Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my Eldest Son Edward Baker and to his heirs from and after he shall attain his aged of one and twenty Years All those my Seven Acres of Pastureland with the Appurten[an]ces lying and being in in the p[ar]ish of Standford in the said County and now or late in the tenure or Occupacon of Mary Swanton Widow or her Assignes
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Second Son William Baker and his heirs when he shall attain the Age of four and twenty Years All those my Six Acres of Arrable land with the Apprutences lying and being at Pedlinge aforesaid
Item I give devise and bequeath all that my messuage or Tenement called Horne Downe and all that peice or parcell of land called Horne Downe Feild containing by estimacon four Acres be the Same more or less with the Appurtences and also all that peice or parcell of land Called Pond feild containg by estmation four Acres be the Same more or less with the Appurtences which said Messauge lands and prmisses last menconed are Scituate lying and being in Saltwood aforesaid unto my Youngest Son James Baker and his heirs from and after the death and decease of my loving wife Elizabeth the Same being Setlled on her for her life as her Joynture
Item I give and bequeath unto my Eldest Daughter Mary Baker the Sume of Fifty pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid
unto her by my Executrix hereinafter named at her age of one and twenty Yeares
Item I give and bequeath unto my Second Daughter Elizabeth Baker the Sume of Fifty pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid
unto her by my Executrix hereinafter named at her age of one and twenty Yeares
Item I give and bequeath unto my Youngest Daughter Susan Baker the Sume of Fifty pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid
unto her by my Executrix hereinafter named at her age of one and twenty Yeares
Item my Will and mind is that if either or any of my said three Daughters Shall dye and depart this life before She or they Shall attain to her or their Ages of one and twenty Years as aforesaid that then the part and Share of her or them so dying Shall be equally divided between and amongst the Survivors or Survivor of my said three Daughters who shall live to attain the age aforesaid
Item I give and devise unto my Said Eldest Son Edward Baker the Sume of twenty pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid unto him
by my Executrix hereinafter named at his age of one and twenty Yeares
Item I give and devise unto my Youngest Son James Baker the Sume of twenty pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid unto him by
my Executrix hereinafter named at his age of one and twenty Yeares
Item my Will and is that if my Said Sons Edward Baker and James Baker or either of them Shall
dye and depart this life before the said legacies or Sumes of twenty pounds become payable then the
part of him or them so dying Shall be divided between and amongst Such of my Said three Sons
Edward, William and James who Shall live to Attain his or their Age or ages aforesaid
Item my will mind and desire is that my said loving Wife Elizabeth Shall be Guardian unto All and evry of my said Six Children during their Sevrall and respective Minorities and Shall have receive and take the rents Issues and profitts of all and Singuler my lands and tenements and the Interest of the moneys hereinbefore given and bequeathed unto them and evry or any of them for and towards their Maintenance and Educacon untill the Same Shal descend or become due and payable to them at the Severall and respective Ages aforesaid according as is hereinbefore menconed
Item as for all the rest residue and remainder of my ready money Goods Ch[att]ells Debts due and owing unto me upon Mortgages Bonds or otherwise and all other my personall Estate whatsoever and wheresoever not hereinbefore bequeathed I give devise and bequeath the Same unto my Said loving Wife Elizabeth She paying my Debts Legacies funerall Expences Charge of proving this my Will and other incident Charges
And I doe hereby nominate and Appoint my Said loving wife Elizabeth whole and Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof to this my last Will and Testament Contained in these two Sheets of paper
together annexed I the said James Baker the Testator have to the first Sheet thereof Set my hand and
to this last Sheet my hand and Seal have sett and putt dated the four and day of March in the Eighth
Year of the reign of our Soveraign Lord George by the Grace of God now King of Great Britain &c. Annoq Dini 1721(/22)
James Baker
Signed Sealed published and declared by the Said James Baker the Testator for and as his last Will
and Testament in the prsence of us who have hereunto Subscribed our names as Witnesses in the prsence of the Said Testator
Elizabeth Hedgecock; John Friend; Robt. Loftie
Probatum fuit: 9th May 1722 to Elizabeth Baker, widow.
A True and Perfitt Inventory of all the goods and Chattells of James Baker Late of Saltwood in the County of Kent Yeoman Late Deceased Taken and Apprized the 2nd pf May 1722, Viz.
£. s. d.
Item his wearing Aparrell 09 00 00
Item Ready Money & Money Out 185 00 00
In the Best Chamber
Item One Bed as it Stands 07 10 00
three Chests 00 10 00
A Case of Drawers, Six Cane Chairs 02 05 00
One Smal Table, a Glass, a payer of Brandirons 00 10 00
Twenty payer of Sheets 10 00 00
Eighteen Table Clothes 01 16 00
Two Dozen of Napkins 01 16 00
Six payer of pillow=bears 01 10 00
In the Chamber Over the Milkhouse
Item Two feather Beds as they Stand 08 00 00
Two Chests 00 06 00
In the Chamber over the Parler
Item One feather Bed, on flock Bed 03 00 00
In the Apple Lelhe ?
Item Old Iron and husbandrery Tooles 01 00 00
In the Fire Roome
Item Two tables, a fourm, three Joynt Stools 00 10 00
Six Chaires, A Dresser, a Couch, A Clock 02 13 00
Fourteen Pewter Dishes, 24 Plates & a waring [warming] pann 03 10 00
A Jack, 2 Spits, 4 Candle Sticks & morter & Pesle 01 00 00
Brandicke, fire pan & Tongs, Nellows, pot hooks, a gun,
one Cubard & other Smal things 01 05 00
In the Milkhouse
Item Three Brine Tubs with the pork in them, two Milke Leads, one
Brass Ketle, five Smal Keelerr, frying pan & other Smal things 10 10 00
In the Strong Beer Butterry
Item four Barrells, two Dozen of Glass Botles 00 14 00
In the Smale Beer Butterry
Item One Kneading trough, four Barrells, two Spinning wheels,
weights & Scales & other Smal things 02 05 00
In the Brew house
Item Three porridger pots 00 15 00
One Copper, five Tubs, three Keelers, two Charn, five pailes 03 00 00
Two Brass Ketles, two Skillets, Cheese press, Slalder? and
other Smal things 01 02 06
In the Barn
Item Some Wheat Tray fine Scry fan Bushell & Tovit? 02 19 00
In the Stable
Item four horses with their harness 28 00 00
A wagon, one Court, a plow, 3 harrows, a Rowle 09 15 00
Poles & Stufe for husbandery uses, Seven watles, two hog
Stocks, one trough, three Cribs, one Rack 02 00 00
One grin(d)stone, two Ladders, Some fire wood 02 10 00
Item About Seven Lord of Hay 07 00 00
Twenty Sacks 01 01 00
Six Cows, three Stears, One Heifer, two Buds, 4 Calves 35 00 00
Three hogs, One Sow, & Piggs 05 05 00
392 17 06
Thirty nine Ewes with their Lambs, Twenty one Rams 36 16 00
fourteen Acers [acres] of Wheat upon the ground 35 00 00
Eight Acers of Oates 06 00 00
Two Acers of Beans & two Acers of Barley 05 00 00
for things unseen and forgotten 10 07 06
Sum Total 426 01 00
Jno Jones; Will Wraight - Appraisers
Notes:Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 4th February 2024
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