Thomas Wilson

  General Notes:

Will of Thomas Wilson:

THOMAS WILLSONNE of Bockinge, Essex, gent., 24 February 33d Elizth,
Proved 31 March 1591. Thomas Willsonne my father, late of Bednall
Green. Middlesex deceased, did make me by his last will &c. his sole executor. Leases of lands in Stepney, houses &c. in St. Martin's in the Fields By Charing Cross bequeathed by him. My daughters Susan, Elizabeth, Jane, Anne, Mary, Winifride, Frances and Dorothy at days of marriage or Age of one and twenty years. My brother John Willsonn and his wife. My sister Bradburrie. My sister Pigott. My sister Barbara Lucas. My sister Anne Haines. My sister Joane. My sister Elizabeth. I give to Thomas Willsonn my eldest son a born bordered about with silver parcel Gilt. My son Philip Willsonn. John Robinson, my children's school-
Master. My uncle Jeffrey Brooke's wife. To my mother Simons one ring of gold with a death's head. Henry Barr. Son Thomas at one and twenty. My wife to be executrix and beloved friends, Master Edward Thursbie and my uncle Master Jeffery Brooke to be overseers.

Among the witnesses were Lawncelott Browne, Doctor of Physic, and Humfrey Clarke.
Proved by William Crooke, Notary Public, Attorney for Susan the relict of the deceased.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Marriage: to Susan Jocelin, 12 June 1571, Stisted, Essex.

Thomas married Susan Jocelin, daughter of Philip Jocelin and Anne Brooke, on 12 June 1571 in Stisted, Essex. (Susan Jocelin was born in 1550 in Braintree, Essex, died in 1616 in Bocking, Essex and was buried in 1616 in Braintree, Essex.)