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This is the last Will and Testament of
Thomas Garland of Worgate in the County of Dorset Yeoman at the
time in Perfect Health and Memory and understanding for which
great Blessing I thank Almighty God to whose mercifull Goodness
I recommend my Soul in the Humblest Manner and my Body in case I
dye at Worgate or near Wareham to be Buried in the same Grave
with my Dear first Wife in the Church of Lady Saint Mary in the
Town of Wareham aforesaid and my desire is to be Buried in as
private a manner as Possible Next as to my Worldly Goods and
Property of every Description which it hath Pleas’d Almighty God
to Bless me with I Dispose of it as follows That is to say – I
give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth or Betty Garland
the sum of One Thousand Pounds I also give and Bequeath unto the
Children of my Son James Pointer Garland that may be living at
my Death the sum of One Thousand pounds divided equally amongst
them I also give and Bequeath unto my Dear Wife Elizabeth
Garland the sum of Twenty Pounds I also give and Bequeath unto
my Son George Garland the sum of Twenty Pounds The aforesaid
Legacies to be paid within two Years from the time of my Death
and I also give and Bequeath all my Household Goods and Plate to
my Son Joseph Garland and my Daughter Elizabeth or Betty Garland
to be Divided equally between them And Lastly I give and
Bequeath all the rest and residue of my Personal Estate of every
Description Whatever not Herein before Dispos’d of I give and
Bequeath at the Discharging of all my Debts and Funeral Expences
to my Son Joseph Garland and I do hereby make Constitute and
appoint the said Joseph Garland as the sole Executor of this my
Will being Written in my own Hand Writeing November the
Nineteenth In the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eighteen Hundred
and Twenty five – And I do hereby declare that it is not from
the want of Affection to my Wife Eliza Garland and my Sons John
Watts Garland and George Garland that I have not bequeathed more
to them or either of Them But solely Because my Wife Elizabeth
Garland is provided for in her Marriage Settlement and my Sons
Geprge Garland and John Watts Garland had their share of my
property already I the said Testator Thomas Garland declare this
to be my last Will and Testament all former Wills being revok’d
Sign’d Seal’d and Publish’d in the presence of
(Witnesses illegible)
Whereas I Thomas Garland of Worgate in the
County of Dorset Gentleman have in and by my last Will and
Testament Bearing date the Nineteenth Day of November one
Thousand Eighteen Hundred and Twenty five appointed my Son
Joseph Garland sole Executor for the purposes therein mentioned
Now do hereby constitute and appoint my Son John Watts Garland
of the City of Lisbon Portugal, Merchant Joint Executor and
trustee with my said Son Joseph Garland for the Purposes also
therein Mentioned and I do hereby ratify and confirm my said
will in all other respects and do declare this ........Writeing
to be a Codicil to my said Will and I do direct the same to be
annex’d thereto and taken as part thereof In Witness whereof I
the said Thomas Garland have to this Codicil set my Hand and
Seal this Fourteenth Day of January in the Year of our Lord one
Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Six
Thomas Garland
(Attestation Clause)
G V Bartlett John Gillingham
William Tuck
Proved 27 September 1828 at Bristol
Dorchester Record Office
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