Thomas RIGDEN

Thomas RIGDEN[1]

Male 1580 - 1658  (~ 77 years)

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  • Name Thomas RIGDEN 
    Christened 18 Aug 1580  Brooke, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1658 
    Person ID I13431  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 

    Father John RIGDEN,   b. Abt 1546,   bur. 31 Oct 1595, Brooke, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother Willmine RIGDEN,   b. Abt 1546 
    Married 17 Oct 1568  Lower Hardres, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • First name(s) John
      Last name Rigden
      Residence Lower Hardres
      Marriage year 1568
      Marriage date 17 Oct 1568
      Marriage place Lower Hardres
      Spouse's first name(s) Wilman
      Spouse's last name Rigden
      Spouse's residence Lower Hardres
      County Kent
      Country England
      Record set Kent, East Kent marriage index 1538-1754
    Family ID F4199  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katharine WARMAN,   c. 24 Mar 1604, Brabourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1690, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Married 1 Nov 1618  Brabourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. male RIGDEN,   c. 23 Apr 1620, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Susan RIGDEN,   c. 15 Apr 1628, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 26 Sep 1689  (Age ~ 61 years)
     3. Thomas RIGDEN,   c. 18 May 1633, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. John ^ RIGDEN,   c. 11 Aug 1637, Brook, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 11 Aug 1637, Brook, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     5. Mary RIGDEN,   c. 13 Oct 1639, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 20 Oct 1673, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years)
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F4023  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • son of John on baptism

      National Archives Catalogue:
      Grove family estates in Kent, 3 deeds relating to property in Brook, Brabourne and Wye. Other names associated with properties Rygden, Ellys, Lamb and Grove, 1541, 1595, 1602.

  • Sources 
    1. [S66] Will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Lambeth Palace, London, England, (England, Kew: The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office)), Proved at London, England, 29 Jun 1659.
      Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will at London

      IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, I THOMAS RIGDEN, of Wye in the County of Kent, yeoman, this tenth day of January one thousand six hundred fifty two being of perfect memory, though weak in body, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following:

      First and principally I will and bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God in whom I hope by the death and passion of Jesus Christ to be saved.

      And my body to be decently buried in Christian burial according to the discretion of my Executor.

      Item, I give and bequeath unto THOMAS RIGDEN, my son, the sum of one hundred pounds being in the hands of John Bull of Brabourne, in the County of Kent, Gentleman, when he shall accomplish the age of twenty-two years.

      Item, I give unto SUSANNA RIGDEN, my daughter, the sum of thirty pounds of lawful money of England to be paid unto her within twelve months next after my decease.

      Item, I give unto MARY RIGDEN, my daughter, the sum of thirty pounds of like lawful money of England when she shall accomplish the age of twenty-one years.

      All the residue of all my goods, chattels and cattle before not bequeathed, my debts and legacies first paid and funeral expenses discharged, I give wholly unto KATHARINE, my well beloved wife, whom I make and ordain my whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament dated the day and year first above written.

      Thomas Rigden his mark

      READ, SEALED, PUBLISHED AND DECLARED in the
      presence of William Pantrye January one thousand
      six hundred fifty two,
      John Carter

      THIS WILL was proved at London the twenty-ninth day of June in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred fifty and nine before the Judges for the probate of Wills and granting Administrations lawfully authorized by the oath of KATHARINE RIGDEN the relict and sole and only Executrix named in the above written last Will and Testament of the deceased, to whom administration was granted and committed she being first legally sworn by virtue of a Commission truly and faithfully to administer.

    2. [S65] Archdeacon's Transcript, Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Brabourne, Kent, England FHL film #1751592, 1 Nov 1618.