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Wills of 19th Century Chatham Shipwrights
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
James
BUCK proved 1812
THIS IS THE LAST
WILL AND TESTAMENT
of me James Buck of Queen Street
near the Brook in the parish of Chatham in the County of Kent Shipwright
which I make in manner following that is to say I
do hereby give & devise unto my dear Wife Mary Buck
All my moiety part & share of & in all those freehold Messuages
Tenements or Dwellings yards gardens & premises situate on the Brook
or Smithfield Bank in the said parish of Chatham & which I became
entitled to as the only Son & heir at law of my late Father Benjamin
Buck deceased & and who with his Brother Richard Buck
became possessed of the entirity of the said heredits in equal Moieties
as devised in fee & co-heirs in Gavelkind of their Father Crosley
Buck To hold my said Moiety part & share unto her the said Mary
Buck her heirs & assigns for ever And
I do hereby give & bequeath All my ready money & securities for
money Wages household Goods Furniture Plate Linen & China & Also
all the rest residue & remainder of my Estate & Effects
whatsoever & wheresoever of what nature or kind soever the
same ? shall or may consist of which I may be
entitled unto at the time of my decease in by or through any right ways
or means whatsoever unto her the said Mary Buck for her
own use & benefit And
I do hereby nominate constitute & appoint the said Mary Buck
sole Executrix hereby & hereby revoking & making void all former
& other Will & Wills by me at any time hereforeto made do
declare this only to be & contain my last Will & Testament In
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the tenth day of
August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eleven James
Buck Signed Sealed published & declared by the said James
Buck for his last Will & Testament in the presence of us who
in his presence at his request & in the presence of each other have
subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto Joanna Stephens
Anna Stephens W. P.
Morgan
Proved 15th October 1812
Headstone in St. Mary's Churchyard, Chatham, (the whole of St Mary's
inscriptions are on this website)
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
Mr JAMES BUCK (SHIPWRIGHT)
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPT. 21st 1812
AGED 55 YEARS
ALSO OF Mrs MARY BUCK
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED THE 4th OF FEBRUARY 1827
AGED 67 YEARS
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