Cannon Research Wills

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Contents 1 Existing 2 No Profiles 3 Possible interest 4 Books 5 Sources

Existing

The Will of Joseph Cannon yeoman 1774 Cookham
Joseph Cannon (-bef.1773)

• Ann Cannon (wife)
• Elizabeth, Hannah, Ann and Martha (daughters)
• Robert, James and William (sons)
• Witnesses: Thomas Holderness, John David, Joseph Eversley

The Will of John Cannon 1809 Maidenhead
John Cannon

• Henry Cannon (brother)
• Mary (sister, wife of Joseph Taft)
• Elizabeth Cannon (sister, spinster)
• Sarah (sister, wife or widow of Thomas Goldfinch)
• Susannah (sister, wife of John Trindall/Trindal of Windsor or Eton)
• William Cannon (nephew)
• John Cannon (nephew)
• Sarah Cannon (niece, sister of the above John and William)
• Witnesses: James Payn, William Ball, John Lavington

The Will of Henry Cannon 1811 Maidenhead
Henry Cannon (abt.1765-abt.1811)

• Elizabeth (wife)
• Charles, William & George (sons)
• Edward Adams, Inn Keeper & John Higgs, Farrier (Executors)
• Witnesses John Taylor, Mary Ann Haynes, Charles Haynes
• Codicil Witness Sarah Haynes

The Will of Mary Cannon 1819 Bray
Mary Cannon (1769-1819)

• William Cannon of the Angel Inn, Reading (son)
• John Cannon of Lowbrook Farm (son)
• Sarah Abrahams (or Abrams?) (sister)
  • William Abrahams (sister's husband)
• Sarah Cannon (wife of son William)
• Elizabeth Rumbell (late Elizabeth Abrahams - daughter of sister Sarah) - Betsy in Codicil
  • John Rumbell of Maidenhead (husband of Elizabeth)
• John Higgs of Maidenhead, farrier (Executor)
• Witnesses: Barnard A Higgs, Henry Higgs
• Witnesses to Codicil: Nancy Westall Louisa Pocock, Rebecca Thatche

The Will of Richard Cannon of Cannon Farm, Cookham, Berkshire 1772 - not transcribed
(son of Joseph Cannon (1655-) & Mary (Moody) Cannon (abt.1655-), wife Elizabeth King)
Richard Cannon (bef.1689-bef.1772)

• Elizabeth (wife)
• Richard (eldest son)
• Charles Wix & William Beard (friends, Pinkneys Green)
• Other children not named all under 21 - at least 5
• Witnesses: John Gould, John Benwell, James Payn

Elizabeth (Cannon) Bishop, daughter of Richard Cannon and Elizabeth King. her will was written on 1 May 1820 and passed probate on 24 July 1827.^[1]

• William Cannon, brother
• Sarah Bulton? niece
• Sarah Poulton Is this the same as the above Sarah?
• Widow Cock?
• William Poulton nephew
• Richard Cannon brother
• Joseph Cannon brother
• Robert Cannon brother No baptism found for Robert.
• Sarah wife of Rev Henry Blenkinsopp of Fulmer sister
• Elizabeth wife of James Darby, Cookham, brewer, niece
• Witnesses CS, WJ & Charles Ward
• In probate William Poulton is noted as William Bishop

The Will of John Beard yeoman 1744 Pinkneys Green
TBA

• Katharine (wife)
• Leonard Dutton (farm owner)
• William Beard (son)
• Ann, wife of Richard Cannon (daughter)
• Katherine, wife of John Seearle (daughter)
• John & Katharine Seearle (grandchildren)
• Witnesses: William Glannill, Eliz^th Wigginton, Will^m Allen

The Will of Charles Jones 1759 Cookham
Charles Jones (bef.1695-bef.1759)

• John Jones (son, executor)
• Robert Jones (son, executor)
• Mary the Wife of John Robinson of Great Marlow (daughter)
• Sarah the Wife of Benjamin Norton of Great Marlow (daughter)
• Elizabeth the Wife of Joseph Clack of Maidenhead (daughter)
• Mr May, brewer of Reading
• Jane the Wife of John Cannon of Maidenhead Baker (daughter)
• Charles Cannon (grandson)
• Witnesses: James Molloy
• Elizabeth Neighbour

The Will of William Langley 1849 Bray
William Langley

• John Langley (Son)
• William Langley (Son)
• Thomas Langley (Son)
• James Langley (Son)
• Hannah Hughes (Huse) (Daughter)
• Thomas Hughes (Huse) (Son in law, Hannah's husband)
• Elizabeth Cannon (Daughter)
• John Cannon (Son in law, Elizabeth's husband)
• Ann Wallace (Wallis) (Daughter of Edward Blay)
• William Wallace (Ann's husband)
• Edward Blay (Son in law (by marriage?), Ann's father, deceased)
• Isaac Blay otherwise Lee (Son in law by marriage)

