Thomas DANIEL
1841
I
THOMAS DANIEL Caulker of the Parish of Chatham in the County of
Kent being of sound mind do make this my last will and testament
I hereby constitute
and appoint JOHN BAILEY (my son in law) and THOMAS BARTON
of Chatham my joint Executors and at my decease I have to request them to
see me decently buried and pay all my funeral expenses
I wish as soon as
possible after my decease that my executors will divide the whole of my
property (except the three shares in the Medway Shipping Company) which
consists of household furniture plate linen and securities for monies into
four equal shares & give them as follows
To FREDERICK DANIEL
(my son) half my wearing apparel furniture looking glass two mahogany
tables clothes chest silver tea tongs
MARIA RELF (my daughter) bedstead and
hangings wainscot table fire irons half my wearing apparel hearth rug and
silver milk pot
ELIZABETH BAILEY (my daughter) bed and
bedding picture and two silver table spoons
ELIZABETH FURREL?, (my grand daughter) the
carpet chairs wash handstand and tea spoons
The three shares in
the Medway Shipping Company I hereby give as follows
One share to my above named son FREDERICK DANIEL
One share to my daughter MARIA RELF
and One share to my daughter ELIZABETH BAILEY
In the event of
either of my daughters (MARIA RELF and ELIZABETH BAILEY)
dying before me I give and bequeath
their respective shares of every description of property whatsoever to
their two husbands JOHN RELF and JOHN BAILEY
or their heirs
Signed sealed and
declared by the testator THOMAS DANIEL this 21st day of
December 1840 in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names
THOMAS DANIEL
HENRY HILLIARD GEORGE ROBSON
Witnesses
Affidavit 26th August 1841
JOHN BAILEY of 7 Adelaide Terrace, New Road, Chatham, a
Police Officer in H.M. Dockyard, Chatham is sworn on oath. He states that THOMAS
DANIEL was a Superannuated Caulker at H.M. Dockyard, Chatham. He
confirms that he was present when the witnesses, who at the same time the
testator signed the will, added their names to the will as witnesses.
Proved 1st September 1841