Wills of 19th Century Chatham Shipwrights
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
Thomas
LAWRENCE proved 1811
I Thomas Lawrence
Shipwright of Chatham in the County of Kent
being of sound and disposing mind memory Do hereby make this my last
Will & Testament & as for such worldly Effects which I shall be
possessed of or entitled to at the time of my decease First
I give & bequeath to my Aunt Hester Berry the Sum of
Eighty pounds next I give & bequeath to my niece Elizabeth Cox
fifty pounds next I give & bequeath to my niece Hester Wright
& to her Son George Wright Thirty pounds next I give
& bequeath to my wife's niece Ann Grayham Ten pounds
next I give & bequeath to my wife's niece Sarah Butcher
fifteen pounds next I give & bequeath to my wife's nephew John
Britter Ten pounds next I give & bequeath to Ann Loft
of Chatham Twenty five pounds next I give & bequeath to Mrs Susannah
Waitall Ten pounds my Aunt Hester Berry is to have
the use of all my Household Furnture and Goods for her life and then the
household Furniture and Goods to go to my wife's niece Ann Grayham
All my body Linen & wearing apparel to go to my niece Hester Wright
Two Table Spoons Silver I give to my wife's niece Ann Grayham
I
hereby revoke all other Wills
made by me & do declare this to be my last Will
& Testament Witness I have set my hand & Seal this fifth day of
November one thousand eight hundred & ten I
do herebt Constitute & Appoint my Aunt Hester Berry
and my Wife's niece Ann Grayham Executrixes of this my
Will Thomas Lawrence Witnesses J.
W. Wm Foster Thos.
Bromley
Proved 4th January 1811 Ann Graham is the wife of James
Graham
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