Robert Wilson (abt. 1561 - 1639)

Husband of Katherine (Rudd) Highlord — married 4 Nov 1624 in St Mildred Poultry, City of London, England

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Died Jan 1639 at about age 78 in City of London, England

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Biography

Robert married Katherine Rudd on 4 November 1624 at Saint Mildred Poultry, City of London.^[1]

Robert left a will dated 2 January 1639, describing himself as citizen and draper of London. ^[2] He made bequests to and mentioned:

• my well beloved wife Katherine Wilson
• my son Thomas
• my sister Margaret Varney
• my sister in law Anne Wilson, widow of my brother Samuel Wilson
• her son Samuel Wilson who I have placed as an apprentice with Mr Rowland Wilson
• every other of her six children - Anne, Roda, Sara, Symon, Rowland and Robert Wilson
• my brother Richard Wilson
• his son Richard
• my godson Robert Wilson, son of my brother Richard
• the first child of my brother Richard, born in Virginia, of Katherine his now or late wife
• the two children of my sister Margaret Varney, John and Katherine Varney
• my brother in law Edward Lycoris and his wife Mary, my sister
• my brother in law Edward Browning and his wife, my sister
• Sarah Watson, my said sister's daughter by a former husband
• her sister Mary Watson
• Anne Smith, daughter of my sister Anne Smith
• my mother in law Mrs Anne Rudd
• my sister in law Anne Rudd
• my sister in law Margaret Rudd
• my brother in law William Williams and his wife Elizabeth
• my wife's brother Thomas Rudd
• my cousin John Awbrey the elder
• my cousin Mr Gilbert Harrison, alderman and my kinswoman his wife
• my cousin Christopher Clarke
• my cousin Mary Morgan
• Magdalene Burnett widow, my wife's aunt
• Elizabeth Burton, daughter of Elizabeth Burton, my wife's kinswoman
• my aunt Ferris and her daughter
• my cousin Ledingham and his wife
• my son Robert Wilson
• my son Richard Wilson
• my two eldest daughters Anne and Katherine Wilson
• my daughter Mary Wilson

Robert made many other bequests to parishes, clergy, the poor, and charitable institutions as well as to servants and apprentices. He also gave to the Drapers' Company 100l., to be lent to a young freeman of the Company at 1l. 6s. 8d % interest, to be distributed at Christmas between poor men of the Company.^[3]

It appears from his wife's will that Robert was buried in the parish church of St Benet Sherehog.^[4] His burial at St Benet took place on 16 January 1639 and was recorded in the parish register of St Mary Colechurch. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973"
   Original data: England, Marriages, 1538-1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 374989
   Ancestry au Record 9852 #6649974 (accessed 2 February 2024)
   Robart Willsone marriage to Katherine Rudd on 4 Nov 1624 in Saint Mildred Poultry With Saint Mary Colechurch, London, London, England.
2. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 182
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #1003473 (accessed 2 February 2024)
   Will of Roberti Wilson, granted probate on 18 Jan 1639. Died about 1639 in London.
3. ↑ City of London Livery Companies Commission. "Report on the Charities of the Drapers' Company: Part III," in City of London Livery Companies Commission. Report; Volume 4, (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1884), 160-177. British History Online, accessed February 4, 2024, BHO
4. ↑ Will of Katherine Highlord: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 205
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #733048 (accessed 2 February 2024)
   Will of Catherine Highford, granted probate on 20 Jul 1648. Died about 1648 in London.
5. ↑ Burial: "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69/Mry8/A/001/Ms04438
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1624 #7636573 (accessed 4 February 2024)
   Robert Willson burial (died in about 1639) on 16 Jan 1639 in St Mary Colechurch, City of London, London, England.