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    Greenhill, John

    Male 1670 - 1694  (~ 24 years)


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    • Name Greenhill, John 
      Born Abt. 1670  Of North Bradley, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 1694  North Bradley, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I09572  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 19 Feb 2014 

      Family Aldridge, Grace,   b. Abt 1670, Of Bratton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1722, North Bradley, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
      Married 1689  Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
      Notes 
      • no title] 947/1398 1689, 1796-1836
        These documents are held at Wiltshire and Swindon Archives
        Contents:
        Settlement on the marriage of John Greenhill jnr. of North Bradley and Grace Aldridge of Bratton, relating to lands and houses at Drynham in the parish of North Bradley, 1689; eight deeds of Drynham Farm in the same parish 1796-1836, and bills of Richard Blake of Trowbridge forthe conveyances 1833-1834, purchased by Walter Long of Rood Ashton (d.1867) in 1836.
        Includes, copy contract for the purchase of Drynham Farm for £1800 byRichard Godolphin Long of Rood Ashton, 1833, not completed due to hisdeath in July 1835 but subsequently carried through by his son, Walter, as described above.
        Parties: Greenhill, Aldridge, Turner, Coward, Pigott, King, Smyth, Heathcote, Harper, Master, Saunders, Long.
      Children 
       1. Greenhill, Mary,   b. Abt 1690, Of North Bradley, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 6 Oct 1766, Spargrove, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
      Last Modified 19 Feb 2014 
      Family ID F02972  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • [no title] 967/10 1689-1693 Contents: Marriage Settlements, John Greenhill, junior of North Bradley and Grace Alderidge of Bratton; house and lands in North Bradley, 1689, William Pullen, clothier and Elizabeth Greenhill both of Westbury; house and lands in Devizes, 1693.

        Manor Farm at Hoggington was in 1881 a labourer's cottage. (fn. 37) It is a16th-century house of stone, with a symmetricalfront of three gables with copings and finials andstone-mullioned windows. A later porch is dated1673 and bears the initials of members of the Greenhill family, and the door bears the same initials and date in the ironwork surrounding thelatch.

        From: 'North Bradley', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8: Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds (1965), pp. 218-234. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=16111 Date accessed: 15 January 2012.

        Will of John Greenehill or Greenhill, Yeoman of North Bradley, Wiltshire 21 November 1694 PROB 11/423

    • Sources 
      1. [S00160] National Archives (UK), [no title] 947/1398 1689, 1796-1836 These documents are held at Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.
        Settlement on the marriage of John Greenhill jnr. of North Bradley and Grace Aldridge of Bratton, relating to lands and houses at Drynham in the parish of North Bradley, 1689; eight deeds of Drynham Farm in the same parish 1796-1836, and bills of Richard Blake of Trowbridge for the conveyances 1833-1834, purchased by Walter Long of Rood Ashton (d.1867) in 1836. Includes, copy contract for the purchase of Drynham Farm for £1800 by Richard Godolphin Long of Rood Ashton, 1833, not completed due to his death in July 1835 but subsequently carried through by his son, Walter, as described above. Parties: Greenhill, Aldridge, Turner, Coward, Pigott, King, Smyth, Heathcote, Harper, Master, Saunders, Long.