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1755 will of Reverend John Tucker

Clerk in Holy Orders

 

In the Name of God Amen I John Tucker of Yeovill in the County of Somerset Clerk do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following my Body I desire may be decently and Privately interred in the Chancel of Yeovil aforesaid and as to my Worldly Effects I dispose thereof as followeth first I give and devise all my lands Tenements and Hereditaments with their Appurtenances both in possession and Revertion to James Hooper of Yeovill aforesaid Gent[leman] and Rob[er]t Tucker of Puriton in the said County Gent[leman] my Brother and the Survivor of them and the Heires and assigns of such Survivor forever In trust that they the said James Hooper and Robert Tucker and the Survivor of them and the Heires and Assigns of such Survivor hall Mortgage or Sell and dispose of the said Lands or any part thereof for the payment of all my just Debts and Legacys and such of the said Lands and Hereditaments as shall remain unsold I give and devise unto my Son John Tucker his Heirs and Assigns forever Whereas by virtue of a Settlement made on my first Wife I have a power to dispose of a Leasehold Estate called Durstons situate in Puriton aforesaid and also to another Leasehold Estate consisting of three Several Closes of Meadow or Pasture Ground containing by Estimation thirteen Acres more or less Situate in Hardington in the said County to such Child or Children begotten on the Body of my said Wife as I should by my last Will and Testament direct and appoint and also to dispose of the Sum of eight hundred pounds to my Younger Children in such shares and proportions as I should by my Will also direct and appoint Now I do by this my last Will and Testament Pursuant to the said Settlement give all the said Leasehold Estate called Durstons with the Appurtenances and also my right Title and Interest whatsoever which I have therein and thereto unto my Son Thomas Tucker his Executors Administrators and Assigns also I give unto my Son Thomas Tucker four hundred pounds Part of the said Sum of eight hundred Pounds also I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth now the Wife of [blank] Proctor Gentleman the Sum of four hundred Pounds the remaining part of the said Sum of eight hundred pounds also I give unto my Son Thomas Tucker the further Sum of five hundred Pounds to be paid unto him at the age of Twenty one years and my Will is that during his Minority he shall receive the Interest of the said Sum of five hundred Pounds at and after the rate of four Pounds  by the hundred by the year also I give unto the said James Hooper and Robert Tucker their Executors Administrators and Assigns the Sum of Seven hundred Pounds In Trust for my said Daughter Elizabeth to be by them placed out at Interest and the yearly Interest to be paid unto her to and for her sole and separate use notwithstanding her Coverture and my Will is and I do hereby direct that her Receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the same and my Will further is and I do hereby will and direct that the said Sum of Seven hundred Pounds shall remain at Interest and the Yearly Proceed thereof shall be paid to my said Dau[ghte]r as aforesaid until the said [blank space] Proctor her Husband shall make a Settlement upon her and her Issue in such a manner and for such Uses and Purposes as the said James Hooper and Robert Tucker their Executors Administrators and Assigns shall approve of not only for the said Sum of Seven hundred pounds but also for the said Sum of four hundred Pounds before given to her but if no such Settlement shall be made on my said Daughter and her Issue That then and in such case the said Sum of Seven hundred Pounds shall be divided amongst such Children as she shall have by her said Husband but if she hath no Child or Children by him and shall survive him then the said Sum of Seven hundred pounds shall go and remain to my said Daughter her Executors Administrators and Assigns But if my said Daughter shall not Survive her said husband leaving no Issue behind her then the said Sum of Seven hundred Pounds shall go and remain to my said Son John Tucker his Executors Administrators and Assigns also I give all that said Leasehold Estate situate in Hardington aforesaid unto my said Son John Tucker his Executors Administrators and Assigns also I give unto my Sister Joanna Gardner the sum of Fifty Pounds and Whereas Ann my beloved Wife is in her own right so handsomely Provided for it is not in my Power to offer her any thin worthy her Acceptance Therefore I give all the rest residue and remainder of my Goods Chattels Leasehold Estates and Personal Estate whatsoever not hereinbefore disposed of unto the said James Hooper and Robert Tucker their Executors Administrators In trust to sell and dispose thereof for and towards the Payment of my just Debts and Legacys and what shall remain after my just Debts and Legacys are Paid I give unto my said Son John Tucker and Lastly I do appoint the said James Hooper and Robert Tucker Trustees and Guardians of my said Children during their Minority and do appoint the said James Hooper and Robert Tucker Executors of this my last Will and testament In Trust for my said Son John Tucker In Witness whereof I have this fiffteenth day of July 1755 hereunto Set my hand and Seal

Jno Tucker

Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said John Tucker as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who at his Request and in Sight have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto the Interlineation between the eighth and ninth Lines from the Bottom of the above Will being first made

Rob[er]t Jeffery     Edward Burton     Thomas Hobbs

 

On the ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Fifty six Administration with the Will annexed of the Goods Chattels and Credits of the Reverend John Tucker late of Yeoville in the County of Somerset Clerk was granted to John Tucker the natural and lawful Son of the said deceased and residuary Legatee named in the said Will for that James Hooper and Robert Tucker the Executors and residuary Legatees in Trust named in the said Will have renounced as Well the Execution thereof as Letters of Administration with the said Will annexed of the Goods of the said deceased he having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer

 

 

Transcribed by Bob Osborn