Person:John Talcott (1)

"… the Coat of Arms, granted in 1558, 'Argent, on a pale sable, three roses of the field. Crest.—A demi-griffin, Argent wings, endorsed, collared sable.'"^[4]

"Will of John Taylcot, of the town of Colchester, in the county of Essex, England, who died in 1606, father of John of Braintree, who died in 1604, and grandfather of John who emigrated to America in 1632. Extracted from the Registry of the Commissary Court of the Bishop of London, for the parts of Essex and Herts.

'In the name of God, Amen. I, John Talcoat, of the town of Colch’str, in the county of Essex, being in p’fitt memorie (thanks be unto God) do make & ordeine this my last Will & Testament in mann^r forme following:

Imp'mis. I bequeath my soule into the hands of God that made me, & in the bloode of His son, my Savio^r, Jesus Christe hath redeemed me, & by the grace of his holly spiritt hath washed me fro' all my sins & sanctified me unto eternall life, & my bodie to be buried w'thin the churchyarde of St. Peters parish, in Colchester. Item. I give bequeath five puunds of good and lawfull mony to be distributed the day before my buriall unto the poore inhabiting within the town of Coelch^r, namely, xxs. unto the poore of St Peters parish, & four pounds unto the poore of the rest of the parishes within the towne, to evry parish a part at the discretio'ⁿ of myne executors.

