Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (England) during the period 1384-1858.
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ABELL or ABEL Charles, Lieutenant of His Majestys 83 Regiment of Foot at Colombo of Colombo , Ceylon /
24 Mar 1823 / PROB 11/1667
ALBRECHT Henry James , of Colombo , Ceylon / 07 Oct 1846/ PROB 11/2043
ANDERSON James, Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals of Ceylon / , East Indies / 11 Feb 1815/ PROB 11/1565
ANDERSON James, late Lieutenant Colonel of the Ceylon / Rifle Regiment now on retired full Pay in Her Majesty's Service ofGlasgow, Lanarkshire / 26 Nov 1845/ PROB 11/2026
ANS Thomas Ranleigh J., of Ceylon / , East Indies / 22 Jul 1813/ PROB 11/1546
ARBUTHNOT Robert, late Chief Secretary to the Government of Ceylon / of Brook Street , Middlesex /
27 Mar 1810 / PROB 11/1509
AUSTIN Frederica Sophia , of Point de Galle , Ceylon / 08 May 1854 / PROB 11/2190
AUSTIN Nathaniel, Quarter Master of the Third Regiment of Point de Galle , Ceylon / 08 May 1854 / PROB 11/2190
BAILEY The Honorable Benjamin, Clerk, Senior Colonial Chaplain of the Island of Ceylon /, Doctor in Divinity of Saint Marylebone , Middlesex / 09 Dec 1853 / PROB 11/2181
BALL Robert, late Captain in His Majesty's 19th Regiment of Foot at Ceylon / 06 Mar 1818 / PROB 11/1602
BARNES Sir Edward, Lieutenant General and Colonel of His Majesty's 78th Regiment of Colombo, Island of Ceylon, East Indies / 24 Jul 1838 / PROB 11/1897
BARRET Amyasotherwise BARRETT Amias Deane of Trincomalee , Ceylon / 13 Jun 1785/ PROB 11/1130
BARRY George, Serjeant in His Majesty's 45th Regiment of Island of Ceylon, East Indies / 02 Dec 1842/ PROB 11/1971
BIRD Henry, Lieutenant Colonel of the 16th Regiment of Colombo Ceylon, East Indies / 22 Feb 1830/ PROB 11/1766
BOYD George Hay, Merchant of Colombo , Ceylon / 31 May 1850 / PROB 11/2112
BOYD Robert, late of His late Majesty's Ceylon / Civil Service of No 45 Pall Mall , Middlesex / 26 Feb 1846/ PROB 11/2030
BROCKWELL William, Mariner of Ceylon, East Indies /03 May 1855 / PROB 11/2211
BROUNCKER Henry, of the Ceylon Civil Service of Ceylon / 11 Oct 1825 / PROB 11/1704
BROWNRIGG Sir Robert, Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces, General in the Army of Colombo , Ceylon /
06 Aug 1833/ PROB 11/1819
CADELL Alexander, late of His Majesty's Civil Service at Colombo of Colombo , Ceylon / 06 Feb 1823 / PROB 11/1666
CARR Sir William Ogle, Senior Puisine Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon /25 Jun 1856 / PROB 11/2234
CHAMBERS Augus, Lieutenant in the 12th Regiment of Native Infantry, Bachelor of Island of Ceylon, East Indies /
22 Feb 1822 / PROB 11/1653
CHARLTON Edward, Lieutenant Colonel of Her Majesty's Army and Deputy Adjutant General in Ceylon /
19 May 1852 / PROB 11/2152
COANE Anthony, Major on the Half Pay of His Majesty's 73d Regiment of Foot of Candy , Ceylon /
06 Nov 1821/ PROB 11/1649
COANE Anthony , Major in the half pay of His Majesty's 73rd Regiment of Foot of Kandy , Ceylon /
06 Mar 1823/ PROB 11/1667
COCKERELL James George , of Ceylon, East Indies / 21 Nov 1818/ PROB 11/1610
