Baker Will 1699

Will of John Baker

of Denton, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 17/79/302a
Submitted by Shelagh Mason

In the name of God Amen
I John Baker of Lodge Lee (Denton) Farmer being in my p�sent [present] senses with my reason, blessed be God, (but) very sick and weake make this my last will and Testament
First I recommend my Sole to God trusting thro� his mercy and Chief meritts to obtain the remission of my Sins and Eternal Salvacon thro� his sonne our Lord Jesus Christ
Secontly [secondly] I comitt my body to be decently buryed after my decease

All I have of worldly goods with my House and Lands lyeing at Breech in the pish of Barham during her naturall life I bequeath and give to my deer loveing wife
and after her decease I give unto my two sons Thomas and Henry
they paying out of it twenty pounds to my son John to be paid him within two years after my wifes decease

To which my last will and Testament I set my hand and Seale this aforesaid 18th of March 1688/9 {1699]
John Baker

Sealed and delivered in the p�sence [presence] of
Charles Finch his marke - Susan Smeed her marke - Willm. Sunn with others

Probatum fuit: Decimo tertio [13th] dei May 1699.

Notes:
John Baker was buried at St. John the Baptist, Barham on 23rd March 1699.
John Baker married Mary Ford 9th April 1678 at St. Giles, Kingston (next Barham).
Their known children (all christened at Barham):
03 Aug 1679 Thomas
09 Jan 1681 Henry
04 Nov 1683 Mary (Bu: 18 Oct 1697)
25 Apr 1685 Robert (Bu: 30 Apr 1685)
09 Jan 1687 Sarah
13 Sep 1689 Ann
25 Mar 1692 John
24 May 1695 Robert (Bu. 2 Dec 1695)

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 7th October 2019. All rights waived for personal use � BUT please quote source and reference.

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