Individual Details

The will of Eleanor's brother, Thomas Hill, gentleman of Flitton, Bedfordshire, England, proves her surname. It is dated 15 Oct 1628.
"Item, I give (sums) to my sister Whitbread, to my nephew Will'm her sonne out of the debt he oweth and to his brother Henry out of the debt he oweth mee and to his brother John out of the debt he oweth mee. Item, I give to my neece Spencer, (sum) and all those iimplem's of household which I boubht of her and to her sonne Garrett and to her daughter, and to my neece Poulter and to my godson Will'm Whitbread."
Thomas Hill is buried in the Flitton Church, Bedfordshire. "Here lyeth Interred the body of Thomas Hill gent. Receiver general to three worthy Earles of Kent, viz. Reginald, Henry & Charles: he departed this life April ye second 1628, being aged a hundred and one year. Aske how he lived, and you shall know his ende: He dyde a saint to God, to poor a friend. These lines men know doe truly of him story, Whome God hath cal'd and seated now in glory."

Will of Eleanor Hill, undated, proved 18 April 1629, Elstow, Bedfordshire, England. Mentions the following (grandchildren desginated as godsons and goddaughters):
Eldest son, William, his eldest son Henry and his eldest son William
Godson: William Whitebread, Henery Whitebread
Goddau: Ellenor Whitebread, sister of Henery
Godson: William Spencer
Goddau: Ellenor Whitebread, dau of John Whitebread
Goddau: Ellenor Chapman
Godson: John Whitebread
Thomas Spencer
Son & Executor: John Whitebread
Witnesses: William & Henerye Whitebread

Death

Bef 18 Apr 1629

Elstow, Bedfordshire, England

Spouse	John WHITBRED (1548 - )
Child	Ellen Whitbread ( - )
Child	Thomas Whitbread ( - )
Child	Elizabeth Whitbread ( - )
Child	William Whitbread (1753 - )
Child	Henry Whitbread ( - 1633)
Child	ALICE WHITBREAD (1578 - 1628)
Child	Francis Whitbread ( - )
Child	John Whitbread ( - )
Child	Judith Whitbread ( - )