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Wills of Sheerness Shipwrights 1693 - 1855
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
DANIEL BROWN
1852
THIS
IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
of me
DANIEL BROWN of Sheerness in the Isle of Sheppey Kent
Shipwright
I
give and bequeath (the whole of my property) viz: a
house situate in Leigh in the County of Essex
that is to say the rental & any other benefit which may arise
therefrom also invested in the Bank of England also my household
furniture & clothes with any other description of property
which I may die possessed of
to my Wife MARY BROWN for her sole & separate
use & benefit during her natural life
My said Wife may sell out and dispose of the whole or any part
of the principal stock of
the money located in the Bank if her need should so require &
appropriate the same for her
own use she may also dispose
of the whole or any portion of
the furniture if necessary but she may not sell or mortgage the house
at Leigh above mentioned under
any circumstances but
receive only the rental & during her life as aforesaid
I
further direct that on the decease of my said Wife
MARY BROWN the house at Leigh aforesaid shall be
immediately sold & also the whole of the money to be sold out of the
Bank if it has not been previously withdrawn & the proceeds from the
sale of the house & the
money drawn from the Bank to
be united the whole to be
then equally divided &
distributed among my eight
children viz DANIEL
ANN EDWARD
WILLIAM JOHN
ELIJAH DAVID
& EMMA to share & share alike
The
household furniture & sundries to be equally divided or in case of
any dissatisfaction to be sold & the money equally divide among my
eight children also but no
division or distribution to
be made to my children till
the funeral expenses & of my Wife
shall have been duly discharged
I also
appoint my Wife MARY BROWN & my eldest Son DANIEL
BROWN to be the Executors of this my last Will & Testament
with the direction that if my Son DANIEL should decease
before my Wife that my next
Son EDWARD shall be immediately appointed
to fill his deceased brother's place
as my Executor
July 18th
1850 DANIEL BROWN This Signature of the
Testator was made in our presence who in his presence & in the
presence of each other do under sign & bear Witness to the same F.
G. GRAY
MARY BANKS
Proved 20th July 1852
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