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The 1765 Will of Edmund Daw
Glover
I Edmund Daw of Yeovil in the County of Somerset Glover being weak of Body but od a sound and disposing mind and memory thanks be given to Almighty God for the same do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say First I give unto Mary Seagor my beloved Sister Fifteen pounds of Good and Lawfull Moneys to be paid her by my Executor I likewise give to my said Sister three large Silver Spoons and two Gold Rings and half my Household Goods I likewise give to my Kinsman Jno Segor my Silver Watch and Silver Buckles and all my wearing Apparel both Woollen and Linnen I likewise give unto Ann Daw my now Lawfull Wife all my Money Goods and Effects of what nature or kind soever not herein before by me given and I do also charge Ann Daw with the just payment of all my Just Debts of what nature or kind soever And I do also appoint my said Wife Sole Executrix In Witness whereof I the said Edmund Daw have here unto set my hand and Seal the Twenty Eighth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Five I Give unto my Wife one large Silver [word illegible] Six small ones not before by me given
Edmund Daw
Signed Sealed published and declared as and for the said testator Edmund Daws last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereunto
Mary [word illegible] Tho[ma]s Hodges
This Will
was proved at
London on the
twenty [word
illegible] day
of April in the
year of our Lord
One thousand
Seven hundred
and Sixty Five
before the
Worshipful
Arthur Collier
Doctor of Laws
and Surrogate of
the Right
Worshipful
George [word
illegible] also
Doctor of Laws
Master Keeper or
Commissary of
the Prerogative
Court of
Canterbury
Lawfully
Constituted
[word illegible]
of Ann Daw Widow
the Relict of
the deceased and
the Executrix
named in the
said Will to
whom
Administration
was granted of
All and Singular
the Goods
Chattels and
Credits of the
said deceased
She having been
first sworn duly
to Administer
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
