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Summary:
Testator:
Thomas George, clothier,
of Croscombe, Somerset
Wife:
Anne (1)
Sons:
John and Thomas (2)
Mill owner:
John Moore
Daughters:
Anne and Elizabeth (3)
Executor:
Thomas George
Signed:
8 July 1692
Witnesses:
Abednego Pinnock, John
Rich and William Cooke
Probate:
Granted at London 11
January 1692 (Old Style)
to Thomas George
Notes:
-
Testator’s wife was
Anne Rogers,
daughter of Edward
Withers, alias
Rogers, whom he
married at Wells in
1668;
-
Neither of
testator’s sons,
John (1675-1722) and
Thomas (1670-1741),
had children, his
estate eventually
being inherited by
his granddaughter
Elizabeth Bryant;
-
Testator’s daughter
Elizabeth married
John Bryant of
Bampton, Devon; and
had a daughter
Elizabeth who
married Rev. John
Jenkins, a canon of
Wells Cathedral, in
1743; his other
daughter Anne was
still unmarried in
1735.
Source:
UK
National Archives, Prob
11/413, Image 83
Text:
In
the name of God, Amen.
In the third year of the
reign of our sovereign
Lord and Lady William
and Mary, by the grace
of God over England,
Scotland, France and
Ireland, King and Queen,
defenders of the faith,
the eighth day of July
Anno one thousand six
hundred and ninety two,
I, Thomas George of the
parish of Croscombe in
the county of Somerset,
clothier, being weak in
body but in perfect mind
and memory, thanks be to
God for the same, do
make and ordain this my
last will and testament
in writing in manner and
form as following
First, I bequeath my
soul into the hands of
Almighty God my creator
and Jesus Christ my
redeemer by whose
merits, death and
passion I steadfastly
believe to enjoy life
everlasting and for my
body to be buried at the
discretion of my
executor
Item, I give unto my
well beloved wife Anne
George all my chattel
leases in the parish of
Croscombe for term of
her life
Item, I give unto Anne
George my wife all my
household goods in my
now dwelling house
Item, I give unto Anne
my wife two hundred
pounds to be paid in six
months after my decease
Item, I give unto my son
John all my leases in
the parish of Pennard
Item, I give unto my son
John my mills and mill
harness by John Moore’s
mill after the decease
of his mother
Item, I give to my son
John one hundred pounds
to be paid at the age of
one and twenty years
Item, I give to my
daughter Anne two
hundred and fifty pounds
to be paid at her day of
marriage or the age of
one and twenty years
which first shall happen
Item, I give to my
daughter Elizabeth two
hundred and fifty pounds
to be paid at her day of
marriage or at the age
on one and twenty as it
shall first happen
And my will is that if
my daughter Anne of my
daughter Elizabeth or my
son John do die before
the money is due to be
paid, then it shall
remain to my executor
and to the other two
equally divided in three
parts
Item, I give unto my son
Thomas all the rest of
my goods not yet given
and do make and ordain
him to be full executor
of this my last will and
testament // Tho: George
//
Signed, sealed and
delivered in the
presence of //
Abednego Pinnock // the
mark of John Rich //
William Cooke //
Probate (in Latin) at
London 11 January 1692
(English Style) granted
to Thomas George, son
and executor named in
the will. |
