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The will of George Witt, 1871 |
Will made 17 Jul 1868 . Testator died 21 Mar 1871 . Will proved 22 Apr 1871 |
This is the last Will of me George Witt of Somerville, Bedford | |
Road Rock Ferry in the County of Chester late Principal Landing Surveyor in Her | |
Majesty's Customs at Liverpool in the County of Lancaster but now retired which | |
I make this seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight | |
hundred and sixty eight I appoint my dear Wife Eliza Witt, William Roberts the | |
younger of Leach Hall Sutton in the County of Lancaster Copper Smelter and | |
John Bruce of the Landing Department in Her Majesty's Customs at Liverpool aforesaid | |
to be the Executrix Executor and Trustees of this my Will I give all my Wines Spirits | |
and Housekeeping Storesand provisions which shall be in or about my Dwelling | |
house at my decease and my wearing apparel and Jewelry unto my Wife Eliza | |
Witt for her absolute use And I give devise and bequeath all my real estate and all | |
the residue of my personal estate unto and to the use of the said Eliza Witt William | |
Roberts the younger and John Bruce their heirs and assigns upon trust as to my | |
household furniture plate plated articles china linen glass books pictures | |
ornaments and other household effects to permit my said Wife to have the free | |
use thereof as long as she shall live and upon her death I direct that the same | |
shall be sold under the direction next hereinafter contained and subject as | |
aforesaid I direct that the said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them | |
or the heirs executors or administrators of such Survivor their or his assigns or | |
other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of these presents shall sell all | |
the said real estate and call in and convert into money all the said residue of | |
my personal estate and shall out of the money to arise from such Sale calling | |
in and conversion and the ready money of which I shall be possessed at my | |
decease to pay my debts funeral and testamentary expences and the expences | |
incident to the trusts of this my Will and also shall pay for such Mourning for my | |
said Wife and any other of my relations or other members of my household as such | |
Trustees or Trustee shall think proper And I direct that the said Trustees or Trustee | |
shall invest all the residue of the said money to arise from such Sale calling in | |
and conversion as aforesaid in their or his names or name in any of the Public | |
Stocks or Funds or Government Securities of the United Kingdom or upon Freehold | |
Copyhold or Leasehold securities in England or Wales or in any Permanent Building | |
Societies in England or upon the Stocks funds or securities of any Corporation or Public | |
Company in the United Kingdom with power for the said Trustees or Trustee from | |
time to time to vary or transpose such stocks funds and securities and I direct | |
that the said Trustees or Trustee shall pay the annual income of the said trust | |
investments unto my Wife the said Eliza Witt as long as she lives and after the | |
death of the said Eliza Witt I direct that the said Trustees or | |
Trustee for the time being shall stand possessed of one half of all the said | |
trust investments In trust to pay the annual income thereof unto my | |
daughter Margaret Wife of the said William Roberts the younger during her | |
life for her separate use free from the debts and control of her husband | |
and after her decease shall hold the said one half of the said trust | |
investments in trust for all the Children of the said Margaret Roberts who | |
being Sons or a Son shall attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters | |
or a daughter shall attain that age or marry under it and if more than one | |
in equal shares And after the death of the said Eliza Witt I direct that | |
the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being shall stand possessed of the | |
remaining half part of all the said trust investments In trust for all the | |
Children of my deceased beloved daughter Charlotte Gibson late Wife of George | |
Holme [sic] of Liverpool aforesaid Estate Agent who being Sons or a Son shall | |
attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters or a daughter shall | |
attain that age or marry under it and if more than one in equal shares | |
And I declare that the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will | |
shall pay or apply the whole or such parts as she they or he shall think fit | |
of the income of the share to which any child shall for the time being be | |
entitled in expectancy or which shall be a vested interest under the trusts | |
hereinbefore declared for or towards his or her maintenance or education | |
and shall accumulate the residue (if any) of the same income for the benefit | |
of the person or persons who under the trusts herein contained shall become | |
entitled to the principal fund from which the same respectively shall have | |
proceeded but with power to apply the same for or towards the education or | |
maintenance of the Child for the time being actually or presumptively entitled | |
thereto at any subsequent period And I empower such Trustees or Trustee to | |
postpone the Sale or conversion into money of all or any part of the said real | |
and personal property And I empower my Trustees or Trustee to permit any | |
part of the said personal property to remain in or upon any investment or | |
security upon which the same money may be at decease for any period of time | |
they or he may think proper But I declare that all the said premises | |
shall in the meantime be considered as money and shall be subject to all the | |
trusts powers and purposes herein declared of and concerning the said trust | |
monies and premises and that the net rents and income thereof although | |
of a terminable fluctuating or uncertain character shall in the meantime be | |
paid or applied to the person or persons to or for whom the income of the | |
Investments would be payable or applicable in case the said property had been | |
sold and the proceeds invested as aforesaid And I declare that upon any | |
appointment of new Trustees of this my Will the number of Trustees may be | |
augmented or reduced In witness whereof I the said Testator George Witt | |
have to this Will set my hand the day and year first before written ------------- | |
George Witt --------- Signed by the said Testator George Witt as and for his | |
last Will in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his | |
presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names | |
as witness ------------- Wm. Francis Solicitor Tranmere Cheshire --------------- | |
William Pearson of H. M. Customs Liverpool ----------------------------------------- | |
Codicil to my Will -- And in the Codicil to my Will I also appoint the | |
Reverend Doctor Redhead Vicar of Higher Bebington an Executor thereof ---- | |
Geo. Witt -------- Signed by the Testator and by us at the request of the Testator | |
in his presence & in the presence of each other and at the same time Dated | |
this 1st day of November 1870 --------- Robt. Crighton W -------------------------- | |
W. G. Roberts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
Codicil to my Will (dated 17 day of July 1868) Whereas in the | |
said Will it is recited that my household furniture plate plated articles &c | |
are left to my Wife for her life I hereby revoke that part of my Will and leave | |
the same to her absolutely for her sole & separate use And whereas I have left | |
one half of my Property to the Children of my late daughter Charlotte Gibson | |
Holmes in shares when they reach twenty one years of age I revoke that part | |
and hereby empower my Executors to apply the same or any part thereof for the | |
education & advancement of the said Children As witness my hand this | |
Seventeenth day of March 1871 ------ G. Witt ------ Signed by George Witt the | |
Testator in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request and | |
in his presence & in the presence of each other have signed our names as | |
witnesses ---------- Mary Gullon ------------ Thos. F. Redhead --------------------- | |
Selina Cawkwell Witt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
[Copy obtained from the Principal Probate Registry, First Avenue House, High Holborn, London]
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