Shortly before he died Alice's father Isaac prepared his will, in which he describes himself as a yeoman of West Row, Mildenhall. In the will he leaves his land (approx 21 acres) to his wife to hold during her lifetime. On his wife's death six acres is to go to my "my daughter Alice the wife of William Fletcher of West Row....labourer".[5]
Alice was buried in Mildenhall, Suffolk on 13th December 1818.[6]
Sources
↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5MD-P9W : 11 February 2018, Alice Butcher, 25 May 1766); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 887,387.
↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJKD-G4F : 8 March 2018), William Fletcher and Alice Butcher, 11 Oct 1793; citing Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, reference 270, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 989,617.
↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JSKD-4YH : 8 March 2018, Alice Fletcher in entry for William Fletcher, ); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 989,617.
↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVP4-GH8 : 9 March 2018, Alice Fletcher in entry for Robert Fletcher, ); citing p 25 no 22, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 887,401.
↑ copy of will obtained by James Southey on 20th January 2020 from Bury St Edmunds Suffolk Archives
↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZH6-NJD : 10 February 2018), Alice Fletcher, burial 13 Dec 1818; citing Mildenhall, Suffolk, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 951,465.
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Hi Nancy, I hope you are well. I think Alice's parents are Isaac and Elizabeth Butcher, so have connected them to this profile. I hope this is okay? James