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I too have studied this will and have transcribed it

Thomas lived in Morley in Rotherham
The witness is Richard Fulston, not Fullilove
The son in law is John Jennett, same surname for the grandchildren

I’m not sure I can add much to help you further….but here goes, mostly questions (sorry)
I expect you know that the early Rotherham registers have overlaps….PR 87/1 is a composite register (ie BDMs) 1541-1663 (with gaps) and PR 87/2, another composite. Is for 1574-1640….my own research was done from these original registers in 1984…..that is not via latterly via Ancestry et al…spellings can be wild….Ffoollowloufe for example.
I see the burial of Elizabeth at Rotherham in 1634. Do you have further info to link that to Thomas d1633 or just good supposition?
It seems logical that Anthony b1599 is a son of Thomas (& Elizabeth), but again do you have data to support that?
There seems to be evidence (in PR 87/1 & 2) of a big family for Thomas – maybe from 1575 thru to 1604. However, since these registers do NOT record father’s names, it is also possible to conclude that more than one family is being cited….do you have further news?
I see Anthony married Barbara Hirst at Rotherham (PR 81/1) on 21 Jun 1641
I see Thomas married Dorothy Richmond at Ecclesfield 22 May 1662
The Fulliloves appear in many villages of West Riding from 1570 on (including Rotherham, Wentworth, Ecclesfield and Treeton) but NOT before. Later the Treeton ones are in Sheffield where they were most cutlers by trade ….. Also a few strays in York, but otherwise I’ve not seen any Fulliloves elsewhere in Yorkshire…. I suspect these people drifted north from Lincolnshire (or Leicestershire – my folk)
John, born 1759, a cutler, came to London in c1784 and fathered a large tribe in Westminster and Walworth/Camberwell that continues to this day….this is well documented in my first Fullilove book in 1984. The family also stayed in South Yorkshire thereafter, although it shrank somewhat and many became Fulleloves…..it is possible to plot these folk through the 1841-1911 census, but that is another WIP.
I expect your interest ends with the marriage of Elizabeth in 1693, but there is some possibility to trace the Rotherham branch back further (say 1450-1570) via the PRs or, failing that, via Manorial records…. I have all the wills, interesting, but nothing vital on Rotherham
I am looking for someone who is trying to piece together the entire South Yorkshire story…. Sadly I have been asking since 1984 with only modest progress. If I find the energy I shall commit my research to paper at some stage, albeit I have pressing issues to look into re my own folk….so we’ll see.
Roderick (Roger)

I have many details of this family and can trace their roots to 1525. Be in touch to share, Roger

Looking for a Hands family bible. Last known in the possession of Sarah Hands in c1871 in Coventry. Contains both Hands and Fullelove family events. I have a transcript. Have other Hands & Fullilove douments, information