READ "1638" and NOT "1688" as to when it was proved.! The following will abstract (which is at the center of our debate over the paternity of Thomas Disbrowe) obviously had a typo error of some significance. The date the will was proved should have been typed by me (in transcribing it for this List) as: "25 October 1638" and not as "1688"(!!). Unfortunately, this should be yet one more warning for you to get original goods and not rely on second-hand info (I was copying this from a re-copy of another better copy --whew!-- which I certainly ALSO do have!). My re-copy is smudgy with ink and the 1638 is now identical to "1688" (which date is utter nonsense!) in that particular one used just the other day for transcribing (perversely, I certainly knew this date was 1638 and had marked it out mentally for avoiding any mistake in typing it!! Oh well, trust NOTHING by way of second-hand info!!). You should therefore GO BACK to the original book source this was taken from for "the real goods" (at least as he "printed" them at sec! ond-hand, or whatever it was!!): Gary Boyd Roberts, vol.3 "English Origins of New England Families"--NEHGR excerpts , 1st series, 1984) The spelling of Eltisley is also now shown originally as in his abstract, as "Eltesely" now and not corrected to modern usage which I also unthinkingly did: 2. James Disbrowe of Eltesley the elder. Will 14 January, 1614/5; proved 25 October, 1638. To be buried in Eltesley churchyard. To wife Elizabeth tenements in Eltesley bought of Jeffrey Disbrowe with copy land, also copy lands in Great Gransden, co. Huntington, till my now eldest son James Disbrowe is 21; remainder to 2d son John Disbrowe, and 3d son William D. To eldest son James at 21 5 shillings and 50 pnds each to John and William, etc etc. Residue to wife Elizabeth, executrix. Witnesses: Jeffrey Disbrowe, Phillip Marshall, William Woodward. Archdeaconry of Ely, Liber 8 (1623 - 1639), folio 380.