William Kellogg (1515 - 1578)

Born 15 Sep 1515 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Ancestors

Died 2 Feb 1578 at age 62 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England

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Biography

William was born about 15 Sept 1515. He was the son of Nicholas Kellogg and Florence Hall. He passed away in 1578. ^[1]

William was buried at Saffron Walden, 2 Feb 1578; he married ALICE UNKNOWN; she was buried 25 October 1587. They owned a farm at Saffron Walden called “The Roose.” Phillippe Bird, Gentleman, was one of the overseers of William's estate.^[2]

William's and wife's wills

According to The Kelloggs in the Old World:^[3]

William, eldest son, b. ; m. Alice. He was buried in Saffron Walden, 2 Feb., 1578. She was buried 25 Oct., 1587. He owned a farm in Saffron Walden called "The Roose." In the Manorial Court of Debden, 12 May, 1576, "It was presented that William Hall, many years ago, surrendered to the Queen by the hands of Thomas Borley, a tenant, in the presence of John Biston and John Salmon, a tenement called Coches, otherwise Hubberds, as appeared by the rool of the court for 7 Henry VIII (A. D. 1515), to the use of Florence, his daughter, and William Kellogge and the heirs of the same William which same William is kinsman and next heir of the said William Hall, deceased, viz. : son of Florence formerly daughter of said William Hall — William Kellogg is admitted."

His will, dated 20 Apr., 1578, proven in the Archdeaconry of Colchester, 15 May, 1578, mentions his wife, Alice, and son, John, and three children of his son John, viz. : Thomas, Mary and John. He bequeathed a small sum to his son and his grandchildren, and the rest of the estate to his wife for her life and after to "John, the son of the above said John my son and to the heirs of the said John, son of the said John my son, forever." Phillip Bird, gentleman, was one of the overseers.

Her will was dated 30 Mar., 1585. The same persons were named in her will as in his. After small bequests to the others, she bequeathed all her lands, tenements, etc., to John Kellogg, the son of her son John and "to the heres of his bodye lawfullye to be begotten and for defaulte of issue of the bodye of the said John lawfullye to be begotten then to remain & to be vnto Thomas Kellogge one other of the sonnes of the said John Kellogge my sonne & to the heires of his bodye lawfullye to be begotten and soe from one sonne to another son of the bodie of the said John Kellogge my sonne lawfullye to be begotten lyneallye descendinge the one successivelve followinge the other duringe soe long as anye shal be in life."

Common Pleas

In Easter term 1577, ^[4] Henry Mordaunt, gentleman, was suing William Kellogg, of Saffron Waldyn, Essex; and John Kellogg, of Saffron Waldyn, husbandman, for 20 ewes worth 100 shillings, 20 lambs worth 60 shillings, 3 boars worth 40 shillings, 14 quarters of wheat worth 20 pounds, and 40 quarters of malt worth 40 marks.

John Kellogg was probably the son of William, mentioned in his father's will.

Sources

1. ↑ The Kellogg’s in the Old World and the New, Volume 1
2. ↑ The Kellogg’s in the Old World and the New, Volume 1
3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/kelloggsinoldwor01hopk/page/8/mode/2up?view=theater
4. ↑ http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT5/Eliz/CP40no1344/aCP40no1344Pt1fronts/IMG_0180.htm

• William Kellogg Find a Grave memorial
• Hopkins, Timothy; The Kellogg’s in the Old World and the New, Volume 1. San Francisco: Sunset Press and Photo Engraving Company, 1903.