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The Will of Mary Jeffcoat

 

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 admin.

 

 

This Will was kindly transcribed and sent in by Elizabeth.

 

 

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