Alice Stoughton (abt. 1556)

Born about 1556 in England

Ancestors

Died [date unknown] in England

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"Francis ' will is largely concerned with provisions for his wife Agnes, his only son Thomas and his sister Alice. To Thomas, his brother, known as Thomas Stoughton of St. Martins, Canterbury, " all my lands, tenements (etc.) until my son Thomas is 21.” His son Thomas was to have “ £ 3.6.8. yearly to keep him in school.” There is no bequest to the church for any purpose. He directs that he be buried in the Chancel of St. Jones ( Johns ) in the Church of St. Peter, “ if I die there.” He lived in the Parish of St. Peter, Sandwich, as a country gentleman, having land in Ash and elsewhere ." He died between 28 July and 30 September 1557^[1][2]

1. ↑ Turner, Ethel McLaughlin. The English Ancestry of Thomas Stoughton, 1588-1661, And His Son Thomas Stoughton, 1624-1684, of Windsor, Conn., His Brother Israel Stoughton, 1603-1645, And His Nephew William Stoughton, 1631-1701, of Dorchester, Mass.. Waterloo?, Wis.: Art Craft, 1958, pg.58
2. ↑ Canterbury Cathedral Archives, CCA-U3-175/1/A/1, St. Peter, Sandwich, Kent, Composite Register, 1538-1616, image 67