Discover if your ancestor was a beneficiary to a will created between 1847 and 1857. You may be able to find out the relationship between the beneficiary and the testator, which may reveal another relative for your family tree.
Discover if your ancestor was a beneficiary to a will created between 1847 and 1857. You may be able to find out the relationship between the beneficiary and the testator, which may reveal another relative for your family tree.
This is an index of over 10,000 beneficiaries to wills made between 1847 and 1857. Each transcript will provide details from the original documents. You may be able to discover the following information:
Name
Beneficiary
Testator
Relationship
Will year
Probate year
Court
Suffolk Record Office reference
You can search through the index of testators to these wills by following the link for Suffolk testator index 1847-1857 in the Useful Links & Resources.
These records have been provided by the Suffolk Family History Society.