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Yorkshire will found in unusual place
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. Last edited by ElizabethHerts; 03-11-13 at 11:08. |
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How lovely, Elizabeth!!
Don't lose them will you? (see my thread, "Blinky flip" lol)
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Hopefully I can't lose them, Merry, as I have downloaded them into my Jackson file.
We're off to a friend's birthday celebrations so they will be waiting for me when we get back. |
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*wonders if there will be cake*
Have a lovely time!
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The wills are proving most useful and I'm due to receive more documents. It will be interesting to see how long the properties were in the possession of the Jackson family.
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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!) |
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Elizabeth
I don't think it's quite the same thing, but I once found a will which was in the keeping of a solicitor in Salisbury. He wanted 130 plus vat for a copy! I declined and about 6 months later the will turned up in the Lancashire archives and cost me 3.50, lol! So I think that documents do move about. OC |
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