings. To my dear brother Mr. Nathaniel Parker forty shil- lings. To Ann Gurdon, my son Nathaniel's eldest daughter, thirty and to her (his?) daughter Eliza: twenty pounds, to be paid to them at the age of twenty years. If either of them die before that age, unmarried, her part shall go to the other. To Mr. Thomas Walker of Nayland forty shillings and to his wife twenty shillings. Sundry small legacies to others named. The remainder of my estate to be laid out in land or otherwise improved for the best advantage of my son Nathaniel's children, Ann, Elizabeth, John, Amy, Judeth ami Robert, to be paid to them when they attain to the age of twenty years. I do now declare my sun Philip Gurdon and my daughter Mrs Anne Jolliflfe to be my executors. Reference to a deed made to nephew Mr. Henry Parker and Mr. Thomas Walker of Nayland.

Anne married John Gurdon, son of Brampton Gurdon and Elizabeth Barrett, in April 1624. (John Gurdon was born on 3 July 1595 in Assington, Suffolk, christened on 13 July 1595 in Assington, Suffolk, died on 9 September 1679 in Assington, Suffolk and was buried on 9 September 1679 in Assington, Suffolk.)