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1840 Will of Elizabeth Henning
Widow
I Elizabeth Henning
of Yeovil in the
County of
Somerset Widow
being of sound
and disposing
mind do make
publick [sic]
and declare this
my last Will in
manner following
that is to say I
give devise and
bequeath all my
goods and
chattels and
all I am possessed
unto my daughter
Elizabeth
Henning for her
use benefit and
disposal and for
my said daughter
Elizabeth to pay
my daughter Mary
Feaver the sum
of ten pounds a
year as long as
she lives and
after her
decease my
daughter
Elizabeth or her
heirs or assigns
to pay my two
grand children
Jane and Henry
Feaver the
children of my
daughter Mary
the sum of one
hundred pounds
each when they
shall attain the
age of twenty
one and I make
the said
Elizabeth
Henning sole
Executrix of
this my Will
February 17 1840
Signed sealed
and delivered by
the said
Elizabeth
Henning
in the presence
of three
witnesses
Harriet Henning
Jemima
Wellman
Elizabeth
Helyer West
Appeared Personally Harriet Henning
of
Piddletrenthide
in the County of
Dorset now
residing at
Dorchester in
the said County
Spinster and
made Oath that
she is one of
the subscribed
witnesses to the
last Will and
Testament of
Elizabeth
Henning late of
Yeovil in the
County of
Somerset Widow
deceased the
said Will being
now hereunto
annexed and
bearing date the
Seventeenth day
of February one
thousand eight
hundred and
forty And she
further made
Oath that on the
said Seventeenth
day of February
one thousand
eight hundred
and forty the
said Testatrix
duly executed
the said Will by
signing her name
at the foot or
end thereof in
the presence of
this deponent
and of Jemima
Wellman and
Elizabeth Helyer
West the other
subscribed
witnesses
thereto all of
whom were
present at the
same time and
this deponent
and the said
Jemima Wellman
and Elizabeth
Helyer West
thereupon
attested and
subscribed the
said Will in the
presence of the
said Testatrix
Harriet Henning
On the twenty
second day of
June 1844 the
said Harriet
Henning was duly
sworn to the
truth of this
Affidavit by
virtue of the
annexed
Commission
Before me
George West
Rector of
Dorchester Holy
Trinity With
Frome Whitfield
thereto annexed
Dorset
Proved
at London 29th
June 1844 before
the Judge by the
Oath of
Elizabeth
Henning Spinster
the daughter the
sole Executrix
to whom Adm[inistrati]on
was granted
having been
first sworn by
Commission duly
to administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
