Aldridge, Sarah

Sarah married Ballard, Phillip about 1680 in Wiltshire, England. Phillip died in Abt. 1723 in Of Bratton, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ballard, John Aldridge was born about 1700 in Of Bratton, Wiltshire, England; died in 1740 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England.
2. Ballard, John was born in Abt. 1702 in Of Bratton, Wiltshire, England; died in Abt. 1778 in Of Imber, Wiltshire, England.
3. Ballard, Jonathon was christened on 23 Jun 1704 in Bratton, Wiltshire, England; died in Nov 1740 in Bratton, Wiltshire, England.
4. Ballard, Elizabeth was born on 26 Jan 1706 in Bratton, Wiltshire, England; died after 1722.
5. Ballard, Mary was christened on 19 Jan 1708 in Bratton, Wiltshire, England; died after 1722.
6. Ballard, Sarah was christened on 1 Jun 1714 in Bratton, Wiltshire, England; died after 1722.

Notes:

Will of John Aldridge, Gentleman of Bratton, Wiltshire 08 July 1713 PROB 11/534


"John Aldridge Ballard, of Bratton, was married to Mrs. Anne Frowd, of ye Devizes, at Erlestoke, June 16, 1732."

John married Axford, Mary about 1660 in England. Mary (daughter of Axford, Jonathon and Baker, Grace) was born about 1640 in Wiltshire, England; died about 1716 in Of Bratton, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

May be the John Aldridge of Bratton Gent who leaves a will dated 1712. PRO 11/534
Mentions friend Issac Axford of Earlestroke
Son William
Daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, Deborah and Mary
Grandson John Aldridge Ballard and Jonathon Ballard
Charity natural daughter of my daughter Deborah
Daughter Grace
Grandchildren John and Elizabeth Clarke


Will of Mary Aldridge, Widow of Bratton , Wiltshire 20 May 1723 PROB 11/591 -no mention of children -just deceased husaband, not named.

Notes:

Wiltshire Wills
P2/A/311
Inventory, will
[1687]
Axford, Jonathan
Yeoman, Erlestoke

Transcription of Jonathan Axford?s Will ? 1686
In the name of God Amen I Jonathan Axford of Earlestoke in the County of Wilts yeoman being in good health of body and of sound perfect mind and memory praise be therefore given to God almighty doe make and ordaine this my present Last Will and testament in manner and form following (that is to say) first and principally I give my soule into the hands of Almighty God hevering through this mereritts deathe and passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgivenesse of all my sins and to inherit everlasting Life and my body I commend to the Earth to be decently buried att the discretion of my Executors here after named And as to concerning the disposition of all such temporall estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth: revoking all former and other wills by me formerly made: Imprimis I give devise and bequeath unto my Loveing sonne John Axford and his heires for ever All that helfe yard Lands with their appurtenances Situate Lyeninge being in EarleStoke aforesaid which I Lately purchased of John Trimnell and Joane Trimnell to have and to hold the said halfe yard Lands and premises unto the said John Axford his heirs and assignes forevermore Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Loveing sonne Isaac Axford and his heires for ever All those two Closes or gardens with their appurtenances lyeing and being in Marston in the parish of Potterne in the said County of Wilts which I lately also so purchased of the said John Trimnell and Joane Trimnell and all estates right by them and Interest as well in law as equity of mands to the Same to have and to hold the said Closes or grounds with their appurtenances unto the said Isaac Axford his heirs and Assignes for ever
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Grandchildren Jonathan Aldridge and William Aldridge Sonnes of my daughter Katherine Aldridge and their heires forever
All my messuages Lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever situate lyeing and being in Rowde in the said County of Wilts and the rendrond and Inheritance thereof
with the appurtenances to have and to hold the said messuages Lands tenements and hereditaments with their appurtenances unto the said Jonathan Aldridge and William
Aldridge and their heires and Assignes for ever Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Grandchild Leah Aldridge daughter of my said daughter Katherine Aldridge and her
heires forever All that messuage or Cottage garden and orchard theire unto belonging with their appurtenances Situate Situate lyeing and being in Earlestoke aforesaid and
now in the possession tenure use or comparoid(?) of Hizrah Fishlock to have and to hold the said messuage or Cottage unto my Grandchildren Leah Aldridge Sarah Aldridge and Mary Aldridge daughters Of my said daughter Katherine Aldridge the sume of two hundred pounds of lawfull
money of England to be equally divided betweene and to be paid within one yeare after my decease and in case any or either of my said grandchildren Leah Sarah and Mary
shall happen to die before their respective ages of one and twenty yeares or be married then the said two hundred pounds to be divided between the Survivor and Survivors of
them And my will and intending is that my said daughter Katherine Aldridge shall have the use interest and Jururaste of the said two hundred pounds during her Naturall
Life Item I give devise and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Aldridge the Sume of two hundred pounds of Lawfull money of England to be paid unto her within one yeare after my decease Item I give devise and bequeath unto my daughter Grace Aldridge two hundred pounds of Lawfull money of England to be paid unto her within one yeare after my decease Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Grandchildren Sarah Tily and Charity Tily the sume of one [overwritten] hundred pounds of Lawfull money of
England to be equally divided between them and to be paid within one yeare of my decease and in case either of my said Grandchildren Sarah Tily and Charity Tily shall
happen to die before her age of one and twenty yeares or be married then the said one [overwritten] hundred pounds to go to the Survivor then And my will and intending is
that my daughter Sarah Tily shall have the use interest and ..... of the said one [overwritten] hundred pounds during her Naturall Life Item all the rest and residue of my
goods Chatells and personall estate not herein before given or bequeathed I give and bequeath the Same unto my Said Sonnes John Axford and Isaac Axford And I constitute nominate and appoint them the said John Axford and Isaac Axford Executors of this my last will and Testament In Witnesse whereof I have herewith Sett my hand
and Seale the ffifteenth day of September In the yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of England Scotland ffraune and Ireland
King defendor of the ffouthier (faith?) the two and thirtieth Anno since 1650
Signed Sealed published and doctored and the words ppus Jona Axford
Being first interlined in the personne of Tho: Beach
Tho: Brimsdon
his
Samuell Compton
Mark
his
John O Bonsson
Mark



