In the name of god Amen the sixth day of July one thousand six hundreth thirty and three I Thomas Atkinson younger of kirkby in Malhamdaile in Craven and within the County of yorke husbandman sicke in body but of good and perfect remembrance praised bee God doe make and ordaine this my last will and Testament inmanner and forme following  
Ffirst I commend my soule into the hand  of Almighty God trustinge assuredly through the meritts of Jesus Christ my Saviour to have eternall life, And my body I committ to the ground and to be buried in the Churchyeard of kirbey in Malhamdaile at the discretion of my ffather and wife;  As for my temporall estate I dispose of it as followeth  Imprimis it is my will that my debtes legacies and funerall Expenses be payd out of my whole goodes Cattells and right afterwards I will that (those beinge discharged) my said goodes and rights to be devided into three partes whereof I give as belongs of right to my wife and another parte to my children
The last thirde parte I give to my wife Margaret  And my minde is that my said wife shall have my nowe dwellinge howse barne gardens and a Tofte parte of pasture ground with the Apurtanances in kirkby and Also [xxxxxxxxxx] in Scosthropp feild duringe the whole tearme of fowerteene yeares  next after my decease ( if shee soo longe shall live towardes her owne  maintenance The educatinge of my youngest Childe and for the yearely payment of a summe of  money & stand indebted to Robert Lawson of the [Ludge] for and in the behalfe of my sonne Thomas Atkinson Apprentice to the said Robert And the  third parte of the foresaid premisses & grant  to my said wife Margaret duringe heer naturall life after the end and expiration of the foresaid ffowerteene yeares :  Item I give to my sonne William Atkinson (if he is Livinge) and to his Lawfull heires forever my foresaid Messuage with the premisses to enter into and possesse the Two partes thereof after the end and expiration of ffowerteene yeares next after my death and the other childes parte after the death of my wife but if my said wife die before the expiration of the said ffowerteene yeares Then I will that my sonne William as aforesaid doe enter into and possess the whole premissess upon condition that my said sonne his heires Executores or Adminsitrators (upon entry to the Two partes or whole premissess or within Twelve monthes Immediately ensuinge the whole summe of Tenn poundes of Lawfull English money to my two sonnes James and Thomas Atkinson equally to bee devided betweene them or their heires Executors or Administrators And if my sonne William Atkinson bee already deade or shall dye hereafter before hee be possessed of the two partes or whole premisses at aforesaid hee the said William not having heires lawfully begotten Then I will that my sonne James Atkinson Inheritt my said messuage with the Appurtenances to him and his heires for ever two partes herof att the end and expiration of forwerteene yeares next after my decease and the other thirde parte after the death of my wife if shee exceede the said tearme  And if shee dyd before then I will that my said sonne James immediately enioy the whole fore said premises payinge upon the entringe into or enioyinge of the two partes or whole premisses whether shall first happen as shall befall the ffirst or within Twelve Monthes of the same time the whole summe of Tenn poundes of lawfull English money, To my Two sonnes Thomas and henry Atkinson equally to bee devided between them or their heires Executors or Admistrators, And if my said sonne James Atkinson dye before he be possessed of the Two partes or whole premisses as aforesaid without heires  of his body Lawfully begotten ; Then I give the said premisses with the Appurtanences to my sonne Thomas Atkinson and his heires for ever  And to enter unto  and possess the Two partes  thereof after the Expiration of the fowerteene yeares as aforesaid, and the other third parte after the decease of my said wife Margaret if shee exceede that tearme but if shee dye before the end of the said fowerteene yeares then I will that my sonne  Thomas enter unto and enioy the whole premisses upon Condition that hee pay upon entrie to the Two partes or whole premisses or within Twelve monthes next after the whole summe of Tenn poundes of lawfull English money to my sonne henry or his Executors or Administrator and if my sonne Thomas dye before hee be possessed of the premisses in parte or in 
whole without Lawfull [ heires ] Then I will that the said Messugae Lands and Appurtenances remaine and belonge to my sonne henry and his heires forever and for defalt of such issue of his body lawfully begotten I will that my said sonne Messauge with the  Appurtenances bee and remaine to the next of my blood and their heires forever  lastly I make and appointe my wife Margarett sole Executrix of this my last will and testament  And I nominate and appointe my ffather William Atkinson to be supervisour  of this my last will and Testament by whome I will and intreate my said wife and children to be ordered in any matter of question or variante amongst them,  Witnesse my  hand subscribed in  the presence of Thomas kinge  Thomas Lawson Nicholl Walton ........
Transcribed by MEVS  September, 2007

This is how the family looks, three generations reconstructed from the information in the will, with confirmation of events supplied by the YPRS transcript of the Kirkby Malham Parish records 1597-1690. The family straddles the start of the parish records, with his father William being born in the mid 16th century and provided a name for Thomas’ wife. This was very useful, as there is also a Thomas Atkinson of Malham around at the same time and they don’t appear to be the same person. There is a marriage between Thomas Atkinson of Malham and Margaret Preston at Kirkby Malham, 11 Feb 1607 and a Wm Atkinson son of Thomas of Malham bapt KM 16 Aug 1607 At a glance this seems quite likely to be the same family if this first son William died and they moved from Malham to Kirkby, however there isn’t a burial . There isn’t another suitable marriage to a Margaret at Kirkby, so they must have married out of the Dale and would appear to be completely separate families.