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1853 will of Ebenezer wilson hughes
Commercial Traveller
This is the last Will of me Ebenezer Wilson Hughes
of Yeovil in the
County of
Somerset
Commercial
Traveller I give
All my
personal
property to
Frederick Bollen
of Saint Pauls
Churchyard in
the City of
London Merchant
and James Hughes
of Plymouth
Commercial
Traveller and
the survivor of
them his
executors and
administrators
In trust at his
or their
discretion to
get in sell and
convert into
money the same
or such parts
thereof and at
such times as
they or he may
seem expedient
and to invest
the proceeds
thereof and my
ready money on
Government real
or leasehold
securities in
England or Wales
And with the
consent of my
Wife during her
Widowhood and
afterwards at
their discretion
to vary such
securities And
to be possessed
of my said
property In
Trust after
paying all
current expences
to pay the
income therefrom
unto my wife
during her
Widowhood for
her support and
the maintenance
and education of
my children And
if my wife
should marry
again then to
pay one third of
such income to
her during her
life for her
separate use And
subject to the
trusts aforesaid
to transfer my
residuary
personal estate
unto such child
or children of
mine living at
my decease as
shall attain the
age of twenty
one years or
marry his her or
their executors
administrators
and assigns if
more than one in
equal shares but
in case all of
my said children
shall happen to
die under the
age of twenty
one years
without leaving
lawful issue
then upon trust
to transfer my
residuary
personal estate
unto my said
wife her
executors
administrators
and assigns
absolutely And
to apply towards
the maintenance
and education of
each of my
children the
income from such
childs
presumptive
share until his
or her majority
of marriage
Provided that my
trustees or
trustee with the
consent of my
Wife or after
her decease at
their discretion
may advance for
the benefit of
each of my
children a
moiety or less
of such child's
expectant share
I appoint
the said
Frederick Bollen
and James Hughes
to be my
Executors
revoking all
former Wills I
declare that if
either of my
trustees herein
named or any
person hereafter
appointed to be
a trustee of my
Will should die
or go to reside
out of or be
absent for a
year from
England and
Wales or
renounce or
relinquish or
refuse or be
incapable to
perform the
office it shall
be lawful for
the other
trustee or if
there be no such
trustee for the
person so
retiring or
renouncing
(being capable
and willing to
exercise this
power) or if
there be no such
person for any
executor or
administrator of
the trustee who
shall then have
last died in the
office or if
there be no such
person for any
my administrator
to appoint any
person or
persons to be a
trustee or
trustees in the
room of such
first mentioned
person
In
witness whereof
I have hereunto
set my hand this
eighteenth day
of March one
thousand eight
hundred and
fifty three
Ebenezer Wilson
Hughes
Signed by the
said Ebenezer
Wilson Hughes in
the presence of
us who in his
presence and in
the presence of
each other have
hereunto
subscribed our
names as
witnesses
Elizabeth McTier
James
Hughes
Proved at London 12th October 1854 before the Worshipful William
Robinson Doctor
of Laws and
Surrogate by the
oaths of
Frederick Bollen
and James Hughes
the brother the
Executors to
whom Adm[inistrati]on
was granted
having been
first sworn duly
to administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
