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Wills of 19th Century Chatham Shipwrights
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
William
BERRY - 1804
IN THE NAME OF GOD
AMEN
This is the last Will and Testament of me William
Berry of the Parish of Chatham in the County of Kent Shipwright
that is to say First
I do hereby give and bequeath unto my Grand daughter Ann Berry
the sum of twenty pounds I
also give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Wife of John Phillips
the sum of ten pounds I
also give unto my Daughter Sarah Wife of William Pegan
the sum of ten pounds I
give unto my Daughter Martha Wife of Joseph Hoar
all my household goods plate linen and china with what money shall or
may be found at my decease standing in my Name in the Books of the Bank
of England Stock with all such money as shall be due to my Servant on my
account in his Majesties Yard at Chatham or elsewhere and all Club
Monies debts of what denomination Real or Personal wheresoever Lastly
I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Daughter Martha
Hoar sole executrix to this my last Will and Testament hereby
revoking and annulling all other wills at any time hereforeto made by me
and I do declare this alone to be my last Will written [
? ] hand and Sealed with my Seal this first day of October
in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four and in the
presence of the undersigned witnesses hereto William Berry
Signed Sealed and delivered published and declared by the said William
Berry in the presence of us and we in the presence of each other
to be his last Will and Testament the day and date above written as
witness our hands John Whiffen William
Stanton Edwd Jefferys
Proved 21st November 1805
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