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This is the last Will and Testament of me
Keith Catto of Gosport in the County of Southampton Victualler
as follows
First and Principally I resign my Soul
into the hands of Almighty God and my Body I Commit to the Earth
to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors and
Trustees hereinafter Named and as to such Worldly Estate
wherewith it has pleased God to bless me (my just Debts and
Funeral Expences and the Charges attending the Proving of this
my Will being first duly paid and discharged) I Give and dispose
thereof in manner following (that is to say) I give devise unto
William Hyslop of Gosport aforesaid house carpenter John Hyslop
of the same Place House Carpenter and William Smith of Portsea
in the said County of Southampton Shipwright All that Messuage
or Tenement bearing the Sign of the Sun situate lying and being
on the North Side of the North Street in Gosport aforesaid with
the Garden behind the same and passage leading to the Shore on
the North side of Gosport aforesaid and all and singular other
the premises thereunto belonging now in my own Occupation also
All that Messuage Tenement or Dwellinghouse situate lying and
being also on the North Side of North Street aforesaid and
adjoining Eastward to the said other Messuage with the Kitchen
and Room over the same and all and singular other the Premises
thereunto belonging which I lately purchased of Mrs Hyett And
also All that Storehouse and Premises near the Shore on the said
North Side of Gosport aforesaid which I also lately purchased of
Mrs Hyett To hold the same with their Appurtenances unto the
said William Hyslop John Hyslop and William Smith their Heirs
and Assigns Upon this Special Trust and Confidence Nevertheless
that They and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Heirs
and Assigns of such Survivor do and shall pay to or else well
and sufficiently authorize and Empower my Daughter Jane the wife
of the said William Smith to receive the Rents Issues and
Profits thereof and of every part and parcel thereof for her own
Use and Benefit for and during the Term of her Natural Life and
from and immediately after her Decease Then upon this further
Trust that They the said William Hyslop John Hyslop and William
Smith and the survivors and survivor of them and the heirs and
assigns of such survivor do and shall pay apply and dispose of
the Rents Issues and Profits of the said Two Messuages
Storehouse Hereditaments and Premises for and towards the
maintenance support and Education of my Grandchildren Margaret,
Jane Elizabeth Charlotte and Walter Smith and all and every
other the Children of my said Daughter Jane which she shall have
or She may be Enciente with at the death of her said husband and
on their severally and respectively attaining the age of Twenty
one years Then upon Further Trust that they the said William
Hyslop, John Hyslop and William Smith or the Survivors or
Survivor of them and the Heirs and Assigns of such Survivor Do
and Shall by Proper Deeds of Conveyance well and truly
Grant Bargain Sell Assure Release and
Convey the said two Messuages storehouse Hereditaments and
Premises unto all and every the said Children their Heirs and
Assigns for ever as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants
(But in case all and every the said Children shall happen to die
under the age of Twenty one Years without lawful Issue then it
is my Will and Meaning that the same shall go to my right Heirs
for ever. Also I Give and devise unto the said William Hyslop,
John Hyslop and William Smith All that Storehouse (and Premises
which I lately purchased of Mrs Brett situate and lying also
near the Shore on the North Side of Gosport aforesaid and also
the Quay which I lately Erected and made on the Mud Land which I
lately purchased of Messrs Purkis and Compton To hold unto the
said William Hyslop, John Hyslop and William Smith, their Heirs
and Assigns Upon this further special Trust and Confidence
Nevertheless that They and the Survivors or Survivor of them and
the heirs and assigns of such Survivor Do and shall pay to or
else well and sufficiently authorize and empower my Son
Alexander Catto to receive the Rents Issues and Profits thereof
and every Part and Parcel thereof for his own Use and Benefit
for and during the Term of his Natural Life and from and
immediately after his Decease Then upon this further Trust that
they the said William Hyslop, John Hyslop and William Smith or
the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Heirs and Assigns of
