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We know that she married an Eden as the will of her mother mentions the two sons and two daughters of her daughter, Elizabeth Eden. There is an Elizabeth Eden, wife of ? Eden buried November 22, 1676. That could be she.
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Note H00952
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What happened to her is an unknown. There is an Ann Timms, widow, buried March 18, 1698/9 in Whichford. She was noted as being aged 64. That would make her born in 1634/35. This is certainly possible, so who knows?
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This may be his will:
In the name of god Amen I John Mason of Cherrington In the County of Warwick yeoman being weake and Sick of Boddy but of good and perfect Memory praised Be Almighty God for the Same I do Make and Ordaine this my last Will and Testament In maner and forme following that is to Say first I bequeath My Sole unto Almighty god my Maker and Redeemer Trusting through the Merits of Jesus Christ to Inherit Etternall life and My boddy to be Buried in the parish churtyk or Churtyk yard of Cherrington and for those my transitory and Worldly goods which god hath Beene pleased to Blesse me with and to Bestow upon me I Bequeath then in Manner and forme following that is to Say
Item I give And Bequeath unto My loving wife one halfe of All my Dwelling house Outhouses barnes Stables Ortshards Closes gardins and Ba/rsid(?) Whatsoever together with one halfe yard land in the Common fields with Al things thereunto Belonging During the terme of her Natural life If she keepe her selfe A widow, And likewise All my household goods and One Cow and A Calfe And One whole ki/k in the kiskyard At her Owne Dis// to do what she pleseth With the // and paying unto John Keason of Brailes the Sume of five pound which I Oweth him.
Item I give and Bequesth unto my Sonne John Mason the Sume of foureScore and tenne pound that is to Say threeScore and tenne pound within one yeare After my Decease and Twenty pound more two years After by my Executor
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Somnne Richard Masson All the Rest of houses outhouses Barnes Stables Closes Orshards gardins Bar/ Land in the Common fields With althings to me belonging or Any Wife Appertaining Except what is Before Excepted to him and his heirs for Ever Whom I Make my Sole and onely Executor of this My last will and Testament he yelding and paying Al My debts legacies and funeral Expenses and performing Al things above ~ menshoned according to my Will But If he shall // to pay and perform paying Al my Debts and payments Above menshoned Then I give and Bequeath Al my dwelling houses outhouses barns Stables Orshards Closes and b/ and my land in the commonfield with althings thereunto belonging which I gave to my sonne Richard Mason unto Edward Times Jun and William Eden of Stowerton Whome I make and Ordaine Trustees of this my last Will and testament until al things be performed and paid According to my will Al Charges or Expenses they shall be At for the Same In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seale this Seventh Day of August 1707
Signed published and Decalred The Mark of
To be my last will and Testament John Mason
In the presence of
Richard Bishop
Thomas Edden
Then Mark of Domino octave dix Octobrix 1708:/
A/isha Neale QuoVix Juratus fuit Richardus Mason
Executor Supranominatus in debita Juris
Forma //
Rob Bell Sn
There are two children of a John Mason baptised in Cherington: John in 1678 and Judith in 1682. I believe that this Judith is the one who married my Edward Timms but I cannot be certain of that or that these two belong to this John Mason. The only son he mentions in his will is Richard.
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I am not at all sure that this man's name is Edward. All that I really know is that Ann Mason married a Timms and that she had one Son (unnamed) when he mother did her will in 1688.
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Here is his will:
In the name of God Amen this fifteenth day of September one thousand seven hundred and twenty seven I. Francis Mason of the parish of Cherrington in the County of Warwick being of sound and perfect memory and understanding [praised be Almighty God therefore] I do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following] First I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my creator hoping to be saved by the merits and intercession of Jesus Christ my Redeemer my body to the Earth to be buried in a decent and Christian like manner by my Executor hereinafter named and as for that worldly Estate of money and goods which I have to dispose of I give and devise the same as followeth Item I give to my wife Martha Mason the sum of fifty shillings to be paid to her or her Assigns within one year next after my decease and my will is that she may enjoy the house I now live in during the term of her life and that the annuity of forty shillings a year which I formerly settled upon her may be duly paid by my sons Thomas Mason and Tidmam Mason Item I give to my wife Martha my least Barrel Item I give to her my Doughkiver(?) to use the same so long as she shall live and whereas I have forty shillings now in the hands of my son William Mason I give and devise the same to him Item I give to my son Thomas Mason the sum of ten shillings Item to my grandson William Gibbs I give the sum of five shillings Item to my grandson Francis Gibbs I give the sum of five shillings All the rest of my money goods Chattels and Estate whatsoever after my just debts funeral expenses and the ? above mentioned shall be fully satisfied and discharged I give and devise to my son Tidnam Mason whom I make my sole executor of this my will and I do hereby revoke and make void all former wills by me heretofore made either by word or writing satisfying and confirming this to be my last will and testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Francis Mason to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who at the request [and in the presence of the testator] have hereunto scribed our names as witnesses