Will of Lucy Clarabut

of Dover, Kent

I give all my real and personal Estate whatsoever unto my Brother Robert Westfield and my Sisters Anne Cole, Mary Westfield and Katherine Penney wife of John Penney and to their heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns equally to be divided between them

And I nominate Mr. Sampson Pierce to be Executor of this my Will

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the eighth Day of October in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and thirty eight
Lucy Clarabut her marke

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in our presence who subscribed the same as Witnesses thereto in her presence
John Bradley; Susanna Westfield her mark; Wm. Lane

The before registered Will of Lucy Clarabut deceased was proved the 16th Day of May 1739 before the Reverend Richard Monins, Clerk, lawfull Surrogate to the worshipfull Thomas Tenison, Doctor of Laws, Comissary General of the City and Diocese of Canterbury, lawfully constituted and Adm[inistrati]on of the said deceaseds goods so far as concerned the said deceased and her Will was committed to Sampson Pierce sole Executor named in the said Will he being first sworn duly to Execute the same

Notes:
Lucy Westfield married Henry Morecraft 28 Jan 1706/07 at St. Mary the Virgin, Dover, Kent.
Lucy Morecraft then married Daniel Claribut 7 Feb 1724/25 at St. Mary, Dover.
Lucy Claribut was buried 22 Oct 1738 at St. Mary, Dover.

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 27th March 2023

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