Wills of Sheerness Shipwrights 1693 - 1855 - Medieval & Later Kent PCC & CCC Wills

Aspects of Kentish Local History

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

Wills of Sheerness Shipwrights 1693 - 1855
in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (Pre 1858) - Index of names
I am grateful to Ted Connell for his excellent index, hosting this work and supplying copies of the wills from the National Archives
D.E. Williams, Borstal, Kent August 2021

Sheerness Dockyard and Pier c. 1840

Surname	Christian name	Age	Place	Occupation	Date Will proved	No.
DANIELL	John		Sheerness	Shipwright	1693	01
EMS	John		Sheerness	Shipwright	1714	02
BANNISTER	George		Sheerness	Shipwright	1729	03
SIMMONS	Thomas		Sheerness	Shipwright	1748	04
MORLAND	William		Sheerness	Shipwright	1755	05
TURNER	James		Sheerness	Shipwright	1759	06
KEELER	William		Sheerness	Shipwright	1762	07
HAMMOND	Richard		Sheerness	Shipwright	1765	08
ODELL	John		Sheerness	Shipwright	1774	09
BARRETT	Thomas		Sheerness	Shipwright	1781	10
SEWELL	Thomas Wilson		Sheerness	Shipwright	1782	11
COOK	Edward		Sheerness	Shipwright	1789	12
MANSFIELD	John		Sheerness	Shipwright	1789	13
COLLINS	Daniel		Sheerness	Shipwright	1792	14
WIDGEON	James		Sheerness	Shipwright	1796	15
HURWOOD	William		Sheerness	Shipwright	1797	16
USHER	John		Sheerness	Shipwright	1797	17
STAPLES	Robert		Sheerness	Shipwright	1797	18
PARKIN	Henry		Sheerness	Shipwright	1804	19
STURGES	Peter		Sheerness	Shipwright	1806	20
BRIDGES	John		Sheerness	Shipwright	1814	21
BATT	Abraham		Sheerness	Shipwright	1822	22
BUTLER	Robert		Sheerness	Shipwright	1824	23
CLARKSON	James		Sheerness	Shipwright	1824	24
DAVIS	John		Sheerness	Shipwright	1828	25
JOHNSON	John		Sheerness	Shipwright	1838	26
CURRY	John		Sheerness	Shipwright	1844	27
OLIVER	James		Blue Town, Sheerness	Shipwright	1844	28
OAKSHOT	Benjamin	46	Sheerness	Shipwright	1846	29
BROWN	Daniel		Sheerness	Shipwright	1852	30
TYLER	John		Sheerness	Shipwright	1854	31
WOODCOCK	William		Sheerness	Shipwright	1844	32
OSBORNE	Samuel		Sheerness	Shipwright	1855	33
LEANE	John		Sheerness	Shipwright	1856	34

Names
ADAMS 28
ALLEN 3, 14, 32
ANSELL 28
ASH 3
ATKINS 33
AUGER 28
AUSTIN 20

BANKS 30
BANNISTER 3
BARLING 11, 33
BARRETT 10
BATT 22
BAVINGTON 13
BEBINTON 21
BENTHAM 11, 15
BILBE 31
BISHOP 12, 29
BLISSET 2
BONE 34
BRAZIER 12
BRIDGE 31
BRIDGES 21, 26
BRIGHTMAN 28
BRIMSDEN 27
BROWN 30
BURLEY 28
BUTLER 23

CADBROW 1
CANNON 5
CAREY 22
CHEETHAM 9
CLARK 19, 24
CLARKSON 24
CLAYTON 33
COFFEE 29
COLE 27
COLEMAN 2
COLLINS 14
COOK 12
COTTON? 4
CRADDOCK 33
CURRY 27

