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1796 will of Onesiphorus Warry
Gentleman
This is the Last Will
and Testament of
me
Onesiphorus Warry
of Yeovil in the
County of
Somerset
Gentleman I Give
and Devise the
Messuage or
Dwelling House
in Yeovil
aforesaid in
which I now live
with the
Appurt[enance]s
thereunto
belonging unto
my Wife Mary
Warry her Heirs
and Assigns for
ever I Give my
two Closes of
Ground in Yeovil
aforesaid called
[Mellanes ?]
Path unto my
said Wife for
and during the
term of her
natural life and
from and after
her Decease I
Give and Devise
the same two
Closes of Ground
unto William
Forbes and Emily
Forbes Son and
Daughter of my
said Wife by her
former Husband
as Tenants in
Common and not
as Joint Tenants
their Heirs and
Assigns for ever
I Give unto each
and every of my
Four Nephews
William Warry
Onesiphorus
Warry Robert
Warry the three
Sons of my late
Brother William
Warry and John
King and unto my
Niece Joan Warry
one hundred
pounds apiece to
be paid them
respectively in
one year after
the death of my
said Wife I Give
unto my said
Nephew
Onesiphorus
Warry my Silver
Tankard on which
my Initials are
Engraved And as
for and
concerning all
the Rest and
Residue of my
Goods Chattels
Personal Estate
and Effects
whatsoever and
wheresoever and
of what nature
kind or Quality
soever Charged
with the several
Legacies above
mentioned and
also with my
Debts and
Funeral Expences
I Give and
Bequeath the
same unto my
said Wife Mary
Warry whom I
make and appoint
sole Executrix
of this my last
Will and
testament In
Witness whereof
I have hereunto
set my hand and
seal this twenty
Fifth day of May
in the Year of
our Lord one
thousand seven
hundred and
ninety six
Ones[iphorus]
Warry
Signed Sealed
Published and
Declared by the
Testator as and
for his last
Will and
testament in the
presence of us
who at his
request have
subscribed our
names as
Witnesses
thereto in the
presence of the
said Testator
and of each
other
Edm[un]d Batten
Matt[ew]
Lee
Raym[on]d
Rowe
This Will was proved at London the
twenty sixth day
of April in the
Year of our Lord
one thousand
seven hundred
and ninety eight
before the Right
Honourable Sir
William Wynne
Knight Doctor of
Laws Master
Keeper or
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the Oath of Mary
Warry Widow the
Relict of the
deceased and the
sole Executrix
named in the
said Will to
whom
Administration
of all and
singular the
Goods Chattels
and Credits of
the said
deceased was
granted having
been first sworn
by Commission
duly to
Administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
