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- Excerpt from "A Bedfordshire Family" by William Austin:
Thomas, eldest son of Robert Crawley, baptized at St Matthew's, Friday Street, 11th September 1638, was of London, merchant.
There must have been some lovable qualities in this man. He was a friend of Izaak Walton and a witness to his will; he was also a friend of William Boevey of Flaxley Abbey, in the county of Gloucester, and the executor of the will of his father-in-law, David Bonnell of Isleworth, in 1690, (146 Dyke).
He was married by licence (Vicar-General) dated 21st May 1677, at St Dunstan's in the East, to Mary, daughter of David Bonnell of Isleworth, Esq.
His will, dated 1st June 1711, was proved by his widow, Mary, in the P.C.C., 26th April 1714. Her will, dated 2nd April 1718, was proved, P.c.c., 25th October 1721 (177 Buckingham).
They had issue:-
I. David Crawley, baptized 4th March 1677-8, at St Dunstan's in the East Named in the will of the above-named William Boevey, proved 22nd October 1692..
2. Thomas Crawley, of whom next section.
3. John Crawley, baptized 21st February 1682-3, at St Dunstan's in the East. Executor and residuary legatee of Mrs Cornelia Bateman, born Boevey (1702). Living 1718; died unmarried.
4. Cornelia, married Petley Ley, Esq., of Deptford, Kent. Named; with daughter Anne Ley, in. her mother's will, dated 1718, proved 1721.
5. William Crawley, baptized 2nd December 1684, at St Dunstan's in the East; buried there 20th May 1685.
From "The Perverse Widow"
THOMAS, eldest son of ROBERT CRAWLEY (Section IV.), baptized at St. Matthew's, Friday Street, 11 September, 1638. Was of London, merchant. He was executor of the will of his uncle Thomas, proved 17 December, 1667, and was one of the witnesses to ISAAC WALTON'S will, 9 August, 1683 (see text, p. 82). He died at Twickenham in March, 1714. His will, dated 1 June, 1711, was proved by his widow Mary in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 26 April, 1714 (64 Aston).
He married by licence (Vicar-General), dated 21 May, 1677,* Mary, daughter of David Bonnell of Isleworth (see BONNELL Pedigree, Appendix VII., p. 203). Her will, dated 2April,1718, was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 25 October, 1721 (177 Buckingham).
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