Person:Alexander Emerson (1)

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Alexander Emerson
b.Est 1550 Searby, Lincolnshire, England
bur.8 Oct 1605 Searby, Lincolnshire, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. Est 1535
  1. Helen EmersonEst 1538 - Aft 1573
  2. Alice EmersonEst 1540 - Aft 1573
  3. Elizabeth EmersonEst 1544 - Aft 1573
  4. Richard EmersonEst 1546 - Bet 1578 & 1579
  5. Mary EmersonEst 1548 - Aft 1573
  6. Alexander EmersonEst 1550 - 1605
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Alexander EmersonEst 1550 - 1605
  • W.  Janet HornseyEst 1555 - 1612
m. Est 1575
  1. George EmersonEst 1578 - Bef 1604
  2. John EmersonEst 1580 - Bet 1613 & 1614
  3. Michael EmersonEst 1582 - Bet 1646 & 1648
  4. Anne EmersonEst 1584 -
  5. Robert EmersonEst 1586 -
  6. Thomas EmersonEst 1589 - 1657
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Alexander Emerson
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1550 Searby, Lincolnshire, England
Marriage Est 1575 to Janet Hornsey
Will[1] 10 Apr 1604
Burial[1] 8 Oct 1605 Searby, Lincolnshire, England
Probate[1] 2 Feb 1605/06 Will proved.
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The Will of Alexander Emerson

"Alexander Emerson of Sereby in the county of Lincoln, yeoman, 'not sound of body' but of good memory, made his will, 10 Apr. 1604, proved 10 Feb. 1605. I desire to be buried in the church of Sereby. To my wife all my lands and tenements in Sereby during her life if she do not marry after my decease. And whensoever she shall happen to marry or die than my will is that Michaell Emerson my son shall have all my said lands and tenements to him and to his heirs male of his body lawfully begotten for ever, with remainder to my son Robert and the heirs male of his body &c., then to my son Thomas &c., then to my son John and lastly to the right heirs Michael Emerson my son for ever. To my son Thomas all my lands, tenements, &c., in Howsom and Cadney, with remainder to John, then to Robert, then to Michael, and lastly to the right heirs of my son Thomas. To my wife all my houses, lands, and tenements &c. in Glamford Briggs for life and then to my son Robert. To Margery and Margaret Emerson, the daughters of my son George, deceased, twenty shillings each. All my goods &c., shall be equally divided amongst these five, vizt. my wife and John, Michaell, Robert, and Thomas Emerson my sons. I make my son Michaell full and sole executor. To Anne Fotherby my daughter one of my great silver spoons. Wit: Michael Emerson, Thomas Emerson, John Wilson, thelder, of Sereby, John Robinson of Sereby. Stafford 8 (Waters', Genealogical Gleanings in England, 1234.)"[1]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Holman, Mary Lovering. Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury. (Concord, New Hampshire: Privately Printed at The Rumford Press, 1938)
    II:990-991.

    Alexander Emerson, b. possibly abt. 1550, probably in Searby, surviving at father's death. … Alexander Emerson was undoubtedly the youngest child of his father and that he was that Alexander who was son of George, the elder, of Searby, seems established by his continued residence in that parish.

  2.   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.
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