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Originally Posted by ElizabethHerts
I've been puzzling over this for some time. I finally contacted Hebden Bridge History Society and sent them the required payment - £5.
http://www.hebdenbridgehistory.org.u...-documents.pdf
This morning I have received scans of the two wills.
I'm over the moon - despite my scepticism the Thomas Jackson will is that of my 4x-great-grandfather.  There was also another son. The icing on the cake - his son Henry was indeed schoolmaster at Heptonstall. My 3x-great-grandfather Isaac is mentioned.
Now I can ask for scans of the other documents.
I had asked the Archives and the Borthwick Institute about possible wills for this family and they had none. |
Today I have returned to this will and Thomas Jackson. Previously I couldn't find a will on Findmypast, and I e-mailed the Borthwick Institute to ask if they held a copy, and they said no.
However, today I found this on Findmypast:
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Jackson
Year 1826
Date 1826, FEB
Place Halifax
County Yorkshire
Country England
Court York Prerogative & Exchequer Courts
Court detail Exchequer Court of York
Document type Will
Document reference vol.173, f.96
Index reference 1823061826120164.tif/5
Document ordering
http://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/remo...ng/order-form/
Record set Prerogative & Exchequer Courts Of York Probate Index, 1688-1858
So why has it suddenly appeared?
(Not that I'm complaining!)
