Balchen Family Wills
The earliest will (1) is that of
Balchen Family Wills
Susannah Balchen who is the wife of John
Balchen ( 1658 - 1721) and mother of
Richard and Henry Balchen. The next will (2) is son Henry's. After that are the
wills of Richard's two sons (3) William and (4) James who are Mary (Balchen)
Man's brother.
[Mary
married John Man].
The next will (5) is the will of the widow of William,
Sarah. The next two wills: (6) Mary and (7) John are those of the children of Sarah and
William. Will (8) is that of John
Balchen who is Henry's son and therefore first
cousin to Mary and John above. George Cumberland Snr. is the husband of Eliza Balchen and hence William Balchen's and Mary
(Balchen) Man's brother in law.
(These wills consist of transcriptions from the originals downloaded from the
PRO as well as PDF's from the PRO.)
Wills from Admiral Balchen's Family
(all these are in PDF)
Other Families' Wills
* Ann is the mother and Edward is the father of Louisa Caroline
(Fowle) Man. William is Edward's brother and John is their grandfather,
i.e. Louisa's great grandfather.