Also, if you are a male Pike/Pyke (or you know one) who may be willing to do a genealogical DNA test, then please check out the Pike DNA Project for which I am a volunteer coordinator. There are several Pike/Pyke families that are not yet represented in the project, and for whom participants are wanted.
In nominedei amen I Christopher Pike sicke in bodie but of good and perfect memory praysed be god doe make this my last will and testament whereby I doe give unto my Captain John Talbott my best sworde and a beaver hatt o the price of Fiftie shillings all other my goods and Chattells moveable or unmoveable whatsoever or wheresoever I doe hereby give unto my yongest brother Jearman Pike In witnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale dated at Walwicke in Holland the third of July newestile 1625 Chr Pike Sealed signed and delivered to Captaine John Talbott to the use of the above named Jearman Pike in the presence of Griffith Morgan John Barnes Everit Massy [the next paragraph is in Latin and appears to grant probate on 20 January 1625] Vicesimo die mensis Januarii Anno dni ... millesimo sxcentesimo vicesimo quinto [to] Jermano Pike fratri
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