Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: by 1578.
Place of Death: unknown.
William's wife Joan seems to have remarried by this date.
Relationships
Father: James Aneston.
William’s daughter Dorothy inherited lands, including “Potmans” in Catsfield, which James had held. James names among his sons in his will John, who inherited his lands, and William. John died shortly after James, and the lands passed to William.
Mother: Alice Watts.
Alice is named as James’s wife in his will. He also names his “brother” William Watts.
Spouse: Joan.
The name is given in the 1592 conveyance. Joan remarried Robert Avery of Ashburnham, yeoman.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Dorothy Aneston (buried 19 July 1593 in Salehurst, Sussex) married William Hay by 1580.
Evidence
William’s adminstration of his brother’s estate.
Cattysfeld. Ad. bonorum John a Neston concessa ad Will.o a Neston fratri eius na.li S, In.rij lxiiij li vs jd
exhibit in ec.lia p[ar]och.li de rbello jo die maij ao 1555 per adminst. ad valore [] iur.
Quitclaim (East Sussex Record Office ASH 4501/213)
1 March 1555
By Margery Aneston of Catsfield, widow, to William Aneston of Catsfield, of and in lands and tenements which were her husband, John A Neston's in Catsfield, Nienfield and Warbleton. Seal
Witnesses: - Thomas Marten, William Watts, Thomas atte Bechyng, James Borne and Henry Robyns
Commentary
I am constructing this family mainly from property records. William’s daughter Dorothy sold land including “Potmans” in Catsfield in 1592. Her parents were Willian Aneston and Joan. James A Neston inherited Potmans in about 1519. He seems to have left his land, in his 1550 will, to his son John, who died in 1555 with his brother William as the administrator of his estate. The quitclaim by John's wife Margery makes clear that James's property passed from his son John to William.
References
Will of James A Neston, proved 1554 in the Consistory Court of Chichester (Archdeaconry of Lewes).
Probate administration of John A Neston 1555 in the Consistory Court of Chichester (Archdeaconry of Lewes).