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Priscilla Godfrey

Female Abt 1630 - Bef 1676  (< 45 years)


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  • Name Priscilla Godfrey 
    Birth Abt 1630  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Bef 1676  Baltimore County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I198  Parlett-Stancliff
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2023 

    Father John Godfrey   d. Bef 29 May 1672, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3466  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Cole,   b. Abt 1618, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Feb 1676, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 58 years) 
    Marriage 1648  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Cole,   b. Abt 1661, Coles Harbor, Baltimore County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1689, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 29 years)
    Family ID F447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2023 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • Several sources place Priscilla Cole as the daughter of John Godfrey who died in Baltimore County in 1672. The complete will entered below seems to indicate Priscilla and Thomas Cole were more like good neighbors and friends.
      In the name of God, amen. I John Godfrey of ye Province of Maryland in the county of Baltimore in Patapsco River, planter being very sick & weak but being yet in perfect sense and memory thought fit to order & devise of what —?— I have in my possession of my own and that this is my last will and testament. And this my will shall stand in full force and value against all other wills & of testament formerlly made by me, John Godfrey in manner as followth. . . .
      Item, I give and bequeath unto John Malam whom I do hereby appoint and make my true & lawfull executor my now dwelling plantation in Patapsco River called (there is a large blank space here) and all my stock of hoggs & young cattle. The said Malam being at the charge of proving this my will and burying of me.
      Item, I give unto '''Thomas Cole one sow and to Presella his wife a silver Seal which I formerly received of her.'''
      Item, I give & bequeath unto Edward Houghton one cow and all my moveable goods.

      Item, I give and bequeath unto Sarah Colle one —?—
      Item, I give and bequeath unto Ann White Thomas Cole’s maid servant, one cow.
      Item, I give & bequeath unto Richard Kene formerly Thomas Coles servant, one cow.

      Item, I give & bequeath unto John Kemp one cow.
      And my will is ye John Malam shall pay all lawfull debts as shall come from any person as well as receive what it due to me from any person and that my last will and testament shall well & truly performed by the said John Mailum within six months after my decease. In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal this 6th day of May 1672.
      John Godfrey signed with his mark in the presence of Richard Ball and Richard Gwinn.Charles Gorsuch & Nicholas Ruxton were named to appraise the estate.<ref>Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court Liber 5/291. Maryland State Archives</ref>

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      === Notes ===
      : IGI has a record of a Priscilla Godfray chris. 1 NOV 1636 in Crediton, Devon the dau. of John & Marie Godfray.