Last Wills and Testaments

The Covington and Keyston History Group have photographs of a number of wills belonging to previous residents of the two villages.

We intend to translate these documents into PDF versions that are easy to read and follow.

Acknowledgements - Thanks to The National Archives and Huntingdon Archives for making their wills available.


Date               Village          Name                         Genealogy ID               Date               Village          Name                         Genealogy ID              
04th Jun 1560 Keyston Humfrey Ffarmeddow 17th Nov 1810 Keyston Francis Spencer Key I2711
25th Sep 1607 Covington Rev George Prestland Cov I24 24th Jan 1814 Keyston Linley Hurst Key I3029
19th Jun 1611 Covington Henry Negus Cov I20 27th Jan 1834 Keyston William Wilds Key I1071
30th Nov 1612 Keyston Thomas Gatward 12th Feb 1847 Keyston Frederick H Binns Key I74
23rd Jan 1621 Keyston Elizabeth Bates 16th Sep 1851 Keyston Francis Baker Key I64
18th Jul 1626 Keyston Elizabeth Comfort Key I3061 03rd Dec 1881 Covington Joseph Fairey
17th Jul 1652 Keyston Richard Finedon Key I1804
22nd Aug 1653 Keyston John Darnwell Key I1426
16th May 1655 Keyston John Nottingham Key I3002
24th Oct 1656 Keyston Rebecca Hunt Key I1832
07th Oct 1657 Keyston William Negus Key I1427
20th Oct 1664 Keyston James Bankes Key I2157
28th Apr 1665 Keyston John Bateman
10th Jan 1683 Keyston Thomas Haxsall Key I1387
23rd May 1749 Keyston Richard Wallit Key I1856
03rd Dec 1749 Keyston Rev Henry Lee Key I1849
07th Sep 1757 Keyston Thomas Knight
10th Sep 1760 Keyston Dorothy Lee Key I1848
24th Feb 1764 Keyston Rev John Cooke Key I3018
06th Jan 1797 Keyston William Sparks
16th Oct 1798 Covington John Simpson Cov I503
27th Oct 1808 Keyston William Pearson Key I2728
13th Jan 1810 Keyston John Pearson Key I2746