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Wills of
Gillingham Shipwrights 1621 - 1852
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
John
WHITTHORNE 1815
THIS IS THE LAST WILL and
Testament
of me JOHN WHITTHORNE of Broad Alley Brompton
in the parish of Gillingham in the County of Kent Shipwright which being
of sound mind memory and understanding I do make publish and declare in
manner and form following that is to say I
give devise and bequeath all and every my Freehold & Leasehold
messuages Lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever and wheresoever
unto my dear wife MARY ANN WHITTHORNE for and
during the term of her natural life and
from and after her decease I give
devise and bequeath the same unto and among my Children hereafter named
that is to say my Daughter MARY the Wife of ISAAC RICHMOND
of Blackwall in the County of Middlesex Shipwright and my Sons JONATHAN
WHITTHORNE and WILLIAM WHITTHORNE their heirs and
assigns for ever to be equally divided between them share and share
alike as tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants also
I give and bequeath all and every my ready money and Securities for
money household furniture and all other my Estate and Effects whatsoever
unto and to the use of my said Wife MARY ANN WHITTHORNE
for her own sole benefit and advantage And
I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint my said Wife MARY ANN
WHITTHORNE and STEPHEN ELLIOTT of the parish of
Saint Mary in the hundred of Hoo in the said County of Kent Yeoman
Executrix and Executor of this my last will and testament and hereby
revoking and making void all former and other Wills and Codicils by me
at any time heretofore made I do
declare this only to be and contain my last Will and testament In
Witness whereof I the said JOHN WHITTHORNE the Testator
have hereunto set my hand and seal the sixth day of June in the year of
our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and seven JNO WHITTHORNE
Signed sealed published & declared by the said JOHN WHITTHORNE
the Testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of
us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other
have Subscribed our names as witnesses thereto BENJAMIN HAITE
MARY HAITE WM. POOLE
Proved 14th January 1815
Headstone, Formerly in the Churchyard of St. Mary
Magdalene, Gillingham
(No. 578 in my Monumental Inscriptions)
IN
MEMORY OF
MR. JOHN WHITTHORNE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 1st
OF NOV 1814 AGED 84 YEARS
ALSO MARY ANN WIFE
OF MR. JOHN WHITTHORNE
WHO DIED NOV. 30th 1832
AGED 82 YEARS
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