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William Duckett MP (1624 - 1686)

William "of Hartham" Duckett MP
Born in Corsham, Wiltshire, Englandmap
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Husband of — married about 1650 in Englandmap
Husband of — married about 1655 in Englandmap
Husband of — married Sep 1669 in Englandmap
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Died at about age 62 in Hartham, Corsham, Wiltshire, Englandmap
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Biography

William Duckett of Hartham, Corsham, co. Wilts. (bp. 23 May 1624 Corsham, co. Wilts), was the eldest son and heir of:[1][2][3]

  • John Duckett of Calstone (near Calne, co. Wilts),[1][2][4]
  • and Jane,[2] dau. of William Winter of Colford, co. Gloucs.[1][3]

He had a brother named Stephen (bur. 11 Nov 1626 Corsham), who died young.[3]

William was educated at St John's, Oxford and admitted to the Inner Temple in 1642. He was MP for Calne from 1659 to 1661.[1]

Marriage

William married three times. His first wife was Elizabeth Henshaw. The second was Anne Knight, and the last was Margaret Moore. He had no children with his third wife.

Henshaw

m.1 (bef. 1651) Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Henshaw of Kensington, co. Middlesex. Issue: 1 son.[1]

children:

  • Lionel, esq. of Box, co. Wilts. (b. c. 1652 - d. 1693), MP for Calne 1679-81.[5]

Knight

m.2 (1655) Anne (d. c.1667), dau. of George Knight, mercer, of Bristol, wid. of Walter Chapman of Bath. Issue: 1 daughter.[1]

Moore

m.3 (14 Sep 1669 license) Margaret, dau. of Sir Henry Moore, 2nd Bt., of Fawley, Berks. No issue.[1].

Will

Summary of the Will of William Duckett 1686/7

In his will made on 01 Nov 1686 and proved on 03 Jan 1686/1687 he was recorded as William Duckett of Hartham in the County of Wilts Esqr[6].

He bequeathed to his son, Lionell Duckett "all the furniture of my house at Hartham except plate lynnen my wifes pictures and the bookes that belong to her and Cabinetts and what other goods my wife shall thinke fitt for her use & being assured she will be kind to him, But if my sonne shall be soe unkind as to vex her with suites either in his owne name or in any others then the said goods to be returned to and disposed by my Executrix , And in case my sonne Lionell Duckett shall refuse to satisfy two Bonds which I am bound with him for one to William Singer of Trowbridge and the other to May Pinchen of Chippenham both of the County of Wilts Then the goods at Hartham intended for my said sonne to be sold for the payment of the said Bonds". He also bequeathed to his son, Lionell, his best saddle horse, his milk cowes and hoggs.

He bequeathed to his daughter Jane Stubbs and her husband mourning and £10 to buy her a Ring.

He desired his Executrix "to pay to my sonne Duckett one hundred pounds to bury me and lett noe more be laid out and to have my body interid at Calne and I give to the poore there tenne pounds to be paid within two months after my death".

He bequeathed to "my deare wife her heirs and assignes all my houses Lands Tenements and hereditaments in the City of Bath and all the residue of my goods chattells and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever".

He nominated his wife (not named in the will) as his Executrix. However, probate recorded that his widow was named Margaret.

Death

An entry in the parish register of Corsham, co. Wilts. states:

" William Duckett esq deceased 01 Nov 1686 and buried at Calne 05 Nov 1686."[7].

It is presumed that he died at Hartham, Corsham.

