Mary ALSTON [23923]

  General Notes:

Pavenham
Baptisms 1713/14
Mary ye daughter of Wm & Elizabeth Alston March 2

Mary Alston
Baptism Date: 2 Mar 1714
Baptism Place: Pavenham,Bedford,England
Father: William Alston
Mother: Elizabeth
FHL Film Number: 599353

Marriages IGI
Name (Rev Mr) Lord
Spouse's Name Mary Alston
Event Date 31 Dec 1735
Event Place Pavenham,Bedford,England
FHL Film Number: 59935

Mary was a legatee under the Will of her brother William.
William Alston of Pavenham died on 23rd April, 1736; he bequeathed his estate to his wife Ann for life, it was to be sold after her death, and the proceeds divided between Mary of the Revd. John Lord, and Frances, wife of Nehemiah Brandreth, the two sisters of William Alston. Ann Alston died in September 1741.
Ref: Bedfordshire Record Office (Joseph Tucker Burton Alexander estate deeds Pavenham Bury)

Will of Mary Lord of Drayton Paslow relict and widow of Rev John Lord dated 19 Feb 1787.
Proved William Lord DD son of deceased 7 May 1797.
Ancestry

  Research Notes:

BRO Archives
AL77/1-4TitleAL77/1-2 Conveyance (Lease & Release) £980
AL77/3 Extract from will of John Lord
AL77/4 Extract from Pavenham enclosure award: allotment to Rev. John LordDate free text7/8 May 1779Production dateFrom: 1779 To: 1779
Scope and Content
(i) Mary Lord, Drayton Parslow, widow of John Lord, clerk, deceased; John Gibberd, Sharnbrook, clerk; Newdigate Poyntz, Tormarton, Gloucs., Esq
(ii) John Lord, Drayton Parslow, gent. (eldest son & heir of John Lord deceased)
(iii) Mary Lord, Drayton Parslow, spinster; John Rickett, Swanbourn, Bucks, lace-buyer & wife Elizabeth (late Elizabeth. Lord); Ann Lord Drayton Parslow, spinster.
(iv) Nataniel Sanders
[reciting: will of John Lord, 20 March, 1773;
(i) are devisees in trust ] [ See Ref X125/50 ]
(i) (ii) & (iii) to (iv)
--- farmhouse, Pavenham, formerly occupied by Richard Gilbert
--- Giggetts Close (5ac)
--- cottage, Pavenham with dovehouse, and land lately enclosed (14ac 19p) allot? to John Lord
--- 2ac, Stevington
--- 1 1/2ac Carlton, being three lands & one gore, occupied by William Harrison
Reference AL139/1-2
Keyword Sanders, Nathaniel,
AL80
Title
Manor of Stevington: Admission of Thomas Sanders on surrender of Mary Lord, John Gibbard & Newdigate Poyntz
Date 4 May 1779
Production date 1779
Scope and Content--- cottage, east end of Pavenham, with kitchen, barn, stable & pightle (1 1/2ac) allotment of 10ac 21p, Town field & Elland MeadowReference
AL119
Keyword
Sanders, Thomas,
Lord, Mary,
Gibbard, John,
Poyntz, Newdigate
Keywords legal papers, DEEDS, Stevington Manor, PAVENHAM, general manors and manorial, surrenders
Lord, Mary,
Lord, John,
Gibbard, John,
Poyntz, Newdigate,
Rickett, John,
Rickett, Elizabeth,
Lord, Elizabeth,
Lord, Ann,
Gilbert, Richard,
Harrison, William
Keywords DEEDS, legal papers, Drayton Parslow, SHARNBROOK, Clerk in Holy Orders, lace buyer,
Swanbourne, wills, PAVENHAM, STEVINGTON, CARLTON, Inclosure

In the Will below the testator William names Vere Alston as his father, Lord his brother and Browne his father.
Cresswell was unwilling to include this man as Vere's son, as he is correctly his stepson and second cousin once removed. Browne is his father-in-law and Lord his brother-in-law.

William has been placed son of William and Elizabeth meanwhile on the evidence of his sisters Frances & Mary?
THE WILL of WILLIAM ALSTON of Pavenham
Dated 24 March 1735
William Alston of Pavenham in the County of Bedford Gentleman bequeaths to his wife Anne Alston all his Manors Messuages Lands and Tenements, all the goods and chattels belonging to said wife before her marriage with testator, and the use during her lifetime of all other his goods and chattels.
Also I give to my father Mr Vere Alston and his wife, and his two daughters my sisters L10 each to buy mourning.
Also I give to my two own sisters and brother Lord L10 apiece for mourning.
Also I give to my father Browne and wife and brother and sister Coates¹ and Elizabeth Browne L10 each for mourning.
To sister Elizabeth Browne L20.
To brother Coates Browne¹ all his books.
Debts, legacies and funerall expenses to be paid out of his real estate, the Heirs at law to raise money by mortgage, particularly the L300 a piece given to them by testator's father's will . . . . . the wife to join in such mortgage.
The real estate left to his wife for her life, at her death to be sold and the proceeds to be equally divided between "my two sisters Frances and Mary and their heirs".
Appoints Anne Alston the wife sole executrix.
To kinsman Thomas Alston L5.
To father Mr Alston the History of the Bible.
Signed William Alston
Witnesses Ed Coock Daniel Hipwell Mark Warner
Proved 12th November 1736 by Anne Alston, Relict.
Ref Derby 232 PROB 11/680 Q232
Alstoniana Pg 135
Copy on this file
Footnote
1. The IGI records a Coates Brown married Mary Edgley at Milton Ernest (next village to Pavenham) 16 April 1765

  Other Records

1. Mary Alston: Will, 1797.

Mary married Rev John LORD [6431] [MRIN: 2155], son of John LORD [23975] and Martha CRAWLEY [23988], on 31 Dec 1735 in Pavenham BDF. (Rev John LORD [6431] was born in 1712 in Kensworth HRT, baptised on 6 Aug 1712 in Kensworth HRT and was buried on 9 Jul 1778 in Drayton Parslow BKM.)