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In the Name of God Amen I Samuel Jebb late
of Stratford in Essex and now of Chesterfield in the County of
Derby Doctor of Physick do make and ordain this my last Will and
Testament as follows My Soul I resign into the Hands of God that
gave it trusting in his Mercy through the Merits and Mediation
of X for the pardon and forgiveness of my Sins at the great Day
of Retribution when it shall be again reunited with my Body
which I will to be privately deposited in the Church Yard of
West Ham in Essex in the same Grave as my Dear Wife without pomp
or Pall Bearers To my Brother John Jebb and my Son Richard Jebb
I give Devise and bequeath all and every my Messuages Lands and
Hereditaments in the Parish of Northwingfield in the County of
Derby Upon Trust to the Uses Intents and Purposes following That
is to say to the Use and Behoof of my said Daughter Ann Jebb and
her Assigns for and During the Term of her natural Life without
Impeachment of Waste And from and after her Decease to the Use
and Behoof of all and every the Child and Children of my said
Daughter Ann Jebb lawfully to be begotten to be divided between
and amongst them in equall Shares and Proportions and of the
Heirs of their respective Body or Bodies lawfully issuing such
Children if more than one to take as Tenants in Common and not
as joint Tenants and for want of such Issue then to the use and
behoof of my Son Richard Jebb and his Heirs and Assigns for ever
I Do also give and bequeath to my Brother John Jebb and my Son
Richard Jebb eighteen hundred pounds Upon Trust to lay out and
invest the same in the public ffunds or Government or other good
Security At Interest and to pay the Dividends in Trust and
proceeds thereof to my Daughter Ann Jebb or to permit her to
receive the same during her Life and after her Decease Upon
Trust to pay assign or transfer the same principal Money or the
Security to be taken for the same unto and amongst the Child and
Children of my said Daughter in equal Shares and Proportions if
more than one and if but one then to such only Child and in Case
the said Ann Jebb shall happen to die without Issue then upon
Trust to pay assign or Transfer one Moiety of the said principal
Sum of Eighteen Hundred pounds or the Security to be taken for
the same unto my Son Samuel Jebb and the remaining Moiety to my
Son Avery Jebb and my Will and Mind is that the before mentioned
Legacy shall have Preferrance to the Legacies herein after
mentioned and be laid out and invested as above Directed within
four Months next after my Decease I Do also give and bequeath to
my Daughter Ann Jebb five hundred pounds willing that it shall
be in such manner employed and Disposed of by my Executors as
shall be most expedient for her emolument and advantage and in
Case the said Ann Jebb shall happen to Die without Issue and the
said sum of ffive hundred pound or any part thereof shall remain
undisposed of in the manner above mentioned then to the use of
such Person or Persons as she shall think proper to give the
same unto in whole or in part To my Son Samuel Jebb I give one
thousand pound to my Son Avery Jebb I give One thousand pound To
my Brother John Jebb and to my Son Richard Jebb I give and
bequeath the principal Sum which shall arise from the dividend
of my Son Avery’s Estate Upon Trust for the following Uses
Intents and Purposes ffirst for making Good the Deficiancy of
the Debt contracted by him with his Aunt Ann Jebb and secondly
for making Good the Deficiancy of the Debt contracted by him
with Mr Humphries and if after the Discharge of these Debts
there be any Surplusage remaining then to the sole Use of my
said Son Avery Jebb to my Daughter Ann Jebb I further give all
my Household Goods and ffurniture with all my Pictures Prints
and Books in English which shall have her own Name or the Name
of her Mother written in them together with all my Sheets Table
Linen or other Linen all my China Wares earthen ware Glasses and
Plate with whatever was her Mother’s To each of my Children I
likewise give twenty Pounds for Mourning To my Brother John Jebb
I give twenty pounds To all other my Brothers and Sisters I give
rings of the Value of one Guinea each and to Mr Wall of
Stratford, all the Rest and Residue of my Estate I give Devise
and bequeath to my Son Richard Jebb And I do hereby appoint and
constitute my said my Son Richard Jebb and my Brother John Jebb
Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all
other Wills by me made And my Will further is that neither my
said my Son Richard Jebb nor my Brother John Jebb nor the
Executors or Administrators of either of them shall be
accountable for any more money than shall come to their Hands
and Possession respectively nor with or for the Acts Receipts or
Defaults of each other and that they shall respectively be
reimbursed all such Costs Damages and expences which they may
sustain or be put unto in the Execution and performance of the
Trusts hereby in them reposed In Witness whereof I have hereunto
put my Hand and Seal this fourth Day of June in the Year of our
Lord One Thousand seven hundred and seventy one Samuel Jebb
(Attestation Clause)
Amelia Oates Saml Jebb Eliz
Jennings
Proved at London 16 June 1772 by the Oath
of Richard Jebb Doctor of Physick power reserved to John Jebb
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