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Sonya

Sonya Report 21 Mar 2019 08:57

Thank you. That is a very real possibility. It was a sudden death so probably no chance to change his will.

Researching:
Greenhill .. Kent Whitlock.. Wiltshire and Marsden ..Derbyshire and London Exall Spall..Suffolk and Shoreditch London Moss .. Suffolk Dench.. Sussex

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Mar 2019 07:45

It's speculative but he may just have forgotten to redo his will

Who knows his state of mind was then

Maybe the will was only discovered much later after his death

It takes money to do a probate too

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Sonya

Sonya Report 11 Mar 2019 14:51

He must have known she was dead because he left as soon as he could after her death and the children all went into the Tenterden workhouse (boys not the girls they went into service with family members (Howards..the tanners in Tenterden).

Researching:
Greenhill .. Kent Whitlock.. Wiltshire and Marsden ..Derbyshire and London Exall Spall..Suffolk and Shoreditch London Moss .. Suffolk Dench.. Sussex

Sonya

Sonya Report 11 Mar 2019 14:48

Thank you...I saw the entry on the register. Beneficiary his wife Rachel but she died in 1845 , he died in 1851 and this will was registered 1855. Very odd. :-|

Researching:
Greenhill .. Kent Whitlock.. Wiltshire and Marsden ..Derbyshire and London Exall Spall..Suffolk and Shoreditch London Moss .. Suffolk Dench.. Sussex

AustinQ

AustinQ Report 10 Mar 2019 15:16

related thread:
https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1370734?page=0

https://www.kentarchives.org.uk/wills-probate-records/

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 10 Mar 2019 13:37

For info - your source

Record set Index To Death Duty Registers 1796-1903
First name(s) Alfred
Last name Greenhill
Death year 1855
County Kent
Court Canterbury Prerogative Court
Residence TENTERDEN
National Archives reference IR27/64
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Wills & Probate
Collections from Great Britain, England


Look here:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/wills-or-administrations-before-1858

Sonya

Sonya Report 10 Mar 2019 12:48

Please can you tell me how to see the will of Alfred Greenhill 1855 (died 1851) Will Tenterden IR27/64

Researching:
Greenhill .. Kent Whitlock.. Wiltshire and Marsden ..Derbyshire and London Exall Spall..Suffolk and Shoreditch London Moss .. Suffolk Dench.. Sussex