Colgate Will 1773

Extract of Will of John Colgate

of Tonbridge, Kent


Source: Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Probate 24 Jul 1773
John Colgate of Tonbridge, Mercer & Country Shopkeeper, Will dated 11 Jun 1755

kinswoman Margaret Stone of Tonbridge, spinster
properties near Bentham Brook, Soughborough in Tonbridge occupied by Richard Wenman, William Edwards & Widow Pinson
land at Stockling Green, Speldhurst occupied by Richard Skinner
my late Uncle William Johnson deceased

kinswoman Elizabeth Caret of Tonbridge, widow
property at Hadlow occupied by Thomas Cronk the elder
messuage at Cage Green, Tonbridge occupied by Thomas Waghorne
Alice Caret daughter of said Elizabeth Caret

wife Ann, executrix
Trustees of the Charity School at Tonbridge (�100)
father in law Thomas Hollamby of Tonbridge, carrier
godson Mathew Stidolph of Tonbridge, fellmonger
godson John Mugridge, son of William of Tonbridge, tallow chandler

friend George Weller Esq. of the Middle Temple London
Daniel Weller of Rochester, shipwright, my former wife's brother
kinsman Edward Weller son of Henry late of Southwark. Surrey, sadler deceased
kinswoman Sarah Stidolph wife of Thomas the younger of Rotherfield, Sussex, clothier

kinsman Robert Colgate the elder of Meopham, cooper
& his sons Richard Colgate of Farningham, cooper & Robert Colgate the younger of Meopham, cooper
kinsman Thomas Colgate of Sevenoaks, husbandman
& his sons Robert of Sevenoaks, husbandman, Richard & John of Seal, husbandman

kinsman Samuel Peckham the elder of Tonbridge, harness maker
kinswoman Mary Sawyer of Rotherfield, Sussex, widow
& her sons Thomas, glazier, John, farmer & Richard, husbandman, all of Rotherfield
kinsman William Atwater of Rochester, carpenter
kinsman John Lathbury of Frindsbury, carpenter
kinsman Nicholas Caret of Tonbridge, husbandman
kinsman William Caret of Tonbridge, husbandman

brother in law John Cossum of Hastings, Sussex, shopkeeper
kinsman Richard Cossum of Northiam, Sussex, shopkeeper
George Summertun of Tonbridge, blacksmith
poor of Tonbridge

Thomas Stidolph (note of hand dated 28 Aug 1753 forgiven)
Elizabeth Waite & Mary Waite of Tonbridge, butchers & copartners & executrices of Will of their father Richard Waite deceased
(bond dated 24 Jun 1745 by Richard Waite forgiven)
3 shares in the Navigation of the River Medway
copyhold property in the Manor of Frant, Sussex
witnesses Saml Mills - William Lambart - Tho. Scoones

12 Codicils, undated and unwitnessed:

friend George Weller Esq. of Boxted Hall, Suffolk (�500 stock transfer 2 Nov 1753 forgiven)
kinsman Samuel Packham the elder
Mr David Langton, linnen draper of Southwark
John son of Richard Cossum, mercer of Northiam
Margaret Summertun & Martha Summertun
Uncle in Law John Hollamby

Henry Walter Cooper in Sevenoaks
debts of Matthew Stidolph dated 1762 & 1763 forgiven
Thomas Stidolph, schoolmaster, late of Rotherfield but now of Stroud, Kent (debt dated 27 Oct 1767 forgiven)
John Bridgen <21 son of Elizabeth Bridgen, widow
Mr Thomas Austen
John Stone, fisherman of Strood
Isabella Packham the younger

Pall Bearers: Mr Thos Austen, Mr Thos Miller, Mr Samuel Mills the elder, Mr thos Scoones, Mr James Norris, Mr Robert Chalklin
Bearers: John Billinghurst, William Round, John Cockow, Wm Brissenden, Tho. Box

Second Probate: 5 Jul 1775 to Richard Cossum the nephew & next of kin, widow Ann now deceased
Third probate: 27 Nov 1797 to Winifred Cossum, spinster, niece.


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