Francis Wilsford

Ancestors

Husband of Cicely (Unknown) Wilsford — married 12 Nov 1591 in Chillenden, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 12 May 1597 in Nonington, Kent, England

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Biography

He was the son of Thomas Wilsford and Elizabeth Culpepper. His first wife was Alice Simpson^[1]. Francis Wilsford's second wife was Cecily (by her second marriage, Cecily was the mother of Elizabeth Besbeech and grandmother of Rev. Ralph Partridge's wife, Patience Bathurst)^[2]. He passed away in 1597.

He wrote his will on 24 Jul 1594 in Nonington, with a codicil dated 28 Apr 1595, which was proved on 22 May 1598 by Francis Wylsford, executor [and son] ^[3]. Similarly an Inventory Ref. PRC/28/3/119 was made in 1598.
His will mentions: his wish to be buried beside his first wife in the chancell of Nonington church; his brother Sir Thomas Wilsford and wife and son Edward his cousin [=nephew]; his own wife [unnamed]; his son Field [also spelt Fylde]; son John, James, Henry [daughter Philip(?)], Francis; his son [in law] John Nethersole, who married his daughter [Peregrina]; his niece Rebecca Packnam; his sister [unnamed] Sandes; his friend Mr Wylliam Gibbs; Mr Wynter minister of Goodnestone; his father Sir Thomas Wyllsforde. The codicil mainly concerns the bond for the covenants for the apprenticeship of his son John Wylsforde and was made on 28 Apr 1595 in the presence of Anthonye Fielde and John Nethersole.
See e.g. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Philipot, John and Camden, William. The Visitation of Kent: Take in the Years 1619-1621. [1] The Visitation shows that he had a daughter named Peregrina who married John Nethersole; Francis's will, cited by Leslie Mahler in his TAG article, speaks of daughter Mrs. Nethersole
2. ↑ Leslie Mahler. "The English Ancestry of Patience (Bathurst) Partridge, Wife of Rev Ralph Partridge of Duxbury, Massachusetts." The American Genealogist, Vol 86, No 2, Jul-Oct 2012 (published Dec 2013)
3. ↑ Ref. PRC/32/38/156. Index of Canterbury Probate Records 1396-1858 https://wills.canterbury-cathedral.org/
4. ↑ https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=zXm9262&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&dbid=1900&gsfn=francis&gsln=willford&gsln_x=NP_NN_NS&cp=11&msydy=1597&msypn__ftp=kent,%20england,%20united%20kingdom&msypn=5270&new=1&rank=1&uidh=6ih&redir=false&gss=angs-d&pcat=36&fh=0&h=15822&recoff=&ml_rpos=1&queryId=67caa5dec246f63ae9286602da7a8205

• "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNC2-WYF : 10 February 2018), Franncys Wilson and Cysbye Bosbeech, 11 Nov 1591; citing Chillenden, Kent, England, reference 1591/92, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,751,813.
• "The Old Parish of Nonington: a Small Place in East Kent History." [2] (Alice (Simpson) Wilsford's brass names her parents, husband, and death date (June 30, 1581).
• http://laddfamily.com/Files/Ladds%20in%20England/John%20Ladd.htm
• https://wills.canterbury-cathedral.org/
• IHGS; The Tyler Collection; Notebook: SW Coltham; Notebook Number: 98 Ancestry.com. Kent, England, Tyler Index to Wills, 1460-1882 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.