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Dorothie Roberds

Female - 1725

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  • Name Dorothie Roberds 
    Gender Female 
    Name Dorothy Lansdell  [1] 
    Will 18 Mar 1724/25  [1] 
    • She gave her instructions to Adam Fowle who drew up her will, but she died before she could sign it. She left bequests to her four children - John, Elizabeth wife of Thomas Scoone butcher of Tenterden, Dorothy and George - which, together with their inheritance from their father who died intestate, came to £50 each. The bequest to her daughter Dorothy was conditional upon her not marrying William Briggs, servant to Robert Austen esq of Tenterden. If she were to marry him, she would only receive the interest payable on her share and the money would pass to any children when they were of age. She appointed her younger son, George, as executor.
    Died 19 Mar 1724/25  [1] 
    Buried 24 Mar 1724/25  Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Probate 27 Mar 1725  Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Her son, George Lansdell, was granted administration as executor.
    Person ID I764  Main Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 

    Family Laurence Lansdell,   b. 21 Jun 1651, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 12 Feb 1719/20, Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Married 27 Dec 1683  Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Lansdell,   c. 30 Jan 1684/85, Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 19 Jun 1695, Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 10 years)  [natural]
    +2. John Lansdell,   c. 6 Mar 1686/87, Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 29 Jan 1768, Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)  [natural]
     3. William Lansdell,   c. 17 Mar 1688/89, Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 13 Feb 1709/10, Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 20 years)  [natural]
    +4. Elizabeth Lansdell,   c. 4 Oct 1691, Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. Dorothy Lansdell,   c. 8 Apr 1694, Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     6. Mary Lansdell,   c. 7 Nov 1697, Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 18 Mar 1697/98, Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)  [natural]
    +7. George Lansdell,   c. 11 Jan 1701/02, Rolvenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1780  (Age ~ 78 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F214  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S422] Will, Dorothy Lansdell, (written on 18 March 1724/25 and proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury on 27 March 1725, registered copy;), PROB 11/487.

    2. [S319] The Parish Register of Rolvenden, Kent, Volume II, 1653-1749, Transcribed by Lt. Col. Peter F. White, (1971;), burial of Dorothy Lansdel widow (Reliability: 2).