Was this Thomas, the son of Christina and Michael Emptiach, whose wife was named as Alice by Christina?
John Emptiache 1501 of St Peter-in-Thanet
The name John Emptiach appears as a witness in the wills of Christina Emptiache (widow of Michael) and George (son of Michael and Christina) but, as a witness, no relationship was given. Was this that John?
George William Stone Emptage
Throughout his short life George William Emptage suffered from what we would now describe as learning difficulties, however this didn’t prevent him from enlisting for what turned out to be a very brief military career.
Christina Emtiach 1497 of St Peter-in-Thanet
Christina Emptiach named her surviving sons and her two daughters in-law, both named Alice. She also named Jone Austen and the sons of George Emptiach as beneficiaries. It seems likely that Jone was George’s widow, remarried.
William Alfred Emptage
William Alfred Emptage was 18 when he enlisted in the 3rd Battalion of The East Kent Regiment “The Buffs” in 1900, following his brother Henry Emptage who had joined in 1897. They both saw action in South Africa in the second Boer War. William transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery in 1902. In 1914, by then a reservist, William was one of the first to be called up at the outbreak of war.
The wills and testaments of the Emptiach and Colner families
Analysis of the wills and testaments of the Emptiach and the Colner [Culmer] families shows that the members of one family frequently appeared in the wills of the other, either as a beneficiary, as feoffees or as witnesses.