COLLINS Terrence, Company Serjeant in Brevet Major Henry Bates Company Third Battalion Royal Artillery of Colombo , Ceylon / 23 Jun 1825 / PROB 11/1700
CONTARINI Francesco, Band Master of the 95th Regiment of the Line of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain of Ceylon /
21 Jun 1851 / PROB 11/2134
CRANN William, Private Soldier in the Grenadier Company of 72 Regiment of Trincomalee Island of Ceylon / , East Indies /
10 Apr 1806 / PROB 11/1441
CREIGHTON Richard, formerly Serjeant in His Majesty's 45th Regiment of Colombo , Island of Ceylon /
01 Jul 1831 / PROB 11/1787
CURGENVEN Samuel Steart, Naval Storekeeper of H M Yard of Trincomalee of Trincomalee , Island of Ceylon /
13 Oct 1837 / PROB 11/1885
D'OYLY Sir John , of Candy , Ceylon / 10 Jun 1825 / PROB 11/1700
DALRYMPLE Hew, late Major in the First Ceylon / Regiment of Foot 16 Nov 1846 / PROB 11/2044
DANIEL(L) Samuel, Batchelor of Colombo , Ceylon / 19 Nov 1813 / PROB 11/1549
DOYLE Welbore Ellis, Major General of His Majesty's Forces of Ceylon, East Indies / 11 Sep 1798/ PROB 11/1312
DUNNE Thomas Donnellan, Captain in His Majesty's first Ceylon / Regiment of Kandy , Island of Ceylon /
26 Apr 1825 / PROB 11/1697
EDENSOR John Bower or Bowyer, Lieutenant in His Majesty's Nineteenth Regiment of Foot of Island of Ceylon /
23 Jun 1823 / PROB 11/1672
EDWARDS Clement Martin , Lieutenant Colonel in the 3rd Ceylon / Regiment of Chelsea, Middlesex/
19 Aug 1816/ PROB 11/1583
ELLIS Robert, Corporal in the Sixth Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and in Captain Charles Frederick Napiers Company of Trincomalee Island of Ceylon, East Indies / 01 Mar 1810 / PROB 11/1509
EVANS Mark, Captain and Brevet Major in the Royal Regiment of Artillery of Colombo , Ceylon /
21 Jun 1851 / PROB 11/2134
FLETCHER Thomas, Lieutenant Colonel in Her Majesty's Ceylon / Rifle Regiment of Kandy , Ceylon /
16 Apr 1847 / PROB 11/2054
FRASER William, Commander of the Ship Rodney of Colombo , Island of Ceylon / 27 Feb 1856/ PROB 11/2227
FRAZER William, Captain Engineer of Island of Ceylon, East Indies / 19 Apr 1822/ PROB 11/1655
GARDNER Charles, Lieutenant in Her Majesty's 4th Ceylon Regiment of Kingsholm near the City of Gloucester , Gloucestershire / 7 Oct 1856 / PROB 11/2240
GARVEY Thomas, Gunner and Driver in the Royal Regiment of Artillery of Island of Ceylon, East Indies /
04 Mar 1846 / PROB 11/2032
GASKELL William Rothwell, Planter of Kandy , Island of Ceylon / 20 Aug 1850/ PROB 11/2118
GEDDES Alexander, Coffee Planter of Hannagalla, Ceylon / 03 Feb 1855 / PROB 11/2206
GIDLON The Right Honorable Joan Gidlon or Joan otherwise Johan otherwise John Gideon Loten , Member of the Council of the Netherlands India and Governor of Ceylon of Utrecht / 30 May 1789 / PROB 11/1179
GIFFARD Sir Hardingeotherwise known as Ambrose Hardinge Giffard , Chief Justice of Ceylon in the East Indies of Ceylon / , East Indies / 07 Aug 1827/ PROB 11/1729
GIFFORD William , of Ceylon / 21 May 1847 / PROB 11/2056
GORDON Alexander , late Ordnance Store Keeper of Ceylon, East Indies / 09 Aug 1816 / PROB 11/1583
HAND Francis, Lieutenant 66th Regiment of Ceylon, East Indies /23 Mar 1816 / PROB 11/1578
