Isham of PytchleyA documentary genealogy

Generation XII

Edward Isham

1602–1677

Life

Edward Isham, gentleman, of Willey, Warwickshire, was son of Zaccheus Isham of Onley in Barby, Northamptonshire.1 His father bought land at Willey, which Edward later held.1,2

He married Mary, probably Mary Cason.? Parish registers name Edward Isham as father of Thomas, christened in 1661, and Maria, christened in 1663, at Willey.3,4

Edward Isham made his will on 10 June 1676.2 He died suddenly on 23 April 1677 and was buried at Willey on 24 April.5,2 The will was proved on 13 June 1677 by his widow Mary.2,6 She was buried at Willey on 9 September 1684.?

  1. Will of Zacheus Isham, gent., of Onley in Barby, Northamptonshire, dated 17 June 1650, proved 14 [?] August 1651 (TNA PROB 11/218/97)
  2. Will of Edward Isham, gentleman, of Willey, Warwickshire, 10 June 1676, proved 13 June 1677 (TNA PROB 11/354/223)
  3. Edvardi Isham, "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1972"
  4. Edwardi Isham, "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1972"
  5. Edward Isham, "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1972"
  6. Edward Isham in the England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858

? marks 2 statements for which no attached source was found.

Life sketch as written on the FamilySearch Family Tree. Footnotes link each statement to the attached source that supports it; they were matched by machine against the source summaries and should be read as a guide, not a verification.

Records

  1. 1644
    Index

    This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.

  2. 1650
    RecordPROB 11/218

    TRANSCRIPTION (spelling partly modernised; [?] = uncertain reading; [...] = unread).

  3. 1661
    Index
  4. 1663
    Index
  5. 1676
    RecordPROB 11/354

    Working transcription from a low-resolution image of the register copy (uncertain readings in square brackets; spelling modernised in places).

  6. 1677
    Index

    Detail Source

  7. 1677
    Index