Frank (Wheatley) Wheatleigh (1562 - 1617)

Born 2 Feb 1562 in Tingsboro, Somerset, England

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Descendants

Died 1617 at about age 54 in Maiden Newton, Dorset, England

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Biography

Birth

Name: Frank Wheatley was born 2 February 1562, Tingsboro, Somerset, England^[1]

Father's Will

• WILL OF JOHN WHEATLEIGH OF TINGSBORO.

To Mary, my wife, to the use of six rooms of the East wing of my manor-house, with wheat, barley, etc., and the keeping of six kine. To John Wheatleigh, my son and heir, a chayne of gold, value £20 which I will to remain to my godson Nathaniel, so to remain to the heirs of the name and family. To son John also, my black gelding and trappings. To son Nathaniel and his wife Dorothy, each one cow. Daughter Hossington, one cow

and one young beast. To daughter Annie Barker, one cow to remain to John Barker my godson. To daughter Olive Wheatleigh, one cow. To son Frank, one cow, 20 CAve sheep and a ram. To my son Eichard Whately, 4 sheep. To my son Samuel Wheatleigh, one cow and 10 pounds a year to be paid out of Balwoodestone until said Samuel shall have the benefice of the parsonage of Tingsboro. To daughter Martha, 120 pounds and one cow. To my servant John Koberts, 4 sheep. To John Hall and John Sideham, servants, each an ewe sheep and lamb. To Heni-y, son of my brother Thomas Wheatly, two yearling beasts, and to my cousin, Richard Wheatly the remission of a cottage in Tingsboro. My wife Mary and Roger Wingate, my son-in-law, executors, son John to be overseer. ^[2]

Mother's's Will

• THE WILL OF MARY W^EATLEIGH, WIDOW.

Body to be bimed by the side of my late husbjind, John Wlieatleigli, Esq. To son Frank, one cow. To bis wife auotber aud to bis (bxuj,^bter Dorotby, one cow. To my (biufj^bter Martba and Olive, each one cow. Residue of my effects to son Kicbard, sole executor.

"Witnesses. Jane Hossington, (alias Wbeatleifij'b) and "Wil- liam Panes. ^[1]

Frank was born Mar 1562.^[3]

Daughter Dorothy Chr. Aug 1591.^[3]

https://archive.org/details/genealogyofwheat00whea/page/12 lived at Maiden Newton

Death

His death date needs confirmation and a source.

Disputed wife

Hannibal Wheatley's 1902 Genealogy of the Wheatley Family states, without documentation, that Frank married "Mary Fienes granddaughter of Lord Dacre, who was executed in 1541."

This appears to be the basis of the undocumented supposition that Mary was the daughter of "George Gregory" Fiennes. In addition, it has been imagined that Frank was the SON of another Mary Fiennes. The given name of Frank's mother was certainly Mary, as she mentioned Frank in her 1595 will.^[4]There is no evidence for Mary's maiden name.

Frank Wheatleigh/Wheatley was born about 1562 in Tingsboro, England and died about 1617 in Maiden Newton, Dorset, England.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} https://archive.org/details/genealogyofwheat00whea/page/10
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/genealogyofwheat00whea/page/10
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} https://archive.org/details/genealogyofwheat00whea/page/10
4. ↑ The will is quoted in Hannibal Wheatley's 1902 Genealogy of the Wheatley Family, p. 11.

See also:

• Genealogy of the Wheatley or Wheatleigh family. A History of the Family in England and America, written in 1902 by Hannibal P. Wheatley, MD https://archive.org/details/genealogyofwheat00whea page 12

• Rootsweb <http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2004-06/1087427819 />

Contributing GEDCOMs:

• WikiTree profile Wheatley-161 created through the import of Harmon Smith Tree_2011-05-28.ged on May 29, 2011 by Rochelle Tennant
• WikiTree profile Wheatley-215 created through the import of HERMANSON_RICHARDSON.ged on Sep 13, 2011 by John Hermanson.