Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Continuing on the Charley family

Finally up to the Devon Charley family and that is just four pages of this book. Not much written up on this family; perhaps they were not forthcoming when they were approached by the author. There is a mystery there but perhaps not a huge mystery. I suspect that over time the alcohol problem that appears to have existed in the Devon Charley family has disappeared but no one wants to remember that for sure. But it would make sense that they moved on from the Combe Martin area in Devon (at least the younger children) to find better positions in life further away. The Devon Charley family appear to be there from the late 1600s on although the rumour is that they were Irish at least for a time but did they actually just take a note from the Chorley family that went to Belfast and change their name to Charley to match? A good question and not likely to be answered by me either in this generation. I really do not find a lot of documentation on this family. 

 I had never really looked up the wills for this family and there are 59 for the Chorley family at the National Archives.

 
Citable Reference    Description    Date
PROB 11/791/214    Will of Richard Chorley, Gentleman of Everingham , Yorkshire.    22 November 1751
PROB 11/971/232    Will of Ellen Chorley, Spinster of Frenchay , Gloucestershire.    04 October 1771
PROB 11/1248/259    Will of Elizabeth Chorley, Widow of Titchfield Street , Middlesex.    19 August 1794
PROB 11/1515/497    Will of Elizabeth Chorley, Spinster of Tiverton , Devon.    17 October 1810
PROB 11/1415/181    Will of Moses Chorley, Yeoman of Sampford Arundell , Somerset.    10 October 1804
PROB 11/1889/108    Will of Mary Chorley, Spinster of Prescot , Lancashire.    15 January 1838
PROB 11/1994/255    Will of William Chorley, Gentleman of Seend , Wiltshire.    13 March 1844
PROB 11/2252/422    Will of William Chorley, Gentleman of Exton , Somerset.    23 June 1857
PROB 11/653/210    Will of Henry Chorley, Glass Seller of London.    17 August 1732
PROB 11/877/468    Will of Elizabeth Chorley of Tottenham High Cross , Middlesex.    05 July 1762
PROB 11/1244/230    Will of Thomas Chorley, Carpenter of Saint Botolph without Aldgate Without the Walls London City , Middlesex.    28 April 1794
PROB 11/1286/215    Will of Francis Chorley, Gentleman of Wiveliscombe , Somerset.    09 March 1797
PROB 11/1475/87    Will of Charles Chorley, Merchants Agent and Ticket Porter of Beer Lane , City of London.    07 March 1808
PROB 11/1594/69    Will of John Chorley, Gentleman of Tottenham, Middlesex.    05 July 1817
PROB 11/1593/363    Will of William Chorley, Sadler of Wiveliscombe , Somerset.    23 June 1817
PROB 11/1565/191    Will of John Chorley, Gentleman of Prescot , Lancashire.    10 February 1815
PROB 11/1572/404    Will of George Chorley, Cordwainer of Tiverton , Devon.    07 September 1815
PROB 11/1614/96    Will of Jonas Chorley, Yeoman of Minehead , Somerset.    06 March 1819
PROB 11/2251/257    Will of Phoebe Chorley, Spinster of Mount Vernon near Liverpool , Lancashire.    21 May 1857
PROB 11/1759/221    Will of Ann Chorley, Spinster of Wiveliscombe , Somerset.    14 August 1829
PROB 11/1812/359    Will of Sarah Chorley, Wife of Wellington , Somerset.    08 March 1833
PROB 11/2150/377    Will of William Chorley, Grocer of Whitechapel , Middlesex.    24 April 1852
PROB 11/612/323    Will of Sarah Chorley, Spinster of Grinstead, Essex.    13 December 1726
PROB 11/2066/74    Will of Ann Chorley of No 5 Queen Street Edgeware Road , Middlesex.    28 December 1847
PROB 11/2104/93    Will of Frances Chorley, Spinster of Prescot , Lancashire.    17 December 1849
PROB 11/718/96    Will of James Chorley, Salter of Southwark , Surrey.    10 May 1742
PROB 11/853/258    Will of John Chorley, Linen Draper of Gracechurch Street , City of London.    16 February 1760
PROB 11/1112/279    Will of Thomas Chorley, Innholder of West Smithfield , City of London.    23 January 1784
PROB 11/1112/278    Will of Ann Chorley, Widow of Smithfield , City of London.    23 January 1784
PROB 11/274/28    Will of John Chorley, Yeoman of Preston in Amounderness, Lancashire.    02 March 1658
PROB 11/1242/206    Will of Alexander Chorley, Commissioner for Victualling His Majesty's Navy of Saint Marylebone , Middlesex.    18 March 1794
PROB 11/1839/304    Will of Thomas Chorley, Surgeon of Leeds , Yorkshire.    03 December 1834
PROB 11/1858/421    Will of Toft Chorley, Yeoman of Leek , Staffordshire.    08 March 1836
PROB 11/1977/280    Will of James Chorley, late Surveyor of taxes, now Gentleman of No 7 Oddys Row Islington Green , Middlesex.    05 April 1843
PROB 11/2072/393    Will of George Chorley, Floor, Cloth Manufacturer of Westminster Bridge Road , Surrey.    15 April 1848
PROB 11/1578/475    Will of Sarah Chorley, Widow of Beer Lane , City of London.    26 March 1816
PROB 11/1537/440    Will of John Chorley, Yeoman of Culmstock , Devon.    15 October 1812
PROB 11/1509/182    Will of Betty Chorley, Widow of Liverpool , Lancashire.    10 March 1810
PROB 11/1593/431    Will of James Chorley of Wiveliscombe , Somerset.    27 June 1817
PROB 11/1607/212    Will of William Chorley of Doctors Common London.    15 August 1818
PROB 11/1887/362    Will of Joshua Chorley of Leek, Staffordshire.    11 December 1837
PROB 11/1634/169    Will of Thomas Chorley, Clothier of Wiveliscombe , Somerset.    11 September 1820
PROB 11/1200/205    Will of Phillipia otherwise Philipa Chorley, Widow of Saint Botolph Aldgate , London.    24 January 1791
PROB 11/1344/196    Will of Thomas Chorley, Clothier of Wiveliscombe , Somerset.    03 July 1800
PROB 11/1656/340    Will of Frances Chorley, Spinster of Taunton Saint Mary Magdalen , Somerset.    15 May 1822
PROB 11/1593/432    Will of William Stevens Chorley, Sadler of Wiveliscombe , Somerset.    27 June 1817
PROB 11/1900/254    Will of Aaron Chorley, Millwright of Bosham , Sussex.    06 September 1838
PROB 11/1881/195    Will of William Chorley, late Spirit Merchant now Gentleman of Wiveliscombe , Somerset.    24 July 1837
PROB 11/909/2    Will of James Chorley, Grocer of Sutton Isle of Ely , Cambridgeshire.    01 May 1765
PROB 11/2044/214    Will of Jane Chorley, Unmarried woman of Greenwich , Kent.    05 November 1846
PROB 11/2141/376    Will of Jane Chorley, Widow of Chester Square Pimlico , Middlesex.    14 November 1851
PROB 11/2170/250    Will of Susanna Hough Chorley, Spinster of Liverpool , Lancashire.    19 April 1853
PROB 11/118/104    Will of John Chorley, Husbandman of Stawley, Somerset.    13 July 1611
PROB 11/574/181    Will of Josiah Chorley, Clerk of Norwich, Norfolk.    19 May 1720
PROB 11/182/561    Will of Edward Chorley, Barber, Chirurgeon of London.    28 April 1640
PROB 11/814/418    Will of Francis Chorley, Gentleman of Wiveliscombe , Somerset.    16 April 1755
PROB 11/885/7    Will of John Chorley otherwise Cherley, Butcher's Mate now belonging to His Majesty's Ship Invincible lying at Portsmouth.    01 March 1763
PROB 11/3/547    Will of Johes Chorley or Thorley of Uxbridge, Middlesex.    March 1446
PROB 11/1668/433    Will of William Charley otherwise Chorley, Private in 59th Regiment of Chatham , Kent.    30 April 1823