Here
beneath this marble
lyeth (in hope of a joyfull
Resurrection) the body of Lionel
Duckett, Esq., only son and Heyre of
William Duckett, late of Hartham, in the
County of Wilts, Esq., by his first Wife, Elizabeth
Henshaw: He married Martha Ash, Eldest
Daughter of Samuel Ash, of Langley, in
the County of Wilts, Esq. by whom he
left only three sons, George, William
and Henry·Stephen. He was born
in the Parish on the fourth day of
March, 1651, and hap'ned to depart
this life in this Parish, on the fifth
day of December, 1693.
Jam mea peracta est
Mox vestra agetur Fabula.
My play is over, and I'm gone
Reader! your part will soon come on.
[8]

Notes

Caution: Duplicate Family needs merging

There is a duplicate family here:

  • William Duckett, born 1624 m. Elizabeth Henshaw, born 1625. Some genealogies show them as the parents of Richard Duckett, immigrant to Maryland, who married Charity Jacob. But William and Elizabeth had only one son who was named Lionel. They did not have a son named Richard. This genealogy is extensively documented.
  • William Duckett, born 1650, married Elizabeth Henshaw, born 1653. Shown as parents of a Richard Duckett who married Charity Jacob. Unless solid documentation can be found for this, Duckett-665 should be merged into Duckett-26, Henshaw-269 should be merged into Henshaw-138, and Duckett-840 should be detached from the above parents and merged into Duckett-2.Day-1904 15:13, 5 June 2017 (EDT)


Caution: No Child Named Richard Duckett

Numerous genealogies show Richard Duckett to be the son of William Duckett of Wiltshire, England, and his wife Elizabeth Henshaw. A plaque in Kensington Church, London carries this inscription which proves that William and Elizabeth Duckett of Henshaw had only one son named Lionel and did not have a a son named Richard.

Notes

  • William Duckett, born 1624 m. Elizabeth Henshaw, born 1625. Some genealogies show them as the parents of Richard Duckett, immigrant to Maryland, who married Charity Jacob. But William and Elizabeth had only one son who was named Lionel. They did not have a son named Richard. This genealogy is extensively documented.
  • William Duckett, born 1650, married Elizabeth Henshaw, born 1653. Shown as parents of a Richard Duckett who married Charity Jacob. Unless solid documentation can be found for this, Duckett-665 should be merged into Duckett-26, Henshaw-269 should be merged into Henshaw-138, and Duckett-840 should be detached from the above parents and merged into Duckett-2.Day-1904 15:13, 5 June 2017 (EDT)

Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Ancestry.com, 2001.The Family Data Collection - Births database was created while gathering genealogical data for use in the study of human genetics and disease. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5769&h=1343843&ssrc=pt&tid=47580&pid=240045560340&usePUB=true

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Henning, B.D. (1983). "Duckett, William (1624-86), of Hartham, Corsham, Wilts.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. HOP. Web.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Corsham Parish Register. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Burke, B. (1885). "Duckett," in Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 47, p. 435. Google Books.
  4. ↑ John Duckettt of Calstone & Hartham, (Burke, 1885, p. 437).[1]
    see also: Wikipedia: Hartham House
  5. ↑ Cherry, G.L. (1966). The Convention Parliament, 1689: A Biographical Study of Its Members, p. 58. Google Books.
  6. ↑ Will of William Duckett of Hartham, Wiltshire. 03 Jan 1687. PROB 11/386/4. National Archives.
  7. ↑ Corsham Parish Register. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre.
  8. ↑ William Betham, The Baronetage of England, or The History of the English Baronets, London, 1805. Volume 5, page 38. https://books.google.com/books?id=zKNBAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=the+body+of+Lionel+Duckett,+Esquire&source=bl&ots=9uolEtJpkd&sig=nzq8bYMGFGtObe6cXioMXew4Yb0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3pGdVeK7KYX1tQXzsI-4BQ&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=the%20body%20of%20Lionel%20Duckett%2C%20Esquire&f=false. Accessed July 8, 2015

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[Living Ogle]
Duckett-665 and Duckett-26 appear to represent the same person because: merge out duplicate and keep narrative RE: alt data/vitals, etc.
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Bob King
Note that this William Duckett is not the father of Lionell Duckett. This William Duckett was born in 1650. Lionell Duckett was born in 1651.
posted on Duckett-665 (merged) by Bob King

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