Robert MOULTON b. Bef 10 Sep 1566 Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England d. Abt 11 Oct 1633 Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

Bef 1566 - Abt 1633 (~ 67 years)

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Name	Robert MOULTON [1]
Birth	Bef 10 Sep 1566	Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England [1]
Gender	Male
_UID	12DB8BF3C91D4CAB85539F84D979BA0E5D98
Public Record	1595-1627	Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England [1]
Robert Moulton's name found on a number of rolls at Public Records Office
including subsidy rolls for Scratby dated 1595, 1597, 1611, 1625 and 1627 (PRO, E179-238/117; 153/509; 253/36; 153/603, 606).
Will	8 Oct 1633	Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England [1]
proved at Norwich 22 Nov 1633 (NRO, ANW, 162 Gray)
In the name of God Amen: I Robert Moulton of Scratbye in the County of Norff yeoman being Sicke in bodye but p'fect in minde and memory doe make this my Last will, and Testament. ffirst I doe give my Soule unto my mercifull creater, and my mercifull and sweet Redeemer, And my Bodye to the ground. And as for Such temporall goods as God hath endoed me with, I bequeath, and dispose of them as followeth. ffirst I give and bequeath unto my wife Mary Moulton, foure of my best Milch Cowes and all my plate whatsoever to have the full use of it, duringe her naturall life and then to be equally divided amongst all my children in generall w'ch Shall then be Living, when as it shall please God that She shall decease this Life. Item I give unto the said Mary my wife foure of my best featherbeds full furnished as nowe they stand, Tenn milkbowles & foure cheese vatte, four chaires one table and six stooles, & three small cushion stooles on Cupboard, a dozen and half pewters brasse potte, three kettles two chests; Item I give unto my daughter Mary Nudd Tenn pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid halfe a yeare after my decease by my executere. Item I give unto Elizabeth my daughter five and fforty pounds of good and lawful money of England to be paid by my executers, conditionally that she loaneth her sowe but otherwise if she taketh her sowe then she is to have but forty pounds the one halfe to be paid at the feast of the Purification of our Lady Mary next followinge, and the other halfe at or upon the five and twenty daye of december Anno Dei 1634. Item I give and bequeath unto Mirium my daughter ffory pounds of Lawful money of England to be paid by my Executers three yeares next after my decease Vizt, one halfe at the feast of John Baptist and the other halfe at the feast of the nativity of our lord Christ whiche shall happen three yeares after my decease, as aforesaid; Item I give unto Ruth my daughter fforty pounds of like money of England, with five yeares after my decease to be paid her by my Executers alsoe at two severall payments Vizt at the feast of St. John the Baptist and the nativity of our Lord Christ as aforesaid. Item I give unto Robert Moulton my grandchild fifteene pounds of like money of England to be paid him in like manner when he shall come and approach to the age of one and twenty years. Item I give unto Mary my grandchild Ten pounds of like money of England to be paid her alsoe, when she shall approach to the age of one and twenty yeares; Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne Thomas Moulton Tenn pounds of Lawful money of England to be paid him when my executors shall think fitt, and convenient, And I give unto Henry Moulton my grandchild the sonne of Henry Moulton of Yarmouth five pounds of like money to be paid him at the age of Seventeene yeares. Item I give unto Henry Moulton my Grandchild the sonne of John Moulton of Hemsby Ten pounds to be paid him at the age of eighteene yeares; Item I give unto Robert Nudd my grandchilde Tenn Shillings; Item I give unto all my Servants now beinge with me three shillings foure pence to each of them; Item I give unto my Sister Mary Bowton Widdowe the Sume of eight and twenty shillings a yeare duringe her naturall Life; to be paid every moneth equally 2s.4d a month; All the rest of my movable goods and chattells whatsoever unbequeathed I give and bequeath them unto my three Sonnes that is to Saye unto John Moulton of Hemesby James Moulton and Thomas Moulton which three Sonnes I alsoe doe make my Executers of this my Last will, and Testament; Alsoe my mind and will is, that James my Sonne shall have the house wherein I now dwell at Scratby w'th the appurtenances there unto belonging. And alsoe all the Lande both free and coppy that I purchased of Simon Maston & William Richards now belonginge to the said house and tenement to him, and his heirs, And my minde and will is, that my sonne Thomas shall have my house at Ormsby wherein one John Pallmer now dwelleth with the appurtenances and all the Lands there unto belonginge, and layinge in the boundsw of Ormsby, to do alsoe to him and his heires; ffurthermore my minde and will is that in conderacon I have given and bequeathe my house and Lande unto my Sonnes James and Thomas. Therefore that the Said James shall paye or cause to be payd the Sume of three pounds of Lawfull money of England unto my son John, And alsoe that Thomas my Sonne shall pay or cause to be payued unto John my Sonne fforty pounds of like money at such times and dayes as they shall best thinke fittinge and convenient: Item Igive unto Thomas Browne and Adma Goodings of Caster five Shillings a pece to each of them, and to Hugh Barret of Billockby five shhillings, alsoe to by payd at the will of my Executors. In wittness of this my Last will and Testament I have here unto Sett my hand and Seale this eight daye of october in the ninth yeare of the reigne of our Saveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, ffrance and Ireland Kinge, Defender fo the faith Anno Dei 1633. And my two Sonnes James Moulton and Thomas are to be allowed three pounds to each of them out of the moveable goods, for certaine Bullocks which were late sould: Wittness Samuell Williams, Squire William Belson and Thos. Lemberston.
Death	Abt 11 Oct 1633	Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England [1, 2]
Burial	11 Oct 1633	Hemsby, , Norfolk, England [1]
Person ID	I3412	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	27 Oct 2023

