Baker Will 1714

Will of James Baker

of Chislet, Kent


Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 17/8/194a
Submitted by Shelagh Mason
In the name of God Amen I James Backer of the Parish of Chislet in the County of Kent yeoman being of good and perfect memory to here make my Last Will and Testament
Imprimis I give & bequeath my Soule unto God who gave it me And my Body unto the Dust from whence it came in full hopes of eternal Life through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour

Item I give and devise to my Daughter Martha Coobs [Cobb] of Milton the Sum of Five Shillings of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid to her by my Executors hereinafter named within three months after my decease

Item I give and devise unto my Loving Wife Anne and to my Son James Backer and to their Heirs and Assigns forever All my personal Estate to be equally divided betwixt them share and share alike

And lastly I do hereby make constitute nominate and appoint my said Wife Ann and my said Son James full and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament

In witness whereof I the said James Backer have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Twentieth day of October in the First year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith Annoq Dini 1714
James Backer his mark

Signed Sealed published and declared by the said James Backer the Testator to be his Last Will & Testamt. in the prsence of us who also have subscribed our names in the prsence of the sd. Testator
John Brown; Jeremiah Sherlock his mark; Tho: Young

Probatum fuit: 23rd October 1714
Inventory taken.

Notes:
Daughter Martha Baker married Francis Cobb, bachelor, Plumber, both of Milton-next-Sittingbourne, Kent on 17 Apr 1707 at St. Margaret, Canterbury, by Licence.
James Baker married Ann Hills 26 Nov 1704 at St. Mary the Virgin, Chislet.
son? James Baker married Mary Holtham 23 June 1718 at Chislet.

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 18th November 2023


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