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I Jno Hn Gell of the Parish of Ickenham in the
County of Middlesex hereby revoke all former Wills Codicils and
Testamentary dispositions by me heretofore made & declare this to be
my last Will & Testament written by my own hand I give devise and
bequeath all the messuages lands tenements hereditaments monies
securities for monies stocks funds shares chattels and other real &
personal Estate of every kind or I am now or at any time shall be
seized possessed or entitled either at law or in Equity or of which
I have or at my death shall have power to dispose by Will (subject
to the payment of my funeral and testamentary expences and debts or
securities for debts unto and to the use of my Wife Charlotte Gell
her executors administrators & assigns absolutely except the inlaid
china table in the Entrance room of my dwelling house and all my
Oriental China which I have long ago given to the niece of my said
Wife Catherine Eliza Cowes should she be living at the time of my
death and my said Wife (Provided always And I do hereby declare that
if Jessie Maria Hawkins Hamilton now residing with me shall after
the respective deaths of myself and my said Wife be desirous of
occupying my freehold cottage adjoining my said residence with the
garden & appurts to the said Cottage she shall be permitted so to do
rent free she keeping the same in tenantable repair & duly insured
against loss by fire & paying the rates taxes & other outgoings in
respect thereof But if the said Jessie Maria Hawkins Hamilton shall
not occupy the said Cottage or shall cease to occupy the same then
my friend Thomas Truesdale Clarke of Swakelys if living shall be
entitled within six calendar months thereafter to purchase the same
at a price to be fixed by Mr Fassnidge of Uxbridge (who built the
same for me) or by any other with him to be nominated by the said
Thomas Truesdale Clarke and should the said Mr Fassnidge be dead
then by some other to be named by my acting Exor or Executors or by
an Umpire to be named by such two persons and such price shall be
paid to my acting Exor or Executors for the time being & their or
his receipt in writing shall be a sufficient discharge for the same
and after payment of all expences the same shall become and form
part of the residue of my Estate and it shall be lawful for such
Exor or Exors to invest such purchase money in any funds or stock
they judge fit Provided lastly that if the said Jessie Maria Hawkins
Hamilton shall determine on occupying the said Cottage and my said
friend Thomas Truesdale Clarke should prefer building a similar one
on freehold ground or elsewhere to be approved by the said Jessie
Maria Hawkins Hamilton giving in the whole half a quarter of an acre
of ground & making a Conveyance of the same to my Exors he shall be
at liberty to do so such new Cottage or house having the same
convenience of water as the present Cottage has And I desire it to
be understood that the said Jessie Maria Hawkins Hamilton should she
not occupy the said Cottage shall not be at liberty to lett the same
but with the consent of the said Thomas Truesdale Clarke And in the
event of the said Thomas Truesdale Clarke declining either to
purchase it or to build another elsewhere as aforesaid & in exchange
for it the same to be sold as aforesaid hereby nevertheless giving
to my said Wife should she see fit full power to revoke the
permission hereby given to the said Jessie Maria Hawkins Hamilton to
enjoy the said Cottage And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said
Wife and my friend Robert Marsh to whom I do hereby give and
bequeath Three hundred and twenty pounds of the Cloisters
Westminster Abbey Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and
Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this twelfth day of October One thousand eight hundred and fifty
three _Jno Hy Gell
(Attestation Clause)
Thomas Alldridge Verger of Westminster
Abbey - Rebecca Alldridge his Wife both residing in the House
of the said John Henry Gell in the Cloisters Westminster
Proved at London 24 November 1856
PCC Prob11/2241
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