Stephen Aldous (1698)

Born 6 Jul 1698 in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England

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Biography

Stephen Aldous was born in Suffolk, England.

Stephen was baptised on 6 July 1698 at Mendlesham, Suffolk.^[1] He is the son of Stephen Aldous and Elizabeth Vincent.

He married Elizabeth, (unknown last name at birth) and the couple had five issue all baptised in Mendlesham between 1724 and 1736. John and Stephen (twins. John died in infancy), Elizabeth, Mary, and John.

Elizabeth died in 1761.^[2].

Stephen wrote his will on 21 January 1765, leaving property in Fressingfield and Mendlesham to his grandchildren Phineas Aldous and Sarah Aldous (who were children of Stephen's son John), and he also mentions his granddaughter Elizabeth Kemp (daughter of Stephen's daughter Mary, who had married Thomas Kemp). He also mentions his sons Stephen and John in the will.^[3]

Stephen was buried in Mendlesham on 26th December 1766, the parish register referring to him as "an old inhabitant."^[4]

Research Notes

• A question as to who his wife was:
  • Was it Elizabeth Drane daughter of James Drane of Scole in Norfolk. However, she was baptised in 1710, so would've been only about 14 at the birth of the couple's twins (James had a daughter Elizabeth baptised in 1705, then another in 1707, who was buried in 1707. Then another in 1710). She would have been
  • Find A Grave and Ancestry have content mentioning Several family tress on Ancestry give Stephen's wife as Elizabeth Drane, daughter of James Drane of Scole in Norfolk. However, she was baptised in 1710, so would've been only about 14 at the birth of the couple's twins (James had a daughter Elizabeth baptised13 at the time of marriage which was legal at age twelve (a prior note left on the profile does not give the sources quoted in Ancestry. However the deleted source for Find A Grave is now included in See Also.
  • Stephen's brother Samuel may have married Elizabeth's sister Merable Drane.
  • James Drane's will mentions a granddaughter called Elizabeth Aldis, who was under 21 when he wrote his will.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Suffolk : Mendlesham : St Mary the Virgin : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/650b10cef493fd805b71f306 : viewed 22 Sep 2023) baptism Stephanus Aldus 6 Jul 1698
2. ↑ Suffolk : Mendlesham : St Mary the Virgin : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818cdb0e93790ec75a5cea6 : viewed 22 Sep 2023) burial Elizabeth wife of Stephen Aldis 18 Oct 1761
3. ↑ Suffolk Record Office, reference: IC/500/1/221/36 Will of Stephen Aldous of Mendlesham, probate 12 May 1767.
4. ↑ Suffolk : Mendlesham : St Mary the Virgin : Register of unspecified type : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818cdb1e93790ec75a5d006 : viewed 22 Sep 2023) burial Stephen Aldous 26 Dec 1766
5. ↑ Norfolk Record Office wills. NCC will register Suckling 85. Drane, James, senior, yeoman, of Scole, 1735. (accessed in 2023)

See Also:

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183688369/stephen-aldous