Biographical Notes |
Note: Christopher did not leave a will so his widow had to take out Letters of Administration and declared that the value of his estate did not exceed 100 pounds. He was either an exceptionally honest purser or the widow was cleverly hiding what he had accumulated. The widow's existence was unknown until the writer E.M.S. tried to obtain his will in 1987. Her previous surname was not discovered. Christopher was Purser, R.N. retired, at his death at the Canterbury suburb of Wincheap and it is supposed that he was interred at the St. Mildred's burial ground, that being the parish. His daughter Elizabeth predeceased him. She lived with her Allen grandmother at Lydd until her death at 17 in 1835. The Allen grandmother died a few months later, and was also buried at All Saints Lydd, as was grandfather Allen. THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON supplied: "Administrations 1836 - page 137 index - Ref. No. Probate 6/212, May 1836, page 198:- Christopher Wilson (100 pounds) - on the ninth day admon. of the goods and chattels and credits of Christopher Wilson late of Wincheap in the Parish of St. Mildred's in the City of Canterbury, a retired Purser from the Royal Navy, deceased, was granted to Elizabeth Wilson, widow, the relict of the said deceased, having been first sworn duly to administer".
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