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Wills of
Gillingham Shipwrights 1621 - 1852
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
William REED
1803
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I WILLIAM REED
of Brompton in the Parish of Gillingham in the County of Kent Shipwright
being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding for which God
be praised and concerning the uncertainty of this mortal Life Do
therefore make and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in
manner and form following that is to say First
I commend my Immortal Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator
hoping through the alone Merits and Intercession of our ever Adorable
Redeemer Jesus Christ to obtain the remission of all my Sins and
an ? with them who are sanctified
And my Body I commit to the Earth to be interred at the discretion of my
Executrix hereinafter named And as
for and concerning all such worldly Estate and Effects as I am or shall
be possessed or interested in or entitled to at the time of my Decease I
give devise and dispose thereof as follows First
I will and direct that all my just Debts and funeral Charges shall be
fully paid and satisfied And I give
devise and bequeath unto my dearly beloved Wife REBECCAH REED
all that my Freehold Messuage or Tenement (in which I now reside)
situate at Brompton in the Parish of Gillingham aforesaid with the
Rights privileges and appurtenance thereunto belonging To hold to her
the said REBECCAH REED her Heirs and Assigns for ever And
as to all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate Stock Funds Monies
and Securities for Money and Effects of what nature or Kind soever and
wheresoever I give devise and
bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my said Wife REBECCAH
REED her Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns according to
my Estate and Interest therein And I
do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Wife REBECCAH REED
sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all
former and other Wills and Testaments by me at any time heretofore made In
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this thirtieth day
of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety
four WILLIAM REED Signed Sealed published
and declared by the said WILLIAM REED the Testator as and
for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request
have subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto in his presence and in the
presence of each other F. HARRISON Chatham
Kent WM. WILKING Chatham Kent STEPH.
DADD Brompton Kent
Proved 30th June 1803
Headstone Formerly in the Churchyard of St. Mary
Magdalene, Gillingham
( No 381 in my Monumental Inscriptions)
IN
MEMORY OF MR. WILLIAM REED
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 11th JUNE 1803
AGED 74 YEARS
MRS. REBEKAH REED
WIFE OF THE ABOVE DIED THE 9th DAY OF
FEBRUARY 1815 AGED 82 YEARS
ALSO WILLIAM REED SON OF THE ABOVE
DEPARTED THIS LIFE 25th APRIL 1771
AGED 12 YEARS
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