Summary:

Testator:                       Ellen Pedder (1), widow, of Preston, Lancashire

Daughter and grandson: Jennett Hodgkinson (2) and James Hodgkinson, son of John and Jennet Hodgkinson

Mortgagor:                    John Barker

Lessor:                          Mr. Fleetwood

Daughter and son-in-law:          Peter and Ellen Hodgkinson (3)

Grandchildren:               Ellen, Richard, Peter, Philip, Margaret, Elizabeth, Paul, John and Mary, children of Ellen and Peter Hodgkinson (3)

Son and grandsons:       Peter Pedder and his sons Bartholomew, Philip and Peter Pedder (4)

Son:                              Richard Pedder (5)

Son and grandchildren:  Paul Pedder (6), and Robert, Jane and Thomas Pedder, his children

Grandson:                     Richard, son of testatrix’s son Philip Pedder (7)

Daughter and son-in-law:          Jennet and John Hodgkinson (8)

Grandchildren:               Ellen, Mair and Richard, children of testatrix’s daughter Holden (8)

Executors:                     Richard Pedder, Peter Hodgkinson and Ellen Hodgkinson

Signed:                          20 November 1750    

Witnesses:                     John Broughton, Robt. ?Cornall and Wm. Shawe

Probate:                        granted 4 Feb 1750 (Old Style) to Richard Pedder and Peter Hodgkinson

Notes:

1. Testatrix was the wife of Richard Pedder (1659-1726) of Preston; her maiden name is not known; she survived all but one son and one daughter of her four sons and three daughters;

2. Jennett Hodgkinson, testatrix’s eldest daughter, had four children, not named in this will, but died before her mother;

3. Ellen Hodgkinson, testatrix’s second daughter, had nine children, all named in this will;

4. Peter Pedder, testatrix’s third son, died before his mother; had at least the three sons named Bartholomew, Philip and Peter, but his wife’s name is not known;

5. Richard (1693-1762) , testatrix’s eldest son,  married Jennet Reed and had twelve children; he was mayor of Preston in 1748 and 1756;

6. Paul (d 1742), testatrix’s second son, married and had nine children, but his wife’s name is not known; he died before his mother;

7. Philip (1702-1727), testatrix’s fourth and youngest son, married Elizabeth Barker and had an only son Richard (1727-1783);

8. The name of testatrix’s daughter who married Thomas Holden is not known; she had children, but died before 1725 when her father made his will.

Source:

Lancashire Record Office, Preston, Wills proved in the Consistory Court of Chester, Archdeaconry of Amounderness (LDS FHL Film 00992410

Text:

Cover:

D. Amounderness  1750

Pedder, Ellen, late of Preston, widow, deceased

??? Wills

Inventory expected above £40

Bond:

Know all men by these presents that we Richard Pedder of Preston, linen draper and Peter Hodgkinson of the same place, butcher, both in the county of Lancaster, are holden, and firmly bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God, Samuel, by divine permission, Lord Bishop of Chester, in sixteen hundred pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid to the said Right Reverend Father or to his certain attorney, his executors, administrators or assigns; to which payment, well and truly made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our heirs, executors, and administrators firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals, dated the fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty.

The condition of this obligation is such, that if the above bounden Richard Pedder and peter Hodgkinson, executors of the last will and testament of Ellen Pedder, late of Preston in the county of Lancaster and archdeaconry of Richmond, widow, deceased, shall and do well and truly execute and perform the last will and testament of the said Ellen Pedder, late deceased, and do pay all her debts and legacies, so far as her goods and personal estate will extend, and the law shall bind them if also they do exhibit into court a true and perfect inventory of the said deceased’s goods and personal estate, and give a true and just account of their acting in theses premises, when they shall be thereunto lawfully called; that then this obligation to be void, or else in force.

// Rich. Pedder // Peter Hodgkinson//

Sealed and delivered in the presence of // Edmund Holme // Ran. Andrews //

Will:

In the name of God, amen.  I, Ellen Pedder of Preston in the county of Lancaster, widow, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding do for the settling my ??? make, publish and ordain this to be my last will and testament as follows

And first I will that all my just debts, funeral expenses and the charges of the probate of this my will be paid and discharged for the rest of my personal estate, and I do hereby give, devise and bequeath unto my grandson James Hodgkinson, son of John Hodgkinson, the sum of sixty pounds and interest due to me on the mortgage from John Barker of Preston aforesaid, and I do hereby direct my executors to assign ??? the same to him accordingly

And whereas I hold a close of ground in Preston by a lease for lives under the late Mr. Fleetwood, now I do hereby give, devise and bequeath the same unto my daughter Ellen, wife of the said Peter Hodgkinson, for and during the term of her natural life and after her decease I give, devise and bequeath the same to my executors hereafter named upon trust that they raise by the yearly profits thereof the sum of twenty pounds and the same pay to Peter, son of the said Peter Hodgkinson, and then I give, devise and bequeath the same close of ground unto Philip, another son of the said Peter Hodgkinson during my whole term, title and interest therein

I give, devise and bequeath all that my cottage or dwelling house in Preston which I hold by lease under the Vicar of Preston unto my grandson Bartholomew, son of my late son Peter Pedder, during my whole term, title and interest therein

And I do hereby give, devise and bequeath unto my son Richard Pedder the sum of one hundred and forty pounds and to each of his four children the sum of twenty pounds apiece

To Robert, Jane and Thomas Pedder and the four youngest children of my late son Paul Pedder the sum of twenty pounds apiece

To Philip and Peter, sons of my said late son Peter Pedder the sum of one hundred pounds apiece

To Richard, son of my late son Philip Pedder the sum of twenty pounds

To the four children of my late daughter Jennet by John Hodgkinson deceased the sum of twenty pounds apiece

To my daughter Ellen, wife of the said Peter Hodgkinson the sum of one hundred pounds, and to Ellen, Richard, Peter, Philip, Margaret, Elizabeth, Paul, John and Mary, their children each the sum of twenty pounds

To my grandchildren Ellen, Mair and Richard Holden each the sum of five pounds

And to the poor of Preston the sum of ten pounds

All the rest, residue and remainder of my personal estate I do hereby give, devise and bequeath unto my son Richard, Peter Hodgkinson and daughter Ellen in equal proportions, share and share alike

And it is my will and mind that my said executors shall have power to advance and pay any of the said legacies to my said grandchildren or any of them in case they shall think fit so to do or judge it for their interest to pay the same before they respectively attain the age of twenty one years

And I do hereby revoke all former wills by me at any time heretofore made, and lastly I nominate and appoint the said Richard Pedder my son, my son-in-law Peter Hodgkinson and daughter Ellen joint executors of this my will

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twelfth day of November 1750, Ellen Pedder // E P // her mark

Sealed, signed, published and declared by the said testatrix as and for her last will and testament in our presence and by us attested an her presence // John Broughton // Robt. ?Cornall // Wm. Shawe //

Probate:

4 Feb 1750

Richard Pedder and Peter Hodgkinson, executors in this will named (Ellen Hodgkinson the other executrix in the said will named renouncing personally) were sworn well and faithfully to execute and perform the same and so forth, before me // Ran. Andrews, Surrogate //