Person:William Allright (1)

The Will of William Allright of Arborfield, Berks

"The Will of William Allright the elder of Arberfeild in the County of Berks, yeoman, 18 Mar. 1666. Aged and weak of body. To the poor of the parish of Arberfeild 10s. To wife Jone £70, which is owing to me upon the bond of Thomas Moore of Whitley in the said county, yeoman. My wife shall dwell with my executor rent free for six months after my decease in my said dwelling house. If my wife depart this life before she receive the £70, it is to be divided among my two children William Allright and Thomas Allright, and Alice Wright, my wife's sister. "I give vnto my eldest Daughter Margarett Avery in new England Twenty shillings of Lawfull money if ever it be Demanded, to be paid vnto her by my Executor." To my cousin James Brant a suit. To my youngest son Thomas Allright £140. To Mary Ellis, Margarett Ellis, and William Ellis, three of the children of my son-in-law Edward Ellis, £10 each at age of twenty-one years. All residue of estate to my son William Allright, he to be sole executor. My brother James Allright and my friend Samuell Norris to be overseers. [Signed] The marke of William Allright. Witnesses: John Mileham, Mathew Mileham, and William Biddle. Proved 21 May 1667 by the oath of William Allright, son and executor named in the will. (P. C. C, Carr, 56.)

[Margaret Allright, daughter of the testator, must have been the wife of William Avery who settled in Dedham, Mass., about 1650. It has been assumed that William Avery of Dedham was identical with William Avery, son of Robert Avery of Barkham, Berks. As Barkham is only about two miles from Arborfield, this assumption of identity now seems a certainty. E. F.]"^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} French, Elizabeth. Genealogical Research in England - Allright. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Oct 1909)
   63:362.