The will of "John Purchas", dated 27 March, 1585 and proved 11 October 1585 mentions "Margaret my wife", "John Purchase my eldest son" and "his three children John, William and Alice", "George Porcas my youngest son", "John my younger son", "Thomas my son", "Mary my daughter, wife of John Warnard", "the two children of the said Mary my daughter, namely, ... Thomas Warner and Mary Warnare", "the daughter of Thomas my son", and others.