Item I give to the poore of the same parishe tenn shillings To bee distributed by myne Executor heereafter named
Item I give unto Elizabeth my wife the bedsteddle and bedd whereon shee lyes with two blanketts, two coverletts, one pillowe, two
boulsters and halfe my sheetes and one Chest standinge att the bedds foote and one boxe called my Wives boxe
Item I give unto my eldest sonne Thomas Baker twentie pounds and to my sonne John Baker twentie pounds
Item I give to my daughter Margarett Johncocke tenn pounds
And to my daughter Rebecca Lee five pounds
to be severally paid unto them by my Executor within one yeare next after my decease
Item I will and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth’s six Children tenne shillings a peece to bee paid them at their severall ages of
one and twentie yeares And soe many of them as are alreadie of the age aforesaid my meaning is shallbe paid them within one yeare next after
my decease
Item I give unto my daughter Elisabeths daughters child now living tenn shillings To bee paid att its age of One and twentie yeares
Item I give unto David Ovell [Oldfield] sonne of my said daughter Rebecca twentie shillings att his like age of one and twentie yeares
And I alsoe give unto my sonne Edwards three sonnes John, Henrie and Thomas twentie shillings a peece to be paid them like wise att their
said severall ages of one and twentie yeares
Item I give unto Thomas Hutson sonne of my daughter Sarah deceased twentie shillings To bee paid him within one yeare next after my
decease
Item I give and bequeath unto Alice wife of Thomas Streating one other of the daughters of the said Sarah Twentie shillings To be paid
her within one yeare alsoe next after my decease
And the residue of all my goods Cattells and debts after my debts bee paid my funerall expences
performed and all their my legacies Contayned in this my present Testament fulfilled I whollie give
and bequeath unto my sonne Edward Baker whome I doe hereby nominate make and ordaine my
sole Executor of this my last will and Testament
And Lastly I give and bequeath unto Thomasin wife of my said Executor fortie shillings to bee paid her att the will and pleasure of my
Executor
In Witnes whereof I have heerunto sett my hand and Seale yeoven? the daie and yeare first above written
Henry Baker
In the presence of the Witnesses whose names are heereunder written
In presence of Robert Deedes; Washgington Raynolds
Probatum fuit: 11th October 1637
Notes:
Henry Baker senior was buried 14 Sep 1637 at SS Peter & Paul, Saltwood, Kent, aged 69 years.
Henry Baker had married Elizabeth Enmith 9 Jun 1582 at St. Martin, Cheriton.
Elizabeth Baker, widow of Henery, was buried at Saltwood 9 Jun 1638.
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 30th January 2024
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