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Wills of Sheerness Shipwrights 1693 - 1855
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
JAMES
TURNER 1759
IN
THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I JAMES TURNER
of Sheerness in the County of Kent Shipwright being of sound and
disposing mind and Memory do
hereby make this my last Will and Testament
First and principally I
commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping for the remission
of all my Sins through the
Merits of Jesus Christ my
Blessed Saviour and Redeemer and
my Body to the Earth or sea
as it shall please God and
as for such Worldly Estate and
Effects which I shall be possessed of or intitled unto at the time of my
decease
I give and bequeath
the same as followeth that is to say unto
my Uncle WILLIAM TURNER
one full half part of
all my Goods Chattels Wages Prize Money Short allowance Money and all
other Estate whatsoever In
Trust to pay the Same unto my Wife ELIZABETH at Such time and in
Such Proportions as he shall think fit and all the rest and residue of
my said Goods Chattels Wages Prize Money
Short allowance Money and
all other Estate whatsoever I give
unto my Kinswoman ANNE the Daughter of the said WILLIAM
TUNER
And I do hereby
nominate constitute and Appoint the
said WILLIAM TURNER Sole
Executor of this my
last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all other and
former Wills by me heretofore made and do declare this to be my last
Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I
have hereunto Set my hand and seal this Eleventh day of March in the
year of our Lord One
Thousand Seven hundred and fifty six in the twenty Ninth Year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second
by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King
Defender of the Faith etc JAMES
TURNER Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said JAMES
TURNER as and for his last Will and Testament
in the presence of us who have hereunto Subscribed our names as
Witnesses in the presence of
the said Testator the obliterations being first made
SAM SHEPHERD
ROBERT SHARLWOOD
Proved 10th January 1759
JAMES TURNER belonged to H.M.S. Newark, in the pay
of the Royal Navy. WILLIAM TURNER has renounced
executor-ship and administration was granted to ELIZABETH TURNER,
the Widow.
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