such Survivor Do and shall pay apply and dispose of the Rents
Issues and Profits of the said last mentioned Storehouse Quay
and Premises for and towards the Maintenance Support and
Education of my two Grandchildren Keith Catto and James Catto
sons of the said Alexander Catto and on their severally
attaining the Age of Twenty one years Then upon Further Trust
that they the said William Hyslop, John Hyslop and William Smith
or the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Heirs and Assigns
of such Survivor Do and shall by Proper Deeds of Conveyance will
and truly grant Bargain Sell Assure Release and Convey the said
last mentioned Storehouse Quay and Premises unto the said Keith
Catto and James Catto their Heirs and assigns for ever as
Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants. But in case the said
Keith Catto and James Catto shall both happen to die under the
age of Twenty one Years without lawful Issue Then it is my Will
and Meaning that the same shall go to my right Heirs for ever
Also I Give and Bequeath unto the said Keith Catto and James
Catto the Sum of One Hundred Pounds apiece of good and lawful
Money of Great Britain to be paid them on their respectively
attaining the age of Twenty one years but it is my Will and
Meaning and I do hereby Order and direct my said Trustees to
………………. (illegible line - missing) further maintenance Support
and Education. Also I Give and bequeath unto my said
Granddaughter Margaret Smith the Gold Watch
and Trinkets which were my late wife’s and
also I Give and Bequeath unto my said Daughter Jane Smith All my
Household Goods and Furniture Plate Linen and China and all the
Rest and residue of my Monies Securities for Money and all other
my Estate and Effects (not hereinbefore disposed of) of what
Nature or Kind soever and wheresoever which I am now or shall be
possessed or Interested in or entitled unto at the time of my
Decease to and for her own Use Benefit and disposal And I do
hereby Nominate and Appoint my said Daughter Jane Executrix and
the said William Hyslop, John Hyslop and William Smith joint
Executors and Trustees of this my will hereby revoking all
former and other wills by me at any time heretofore made And I
do hereby direct that my said Executrix Executors and Trustees
shall not be answerable or accountable for any losses that shall
or may happen to my said Estate and Effects or any Part thereof
unless the same shall happen through their own Default and that
they shall not be answerable the one for the others or other of
them or for the acts Deeds or Receipts of the others or other of
them but each of them for her and his own acts and Deeds only
and I do hereby further direct and appoint that my said
Executrix Executors and Trustees their Executors and
Administrators shall and may deduct and reimburse herself
themselves or himself by and out of may said Estate and Effects
all such Costs Charges and Expences as They any or either of
them shall or may expend or be Put unto for or by reason or
means of the Execution or Performance of the Trusts of this my
Will In witness whereof I the said Testator Keith Catto have at
the bottom of the two First Sheets of this my will (the whole
whereof is contained in three Sheets of Paper) subscribed my
Name and to this third and last sheet subscribed my name and
affixed my seal the sixteenth day of December in the Year of our
Lord One thousand Eight Hundred.
Signed sealed published and declared by
the said Testator Keith Catto as asked 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 are
own Names as Witnesses thereto
signed
Keith Catto
James Collins
James Pearce
Andrew Hewson
The 4th Day of February 1801
On which day the within named Jane Smith
William Hyslop John Hyslop and William Smith Executrix and
Executors named in the within last Will and Testament of Keith
Catto late of Gosport in the Diocese of Winchester and County of
Southampton Victualler deceased were duly sworn that they
believed the within to be the true last Will and Testament of
the said Keith Catto deceased That they would pay all the Debts
and Legacies of the deceased as far as the Goods would extend
and the Law bind them and that they would exhibit and true full
and perfect Inventory of all and every the Goods Rights and
Credits of the deceased together with a joint and true Account
into the Registry of the Consistory Court of the Lord Bishop of
Winchester when they should be lawfully required and that the
Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased are under the
value of three hundred pounds.
Before me
(signed)
J M Bingham Surrogate |
