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Name James OLMSTEAD
Birth 1520, Great Leighs, Essex, England
Death 2 Dec 1595, Great Leighs, Essex, England
Father James OLMSTEAD (1500-)
Mother BEATRICE (1500-)
Spouses:
1 Alice HAWKYNS OR SORRELL
Birth bet 1522/1529, Great Leighs, Essex, England
Death 2 Aug 1553, Great Leighs, Essex, England
Burial 2 Aug 1553, Great Leighs, Essex, England
Marriage 1549, Great Waltham, Essex, England
Children: James (~1550-1595)
William (~1548-)
John (1552-)
Notes for James OLMSTEAD
Will; 20 May 1592; Great Leighs, Essex, Eng 3. Commissary of London for Essex and Herts, 20th May, 1592 Abstract of the will of James Hampstead of Much Leighs, County Essex, yeoman. To Thomas Hampstead, my oldest son, land &c in Braintre Manor, called Lowes pasture, containing 16 acres and a rod Calves Croft, 3 acres, a meadow called Alms House, &c. To Richard my second son tenements called Fords and Marshalls and 26 acres of land in my occupation and that of John Allen, joyner. To James Hampstead, my third son, land called Broomes Croft, in the tenure of one Huckerbye and other landholders of the same maner. To Nicholas my fourth son a free tenement called Beeves als Bells in the ph of Braintre. To John my fifth son, a messuage called Mair and a house in Halfieldwick in Terling. To my daughter Mabel, œ40. To my daughter Elizabeth, œ40 when 21 or married. [Signed] JAMES Holmestede, Witnesses: wife Jane extrix. THOMAS HUBBARD RICHARD-HYDE. ROBERT TURNER. THOMAS TANNACK. Proved 8th January, 1594-5.(*)
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