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In the Name of God Amen I John Brown of Hall within the parish of Chard in the County of Somerset Clothier being of a Sound Mind Memory and understanding Do make Ordain Publish and Declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following / that is to say / First I Give and bequeath unto my Loving Wife Betty Brown the sum of Ten Pounds to be paid her by my Executors hereinafter named within the space of Three Months next after my decease, And also all the Household Goods and Furniture which was her’s before her intermarriage with me Also I give unto my Daughter Martha Brown the sum of Three Hundred and fifty Pounds to be paid her with lawfull Interest for the same from the day of my death at the rate of five pounds Per Centum Per Annum by my said Executors within six months next after my decease And Whereas in and by one Indenture Tripartite bearing date the Twenty Ninth day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty five and made between me the said John Brown of the first part, the said Betty my now Wife / then called Betty Sharland / of the Second part and Thomas Knight then of Nailbourne in the Parish of Herrington / since deceased / John Coles then of Bishops Lydeard / since deceased / and John Haddon of Staplegrove in the said County Gentleman of the Third part, being or purporting to be a Settlement made previous to my marriage with the said Betty It was thereby Declared and Agreed that the said Thomas Knight John Coles and John Haddon or the survivors of them his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns Should stand Seized Professed or (?)ed of a Moiety of the sum of Six Hundred Pounds therein mentioned and thereby vested in them or of the Lands and Premisses to be therewith purchased In Trust (after the death of the survivors of me the said John Brown or the said Betty my wife in case of failure of issue of our Marriage) & for the only Use and Benefit of the Heirs Exors Administrators and Assigns of me the said John Brown Now I do hereby Give Devise and Bequeath the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds as part of the sum of Three Hundred Pounds / being the moiety of the said sum of Six Hundred Pounds / or a proportionable part equivalent to that Sum of the Lands and Premises to be purchased ( in case any such purchase shall be made) unto my said daughter Martha Brown her Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns And I do also Give and Bequeath the sum of One Hundred Pounds other part of the said sum of Three Hundred Pounds or a proportionable part equivalent to that Sum of the Lands and Premises to be purchased ( in case any such purchase shall be made) unto my Son Samuel Brown his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns And I do hereby declare direct and appoint that the said John Haddon (the now surviving trustee) his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns shall after the death of the survivors of me the said John Brown and Betty my Wife in case of failure of Issue of our Marriage Stand Seized

Jno Brown [his seal]
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Possessed and Related of and in the said Moiety of the said sum of Six Hundred Pounds or of the Lands and Premisses to be therewith purchased in case any such purchase shall be made In Trust and for the use and benefit of my said Daughter and Son Martha Brown and Samuel Brown and their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns respectively in manner and form and in proportion as I have herein above Devised and Bequeathed the same to them respectively. Also I Give and Bequeath unto my Brothers Samuel Brown and William Brown and the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators, All my Household Goods and Furniture and Stock of Liquors of every Sort with the casks in which the same are contained In Trust that they do and shall as soon as conveniently maybe within the space of Two Months next after my deceased divide the same into Two equal Parts as near as may be and Immediately deliver and give up the one part thereof to my said Son Samuel Brown to and for his own use and benefit And as for and concerning the other part thereof In Trust to permit and suffer the said Betty my Wife to use and enjoy the same in my now Dwelling House and in no other place it being my Will that the same or any part thereof shall not be removed therefrom for and during so long time as she shall remain my Widow and unmarried and no longer And from and immediately after her decease or intermarriage Then In Trust to release(?) and give up I hereby give and bequeath the same unto my said Son Samuel Brown his Executors Administrators and Assigns to and for his and their own use and Benefit Also all that my Dyehouse and Furnace therein, My Back Plot, and the (?) there standing and also all other my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and also my Utensils and Stock in Trade Cloth Wooll and all the rest and residue of my Estate and Effects Book Debts Money Securities for Money Live Stock and other personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my said Son Samuel Brown his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns subject to the Payment of my Debts Legacies and Interest expenses and I do hereby nominate constitute and Appoint my said Son Samuel Brown sole Executor of this my Will hereby revoking and makeing void all former and other Will and Wills by me heretofor made published and declared In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in Two Sheets of Paper to each Sheet thereof set my hand and Seal this fifteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty One

Jno Brown [his seal]
 

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