Baker Will 1725/6

Will of George Baker

of Bekesbourne, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 17/84/55d
Submitted by Shelagh Mason

In the Name of God Amen
I George Baker of the parish of Beakesbourn [Bekesbourne] in the County of Kent Yeoman being at the Time not well in Body but of perfect mind and memory Thanks be given to God therefore do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following
Imprimis I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Maker to Jesus Christ my Redeemer and to the Holy Ghost my Sanctifier And my Body I committ to the Earth to be buried in the Chuchyard of Beaksbourn (sic) aforesaid in decent manner according to the discretion of my Executors hereafter named
And for my Worldly Estate wherewithall God hath blessed me I give and devise as followeth

Imprimis I give and devise unto Jane my loving Wife all that Messuage or Tenement together with the Barn Stable Oast Stowages Forge Lands and Appurtences [Appurtenances] to the same belonging scituate lying and being in Beaksbourn aforesd [aforesaid] and now in my own Ocupation And also that Messuage or Tenement Barn Stable Outhouses Orchard and Garden with all and singular the Appurtenances situate lying and being in Beaksbourn aforesaid and now in the Tenure or Occupation of Absolom Young
And also all my Goods Chattells and moveables whatsoever Which said Messuages and all other the pemisses [premises] abovementioned I give to the said Jane my loving Wife during her natural Life

And from and after her decease then to be equally divided between all my Sons and Daughters which shall then be living But if the said Jane my loving Wife do hereafter marry Then my will and meaning is otherwise than above mentioned and I give to be understood in manner following, That is to say, If she do marry then immediately after the day of Marriage I do give and bequeath to each of my Children the Sum of twenty Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid them by my Executors when they shall attain to their respective ages of Twenty Years

And from and after her decease I give and devise the said Two Messuages Barnes Stables and premisses abovementioned together with the Goods and moveables which shall then remain to all my Children that shall then be alive to be equally divided between them as aforesaid

And lastly I make and ordain my loving Wife the only sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament and to her care and tuition I leave all my Children to bring up

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Third day of February and in the Twelfth 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 Anno Dini 1725
George Baker

Signed Sealed published and declared by the said George Baker as his Last Will and Testament in the pesence [presence] of the Testator set our Hands
William Dowell - Thomas Wanstall - Thos. White

Probatum fuit: Quinto dei March 1725.

Notes:
George Baker was buried at St. Peter, Bekesbourne on 13th January 1726.
George Baker married Jane Neams 23rd October 1705 at Bekesbourne.
Their known children (all christened at Bekesbourne):
15 Oct 1706 John; 3 Jul 1708 George; 19 Mar 1709 Jane; 12 Jun 1711 Richard; 5 Jul 1713 Stephen; 29 Dec 1715 Elizabeth; 23 May 1721 Robert.
George�s Wife Jane Baker did not die until 1752 and is buried at Bekesbourne on 25th February 1752, aged 74, Widow - giving an approx. birth date of 1678.
George Baker is probably the son of John and Ellice Baker, christened 4th April 1688 at Boughton-under- Blean � the other side of Canterbury from Bekesbourne.

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 20th August 2019. All rights waived for personal use � BUT please quote source and reference.

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