HARDISTY William, Captain C.R.R. of Babulla, Ceylon / 03 Apr 1847 / PROB 11/2054
HARRISON Joseph, Joiner in His Majesty's Naval Dock Yard at Trincomalee of Ceylon, East Indies /
03 Feb 1824 / PROB 11/1681
HATHERLY William Fortescue, Lieutenant in His Majestys Regiment of Foot of Ceylon / 31 May 1822/ PROB 11/1657
HAY James Scott , late Member of the Board of Revenue and Commerce at Ceylon of Soho , Middlesex /
26 Jul 1810 / PROB 11/1513
HEPPENSTALL William l otherwise Hepponstall , late Serjeant of the Royal Artillery of Colombo , Island of Ceylon /
21 Jul 1828/ PROB 11/1743
HICKS William Frederick, of the Ceylon / Civil Service of Colpetty Colombo , Island of Ceylon / 20 Oct 1847/ PROB 11/2063
HILLIARD John, Private in His Majesty's 75th Regiment of Foot at Ceylon / and Pondicherry of Ceylon, East Indies /
30 Jun 1806 / PROB 11/1444
HILTON Thomas, Captain in His Majesty's 45th Regiment of Foot of Island of Ceylon, East Indies /
19 Mar 1830 / PROB 11/1768
HUMPHREYS Richard, Lieutenant in the Honorable Company's Bengal Artillery of Island of Ceylon /
27 Apr 1807 / PROB 11/1459
HUMPHRY Fredrick or Frederick , of Colombo , Ceylon / 04 Mar 1848 / PROB 11/2071
HUNTER Dunbar James, Major of His Majesty's 19th Regiment of Foot and Lieutenant Colonel in the Army of Ceylon, East Indies / 17 Sep 1806/ PROB 11/1449
HUNTER Robert, Captain in His Majesty's Second Ceylon / Regiment of Edmonton , Middlesex /
23 Apr 1835 / PROB 11/1845
IRELAND Reverend Thomas , of Ceylon, East Indies / 24 Jul 1832 / PROB 11/1802
IRVING Edward, Lieutenant in His Majesty's 61st Regiment of Foot of Island of Ceylon, East Indies /
12 Oct 1836 / PROB 11/1868
JENKINS Thomas, S S Acting Gunner of H M S Gladiator and late of Ceylon and Belliqueux / 17 Oct 1811/ PROB 11/1526
JENNER Thomas, now going out on a Voyage to Ceylon / and Malacca on board the Brigantine Antelope of Saint Giles in the Fields , Middlesex / 29 Jul 1731 / PROB 11/645
JOHNSON George --SEE --> SMITH George Johnson
JONES Mortimer, Lieutenant in Her Majesty's Ceylon Rifle Regiment / 17 Mar 1843 / PROB 11/1976
KENNEDY Thomas Alexander, Captain Lieutenant in His Majesty's 19th Regiment of Foot of Colombo , Island of Ceylon /
01 Dec 1803 / PROB 11/1402
KER William Herries , formerly of the Ceylon / Civil Service of Tarvit House , Fifeshire / 10 Feb 1849 / PROB 11/2088
KERBEY John George, Of His Majesty's Civil Service on the Island of Ceylon / of Trincomaly , Island of Ceylon /
04 Sep 1817 / PROB 11/1596
KINNAIRD George, Corporal in Major Bates's Company 3rd Battalion Royal Artillery of Ceylon /
16 Sep 1825 / PROB 11/1703
KIRWAN Patrick, Private in His Majesty's Eighty Third Regiment of Foot of Badulla, Ceylon /
18 May 1827 / PROB 11/1726
KNIGHT Charlotte, Widow of Colombo , Ceylon / 27 Aug 1844 / PROB 11/2003
LATTEY or LAHEY James, late Paymaster and Quarter Master of His Majesty's 19th Regiment of Foot of Trincomalee Island of Ceylon, East Indies / 09 Feb 1809 / PROB 11/1493
LEBECK Johanna Jacoba, Wife of Jaffnapatam , Ceylon / 09 Jan 1827 / PROB 11/1721
LOTENJohn Gideon-- SEE-->GIDLON The Right Honorable Joan MacDOWALL Hay, Lieutenant General of Colombo , Ceylon /
15 Mar 1811 / PROB 11/1520
