Robert Vesey

  General Notes:

The will of Robert Versey:

Robert Vesey of Hadley in the countye of Suffolk, clothier, 11 Oct’ 1559. To the children of William Vesey by his first and second Wives, when of age. To the children of Lawrence Vezey, viz, :—Abram, Isaacke, and Laurance when twenty four, and to Rose, Dorathe, Margaret, Anne, Alice and Marye Vesey, when twenty years of age. To John Smith, sonne of William Smith of Hadley: Anthony Gosnold, sonne of Robert Gosnold, late of Ottley: Alice Gosnold my maide: Judith Gosnold daughter of said Robert: Elizabeth Smith, dwelling with me, daughter of John Smith of Elmsett: Roger Ball of Hadleigh my kinsman: Katherine Cole, daughter of Rose Cole. To William Vesey my sonne my lands in Leigham. To Arture Vesey my sonne the howse I dwell in for life ,‘ then to Robert Vesey his sonne; then, for lack of sonnes to said Arthur and Robert, to Laurence Vesey, sonne late of Laurence Vesey sonne of me; and then, failing issue males, to Isaacke Vesey. Lands to Arthur Vesey for life, then to Robert Vesey his eldest sonne. To the said Arthur Vesey lands in Roydon. To Dorathe Vesey daughter of William Vesey. To Laurence Smith, sonne of John Smith, lands in Roydon. To William Vesey sonne of William Vesey, Ingelbrighte Smithe, sonne of John Smith of Elmsett: Henry Vesey sonne of William Vesey: Robert Smith sonne of John Smith of Elmsett: Edward Smith sonne of John Smith of Elmsett ; John Gosnold sonne of Robert Gosnold late of Ottley: William and John Gosnold, also sonnes of the said Robert: John Smith sonne of John Smith of Hadley: and Robert Smith th’elder. sonne of John Smith of Elmsett. Probate 7 May 1561 Juramento Willffii Vesey executoris.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Clother: Hadleigh, Suffolk.

• Marriage: to Agnes Warren.

• Marriage: to Catherine Forth.

Robert married Catherine Forth, daughter of Robert Forth and Unknown. (Catherine Forth was born in 1500 in Hadleigh, Suffolk and died in 1560 in Hadleigh, Suffolk.)