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This is the last Will and Testament of me
Mary Jeffcoat of Aylesbury in the County of Bucks Widow as
followeth Ffirst I give and devise unto my ffriends William
Littleboy of Bourne End Mill in the Parish of [blank] in the
County of Hertford Mealman and John Wheeler of Aylesbury
aforesaid Grocer All that my Messuage or Tenement wherein I now
dwell situate and being in Walton Street in Aylesbury aforesaid
in the said County of Bucks with the rights members and
appurtenances thereunto belonging and all other my real estate
within the Kingdom of Great Britain To hold unto the said
William Littleboy and John Wheeler and their heirs In trust
nevertheless to sell the same for the most money which can be
reasonably gotten either by public auction or private Contract
and to convey the same and every part thereof for all such
estate and interest which I shall be seized or possessed of in
or to that same to and for the use of such purchaser or
purchasers thereof and I hereby direct that the receipt or
receipts of my Trustees the said William Littleboy and John
Wheeler or the survivor of the m or of the heirs of such
survivor shall be good and sufficient discharges or discharge to
such purchaser or purchasers for such purchase money or any part
thereof and that such purchaser or purchasers shall not be
obliged to see to the application of such purchase money or of
any part thereof And I direct that such purchase money so to be
paid to my said Trustees shall be considered by them and go as
part of my personal estate and I give and bequeath unto the said
William Littleboy and John Wheeler All and singular my money and
securities for money rents goods chattels rights credits and
personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever In trust to convert
the same into money and thereout to pay my just debts
testamentary and funeral expenses and the residue or surplus
arising from my said personal estate to add to the money arising
from my said real estate and the amount thereof or component sum
to divide into eight equal parts and to pay four equal parts
thereof as soon as conveniently may be unto and between my sons
John Jeffcoat and Daniel Jeffcoat and my daughters Ann the wife
of Samuel Purser and Mary the wife of Joseph Naylor share and
share alike and to pay Interest or Dividends to arise from one
other equal eighth part of the said component sum unto my
daughter Hannah the wife of William Ffreeman for and during the
term of her natural life and for her own use and to be at her
disposal without any control over the same by the said William
Ffreeman and I direct the same to be paid half yearly if
possible and that her receipt along shall be sufficient
discharge from time to time for the same And from and
immediately after her decease Then in trust to pay the said
interest or dividends thereof unto or for the use of all and
every her Children or Child during their his or [her] minority
and as they severally shall attain the age of twenty one years
to pay the principal or said one eighth part unto and among them
or equally share and share alike if more than one or to such one
and in case they should all die and leave any lawful Issue then
I direct the said principal to be paid for the maintenance and
education of such Issue as my Trustees shall in their discretion
think fit and in case my said daughter Hannah Freeman should
leave no child or children to attain the age of twenty one years
or any lawful Issue thereof as aforesaid Then I direct the said
one eighth part to go and be considered as a part of the said
component sum or residue of my said personal estate and in trust
to pay Interest or Dividends to arise from one other equal
eighth part of the said component sum unto my daughter Martha
the wife of George Coolin for and during the term of her natural
life to and for her own use and to be at her disposal without
any control over the same by the said George Coolin and I direct
the same be paid half yearly if possible and that her receipt
alone shall be a sufficient discharge from time to time for the
same and from and immediately after her decease Then in trust to
pay the said interest or dividends thereof unto or for the use
of all and every her Children or Child during their his or her
minority and as they severally shall attain the age of twenty
one years to pay the principal or the said one eight part unto
and amongst them equally share and share alike if more than one
or to such one and in case they should all die and leave any
lawful issue Then I direct that the said principal shall be paid
for the maintenance and education of such Issue as my Trustees
shall in their discretion think fit and in case may said
daughter Martha Coolin should leave no child or children to
attain the age of twenty one years or any Issue thereof as
aforesaid Then I direct the said one eight part to go and be
considered as part of the said component sum or residue of my
said personal Estate and In trust to pay interest or dividends
to arise from one other eight part of the said component sum
unto my granddaughters Mary and Rebecca Freeman) the daughters
of my late daughter Rebecca Freeman) or to the survivor of them
during her or their minority and as they severally shall attain
the age of twenty one years to pay the principal or the said one
eight part unto them share and share alike or the whole to the
survivor of them and in case they or either of them should die
and leave lawful issue Then I direct the said principal to be
paid for the maintenance and education of such Issue as my said
Trustees shall in their discretion think fit and in case my said
Granddaughters or either of them should die Minors and leave no
such lawful Issue Then I direct the said principal or the said
one eight part to go and be considered as part of the said
component sum or residue of my said personal estate and in trust
to pay interest or dividends to arise from the residue eighth
part of the said component sum unto my Granddaughter Hannah
Hemmings (the daughter of my daughter Sarah Hemmings) during her
minority and when she shall have attained the age of twenty one
years to pay the principal or the said eighth part unto her my
said Granddaughter and in case she should die and leave lawful
Issue Then I direct the said principal to be paid for the
maintenance and education of such Issue as my said Trustees
shall in their discretion think fit And in case she my said
Granddaughter Hannah Hemmings should die a minor and leave no
such lawful Issue then I direct the said principal or eighth
part to go and be considered as part of the said component sum
or residue of my said Personal Estate and I hereby direct that
in case any of the eighth parts or shares of the said component
sum arising from my said real and Personal Estate shall (by the
decease of any of my Legatees hereinbefore named dying Minors
and without lawful issue as aforesaid become vested? or as part
of the residue of my personal estate that the same shall then
from time to time accordingly as such Legacy shall lapse be
equally divided among the remainder of my said Legatees who
shall be then living and paid in the like manner which I have
hereinbefore severally and respectively prescribed and in case
any or either of my said Legatees shall choose to take any of my
household goods Linen or Wearing Apparel at a fair appraisement
Then I direct that the same shall go towards and be considered
as part of his her or their respective legacy or legacies and
lastly I hereby constitute and make appoint the said William
Littleboy and John Wheeler joint Executors of this my Last Will
and Testament and I hereby revoke and make void all former Wills
whatsoever by me made and published and declare this only to be
my last Will and Testament and I hereby order and direct my said
Trustees and Executors to repay themselves all costs charges and
expenses which they respectively shall sustain or be put unto in
the execution of the trusts hereby in them reposed and that they
shall not be answerable for any more money or effects than shall
come to their hands by virtue of this my will nor for any
insufficiently or deficiency of any Security so as the same?
happen not by their or either of their wilful neglect or default
and that one of them shall not be answerable or accountable for
the acts receipts neglects or defaults of the other of them but
such only for his own acts receipts? neglects or defaults
respectively In Witness whereof I the said Mary Jeffcoat to this
my last Will and Testament contained in four sheets of paper
have to the four first sheets thereof set my hand and to this
last my hand and seal the sixth day of September in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one Mary Jeffcoat
(signed) Signed sealed published and declared by the above named
Mary Jeffcoat the Testatrix as and for her last Will and
Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our
names as witnesses in the presence of the said Testatrix and of
each other William Bull (signed) B J Sailthorp
Proved at London 9th April 1829 before the
worshipful Jesse? Addams Dr of Laws and Surre by William
Littleboy and John Wheeler the Executors to whom admon was
granted the said William Littleboy having first made a solemn
and sincere Declaration or Affirmation according to an act of
parliament the said John Wheeler having been first sworn duly to
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