John Bach
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 2 August 1640.
The date is given on John’s probate inventory.
Date of Burial: 8 August 1640.
Place of Burial: Dudley, Worcestershire (St Thomas’s)
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: unknown Darby.
John mentions a debt to his “father Darby” in his will. This wife may be identical with Joan below.
Spouse: Joan. Buried 26 December 1614 in Dudley (St Thomas’s).
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Spouse: Isabel Sidway. Married 9 April 1616 in Dudley (St Thomas’s).
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children (by a wife before Isabel):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
William Bach married Mary Engre 16 June 1624 in Dudley, Worcestershire (St Thomas’s).
Children (by Joan):
Mary Bach (baptized 29 August 1611 in Dudley (St Thomas’s) - buried 20 June 1614 in Dudley (St Thomas’s))
Agnes Bach (baptized 18 May 1614 in Dudley (St Thomas’s) - buried 13 June 1614 in Dudley (St Thomas’s))
Children (by Isabel):
Margery Bach (baptized 15 May 1616 in Dudley (St Thomas’s) - 15 February 1618/9 in Dudley (St Thomas’s))
Richard Bach (baptized 24 November 1617 in Dudley (St Thomas’s)) married Elizabeth.
John Bach (baptized 5 February 1619/20 in Dudley (St Thomas’s)) married Mary.
Isabel Bach (baptized 9 December 1621 in Dudley (St Thomas’s))
Mary Bach (baptized 13 January 1624/5 in Dudley (St Thomas’s))
Elizabeth Bach (baptized July 1632 in Dudley (St Thomas’s))
Evidence
John’s will:
In the name of god Amen the 29th day of July anno dni 1640 I John Bache of the p[ar]ishe of Duddeley in the County of Worcester the eldar yeoman feeleing in my selfe the Testator of this Temporall Life to be uncertaine and that I doe Respect another lyffe to com that shall not allow new changes haveing a[...]ing all Care of that lyfe Doe for that End and purposse make my last will and Testament first I bequeath my soule into the hanes of my maker and Redeemer with full Trust of my everlastinge salvation purchased for me through the merrits of Christ Jesus my saviour and my body To the earth from whence it Cam and to be buried in the Church yard of St Thomas in Duddely amongest my Christian bretheren and sisters and as for the desposision of my goods as followeth
First I doe give unto William Bache my eldest Sonne Twelve pence
Item I doe give unto Richard Bach my second sonne one Cowe
Item I doe give unto John Bache my third Sonne on bull
Item I doe give unto Isabell Bach my eldest daughter on Cowe and fowerty shillinges
Item I doe give unto Elizabeth Bach my yongest daughter one Cowe and Fowerty shillinges
Item I give unto my to yongest sonnes all the sunstry[?] tooles p[ar]ted between them
Item I doe make Isabel Bach my wyffe my full and sole executrix of this my last will & all my goods Cattell and Somes of money whatsoever I have after my decease and to pay all those leagacies to pay within one halfe yeare after my deceasse
Item my Sonne William Bach is to pay my executrix five pownes Towards that money I payed my father Darby the Same I had of him
Item I doe make Roger Sowthall and John Reeve the elder my overseares of this my last will and Teastament and to see it trewly p[er]formed and I do give unto each of them Two pens apeec
John testater Bach [ his mark]
Sealed & marked by the Testater John Bache in the [his mark] p[re]sence of Richard Bach
John Reeve
A trewe Invintary Taken of the goods and Cattell of John Bach of the p[ar]ishe of Saint Thomas in Duddely deceassed the second day of august anno dni 1640
It[em] the goodes in the hole house one Tabell Bord & Frame with forms and Banch at --xij s
It[em] one planke Tabell bord at -- 3 s
Two chaires with other stooles at -- 2s
It[em] on brasse pot and one Iron pot Fower brasse kettelles and one brasse pan at -- 30 s
Some Iron fire shouell p[...] and Tonges at -- x s
broth CobIrons dripping pan & Two frying pans -- vij s
Fower peeces of pewter and Three small sawcers -- 4 s
Goods in the Chamber
his wearinge Reparrill purss and girdell -- 10 s
It[em] one Joyned bed with one other bed with all their furnitures with all other lininges whatsoever -- v li
It[em] on Cabbord and five Cooffers -- xxiij s 4 d
It[em] shope tooles at -- xxv s
It[em] Three kine and one yearling bull and one horse -- xij li
It[em] six sheepe -- xvi s
It[em] hay in the barne at -- 2 li
It[em] one meal Tubbe with barrills and other Trumpories -- 5 s
It[em] money upon Spetially -- 8 li
The some totall is 39 li v s
prayssed by us whose names are heareto subscribed
Richard Parkes
Roger Sowthall
Will’ Bach
Edward Sydman
John Reeve
References
Dudley St Thomas parish register transcripts. Digital images on FamilySearch.org consulted 12 July 2021.
Will of John Bach. Proved 1640 in the Consistory Court of Worcester. Digital images on FamilySearch.org consulted 12 July 2021.