Aspects of Kentish Local History

Wills of Sheerness Shipwrights 1693 - 1855
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills  (Pre 1858)

JOHN DANIELL 1693

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I JOHN DANIELL of Sheerness in the County of Kent Shipwright and now Storekeeper of Sheerness being in good health of body and of sound and perfect mind and memory praised be God therefore but considering the frailty and uncertainties of human life that as there is nothing more certaine than death soe nothing more uncertaine than the time of man's dissolution doe therefore make ordaine and declare this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following (that is to say) first and principally I commend my soul into the merciful hands of Allmighty God and my body I committ unto the Earth from whence it came to be decently buried as my Executrix hereinafter named shall think fitt with as little charge as may be and as for my temporal Estate which God of his mercie hath bestowed upon me and wherewith I shall be endued or possessed at the time of my decease I doe give bequeath and dispose of the same in manner and forme following (that is to say) Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my welbeloved wife SARAH DANIELL and my daughter ELIZABETH DANIELL all such sume and summes of money as shall be due owing or payable unto me at my decease and alsoe all my Messuages Lands tenements whatsoever situate lying and being in Flagon Row in the parish of Lower Deptford in the County of Kent one Messuage or tenement now in the occupation of JOHN LINES and is next adjoying to a Messuage of Tenement now in the occupation of THOMAS EVENDEN and is next adjoying to a Messuage or Tenement late in the occupation of SARAH NOTTINGIRKER?, to have and to hold the same unto her the said SARAH DANIELL from and after my decease for the use of my children hereinafter named that is to say ELIZABETH DANIELL MARY DANIELL and RICHARD DANIELL begotten of my body and they are to to receive anything till they come to the age of one and twenty yeares or day of marriage not sell or dispose of anything that I shall leave them after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto my welbeloved wife SARAH DANIELL and SARAH MASON her daughter all the Lands Tenements goods money plate Jewels and Linen whatsoever that she brought with her to me that was her husband MASON's Item I give and bequeath unto my said wife SARAH DANIELL all the bedding and furniture and other goods now belonging or being in the best chamber up one paire of Staires Item I give and bequeath unto my sonns ROGER DANIELL and RICHARD DANIELL one Messuage or Tenement now in the occupation of JOHN LINES next adjoying to a Messuage or Tenement now in the occupation of HUMPHREY CADBROW on the west equally to be divided between them To have and to hold unto them and their heires for ever from and after my decease and the decease of the said JOHN LINES now in possession and not before Item I give and bequeath unto my daughters ELIZABETH DANIELL and MARY DANIELL one Messuage or Tenement now in the occupation of THOMAS EVENDEN on the East Side of Flagon Row in Lower Deptford to be equally divided between them two To have and to hold the same unto them and their heires for ever from and after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto my daughters ELIZABETH DANIELL MARY DANIELL and RICHARD DANIELL all my goods household stuff and gplate whatsoever equally to be divided between them share and share alike the plate to them by weight after my debts Legacies and funerall expenses being first paid and discharged and the remainder of my debts and ready money not herein before given and bequeathed to be equally divided between my said wife SARAH DANIELL ELIZABETH DANIELL MARY DANIELL and RICHARD DANIELL share and share alike and my will and desire is that my said wife SARAH DANIELL shall receive my sonn RICHARD DANIELL's share and proportion of money and plate and dispose of the same for his bringing up he being young and I doe hereby make and ordaine my said wife SARAH DANIELL and my said daughter ELIZABETH DANIELL full and sole (sic) Executrix of this my last will and Testament by me made and doe declare this only to be my last will and Testament In Witness whereof to this my last will and Testament contained in three Sheets of paper have hereunto sett my hand and seal this nineteenth day of August Anno Domini one thousand six hundred ninety one JOHN DANIELL Signed Sealed published and declared as the last will and Testament of JOHN DANIELL in the presence of GEO LANETH J. ROWNTHWAITE J. WINTERFLOOD

Proved 10th August 1693