Category Archives: Byne

Reflections on the will of William Forrest

Posted on June 4, 2013 by

The last will and testament of William Forrest of Badsey, the brother of my 9 x great grandfather Thomas Forrest – a transcription of which I shared in the previous post – is a useful source for information about the … Continue reading →

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The will of William Forrest of Badsey

Posted on June 2, 2013 by

I’ve referred so often in recent posts to the will of William Forrest of Badsey, Worcestershire, that I thought it might be a good idea to transcribe it in full. William was the brother of my 9 x great grandfather, … Continue reading →

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The will of Peter Boulton of Bath

Posted on June 1, 2013 by

In this post I’m sharing my transcription of a third will by a member of the Boulton family. A few days ago I wrote about the 1737 will of Richard Boulton the elder, of the parish of St Olave Hart … Continue reading →

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Analysing the will of Richard Boulton Esquire

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

In the previous post I shared my transcription of the last will and testament of Richard Boulton of the parish of St Olave Hart Street, an early eighteenth-century gentleman associated with the East India Company, who I believe was related … Continue reading →

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The will of Richard Boulton Esquire of St Olave, Hart Street (died 1737)

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

Yesterday I wrote about the Boulton family, whose name occurs in the wills of both my 8 x great grandmother Alice Byne née Forrest (died 1738) and her uncle William Forrest (died 1700). I speculated that ‘my Cousin Richard Boulton … Continue reading →

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The Boulton family of London and Worcestershire

Posted on May 28, 2013 by

Last week I discovered a new ancestor: my 9 x great grandfather Thomas Forrest, a London citizen and haberdasher who lived at Little Tower Hill in the parish of St Botolph, Aldgate, and who died in 1678. He and his … Continue reading →

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Thomas Forrest, citizen and haberdasher (died 1678)

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

I’ve managed to push one of the branches of my maternal family tree back another generation. Three months ago, I discovered that my 7 x great grandmother Mary Greene née Byne, wife of London citizen and goldsmith Joseph Greene (1677 … Continue reading →

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‘When the Queenes Maiestye is satisfied’: the Elizabethan will of John Manser

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Mary Manser or Maunser of Wadhurst in Sussex was my 10 x great grandmother. In 1611 she married Stephen Byne of Burwash. Their son, Rev. Magnus Byne (1615 – 1671), and his first wife Anne, had a son named John … Continue reading →

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One surgeon and two apothecaries: three generations of John Bodingtons in Stepney

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

I’m grateful to Janet Payne, Archives Volunteer at the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, for responding to my enquiries about John Bodington of Stepney. Her information provides valuable confirmation of connections about which I could only speculate in earlier … Continue reading →

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The various John Bodingtons of Stepney

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

John Bodington, the London apothecary whose will I discussed in the last post, lived in the hamlet of Ratcliffe. When he died in 1728, he was buried in the churchyard of St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney. The parish register … Continue reading →

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