INDEX OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS OF POORSTOCK (POWERSTOCK) PEOPLE
This index is an extracted list of persons 'of Poorstock' who left wills (W) or letters of administration (A) which can be found with the Probate Registry at Blandford Dorset, Archdeaconry Court of Dorset from to 1660-1792 and letters of administration in the peculiar of Sturminster Marshall. The names are extracted from indexes found in publications at the Dorset Record Office and elsewhere. Copies of these documents should be available from the Dorset Record Office.
This is not a complete list of wills made by Poorstock residents as wills may have been proved in places other than the Archdeaconry Court of Dorset.
SURNAME |
CHRISTIAN NAME |
OF |
WILL/ADMIN |
DATE |
REF |
PROBATE REGISTRY |
ABBOTT |
Susannah |
|
|
1722 |
30 |
Blandford |
BARRETT |
Benjamin |
|
A |
1737 |
32 |
Blandford |
BARTLETT |
Henry |
|
A |
1681 |
71 |
Blandford |
BELINGER |
Ann |
|
A |
1672 |
64 |
Blandford |
BELLRINGER |
Henry |
|
|
1710 |
25 |
Blandford |
BELRINGER |
Robert |
|
A |
1687 |
41 |
Blandford |
BEST |
John |
|
|
1767 |
57 |
Blandford |
BROWN |
Ann |
|
|
1702 |
29 |
Blandford |
BROWN |
John |
|
|
1763 |
|
Blandford |
BUSH |
Barnard |
|
A |
1661 |
29 |
Blandford |
BUTCHER |
Richard |
|
A |
1690 |
59 |
Blandford |
CLIFT |
Thomas |
|
|
1791 |
37 |
Blandford |
COOMBE |
Joane |
|
A |
1691 |
81 |
Sturminster Marshall |
COOMBES |
Elias |
|
|
17?? |
56 |
Blandford |
COURTNEY |
Mary |
|
|
1778 |
40 |
Blandford |
DAW |
Joan |
|
|
1698 |
36 |
Blandford |
DEVALS Als. DEVOL |
Giles |
|
|
1730 |
49 |
Blandford |
DOWNTON |
John |
|
A |
1768 |
12 |
Blandford |
FOANE |
Ann |
|
A |
1668 |
41 |
Blandford |
FORD |
John |
|
|
1719 |
|
Blandford |
GALE |
Edward |
|
W & A |
1766 |
|
Blandford |
GALE |
Henry |
|
A |
1679 |
33 |
Blandford |
GALE |
Jane |
|
A |
1758 |
17 |
Blandford |
GALE |
Lydia |
|
|
1726 |
|
Blandford |
GALE |
Richard |
|
|
1735 |
22 |
Blandford |
GALE |
Richard |
|
A |
1743 |
|
Blandford |
GALE |
Richard the younger |
|
1743 |
|
Blandford |
|
GEALE |
Richard |
|
A |
1709 |
39 |
Blandford |
GELLE |
Henry |
Loscombe |
|
1736 |
49 |
Blandford |
GILL |
Henry |
|
A |
1708 |
23 |
Blandford |
GILL |
John |
|
|
1662 |
35 |
Blandford |
GLISTOR |
Eleanor |
|
A |
1663 |
20 |
Blandford |
GRANT |
William |
|
|
1738 |
|
Blandford |
HALLETT |
Daniel |
|
A |
1769 |
23 |
Blandford |
HALLETT |
Francis |
|
A |
1690 |
58 |
Blandford |
HALLETT |
Stephen |
|
A |
1769 |
24 |
Blandford |
HANSFORD |
Robert |
Nettlecombe |
|
1791 |
33 |
Blandford |
HAYWARD |
Elinor |
|
A |
1689 |
42 |
Blandford |
HAYWARD |
William |
|
|
1671 |
42 |
Blandford |
HEARNE |
John, sen. |
South Poorton |
1700 |
45 |
Blandford |
|
HERN |
John |
|
A |
1686 |
42 |
Blandford |
HIND |
Henry |
