Yeovil People
1847 Will of Mary Glyde née Watts
Widow of James Glyde
Mary Watts was the daughter of Yeovil solicitor Samuel Watts the Elder (1734-1820) and Betty née Bullock. She was born in Yeovil around 1770. Mary had five brothers: George Bullock (1772-1837), Samuel the younger (1774-1843), Edward Bullock (1785-1849), Joseph (1786-1828, Calcutta, India), and Thomas Bullock (b1787) as well as three sisters; Winifred (b 1780), Grace (married James Cayme the Younger in January 1806) and Hannah (who remained unmarried) whose dates are unknown.
On 12 April 1796, at St John's church, Mary married James Glyde (1761-1837), a partner in her father's Yeovil Bank. Mary and James had at least one son, china and glassware dealer George Glyde (1797-1831) who was born in Preston Plucknett in 1797.
James died in 1837 and in the 1841 census, Mary was recorded as a 76-year-old widow of independent means, living in Mill Close Cottage, Stars Lane (although more likely, since Stars Lane was mostly devoid of buildings and uninhabited at this time, it was the cottage next to the mill in Mill Lane - see Gallery).
Mary died in Yeovil in 1851.
Gallery
From the Cave
Collection
(colourised),
Courtesy of South Somerset Heritage Collection
This photograph was taken in the mid-1960s from the end of Mill Lane. The small building at centre was all that remained of the former Frogg Mill. Summerhouse Terrace ran away to the left at the end of Mill Lane. The house at right, which still stands today, is shown on Mary's brother Edward Bullock Watts' map of 1806 as the only building in Mill Lane (apart form the mill). It is thought to have been Mill Close Cottage, in which Mary Glyde lived in 1841.
The 1847 will of Mary Glyde
I Mary Glyde of Yeovil in the County of
Somerset Widow
being of sound
and disposing
mind memory and
understanding do
make this my
last will and
testament in
manner and form
following that
is to say I give
and bequeath
unto my sister
Hannah Watts the
sum of five
pounds I give
and bequeath
unto my sister
in law Hannah
Watts the sum of
five pounds I
give and
bequeath to each
of the children
of my late
brother George
Watts namely
Wilhemina Lucock
Anna Maria Watts
and Winifreda
[Warne?] one
hundred pounds
and in case
either of them
should happen to
die in my
lifetime then to
the issue of
such of them as
shall die during
my life
I give
and bequeath to
my nephew Cyrus
Cayme the sum of
two hundred
pounds and in
the event of his
dying in my
lifetime then to
his issue
I give
and bequeath to
my niece Mary
Devonish the sum
of one hundred
pounds and in
the event of her
dying in my
lifetime then to
her issue
I give
and bequeath to
my nephew
Frederick Goare
the sum of fifty
pounds
I give
and bequeath to
each of his two
sisters
Elizabeth Goare
and Emma Goare
the sum of fifty
pounds I give
and bequeath to
my maid servant
Sophia Newick
the sum of ten
pounds I give
and bequeath to
Henry Etheridge
of Yeovil one of
my executors the
sum of fifty
pounds I give
and bequeath to
the Treasurer
for the time
being of the
British and
Foreign Bible
Society in aid
of the funds of
such Society the
sum of five
pounds for which
the receipt of
such Treasurer
shall be a
sufficient
discharge I give
and bequeath to
the Treasurer
for the time
being of the
London
Missionary
Society the sum
of five pounds
for which the
receipt of such
Treasurer shall
be a sufficient
discharge
I give
and bequeath to
the Treasurer
for the time
being of the
Religious Tract
Society the sum
of five pounds
for which the
receipt of such
Treasurer shall
be a sufficient
discharge
I give
and bequeath to
the Trustees of
the Independent
Chapel of Yeovil
the sum of five
pounds for the
use of the
Sundays School
in that Chapel I
give and
bequeath to the
said Trustees
the further sum
of five pounds
for the use of
the Sundays
School at Yeovil
Marsh for which
the receipt of
such trustees
shall be a
sufficient
discharge
I give
devise and
bequeath
All the Rest Residue and Remainder
of my personal;
estate and
effects goods
chattels
mortgages monies
soever and of
what nature or
kind soever unto
the said Henry
Etheridge and
Eliza Cayme of
Yeovil in the
County of
Somerset
spinster
daughter of my
sister Grace
Cayme To hold to
them their
executors
administrators
and assigns Upon
trust to permit
my said sister
Grace Cayme to
receive from
time to time
during her life
all the interest
dividends and
annual produce
proceeds and
profits thereof
to and for her
own use and
benefit and from
and immediately
after her
decease to pay
apply and divide
the principal
money forming
the residue of
my said personal
estate unto and
amongst each of
the children of
my said sister
Grace Cayme in
such parts
shares and
proportions as
she the said
Grace Cayme by
any deed [made?]
and executed by
her during her
life time
appoint or by
her last will
and testament
duly executed
and attested
shall give
[and?] devise
the same But in
case the said
Grace Cayme
[words
illegible, but
probably die
during] my
lifetime then I
will and direct
that my said
trustees and
executors Henry
Etheridge and
Eliza Cayme
shall and do
[word illegible]
apply and divide
the said residue
of my estate
unto between and
amongst her the
said Eliza Cayme
and all and
every other the
children of my
said sister
Grace Cayme and
the issue of
each of them as
shall be then
[word illegible]
such issue
taking the
[proportion?]
that his parent
would have been
entitle to if
living And I
hereby appoint
the said Henry
Etheridge and
Eliza Cayme
joint
Executor
and
Executrix of this my will hereby
revoking all
others by me at
any time
heretofore made
In
witness whereof
I have hereunto
set my hand and
seal this
twentieth day of
February in the
year of our Lord
one thousand
eight hundred
and forty seven
Mary Glyde
Signed sealed
published and
delivered by the
said Testatrix
Mary Glyde as
and for her last
will and
testament in the
presence of us
who in her
presence and in
the presence of
each other have
subscribed our
names as
witnesses
thereto
Francis Henty
Oakley
Benjamin
Ryall
Proved at London 13th Sept 1851 before the Judge by the oaths of
Henry Etheridge
and Eliza Cayme
spinster the
Executors to
whom adm[inistrati]on
was granted
having been
first sworn by
Com[missi]on
duly to adm[inister]
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
