William CURLING (1561

Events in William CURLING (1561 - 1618)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1561		William CURLING was born
1582	21	Death of father William CURLING (aged 57)		Note 1
1593	32	Death of mother Alice BENNETT		Note 2
1597	36	Birth of son John (1) CURLING	St Peters	Note 3
28 Oct 1597	36	Married Katherine HICKLES (aged 24)	St Laurence	ex FMP
1598	37	Birth of daughter Mary CURLING	St Peters	Note 4
1600	39	Birth of daughter Susan CURLING	St Peters	Note 5
1603	42	Birth of daughter Anne CURLING	St Peters	Note 6
abt 1606	45	Death of wife Katherine HICKLES (aged 33)
23 May 1608	47	Married Elizabeth KNOWLER (aged 31)	St Laurence	ex FMP PR no details
1609	48	Birth of son William CURLING	St Laurence	Note 7
1610	49	Birth of son William CURLING	St Laurence	Note 8
1618	57	William CURLING died		Note 9
		Death of son William CURLING	St Laurence	presumably in 1609/10

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

Note 2: There is a burial 20? May 1593 at St Laurence no further details in register.

Note 3: bap St Peters 21 Mar 1597 ex MB

Note 4: bap St Peters 2 Apr 1598 ex MW & MB

Note 5: bap St Peters 13? Jan 1600 ex FMP PR

Note 6: bap St Peters 18 Sep 1603 ex MB

Note 7: bap St Laurence 19 Feb 1608/09 ex FMP PR

Note 8: bap St Laurence 18 Mar 1609/10 ex FMP PR

Note 9: buried at St Lawrence on 1 Apr 1618 ex FMP PR

Personal Notes:

CCA PRC17/62/278 & PRC/16/161 C24
Summary of the Will of William Curling of St Lawrence,Thanet made 9 June 1616, proved 17 April 1618
His will establishes that:
- he was to be buried in the church yard at St Laurence, ‘near unto the palm tree’
- his wife Elizabeth was to receive £100 and his sorrel gelding with furniture [saddle & bridle?].
- his three daughters Mary, Susan and Ann were each to receive £30 at age 21.
- his youngest son William was to have £30, paid to testator’s wife to keep until he reached 21. She to have it if son William died.
- wife, son John and younger children were to have household stuff and implements, ⅓ for wife, ⅓ for John and the other ⅓ for the remaining 4 younger children
- residue of goods and chattels were to go to John
- his son John was executor (his majority not referred to).
- his four younger children Mary, Susan, Ann and William were under 21 and so born after 1595.
Witnesses Robert Sprakeling, John Joade and Richard Michell.

There are two baptisms at St Lawrence of William, son of William after 1595 ie bap St L 1609 (died in infancy) and another bap 1610. The dates fit with the marriage to Elizabeth Knowler at St Lawrence in 1608. The will refers to 5 children so it is possible they were all born in the period 1608 to 1616 however there appear to be no baptisms of William’s children after 1610 and so a previous marriage is likely. The the marriage of William Curling to Katherine Hickles at St L 28 Oct 1597 fits with the baptisms of the other children at St Peters:
John 21 Mar 1597
Mary 2 Apr 1598
Susan 18 Jan 1600
Anne 18 Sep 1603
There should be a burial of William’s first wife Katherine between 1597 and 1608 but this has not been found.

Given that William’s eldest son John was baptised in 1597 William could not have been born in 1588 as Cotton supposed, so William whose will it was was not son of Gregory. However William’s son John was a contemporary of Gregory’s nieces and nephews and it is very plausible that William was Gregory’s brother and so Chilton would have gone from Gregory to his brother William and then to possibly to William’s son John. It is significant that Gregory pays particular attention to his brother William’s son John in his will.

Churchwarden 1615 (see Cotton)

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