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Family of William Attfield and Elizabeth Collyer

Husband: William Attfield

  • Name:

  • William Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Henry Attfield (bef1677-1746)

  • Mother:

  • Ann Lunn ( -1758)

  • Note 1:

  • William's wife was Elizabeth (in his Will). Identification with the marriage to Elizabeth Collier is not proven but the dates would fit.

    Identification of this William as the youngest son of "Henry the Elder" is also not confirmed, but the dates fit, as does his occupation (yeoman).

  • Note 2:

  • Feoffment: 1) Rt Hon Thomas, Earl of Onslow, and Rt Hon Arthur George Onslow, Lord Viscount Cranley, his eldest son, 2) Edward Higgs of Bagshot, yeoman, 3) John Mears of Bagshot, gent, 4) George Smallpiece of Stoke next Guildford, gent. Cottage, carthouse, stable & outbuildings; parcel of meadow land (lately divided into 3 pieces) containing 2a 2r bounded on SE by Higgs Lane, on the SW by Rogers Moor, on the NE by a road leading to the Wokingham Road & on NW by Knights Mill Stream - at Bagshot, together with all allotments made or to be made under Inclosure Act - all premises now subject to a lease for 99 years granted to William Attfield by Abel Walter on 8 Jul 1747. Date 1 Jun 1814. SHC Ref 3255/6/1

  • Note 3:

  • Will of William Attfield of Windlesham, yeoman, 14 Jul 1783

    To wife Elizabeth an annuity of £10 to be paid quarterly during her natural life; to son William Attfield £50; to daughter Mary wife of William Collyer £10; to my sons James and George £50 apiece; to my daughter Jane £30; residue to my son John Attfield, exec.

    Witnesses: James Feild, James Lane

    Proved London, 16 Jan 1784 to exec.

  • Birth:

  • 1729

  • Windlesham, Surrey

  • Baptism:

  • 9 Jun 1729 (age 0)

  • Windlesham, Surrey (son of Henry Atfield)

  • Will (1):

  • 9 Nov 1745 (age 15-16)

  • Mentioned in father's will

  • Will (2):

  • 14 Jul 1783 (age 53-54)

  • Date of will (see notes)

  • Death:

  • Dec 1783 (age 53-54)

  • Windlesham, Surrey

  • Burial:

  • 24 Dec 1783

  • Windlesham, Surrey (William Attfield, yeoman)

  • Probate:

  • 16 Jan 1784

  • Probate to son John

Wife: Elizabeth Collyer

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Collyer

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1732

  •  

  • Death:

  • 1798 (age 65-66)

  • Windlesham, Surrey

  • Burial:

  • 18 Jul 1798

  • St John the Baptist, Windlesham (aged 66)

Child 1: William Attfield

  • Name:

  • William Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Susanna Traish (c. 1755-1833)

  • Birth:

  • 1752

  • Windlesham, Surrey

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Jun 1752 (age 0)

  • St John the Baptist, Windlesham

  • Will:

  • 14 Jul 1783 (age 30-31)

  • Mentioned in father's will

  • Death:

  • 1830 (age 77-78)

  • Windlesham, Surrey

  • Burial:

  • 27 Jun 1830

  • St John the Baptist, Windlesham, Surrey (aged 79)

Child 2: Mary Attfield

Child 3: John Attfield

  • Name:

  • John Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Elizabeth Chitty (1765-1852)

  • Children:

  • Elizabeth Attfield (c. 1786-aft1861)

  •  

  • Jane Attfield (1787-1843)

  •  

  • John Attfield (1789-1871)

  •  

  • Sarah Attfield (1791-1877)

  •  

  • James Attfield (1793-1865)

  •  

  • William Attfield (1794-1814)

  •  

  • George Attfield (1796-1850)

  •  

  • Mary Ann Attfield (1798-1870)

  •  

  • Henry Attfield (1799-1857)

  •  

  • Charles Attfield (1801-1870)

  •  

  • Edward Attfield (c. 1803-1870)

  •  

  • Martha Attfield (1804-1834)

  •  

  • Maria Attfield (1807-1885)

  •  

  • Richard Attfield (1809-1887)

  • Note 1:

  • John Attfield alias John Field of Windlesham, yeoman, snr. 9 Dec 1828

    son John, exec.; to my wife Elizabeth Attfield alias Field all my goods for ever and half my garden adjoining garden in the occupation of Richard Dale and a house I intend to build on it for life; also to my wife two meadows adjoining said garden (1½ acres) and a meadow Cutts (2 acres) for life and then to my son George Attfield alias Field for life and then to my son John; to my son John all my messuage I live in and barn etc. and 1½ acres adjoining called Church Field (freehold); after the death of my wife to son John all meadows devised to her.

