William Sotherone

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information:
William Sotheron, born about 1440, is the earliest member of the family at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, County York. The will of William Sothern was dated 2 Apr 1509, is in Latin and may be found in Prerogative and Exchequer of York Wills, vol. 8, folder 10. He married, about 1467, Alice who survived him. Their children were:

• Agnes, born abt 1468; married abt. 1490, Thomas Milligton alias Tominson, of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. Thomas's wiil, dated 14 May 1508, was proved 12 July 1508 [P. and E. York Wills, vol. 7 folder 44]. They had six children.
• Robert
• John
• Christopher
• Thomas, a priest
• William

Simon Crosby the immigrant: his English ancestry, and some of his American descendants, p. 36.

William married Alice. (Alice died after 2 Apr 1509 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding, Yorkshire, England.)