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Wills of 19th Century Chatham Shipwrights
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
John
BRITTAIN proved 1807
IN THE NAME OF GOD
AMEN
I John Brittain of Chatham in
the County of Kent Shipwright being of sound and disposing Mind memory
and Understanding do make this my last Will and Testament I
do resign my Soul to Almighty God hoping for a full and perfect
Remission of all my Sins through the Merits and Mediation of our blessed
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and my Body I desire may be decently
buried at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named And
as to such Worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I
dispose thereof in manner following that is to say I
direct that all my just debts and funeral Expenses be in the first place
paid and satisfied and after payment and Satisfaction thereof I
give and bequeath onto my Daughter Jane Mary Wills
Wife of Cordwell Wills of Charlotte Street Blackfriars
Road in the County of Middlesex my Son Benjamin Brittain
now serving on board His Majesty's Ship Canopus my Daughter Polly
West Wife of Bartholomew West of Chatham aforesaid Robert
Brittain now serving on board His Majesty's ship
[ ] William Ashdown
Joseph Ashdown John Ashdown and Thomas
Ashdown the children of my late Daughter Sarah Ashdown
All and every my household goods wearing apparel ready money Goods
Chattels and effects of what Nature or Kind soever to be equally divided
between them share and share alike And
I do hereby constitute and appoint my said Daughter Jane Mary
Wills my said Son Benjamin Brittain and my said
Daughter Polly West joint Executors of this my last Will
and Testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the tenth day of July one
thousand eight hundred and six John Brittain
Signed Sealed published and declared by the testator John Brittain
as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his
presence and at his Request and in the presence of each other have set
and subscribed our Name as Witnesses thereto Geo Hayes
Kennington Road Elizabeth Rawson
Codicil
I John Brittain of Chatham in the County of Kent
Shipwright have made and duly executed my last Will and Testament in
writing bearing date the tenth day of July one thousand eight hundred
and six Now
I give unto my my Wife Sarah Brittain one shilling And
I do ordain and declared this my present Writing to be a Codicil to my
said Will and that the same shall be considered as part thereof In
Witness whereof I have to this Codicil set my hand and Seal the
nineteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and seven John
Brittain Signed Sealed declared and published by the said
John Brittain as and for a Codicil to his last Will and
Testament and to be taken as part thereof in the presence of Celia
Hyman
Affidavit dated 23rd September 1807
Elizabeth Rawson Wife of John Rawson of
Charlotte Street Blackfriars Road Surrey is sworn. She states she was a
witness to the will , which she has carefully examined. She confirms
that the will and codicil are in John Brittain's hand and
that the signatures are his.
Proved 24th September 1807 Power reserved to Benjamin Brittain
and Polly West
Proved again 28th September 1807
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