Abel Docwra

Bef 1705 - Bef 1736  (~ 31 years)

• Name	Abel Docwra
  Born	Bef 28 Feb 1705
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	28 Feb 1705	Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England   [1, 2]
  Died	Bef 7 Dec 1736
  Buried	7 Dec 1736	Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I6529	Lois Willis
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	Abel Docwra,   b. Bef 23 Feb 1671,   d. Bef 23 May 1732  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Sarah Allpress,   b. Abt 1670,   d. Bef 4 Sep 1725  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Married	7 Oct 1697	Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England   [3]
  Family ID	F771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Clark,   b. Abt 1700,   d. 1733  (Age ~ 33 years)
  Married	9 Mar 1727	Holy Trinity, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   [4]
  	Able Dockwray of Bassingbourn & Mary Clark of Tharfield, Herts.
  Children	+ 1. Abel Clarke Docwra,   b. Abt 1730,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Edward Docwra,   b. Abt 1732,   d. 17 Apr 1775  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2010
  Family ID	F1940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Swan,   b. Abt 1700,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1734  [5]
  	Suffolk, England, Extracted Parish Records about Abel Docwra Mary Swan Wm. Swan Text:      Abel Docwra, w., of Hawkstone, co. Cambs., & Mary Swan, s. w., of Lidgate, at Lidgate. Bn.: Wm. Swan, of Lidgate, grocer. Book:      12.The Hearth Tax. Charles 2nd. Collection:      Suffolk: Sudbury - Marriage Licences, 1684-1754 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Suffolk, England, Extracted Parish Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Original data: Electronic databases created from various publications of parish and probate records
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2010
  Family ID	F2018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Baptism - 28 Feb 1705 - Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England Married - 9 Mar 1727 - Holy Trinity, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Buried - 7 Dec 1736 - Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Occupation: tanner. His will was written on 29 November 1735/36 and proved on 4 January 1738. He was a tanner of Buntingford in the parish of Layston in the county of Hertford. The following is extracted from his will: ffirst all my messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever as Well ffreehold as copyhold situate lying and being in Bassingborne in the County of Cambridge (except all such Lands Tenements and Hereditaments as were settled and assured unto and upon Mary my first Wife as and for her Joynture) with their and every of their appurtenances I Give and devise to my Son Edward Docwra his Heirs and assignes for ever. also I Give and bequeath unto Mary my Wife the Summe of four hundred pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid her by my Executor herein after named within six Calendar months next after my decease all the rest residue and remainder of my Goods Chattels and Personall Estate whatsoever and wheresoever (my just Debts Legacies and ffunerall expences being first paid and discharged) I Give and bequeath unto my two Sons Abell Docwra and Edward Docwra equally to be divided between them share and share alike

  
  

• Sources

  [S2412] 9 Cambridgeshire Parishes - Docwra Family Research Project. [S2603] Docwra Surname Database - Docwra Family Research Project. [S2952] England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940, accessed 11 Oct 2009), entry for Abel Dockwra and Sarah Allpress; Place: Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England; Date Range: 1617 - 1718; Film Number: 1040984. (Reliability: 3). [S2919] Email to Docwra mailing list 27 August 2000. [S2598] Docwra Family Research Project.