Relationship to: Steve Wakely of NSW Australia - Brother of Paternal 16th Century Ancestor - Thomas Wakely alias Rockett

Forenames : NICHOLAS

Date of Birth: c. 1585

Place of Birth : Probably Thorncombe

Date of Death: 1660 (Will proved 1661)

Father's Name: John Rockett alias Wakely

Mother's Name: Margaret (?) Balstone

Married (Spouse): Elizabeth Wolmington of Chardstock

Date married: c 1614

Place married: ? Chardstock

Issue:

1. Nicholas, bap.28th Jan 1615 Chardstock; Yeoman of Holditch in Thorncombe; only survived by daughters; d: 1660 Will proved 1661

2. John. b1623 d1678; Oxford Scholar and Fellow; clergyman; ejected from living at Restoration; heir to brother; married Priscilla (see below in other information)

3. Joan

4. Elizabeth

5. Mary

6. Dorothy, m.1650 John Hill, Stoke Abbott

Siblings:

l. Thomas Wakely alias Rockett; c1575

2. Elizabeth m.Richard Wilkins, had s.Robert, d.Joane, d.Mary

Other information:

Nicholas was the sequestrator for Bridport Division of Dorset during Commonwealth. His will was proved in 1661. His wife Elizabeth was the sister of Joane Wolmington the wife of his elder brother Thomas.

John, the second son of Nicholas, married Priscilla and had two sons, Thomas, Nicholas and three daughters. The youngest son Nicholas later inherited six hundred pounds whilst the eldest son Thomas became a Doctor of Physic and was heir to Holditch lands. He married Ursula Cox, daughter of Rev. Peter Cox of Chaffcombe and their son Thomas inherited the Holditch lands c1710. However he began to mortgage them in 1722 and the remaining interest in them was sold to pay debts an his death in 1746. He had married Joane Minterne daughter af Rev. Henry Minterne of Chedington. There were no known children and none emerged at sell-up of the estate.