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Welcome to the Dorset County Section of the site.

 

Here are the Wills that I have listed on the site where the testator came from Dorset.

I do hope that you find this site easy to navigate, and I do hope that you manage to find something that can be helpful in your research.

Best Wishes

Peter

 

This map shows where the county of Dorset is located, I have also placed on the map many of the places where the testator of the wills came from, as I thought that this may be of help to you. The map will open in a separate window if you click on the it.

 

Surname of Testator

 Christian Name Town

Year

Will Made

 

Date

Will Proved

 

View

Will

 

Code
ANNING Amelia Lyme Regis. 1858 1858 View A40
ANNING Jane Burton Bradstock. 1836 1838 View A23
ANNING Joseph Lyme Regis. 1849 1849 View A19
ANNING Maria Lyme Regis. 1869/76 1883 View A51
ARNOLD  Elizabeth Late of Piddletown, Dorset. But now of Corfe Castle, Dorset. 1835 1840 View A54
ARNOLD Thomas Sturminster Newton Castle, in the County of Dorset. 1821 1822 View A83
             
BAKER Thomas Arne, in the Isle of Purbeck. 1649 1650 View B275
BAKER William Slep, in the Parish of Arne, in the Isle of Purbeck. 1781 -- View B124
BARNES John West Lulworth. 1829 1829 View B145
BARNES William Collins West Lulworth Mills. 1872 1872 View B144
BATTRICK Robert Corfe Castle. 1708 1709 View B146
BATTRICK Robert Bere Regis. 1736 1746 View B148
BAVERSTOCK John Pimperne. 1768 1774 View B151
BAVERSTOCK William Pimperne. 1828 1833 View B150
BEACHANT Robert Ponerington, in the Parish of Tyneham. 1638 1641 View B140
BOND Denis Grange. 1740/44 1746/7 View B87
BOND Dennis Parish of Steeple, in the Isle of Purbeck. 1657 1658 View B88
BOND Nathaniel East Holme. 1789 1790 View B91
BOND William The Inner Temple, London. 1834 1847 View B97
BOND  William Tyneham, in the Isle of Purbeck, & County of Dorset. 1846/47/49/50/51/52 1852 View B265
BRIXEY Thomas Wareham. 1785 1785 View B40
BROWN John Wareham. 1772 -- View B114
BROWN Sarah Wareham. 1818/22 1828 View B233
BROWN Thomas Wareham. 1736 1741 View B235
BROWNE Henry West Lulworth. 1707 1707 View B147
BURDEN John East Stoke, in the County of Dorset. 1725 1735 View B192
BYTHEWOOD Frances Stoborough. 1738 1741/42 View B23
BYTHEWOOD Frances Bridport. 1770 1773 View B45
BYTHEWOOD John Stoborough, in the Parish of Trinity, in Wareham. 1726 1728 View B21
BYTHEWOOD William Wareham. 1766 1767 View B20
             
CLARE William Bridport. 1769 1769 View C113
COCKERAM Robert Late of Eglesston, within the Isle of Purbeck. 1629 -- View C140
COCKRAM Anne Arne, in the Isle of Purbeck. 1763 -- View C117
COCKRAM  Brume Sandwich, in the Isle of Purbeck. 1723 -- View C142
COCKRAM Dorothy Bucknowle, in the Isle of Purbeck. 1761 1770 View C96
COCKRAM John West Lulworth. 1735 1735 View C111
COCKRAM John Newton, in the Parish of Sandwich orse Swanage, Isle of Purbeck. 1813 1830 View C141
COCKRAM Lewis Stoborough. 1728 1733 View C110
COCKRAM Lewis Newton, in the Parish of Sandwich, in the Isle of Purbeck. 1779 1812 View C97
COCKRAM Mary Worgrett, in the County of Dorset. 1822 1822 View C98
COLEMER Joseph The Parish of Wotten Phitzpaine, in the County of Dorset. 1732 1735 View C121
COX Ann Beaminster. 1826 1829 View C114
COX John Weymouth. 1704/5 -- View C118
COX John Beaminster. 1766 1767 View C115
CRIBB Dorothy Wareham. 1787 -- View C17
CRIBB George

Southbrook, in the Parish of Bere Regis. Will + Inventory.

