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1763 Will of Hannah Hayne
Widow
This is the last Will and Testament
of me
Hannah Hayne of Yeovill in the County of
Somerset Widow I
Give and Devise
unto my Grandson
Jeremiah Hayne
his Heirs and
Assigns for ever
all those Closes
of Meadow or
pasture Ground
lying at or near
a place called
Millford in
Yeovill
aforesaid which
I purchased of
Mr Spencer and
Mr Gast or one
of them and now
rented by Mr
Edward Bullock
and my Close of
Meadow or
Pasture Ground
in Yeovil
aforesaid called
Langs Bush
I Give
and Devise unto
my Daughter Ann
Whetcombe her
Heirs and
Assigns for ever
all my Lands
lying in the
parish of South
Petherton in the
said County of
Somerset
I also
Give and
Bequeath unto my
said Daughter
Ann Whetcombe
all my Cloaths
and Apparel of
every sort
I give
unto my
Grandaughter
Joannah Jayne
two hundred
pounds to be
paid her by my
Executrix
hereinafter
named in one
year next after
my decease
I Give
unto my Daughter
Mary Moorhead
one Guinea only
and as for and
as for and
concerning all
the Rest and
Residue of my
Goods Chattels
personal and
Testamentary
Estate
whatsoever and
wheresoever I
Give and
Bequeath the
same unto my
Grandaughters
Mary Hayne and
Ann Hayne
Daughters of my
late deceased
Son Nathaniel
Hayne equally to
be divided
between them
share and share
alike And I
hereby make and
Appoint my
Daughter in Law
Mary Hayne sole
Executrix of
this my last
Will and
Testament In
Trust for her
two Daughters my
said
Grandaughters
Mary Hayne and
Ann Hayne
In
Witness whereof
I the said
Hannah Hayne the
Testatrix have
to this my last
Will and
Testament
Subscribed my
name and set my
Seal this
fifteenth day of
December in the
year of our Lord
one thousand
seven hundred
and Sixty three
and in the
fourth year of
the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord
George the third
by the Grace of
God of Great
Britain France
and Ireland King
Defender of the
Faith and so
forth
Hannah Hayne
Signed Sealed
published and
declared by the
said Hannah
Hayne the
Testatrix as and
for her last
Will and
Testament in the
presence of us
who at the
request of the
said Testatrix
have attested
the same in her
presence and in
the presence of
each other
John Daniel
Mary
Lawrence
Nath[anie]l
Butler Batten
This Will was proved at London the
fifteenth day of
October in the
year of our Lord
one thousand
Seven hundred
and Seventy two
before the Right
Worshipful
George [May?]
Doctor of Laws
Master Recorder
or Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the oath of Mary
Hayne Widow the
sole Executrix
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
by Commission
duly to
Administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
