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Wills of 19th Century Chatham Shipwrights
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
William
GIBSON proved 1818
IN THE NAME OF GOD
AMEN
I William Gibson of the Parish
of Chatham in the County of Kent Shipwright being of sound and disposing
Mind and Memory but considering the uncertainty of life I do make this
my last Will and Testament in manner and form following First
and principally I resign my Soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping
to be saved through the alone merits of Jesus Christ my only Saviour and
Redeemer and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently interred at
the discretion of my Executor hereinafter mentioned Imprimis
all Bills funeral charges all and whatever that is now or may become my
Sole right to make good (being acquitted and discharged ) I then give
and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Bishop without
Covert and and every of my Messuage Land Tenement together with the
Yards Garden Wash house Outhouses with the Appurtenances situate and
being in Queen's Street Chatham in the County of Kent also my Beds and
Bedding Linen and Woollen Books and Plate and also every ready Money
Money at Interest and Money due to me in his Majesty's Yard To have and
to hold for her natural life with the concurrence of my Executor
hereinafter named and at her decease to my five Sons namely William
Thomas James John and George Gibson
to enjoy every of the above mentioned particulars also my Clothes and
Tools to share and share alike as they can agree And I do hereby
nominate constitute and appoint my aforesaid Son Thomas Gibson
my sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament In
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal on the Second day
of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen
William Gibson Signed Sealed published and
declared by the Testator for and as his last Will and Testament in the
presence of us and in his presence of each other as Witnesses J.
Harrison Wm Pascall Sen Wm
Beaumont
Proved 16th April 1818
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