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Thomas Couchman

Thomas Couchman

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  • Name Thomas Couchman  [1
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I7225  Main Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 

    Father Alexander Couchman,   d. 1617 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Weller,   c. 23 Mar 1578, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 11 Dec 1655, Cranbrook, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Bef 1607  [2
    Family ID F944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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 of Alexander Couchman the Younger, yeoman, folio 480, written 11 Jan 1616/7; proved 4 Jun 1617 (Reliability: 3).
      My house & lands in the parish of Frittenden, now in occupation of Peter ROSE, shall be sold. Also, my goods and chattels without doors shall be sold. All my household furnishings in doors shall remain in the custody of my wife Elizabeth for life.
      After the dec. of my wife, the goods shall be equally divided among my children then living.
      The money from the above sales, after my debts have been paid, shall be used for the education and bringing up of my children during their minority. Then, when my children reach the age of 21 or are married, the money from the sale shall be divided among my children who are:
      Thos. COUCHMAN, Mary CUSHMAN, my dau. Clemence CUSHMAN, Mgt. CUSHMAN, and my eldest dau. Susan COUCHMAN.
      EXECS: my wife Eliz. & my brother Stephen WELLER.
      WIT: Dence WELLER, John WELLER, Thos. PHILPOT the writer.


    2. [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