MacGREGOR Alexander Murray , late Commandant of Point de Galle in the Island of Ceylon / of Edinburgh , Mid Lothian
03 Nov 1827 / PROB 11/1733
MACLEAN Archibald, Captain of His Majesty's Eighty Six Regiment of Foot of Ceylon , East Indies /
20 Nov 1820/ PROB 11/1636
MacLEOD or McLEOD John, Captain in the 78th Regiment. of Colombo , Ceylon / 03 Aug 1827 / PROB 11/1729
MacPHERSON James, Lieutenant Colonel of His Majesty's Ceylon Rifle Regiment / 27 Jan 1846 / PROB 11/2029
MARSH Hans Stevensonof Colombo , Ceylon / 28 May 1825 / PROB 11/1699
MATHISON Walter, of His Majesty's Ceylon Civil Service of Colombo , Ceylon / 31 Aug 1833 / PROB 11/1820
MATTHEWS The Honorable Henry, Barrister at Law of Mutwall House , Island of Ceylon / 30 Jun 1831 / PROB 11/1786
McBEAN Donald, Lieutenant Colonel in 19th Regiment of Foot of Ceylon / 06 Oct 1820 / PROB 11/1635
McCONNELL John, Lieutenant in His Majesty's 73 Regiment of Foot of Colombo , Ceylon / 17 Aug 1825 / PROB 11/1702
MITCHELL Joseph, Master in the Royal Navy of Galle , Ceylon / 21 Jul 1853/ PROB 11/2176
MOORE William, Lieutenant of the Royal Staff Corps of Colombo , Island of Ceylon / 19 Apr 1831 / PROB 11/1784
MULLER Henry Frederick, Lieutenant Colonel of His Majesty's Ceylon Rifle Regiment of Bremen , Germany /
14 May 1836 / PROB 11/1862
MULVEY William, Lance Corporal in Her Majestys 90th Regiment of Foot of Point De Galle , Ceylon /
11 Jan 1842 / PROB 11/1956
ORME William Southwell, Sergeant in His Majesty's 83rd Regiment of Foot of Kandy , Ceylon /
09 Oct 1827 / PROB 11/1732
OTTLEY Sir Richard, formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indicature of the Island of Ceylon / of No 50 York Street Portman Square , Middlesex / 22 Sep 1845 / PROB 11/2024
OWEN Roger, Clerk, now at Trinconomalie in Ceylon / of Trinconomalie, Ceylon, East Indies / 06 Sep 1798 / PROB 11/1312
PERRING Jackson, Deputy Kings Advocate of the Island of Ceylon, but now on board the Palmira of Island of Ceylon /
14 Mar 1838 / PROB 11/1892
PETRIE George, Lieutenant Colonel in the Army of Ceylon, East Indies / 14 Mar 1798 / PROB 11/1304
POLLINGTON George May, Lieutenant in the first Ceylon Regiment of Colombo , Ceylon / 29 Mar 1823 / PROB 11/1668
REED Joseph, Captain in His Majesty's second Ceylon Regiment of Infantry / 29 Mar 1820 / PROB 11/1627
RIGNEY Scott, Lieutenant in His Majesty's 16th Regiment of Foot of Colombo , Ceylon / 23 Jun 1826 / PROB 11/1713
ROBERTS Charles , Lieutenant in His Majesty's 34th Regiment of Foot of Island of Ceylon /, East Indies /
11 Oct 1806 / PROB 11/1450
ROBINSON Abraham, Lieutenant and Adjutant in His Majesty's Fifty First Regiment of Foot and now with the Fifty First Regiment at Colombo of Colombo , Island of Ceylon / 22 Oct 1808 / PROB 11/1487
RODGERS Thomas, Surgeon of the Naval Yard of Trincomalee , Ceylon / 02 Jul 1823 / PROB 11/1673
RUSSELL William, Sergeant in His Majesty's 83rd Regiment of Foot of Island of Ceylon, East Indies /
15 Nov 1823 / PROB 11/1677
SACKVILLE Sackville, 2nd Lieutenant in His Majesty's 3rd Ceylon Regiment of Badule , Ceylon /
02 Jan 1823 / PROB 11/1665
SANDERSON Edward, Captain in His Majesty's Eighty Third Regiment of Foot of Candy , Ceylon /
