In the Name of God Amen this seventh day of May in the year of Our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty one I William Henty of Portsmouth Common in the County of Southampton Belonging to His Majesty's Victualling Office in Portsmouth in the County aforesaid Being in good Health and of Sound Perfect and Desposing Memory and Understanding Do make and ordain those Presents to Contain my Last Will and Testament in Manner and form Following that is to Say First and Principally I give my soul to god and my Body to the Earth and my Worldly estate as follows that is to sa I give and Bequeath All My Pay and Wages and Sums of Money Goods Chattles and Estate Whatsoever and Wheresoever and of what Nature Kind Quality or Sort that I shall Dye Possessed of Interested In or Entitled unto, to Mary my Loveing Wife so and for her own use and Benefit And I do hereby Nominate Constitute and Appoint the Said Mary my Wife Sole Executrix of this my Will, Except these Legacies as Undermentioned That is to Say I give and bequeath at my Decease unto John Henty my Brother all my Wareing Apparel and my watch if any; And unto Margaret Simes my Mother in Law One Guinea And to Mary Henty and John Henty two of my Brother John's children One Guinea Each And to Samuel Henty my Godson Two Guineas all the Legacies to be Paid at my Decease If either of the above named Persons Should Die before me the Legacie of such Person or Persons shall be equally shared between the Survivors to their own use and uses forever. I doe hereby bequeath to Mary my Loveing Wife all that I shall Die Possessed of Except the abovementioned articles for her own use and benefit during her Natural Life And after my decease to be my Brother John's and his Heirs forever; and lastly I doe hereby revoke all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made In Testamony that this is my Last Will and Testament I have hereunto set my hand the day and year first above written

William Henty

Witnesses Nich Diddams      Joshua Andrews

Hampshire Record Office