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Family: Thomas Basden / Agnes Weller (F943)

m. 15 Jan 1598/99


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  • Thomas BasdenFather | Male
    Thomas Basden

    Born     
    Died     
    Buried     
    Married  15 Jan 1598/99  [1, 2]  Cranbrook, Kent  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Agnes WellerMother | Female
    Agnes Weller

    Born  Abt 1568   
    Christened  4 Feb 1568  Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
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    Other Spouse  Edward Couchman | F2728 
    Married     
    Father  Alexander Weller | F496 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth Dence | F496 Group Sheet 

    John BasdenChild 1 | Male
    John Basden

    Born     
    Christened  11 Nov 1599  Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location
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  • Sources 
    1. [S310] Abstracts of Cranbrook Wills proved in the Diocesan Courts of Canterbury and now preserved in Kent Archives Office, Maidstone, Kent, 1396-1640, Jules de Launay, (Kent Record Collections/The Kent Archaeological Trust, 1984;), will no.445, proved on 15 July 1607 in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, volume 59, folio 42 (Reliability: 3).
      Will of Elizabeth WELLER. Written 28 February 1606/07, proved 15 July 1607. To be buried in the parish church of Cranbrook. Executor: my son Alexander Cowchman. Overseer: my brother William Weller, he to receive 10s for his pains. To my three daughters: Agnes Baseden, Elizabeth Couchman, and Catherine Dentwood, all the chests in the house where my son Richard Weller now dwells, with the money and goods within them. Also to my three daughters, all that is of mine in the house of my son Alexander Cowchman. To my said three daughters, £100 which my son Richard Weller owes me, and also £10 which my son Stephen Weller owes me. To my three daughters and to my son Richard, all my pewter, equally divided among them. To my son Richard Weller, all the wood-work household stuff that I have in his house, except the chests given away above. Also, to him a featherbed and its bedding, my carpet, my brand-irons in his parlor, two woollen coverlets. To my brother William Weller, a cloak. To my son Dence Weller, 10s. To my son Stephen Weller, 10s. To my son John Weller, 10s. To my son Alexander Weller, 10s. All the goods bequeathed to my daughter Catherine Denwood shall be sold and the cash given to her children after the decease of my daughter Catherine and her husband Francis Denwood. And similarly for the bequests to Elizabeth Cowchman and her husband Alexander Couchman, and for Agnes Baseden and her husband Thomas Baseden. Witnesses: John Weller Junior and Stephen Weller

    2. [S304] Parish Registers - Vol 3, Incorporating the Mary Wigan Transcripts, The Kent Family History Society, (KFHS CD-ROM 12, including Benenden (C 1558-1906, M 1578-1836, B 1558-1906), Cranbrook (C 1559-1812, M 1559-1837, B 1559-1812) and Rolvenden (C 1558-1840, M 1558-1840, B 1558-1840);), marriage of Thomas Basden and Anne Couchman wid, 15 Jan 1598/99 (Reliability: 2).