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When John Denchfield, dairyman of North Marston, died in 1799, he left property in North Marston to his sons John and Richard. John inherited the enclosure land which had been allotted to the senior John’s father, John Denchfield, some years before. The fields were situated between the property of Mr. Lewis and Mr. Eaton. Richard, upon reaching full age, was to inherit the John’s messuage near the church, currently occupied by William Buckingham, and the messuage and close John had recently purchased from James Burnham of Winslow. The bulk of John’s estate including, presumably, the house he and his wife Mary lived in, was left jointly to Mary and son John.

Sometime during the next 10 years, this Denchfield family rather inexplicitly relocated to Aston Abbotts. John’s widow Mary, in her 1809 will transcribed here, left small financial bequests to each of her children and grandchildren, with the bulk of her (…more)

In the Name of God, Amen I Mary Dench=

field of the Parish of Aston–Abbots in the County of Bucks

(and Widow of the late John Denchfield of North–Marston~

in the same County Dairyman) being weak in Body but

of sound and perfect memory and Understanding do

make and declare this to be my last Will and Testament,

as follows:— I give and bequeath unto my Son ~~

Richard the Sum of Fourscore Pounds:—I give

unto my Daughter Elizabeth Fifty Pounds:—I give to

my Daughter Sarah, the Wife of John Parrott of East~

Claydon, the Sum of Twenty Pounds:— I give unto my

Daughter Ann, the Wife of William Baker of North–~

Marston aforesaid, Forty Pounds:—I give to Susanna

the Wife of William Curtis (my Daughter) of Denham,

Forty Pounds:—I give unto my Servant and Grand–

son John Chantrel, Twenty pounds, all which before=

mentioned Legacies I desire my (…more)