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1749 Will of William Wallis
Apothecary
This is the last Will and Testament
of me
William Wallis of Yeovill in the County of
Somerset
Apothecary I
give unto my son
William Wallis
one Shilling I
give unto my
Daughters Ann
Wallis and Mary
Wallis one
Shilling each I
give to my
Daughters
Elizabeth Wallis
and Susanna
Wallis and to my
Son John Wallis
Fifty Pounds a
peice to be paid
them at their
respective Ages
of Twenty one
Years I give and
devise unto my
Wife Hannah
Wallis her Heirs
and Assigns all
my Lands and
Tenements
whatsoever I
also give unto
my said Wife
Hannah Wallis
all my Goods and
Chattels
whatsoever and
wheresoever And
I hereby make
and appoint my
said Wife Hannah
Wallis whole and
sole Executrix
of this my last
Will and
Testament In
Witness whereof
I the said
William Wallis
have to this my
last Will and
Testament
Subscribed my
Name and set my
Seal this Fourth
day of March in
the Year or our
Lord one
Thousand Seven
Hundred and
Forty Nine
Wllm Wallis
Signed Sealed
Published and
Declared by the
said William
Wallis as and
for his last
Will and
Testament in the
presence of us
who Subscribed
our Names as
Witnesses
thereof in the
presence of the
said Testator
Saml Daniell
Geo Cayme
Nathl
Butler Batten
This Will was proved at London the
Twenty Sixth day
of June in the
Year of our Lord
one Thousand
Seven Hundred
and Fifty before
the Right
Worshipfull John
Bettesworth
Doctor of Laws
Master Keeper or
Commissary of
the prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the Oath of
Hannah Wallis
Widow the Relict
To whom
Administration
was granted of
all and singular
the Goods
Chattels and
Credits of the
said deceased
being first
sworn by
Commission duly
to administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
