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This is the last Will and
Testament of me George Hawks of Rotherhithe in the County
of Surrey Ship Builder I direct my just debts funeral and
testamentary expenses to be fully paid and satisfied I give
devise and bequeath all my Estate and Effects of what nature and
kind soever and wheresoever unto my wife Marianne to and
for her own absolute use and benefit and I appoint my said wife
Executrix of this my Will In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand this eighth day of September one thousand eight hundred
and forty nine – George Hawks (signed) – signed and
acknowledged by the said George Hawks the Testator as his
last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the
same time who in his presence at his request and in the presence
of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
Geo. M Phillips - R. Shafto Hawks
On the 23rd day
of May 1850 Admon (with the will annexed of the goods chattels
and credits of George Hawks late of Rotherhithe in the
county of Surrey deceased was granted to Robert Shafto Hawks
the natural and lawful brother and one of the next of kin having
been first sworn duly to administer Mary Ann (in the will
written as Marianne Hawks widow the Relict the sole Executrix
and universal Legatee named in the said will having renounced
the Probate and execution of the said Will and also the Letters
of Admon (with the said Will annexed of the goods of the said
deceased, as by Acts of Court appears. |
