Will of John ALBRIGHTON (c1784-1865)

South Derbyshire Wills Collection
--- John ALBRIGHTON (c1784-1865) ---
Yeoman of Midway

[Text of Will]
This is the last will and testament of me John Albrighton of Midway in the County of Derby Yeoman. I bequeath the pecuniary legacies following namely unto my son Richard the sum of twenty pounds unto my daughter Sarah the wife of William Bennett the sim of nineteen guineas and to my so Thomas ___ the sum of eighty pounds. Provided always that if my said son Richard shall die in my lifetime then I direct that the legacy hereinbefore bequeathed to him shall goto my said son Thomas ____. I give devise and bequeath all my real estate and the rest and residue of my personal estate unto my dear wife Elizabeth her heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature thereof respectively subject nevertheless to and charged with the payment of the legacies hereinbefore bequeathed by this my will. I appoint my friends William Cash of Woodville in the said County of Derby earthenware manufacturer and Samuel Hunt Rowley of Swadlincote in the parish of Gresley in the said County of Derby grocer executors of this my will and revoke all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

John Albrighton Signed and declared by the said John Albrighton the Testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of is present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed out names as witnesses – Richard Staley, John Whilehurst.

Proved at Derby the 6th day of June 1866 by the oaths of William Cash and Samuel Hunt Rowley the executors to whom administration was granted.

The testator John Albrighton was late of Midway in the County of Derby Yeoman and died on the 8th day of June 1865 at Midway aforesaid.

Effects under £300.

Family Notes by Louise Staley
One of the witnesses, Richard Staley, married Emma Robinson who appeared on the 1851 Swadlincote census as the grand-daughter of John Albrighton. Emma’s mother, Elizabeth may have been a daughter of Elizabeth, John Albrighton’s second wife, from her first marriage.
John Albrighton was described in the 1851 Swadlincote census as aged 66 and born in Grendon, Warwickshire.
It appears John Albrighton was married at least three times:
- Firstly on 2 April 1809 at Stretton-en-le-Field, Leicestershire to Sarah Collyer. They were the parents of Richard, chr. 29 April 1810, Sarah chr. 25 April 1813, and John chr. 2 October 1814.
- Secondly to Elizabeth (Ford nee Hawkins?), perhaps at St Weyburgh’s Derby on 27 July 1826. They were the parents of Thomas, born about 1828 and appearing as John Albrighton’s son in the 1841 census at Swadlincote aged 13. This Elizabeth died between March and June 1844 and appears in the St Catherine’s House Index of Burton upon Trent, ref. T. 17 11.
- Thirdly to Elizabeth Bucknall on 28 October 1852 at Church Gresley, Derbyshire. Elizabeth was the widow of William Carver. She died in or before 1869 at Swadlincote when her will was administered.