Father	Thomas MOULTON, b. Abt 1535, Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England d. Abt 1587, , , , England (Age ~ 52 years)
Mother	Joanna GREEN, b. Abt 1538, , , , England bur. 30 Sep 1589, Hemsby, , Norfolk, England (Age ~ 51 years)
Marriage	Abt 1558	, , , England
Family ID	F2123	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary SMITH, b. Abt 1575, , , , England d. Abt 27 Apr 1636, , , , England (Age ~ 61 years)

Marriage 15 May 1595 Hemsby, , Norfolk, England [1, 3]

Children

	1. John MOULTON, b. Abt 1599, Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England d. Abt 1650, Hampton, Old Norfolk, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 51 years)
	2. Bridget MOULTON, c. 13 Sep 1601 d. Bef 1633 (Age ~ 31 years)
	3. James MOULTON, b. Abt 1603, Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England d. Between 1633 and 1636 (Age ~ 30 years)
	4. Henry MOULTON, b. Abt 1605, Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England d. Aft 1648, Great Yarmouth, , Norfolk, England (Age ~ 44 years)
+	5. Thomas MOULTON, (Twin), b. Abt 1608, , , , England d. Abt 1703, York, York, Maine, (Age ~ 95 years)
	6. Mary MOULTON, (Twin), c. 16 Jun 1608, Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England d. Aft 3 Sep 1662, , , , England (Age ~ 54 years)
	7. Elizabeth MOULTON, c. 22 Jul 1610, Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England d. Between 1634 and 1637 (Age ~ 23 years)
	8. Miriam MOULTON, b. Abt 1614, Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown
	9. Ruth MOULTON, b. Abt 1617, Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F753 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 27 Oct 2023

Event Map

	Birth - Bef 10 Sep 1566 - Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England
	Marriage - 15 May 1595 - Hemsby, , Norfolk, England
	Public Record - Robert Moulton's name found on a number of rolls at Public Records Office - 1595-1627 - Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England
	Will - proved at Norwich 22 Nov 1633 (NRO, ANW, 162 Gray) - 8 Oct 1633 - Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England
	Death - Abt 11 Oct 1633 - Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby, , Norfolk, England
	Burial - 11 Oct 1633 - Hemsby, , Norfolk, England

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I3412&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Robert MOULTON."

Sources

[S1685] "New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847-," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2001-2018)), accessed 2 Nov 2021), Robert Moulton; citing William Haslet Jones, "The English Background of Some Early Settlers of Hampton, New Hampshire From Ormesby St. Margaret, Norfolk," Vol. 141: 324-327.
[S1309] Charles Edward Banks, History of York, Maine, successively known as Bristol (1632), Agamenticus (1641), Gorgeana (1642), and York (1652). Internet Archive. Digital images. 2 vol. (Vol. 1: Boston, Mass.: Calkins Press, 1931; Vol. 2: Cambridge, Mass.: The Murray Printing Company, 1935), (https://archive.org: 2019), 1: 223-224. accessed 12 Feb 2015.
[S1309] Charles Edward Banks, History of York, Maine, successively known as Bristol (1632), Agamenticus (1641), Gorgeana (1642), and York (1652). Internet Archive. Digital images. 2 vol. (Vol. 1: Boston, Mass.: Calkins Press, 1931; Vol. 2: Cambridge, Mass.: The Murray Printing Company, 1935), (https://archive.org: 2019), 1: 224-225. accessed 12 Feb 2015.