Wills of Rochester Shipwrights 1652 - 1837 - Medieval & Later Kent PCC & CCC Wills

Aspects of Kentish Local History

Medieval & Later Kent P.C.C. & C.C.C. Wills

Wills of Rochester Shipwrights 1652 - 1837
in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (Pre 1858) - Index of names
Transcribed by D.E. Williams 2021. My thanks to Ted Connell for hosting this work and for his excellent index

Shipwrights' Arms. Late 18th – Early 19th Century

Wills of 17th Century Chatham Shipwrights

Wills of 18th Century Chatham Shipwrights

Wills of 19th Century Chatham Shipwrights

Surname	Christian name	Age	Place	Occupation	Date Will proved	No.
ACTON	James		Rochester	Shipwright	1665	01
ALDRIDGE	John		Rochester	Shipwright	1653	02
BEST	Henry		East St, Rochester	Shipwright	1651	03
BICKHAM	Thomas		Rochester	Shipwright	1699	04
BROWNE	Richard		St Margaret's, Rochester	Shipwright	1694	05
COCKERELL	William		Rochester	Shipwright	1731	06
COCKERELL	William		St Nicholas, Rochester	Shipwright	1837	07
CRUMP	Edward		St Margaret's, Rochester	Shipwright	1819	08
FRENCH	William		Rochester	Shipwright	1790	09
LAMBERT	Roger		St Margaret's, Rochester	Shipwright	1710	10
MAYOR	Sanders		St Margaret's, Rochester	Shipwright	1800	11
PATTEN	Thomas		St Margaret's, Rochester	Shipwright	1764	12
RUMNY	John		St Margaret's, Rochester	Shipwright	1689	13
STEEL	John		Rochester	Shipwright	1733	14
TAYLOR	Richard		St Margaret's, Rochester	Shipwright	1697	15
TOMKEN	John		St Margaret's, Rochester	Shipwright	1797	16
TOWERS	Stephen		Eastgate St, Rochester	Shipwright	1658	17
WALDRON	Thomas		St Margaret's, Rochester	Shipwright	1746	18

Names
Acklin 18
Acton 1
Acworth 8
Aldridge 2
Allen 10
Amos 4
Anderson 8
Arey 11
Aske 2
Atterway 11

Baldock 8
Barkingsale 14
Bate 8
Beale 11
Beauchamp 10
Bekenfell 17
Best 3
Bickham 4
Blisse 9
Boyce 8
Bride 7
Bristow 12
Browne 5
Burford 18
Burges 16
Burr 16
Burre 8
Burton 8, 9

Canham 11
Chanlett 16
Chavisett 16
Clifford 8
Cockerell 6, 7
Cockrell 15
Collett 8
Colley 7
Conquest 11
Coppin 14
Couchman 11
Cox 8
Cressey 7
Crump 8
Cullen 13

Darby 8
Dart 17
Day 11
Dell 8
Denton 11
Dudderidge 7
Duncan 8
Dunning 14

Eadey 18
Eastwood 8
Edgar 8
Elford 11
Emberson 10
Eversfield 6
Evory 10

Fenner 11
French 9
Fry 11

Gandey 14
Glosler 8
Goally 13

Hall 11
Harrison 14
Heath 2, 3
Hickman 10
Hook 11
Hotting 6
Howard 14
Hubbard 8
Hughes 2
Jackson 14
Jenning 10

Lambert 10
Leonard 8
Lepper 18
Lloyd 7
Longley 16
Lowry 8

Manclark 7
Mannerings 9
Marchan 2
Mather 8
May 18
Mayor 11
Medcalfe 2
Morgan 8
Moyce 5
Muddle 11
Mullinger 9

Noble 14

Oliver 11
Osborne 11

Palmer 1
Pamflett 3
Pankhurst 8
Parker 17
Parks 11
Parsons 18
Paske 2
Patten 12
Pean 14
Pescott 7
Phision 1
Pizzey 8

Quilleson 12

Rawlyson 14
Read 8
Reader 18
Robinson 18
Rogers 10
Romney 6
Rondeau 6
Rosewell 13
Ross 8
Rumny 13
Sanders 11
Sanett 11
Sharp 11
Sheafe 5
Sheperder 4
Simmons 7, 8, 15
Sinnock 8
Slatterie 8
Smith 1
Staines 3
Steel 14
Stephens 8, 11
Symonds 13

Taffs 7
Tandy 1
Taylor 13, 15
Tenar 8
Thomas 16
Tomken 16
Towers 17
Trahawk 11

Vinyard 7

Waff 4
Walberton 14
Waldron 18
Walton 1, 14
Warden 2
Warner 6
Warrin 18
Waterhouse 8
Weasy 1
Williams 8
Wood 5

Places
Antigua 12

Bredhurst 6
Brompton, Gillingham
   Broad Alley 11
   High Street 11
   Wood Street 11

Carrington, County of
   Chester 14
Chatham 8, 11
   Brook 8
   Smithfield Bank 8
   High Street 7
Chatham/Rochester
   Hangman's Lane 7
City of London 9

Deptford 1

Gravesend 8
Great Hucklow,
Derbyshire 10

Hoo Parish 11
Horton, Runchorne,
County of Chester 14

King's Arms Wharf 7

London Inner Temple 8

Manchester 14

New Castle Underlyme,
Staffordshire 14

Plummers Row Mile End
Old Street in the County
of Middlesex 8
Poplar, Middlese7

Redish, Lymm,
   Chestershire 14
Rochester
   Acorn Wharf 8
   Cathedral 6
   Crow Lane 8
   Eastgate Street 3, 17
   Ross yard 8
   Rochester
   St Margaret's 5, 9, 10,
       13, 15, 18
   St Margaret's Bank 11
   St Margaret’s Street 8
   St Nicholas 6, 7
Sittingbourne 8
Strood 17

Woolwich 8

Miscellaneous
AAttorney 8

Baker 14
Barber 14
Blacksmith 8, 14
Butcher 11

Carpenter 8, 16
Clerks 8

Draper 8, 11

Farmer 14

Hatter 14
House Carpenter 18
Housekeeper 11
Hudson Bay Company 8

Joyner 14

Kent Fire Office 8
Kentish Gazette 8

Majesty's Dock Yard 12
Maltster 14
Master Carpenter 4, 10
Miller 11
Minister of the Gospel 8

private shipbuilding industry 8

Ship
   Andrewe 17
   Colloden 12
   Northumberland 5
   Prince George 10
   Royall William 15
Ship Tilbury 4
shipbuilder 8
Solicitor 8
Surgeon 9

Tailor 8

Yeoman 14