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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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