John MILSTED

John MILSTED[1]

Male Abt 1565 - 1623  (~ 58 years)

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  • Name John MILSTED 
    Born Abt 1565 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 23 Apr 1623  Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I4874  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2018 

    Father Robert MYLSTED,   b. Abt 1545,   d. Bef Mar 1568, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 23 years) 
    Married Abt 1565 
    Family ID F1802  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary STIKER,   c. 9 Jun 1566, Pluckley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 29 May 1619, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Married 22 Apr 1588  Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The original church record seems to imply that there was a Thomas Milsted who officiated on the wedding in 1588 or was one of the witnesses. This whole document from April 1588 see very strange to me.
    Children 
     1. Edward MILSTED,   c. 16 Feb 1589, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John MILSTED,   c. 31 May 1590, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 19 Mar 1629, Pluckley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years)
     3. Robert MILSTED,   c. 5 Dec 1591, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 12 Feb 1592, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     4. Mary MILSTED,   c. 24 Dec 1593, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Thomas MILSTED,   c. 21 Apr 1594, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1660/1661, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
     6. Martha MILSTED,   c. 2 Nov 1596, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 Jan 1638, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years)
     7. Robert MILSTED,   c. 29 Mar 1597, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 19 Jul 1600, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 3 years)
     8. Steven MILSTED,   c. 4 Feb 1599, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Nicholas MILSTED,   c. 4 Jan 1601, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Elizabeth MILSTED,   c. 6 Jun 1602, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 7 Jun 1602, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     11. Robert MILSTED,   c. 7 Oct 1604, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 18 Oct 1604, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     12. Richard MILSTED,   c. 1 Jan 1606, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 23 Jan 1638, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years)
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1795  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Named in Will of his grandfather, Edward Milsted and stated to be the son of the said Edward's son, Robert Milsted.

      Churchwarden of Bethersden 1615 and 1616.

      Medhurst, Anthony of Bethersden, butcher, widr., and Eliz. Milstead, w. of Edward Milsted, late s.p., carpenter. At same or at Shadoxhurst. John Hubbard of Cant., clothworker, bonds. March 4, 1668


      Milsted, Samuel, of Little Chart, linen weaver, widr., and Eliz. Miller of Hothfield, v., 20, d. of Wm. Miller of Mersham, who consents, as is testified by John Hasell of Hothfield, weaver. At S. Margt., Cant. Dec. 12, 1661.

      3rd series
      Sarah Milksted 226
      Hills, William of Ashford, blacksmith, ba., 23, and Sarah Milksted of Shadoxhurst, spr., 21, whose father consents. At Shadoxhurst or Kingsnorth. John Sherwood of Ashford, clothier, bonds. Sept. 24, 1675.

      1st series
      Stickard Margaret 339
      Price William, of Bethersden, and Margaret Stickard, s.p., w. Jan. 8, 1588.

  • Sources 
    1. [S78] Will, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0188960, 1616-1623, Vol. 62, folio 367, May 1623.
      Will of JOHN MILSTED of Bethersden, 1623
      Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, book 62, folio 367

      In the name of God, Amen. The ninth day of February in the year of ------ of our Sovereign Lord James by the grace of God of England, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith and the ------- of Scotland.

      I, JOHN MILSTED, of Bethersden being sick in body but of good and perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God for it, I do make and ordain this my present Testament and last Will in manner and form following,

      First, I bequeath my soul unto the hands of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and my body to be buried in the churchyard of Bethersden.

      Item, I give unto EDWARD MILSTED, my son, five shillings of good and lawful money of England to be paid unto him within one month next after my decease and I give unto the said EDWARD my great chest standing in the chamber whereas I do lay.

      Item, I give unto MARY, my daughter, four pounds of good and lawful English money to be paid unto her within one year next after my decease, and I do give unto the said MARY my great----- and the bed and ------- as it stands with all the things thereto belonging furnished in the -------.

      Item I give unto JOHN, my son, ten pounds of good and lawful money of England to be paid unto him within one whole year next after my decease.

      Item, I give unto MARTHA, my daughter, the sum of four pounds of lawful English money to be paid unto her within one whole year next after my decease, and I give unto her my little brass pot.

      Item, I give and bequeath unto STEPHEN, my son, ten pounds of good and lawful money of England to be paid unto him within one year next after my decease, and I give unto him my cupboard standing in the parlour.

      Item, I give unto THOMAS, my son, the sum of four pounds of lawful English money to be paid unto him within one whole year next after my decease.

      Item, I give unto NICHOLAS, my son, ten pounds of good and lawful money of England to be paid unto him within two whole years next after my decease.

      Item, I give unto RICHARD, my son, four pounds of good and lawful money to be paid unto him when he shall accomplish the age of twenty years and a ----standing at my bedside. And it is my will and mind that THOMAS, my son, shall take my son, RICHARD, to dwell with him as a servant and to teach him his trade ---------- until such time as he shall be of the age of twenty years --------- the said RICHARD do like -------- and the said THOMAS in consideration ------- to find the said RICHARD sufficient drink and apparel during the said time. And if the said RICHARD do think that he is not well used by the said THOMAS, his brother, then if he do make it known unto the Executor of this my present Will then it is my will and mind that my Executor shall within one quarter of a year next after such complaint made by the said RICHARD pay and deliver unto the said --------- the ten pounds ----- the said RICHARD ----- to be kept by him until he shall come to his age of twenty years as aforesaid and then to pay it unto the said RICHARD, his heirs or assigns.

      I do make and ordain NICHOLAS STICKLAND and LARRANCE SMITH overseers of this my last Will. And my executors shall pay from all ------ charges as they shall charge concerning this my last Will. If my Executors shall not --------- it according to the --------.

      The residue of all my goods and chattels whatsoever ------ my debts, legacies and funeral expenses being discharges, I give and bequeath unto those of my children that is to say to EDWARD, MARTHA, JOHN, STEPHEN, THOMAS, NICHOLAS and RICHARD to be equally divided betwixt them.

      And I make and ordain THOMAS and STEPHEN my sole Executors.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.

      Sealed in the presence of his
      John Milsted
      Thomas Ellis mark
      Henery Pollard

      Proved May 1623 by the oath of Thomas Milsted and Stephen Milsted.

    2. [S65] Archdeacon's Transcript, Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1751588, 23 Apr 1623.