Alexander BETTERTON

Birth:
Dec 1625
Fairford, Gloucester, England
Chr:
1 Jan 1626
Fairford, Gloucester, England
Death:
Abt Sep 1693
of Fairford, Gloucester, England
Burial:
1693
Fairford, Gloucester, England
Marriage:
2 Sep 1667
Southrop, Gloucester, England
Mother:
Ann HODGES
Notes:
                   Fairford Parish Records, Gloucestershire, England.

Abstract of the will of Alexander Betterton, Fairford, Gloucestershire, 1693.
i, ALEXANDER BETTERTON,  of ffaireford in the County of Gloucr., Inneholder, weake in Body, etc., make this my last will and testament.  I give to my sonne CHRISTOPHER BETTERTON one shilling and all those my two closes or peaices of pasture ground lying in Milton end in ffaireford, called Bettertons poeices lyeing on the west side of the Lane leading to Horcutt, but my wife shall hold the said peices for fforty yeares if she soe long live.  I give and devise to my second sonne ALEXANDER BETTERTON my New House & the peice or ground wherein it stands but my wife shall hold the said peice for ffifty yeares if shee soe long live. I give and devise unto my two younger sonnes CHARLES & ROBERT my ground lyeing next Masons peice but my wife ALICE shall hold & enjoye the saom for Twenty yeares.  I give and devise unto my two daughter KATHERINE & ALICE fiffty pounds apeice (when 22) and to each of them a feather Bedd wth Bedsteed & all things belonging thereunto.  I give and devise unto my Loveing Wife ALICE all my land lyeing in Milton end feild which I bought of ALBERT SAVERY.  All the rest of my goods, chattels, cattle, household stuffe, etc., I give and bequeath unto my Lveing Wife ALICE BETTERTON whom I make sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament.  Dated this 27th day of July 1693.
Signed: ALEX. BETTERTON
Witnesses: JNO. CHAUNLER, LAURENCE COMLEY, ANE HAINES.
Proved: at Cirencester 6th Nov 1693.
Note: A son, Charles had died in 1674 so this shows that the family named a second son Charles who is alive in 1693.

Not mentioned in his grandmother, Alice Betterton's will which was written in 1617 and proved in 1624/25.  It looks like he may have been born after the grandmother died.

There is an Alexander Betterton who married Ann Watkins on Nov 6, 1644 in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England.  Parish records.  Do not know which Alexander it may be as there are several by that name at this time.
Alice BAYLEY
Birth:
1645
of Southrop, Gloucester, England
Chr:
1645
of Southrop, Gloucester, England
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   Marriage record from the Fairford Parish, Gloucestershire, England.
Married at Southrop, Gloucestershire, Englnad on Sept. 2, 1667 at the age of 22 to Alexander Betterton who is a widower and a yeoman.

Name on marriage record is spelled Bayly.
Children
Marriage
1
Christopher BETTERTON
Birth:
1668
Fairford, Gloucester, England
Death:
Bef 1722
Gloucester, England
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Name in the will of his father, 1693, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England. He is the oldest child and son.

Since the estate of his father was turned over to his brother, Alexander, it appears Christopher was not able to control the estate as the oldest son and the matter was given to the next son, Alexander, or perhaps by the death of the father in 1693 he may have been deceased.
2
Alexander BETTERTON
Birth:
Oct 1670
Fairford, Gloucester, England
Death:
Aft 1722
Fairford, Gloucester, England
Notes:
                   Register of Parish in Fairford, England.

Alexander Betterton/Betterson was the administrator of goods in the city of Fairford, Gloucestershire, England in the year 1722.  From the Parish records.

No death record found in the Fairford Parish Records, Gloucestershire, England.
3
Charles BETTERTON
Birth:
Feb 1673
Fairford, Gloucester, England
Death:
16 Feb 1675
Fairford, Gloucester, England
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Fairford parish records, Gloucestershire, England shows his baptism and burial dates. Son of Alexander Betterton and Alice.

Temple Ordinance Records also have his christening date as 21 Feb 1672
4
Katherine BETTERTON
Birth:
Dec 1675
Fairford, Gloucester, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Fairford Parish records, Gloucestershire, England.
Daughter of Alexander Betterton and Alice.
5
Robert BETTERTON
Birth:
Dec 1679
Fairford, Gloucester, England
Death:
of London, England
Alice BETTERTON 
Marr:
Abt 1707
of Fairford, Gloucester, Engla 
Notes:
                   In his father's will.  Robert was in London in 1693 at the time of his father's death.  But his children were born in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England until 1710 when the last record was found for that family.

He is married to Alice. He seems to have lived in London and Quenington.  This from a census record.
6
Charles BETTERTON
Birth:
Abt 1681
Fairford, Gloucester, England
Death:
Aft 1693
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   No parish record found.

Charles was alive in 1693 and named in his father's will of that year.  There was a Charles born to the same parents who died in 1674 so this Charles must be named after the first child - Charles.
7
Alice BETTERTON
Birth:
Jun 1682
Fairford, Gloucester, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Named in her father's will in 1693.  She was not yet age 22 at the time and she received her father's gift when she gets age 22 of fifty pounds.  In 1693 shw was age 16.

Fairford Parish record of her baptism: June 10, 1682.  Parents are Alexander and Alice Betterton.
8
John BETTERTON
Birth:
Apr 1685
Fairford, Gloucester, England
Death:
Jul 1688
Fairford, Gloucester, England
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Baptism and burial dates in the parish records of Fairford, Gloucestershire, England.  Parents are Alexander and Alice Betterton.
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Alexander Betterton - Alice Bayley

Alexander Betterton was born at Fairford, Gloucester, England Dec 1625. His parents were Christopher Betterton and Ann Hodges.

He married Alice Bayley 2 Sep 1667 at Southrop, Gloucester, England . Alice Bayley was born at of Southrop, Gloucester, England 1645 .

They were the parents of 8 children:
Christopher Betterton born 1668.
Alexander Betterton born Oct 1670.
Charles Betterton born Feb 1673.
Katherine Betterton born Dec 1675.
Robert Betterton born Dec 1679.
Charles Betterton born Abt 1681.
Alice Betterton born Jun 1682.
John Betterton born Apr 1685.

Alexander Betterton died Abt Sep 1693 at of Fairford, Gloucester, England .