    Witnesses: William Clark; John Spinks; James Purlsam

    Deposition of John Attfield of near Bagshot, Windlesham, farmer as to goods

    Proved: 25 May 1839 to exec. [DW/PC/7/8; DW/PC/5/1839/1] (died 28 Dec 1838; under £100). Ref SW/35_526

  • Note 2:

  • Lease & release, parcel of heath or waste land, 6 acres 1 rood 28 perches, on Windlesham East Common, Windlesham, land bounded on SE by Bagshot-London turnpike road, on NE by land of Richard Dare, and NW & SW by land of Thomas Humfrey, now in occupation of John Attfield & Elizabeth his wife.

    Lease by John Attfield, Thomas Godfrey of Windlesham, yeoman, and Edward Honer of Windlesham, cordwainer, to Habakkuk Robinson of Bagshot, tanner.

    Date: 4 - 5.7.1815

    Surrey History Centre, Ref: 331/17/1

  • Birth:

  • 1757

  • Windlesham, Surrey

  • Baptism:

  • 14 Aug 1757 (age 0)

  • Windlesham, Surrey

  • Will (1):

  • 16 Jan 1784 (age 26-27)

  • Executor to father's will

  • Occupation (1):

  • 1813 (age 55-56)

  • -; Farmer

  • Residence:

  • 1815 (age 57-58)

  • Windlesham East Common

  • Will (2):

  • 12 Nov 1816 (age 58-59)

  • Witness to will of William Perrin of Windlesham

  • Occupation (2):

  • 1828 (age 70-71)

  • -; Yeoman, of Windlesham

  • Will (3):

  • 9 Dec 1828 (age 70-71)

  • Proved 25.5.1839

  • Death:

  • 28 Dec 1838 (age 80-81)

  • Bagshot, Surrey

  • Death fact:

  • 1839 (age 81-82)

  • 1839 Mar Q, Chertsey, 4/31

  • Burial:

  • 5 Jan 1839

  • Windlesham, Surrey (aged 81)

Child 4: James Attfield

  • Name:

  • James Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Colburn ( -1811)

  • Children:

  • William Attfield (1785-1788)

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  • James Attfield (1789-1819)

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  • George Attfield (1792-1847)

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  • Harriott Attfield (1794-1815)

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  • Charlotte Attfield (1796-1821)

  •  

  • John Attfield (1799-1848)

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  • Henry Attfield (1803-1862)

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  • Jemima Attfield (1810-1887)

  • Note 1:

  • James Attfield may be the son of William Attfield & Elizabeth Collier, baptised at Windlesham on 24 Aug 1760 and mentioned in his father's will in 1783.

    Possible marriage: James Attfield and Mary Colburn, 8 May 1785 at St George Hanover Square, Westminster.

  • Note 2:

  • Will of James Attfield of Farnham, victualler 3 Feb 1813

    all my goods to my friends William Deadman & John Pursey both of Farnham, victuallers, execs, in trust to sell same and money to my children John Attfield, Henry Attfield & Jemima Attfield.

    Witnesses: William Clarke, John Turner

    Proved 23 Mar 1814 to execs, died Mar 1813, under £100

    DW/PA/7/33 pp.711-713; DW/PA/5/1814/1

  • Note 3:

  • The elder children (i.e. those baptised in Windlesham or Chertsey) are not mentioned in James's will. They are believed to be also his children but the case is not proved.

  • Birth:

  • 1760

  • Windlesham, Surrey

  • Occupation (1):

  • 1798 (age 37-38)

  • Licensed victualler, Chertsey

  • Occupation (2):

  • btw 1802 and 1804 (age 41-44)

  • Licensed victualler, Farnham

  • Occupation (3):

  • 3 Feb 1813 (age 52-53)

  • Victualler, Farnham (will)

  • Occupation (4):

  • 1813 (age 52-53)

  • Publican, Farnham (burial register)

  • Death:

  • 1813 (age 52-53)

  • Farnham, Surrey

  • Burial:

  • 10 Apr 1813

  • St Andrew, Farnham (aged 55)

  • Probate:

  • 23 Mar 1814

  • Proved to "my friends" William Deadman & John Pursey both of Farnham, victuallers

Child 5: George Attfield

Child 6: Elizabeth Attfield

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1767

  • Windlesham, Surrey

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Jan 1767 (age 0)

  • St John the Baptist, Windlesham, Surrey

  • Death:

  • 1768 (age 0-1)

  • Windlesham, Surrey

  • Burial:

  • 25 Jul 1768

  • St John the Baptist, Windlesham (infant)

Child 7: Jane Attfield

Note on Husband: William Attfield (1)

William's wife was Elizabeth (in his Will). Identification with the marriage to Elizabeth Collier is not proven but the dates would fit.

