Item I give unto my eldest son Michael and to my three daughters Sarah Ann and Katherine several sums of five shillings a piece to be paid unto them severally by my Executor within twelve months next after my decease if lawfully demanded
And lastly all my Goods Chattels Ready money at Interest Bills Bonds Legacies And personal estate whatsoever I give and devise and bequeath unto John Bassett my younger son throughout paying my Debts Legacies and Funeral charges and I make him full whole and Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament
In whereof I the said John Bassett the Older Testator revoking all forms of
Wills by me void have hereunto set my hand and seal the third day of
September Anno Dmi one thousand Seven hundred and twenty and four.
John Bassett (signature) Signed Seal Published and declared by the said
Testator John Bassett the older to be his last Will and Testament in the
presence of us who subscribe our names as Witnesses hereto in his presence
Will Taylor - Thom Taylor - (?) Farmer
Probatum granted in London (written in Latin) to Executor naming him as Johannis Bassett as they did his father in the opening of the Will
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