I, James Parsons, of Crouch Hill Farm in the Parish of Holwell do hereby make this my last Will and Testament. I give and bequeath all my Property that is now or may be belonging to me, in money, cattle, Furniture or otherwise, to my five children, James, George, John, Mary, and William, to be equally divided among them. I omit my son Thomas in this my Will only because I have reason to expect that he will be provided for by his uncle with whom he is now living.  And I hereby nominate and appoint my son James as the Sole Executor of this my Will, to divide my Property as above stated, after paying all my debts and funeral expenses.                    In witness my hand this 12 of January 1854                           the mark  X of James Parsons   Signed in presence of   Thomas Hayward Robert Pollock   On the twenty fifth day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty four the within Will of James Parsons late of Holwell in the County of Somerset and Archdeaconry of Dorset Farmer deceased was proved by the oath of James Parsons of Holwell aforesaid Farmer the sole Executor therein named to whom Administration of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased was granted He being first duly sworn well and faithfully to administer the same to exhibit a true and perfect Inventory thereof into the Registry of the Court of the Archdeacon of Dorset and render a just account thereon when thereto lawfully required and that the whole of the Goods chattels and credits of the said deceased does not amount in value to the sum of Six hundred pounds And lastly that the said deceased died on or about the Twentieth day of January One thousand eight hundred and fifty four          Sworn before me                                              James Penny   Probate dated 23rd Sept 1854