The Will of John Butterfield Butcher Maidenhead Written 23 Sep 1765, Proved 3 Oct 1765 - not transcribed
(brother in law of Charles Cannon)
John Butterfield (abt.1694-1765)

• Ann Rolls (daughter, widow, Great Marlow)
• Sarah (daughter, wife of Thomas French, glazier, Maidenhead)
• Mary (daughter, wife of Edward Higgs, blacksmith, Maidenhead)
• James Gascoyne (grandson)
• Elizabeth Butterfield (daughter, spinster)
• Witnesses: John Lawds, Joseph Cannon, James Payn

The Will of William Spratley butcher 1723 Maidenhead
(father in law of John Butterfield (abt.1694-1765))
William Spratley (abt.1659-bef.1723)

• Ralph Spratley (bef.1691-bef.1744), butcher (son)
• Mary, the wife of Richard Price, barber (daughter)
• Sarah & Martha Spratley, (grandchildren) children of William Spratley deceased (son)
• William Spratley (grandson, son of Ralph)
• William Harris (grandson)
• Elizabeth (Spratley) Butterfield (bef.1694-) (daughter, since wife of John Butterfield)
• Witnesses Thomas Overshott, W^m Cave, Elizabeth Overshott
• Witnesses to Codicil: W^m Cave, John Butterfield, Martha Gibbons

The Will of Ralph Spratley butcher 1745 Bray Ralph Spratley (bef.1691-bef.1744)

• Ralph Spratley (son)
• Sarah Langton (daughter)
• Giles Spratley (son)
• Susannah Spratley (daughter)
• Ralph Langton (grandson)
• Hannah Langton (grandaughter)
• William Spratley (son, executor)
• John Goreing, Eliz Goreing, Walter Sellon

No profile The Will of William Spratley butcher 1697 Wokingham

• William Spratly (son)
• John Spratly (son)
• James Spratly (son)
• Job Spratley (son)
• Peter Spratly (son)
• Thomas Spratley (son)
• William Spratley (son of son John)
• Francis Spratley (brother)
• Pearce Planner (friend, executor)
• Witnesses: Thomas Webb, John Wheatly, William Spooner

Thomas Spratley butcher 1627 Cookham https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/815775:5111

• Margery Spratley (mother)
• children under 21
• Thomas Spratley (son)
• Elizabeth Spratley (eldest daughter)
• Ann Spratley (daughter)
• Overseers Thomas Godfrey Mercer, William Turbill, innholder, Thomas Westcot, yeoman
• Witnesses Thomas Godfrey, Valentine Stone

The Will of Anne Butterfield, proved 30 April 1731 - not transcribed
(widow of John Butterfield (abt.1670-abt.1731))
Anne (Overshot) Butterfield (abt.1670-1731)

• Sarah (daughter)
• Richard (son)
• Mary (Butterfield) Cannon (daughter)
  • John & Martha Cannon (grandchildren "two of the children" of Mary)
• Witnesses: Henry Speed, William Binfield, Thomas French
  

(follows on from previous - husband and wife)
The Will of John Butterfield (Baker) Maidenhead 1731 - not transcribed
John Butterfield (abt.1670-abt.1731)

• Anne (wife)
• Sarah (daughter)
• Edith wife of Richard Syms (daughter)
• John (son)
• Richard (son)
• Mary (Butterfield) Cannon wife of Charles Cannon (daughter)
• Witnesses Hew? Thornwood, Samuel Arrow, William Cave

The Will of William Moody 1685 Cookham
William Moody (-bef.1686)

• Mary Cannon (daughter)
  • John, Joseph and William (Mary's sons - Will was before other children were born)
• John (son)
• William (son)
• Margaret (wife)
• Witnesses: Henry Meaden, John Meaden, Tho. White

William Moodey of Maidenhead, malster, 1733 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/538760:5111 Possibly grandson of the above.

• Mary (wife, exec)
• Witnesses: John Grove, Richard Grove, Geo. Hearne
• Written 24 June 1719
• Probate 5 June 1733 granted to William Grove, guardian of William Moodey the younger, minor the lawful son, Mary having died in the testator's lifetime.

