Margaret Chaplin

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• Will: 1707; Margaret left a very considerable estate, following her husband in devising a most complex sharing system. Her grandchildren were also included. Various personal items are mentioned: her gold ring set with diamonds, "the picture wherein my late husband, myself, my mother, and his mother are drawn in one piece and also the book called History of the Bible." Margaret also left provision for the governors of Christ Hospital, of St. Bartholomews, and of the Charity for the Relief of Poor Widows and Children of Clergymen. The joint executor was John Gape of St. Albans

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Name:
Supposedly from the same family as Sir Francis Chaplin, Lord Mayor of London in 1677 and a family mentioned by Pepys.

Margaret married John Thrale in 1673. John (son of Richard Thrale and Martha Aylward) was born in 1650 in Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; died on 15 May 1704 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Sumpter Yard, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The surviving children of John were three daughters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Sarah.

1. Elizabeth Thrale died after 1704.
2. John Thrale died before 1704; was buried in Sumpter Yard, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
3. Richard Thrale was born before 1 Jul 1678 in London, England; was christened on 1 Jul 1678 in Saint James Garlickhithe, Middlesex, England; died before 1704; was buried in Sumpter Yard, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
4. Margaret Thrale was born in 1679 in London, England; died after 1704.
5. Charles Thrale was born before 13 Apr 1682; was christened on 13 Apr 1682 in Saint Benet Pauls Wharf, Middlesex, England; died before 1704; was buried in Sumpter Yard, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
6. Sarah Thrale was born about 1683 in London, England; died after 18 Oct 1705.
7. Abby Rebecca Thrale died in 1687; was buried in Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey, Middlesex, England.

Richard + Margaret Astie. Margaret and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]