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Wills of 18th Century Chatham Shipwrights
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills 1706 - 1799) -
Index of names
                        
- Transcribed by D.E. Williams. Prepared for the website by Pat Tritton

Wills of 17th Century Chatham Shipwrights    Wills of 19th Century Chatham Shipwrights    Wills of Rochester Shipwrights 1652-1837

Surname

Christian name

Age

Place

Occupation

Date of Will

No.

ALLOWAY

Richard Boake

of Chatham

shipwright

24-10-1752

01

ATKINS

Benjamin

of Chatham

shipwright

08-02-1715

02

BAKER

William

of Chatham

shipwright

25-11-1791

03

BALL

Nathaniel

of Chatham

shipwright

25-05-1735

04

BATTEN

John

of Chatham

shipwright

10-03-1760

05

BEVERSTOCK

Daniel

of Chatham

shipwright

13-04-1763

06

BOND

John

of Chatham

shipwright

20-12-1717

07

BOURN

Abel

of Chatham

shipwright

12-08-1742

08

BRAMES or BRAMS

Daniel

of Chatham

shipwright

02-11-1791

09

BUCK

Richard

of Chatham

shipwright

17-12-1784

10

BUTLER

John

of Chatham

shipwright

25-06-1728

11

CHAPPELL

Robert

74?

of Chatham

shipwright

26-03-1762

12

CHARLTON

Thomas

of Chatham

shipwright

10-10-1729

13

CLARK

John

of Brompton

shipwright

17-09-1782

14

COLE

Edward

of Chatham

shipwright

06-04-1768

15

CROOKENDEN

John

of Chatham

shipwright

26-06-1734

16

CROOKENDEN

John

of Chatham

shipwright

01-06-1784

17

CROWCHER

John

of Chatham

shipwright

27-08-1793

18

DADD

Thomas

of Chatham

shipwright

07-02-1782

19

DADD

Richard

of Chatham

shipwright

17-03-1788

20

DAFFORNE

John

of Chatham

shipwright

10-08-1795

21

DIPROSE

William

of Chatham

shipwright

13-08-1767

22

DUN or DUNN

James

of Chatham

shipwright

06-03-1755

23

EASTWOOD

Francis

of Chatham

shipwright

07-03-1728

24

FOX

William

of Chatham

shipwright

03-02-1729

25

GEORGE

William

of Chatham

shipwright

30-08-1781

26

GRAY

David

of Chatham

shipwright

23-09-1710

27

GRIMYEAR

Richard

of Chatham

shipwright

21-06-1742

28

HALL

George

of Chatham

shipwright

26-02-1709

29

HANDLEY

Charles

of Chatham

shipwright

03-03-1713

30

HARGOOD

Thomas

of Chatham

shipwright

20-05-1727

31

HILL

William

of Chatham

shipwright

27-05-1791

32

HOPLEY

Thomas

of Chatham

shipwright

28-01-1788

33

HOPPER

Ralph

of Chatham

shipwright

11-10-1762

34

HULBURT or HULBARD

Henry

of Chatham

shipwright

15-05-1710

35

JARMON or JARMAN

James

59

of Chatham

shipwright

08-10-1751

36

JERMAN

John

of Chatham

shipwright

03-05-1726

37

KEIGWIN

Edward

of Chatham

shipwright

05-05-1781

38

KING

Thomas

of Chatham

shipwright

15-01-1795

39

LANDEN

Thomas

of Chatham

shipwright

15-12-1788

40

LOVELL

William

of Chatham

shipwright

28-01-1785

41

MARTIN

Richard

of Chatham

shipwright

23-02-1779

42

PARRY

Thomas

of Chatham

shipwright

01-06-1778

43

PAVIER

David

of Chatham

shipwright

17-01-1746

44

PINNEY

Richard

of Chatham

shipwright

01-09-1713

45

POOLEY

John

of Chatham

shipwright

23-12-1706

46

RANWORTH

John

of Chatham

shipwright

03-09-1717

47

RAYDEN

Richard

of Chatham

shipwright

08-06-1781

48

ROBINSON

John

of Chatham

shipwright

02-09-1724

49

STUBBS

John

of Chatham

shipwright

30-07-1799

50

TAPLEY

William

of Brompton

shipwright

12-06-1774

51

TAYLOR

John

of Chatham

shipwright

19-12-1763

52

TUSON

Francis

of Chatham

shipwright

18-12-1759

53

WALL

William

of Chatham

shipwright

20-02-1710

54

WATSON

Abel

of Chatham

shipwright

06-11-1795

55

WEST

Thomas Tomlyn

of Chatham

shipwright

03-07-1777

56

WHITEHEAD

Thomas

of Chatham

shipwright

28-08-1739

57

WILKINS

Joshua

of Chatham

shipwright

30-05-1780

58

WYE

Richard

of Chatham

shipwright

22-09-1727

59

  Surname

Christian name

Age

Place

Occupation

Date of Will

No.