There are a few old wills (bolded) that I will have a look at. 

Now the Charley family on the National Archives:

PROB 11/435/334    Will of Samuell Charley, Merchant Tailor of London    11 December 1696   
PROB 11/1473/268    Will of Ann Charley, Spinster of Coventry , Warwickshire    20 February 1808   
PROB 11/153/180    Will of Edward Charley, Singleman of Stapleton, Shropshire    11 February 1628   
PROB 11/1120/111    Will of Isaac Charley, Gentleman of Newbury , Berkshire    02 August 1784   
PROB 11/401/288    Will of Thomas Charley, Gentleman of Saint James, Middlesex    14 October 1690   
PROB 11/863/317    Will of Elizabeth Charley, Widow of Saint Luke , Middlesex    02 March 1761   
PROB 11/1145/339    Will of Samuel Charley of Saint Mary Whitechapel , Middlesex    15 September 1786   
PROB 11/1061/136    Will of Robert Charley, Seaman on Board His Majesty's Ship Monmouth    08 February 1780   
PROB 11/1668/433    Will of William Charley otherwise Chorley, Private in 59th Regiment of Chatham , Kent    30 April 1823   
PROB 11/782/236    Will of Charles Charley, Rag Merchant of Saint Luke Old Street, Middlesex    14 September 1750   

And just to be accurate I checked for Charlie and Charly and nothing with that surname spelling.

 The Devon Archives did yield 11 references but none that would be helpful. My mother often alluded to the idea that the surname spelling was somewhat erratic as she had only heard the name from her father although did think she had seen it in a Bible. The only Bible I have seen for the Pincombe family is that one that was created by my great grandfather. If there is an older Pincombe family bible it has not yet appeared in my eyesight!


 


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