Person:Thomas Foley (4)

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Thomas Foley
chr.14 Apr 1664 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England
bur.21 Feb 1728/29 Ribbesford, Worcestershire, England
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Thomas Foley1664 - 1728/29
  2. John Foley1665 -
  3. William Foley1667 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 27 Feb 1687
  1. Sarah Foley1689 -
  2. Mary Foley1692 -
  3. Elizabeth Foley1694 -
  4. Thomas Foley1697 - 1731
  5. Littleford Foley1703 -
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Facts and Events
Name Thomas Foley
Gender Male
Christening[3] 14 Apr 1664 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England
Marriage 27 Feb 1687 Rock, Worcestershire, Englandto Sarah Littleford
Other[4] 1698 fine
Burial[1] 21 Feb 1728/29 Ribbesford, Worcestershire, England
Probate[2] 26 Mar 1729
References
  1. ↑ Parish register transcription.
  2. ↑ Will of Thomas Foley or Fowley, Gunsmith of Bewdley, Worcestershire, in Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Probate Records, 1384-1858
    PROB 11/628/374.

    In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Foley of Bewdley in the County of Worcester Gunsmith being of a Disposing Mind and Memory do make my Last Will and Testament in Manner following. Viz My Soul I hope will Return to God who gave it my Body I commit to the Earth to be Buryed And my Estate I dispose of as followeth (viz) Imprimis I give to my Son Thomas Foley one Shilling and no more And to my daughters Sarah Mary Elizabeth and Littleford Eighty pounds apeice to be paid them respectively within six months next after my decease And all the Rest and Residue of my Personal Estate (after my debts Legacies and funeral Expences are paid and satisfyed) I give to Sarah my Wife And I appoint my said Wife to be sole Executrix of this my Will in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal and published this to be my last Will and Testament the 13th Day of April 1728 Tho: Foley Signed Sealed and published in the presence of us Sarah Smith Wm Trump

  3. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast)
    (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NL5S-6MR : accessed 18 Dec 2013), Thomas Foley, 14 Apr 1664.
  4. ↑ Amphlett, John. An Index to Worcestershire fines, 1649-1717. (Oxford [England]: Printed for the Worcestershire Historical Society by James Parker, l896)
    p. 341.

    Inter Margaretam Littleford et alios querentes et Thomam Foley Tudor et alios defendentes in Bewdley et aliis.

  5.   It is speculation that the Thomas Foley, gunsmith of Bewdley, is the same person who was baptized in Bromsgrove. Evidence supporting this speculation: his daughter, Sarah, married Benjamin Bach, who came from a Chadwich family. (Chadwich was the community the speculative parents lived in.)
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