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1761 Will of Sarah Cheesman
By this my last Will and
Testament made
the Eleventh Day
of June in the
Year of our Lord
one thousand
seven hundred
and sixty one I
Sarah Cheesman
of Yeovil in the
County of
Somerset Widow
do give devise
and bequeath
unto my two
Nephews John
Newman of Yeovil
aforesaid
Gentleman and
Henry Donn of
the same place
Mercer and
Glover all and
singular my
Messuages Lands
Tenements Estate
and
Hereditaments
whatsoever and
wheresoever the
same do lye And
also all and
singular my
Goods Chattels
and Personal
Estate To Have
and To Hold the
same unto the
said John Newman
and Henry Donn
and to their
Heirs Executors
Administrators
and Assigns
respectively as
Tenants in
common and not
as joint Tenants
chargeable
nevertheless
with the payment
of the Sum of
eight hundred
pounds apiece to
my five Sisters
Mary Newman
Elizabeth
Everton Frances
Avoke Jane Donn
and Susannah
Kitson to whom I
hereby give the
same And my Will
is that the said
several Legacies
of eight hundred
pounds apiece to
my said five
Sisters shall be
paid them at the
End of twelve
Months next
after my Decease
And I do hereby
constitute and
appoint my said
two Nephews John
Newman and Henry
Donn joint
Executors of
this my last
Will and
testament hereby
revoking all
former and other
Wills by me at
any time
heretofore made
In Witness
whereof I the
said Sarah
Cheesman the
testatrix have
hereunto set my
Hand and Seal
the Day and Year
first above
written
Sarah Cheesman
Signed Sealed
Published and
declared by the
Testatrix as and
for her last
Will and
Testament in the
Presence of us
who at her
request and in
her Presence
[two words
illegible] as
Witnesses
thereto
Sam Foot
Jno Pread
Josiah
Banger
It is my Desire that the Exec[utor]s of my Will Dated the
eleventh Day of
June 1761 do pay
unto my Nephew
Andrew Everton
the Sum of four
hundred pounds
in one year
after he shall
be married (in
case he ever
does marry) And
the Sum of four
hundred pounds
unto my Niece
Elizabeth Upton
in one year
after the Death
of her Husband
(in case she
shall survive
him) which two
Sums make eight
hundred pounds
being the Legacy
intended for
their Mother in
case she had
survived me And
I do declare
this to be a
Codicil to and
to be taken part
of my said Will
As Witness my
Hand and Seal
the twentieth
Day of June 1766
Sarah Cheesman
Witness
-
Francis [Brixey?]
Wm
Balster
This Will was proved at London with a
Codicil the
tenth Day of
February in the
year of our Lord
one thousand
seven hundred
and sixty eight
before the Right
Worshipful
George Hay
Doctor of Laws
Master Keeper or
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the Oaths of
John Newman and
Henry Donn the
Executors named
in the said Will
to whom
Administration
was granted of
all and singular
the Goods
Chattels and
Credits of the
said deceased
having been
first sworn by
Commission duly
to Administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
