WILLS

Up to 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899

Wills

This is a summary in date order of the information contained within. The wills recorded in Rochdale Library. Wills are a great source of major bequests to close relatvies, personal estate assets and liabilites.

1700-1749

Date Proved Name and Position Address Relatives Named 1702 Edmund Holt Rachdall 26.5.1704 Edmund Holt, husbandman and Elder of Whitfaild in Hundersfield Hundersfield sons Robert,Edmund, James,Thomas, Jeremy and grandson James 31.1.1711 James Holt, yeoman had Hue mill and Fuller mill Brimrod, Castleton sons Thomas, John and Daniell;wife wife Mary. 1712 Richard Holte Dearnley 1712 Thomas Holte Castleton 7.2.1714 Thomas Holt, husbandman Balderstone,Castleton brother John, wife Susan 31.3.1715 Mary Holt,widow Rochdale brother James Mathew and d Elizabeth and Alice 25.10.1716 Richard woollen weaver Dearnley Hundersfield James H of Hundersfield, brothers John, Thomas, Robert,sisters Mary, Martha,Sarah. Margaret - Richards sister. Cousins Thomas H and Martha 17.5.1718 John Holt. yeoman Coptroad, Spotland wife Martha, son John of Broadhaulgh, son Edmund 1719 John Holt, yeoman Castleton sons Isaac, James and Hugh 1720 John Holt, yeoman owned Hue Mill Rochdale nephew Jon Holt 1736 Daniel Holt Rochdale 25.11.1740 Robert Holt, yeoman Spotland wife Alice Admon. 2.5.1741 Jacob Holt, Innkeeper Rochdale wife Elizabeth, son Jacob, d. Martha executor Thomas H etc 4.8.1741 James Holt Rochdale Broker brother Robert (a Middlesex yeoman),wife Mary, children Thomas, James, Samuel, Robert and Elizabeth. 23.1.1745 Richard Holt Butts in Hundersfield Rochdale brothers William, Henry, Oliver; nephews -Robert(Henry Holt's son) and Robert(Oliver Holt's son), Richards wife and his neices. 31.1.1746 Alice Holt, widow she had a pew in Rochdale church Rochdale Henry Holt (relationship not given) and Robert son of Oliver Holt. Witness William Holt 1746 William Holt Rochdale 23.12.1748 James Holt,Wolin weaver Whitfield, Rochdale sons John, Edmund, James, Robert;d Jane, Mary, Ann, Betty;wife Alice. 1748 Thomas Holt Rochdale 8.8.1748 Daniel Holt, cloth dresser Rochdale wife Mary, brothers William, Cornelius, John and sister Elizabeth 1749 Arthur Holt Rochdale 1749 Elizabeth Holt Rachdale 23.1.1749 Thomas Holt, yeoman Rachdale sons John yeoman, Francis and Robert, d. Ann, wife Mary. Executors son John and cousin Francis Holt