Index of Names - Places - Miscellaneous (occupations, ships etc)

Names
Acworth 21
Allard 13
Alloway 1
Ardrin 25
Atkins 2
Austen 23

Baker 3, 8, 28, 37, 53
Ball 4
Banks 36
Barling 21
Barnard 16
Barnes 36
Batten 5, 51
Baxter 49
Beaumont 15
Beech 16
Beet 18
Belshar 56
Bennett 30
Beresford 36
Berry 33
Best 18, 24, 47
Beverstock 6
Bigg 42
Bingle 48
Blogg 30
Blye 17
Boake 1
Boddicoate 31
Boddycoate 24
Bond 7
Bonnick 44
Boucher 52
Boulter 24
Bourn 8
Bower 3
Brames 9
Brett 31
Britcher 11
Broad 22
Brook 12
Brown 8
Buck 10
Buckwell 30
Bulfinch 45
Bull 46
Bunyan 28
Burkett 13
Butler 11, 30

Callis 54
Campbell 58
Campion 46
Carpenter 10, 15
Carr 29, 36
Chalton 34
Chamblin 41
Champnurs 24
Chant 16, 17
Chappell 12
Charles 51
Charlton 13
Clark 14
Cleever 8
Clements 36
Codd 2, 47
Cole 15
Coleman 37
Collins 33, 42
Comferry 28
Conquest 55
Cornish 34
Craddock 49*
Crookenden 16, 17
Crowcher 18
Currey 57



Dadd 19, 20, 33, 34, 38
Daffon 52
Dafforne 20, 21
Dale 23
Dalling 30
Daniel 34
Dann 51
Davis 10
Davison 13
Day 23
de Rossing 18
Demetrius 36
Dickeson 30
Diggins 36
Diprose 22
Doyle 25
Duer 44
Duery 4
Dun 23
Duncan 38
Dunn 10, 23

Eastwood 24
Edgecombe 51
Edmeads 29
Edwards 23, 48
Engelbech 26
Enon 15
Estrey 36
Eueans 1
Everard 13
Eversfield 31, 54

Featherstone 21
Fisher 56
Follander 11
Foreman 41
Fox 7, 25
Frankes 39
Franklin 21
Fuller 55

Gardiner 9
Garrard 46
George 26
Gilbert 45, 55
Goodwin 5
Grace 8
Grant 14
Gray 27, 30
Greet 52
Grimyear 28
Grove 49
Gunn 41
Guy 15

Hadley 21
Haite 53
Hall 5, 19, 29
Handley 30
Hargood 31, 49
Harris 5
Harrison 33
Hartroup 2
Hartrup 49
Hayler 18
Heneker 7
Henly 59
Henwood 30
Heptden 51
Herringham
Hill 14, 32
Holjombe 59
Hook 15
Hopkins 10
Hopley 33
Hopper 34, 52, 56
Hoyn 30
Hudder 44
Hulburt 35
Hutton 18

ifling? 37

Jack 10
Jarman 36, 52
Jarrett 15
Jefferys 21
Jenks 27
Jerman 37
Johnson 6, 11, 13, 27, 42
Jonas 54
Jones 10
Joye 5

Keate 53
Keigwin 38
Kennard 17
Kennett 40
Kentish 18
Kettle 18
King 39
Kirby 35
Kirby 42
Kitson 50

Landen 40
Lane 31
Langton 22
Large 51
Lawson 8
Lee 35
Lovell 41

Mackie 18
MacMurrey 13
Maplesden 36
Mapleston 23
Markham 33
Marshall 43
Martin 30, 32, 42, 48
Masterman 18
McClorklen 49
Middlesmore 21
Miller 19
Mills 36
Mitton 52
Moorcock 31
Moorton 16
Morgan 55
Munns 49

Nearne 49
Norden? 22

Paine 37
Palmer 15
Panck? 6
Park 58
Parry 43
Pavier 44
Pearne 5
Peckham 51
Perriman 9
Pett 15
Petty 36
Phillips 8, 33
Pierce 36
Pinney 45
Polhill 36
Pooley 46
Pounraby? 46
Prall 50
Pratt 27
Purkett 52
Ranworth 47
Rayden 48
Read 36
Reed 13
Reeve 13
Reynolds 46
Rickhan? 40
Rickkon? 40
Robbins 1
Robinson 37, 49
Rogers 27, 54
Romney 24
Ronsel 36
Rook 30
Rosewell 35
de Rossing 18
Rowe 25
Ruggells 46
Russell 22, 42
Rutton 29

