Gregory CURLING (1559

Events in Gregory CURLING (1559 - 1608)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1559		Gregory CURLING was born
1582	23	Death of father William CURLING (aged 57)		Note 1
16 Feb 1586	27	Married Mildred CLARKE (aged 33)	Wouldham nr Chatham	Note 2
1587	28	Birth of son WIlliam CURLING	St Lawrence	bap 3 Mar 1587 St Lawrence
1589	30	Birth of daughter Alice CURLING	Minster	bap MInster 4 May 1589
1590	31	Birth of daughter Ann CURLING	Minster	bap Minster 4 Oct 1590
1592	33	Birth of son John CURLING	Minster	bap MInster 15 Oct 1592
1593	34	Death of mother Alice BENNETT		Note 3
1593	34	Death of wife Mildred CLARKE (aged 40)	St Laurence	buried 5 Aug 1593 St Laurence
1594	35	Married Susanna DAY	St Laurence	Note 4
1608	49	Gregory CURLING died	St Laurence	buried 31 May 1608 ex FMP PR
		Death of son WIlliam CURLING		Note 5

Note 1: burial St Laurence 10 March 1582/83 ex FMP PR

Note 2: They were married at Wouldham (near Chatham) on 16 Feb 1586 (confirmed FamilySearch old calendar format). The record is of Gregorium Curlinge to Mildredam Buxton. This indicates Mildred Clarke had married a Buxton before she married Gregory Curling - marriage to find. No other relevant Buxton or Clarke marriages at Wouldham found around that time.

Note 3: There is a burial 20? May 1593 at St Laurence no further details in register.

Note 4: Gregory Curling of St Lawrence, yeoman and Susanna Saunder same parish widow married 14 Oct 1594. Michael Wood has Susanna as widow of William Saunder.

Note 5: 2 possible burials at St Law 30 May 1591 and 7 Feb 1594 - the P R is no help, could be either.

Personal Notes:

Will of Gregorie Curling CCA PRC/17/45/60 PRC/16/78 C/5
• The 3rd March 1605
• Gregorie Curlinge
• of the parish of St Laurence in the Isle of Thanet in the County of Kent, yeoman
• soul to God the Father and body to be buried as executors shall think good
• to the poor of the parish of St Laurence £5.00 paid yearly in five instalments over 5 years
• to sons of Anthony Curling: John, William and Anthony, £20.00 to be equally divided between them and to be invested for each of them until they each reach the age of 21.
• to Edward, son of brother Roger, £10.00, to be likewise invested and paid to him at the age of 21.
• to Robert and James Swinford, sons of my brother William Swinford, £10.00 + profit thereof at 21.
• to Wife £10.00 within one month after his decease
• to daughters Alice and Anne the sum of £200.00 each to be invested and paid to them on marriage or at age 21.
• Said daughters to have £5.00 a year apiece from the profit of their portions and if not sufficient, executors to make provision as they see fit.
• to executors £5.00 per year for their pains
• to each of his God-children [un-named], the sum of 3 shillings and four pence
• to John Curling son of brother William, £4 [? could be shillings] + profit at age 21
• to John his own son at age 21, the residue of his unbequeathed goods and chattels + profit
• if his own son John dies, then John son of brother William to have the bequest above.
• if the said John, son of brother William also dies, the bequest is to go to his daughters , divided equally between them.
• He has four acres of land forfeited and engaged to him by Roger Curling of St Laurence, yeoman. If the said Roger pays executors £20.00 at any time during the minority of his son John, then Roger shall have the same four acres to him and his heires for ever.
• to servant Richard Walker at the age of 41, one annuity of forty shillings per year for the rest of his life.
• to son John ‘all my lands whyn [within?] the realm of England when he reaches 21
• if son John dies before 21, John son of brother William to inherit lands, but paying to Gregorie’s daughters Alice and Anne Curling £400 to be equally divided between them.
• if Wlm’s son John dies, the lands to go to Alice and Anne but they must pay to the 3 sons of Anthonie Curling, viz John, William and Anthony, £200 to be divided equally between them, Alice & Anne paying £100 each.
• Executors Paul [Claude?] Clogbrooke [Claybrooke?] gent, Menasses Horwood gent, brother William Courling [sic] yeoman.
• Witness Allen Thomas
• Further will is that if both his own and William’s sons called John die and his daughters Alice and Anne inherit they must each pay £100 to the heirs of brother William, to be equally divided between them
• son John to have £15 per year maintenance during his minority and if thought insufficient by executors they shall make him further payments as they think fit
Witnesses: Rychard Allen and Thomas Chinner.

Brother Swinford is his brother in law and this fits with the marriage of William Swinford to Gregory's sister Susan(na) Curling at St M 27 Oct 1589.

1588 churchwarden at St Laurence

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