The Document Chest
The 1796 will of Mary Rodber
Widow
This is the last Will and Testament of me Mary Rodber of Yeovill in the County of Somerset Widow
made and made
and published
this 28 day of
August in the
Year of our Lord
one thousand
seven hundred
and ninety six I
give devise and
bequeath unto my
Daughter
Elizabeth
Henning now of
Yeovill
aforesaid Widow
her Heirs Ex[ecuto]rs
Adm[inistrat]ors
and Assigns All
and singular my
real and
personal Estate
Goods Chattels
Rights Credits
and Effects of
what nature or
kind soever that
I am now or
shall be at the
time of my
decease seized
or possessed of
or any way
entitled unto or
interested in or
have power over
by Virtue of or
under the last
Will and
Testament of my
late Husband
William Rodber
deceased or
otherwise
howsoever and
wheresoever
situate or being
And I do hereby
nominate
constitute and
appoint my said
Daughter
Elizabeth
Henning sole
Executrix of
this my last
Will and
Testament hereby
revoking all
former and other
Will and Wills
by me at any
time before made
And I do declare
this alone to be
my last Will and
Testament In
Witness whereof
I the said Mary
Rodber have
hereunto set my
Hand and Seal
the day and Year
first above
written
Mary Rodber
Signed sealed published and declared by the Testatrix Mary Rodber as and for
her last Will
and testament in
the presence of
us who at her
request in her
presence and in
the presence of
each other have
hereunto
subscribed our
Names as
Witnesses
thereto
W[illia]m Edwards
Mary Shew
Mary
Edwards
I Mary Rodber late of Yeovil in the County of Somerset but now of Halway in
the County of
Dorset Widow
having made and
duly executed my
last Will and
testament
bearing date the
[blank] day of
[blank] do
declare this
present Writing
to be a Codicil
to my said Will
and taken as
part thereof and
hereby give and
bequeath to my
Grand-daughter
Anna Rodber the
Sum of fifty
pounds and my
Silver Salver
three Silver
Casters
belonging
thereto one for
Mustard one for
Sugar and the
other for pepper
and two Silver
Table Spoons one
marked
W.E.Y.M.P. and
the other marked
W.R. And hereby
ratify and
confirm all the
Appointments
Devises and
Bequests in my
said Will
contained In
Witness whereof
I have hereunto
set my hand this
twenty ninth Day
of November in
the year of our
Lord One
thousand eight
hundred and four
Mary Rodber
This Writing was signed and published by the abovenamed Mary Rodber as a
Codicil to her
last Will in the
presence of us
The Words "the
Sum of fifty
pounds and" were
interlined
before the
signing hereof
Marget Tucker
Joseph Bugby
Proved at London with a Codicil 27th April 1813 before the Judge by the Oath of
Elizabeth
Hanning Widow
the daughter &
sole Ex[ecu]trix
to whom Adm[inistrati]on
was granted
having been
first sworn by
Com[missi]on
duly to
administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
