References to American Colonists in English Wills
England 
England Probate Records
Wills in England are often used by Americans to trace the origins of their colonial ancestors. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, several scholars read Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills seeking references to American colonists. Genealogists are now investigating other probate courts for these references. Here is a list of wills that have been read:
Prerogative Court of Canterbury[edit | edit source]
Essex[edit | edit source]
- 1605-1665 - Archdeaconry Court of Essex. Read by Leslie Mahler.
Gloucestershire[edit | edit source]
London[edit | edit source]
- 1621-1646 - Commissary Court of London. Read by Leslie Mahler.
- 1665 - Commissary Court of London, Registered Wills, Volume 32, 1665, FHL film 94112. Read by Leslie Mahler.[1]
Middlesex[edit | edit source]
- 1622-1642, 1660-1667 - Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. Read by Leslie Mahler.
Norfolk[edit | edit source]
- 1600-1648 - Archdeaconry Court of Norfolk. Read by Leslie Mahler.
- 1600-1651 - Consistory Court of Norwich. Read by Leslie Mahler.
Worcestershire[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Mahler, Leslie. "American Colonists in English Wills," The Genealogist, 17 (2003):167-174.