Person:Thomas Emerson (8)

The Will of Thomas Emerson

"In the name of God Amen, I Thomas Emerson of Howsham in the parish of Cadney in the Countie of Linsoln yeoman Aged and weake in body. But of sound and pfect memorie praised be God for it doe make and constitute this my last Will and testament in manner and forme following, Viz: Impr: I bequeathe my soule into the hands of Almighty God my heavenly maker and Redeemer, And my body decently to be buried in the parish church yard of Cadney nere the place where my wife was buried, And of my worldly goods I thus dispose, Imprimis I give to Edward Emerson my sonne twentie pounds to be payd to him within three monthes after my decease. Item I give to my sonne Thomas Emerson twentie pounds to be likewise payed within three monthes after my decease. Item I give to my sonne Michael Emerson five pounds to be payd within five weeks after the demanding of the same. Item I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Lilforth and her children four pounds to be likewise payd within five weeks after the demanding of the same. Item I give to Robert Emerson my sonne ffive pounds to be likewise payd within five weeks after the demanding of the same. Item I give to Isabell Grantham my daughter twentie shillings. Item I give to Isabell Grantham my daughter three shillings four pence in the month to be payed out of my lands and tenements in Howsham for and during her naturall life to begin at my decease. Item I give to Anne Wright my grandchild twentie shillings. All these several sumes I will that they be payd as formerly mentioned And alsoe that they receive them with their own hands in Howsham and there give a discharge to my executor. Excepting Elizabeth Lilfurd and her children, ffor whome I will that an aquitance from herself or from my sonne Michael or my sonne Robert shall be a discharge. Item my mind and will is that if any of my children here in England die before my decease That then the rest of my children shall devide that legacie amongst them. Item, I give to all my grandchildren not mentioned before twelve pence apiece. Item I give to the poore of the parish of Cadney five shillings. All the rest of my goods and chattels undisposed I give to my sonne John Emerson whom I doe make my sole executor to discharge all my debts and legacies and funeral charges. In witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this twentieth day of May 1656." Signed by marke of Thomas Emerson in presence of Mi. Weekly. John Browne; proved 27 Sept. 1661. Probate of Lincoln."^[2]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Holman, Mary Lovering. Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury. (Concord, New Hampshire: Privately Printed at The Rumford Press, 1938)
   II:991-992.

   Thomas Emerson, born probably in Searby, co. Lincoln, about 1589, was buried in Cadney, co. Lincoln, 25 Dec. 1657. He married in Cadney, 10 Aug. 1612, Margaret Froe who died before 1657. Thomas Emerson was apparently the youngest child of his parents and to him his father, Alexander Emerson, bequeathed property in Howsom and Cadney. Evidently Thomas went there to live and spent his life farming his land.

2. ↑ Pope, Charles Henry. The Haverhill Emersons. (Boston, Mass.; Cambridge, Mass.: Murray and Emery, 1913; 1916)
   II:6-7.

   He was one of the wardens of Cadney parish, and his well-written signature on the parish register for a number of years shows that it was only through sickness or the infirmities of age that he was obliged to make his mark to his will.

3.   James, Jane Emerson, and Charles Henry Pope. The Haverhill Emersons: revised and extended from the original compilation of The Haverhill Emersons, parts I & II by Rev. Charles Henry Pope. (Lake Winnebago, Missouri: J.E. James, c1983)
   Page 9-30, 1983.