...Appears to have been a Baptist and a yeoman of substantial means. He owned land in Marston(inherited by his grandson, also Jonathon), Potterne, Rowde, Erlestoke ("Trimnells") and Seende "Henmarsh", bought from John and Alice Stokes. The lists of 'Feet of Fines' for Wiltshire has references to transactions involving property in 1651, 1662, 1669 and 1680, all in Erlestoke. His will, proved 6/1/1686 involved the sum of £73110 shillings and 6 pence and named his children and some of his grandchildren. The later children were not baptised....

Brother??
Ref No. P1/A/106 Alt Ref No P1/A/106 Title Commission, inventory, will Date 1664 Person Axford, Henry Occupation Yeoman Place Key /Erlestoke/Wiltshire Community Melksham

....The complicated interrelationships among these people results from the small population of the villages around Erlestoke and the fact that they were Non-Conformists (Dissenters, mainly Baptists) and tended to stick together. Thus in a list of Wiltshire Dissenters Meeting House Certificates and Registers for 1689-1852 we have typically: "12 July 1698, Erlestoke, a dwelling house now vacant of Mr. Henry Axford (Baptist),John Axford, John Alldredge, Wiliam Ball." Other names apearing at later dates include Edwarde Froude, Thomas Axford, John George, Isaac Axford the Younger (Quaker - following his marriage), Isac Aford Junior, Edward Gye, Thomas Beavor, Stephen Jones, William Axford, John Alldredge, Ballard, John Blatch, Henry Whitaker,Jeffrey Whitaker, John Gauntlett, John Eales, , ... etc.

The certificates seem to have been neessary because the Established Church was very keen to get its tithes. Thus we find Isaac Axford (the above Quaker) complaining in the Great Book of Quaker Complaints that Isaac Axford,his father would come with his servants and take away wheat, etc. which was presumably given over to the Church as tithes so that he satisfied both the Quakers and the Church of England.

THE DECLARATION OF INDULGENCE 1672
A STUDY IN THE RISE OF ORGANISED DISSENT
BY
FRANK BATE M.A. B.Litt.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
C. H. FIRTH M.A.
REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HIS-
TORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
PUBLISHED FOR THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF LIVERPOOL
BY ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. LTD., 10 ORANGE
STREET, LONDON, W.C. 1908
...WILTSHIRE

1. William Ads House of William Lewse, Weeke ...Anabap.
2. John Alchurch House of Widow Blake, Stowford, parish of South Newton Anabap.
3. William Aldridge House of Thomas George, Earl Stoke Baptist.
4. John Axford, of Earl Stoke General


The first surname recording in Wiltshire may be that of Robert Axford, who married Maragaret Aldridge, at Bratton, Wiltshire, on January 18th 1584.

Jonathon married Baker, Grace about 1633 in Wiltshire, England. Grace was born about 1615 in Wiltshire, England; died in 1686 in Erlestoke, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Any connection??
Reference No.
78/12
Title
Release of land in Seend and Melksham, Wiltshire as marriage settlement: Lawrence Baker, Robert Jeffries, Anne Baker, William Jeffries, Henry Axford.
Date
28 Mar.1696

Notes:

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There is a marriage of a Henry Axford aged 30 of Erlestroke who married Joan Dawkins aged 22 years at North Burcombe, Wiltshire in 1618.