|
A |
1671 |
71 |
Blandford |
HIND |
John |
|
|
1674 |
34 |
Blandford |
HINE |
Jeffrey |
|
A |
1690 |
60 |
Blandford |
HINE |
John |
|
A |
1675 |
46 |
Blandford |
HINE |
John |
Nettlecombe |
|
1704 |
37 |
Blandford |
HINE |
John |
|
|
1762 |
51 |
Blandford |
HINE |
Lydia |
|
|
1788 |
|
Blandford |
HINE |
Mary |
|
|
1764 |
60 |
Blandford |
HINE |
Nicholas |
Nettlecombe |
|
1666 |
21 |
Blandford |
HINE |
Richard |
|
|
1726 |
19 |
Blandford |
HINE |
Thomas |
|
|
1786 |
49 |
Blandford |
HINE Als. SAUNDERS |
William |
|
|
1761 |
54 |
Blandford |
HOUNSELL |
Edmund |
|
A |
1756 |
15 |
Blandford |
HOUNSELL |
Robert |
Nettlecombe |
A |
1739 |
22 |
Blandford |
HOUNSELL |
Robert, sen. |
Nettlecombe |
|
1710 |
20 |
Blandford |
KNIGHT |
John |
Loscombe |
A |
1708 |
21 |
Blandford |
KNIGHTON |
Angell |
|
|
1693 |
27 |
Blandford |
LITTLE |
Elias |
|
|
1777 |
51 |
Blandford |
LITTLE |
Elizabeth |
|
A |
1777 |
40 |
Blandford |
MARTIN |
Henry |
|
|
1691 |
35 |
Blandford |
MEADWAY |
Thomas |
|
A |
1668 |
38 |
Blandford |
MINSON |
John |
Nettlecombe |
1725 |
50 |
Blandford |
|
MOORE |
Henry |
Nettlecombe |
1688 |
19 |
Blandford |
|
MORE (MOORES) |
John |
|
A |
1691 |
99 |
Sturminster Marshall |
ROBERTS |
Elizabeth |
|
A |
1688 |
38 |
Blandford |
ROGER |
William |
|
|
1735 |
|
Blandford |
SAUNDERS |
Elizabeth |
|
A |
1670 |
40 |
Blandford |
SAUNDERS Als. HINE |
William |
|
|
1761 |
54 |
Blandford |
SMITH |
Henry |
|
A |
1706 |
30 |
Sturminster Marshall |
SMITH |
Henry |
|
A |
1687 |
62 |
Blandford |
SMITH |
Henry South |
Porton |
A |
1687 |
73 |
Sturminster Marshall |
STEPHENS |
Andrew |
Nettlecombe |
A |
1672 |
81 |
Blandford |
STEPHENS |
George |
|
|
1776 |
40 |
Blandford |
SYMES |
Andrew |
|
|
1742 |
55 |
Blandford |
SYMES |
Edmund |
|
A |
1684 |
19 |
Blandford |
SYMES |
John |
|
A |
1663 |
17 |
Blandford |
SYMES |
John Senr. |
|
A |
1781 |
69 |
Blandford |
SYMES |
Justinian |
|
A |
1681 |
36 |
Blandford |
TRAVERS |
George |
|
|
1660 |
22 |
Blandford |
TRAVERSE |
Francis |
|
A |
1780 |
|
Blandford |
WADDEN |
Richard |
|
A |
1719 |
|
Blandford |
WADDEN |
Wm |
|
|
1740 |
|
Blandford |
WALBRIDGE |
John |
|
A |
1751 |
|
Blandford |
WALBRIDGE |
William |
|
|
1749 |
|
Blandford |
WALLBRIDGE |
Henry |
|
|
1765 |
58 |
Blandford |
WALLBRIDGE |
Mary |
|
|
1768 |
49 |
Blandford |
WAY |
Matthew |
|
A |
1669 |
28 |
Blandford |
WAY |
Thomas |
|
A |
1681 |
70 |
Blandford |
WHITTLE |
Thomas |
|
A |
1709 |
40 |
Blandford |
WHITTLE |
Thomas |
|
|
1778 |
41 |
Blandford |
WILLMAN |
George |
|
|
1763 |
38 |
Blandford |
WILLY |
John |
|
A |
1711 |
|
Blandford |
WINCH |
Agnes |
|
A |
1687 |
61 |
Sturminster Marshall |
WINCH |
Agnis |
|
A |
1688 |
35 |
Blandford |
WINCH |
Hugh |
|
A |
1680 |
52 |
Blandford |
WYNCH |
John |
|
A |
1668 |
39 |
Blandford |