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Wills of
Gillingham Shipwrights 1621 - 1852
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
John REDSAIL
1844
(This document is in poor condition)
I JOHN REDSAIL a Superannuated Shipwright of Chatham Dock
Yard residing in Manor Street Brompton Kent being of sound mind but
infirm in body do hereby make this my last will and testament I
hereby constitute my grand daughter MARY GRACE RIX
my sole Executrix ? to see me decently interred
and pay all my just debts for which I
hereby give and bequeath to my said executrix my
? ?
? all my household furniture my Club money (about
thirteen pounds) and whatever arrears of superannuation may be due to me
at the time of my decease I have
Thirty pounds standing in my name in the Rochester and Chatham Savings
Bank which I give and bequeath JOS.
? SOLLER ?, ten pounds to [his?] three
daughters ?
? ? and MATILDA
LASH I likewise give to my
daughter MARY GRACE BELCHER my silver watch Given
under my hand this 8th day of August 1843 in the presence of the
following witnesses CHRISTOPHER MEDFORTH ? JESSE
CROWHURST
Will signed with his mark X
Affidavit 30th December 1843
JESSE CROWHURST of High Street Brompton Tallow Chandler is
sworn. The rest is part illegible but is probably the usual statement,
that he and the other witness witnessed the will after REDSAIL
had signed it in his presence and that of each other.
Proved 5th January 1844.
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