John Cannon, Cookham 1689 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/777395:5111 The Wills of John Cannon 1689 Cookham and Elizabeth Cannon his wife 1699 John Cannon (abt.1630-1689)

• Elizabeth (wife)
• John (son)
• Sarah Canon (bef.1667-) (daughter)
• Mary Canon (bef.1659-) (daughter)
• Robert (son)
• William (son)
• Joseph Cannon (1655-) (son)
• Elizabeth Hewes (daughter)
• K/Catherine Cannon (bef.1664-) Ray (daughter)
• Witnesses: John Harman, Will Whetston

No Profile Elizabeth Cannon, widow, Cookham 1699 (John's wife) https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/770068:5111

• John (son) (4 sons & 4 daughters, not all named)
• John Smith son of Jonathan Smith of Cookham
• Mary Lock (grandaughter)
• William (son)
• Elizabeth Hewes (daughter)
• George Townson (friend)
• Witnesses: George Townson, Anne Gray, Tho Hobbs

No Profiles

Stephen Cannon, Pinkneys Green, yeoman 1853 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/474258:5111 Note: he was the son of Richard & Liz who was the son of Richard & Liz (above) who was the son of Joseph & Mary Moody

• Martha Brown widow & her children Robert, James, Daniel, Caroline wife of Edward Wilmot (no relationship given)
• George Cannon (nephew, son of late brother Richard)
• Witnesses Thomas Castle Pinkneys Green, H Russell [?] sol. clerk

William Cannon, (husbandman) Cookham Dean 12 July 1800 - 9 June 1803 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/107401:5111

• Hannah (wife)
• Witnesses John Marshall, Robert Goldsmith, Henry Goldsmith

William Stevens 1792 Cookham, yeoman, written 9 Dec 1791 proved 15 Feb 1792 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/305422:5111

• Thomas Stevens (brother) bequeathed tenement Penny Feathers
• Elizabeth Taylor single woman
• William Willmot? the elder, wheelwright
• Sarah Taylor, Elizabeth's daughter (under 21)
• John Cannon son of Thomas (brother in law dec'd) Elizabeth (sister dec'd)
• Note: I have this Thomas (married Elizabeth Stevens) currently as a grandson of Joseph and Mary Moody, son of Thomas Cannon who married Mary Mattingly. This is the father of John Stevens Cannon.

Possible interest

This is interesting re John Higgs, perhaps he was a serial executor, going by the fact that he was executor in 1817 but the will was still unadministered in 1841, by which time he had died. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/447717:5111 George Fuller 1817 Cookham. John Higgs, blacksmith, M'head left will unadministered. Note 1841

Henry Curties (Farrier) Maidenhead 25 March 1805 - 16 Feb 1809 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/109421:5111

• Sarah (wife)
• Ann wife of John Higgs, Maidenhead, collar maker (daughter)
• her daughters Charlotte, Mary Ann, Sarah, Emily & Harriott
• Richard Lovegrove
• Witnesses: Wm Spunnett, Edwd Lillystone, Thos Lee

Barnard Anderson (innholder) Cookham 1793 The Will of Barnard Anderson 1793 Cookham

• Richard Westbrook of Bisham, Gentleman, Abraham Darby of Cookham, Brewer (friends, executors)
• Margaret Anderson otherwise Davis
• Mary Wife of John Higgs of Maidenhead, Blacksmith (sister of Margaret)
• Rebecca Wife of Thomas Truss (or Trust) of Reading, Hairdresser (sister of Margaret)
• Sarah Anderson otherwise Davis, Spinster
• Witnesses: T Milbourne, W Poulton, Ja^s Payn

John Langton died in about 1828 in Cookham, Berkshire, England, probate on 26 March 1828.^[2] He owned the Blue Anchor or Duke amd Anchor public house now in the occupation of Barnard Anderson Higgs.

Rachael Spratley 1807 Maidenhead https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/442101:5111
Abraham Darby - who he?

John Lee 1751 Cookham gent written 3 Jun 1747 proved 18 September 1751 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/275737:5111

• Joseph Sadler of Grassington, Oxon (brother in law)
• John Lee of White Walthem
• William Grove, Maidenhead
• Elizabeth Lee (daughter, under 21)
• John Lee son of John Lee of Wolley Green
• Mary Sawyer widow (who lives with me)
• John Meade, Maidenhead (kinsman)
• Witnesses: John Langton, Charles Jones, Geo. Healas
• Highway Farm,
• Lawrences Farm (Charles Jones, Thomas Ward),
• Kimbolts Farm (Charles Jones, William Grove, John Spratley, James Adams, William Marcy, John Langton)
• Lowbrooks Farm
• Wants to be buried in Bisham where his wife is.
• Elizabeth married Rev. Richard Wells (in probate)

Books

https://archive.org/details/publications72oxfo/page/n111/mode/2up?q=Cookham 1732 Mentions Ann Spratley who married John Allnot. Lots of names but no Cannons

Sources

1. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1728
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #170500 (accessed 22 April 2023)
   Will of Elizabeth Bishop, granted probate on 24 Jul 1827. Died about 1827 in Cookham, Berkshire, England.
2. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1738
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #83470 (accessed 5 April 2023)
   Will of John Langton Esq, granted probate on 26 Mar 1828. Died about 1828 in Cookham, Berkshire, England.