John ALSTON [8188]

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THE WILL OF L' ESTRANGE ALSTON OF STISTED ESS. Gent.
Dated 20 April, 1678
I give to Anne my wife for her life, my manor house, called Kentish with the lands Tenements Woods Commons &c. belonging thereto, situate in Stisted and Bocking, co. Essex, with remainder to my Cousin John Alston, eldest son of my Nephew* John Alston of Gosfield co. Essex, failing his issue to L'Estrange Alston another of the sons of my said nephew* John Alston. . . . .

A Nephew may be:
A son of a brother or sister.
The grandson.
A descendant however distant.

A Cousin may be:
The son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister.
Annadales English Dictionary

* Peter Calver of Lost Cousins writes in 2012:
Nowadays we use the term 'nephew' to refer to the son of a brother or sister, but recently I discovered that the word was once used for a grandson. Apparently in Kent this usage was common until quite recently, and searching Google for 'dialect nephew meaning grandson' I discovered that this meaning was also used in Norfolk. The word nephew derives from the Latin nepos which originally meant 'grandson', but apparently it later acquired the same meaning as our word 'nephew'. The term nephew was also used to describe the illegitimate son of a clergyman.


Stisted Register - Bap 2 Apr 1700 Mary dau John Alston & Sarah
Bur 6 Apr 1700 Mary dau of John Alston

John may have married and had a child by Elizabeth about age 18?.
However John is described as John Jnr as father to some of his children?.
A John Allston was born 1666 Newton IGI no parents detailed but a wife shown Elizabeth Harris. Not in Newton registers.
A John Alston was taxed on 3 hearths at Great Waldingfield in 1674
John Alston snr is named in an Indenture dated 1728 Ref 391 Corry Papers unlisted & unnumbered, and a mortgage to a James Firman of Stoke dated 1728.
An Indenture dated 1731 records land dealings with John Alston Snr & Jnr Ref 391/6.2 and 391 Corry papers unlisted unnumbered.
Between 1678 -80 John Alston was a Church warden at Edwardstone.
Edwardstone 1710 Poll Book John Alston voted for Parker.
Edwardstone 1710 Lease Annabells Wood & Priory Down etc
Edwardstone 1731 land dealings John Snr & Jnr
Edwardstone 1742 a John Alston is buried
Edwardstone sale of lands & houses owned John Snr by heir John Jnr
A John Alston died 1 Feb 1731/2 at Stoke by Nayland