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The Will of Anthony Barrett of East Garston in the County of Berks and Diocese of Sarum

I Anthony Barrett of East Garston in the County of Berks Blacksmith do make this my last Will and Testament and dispose of such Worldly Goods and Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow on me as followeth that is to say First I give my Loving Wife and her Heirs for Ever my Messuage or Tenement in which I now live Situate in East Garston aforesaid with the Garden and Appurtenances thereunto belonging And I give my Nephew Joseph Hopkins whom now lives with me and his Heirs my Shop in East Garston aforesaid and all my Estate and Interest therein he paying my Wife Yearly and every Year during her Life Thirty Shillings if she demand the same but not otherwise Also I give to my Nephews Thomas Richard and Anthony Barrett Twenty Pound a piece and also to my Niece Jane Savory now the Wife of William Savory Twenty Pounds Also I give Wm Thomas Anthony and James Palmer Twenty pounds apiece and also to my Niece Mary now the Wife of Robert Stevens twenty pounds Also I give to my Brother Thomas Barrett and my Sister Palmer One Guinea Each all the above mentioned Legacys to be paid within one Year next after my Decease Also I give Thomas Blake of East Garston aforesd Carpenter who marryed my late Sister Jane Palmer five pounds to be paid within one Year next after my Decease Also I give my Wifes Niece Anne Rogers if She lives to attain the Age of Twenty One Years five Pounds Also all the Rest and Residue of my Personal Estate I give to my loving Wife Katherine and appoint her Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me made In Testimony whereof I the said Anthony Barrett the Testator have hereunto set my hand and Seal the Eighth Day of September in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty three    Anthony Barrett

(Attestation Clause)
Thomas Quelch-Richard Humphreys-Tho Butler

Proved at Newbury 23 July 1770
Wiltshire Record Office

This Will was kindly  transcribed and sent in by Ros.

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