Thomas MILSTED

Thomas MILSTED[1, 2]

Male 1594 - 1661  (~ 66 years)

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  • Name Thomas MILSTED 
    Christened 21 Apr 1594  Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1660/1661  Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4869  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2019 

    Father John MILSTED,   b. Abt 1565,   bur. 23 Apr 1623, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Mother 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.
    Family ID F1795  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary GYLES,   b. Abt 1600,   bur. 24 Sep 1641, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Married 10 Nov 1623  Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas MILSTED,   c. 7 Nov 1624, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. post-1661  (Age ~ 36 years)
     2. Steven MILSTED,   c. 5 Nov 1626, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. John MILSTED,   c. 12 May 1628, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 11 Nov 1678, Shadoxhurst, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years)
     4. Sarah MILSTED,   c. 21 Jul 1633, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Anne BOWYER,   b. Abt 1605,   d. Abt 1668, Bethersden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Married 1642  Cranbrook, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1798  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Bethersden, Thos Waterman & Thos Milsted chws [churchwardens], Death of John Thrift vic[ar], 29 Apr 1630 , Relaxed 05 May 1630.
      Source: Canterbury Licences (Teaching and Medical) 1568-1646, vol. 12

  • 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), book 71, folio 131, 20 Oct 1659.
      Will of THOMAS MILSTED of Bethersden, 1661
      Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, book 71, folio 131

      The one and twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord 1659, I, THOMAS MILSTED, of Bethersden in the County of Kent, being in indifferent good health of body and of good and perfect mind and memory, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say:

      Firstly, I give and bequeath unto ANNE my well beloved wife the sum of four and ------ pounds of good and lawful money of England to be paid to her by my Executor hereafter named, within one whole year next after my deceased.

      Item, I give unto the said ANNE my wife her dwelling in my now dwelling house for and during one whole year next after my decease.

      Item, I give and bequeath unto RICHARD RICHARDSON, my son in law, twelve pounds of lawful English money to be paid to him within one month next after my decease.

      Item, I give and bequeath unto MARY RICHARDSON my grandchild, daughter of the aforesaid RICHARD RICHARDSON, thirty pounds of lawful English money to be paid unto her at her age of one and twenty years or at her day of marriage whichsoever shall first happen.

      Item, I give and bequeath unto ANNE CHAPLON and ELIZABETH CHAPLON my daughters in law, five shillings of lawful English money to be paid to either of them within one whole year next after my decease.

      Item, all other my goods and chattels whatsoever not before bequeathed in this my present Will, my debts, legacies and funeral expenses being discharged, I give unto THOMAS MILSTED my son whom I make, ordain and appoint to be my full and sole Executor to this my last Will and Testament.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written, 1659.


      SIGNED, SEALED AND PUBLISHED in the presence of his
      Robert -----man Thomas Milsted
      Martha -----man mark
      George Martin

      Proved March 1661 by the oath of Thomas Milsted
      Information concerning the structure of the family of this Thomas has been drawn from relationships and names stated in the Wills of his brother, John Milstead who died during 1629, as well as from his own Will drawn during 1659.

    2. [S83] Inventories, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, England, (Not published), PRC 11/18, fol. 143, 1661-1663, LDS film #1066737, 8 Jun 1661.
      A true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattells, debts, ready money, cattell and household stuff of THOMAS MILSTED, late of Bethersden, in the County of Kent, yeoman, deceased, made and apprized by us whose names are hereunder written the tenth day of February, in the thirteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second, now King of England, etc., A.D. 1661.

      Inprimius, his purse, ready money and wearing apparrell 29 : 04 : 00

      In the Hall

      Item, one table, one iron pott, one brass pott, five brass skilletts,
      eighteen pieces of pewter, stools and some other things 11 : 00 : 00

      In the Parlor

      Item, one joined bedsteddle, one featherbed with their furniture
      and some other small things 04 : 08 : 00

      In the Drink Buttery

      Item, eight barrels, one tubb and some other small things 01 : 15 : 00

      In the Kitchen

      Item, three tubbs, five keelers, a kneading trough and a few
      other things 12 : 10 : 00

      In the cheesehouse and the other low rooms

      Item, one cheese press, thirteen cheeses, one brine tubb,
      one churn and some other things 04 : 00 : 00

      In the Chamber over the Parlor

      Item, two bedsteddles, two beds, three bolsters, five chests,
      fourteen pair of sheets with some other things 12 : 14 : 00

      In the Chamber over the Hall and other chambers of the House

      Item, one linen trendle, one cauldron, two bedsteddles, two beds
      two bolsters, lambwool and some other things 06 : 09 : 00

      In the Barn

      Item, wheat, oats and hay in the barn and without 30 : 00 : 00

      In the Shop and Stable

      Item, two ladders, two sions, a malting tunne with other small things 02 : 00 : 00

      Goods without Doors

      Item, timber and wood 28 : 10 : 00

      Item, two lodges 01 : 00 : 00

      Item, one waggon and other husbandry toolings 10 : 00 : 00

      Item, three acres of wheat on the ground 11 : 00 : 00

      Item, oxen, horses, cows, sheep and a colt 47 : 00 : 00

      Item, hoggs, geese and a grindstone 02 : 00 : 00

      Item, due to the Testator upon several obligations supposed to
      be good debts 66 : 00 : 00

      Item, due to the Testator in other debts 08 : 08 : 06

      Other things omitted and not seen 00 : 12 : 00

      THE TOTAL SUM 278 : 03 : 06


      Apprized hereof
      Daniel Bennett, Sr.
      Daniel Bennett, Jr.
      John Milsted

      Exhibition made the 8th day of June 1661