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Wills of 19th Century Chatham Shipwrights
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
Joseph
Stanley TOOKEY proved 1822
IN THE NAME OF GOD
AMEN
I Joseph Stanley Tookey
of the Parish of Chatham in the County of Kent Shipwright being in
bodily health and of sound mind memory and understanding thanks be to
Almighty God for it Calling to mind the uncertainty of this frail
Transitory life and that all flesh must yield unto death when it shall
please God to call Do
make and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form
following First
I commit my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator in hopes of
Eternal Salvation thro the alone merits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer and
my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently interred by and at the
discretion of my Executors hereinafter named and for the settling of my
Temporal Estate and such Goods Chattels and debts and whatever else it
may please God to bless me with I
do order give and dispose the same in manner and form following that is
to say Imprimis
I will and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Bennet Tookey all
my Worldly Goods and Chattels or whatever else I may be invested with or
any ways belonging unto me at the time of my decease for her natural
life and after her decease I
will and bequeath the lease of my dwelling house furniture and apparel
unto my Son John Tookey Shipwright of the parish of
Chatham in the County of Kent and I will and direct unto my grandson John
Tookey Son of the above my silver Watch and I will and bequeath
the whole of the remaining property unto my two Sons John Tookey
of the parish of Chatham in the County of Kent Shipwright and William
Tookey of the parish of Saint Margaret's* in the County of Kent
Shipwright to be equally divided between them whom I do make and appoint
my Executors In
Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand
and seal this twenty ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and Eighteen Joseph Stanley
Tookey Sealed and Signed in the presence of William
Billinghurst Sarah Billinghurst
Witnesses
Proved 26th April 1822
* No doubt, St. Margaret's, Rochester
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