The Document Chest
1809 Will of John Laver
of Yeovil
In the Name of God Amen I John Laver of Yeovil in the County of
Somerset being
of sound mind
and perfect
memory do hereby
make and ordain
this my last
Will and
Testament that
is to say I give
and bequeath
unto my dear
wife Elizabeth
Laver all my
[word illegible]
household Goods
and Furniture
with all other
my Personal
Estate and
Effects that I
shall bee
possessed of
during the term
of her natural
life or as long
as she shall
keep herself a
widow or
unmarried and as
I have one
hundred pounds
out at use my
will is that my
said Wife shall
have full power
to make use of
any part or the
whole of the
said hundred
pounds if she
should not be
able to maintain
her self without
and so long as
she remain a
widow and after
the decease of
my said Wife I
give and
bequeath unto my
son William
Laver all the
aforesaid
household Goods
and Furniture
and other my
Effects and my
will is that my
said Wife Eliz[abe]th
Laver shall pay
unto my son
William Laver
the sum of five
pounds at my
decease with all
my wearing
apparel
I give
and bequeath
unto my Grand
daughter Hannah
Vincent Ten
pounds after the
decease of my
said wife Eliz[abe]th
Laver if there
should be so
much left out of
the hundred
pounds now at
use and I do
appoint &
nominate my said
Wife Elizabeth
Laver my sole
and whole
Executrix to
this my last
Will and
Testament in
Witness hereunto
I have set my
hand and seal
this thirty
first day of
December and in
the year of our
Lord one
thousand eight
hundred and nine
John Laver
Signed sealed
and delivered by
the Testator and
in the presence
of
Geo Arnold
John
Hodges
Proved at London 10th June 1814 before the Judge by the oath of
Elizabeth Laver
Widow the Relict
and sole
Executrix to
whom adm[inistrati]on
was granted
having been
first sworn by
Com[missi]on
duly to adm[iniste]r
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
