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Nicholas JUCE
Est 1553 - 1631 (~ 78 years)
Has no ancestors but 13 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Nicholas JUCE Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Est 1553 Gender Male Occupation 1631 Husbandman - From his will
Residence May 1631 Faversham, Kent, England 
- When he wrote his will
Will 16 May 1631 Written - In his will Nicholas not only refers to his wife Joan, but also to "Augustine Hilles her sonn", confirming this is the will of the Nicholas Juce that Joan née Murton married.
Residence Nov 1631 Godmersham, Kent, England - At the time of his death.
Buried 3 Nov 1631 St. Lawrence’s Church, Godmersham, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 3 Mar 2020)
"Nicholas Juce _ November 3"
Probate 16 Nov 1631 Consistory Court, Canterbury, Kent, England Probate Inventory 7 Dec 1631 Godmersham, Kent, England Person ID I29948 All Last Modified 27 Oct 2020
Family 1 Alice CLYFFORD, bur. 12 Feb 1609/10, Ss. Peter and Paul’s Church, Boughton under Blean, Kent, England Married 29 Jan 1580/81 Ss. Peter and Paul’s Church, Boughton under Blean, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 24 Feb 2020)
Children8 children Last Modified 24 Feb 2020 Family ID F11783 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Joan MURTON, b. Est 1554, bur. 21 Sep 1631, Ss. Peter and Paul’s Church, Boughton under Blean, Kent, England (Age ~ 77 years)
Other Partners: Hercules HILLS, [Father?] m. Bef 1580; Laurence BROOKE m. 26 Jan 1595/96; Edmund GOFFE m. 26 Jan 1606/07Married 20 Jan 1611/12 Ss. Peter and Paul’s Church, Boughton under Blean, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 Jan 2020)
"The 20th of Januarie mar. Nicholas Juce & Joan Gooffe"
Nicholas' will refers Augustine Hilles, the son of his wife, linking him to this Joan, and in addition Joan's father names her as Joan Juce in his will.
The fourth and last but probably longest of Joan's marriages, although all their children were born to previous marriages. Lasting nearly twenty years, it ended with Joan's death, less than two months before Nicholas had died. He had made his will a few months before her death so we can see what provision he had made for her. Sadly there is no sign of warmth or of any great concern for her welfare. Nothing is said about where she would live, for example. Where there were step children involved (as in this case) it would often be that the widow would be sharing a house with a step-son and his family, and so the testator might wish to make sure his widows rights of access to all she needed were preserved. Of course, in this case it may have been clear they would not be living in the same house, and whilst the goods bequeathed to Joan were few Nicholas' will suggests and his inventory confirms he left little. I think it would be unsafe to read into the will that this was a marriage without warmth, but there seems to be nothing to suggest it was.
One interesting fact is that Joan was not buried in Faversham, where Nicholas was living when he wrote his will in May 1631, nor in Godmersham where it seems he died that November, but in Boughton. This may suggest they were living apart. Both were most likely in their late 70s; perhaps they were simply living with family who could best look after them, but it does seem unusual.
An interesting item in the will is that "Tenn shillinges by the yeare wch was to be paid unto my said wife by Augustine Hilles her sonn shalbe paid unto my said Executor." What was this 10/-? I think most likely part of a marriage settlement.
Last Modified 27 Oct 2020 Family ID F11526 Family Group Page | Family Chart