 1683 1684 View C45
CRIBB Jane Thornford. 1587 1588 View C62
CRIBB Richard Parish of Holy Trinity, Wareham. 1726/27 1727 View C5
CRIBB William Wareham. 1751 1752 View C31
CRIBB William Wareham. 1769 1777 View C6
CRISPIN Benjamin West Lulworth. 1864 1864 View C120
CROCKER William Piddletrenthide, In the County of Dorset. 1820 1822 View C184
CROFTS Joseph Toller Porcoram. 1852 -- View C122
             
DABINOTT Christopher Upwey, Dorset. 1637 -- View D82
DABINOTT Rawlin Chardstocke, Dorset. 1607   View D83
DELACOURT Nathaniel Wareham, in the County of Dorset. 1826 1834 View D95
DIKE John Tyneham. 1636 1638/9 View D38
DOMINY Mary Lytchett Minster. 1836 1838 View D89
DOWDING Gertrude Kington Magna. 1719 1721 View D12
DOWDING John Kington Magna. 1702 -- View D15
DOWDING Robert Kington Magna. 1715 1716 View D14
DOWN William Sherborne. 1769 1770 View D9
DUNNING Henry Glanville Wootton. 1852 1852 View D23
DUNNING Nicholas Beere Regis. ---- Will + Inventory 1711 1712 View D21
             
EDMONDS Mary Studland, in the Isle of Purbeck, & County of Dorset. 1753 1753 View E63
ELLARY Arabella Elizabeth Ray Weymouth, and Melcombe Regis. 1827 1845 View E42
ELLARY Elizabeth Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. 1816 1817 View E31
ELLARY Robert Weymouth, and Melcombe Regis. 1813 1826 View E25
             
FOOKES Eleanor West Lulworth. 1833 1834 View F53
FOOT John Dorchester. 1822 1831 View F50
FRANKLIN Christopher Arne, in the Isle of Purbeck. 1649 1650 View F31
FRICKER

Henry

Shaston Saint Rumbold, otherwise Cann. 1869 1876 View F32
FRY John Lytchett Matravers. 1854 1854 View F44
FUDGE Richard Dorchester. 1830 1836 View F56
             
GAPPER John Wootton Fitzpaine. 1823 1825 View G96
GARLAND Elizabeth Worgate Cottage, in the Out Parish of Lady St Mary, Wareham. 1846 1850 View G50
GARLAND Eliza Meech

20 Durham Terrace, Paddington, in the County of Middlesex, (Now Greater London)

Formerly of Weymouth, in the County of Dorset.

 1864 1872 View G42
GARLAND Esther Bridport, in the County of Dorset. 1820/25 1825 View G115
GARLAND John The Parish of Owermoigne, in the County of Dorset. 1763 -- View G71
GARLAND Richard Parish of Tyneham. 1716 1716/17 View G36
GARLAND Thomas Worgate (Worgret), in the County of Dorset. 1825/26 1828 View G74
GARLAND Unity Wareham. 1825 1827 View G52
GOULD Matthew Newton, in the Parish of Studland, and Isle of Purbeck. 1821 1822 View G125
             
HALLETT Robert Cheterton als white Farington, in the Parish of Bere Regis. 1587 1588 View H42
HARRIS Daniel Stalbridge Weston, in the Parish of Stalbridge, County of Dorset. 1851 -- View H276

HARRIS

Harry Phillip

Kingstead, Fonthill Bishop in the County of Wiltshire.

Formerly of Lower Farm, Stalbridge Weston, Dorset.

1913/17

Probate 1923

View

H81
HARRIS Henry  Silton Farm, in the Parish of Silton. 1914 1914 View H130
HARRIS Samuel Weston Farm, in the Parish of Stalbridge. 1888 1888 View H47
HARRIES Daniel Stalbridge Weston, in the Parish of Stalbridge. 1830 1840 View H80
HARVELL Peter West Lullworth. 1823 -- View H143
HARVEY Ambrose Wimborne Minster. 1727 -- View H157
HARVEY George Wimborne Minster. 1823 1823 View H104
HARVEY Gresham Wimborne Minster. 1713 -- View H156
HARVEY Ruth Wimborne Minster. 1774 1775 View H154
HARVEY William Wimborne Minster. 1707 Probate 1707 View H155
HAZARD Mary Shiterton, in the Parish of Beer Regis. 1715 1718 View H41
HELLIER Henry Tyneham. 1825 1825 View H284
HINGESTON John Lyme Regis. 1828 1831 View H57
HINGESTON William Lyme Regis. 1886 1887 View H84
HORSEY Dame Dorothy Dorset / Somerset. 1589 -- View H317
HORSEY  William Martin, Dorset. 1571 --- View H318
             
