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    1. [DISBROW] Early Cambridge Wills
    2. The following paragraph was posted in Sep 2000 by Barbara Hutchings. I believe it was copied from material prepared by Della Alsup Disbrow. My question follows the paragraph. "The earliest records I have found to date pertaining to the Disbrow name appears in Cambridge County, England, just prior to the reign of Henry VIII. The first is a will executed by William of Chesterton parish sometime between 1486-1505. Wills executed between 1515-1533 were for John of Stretchworth parish; John of West Wratting parish; and Thomas of Waterbeach parish. John Cottenham parish had a will probated sometime between 1549-1554" Does anyone have abstracts of these wills ? Or does anyone know where they can be obtained ? I believe that there is a book indexing wills of Ely Consistory in this time period and I believe the wills themselves are now in the Kings College Archives of Cambridge University. Does anyone know how abstracts or copies can be obtained ? Analysis of these wills may extend the Disbrowe ancestry back a couple of generations. For example, one websites gedcom shows the John of West Wratting as grandfather of John, the Saffron Walden schoolmaster. Perhaps this can be verified. Thanks, Carl Dunn

    09/11/2002 07:20:35