Robert Thember

GEDCOM Note

Category:Brixton, Devon

Biography

Robert Kember, born probably about 1555, died in Brixton, Devon, England, between 29 Dec. 1612 and 23 Jan. 1612-13.

The Will of Robert Kember"The Will of Robert Keymber of Lower Harston in the parish of Brixton,Devon, yeoman, dated 29 Dec. 10 James I (1612).
To wife Ann 40 marks. To son John Keymber £4 and 8 bushells of barley. To John, son of my brother Thomas Keymber £5. To Dorathy, Agnes, and Thomasine, daughters of said Thomas 5s. each. To my brother Thomas, clothing. To my daughter Jane, wife of Christopher Snelling, a ewe sheep and to her daughters, Mary and Jane, a ewe sheep each. "Itm. I gyve& bequeathe unto Joane my Dawghter the Wyfe of Peter Cawfing twoe yoesheepe. Itm. I gyve and bequeath unto Tristram and Joane the childrenof Peter Cawfing to eche of them one yoe sheepe." To Joane, daughter of my son John Keymber a ewe sheep. To William Head, sometime my servant, a sheep. To Robert Bartlett my grandchild. 2 ewe sheep. To Elizabeth, daughter of George Ellis, one sheep. To all my godchildren living at my death, 4d. each. Residuary legatee and executor, my son in law, Xpofer Snelling. Good friends Thomas Wynston of Brixton and John Aventof Harston, yeomen, overseers, and to each 12d. Proved at Plympton Morris, 23 Jan. 1612-13. (Arch. Totnes. 1612.)"<ref>Holman, Mary Lovering. Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury. (Concord, New Hampshire: Privately Printed at The Rumford Press, 1938),2:619. (Arch. Totnes, 1612) </ref>

Research Notes

IGI (Indexed) Robert Kember 1500-1700 England - none bpt before 1600. - none married or died in right time frame. none in Devonshire

FreeReg.org Robert Kember 1540-1640 no bpt. early enough, no m. in right time frame. no burials

Sources

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbpretz/ps04/ps04_264.htm - accessed 6 Jan 2014