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Wills of Sheerness Shipwrights 1693 - 1855
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
JAMES OLIVER
1844
I
JAMES OLIVER of
Blue Town Sheerness in
the County of Kent late a
Shipwright in the Dock yard hereby revoke and make void all other wills
made by me at any time and do make and publish this my last Will and
Testament
I
give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife ELIZABETH OLIVER
for the term of her natural life all
that messuage or tenement in which I now reside at Blue Town aforesaid
together with the use of all the furniture whatsoever not any of which
shall be sold during
her lifetime
I give
unto my said Wife all my clothes for her own use and benefit
and from and after the decease of my said Wife
I give
and bequeath the said house
and furniture unto RICHARD BRIGHTMAN of Sheerness House
Agent upon trust that the said RICHARD BRIGHTMAN or his
heirs executors administrators and assigns shall absolutely sell the
same as son as he or they may deem it necessary either by public auction
or private contract to any
person or persons willing to
become the purchaser or purchasers thereof
for such sums of money as he or they may deem reasonable
and for facilitating such sales shall execute all conveyances
necessary thereto and
I do hereby declare that the receipts of my said Trustee or his
representatives for the money payable
to him or them shall be a good and sufficient discharge to my
will and mind to be that the said trustee shall stand possessed of all
the money arising from the said sales upon and for the trusts
hereinafter expressed
that is
to say to pay unto SUSAN JOHNSON
the sum of four pounds to my Executor hereinafter named the sum
of five pounds all expenses connected with my own
and my wife's funerals administering
to this my last Will
and
the Residue to be divided amongst
the following parties or the survivors of them without any reference to
their heirs in equal proportions my
Son ISAAC OLIVER my daughter SARAH KING
ANN BURLEY PHOEBE
ANSELL and my grand
daughter MARY AUGER
Now I do
hereby appoint RICHARD BRIGHTMAN of Sheerness House Agent
Executor of this my last Will and Testament
In
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21st day of
November 1839 JAMES OLIVER Signed sealed
published and declared as
and for the last Will and Testament of the said JAMES OLIVER
in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each
other ave hereunto set our hands as Witnesses thereto on the 21st day of
November one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine JOHN ADAMS
WILLIAM SMITH Sheerness
Affidavit 11th June 1844
WILLIAM
SMITH a Receiving Officer of the Sheerness Union, states, on
oath, that he and the other witness signed the will at the same time and
after the testator signed in their presence.
Proved 14th June 1844
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