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Will of William JOHNSON of Wootton
Will 5 Jun 1782 Probate 18 Jul 1782 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Most of the legatees are described as the children of his late Aunt. If she was a "real" aunt, that would make them all his first cousins. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
... me William Johnson of Wootton ... gentleman ...
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As transcribed from a copy of the original document. Original line- and page-breaks are preserved as far as possible. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Johnson This is the last Will of me William Johnson of Wootton in the County of Oxford Gentleman ffirst I will that all my just debts and ffuneral charges be paid and discharged Item my desire is to be interred in the Church yard of Wootton aforesaid in or as near the Grave of my late Mother as possible and I do hereby will and direct that my Trustees hereinafter named do and shall within one year next after my decease cause to be erected upon my Grave a Tombstone on which shall be fairly cut or engraved my Age Day of the Month and date of the year when I departed this Life Item I give and devise unto Killingworth Hedges of Hungerford Market in the Parish of Saint Martin in the ffields in the County of Middlesex Tallow Chandler and William Hedges of Wootton aforesaid Cordwainer and my Heirs All that my Messuage or Tenement and Premises with the Appurtenances situate and being in Wootton aforesaid now in the Occupation of my Kinsman Richard Johnson To hold to the said Killingworth Hedges and William Hedges their Heirs and Assigns and the Heirs and Assigns of the Survivor of them in Trust to sell and dispose of the said Premises and the Monies arising and to be made by Virtue of such Sale to be paid and applied towards payment of my just debts ffuneral Expences Annuity and Legacies hereinafter mentioned Item I give and bequeath unto the said Killingworth Hedges and William Hedges and the Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor the sum of ten pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain In trust for Silence Williams (late Silence Hedges) and the Issue of her Body lawfully begotten or to be begotten and for default of such Issue Then In trust to be equally divided to and amongst all and every the Brothers and Sisters of the said Silence Williams which shall be living at the time of her decease in equal shares Item I give and bequeath unto the said Richard Johnson and his Assigns during the Term of his natural Life an Annuity or weekly Sum of one shilling and six pence Provided the Parish of Wootton aforesaid do and shall allow and pay to the Richard Johnson the like weekly sum of one shilling and six pence during the said Term but not otherwise Item I give and bequeath unto the said Killingworth Hedges Margaret Brooks the said Silence Williams Thomas Hedges John Hedges and Benjamin Hedges Sons and Daughters of my late Aunt Hedges deceased all and singular my Estate Right Title Share and Interest Term and Terms of years yet to come and unexpired Property Claim and Demand whatsoever of me the said William Johnson of in and to all and singular these Leasehold Messuages Cottages or Tenements and Premises with their and every of their Appurtenances I am now interested in and intitled unto situate standing and being in the Strand in the Parish of Saint Martin in the ffields aforesaid to be equally divided between them share and share alike as Tenants in common But my Will and Meaning further is that the share and Interest in the said Leasehold premises by me given and bequeathed to the said Silence Williams shall stand remain continue and be to the same uses Trusts Intents and Purposes as the Sum of Ten Pounds by me given to her and her Issue any Thing in this my Will contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And that the Receipt of the said Silence Williams only notwithstanding her Coverture shall from time to time during the Term of her natural Life be a sufficient Discharge to my Trustees for the Issues and Profits of her said Legacies All the rest residue and remainder of my Estates of what Sort Nature or Kind soever both real and personal I give devise and bequeath the same unto the said Killingworth Hedges and William Hedges their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns in equal shares And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Killingworth Hedges and William Hedges joint Trustees and Executors of this my last Will and Testament [ the next line is interlined between the words "Testament" and "contained"] In Witness whereof I the said William Johnson the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in two Sheets of Paper set my Hand to the first and my Hand and Seal to the last of the said Sheets the ffifth day of June in the twenty second year of the Reign of his Sovereign Majesty King George the third and in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and eighty two W Johnson O Signed sealed published and declared by the said William Johnson the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto Thomas Lampitt Mary Wood Catharine X Tims her mark This Will was proved at London the eighteenth Day of July in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty two before the Worshipful Andrew Coltee? ____ Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Killingworth Hedges and William Hedges the Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having been first sworn duly to administer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||