First I do give and bequeath unto my loving Mother Joanna Cooke of the Town and Port of
Sandwich in the said County Widow All the Interest that shall become due from the Time of
my Decease for the six hundred and Fifty pounds Principal Money that I am Intitled to Under
the Will of the late Captain Andrew Elton deceased to the Time that the same Principal Money
shall be paid to my Executrixes
And then I direct and Appoint that my Executrixes as soon as Conveniently may be after such payment of the said Principal Money
to them shall and do place and dispose out at Interest on Government of other Good Security or Securities the Sum
of Six Hundred pounds part of the said Six hundred and Fifty pounds And the Interest and
proceed thereof do and shall pay to my said Mother Joanna Cooke for and during the Term of
her natural Life by Equal half Yearly payments
And in case the said Principal Sum of Six hundred and Fifty pounds that I am so intitled to as aforesaid shall happen to be paid me in my Life Time Then I direct and appoint my Executrixes Immediately after my Decease to place and dispose out at Interest on Government of other Good Security or Securities the Sum of Six Hundred pounds And the Interest and proceed thereof shall and do pay to my said Mother Joanna Cooke for and during the Term of her natural Life by Equal half Yearly payments
And from and Immediately after the decease of my said Mother Joanna Cooke Then I give and
bequeath the said Principal Sum of Six hundred pounds (of which my said Mother is before
directed to have the Interest for her Life) unto my two Sisters Sarah the wife of Samuel
Woodcock of Deal aforesaid Gentleman and Mary Cooke of Sandwich aforesaid Spinster in the
following Shares and proportions (That is to say)
To my said Sister Sarah Woodcock the sum of Two hundred and Fifty pounds part thereof
And to my said Sister Mary Cooke the Sum of Three hundred and Fifty pounds Residue thereof
Also I do Give and bequeath unto my said Sister Mary Cooke all my household Goods and Furniture whatsoever
Also all and Singular the rest residue and remainder of my Goods
Chattels Effects Debts Money and personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what
nature kind or Quality soever the same shall Exist and be at the Time of my decease not
hereinbefore disposed of (after deduction of my Funeral Expences Legacies hereby given and
debts by me owing) I do give and bequeath the same unto my said Sisters Sarah Woodcock
and Mary Cooke Equally to be divided between them Share and Share alike
And [I] do nominate and Appoint my said two daughters [Sisters] Sarah Woodcock and Mary
Cooke Executrixes of this my last Will and Testament
And lastly I revoke and make void all former and other Wills by me made and do make and
declare this only to be my true and last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the Ninth day of April in the
Seventeenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second And in the Year of Our
Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and forty four
Susanna Cooke
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Susanna Cooke for and as her last Will and
Testament in the presence of
Henry Gammon ? - Jno Middleton
Exd. W. Cullen
The before registered Will of Susanna Cooke late of Deal in the diocese of Canterbury Spinster
deceased was proved the 14th day of September in the Year of Our Lord 1745 by the Oaths of
Sarah, Wife of Samuel Woodcock and Mary Cooke, Sisters of the said deceased and
Executrixes named in the said Will To whome Admon. [Administration] of the Goods etc. of the
deceased was committed they being first Sworn duly to Execute the same.
By Commission
Notes:
Susanna Cooke and her siblings were the children of Thomas and Joanna Cooke of Sandwich, thus (all christened at St. Mary the
Virgin, Sandwich):
30 Apr 1699 Sarah (She married Samuel Woodcock 7 Nov 1740 at St. Leonard, Deal);
26 Oct 1701 Thomas; 5 Jan 1703 Stephen; 7 Jan 1704 Susanna; 13 Apr 1707 Faith;
26 Jun 1710 Mary (She married Henry Lucas on 31 Dec 1744 at St. Peter, Sandwich);
12 Oct 1712 Thomas.
Thomas Cooke married Joanna Cranbrook on 28 Nov 1695 at St. Peter, Sandwich. (Both otp.)
Mother Joanna Cooke, mentioned in the Will, was buried 2 Apr 1752 at St. Mary the Virgin, Sandwich.
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