Category Archives: Forrest

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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New information about the Boulton and Crabb families

Posted on May 31, 2013 by

In my continuing search for more information about the Boulton family, I’ve come across two interesting and useful pieces of information, though unfortunately I can no longer trace the sources. The first was the revelation that Henry Crabb, who is … Continue reading →

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Analysing the will of Captain Richard Boulton Junior

Posted on May 30, 2013 by

My last post included a transcription of the will of Captain Boulton Esquire Junior, a retired East India Company officer, who died in 1745. In this post I want to discuss what the will tells us about the extended Boulton … Continue reading →

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The will of Captain Richard Boulton Junior of Perdiswell, Worcestershire

Posted on May 30, 2013 by

Three years after the death of his uncle, Richard Boulton the elder, whose will of 1737 I discussed in the previous post, Captain Richard Boulton Junior of  the East India Company made his own last will and testament. It would … 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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