This is the last Will and Testament of me Joseph Greenhow Walker of Whitehaven in the County of Cumberland Ship Chandler (that is to say) I will order and direct that all my just debts funeral and testamentary expences be in the first place fully paid and satisfied And I give and bequeath all and singular the household furniture books linen and wearing and other apparel plate china glass wines liquors and all other the goods and effects of a like sort or kind which I shall be possessed of at the time of my decease unto my dear Wife Hannah Walker her executors administrators and assigns absolutely to and for her own proper use benefit and disposal And I also give devise and bequeath all and every my real estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever And the residue of my personal estate and effects stock in trade and property whatsoever and wheresoever which I may now or at any time hereafter be entitled unto by virtue of any deed settlement Will or Codicil unto my said Wife for and during the term of her natural life and so long only as she shall continue my Widow and unmarried with full power to collect and get in all book and other debts owing to me at the time of my decease to dispose of my said stock in trade and call in and compel as soon as possible after my decease payment of all such parts of my personal estate and effects as consist of money out upon security at interest or otherwise (except only money in the public funds) and stand possessed of the same for the support of herself and the maintenance and education of my children during their respective minorities and in case it should be deemed expedient and proper for my said Wife to carry on the trade or other business in which I may be engaged at the time of my decease and to discontinue the same at her pleasure Provided always in case of the death or second marriage of my said Wife whichever shall first happen I give devise and bequeath my said real and personal estate and effects unto and amongst and between such of my said children as shall be living at the time of my decease or within due time afterwards born share and share alike as tenants in common as and when he she or they shall attain his her or their age or respective ages of twenty one Years and the part or share parts or shares of such of them as shall be a daughter or daughters to be paid to her or them at her or their age or respective ages of twenty one years or day or respective days of marriage whichever shall first happen And lastly I appoint my said Wife so long as she shall continue my Widow and unmarried Executrix of this my Will and Guardian of the persons and fortunes of my said children hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made and declaring this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to each sheet of this my Will (contained in two sheets of paper subscribed my name and to this last sheet affixed my seal also this twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six

Joseph G Walker

(Attestation Clause)

Jos: Harrison
J Barwise Harrison
William Benn

I do hereby certify that the original Will of Joseph Greenhow Walker formerly of Whitehaven but last of Threlfield in the Parish of Greystoke in the County of Cumberland Ship Chandler deceased of which the above and two preceding pages are a true copy was proved by Commission at Keswick in the said County of Cumberland before the Reverend Edward Wilson Surrogate of the Reverend and Worshipful Walter Fletcher Clerk Master of Arts Chancellor of the Diocese of Carlisle on the seventh day of July 1845 upon the oath of Hannah Walker the sole executrix she having been sworn duly to administer the personal estate in the Diocese of Carlisle being under the sum of six hundred pounds

Proved at London 4 October 1854
PCC
Prob11/2109