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The will of Isaac Barker, 1759 |
Will made 9 Jun 1759 . Testator died 16 Jun 1759 . Will proved 20 Aug 1759 |
In the Name of God Amen | ||
I, Isaac Barker of Steeple in the County of Essex | ||
Yeoman being of Sound and Disposing Mind Memory and | ||
Understanding (Blessed be god) Do make and Ordain this my last | ||
Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) First | ||
I Give and Devise unto my Daughter Sarah Barker and her | ||
Heirs for Ever All and Every my Copyhold or Customary Messua- | ||
ges or Tenements Farm Lands and Hereditaments with their | ||
and Every of their Appurtenances situate and being in | ||
Danbury in the Said County of Essex holden of the Manor | ||
of Bicknacre Priory and now in the Several Tenures or | ||
Occupations of Joseph Hawkes and ____ Markeridge | ||
their or one of their Undertenants or Assigns Also I Give | ||
and Bequeath unto my Son Isaac Barker the Sum of One | ||
Hundred Pounds And unto my Son John Barker the sum of | ||
Two Hundred Pounds And unto my Daughter Elizabeth | ||
Barker the like Sum of Two Hundred Pounds, the Said Several | ||
Legacies to be paid at the End of Twelve Calendar Months | ||
next after my Demise And I Give and Bequeath unto my | ||
Sons Thomas Barker and Joseph Barker the Sum of Two | ||
Hundred Pounds a piece And unto my daughter Mary | ||
Barker the like sum of Two Hundred Pounds the Said | ||
Legacies to my Said Sons Thomas and Joseph to be Paid | ||
to them Severally at their respective Ages of one and Twenty | ||
Years And the said Legacy to my said Daughter Mary to be | ||
paid to her at her age of one and Twenty Years or day of | ||
Marriage which shall first happen And I Give and | ||
Bequeath the leases of my Farms and all my Right Interest | ||
and Terms of years in such Farms And all and Every my | ||
Monies Securities for Money Goods Chattels Emblements | ||
Debts Stock Effects and Personal Estates whatsoever not herein | ||
before by me given or Disposed of (my Just Debts Funeral Charges | ||
and the Costs of the Probate of this my Will being first paid and | ||
satisfied) Unto my Loving Wife Elizabeth Barker her Executors | ||
and Administrators to and for their own use and | ||
benefit But Upon this Condition Nevertheless That my Said | ||
Wife her Executors or Administrators Do and Shall at her or | ||
their own Costs and Charges Maintain Educate and bring up | ||
my Said Sons Thomas and Joseph Barker Untill they shall | ||
Severally Attain the Age of One and Twenty Years and my | ||
Said Daughters Mary and Sarah untill they shall Severally | ||
Attain the like Age or be Married and Fund and Provide | ||
Clothes Schooling and all other Necessaries proper and | ||
Convenient for them without asking or requiring any thing of | ||
them or any of them or Deducting or retaining any thing out of | ||
their or any of their Portions or Fortunes for or upon Account | ||
of Such Their Maintenance and Education Clothing Schooling | ||
or otherwise And I do Nominate make and Appoint my | ||
Said Wife Elizabeth Barker Sole Executrix of this my last | ||
Will and Testament And also Guardian of my Said Infant | ||
Children during their respective Minorities and do Revoke all | ||
other Wills by me made Declaring this to be my last Will and | ||
Testament In Witness whereof I the Said Isaac Barker | ||
the Testator have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Ninth | ||
day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven | ||
Hundred and Fifty Nine Isaac Barker. Signed Sealed | ||
Published and Declared by the Said Isaac Barker as and for | ||
his last Will and Testament in our Presence and attested by us | ||
in his Presence Robt Cottiss John Snushall Willm Smart | ||
This Will | ||
was proved on the twentieth day of August in the Year of | ||
our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Nine before | ||
me Reverend George Cowperthwaite Clerk Surrogate upon the | ||
Oath of Elizabeth Barker Widow the Relict of the Deceased | ||
and Sole Executrix to whom Administration of all and Singular | ||
the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased was Granted | ||
and Committed She being first Sworn duly to Administration |
[Copied at the Essex Record Office - document reference (on microfiche) 542 BR 24]
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