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In the name of God Amen
I Mary Williams of Coat in the Parish of Bampton in ye County of
Oxford Widow tho’ infirm of body yet of sound mind and memory
Praise be given to Almighty God do make & declare this my
present last Will & Testament in manner and form following (that
is to say) Whereas all my children have received their
respective legacies given them by their Father’s last Will &
Testament all but my three youngest daughters Martha, Lydia &
Lois Williams Fifty pounds each according to the last Will &
Testament of their Father Deceas’d which money is to be first
paid & paid them out of my Goods & Chattels by my Executors
hereafter named so soon as they come to their Respective Ages of
Twenty one years And in case either of them shall happen to die
before they come to their respective age of Twenty one years
Then I will that their legacy so given shall fall to the rest of
my children to be equally divided amongst them And furthermore I
give to my said three youngest children before mentioned the
further sum of ten pounds each to be paid them by my Executors
aforesaid. Also I give to my daughter Anna Sparrowhawk the sum
of ten pounds to be paid by my Executors in one year after my
decease. Also I give to my son John Williams during his natural
life my half yard of Free Land with all the appurtenances
thereto belonging lying in the Liberty of Aston & Coat in ye
Parish of Bampton aforesaid And in case my son John Williams
shall marry & have any children lawfully begotten of his wife
then I give the said Freehold Estate before mentioned
immediately after his decease unto my son Thomas Williams’s
children & their heirs for ever And for want of such issue (that
is in case he dies without issue) then I give the said Freehold
Estate to my sons James Williams & Benjamin Williams & their
heirs for ever share & share alike paying out of it between them
to each of their sisters then living ten pounds Also it is my
further Will that when these legacies are paid & discharged & if
money that is in trust in my Executors Hands for my three
youngest Children taken care of That then all the rest & residue
of my Estate both Real & Personal Goods & Chattels whatsoever I
give devise & bequeath unto all my loving children to be equally
divided amongst them And I do appoint my loving son James
Williams and my loving friend Adin Williams ye Elder to be my
Executors in Trust over this my last Will & Testament And I do
revoke disannull & make void all other Wills & Testaments by me
heretofore made. In witness whereof I the said Mary Williams my
hand & seal have set this eighteenth day of October in ye tenth
year of the Reign of King George the Second And in the Year of
Our Lord One Thousand seven hundred & thirty six
Mary
Williams Signed sealed published &
declared by ye sd. Mary Williams as her last Will & Testament in
ye presence of us who are Witnesses hereunto & attested by us in
her presence
Jos. Collett
Deborah
Williams Richard Williams
Proved at Oxon
ye 11th Nov. 1741 Before the Revd Jn. Bilstone M A
Surrogate of the Worshipful Henry Brooke Dr. of Laws and
Official Principal of the Revd the Archdeacon of Oxon.
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