John Terry was the father of Joan, who married Edward Emptage, yeoman and church-warden of St Nicholas at Wade in 1591.
John Terry made bequests to his grandchildren, including the children of Joan and Edward Emptage.
Emptages named in the will of John Sackett, 1588
Joan Emptage, the widow of Richard Emptage, married John Sackett in 1587 and thus began the Emptage connection with St Nicholas at Wade.
John Sackett made bequests to Joan and three of her four children by Richard Emptage.
Richard Emptage 1545 of St Lawrence-in-Thanet
This is the first of the Emptage wills to make a connection with the sea.
Richard owned land but was serving on one of King Henry VIII’s war ships, probably as an officer, when he made his will.
Daniel Emptage, 1650, St Lawrence in Thanet
Daniel Emptage left forty shillings of lawful money to be distributed equally between the children of his brother Jeffery and, following certain bequests to Mary Friend, a widow, the remainder of his estate to his sons Thomas and Daniel.
George Emptiage 1521 of St Peter-in-Thanet
George named his wife Eleanor, sons Robert, Thomas and John, daughter Helene, bequeathing livestock to all his children. He left his land and tenements first to his wife, then to son Robert.
Thomas Emptiage 1509 of Minster-in-Thanet.
Was this Thomas, the son of Christina and Michael Emptiach, whose wife was named as Alice by Christina?