Bensted Will 1734

Will of Mary Bensted

of Newington next Sittingbourne, Kent


Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, original will in Miscellaneous Papers PRC/18/51/24
Transcribed by Maureen Rawson
More information about Mary Bensted nee Picknall see family tree on Ancestry.
In the Name of God Amen this 16th day of October 1733
I Mary Bensted of the parish of Newington in the County of Kent Widow, do make this my last will In forme following
Imprimis I recomend my Soul to God that gave it, and my body to be buried at the discreshorn of my two Executrix�s Herein after named, and such worldly goods as it hath pleased Almighty God to Bless me with I give the same as followeth

Item I give unto my daughter Mary now wife of John Glasscock of Chatham and my son Abraham Bensted one shilling a peice (they being provided for by their fathers will)

And the rest of my Goods and Chattels, and redy Money, and debts, and stock whatsoever and wheresoever, I give the same unto my two daughters Dorithy and An, after my debts and funerall Charges and the legaties given by my dere Husband be fully paid and sattisfied, to be Eaqually devided betwen them Share and Share alike

And I do hereby Nominate and appoint My Said two daughters Dorith and An Bensted Joynt Executrix�s of this My Last Will.

In Witness whereof I have Hereunto Set my hand and Seal the day and yeare Above written.
Mary X Bensted her mark
Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Mary Bensted to be her Last Will In Presence of
Edw�d Watts � Hen: Mercer

June the Tenth 1734 before the Worshipfull George Lee Doctor of Laws Official and so forth in the presence of me Duckow Notary Publick
Appeared personally Anne Bates otherwise Bensted now wife of James Bates one of the Executrixes named in this Will and exhibited the same and renounced and refused to take upon her the Execution thereof and the said Official admitted such her Renunciation � She being sworn that She had not intermeddled and that she would not intermeddle with the deceased�s Goods and Chattells.


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