Elizabeth Key
Events
Date of Baptism: 3 March 1722/3.
Place of Baptism: Hellidon, Northamptonshire.
Elizabeth’s baptism is recorded in the parish register. The 1797 will of her brother John Key of Napton-on-the-Hill bequeaths land that his father, George Key, had purchased in Hellidon. Elizabeth’s age at death is given as 87 in a monumental inscription, which, not unusually, is a little high.
Date of Death: 24 October 1806.
The date is given in the probate record for Elizabeth’s will.
Date of Burial: 28 October 1806.
Place of Burial: Southam, Warwickshire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register (“Mrs Arnold Widow”).
Relationships
Father: George Key.
Elizabeth's father is recorded in her baptism record. Elizabeth is named in the will of George Key.
Mother: Elizabeth Cleaver.
Elizabeth's baptism record gives her mother's name as Elizabeth. Her surname is recorded in her marriage record.
Spouse: John Arnold. Married 1 January 1744/5 in Napton-on-the-Hill, Warwickshire.
John mentions his wife and children in his will. The marriage is recorded in the parish register ("Jan: 1st. Married John Arnold of the Parish of Southam and Eliz. Key".)
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Elizabeth Arnold (baptized 27 August 1746 in Southam - buried 5 October 1747 Southam).
Nathaniel Arnold (baptized 28 March 1748 Southam - buried 27 September 1824 Southam) married (1) Mary Jordan 23 June 1769 in Marton; married (2) Elizabeth Bayliss 22 November 1776 in Southam.
Samuel Arnold (baptized 27 December 1750 Southam) married Elizabeth Judd 2 June 1774 in Stoneleigh.
Elizabeth Arnold (baptized 16 October 1757 Southam) married (1) William Jordan 28 July 1774 in Marton; married (2) Thomas Illiffe 6 November 1803 in Marton.
Martha Arnold (born about 1759 - died 22 March 1841 Southam) married George Cooke 20 March 1783 in Southam.
Evidence
Land tax redemption, 1798:
Listed together as occupying property they owned themselves in Southam:
Arnold Saml [assessed at] 0 8 8
Arnold Eliz 0 4 4
Arnold Nathl 7 3 0
Elizabeth’s will
In the Name of God Amen I Elizabeth Arnold of Southam in the County of Warwick Widow being of sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding Praised be Almighty God for the same Do make ordain and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my Son Nathaniel Arnold my Pew in the Church of Southam the Pictures in the Parlour my Bible Clock large pewter Dish and large Table in the parlour And I Give and Bequeath all and every my Household Goods Implements of Household Furniture Plate Linnen Brass Pewter and Brewing Utensils Wearing Apparel and all my Monies and securities for Money and all other my Estate and Effects of what nature kind or sort soever or wheresoever which I may be possessed of interested in or any wise intitled unto at the time of my Decease unto my two Daughters Matha Cooke and Elizabeth Jordan to be equally divided between them share and share alike And I do hereby Nominate Constitute and Appoint my said Son Nathaniel Arnold sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all and every former and other Will and Will by me at any time heretofore made I do hereby declare this alone to be my last Will and Testament In Testimony whereof I the said Elizabeth Arnold the Testatrix have hereunto Set and put my Hand and Seal the Eighteenth day of November in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety six.
The Mark of Elizabeth X Arnold [seal]
Signed Sealed published pronounced and Declared by the above named Elizabeth Arnold the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other of us have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses.
Mary Jordan
Edw.d Tomes
[proved 7 April 1807]
References
Hellidon, Northamptonshire, parish registers. [Digital images on Ancestry.com, accessed 17 December 2017.]
Napton on the Hill parish registers. [Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 17 Dec 2017.]
Southam parish registers. [Digital images on Ancestry.com, accessed 6 December 2015.]
UK, Land Tax Redemption, 1798. Digital images on Ancestry.com, accessed 5 January 2018.
Will of Elizabeth Arnold of Southam, widow. Proved 1807 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. [digital images on Findmypast.uk, accessed 6 December 2015]
Will of John Key of Napton-on-the-Hill, Warwickshire. Proved 1797 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. Digital image on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 17 December 2017.