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The Will of Samuel Beacham
The 1760 Will of Samuel Beacham, glover of Yeovil
I Samuel Beacham of Yeovil in the County of Somerset Glover do make my Will as follows Imprimis I give my leasehold Estate at Yeovil aforesaid to my Wife Margaret during her Life and after her death unto my Son Samuel Beacham his Heirs and Assigns for ever Item I give unto my daughter Mary five hundred Pounds to be paid to her on her Age of twenty one Years or day of Marriage which shall first happen all the Rest and Residue of my Estate Goods Chattels Money debts and all other my personal and real Estate and Effects of what Nature or Kind soever I give devise and bequeath unto my said Wife and Son their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever equally to be divided betwixt them Share and Share alike And do hereby make ordain and appoint my said Wife and Son joint Executors of this my Will and do revoke all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I the said Samuel Beacham have to this my last Will and Testament set my Hand and Seal this 23rd day of March 1760
Sam Beacham
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who afterwards in his Presence and in the Presence of each other subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto
Jas Ridgeway
Edmund Dare
Tho Dale
Whereas
I have given my
daughter five
hundred Pounds
in my Will above
written now I do
hereby declare
that In Case the
Residue of my
Estate shall
fall short of
paying my Wife
and Son five
hundred Pounds
apiece then my
Will is that my
said daughter
shall abate in
Proportion so as
to make their
Shares of my
personal Estate
equal. In
Witness whereof
I have hereunto
set my Hand and
Seal the day and
Year above
written
S Beacham
Witnesses to the
Codicil
Jas Ridgeway
Tho Dale
Edmund Dare
This Will
was
proved at London
with a Codicil
the twenty
eighth day of
March in the
Year of our Lord
one thousand
seven hundred
and sixty before
the Worshipfull
Arthur Collier
Doctor of Laws
and Surrogate of
the Right
Worshipfull
Edward Simpson
also Doctor of
Laws Master
Keeper or
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
lawfully
constituted by
the oath of
Samuel Beacham
the Son of the
Deceased and one
of the Executors
named in the
said Will to
whom
Administration
was granted of
all and singular
the Goods
Chattels and
Credits of the
said Deceased he
having been
first sworn duly
to administer.
Power reserved
of making ther
like Grant to
Margaret Beacham
Widow the Relict
of the said
Deceased and the
other Executor
when she shall
apply for the
same.
Transcribed by
Bob Osborn