INKERSLEY Joseph  Parish of East Lullworth. 1807 1811 View I7
             
JAMES Joseph Haselbury Bryant, in the County of Dorset. 1834 1835 View J58
JERRARD William The Town of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. 1815 1817 View J15
             
LANGRISH Joseph West Lullworth. 1814 1815 View L97
LANNING Richard Kington Magna. 1766 -- View L55
LEAR  Humphry Motcombe. 1862/3 1864 View L182
LEAR William Henry Humphrey  Motcombe. 1926 Probate 1928 View L19
LEWIS Robert Sherborne. 1802 Admon 1817 View L61
LIGHT Edward Gillingham. 1907 Probate 1909 View L151
LIGHT Grace The Parish of Gillingham. 1822 -- View L149
LIGHT James Milton, within the Parish of Gillingham. 1837 1840 View L153
LIGHT John Peasemarsh, in the Parish of Gillingham. 1870/73 -- View L148
LIGHT Joseph Gillingham. 1872 Probate 1885 View L150
LIGHT William Gillingham. 1844 1845 View L152
LIMM Henry The Parish of Abbotsbury. 1809 -- View L57
LOOP John Sherborne, Dorset. 1749 1749 View L103
LOOP John Morden, in the County of Dorset. 1799 1800 View L65
LOOPE Katherine Slepe, within the Parish of Arne, Isle of Purbeck. 1667 1688 View L25
LUSH John Shaftesbury, in the County of Dorset. 1778 1778 View L187
LUSH  Thomas Harwood Cottages, Gillingham, in the County of Dorset. 1902/08 Probate 1908 View L188
LYMINGTON Thomas Eggleston, in the Isle of Purbeck. - Memorandum. 1660 1661 View L247
             
MARSHALLSAY Richard North Egglestone farm, within the Parish of Tyneham. 1834 1835 View M137
MEAD

George

 Buckhorn Weston. 1820 Admin 1820 View M30
MELLS John Gillingham, in the County of Dorset. 1819 1819 View M72
MILLER Mary Worbarrow, in the Parish of Tyneham. 1827 1827 View M75
MILLER Samuel Worbarrow, in the Parish of Tyneham. 1833 1848 View M40
             
NEWBERRY Richard Othe Fraunces, Dorset. 1568 1568/9 View N71
             
ORCHARD James Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset. 1840 1844 View O11
             
PANCHEN  John Bridport, in the county of Dorset. 1760 Admin 1764 View P139
PARSONS James Crouch Hill Farm in the Parish of Holwell. 1854 1854 View P179
PARSONS Moses Kington. 1787 -- View P28
PARSONS Richard Kington Magna. 1681 Probate 1683 View P33
PARSONS Uriah Kington Magna. 1842 1860 View P24
PHILPOT Margaret Lyme Regis. 1839 1845 View P96
PHILPOT Mary Lyme Regis. 1823 1838 View P97
POINTINGTON Grace Tyneham. 1588 Admin 1588 View P180
POND John Donheads Lodge, in the Parish of Motcombe. 1832 1833 View P106
             
QUANT John Evershot, in the County of Dorset. -- 1811 View Q16
             
RANDALL Matthew West Lulworth. 1836 1838 View R54
RANDALL William West Lulworth. 1782/93 1794 View R55
REBBECK  Arthur

Formerly of 365 Oxford Street, in the County of Middlesex. (Greater  London) And late of Cranbourne, in the County of Dorset.