31 Jul 1826 / PROB 11/1715
SAUNDERS William Nonus, Brevet Major and Captain in the 95th Regiment of Foot of Candy , Ceylon /
25 Aug 1843 / PROB 11/1984
SMITH George Johnson , commonly called and known by the name of George Johnson , Color Sergeant in Her Majesty's ninety fifth Regiment of Infantry of Nuwera Ellia , Ceylon / 10 Jun 1844 / PROB 11/2001
SMITH James, Lieutenant in His Majesty's 83rd Regiment of Foot at the Island of Ceylon / 01 Sep 1819 / PROB 11/1620
STEWART George, Major of the British Ceylon / Rifle Regiment of Boulogne sur Mer , Kingdom of France /
27 May 1840 / PROB 11/1928
STUART James, Surgeon Ceylon Rifle Regiment / 08 Apr 1856 / PROB 11/2231
STUTZER John Arnold, Surgeon of Jaffnapatam, Ceylon / 09 Jan 1827 / PROB 11/1721
TAYLOR Thomas, Quarter Master of His Majesty's Third Ceylon Regiment of Foot of Trincomalee Island of Ceylon, East Indies / 09 Jun 1817 / PROB 11/1593
THOMPSON Robert, Captain in His Majesty's 83rd Regiment of Foot of Ceylon / 21 Nov 1827 / PROB 11/1733
THURLOW Henry Robert, Major of Her Majesty's 90th Regiment Light Infantry of Colombo, Ceylon /
18 Oct 1850 / PROB 11/2121
TOLFREY Edward, of His Majesty Ceylon / Civil Service and now Judicial Commissioner of the Kandian Provinces of Kandy , Ceylon / 17 Apr 1832 / PROB 11/1799
TOLFREY William, Civil servant of Ceylon / 09 Jun 1820 / PROB 11/1631
TOULMIN Wilton, Assistant Surgeon of His Majesty's 58th Regiment of Foot Bachelor of Kandy Island of Ceylon / , East Indies / 07 Jun 1833 / PROB 11/1818
TRUTER James William, Brevet Major in the Army and Captain in His Majesty's 2nd Ceylon / Regiment of Island of Ceylon / , East Indies / 12 Oct 1826 / PROB 11/1718
TURNOUR The Honorable George, Treasurer and Commissioner of Stamps in the Island of Ceylon / of East Indies /
10 Jun 1843 / PROB 11/1981
UPTON Clothworthy, Captain in His Majesty's Royal Navy and Commissioner of His Majesty's Navy of Trincomalee, Ceylon /
23 Nov 1822 / PROB 11/1664
WALL William Lartonof Island of Ceylon, East Indies / 29 Jul 1839 / PROB 11/1914
WELLINGTON Matthew, Master Ship Wright of Trincomalee Island of Ceylon, East Indies / 04 Feb 1836 / PROB 11/1858
WELLS Thomas, of His Majesty's Naval Yard Trincomalee of Trincomalee, Island of Ceylon / 31 Jul 1823 / PROB 11/1674
WHARRIE Thomas James , of Badulla, Ceylon / 13 Jul 1827 / PROB 11/1729
WHEELER Samuel Allen, Captain of His Majesty's 1st Ceylon Regiment of Ceylon, East Indies /
26 Jul 1823 / PROB 11/1674
WHITE Abram otherwise Abraham , Surgeon on the half pay of His Majesty's 1st Ceylon / Regiment of Foot of Colombo , Ceylon / 19 Mar 1823 / PROB 11/1668
WILLERMAN William(or De Willerman otherwise Wellerman) , Brevet Major in H M 2nd Ceylon / Regiment and Deputy Quarter Master General to the Forces of Ceylon, East Indies / 23 Nov 1818 / PROB 11/1610
WILSON John, Colonel of the 4th Ceylon / Regiment of Hatheridge, Northumberland / 01 Mar 1819 / PROB 11/1614
WILSON John, Serjeant in the 1st Battalion Royal Artillery of Colombo, Island of Ceylon / 17 Mar 1840 / PROB 11/1925
WYNN Joseph , Captain in Her Majesty's 58th Regiment Ceylon of Singapore, East Indies / 03 Apr 1839 / PROB 11/1910