Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 1
1613-03-28
In the name of God. Amen.
First I bequeathe my Soul to Almightye God hopeing verelye to besaved by the deathe and passion of his Sonne Jesus Christe and my bodye to be buryed at the disposition of my Executrix. Then I give towards the reliefe of the poore people of the parish of Aghadowne aforesaid the somme of sixe pounds sterlinge to be distributed by the discretion of the aforesaid Executrix. Item I bequeath unto Adam Winthroppe of the Michells,4 the somme of tenn pounds sterling. Item I give to Elizabeth Winthroppe my daughter 220 pounds sterling and to my daughter Anne Winthroppe one hundred and fower score pounds sterling for their better preferment to be paid unto them and either of them at the daie of their marriage5 provided that they and eyther of them marye by the conseynt and to the lyking of their mother otherwyse my meaning is that they or shee that shall marrye without the consent of their mother shall have no parte of the foresaid Sommes as my gyfte, but do leave them to their fortunes and their mothers favor in that kinde. Item I give to Elizabeth my nowe Wyfe daughter of Thomas Powlden deceased all my houses goods and chattells whatsoever, my Ligasays and funerall expenses to be paid by her and allowed and Idoe finally make constitute ordayne and appoint my wife Elizabeth daughter to Thomas Powlden deceased my sole and absolute Executrix of this my laste Will and Testament and doe 173hereby revoke and disallow all other Wills and Testaments heretofore made or ordayned and doe hereby declare them to be absolutely voyde frustrate and of noe effecte. In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hande and Seale dated this eight and twentyeth day of March 1613. My meaning is that the tenn pounds I have bestowed on Adam Winthroppe and the sixe pounds which I have bestowed on the poor shall be paid within three months next after my decease.
Muskett, 18–19.
Brother of Adam and uncle of John Winthrop. He married (I) Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Margery (Rosse) Risby of Thorpe Morieux, co. Suffolk, by whom he had one child, Benjamin, who died in boyhood. After separating from her he married (2) Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Powlden of Rathgogan, co. Cork. The validity of the marriage is doubtful. By her he had John, died unmarried in 1634, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Anne. The first wife married for her second husband Reynold Braunch in 1617 and died in 1637. The second wife also remarried, Thomas Nott, gent., of co. Surrey and later of co. Cork. Muskett,25, 73.
Aghadown, or Aughadown, is a parish in the barony of West Carbery, co. Cork, and province of Munster, on the north bank of the Ilen River.
Son of William and Elizabeth Winthrop and cousin of John Winthrop. He went from London to the Michells, near Bandon, co. Cork. Muskett, 25.
Elizabeth married Peregrin Banastre who was in the Irish Parliament of 1639, representing Cloghnakilty Borough. Anne married Henry Hoskins, gentleman. Muskett, 25; Parliamentary Papers, 1878, LXII, pt. 2, 610.
1613-06-04
In the name of God, Amen. John Forthe2 of Much Stambridge in the Countie of Essex Gent. I comende my Soule into the handes of almightye god by whose free mercy and Grace I hope to be saved, and my bodie to be comitted to the earthe within the parishe Churche of Stambridge afore saide. To my brother Israell Forthe for the terme of his naturall life the sum of twentie poundes yerely. Item I doe give vnto Henry Winthrop, the seconde sonne of John Winthrop and Mary his wife my daughter, and to the heires of the bodie of the said Henry lawfully begotten, my free messuages, lands etc. in the parrishes of Rocheford, little Stambridge, Hurwell and Assingdon in the said Countie of Essex. Item I doe give vnto For the Winthrop, the thirde sonne of the said John Winthrop and Mary his wife, my mesuages lands and tenements both freehold and copyhold in the parrishes of Hadleigh, Layham and Royden in the Countie of Suffolk. I doe give to Mary Winthrop, the daughter of the said John Winthrop and Mary his wife, the sum of two hundred and forty pounds of lawful money of England at hir age of eighteen or her daie of mariage if that come first. To said Henry Winthrop and Forthe Winthrop when at their severall ages of twenty yeres.3 I appoint the said John Winthrop and Mary his wife my daughter executors. Signature of Adam Winthrop as a witness.
Probat. apud Ingatestone 4 Junij 1613 Juramento Johannis Winthrop vnius executorum.
Essex Archdeaconry, anno 1613, no. 63; Muskett, 113.
Son of William and Elizabeth (Powell) Forth of Hadleigh. Muskett, 119.
It is noticeable that he gave no legacies to his daughter Mary, who was still living, or to John Winthrop, Jr., the first born of the daughter. Undoubtedly he considered them provided for by the marriage settlement. Cf.
L. and L.
, II. 319.