 1858 1858 View R139
RICHARDS Garland Abbotsbury, in the County of Dorset. 1691 -- View R56
RICKETS Thomas Baltington, in the Parish of Tyneham in the Isle of Purbeck 1631 1631/32 View R148
RIDEOUT  William Peegs Farm, in the Parish of Iwerne Minster. 1784 1784 View R94
ROBERTS James Wyke Regis. 1853 -- View R45
RYALL Mary Wareham. 1756 1764 View R20
RYALL William Thornford. 1779 1780 View R40
             
SAMWAYS Benjamin Hazlebury Bryan. 1836/7/8 1839 View S151
SAMWAYS Joseph Belonging to His Majesties Ship of War the Edgar. (Dorset ) 1759 1763 View S152
SAMWAYS Michael Charminster. 1760 1761 View S150
SANSOM Susanna The Isle of Portland. 1830 1832 View S259
SEARLEY  George Povington, Dorset. 1837 1842 View S308
SELBY  Jane Pimperne, in the County of Dorset. 1823 1825 View S270
SELBY John Pimperne, in the County of Dorset. 1791 1791 View S277
SENNECK Christopher West Lulworth. Plus an Inventory 1749 1749 View S149
SENNECK John West Lulworth. 1748 1748 View S131
SMITH Anthony West Lulworth. 1760 1760 View S145
SQUIBB Emanuel Rampisham, in the County of Dorset. 1757 1767 View S253
SQUIBB Esther Ingram Thames Street, Poole. 1854 1854 View S261
SQUIBB John Melbury Osmond, in the County of Dorset. 1839 1840 View S260
STARK Martha Hawkchurch, in the County of Dorset. (Now in Devon) 1801 -- View S58
STICKLAND  Grace Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. 1752 1754 View S278
STICKLAND  Martha Dorchester. 1780 1782 View S269
SWAYNE Richard Tarrant Gunville, Dorset.  - Plus Summary & Notes 1665 -- View S122
SYMONDS Joseph Egglestone, within the Parish of Tyneham, in the Isle of Purbeck. 1774 1774 View S309
             
TARRANT John Corfe Castle, in the Isle of Purbeck. 1738 1741 View T55
TEUXBURY Judith East Lullworth. 1802 Admin 1804 View T90
TIZARD John Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. 1794 1795 View T48
TIZARD Margaret Whatcombe. 1778 1779 View T56
TIZARD Samuel Melbury Sampford. 1759 1759 View T106
TOOP Francis Hart “Curraghmore” Victoria Road, Ferndown, in the County of Dorset. 1937 -- View T111
TOOP Hannah Caundle Marsh. 1815 1817 View T80
TOOP John Trill, within the Parish of Beerhackett 1780 -- View T110
TOOP John The Parish of Sherborne. -- 1841 View T74
TOOP  Thomas Knighton, in the Parish of Beer Hackett. 1832 1833 View T99
TRINKHOLE John West Lulworth, in the County of Dorset. But now of The Royal Hospital at Haslar, Hampshire. 1829 1829 View T57
TRINKHOLE Sarah West Lulworth. 1852 1852 View T58
TUXBURY John West Lulworth. 1760 1762 View T61
TUXBURY John East Lulworth. 1825 1826 View T60
             
UDAL John Netherbury. 1782 1785 View U12
UDALL Gaius Symondsbury. 1815 1820 View U19
UDALL John Peach Chideock. 1847 1847 View U18
UDALL Thomas Broad Oak, within the Parish of Symondsbury. 1804 1805 View U14
             
VYE Charles West Lulworth. 1807 -- View V10
VYE Edward Arne, within the Isle of Purbeck. 1681 1683 View V8
VYE George The Burrough of Corff Castell, within the Isle of Purbeck. 1656 1657 View V7
VYE Sarah Sandwich, in the Isle of Purbeck. 1770 1770 View V13
             
WELD Edward Lulworth Castle. 1755 1775 View W89
WELD Mary Lulworth Castle. 1827 1830 View W67
WHITE George West Lulworth. 1840 1840 View W90
WILLIAMS Robert Purse Caundle, in the County of Dorset. 1846 1847 View W146
WILLSHIRE Henry Backington, in the Parish of Tyneham, in the Isle of Purbeck. 1780 1780 View W144
WILLSHIRE Henry Povington, within the Parish of Tyneham. 1827 1827 View W136
WILLSHIRE Thomas Baltington Farm in the Parish of Tyneham, in the Isle of Purbeck. 1795 1796 View W145
WITTERIDGE William Lowbrook Farm, in the Parish of Okeford Fitzpain. 1842 1854 View W80
WYATT Jonathan The Parish of Chardstock, in the County of Dorset. (Devon) 1770 1770 View W109
             

 

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