Last night I purchased a copy of the lengthy will of Stephen Cherrington of Crowland, Lincolnshire. In it he named many members of the Cherrington family (except the one I am descended from) and bequeathed countless acres of land in and around Crowland to them all.

I am still trying to determine how many of these Cherringtons are related to each other and to me and whether some of this land ended up in the hands of (and lost by) my g-g-g-gf. I still suspect that one of this Stephen Cherrington's brothers was the father of my g-g-g-gm, but she was not named because her father was still alive at the time.

If anyone has any Cherringtons in their family or if anyone knows anything about them, I would be very interested in hearing about it. I'd also be willing to share the contents of the will.

(The will is eight pages long and has a one-page codicil attached to it.)