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Notes of Beneficiaries etc.....From The
Will of Anne Eyre Dixon of Middleham , widow.
Benficiaries were -
To ANN wife of CHRISTOPHER TOPHAM Esq of
Middleham all my household furniture plate linen glass china books
pictures wearing apparel carriage horses and wine belonging to me,
for her own use.
Also to my daughter ANN all my land and real
and personal estate in the State of Virginia, the City of Washington
and elsewhere in the United States of America to which I am entitled
by virtue of the last will and testament of my late revered father
RICHARD SMITH Esq for ANN ..... free from the control debts or
engagements of the present or any future husband , but with charges
on by JOHN WARDER, JEREMIAH WARDER and JOHN HEAD WARDER of the City
of Philadelphia, merchants, in respect of a tract of land in
Virginia.....
My late husband JOHN DIXON Esq made a will the
14 November 1833 and left £300 to be paid out after my decease, I
now appoint the £300 to my cousins FRANCIS ATKINSON of Threadeneedle
Street in the City of london, stockbroker and GEORGE ATKINSON of
Church Court, Lothbury in the City of London, gent, as trustees for
my daughter ANN TOPHAM.
To my grand daughter ANNE MARTHA TOPHAM a very
good and handsome gold watch with a gold watch chain and seals to be
purchased out of my money at a cost of 100 guineas when she is 15
years old. To my much respected and esteemed son in law CHRISTOPHER
TOPHAM a handsome Diamond mourning ring or diamond shirt pin to be
purchased to the value of 25 guineas....
I hereby appoint FRANCIS ATKINSON and GEORGE
ATKINSON as executors with a legacy of £25 ....
19 October 1839
witnesses William Handley of Middleham,
gardener, late servant in the family ; Isabella Handley, his wife ;
Mary Hopps, servant to Mrs Dixon.
On 12 November 1840 Francis Atkinson appeared
and was sworn etc and the goods and chattels did not at the time
amount to £1,200
The personal estate and effects of this
Testatrix were afterwards found to exceed £1,500 but were under
£2,000
RD.AP1.182.35.1
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