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.

 

See Watts Family Tree

 

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