Item I give & bequeath unto my wife Marie Talcoat the third parte of all my goods movable, excepting mony. Item. I give unto her the house or tenement wherein I now dwell, togeath^r with the houses or tenements wherein John Padnoll & Richard Lambe now dwell, adioning unto my saide dwelling-house, with all the shopps, sollars, sellers, yards, gardens or backsyds therunto app-taining, to have & to holde unto her owne use & behoofe during the terme of her naturall life, at the end their of to leave the saide houses in meet reparation unto my son John Talcoat, according to my bequest hearaft.^r specified. Item. I give unto her a yearly rent of fortie shillings out of the leases of those grounds which I hold called the sewerall to he paid unto her by my son Robert Talcoat, at two severall times in the yeer, at the feast of St. Michell, the Archangel, & the ann'-ciatio.'- of o-' Ladie, by even portions during the terme of the said leases, and if she happen to die before the terme of those leases shall expire, then my son Robert to be discharged & acquyted of the said payment. Item I give unto her that my house or tenement situated in the parish of the Holly Trinite wherein the widdowe ffroste now dwelleth, & mv house or tenement situated in the same parish neer unto Sheergate wherin ______ now dwelleth, as also tliat my house or teneint situated in the parish of St. Gyles, standing next unto Debbels wall, wherein ______ now dwelleth, togeath.^r with the yards gardens or lacksyds severally oppertaining unto the said houses or teneme'ts, to have and to hold unto h-’r propp-’r use and behoof during the term of her naturall lyfe, & at tlie end thereof to leave the said houses or tenem’ts unto such of my cbildre-' unto whom I have bequeathed the same. It.' I give and bequeath unto h-r ten garnish of letting vessell im-'ediatly after my death, & Ten pounds of good and lawful mony to be paid unto her by myn executors w'thin one month after the day of my death, Provyded that if my said wyfe shall demande or claime the third of those lands, mony or houses which I have otherwise bequeathed them, my forsaide gift of bequeast unto her to be void. It’. I give and bequeath to my son, Robert Talcoat, all the leases of the forsaide severalls, as well of all the land & grounds, as also of all the houses & barns standing thernppoⁿ, in such mann-’r & with such conditions as I, myself, have and do hold the same in forme of S-’r Thomas Hennasse, or any other with conditio’ that he shall duly pay nnto my wyfe, his moth'^r, xxxxs. a year during the term of those leases, or her life naturall, as is before specified. It'. I give unto him that part of Dowe house field which lyith next unto the north bridge in Coleh-'r, as it is now divided with pale quieksett in the tenure & occnpatio' of ______ duitsh ma___ & by him imployed in gardeninge. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son, Thomas Talcoat that other part or piece' of Dowe house Field wherin the Tainters now stande, lying next unto my lend conteining about 3 akers, be it more or lesse, as it also lyith now inclosed, Togeath’r with the house or tenement which I have builded theroppo'. It. I give and bequeath unto my son, John Talcoat, & to his heyer of his body, lawfully begotten, that my house or tenement wherein I now dwell, in St. Peters parish, Togeather with those howses & tenements wherin John Padnoll & Richard Lambe now dwell adjoining unto my now dwelling-howse, with all the shopps, sollers, sellers, gardens or backsides thereinto app-'teining to have and to hold unto himself & his heyers after him after the decease or naturall death of my wife, his mother, & not before, and if it happen my said son, Jonn Talcott, to dye without issue of his body, lawfully begotten, then my will is that the eldest son then living of my son, Robert Talcoat, and his heyers after him, being lawfully begotten, shall injov & possesse as his or their propp-'r inheritance all those foresaide houses & tenements as is before bequeathed unto my son John. Provyded notwithstanding the premises that it shall be lawfull for my son, John Talcoat, if he will, to sell unto my son, Robert Talcoat, & to none other, all or any of those foresaide howses or tenements bequeathed him. It'. I give and bequeath unto myn daught'r, Marie Marshall, and to her eldest son after her, yf she hath no son then living, to her eldest daught-’r, that my house & tenement with the yards and backsydes therrunto belonging, situated in the parish of St Buttolphs, in which house James ffearfill glover now dwelleth. It'. I give unto my daughter, Eme Adler, & to her eldest childe after her, that my house or tenement situated in the parish of the Holly Trinitee, wherein the widdowe ffroste now dwelleth, with the yarde or backsyde thereunto belonging after the death of my wyfe, h-r mother, and not before. Item. I give unto her fourtie pounds of good & lawfull mony, to be paid unto her by myn executors within two months after the day of my death. Ite, I give unto my duyhter, Grace Talcoat, & to her eldest childe after her, that my house or teneme't in the parish of the Holly Trinitee wherein _____ Grouse now dwelleth, neer unto Sheergate, togeath-r with the yarde or backsyde therunto belonging after the death of my wyfe, her mother, & not before. It.' I give unto her fiftie pounds, of good and lawfull mony, to be paid unto her by myn executors within six months after the day of my death. Ite.' I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Joane Talcoat, foure skore pounds, of good and lawfull mony, to be paid by myn executors w'thin six months after the day of my death. Ite' I give unto my grandchildren John & Mary Bernard, five pounds a peec' to be paied unto them at the age of twentie years, & the same in the meane time to be reseived for them in ye hands of myn executors. Ite. I give and bequeath unto my grandchilde, John Talcoat, the son of my son, John Talcoat, late of Braintree, the sum of fortie pounds, of good and lawfull mony, to be paid unto himself by myn executors at the age of one Sc twenty years (if he lyve so long), & the said fourtie pouuds in the meantime to be reseived for him in the hands of myn executors. Ite' I give unto my grandchilde, An-' Bernarde, that house tenement situated in the parish of st. Gyles, adioning next unto Debells wall, wherin ______ now dwelleth, after the decease of my wyfe, Marie Talcoat, & not before, the same to enter uppo-' & possess, as her owne at the age of eighteen year, & the rent of the same in the meantime to be reserved for her in the handes of myn executors. Ite'. My will and bequest is that the third of all my goods movable (mony excepted) being deducted to the use of my wyfe, & all my debts & legacies paide, the remainder of all my saide goods shall be equally and indifferently shared & devyded between my two executors. Lastly, I appoint and ordaine my two sons, Robert & Thomas Talcoat, executors of this my will & testament In witness whearof I have hearunto sett my hand & seale the xxiiii^th of Septenb-'r an Do-'i 1606.'

John Taylcot.

Wintien + Bassell, his marke.

John Hall, Tho. Tendring.

Probated coram M.^eo Robto Whettell, artin M^eo Comiss. &c Decem die Novembis, 1606, Jura^te Executor & Cisg.^d &c salvo &.

A. C. Veley, Deputy Registror."^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} John Talcott, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley. (Hartford: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1952)
   746.

   "I. John Talcott, of Colchester, Essex, England, died in 1606 (will dated 23 [24 according to S. V. Talcott's transcription] Sept. 1606, proved 10 Nov. 1606); …"

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 John Talcott, in Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977)
   592.

   "John Talcott died Nov 1, 1606 mar/l (_____) Wells m/2 Maria Pullen who died June 19, 1625. … Of Colchester, Co. Essex, living there 1558; who was a son of John Talcott of Warwickshire. The Herald's visitation of Essex in 1558 gives the pedigree and arms of this family."

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Talcott, S. V. (Sebastian Visscher). Talcott Pedigree in England and America from 1558 to 1876. (Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1876)
   8-12.
4. ↑ Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert, A.M.. Genealogical Gleanings in England. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1901)
   1126.