Identification of this William as the youngest son of "Henry the Elder" is also not confirmed, but the dates fit, as does his occupation (yeoman).

Note on Husband: William Attfield (2)

Feoffment: 1) Rt Hon Thomas, Earl of Onslow, and Rt Hon Arthur George Onslow, Lord Viscount Cranley, his eldest son, 2) Edward Higgs of Bagshot, yeoman, 3) John Mears of Bagshot, gent, 4) George Smallpiece of Stoke next Guildford, gent. Cottage, carthouse, stable & outbuildings; parcel of meadow land (lately divided into 3 pieces) containing 2a 2r bounded on SE by Higgs Lane, on the SW by Rogers Moor, on the NE by a road leading to the Wokingham Road & on NW by Knights Mill Stream - at Bagshot, together with all allotments made or to be made under Inclosure Act - all premises now subject to a lease for 99 years granted to William Attfield by Abel Walter on 8 Jul 1747. Date 1 Jun 1814. SHC Ref 3255/6/1

Note on Husband: William Attfield (3)

Will of William Attfield of Windlesham, yeoman, 14 Jul 1783

To wife Elizabeth an annuity of £10 to be paid quarterly during her natural life; to son William Attfield £50; to daughter Mary wife of William Collyer £10; to my sons James and George £50 apiece; to my daughter Jane £30; residue to my son John Attfield, exec.

Witnesses: James Feild, James Lane

Proved London, 16 Jan 1784 to exec.

Note on Child 3: John Attfield (1)

John Attfield alias John Field of Windlesham, yeoman, snr. 9 Dec 1828

son John, exec.; to my wife Elizabeth Attfield alias Field all my goods for ever and half my garden adjoining garden in the occupation of Richard Dale and a house I intend to build on it for life; also to my wife two meadows adjoining said garden (1½ acres) and a meadow Cutts (2 acres) for life and then to my son George Attfield alias Field for life and then to my son John; to my son John all my messuage I live in and barn etc. and 1½ acres adjoining called Church Field (freehold); after the death of my wife to son John all meadows devised to her.

Witnesses: William Clark; John Spinks; James Purlsam

Deposition of John Attfield of near Bagshot, Windlesham, farmer as to goods

Proved: 25 May 1839 to exec. [DW/PC/7/8; DW/PC/5/1839/1] (died 28 Dec 1838; under £100). Ref SW/35_526

Note on Child 3: John Attfield (2)

Lease & release, parcel of heath or waste land, 6 acres 1 rood 28 perches, on Windlesham East Common, Windlesham, land bounded on SE by Bagshot-London turnpike road, on NE by land of Richard Dare, and NW & SW by land of Thomas Humfrey, now in occupation of John Attfield & Elizabeth his wife.

Lease by John Attfield, Thomas Godfrey of Windlesham, yeoman, and Edward Honer of Windlesham, cordwainer, to Habakkuk Robinson of Bagshot, tanner.

Date: 4 - 5.7.1815

Surrey History Centre, Ref: 331/17/1

Note on Child 4: James Attfield (1)

James Attfield may be the son of William Attfield & Elizabeth Collier, baptised at Windlesham on 24 Aug 1760 and mentioned in his father's will in 1783.

Possible marriage: James Attfield and Mary Colburn, 8 May 1785 at St George Hanover Square, Westminster.

Note on Child 4: James Attfield (2)

Will of James Attfield of Farnham, victualler 3 Feb 1813

all my goods to my friends William Deadman & John Pursey both of Farnham, victuallers, execs, in trust to sell same and money to my children John Attfield, Henry Attfield & Jemima Attfield.

Witnesses: William Clarke, John Turner

Proved 23 Mar 1814 to execs, died Mar 1813, under £100

DW/PA/7/33 pp.711-713; DW/PA/5/1814/1

Note on Child 4: James Attfield (3)

The elder children (i.e. those baptised in Windlesham or Chertsey) are not mentioned in James's will. They are believed to be also his children but the case is not proved.