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- From BACON AND ALLIED FAMILIES, by J. Dean Bacon, Published by Murray & Gee Inc., Culver City, California, 1958 Born 156? , Fressingfield, Suffolk County, England.
Son of THOMAS ALDUS and GELYON FISKE. Married (1)SARAH and (2) Mary
"had a wife SARAH in 1595 (probably mother of all his children), and a second wife Mary,"
"To FRANCIS ALDOUS, son of the said THOMAS my brother, and to
SARAH now his wife,"
"To Frauncis Aldous, son of the aforesaid FRAUNCIS."
See "Will of John Aldowes of Wittingham in Fressingfield in the County of Suffolk, 10 Sept. 1595."
Francis Aldus died will proved Nov. 5, 1625 Toftmonks, Norfolk County, England.
"The Will of FRANCIS ALDOUS of Toftmonks in the County of Norfolk, yeoman, 7 Oct. 1625. My wife Mary to have the best pariour in my house in Fressingfield, wherein my son NATHAN now dwelleth, during her natural life. `I give unto my sonne NATHAN ALDOUS three parts of my meadow called Launces meddow and also one little Pightell thereunto Adjoynenge being pasture all coppiehold and lying in the parish of Fressingfield to him and his heirs forever, yeildinge and payinge unto his mother yearely and everie yeare the some of sixe pounds.' Whereas I have heretofore by deed given my two sons John Aldous and NATHAN ALDOUS my free lands in Fressingfield, they are to pay L100 as follows: to my daughter-in-law Elizabeth Aldous, widow, L40, and to my three grand children Mary Aldous, Eldous (sic), and Annis Aldous, the daughters of Nathaniel Aldous, deceased, and Elizabeth his wife, L20 each at the age of twenty years. To my daughter-in-law Elizabeth Aldous L4. To my son John Aldous one-quarter of my copyhold meadow called Lances, on condition that he join with his brother NATHAN in paying L6 to his mother and in the L100 before specified. To son John the livery bedstead, furnished, the great brass pot now at his brother's in Fressingfield, a cheese press, etc., and a chest that was my daughter Annes. To my wife my black mare, a cow, a brass pot, etc. My two grandchildren Mary Andrews and Fraunces Andrewes, daughters of Robert Andrewes, deceased, L5 each at the age of twenty. To MARY ALDOUS, daughter of NATHAN ALDOUS, my son, 40 s at the age of twenty. To my son NATHAN my `Greate cupboarde' standing in the hall at Fressingfield, and a chest there, on the death of his mother, also a long table. To servant Elizabeth Barker 40(sic). All the residue to my wife Mary. My sons John and NATHAN to be executors, and `to perform all these duties in truste reposed unto them in the feare of God and care of conscience, and they to live in mutuall Love & Amitie as becometh brothers.' (Signed) FRANCIS ALDOUS X. Witnesses: Godfrey Pendleton and Edw: Barwick. Proved 5 Nov. 1625 at Beccles by the executors named. (Consistory of Norwich, 1625, f. 261.)"
From "Genealogical Research in England" transcribed by Miss Elizabeth French, and communicated by N.E.H.&G. Register Committee on English Research, vol. 64, p. 245-8.
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