IN
THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I BENJAMIN
OAKSHOTT late acting Master Shipwright in Her Majesty's Dock Yard
Bermuda but now of Sheerness in the County of Kent being in health of
body and of sound and
disposing mind memory and understanding praise be unto Almighty God for
the same but considering the uncertainty of this transitory life Do make
publish and declare this my
last Will and Testament in
manner following that is to say I recommend my Soul into the hands of my
Maker in full assurance of
Salvation My Body I commit
to the earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executrix
hereinafter named And as to my worldly Estate
wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me
I
give and bequeath all my household goods and furniture and all my money
securities for money chattels and effects of what nature and Kind soever
and wheresoever the same shall be or
? which
I shall have any controlling
or ?
power at the time of my death
unto my dear Wife BETSEY BISHOP OAKSHOTT and
at her decease (after taking therefrom whatever she may require
during her life for the education and maintenance of my dear
children or for any other
necessity which may arise) then my will is that the residue
(if any) shall be equally divided between al and every
the children by me lawfully begotten
that may be living at the time of her decease share and share
alike Provided the youngest
of them shall have attained the age of twenty one years But if the
youngest of such surviving children shall not have attained his or her
age of twenty one years then
I
give and bequeath the same unto my Nephew JOHN JAMES PIDDELL
his executors and administrators Upon trust
to receive and apply all monies towards
the maintenance education and
advancement in life of such
of my said Children as he or she be unprovided for To hold the same unto
the said JOHN JAMES PIDDELL his executors and
administrators until the youngest of such children shall have attained
his or her age of twenty one years or being a girl shall be married
whichever shall first happen then equally to be divided whatever
he may stand possessed of between the survivors of such children and if
one only survivor he or she
to take the entirety of
such remainder But if none of my said Children shall be living at the
death of my dear Wife nor
any issue by them lawfully begotten then
I
give and bequeath all that my said personal estate and effects
monies and securities for money
unto and among my four sisters share and share alike
but if either or any of them shall have departed this life
her or their share or
shares proportion or proportions shall
be equally divided between the surviving Daughter or Daughters
of such deceased sister or sisters
But if MARY OAKSHOTT one of my said four Sisters
and now unmarried shall depart this life
without issue female lawfully
begotten then her share or
proportion to be equally
divided between her
surviving sister or sisters or
between her or their surviving daughter or daughters
share and share alike
And
I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said dear Wife BETSEY
BISHOP OAKSHOTT sole
Executrix of this my last
Will and Testament
In
Witness whereof I the said BENJAMIN OAKSHOTT have to this
my last Will written on two
sheets of paper hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this thirteenth
day of December in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
forty two BENJN.
OAKSHOTT Signed sealed published and declared by the above
named BENJAMIN OAKSHOTT as and for his last Will and
Testament in the presence of
us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each
other have subscribed our
names as Witnesses
thereto R. DARLEY?
F. COFFEE
Proved 30th March 1846
Headstone, once in
the Churchyard of St. Mary Magdalene , Gillingham
(From my
Monumental Inscriptions of St. Mary Magdalene, on
this website)
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MR. BENJAMIN
OAKSHOTT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE 7th OF FEBRUARY A.D. 1846
AGED 46 YEARS