Mockett, William

Birth Name Mockett, William 1a
Gender male
Age at Death more than 37 years, 2 months, 5 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1744 St Peter's, Kent, England    
Baptism 18 Apr 1744 St Peter, St Peter's, Kent, England   2a
Death after 6 Mar 1781   named in father's will  

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Mockett, Isaac17151789
    Brother     Mockett, John 1739/40 (Julian) after 6 Mar 1781
    Sister     Mockett, Sarah 1740/41 after 6 Mar 1781
    Brother     Mockett, Isaac 1742 before 6 Mar 1781
         Mockett, William 1744 after 6 Mar 1781
    Sister     Mockett, Elizabeth 1745 before 6 Mar 1781
    Sister     Mockett, Martha 1748 before 6 Mar 1781
    Brother     Mockett, Edward 1750 after 6 Mar 1781
    Brother     Mockett, Sampson 1752 1771
    Brother     Mockett, Elijah 1753 1789
    Sister     Mockett, Jane 1755 after 6 Mar 1781
    Sister     Mockett, Mary 1756 after 6 Mar 1781
    Sister     Mockett, Hannah 1758 after 6 Mar 1781

Source References

  1. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
      • Page: Name: Isaac Mockett Residence: St Peter, Kent, England Probate Date: 6 Feb 1789 Death Year: Abt 1789
      • Source text:

        1781 [will] Isaac Mockett

        Page 1
        THIS IS THE LAST WILL
        and testament of me Isaac Mockett of the Parish of
        Saint Peter the Apostle in the Isle of Thanet in the
        County of Kent Yeoman

        all those two Messuages or Tenements with the Barns
        Stables Outhouse Edifices Buildings Courts Yards Gardens

        Page 2
        Orchards [Barksides?] and several Pieces or Parcels of Land
        Arable and Pasture thereunto belonging or in any [?]
        appertaining or with the same ..... held {?] occupied
        or enjoyed [?] in the whole by estimated Fifty
        [?] Acres be thereof .................. with this and every
        of their rightly ........................... situate lying
        and being in the said parish of Saint Peter the Apostle
        in the said Isle of Thanet in the County of Kent near
        the Church there at or near a certain place there
        commonly called and known by the name of Dumptons
        heretofore in the said occupation of Issac Mockett the Elder [N.B. this was Isaac's father]
        afterwards of George Ford [?] of [?] the said Isaac
        Mockett and now in the several Tenures or Occupations
        of Elijah Mockett and Daniel Peake ..................
        ..................................... 7th day
        of November .... ....................................
        1780 and made or maintained
        to be made between Mary Fuller of the Parish of
        Eastry in the County of Kent Spinster and Elizabeth
        [?] of the same Parish Widow (executrix named
        and appointed in and by the last will and Testament
        of their brother John Fuller then late of the Parish
        of Eastry aforesaid Gentleman deceased of the first part
        ..... the said Isaac Mockett of the second part and
        John Baker of the Parish of Saint John the Baptist
        in the said Ise and County Gentleman of the third
        part [?] I do hereby give and bequeath the said sum
        of 270 pounds served to me in (70,000 in 2023)
        and by the said Indenture of Assignment with all Interest

        together with the same Indenture unto my three daughters
        Sarah Mockett Jane Mockett and Mary Mockett equally
        between them and to ......
        the further sum of 230 pounds
        .... also payable out of ....................
        10th day of February 1780 due with all ....
        ....................................... the said sum
        of Ninety pounds after my decease unto my daughter
        Hannah Mockett ....................................
        .................. and the sum of 140
        pounds residue of the said sum of 230
        pounds with all interest which shall or
        may happen to arise and grow [?] for the said sum

        Page 3
        of 140 pounds after my decease
        I give and bequeath unto my sons John Mockett
        and William Mockett equally ......

        .................................my said sons Edward
        Mockett and Elijah Mockett equally between them and

        Also I give all the furniture standing in the
        chamber wherein I ...... together with all the
        furniture in the best chamber with our silver table
        spoon ..................... unto my daughter Sarah
        Mockett Also I give one other silver table spoon
        marked ........... unto my daughter Jane Mockett
        Also I give ...... silver table spoon marked
        .......... my daughter Hannah Mockett Also I

        ....... whatsover unto my children John Mockett
        William Mockett Sarah Mockett Jane Mockett Mary
        Mockett Hannah Mockett Edward Mockett and Elijah Mockett

        Page 4

        equally between them share and share alike and as
        .......................... all the rest and residue
        of my Goods Chattels Household Furniture Silver Woolen
        Plate China Corn Grain Store Crop Cattle and Utensils
        in Husbandry and all other my Personal Estate not
        herein by me before disposed of I give the same and
        every part thereof unto my said son Elijah Mockett

        my said son Elijah Mockett .........................
        paying out thereof within six months next after my
        decease the sum of 150 pounds
        ................................ unto my said children
        John Mockett William Mockett Sarah Mockett Jane
        Mockett Mary Mockett Hannah Mockett and Edward
        Mockett equally between them And lastly I do appoint
        my said sons Edward Mockett and Elijah Mockett joint
        executors ..........................................
        ....................................I the said Isaac
        Mockett the Testator ...............................
        Will in four sheets of paper ........... set my hand
        and seal this 16th March in the year
        1781

        THIS WILL was proved at London the 6th
        day of February 1789

        by the Oath of Elijah Mockett the Son
        of the deased and one of the Executors named in the
        said Will to whom Administration was granted of all
        and singular

        ................................... making the like grant to Edward
        Mockett the son also and other Executor which he shall apply for the same

        THIS WILL was proved at London the 24th
        day of July 1789

        Page 5
        ................................ of Edward Mockett the
        son also of the said deceased and the other Executor

  2. Kent Baptisms
      • Source text:

        First name(s) Will
        Country England
        Last name Mocket
        Archive Canterbury Cathedral Archives
        Birth year -
        Archive reference U3/120/1/3
        Baptism year 1744
        Register year range 1727-1777
        Baptism date 18 Apr 1744
        Record set Kent Baptisms
        Place St Peter in Thanet, St Peter
        Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
        Father's first name(s) Isaac
        Subcategory Parish Baptisms
        Mother's first name(s) Martha
        Collections from England, Great Britain
        County Kent