DANIELL 1
DARLEY? 29
DAVENPORT 8
DAVIS 21, 25

EDMONDS 18
EDWARDS 18
EMS 2
EVENDEN 1

FAULKNER 11
FELLARS 22
FIFE 22
FILKIN 34
FITZWATERS 18
FOLLETT 13
FRENCH 25, 34

GOWER 18
GRAY 30
GROAVES 14

HACK 9
HAMMOND 8
HARRIS 5
HEARNE 19
HELSEY? 011
HELSTONE 34
HENDERSON 17
HOLINES? 11
HOLMES 10
HOOKER 10, 22, 23,
26, 33
HOOKEY 22
HOSKING 22, 23
HUGGINS 8
HUGILL 26
HULL 23
HURWOOD 16

INCE? 11
JACOB 18
JARVIS 8
JOHNSON 26, 28
JORDAN 4
JOYCE 3
KEELER 7
KING 28
KNIGHT 20
KNOTT 26

LAMBETH 12
LANETH 1
LEANE 34
LEDGER 24
LINES 1
LIVING 5
LOFT 31
LOVELL 26
LYNCH 10, 11

MANSFIELD 13
MARDEN 14
MARR 4
MASON 1
MONDAY 26
MORLAND 5
MORSE 7, 12, 19

NEEDHAM 5
NEEVES 25
NELSON 9, 13
NEVILL 16
NOTTINGIRKER? 1

OAKSHOTT 29
ODELL 9
OLIVER 28
ORMSTON 21
OSBORNE 33

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PARISH 17
PARKER 17
PARKIN 9, 19
PARRISH 27
PEARSON 12, 18
PENNY 20
PIDDELL 29
PIPER 20
POLLOCK 24
PRICE 22

REED 24
RICH 5
ROSE 11
ROSE 11
ROWNTHWAITE 1

SEDGWICK 16
SEWELL 11
SHARLWOOD 6
SHELSEY? 11
SHEPHERD 6
SHRUBSOLE 9, 12
SIDDEN 4
SIMMONS 4
SIMPSON 32
SMITH 5, 28
SOLE 15
SOMMERS 5
SPOORE 9
STAPLES 18
STEPHENSON 32
STRUTTON 5
STURGESS 20

TAYLOR 21
TEMPLE 12
THOMAS 20
THOMPSON 22
TUCKER 21
TURKER 33
TURNER 6, 23
TYLER 18, 31

USHER 17
VAUGHAN 9

WHARTON 31
WIDGEON 15
WILSON 11
WINTER 5, 25
WINTERFLOOD 1
WOODCOCK 32
WRAGG 16
WY( ? ) 7
WYATT 21

Places
Bermuda
   Her Majesty's Dock Yard 29

Chatham 5

Deptford 5
Devonport
   39 Ross Street
      Morrice Town 34
Ordnance Row 34

Gillingham 5
Greenwich 5, 26

High Halstow 9
Higham 9

Leigh, Esse30

London
   Chancery Lane 33
   31 Penton Place 26
   St. Bridget or Bride's 9
   St. Edmund the King 9
Lower Deptford Flagon Row 1

Marton near Poulton 23

Portsmouth 14, 20
Preston 23

Queenborough 26

Rotherhithe 12

Saint Werburgh, Hoo 9

Sheerness, Minster in
      Sheppey
   Blue Houses 11
   Blue Town 28, 32
   East Street Blue Town 31
   High Street, Blue Town 24
   Sheppey Street, Blue
      Town 21
   Upper White Horse, Blue
      Town 22
   Halfway House 26
   Mile Town 33
   The Telegraph 22

St John's Parish
    in the Borough 14

Taunton 5

Woolwich
   Churchyard 5
   Dock Yard 5
   Harding Lane 9

Miscellaneous
Accountant 34
Apprentice 10
Assistant Master Shipwright 5
Attorne32

Baker 34
Baker Garrison 22
Banker 5
Block maker 31
Butcher 21

Caulker 11, 221, 33
Clerk 22, 23

House Agent 28
House Carpenter 11

Joiner 23, 31, 34

Labourer 23
Law Messenger 33

Member of Parliament 5

Navy Clerk 31

Ship
H.M.S. Newark 6
Shoemaker 23
Solicitor 22, 23, 26
Storekeeper 1
Surgeon 5

Taylor 11

Union Poor House 26