Shafter 7, 47
Shaw 11, 15, 36
Sheaf 36
Sheafe 30, 31, 45, 49
Silverton 18
Simkid? 29
Smith 6, 12, 33, 36, 54
Sommerton 14, 15, 18, 34
Sommey? 39
Spray 14, 53
Staff 9
Stanton 57
Staples 43
Starkes 30
Steer 30
Stephens 14, 55
Stubbs 50
Sturges 30
Sturgis 51

Tame 33
Tapley 15, 51
Taylor 21, 35, 52
Teale 26
Thomas 12, 27
Tissell 15
Tomlyn 56
Turner 13, 39
Tuson 53

Urivint? 18

Waite 13
Waldron 9
Walker 46
Wall 43, 54
Wallis 21, 55
Ward 20
Ware 52
Warner 24, 37
Warren 36
Warrington 12
Watson 55
Watts 10
Webb 30
Weeks 3
Wellings 57
West 56
Westhorpe 52
Weybourne 13
White 37
Whitehead 57
Wibley 50
Wilcocke 46
Wilkins 4, 7, 27, 32, 43, 58
Willes 2, 52
Williams 22
Wilson 10, 31, 49
Winder 50
Wise 51
Withard 59
Wood 30
Worth 54
Wright 23
Wyatt 9
Wye 59

 

Places
Bray, Berks 21
Brompton 15, 51, 52
   Middle Street 11, 14, 51
   Westcourt Street 17
Burwash, Sussex 51
Canterbury 30
Chatham 1, 15, 47, 49, 50, 52, 55
   Chatham Street 45
   Holbourne Lane 32
   King Street 52
   Kings Street 21
   Queen Street 13
   Smithfield Bank 10, 30, 45
   the Brook 45
   Westcourt Street 30
Cliffe 36
Darenth 49

Deptford 16, 18, 27, 50
   Flaggonroe 54
   Kingstreet 7
   lower Deptford 49
   Saint Paul 57
East Greenwich 7
East Indies 4
Frindsbury 51
   Wainscot 51
Gillingham 14, 15, 43
   golden lion 41
Gosport, Southampton 24
Gravesend 29
Halstow, Hoo, Frindsbury & Stoke
   Shard Marsh Polhills Marsh and
   Little Noven? 8
Harrietsham? 42
Herne Hill, Canterbury 30
London 30, 41, 44
   Bishopsgate Street 36
   East Smithfield 46
   Ropemakers Fields Limehouse
     Hole Middlesex 15
   St. Euly's? Street 30
   Saint George in the East 5
   Westminster Middlesex 15
   Stafford Street 21
Marden 42
Margate 33
Mediterranean 44
Portsmouth yard 36
Rochester 13, 30, 50, 56
   St. Nicholas White Horse Lane 45
   St. Margaret’s 49
   St Margaret's St Margaret's Bank 30
Sandwich 49
Sheerness 52
Sheerness Blue Houses 17
Stoake (Stoke) Kent 13
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire 15
Strood 8, 52
Woolwich 33

 

Miscellaneous
apprentice 30, 31
apprenticeship 15
attorney 47, 50, 55
attorney at law 29

barber 36
blacksmith 27
boats 59

boatswain 13
bookes 31
books Doctor Gillie's works 
   Dean Prideaux's works 21
bookseller 56
brazier 51
bread for poor widows 36
brewer 30
Captain 44, 45
carpenter 19, 35, 49, 50, 54
carpenters' crew 16
cheesemonger 23
clerk 55
clerke 13, 29
coal merchant 15
cooper 55
cordwainer 33, 50
corker 29

draper 55
dyer 30

fisherman 30

gardener 30
grocer overseers 13
gunner 36

hatter 30
house carpenter 14, 30

instruments 31

joiner 15
joyner 27

labourer 33, 36
leiut. 59
man of war 36
marriner 28, 49
master 59
master carpenter 24
model of fifty guns with
   a case 15
notary public 46

Portsmouth yard 36
Public house 7

ropemaker 15

sadler 15, 50
sailmaker 5, 52
salesman 31
schoolmaster 15
servant 57
ships
   HMS The Emerald 50
   HMS Essex 35
   HMS Grafton 28
   HMS Kinsale 59
   HMS Newark 36
   HMS Queen 54
   HMS Royal Sovereign 49
   HMS? The Princess
               Louisa 16
   HMS Sandwich 24
   Houghton 4
   The Nassau 57
   Warwick galley 44
   merchant ship?
     Princess Louisa 4
shipwright 1, 14, 15, 33, 36,
   43, 51, 52, 56
shipwrights' club 41
shoemaker 30
silversmith 36
tallow chandler 36
tooles 31
waterman 16, 41
yeoman 36, 51

Wills of 17th Century Chatham Shipwrights    Wills of 19th Century Chatham Shipwrights    Wills of Rochester Shipwrights 1652-1837

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