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Joan Hovenden

Joan Hovenden

Female 1569 - 1637  (~ 68 years)

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  • Name Joan Hovenden  [1] 
    Christened 25 Jul 1569  Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Female 
    Bequest 1619  [1] 
    In her husband, Dence Weller's will 
    • She was left the profits of his messuage and lands for the education and bringing up of his son Alexander. She was also appointed executor of his will and bequeathed the residue of his goods.
    Name Johan Hovenden  [2] 
    Will 10 Nov 1637  [3] 
    Buried 13 Dec 1637  Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I2215  Main Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 

    Father Richard Hovenden,   b. Abt 1540,   bur. 8 Aug 1598, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Alice Sheaffe,   b. Abt 1540,   bur. 11 Apr 1607, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 14 Oct 1566  Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F2154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dence Weller,   c. 15 Sep 1566, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 30 May 1619, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Married 17 Nov 1590  Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Weller,   c. 2 Sep 1593, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 27 Aug 1656, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years)  [natural]
    +2. Alexander Weller,   b. Abt 1595  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 25 Jul 1569 - Cranbrook, Kent Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Nov 1590 - Cranbrook, Kent Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 13 Dec 1637 - Cranbrook, Kent Link to Google Earth
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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.621, proved on 16 September 1619 in the Consistory Court of Canterbury, volume 45, folio 65 (Reliability: 3).
      Will of Dence WELLER, clothier. Written 27 May 1619, proved 16 September 1619. My wife Joan shall have the profits of my messuage and lands for the education and bringing up of my son Alexander. After the decease of my wife, my son-in-law Thomas Hovenden and his wife shall have the keeping of my son Alexander, they to use the profits from my messuage and lands for the purpose, during the life of my son, if he does not marry. If he does marry, with the consent of the majority of his uncles Weller and Hovenden, then he shall have the profits from my messuage and lands himself. If my son Alexander should marry without the consent of his uncles, then the property shall remain to my daughter Elizabeth Hovenden, the wife of Thomas Hovenden, after the decease of my son Alexander. Executor: my wife Joan, and to her the residue of my goods. Witnesses: John Weller and George Martin, the writer

    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);), baptism of Johan Hovenden, 25 Jul 1569, Cranbrook (Reliability: 1).

    3. [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.563, proved on 10 January 1637/38 in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, volume 70, folio 398 (Reliability: 3).
      Will of Joan WELLER, widow. Written 10 November 1637, proved 10 January 1637/38. To my grandchild Dence Weller, my great bedstead and my truckle bedstead with their mats and cords, my featherbed and feather bolster with my flockbed now lying upon my said high bedstead, my two best down pillows, and other bedding, including curtains and curtain rods. Also to my grandchild Dence, three joined forms, my three high joined stools, my great chair with turned stabes, and my pair of brand-irons, all these being in the parlor. Also to him, a diaper table cloth, a dozen diaper napkins, a diaper towel, a pair of sheets, etc., one of my silver spoons (and much more furniture). To my grandchild Aleander Weller, a pair of sheets, a pair of pillow coats, a dozen napkins, a diaper table cloth, a silver spoon. My grandchildren Dence Weller and Alexander Weller shall be one another's heirs, if either should die before receiving his legacy....

    4. [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);), burial of Joane Weller, wife, 13 Dec 1637, Cranbrook (Reliability: 2).

    5. [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 Richard Hovenden and Alice Sheaffe, 14 Oct 1566, Cranbrook (Reliability: 1).

    6. [S309] Transcript of the Parish Register of Cranbrook, Kent, marriage of Dence Weller and Joan Hovinden (Reliability: 3).