George Chilcott and Frances Arscot

    Tracing my lineage back up my tree I am comfortable to say that my 8x great grandparents are Robert Chilcott and Joan Fulbroke.
    Taking a completely different view by tracing down my potential family tree, I have traced the Plantagenet and Arscott lines down to George Chilcott (of Stogumber) and Frances Arscott. I can also say that George and Frances had a son, William, (this was found in The Visitation of the County of Somerset in 1623 at https://books.google.com.au/books?id=paXRXTR6SXAC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false on page 22) and shows that William was aged 8 in 1623, thus making his DOB circa 1615 
    I am assuming the "aet. 8" next to William's name is telling us he was approximately 8 years old. This being the case, William was born circa 1615. As George is shown as "of Stogumber", it is most likely that William was born at Stogumber. Unfortunately, the baptism records from Stogumber for the period 1603-1615 do not seem to have survived and I have been unable to find any other Somerset baptism record for William.
    So I think I am missing evidence to support just a single generation:

• The child of George Chilcott and Frances Arscot being William Chilcott;
• And this William Chilcott being the father of Robert Chilcott.
  

    A lot of people have claimed this William Chilcott married Mabella Bragge, but I am not convinced. I am happy to say that a William Chilcott did indeed marry Mabella Bragge and that they had a son named Robert Chilcott. The facts I am using to say this are as follows:

• William made his Will on 20 July 1643 and it tells us:
• He was living at Bridey (probably Bridport), Dorset.
• His wife is Mabella.
• His children are William, Robert, Mabella and Thomasin.
• Mabella was previously married to someone Every and they had a daughter, Elizabeth Every.
• William's brother-in-law is John Bragg and so we know Mabella's maiden name was Bragg.
  
• Mabella Bragge married Alexander Every on 26 February 1626 at Thorncombe, Dorset.
• Alexander Every was buried 27 May 1633 at Whitechurch Canonicorum, Dorset.
  
• William Chilcott married Mabella Every (nee Bragge), but I don't know when and where.
• William died in 1650 in Dorset.
  

    So the two links I am missing are:

1. A birth / baptism record of some description for William Chilcott to George and Frances Chilcott (nee Arscott).
2. A birth / baptism record of some description for Robert Chilcott to William and Mabella Chilcott (nee Bragge).

Further email from Geoff in Sep 2021

I have read Joan Chilcott's Will many times, trying to work out what it is saying. As you know she goes on for great lengths about the Bryants and only refers to William, Christopher, Robert and Eleanor (daughter of Christopher) Chilcott in very fleeting terms. I really do think these Chilcotts are "ours", but I don't think Joan is their mother - perhaps an aunt. Surely if Joan was their mother they would have been bequeathed much more than five pounds.

And if the above is the case, then Robert Chilcott, husband of Joan, is not the father of "our" Rev. Christopher Chilcott.

I am very comfortable claiming Christopher Chilcott and Hannah Langford as my 7x great grandparents and from Christopher's university records we know his father was Robert from Beaminster, Dorset.

So what do we know about Robert Chilcott of Beaminster?

• We have a burial record for a Robert Chilcott on 22 May 1686 at Beaminster, Dorset.
• We have a Will for a Robert Chilcott dated 25 August 1683 telling us that he lived at Bridport, Dorset.
• Bridport and Beaminster are only 10km apart and so the Will and the burial record could be for the same Robert Chilcott.
• Robert's Will:
  
• Gives ample evidence to support his wife being Joan Fulbroke.
• Tells us he has a brother named William and this William has a son, also named William.
• Tells us he has a niece named Mary Simes.
• Makes no mention of him having any children.
• We have a burial record for a Joan Chilcott on 30 July 1707 at Beaminster, Dorset.
  
• Joan Chilcott's Will dated 18 June 1707:
• Tells us she was from Beaminster, Dorset.
• Tells us she was a widow - Robert was buried in 1686 at Beaminster, Dorset, so this gels.
• Bequeathed:
• Five pounds apiece to William Chilcott and his wife Susannah.
• Five pounds to Robert Chilcott of Beaminster.
• Five pounds to Christopher Chilcott of Tintagel, Cornwall. We know that Christopher Chilcott was the vicar of Tintagel at this time.
• 20 shillings to Elionor Chilcott, daughter of Christopher Chilcott.
• 200 pounds to Weary Bryant, daughter of George Bryant.
• 100 pounds to George Bryant, son of George Bryant.
• 300 pounds to William Chycroft and his wife Susannah.
• 20 pounds Airo Prossitor, wife of Thomas Prossitor of Chedington, Dorset.
  
• 20 shillings each to Arthur Clift, shoemaker of Beaminster and his sons William and Joseph.
• 20 shillings each to William Cloift of Netherbury, Dorset and his son William.
• 20 shillings each to Elexander Gibbs, clothier of Crows???, Somerset and to ??? wife of Thomas ???, butcher of ???
  
• George Bryant receives an annuity (paid by William Chilcott) and the bulk of the rest of Joan's goods and chattels.
  

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