



Nicholas Constable was born in about 1630, in Capel, Surrey, the son of William Constable by his wife Susan Willett. He is mentioned in the will of his maternal uncle and godfather, Nicholas Willett, of 1636, and named as the son of "William Constable, my brother in law". He married Mary Jeale on 17th June 1656 in Dorking, Surrey (an entry recording their marriage also appears in the parish register of Capel on the 16th June) Mary was born in 1631 in Dorking, Surrey, the daughter of Michael Jeale of Dorking by his wife Elizabeth Bristow. Mary is mentioned in her father's will of 1660, as the wife of Nicholas Constable of Capel, she is also mentioned in the will of her maternal uncle, Gilbert Bristow, of 1680 and in the will of her brother William Jeale the elder of 1706 as "my late sister Mary Constable". It is not known exactly how many children Nicholas and Mary had. Only three of their children's baptisms are recorded in the Capel parish register, Mary in 1658, William in 1660 and Michael in 1661 but they had at least 4 other children, all of whom are mentioned in Nicholas' will of 1698, Sarah, Benjamin, Edmond and Joseph. It is possible that Nicholas and Mary became either Quakers or Anabaptists, which would account for the lack of baptismal records, certainly later generations of the Constable family are shown to be Quakers and two of their children, Benjamin and William married woman from Anabaptist families. Nicholas was a yeoman farmer and farmed the land opposite the church in Capel, known as Capel Lands or Capel Church lands which he held by copy of the Manor of Dorking. He also held Duncrofts in Capel also by copy of the Manor of Dorking. Nicholas was executor to the will of his brother in law William Bothell of Dorking in 1663, executor in trust to the will of his brother in law John Steere of Capel in 1670 and witness and overseer to the will of Richard Constable of Ratfalls, Capel in 1672.

Mary was buried on 29th January 1698 in Capel "the Wife of Nichles Constable". Nicholas was buried on 25th June 1698 in Capel. He left a will dated 11th June 1698 which was proved on 5th January 1699.



