Will of James Cook

of Sellinge, Kent

I do give and bequeath unto my three children James Cook John Cook and Margaret the Wife of John Kingsmill All my ready money and Securities for Money Deed Bill Mortgages Notes Debts Sum and Sums of Money whatsoever that may be due to me at the time of my decease and likewise all my household furniture Plate Linen and China and all other my personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever that I may be possessed of at the time of my decease To hold the same unto the said James Cook John Cook and Margaret the Wife of the said John Kingsmill their Executors Admons [Administrators] and Assigns equally to be divided between them share and share alike

And I direct the share of my daughter Margaret to be paid into her hand for her own sole separate use and benefit or to such person or persons as she by any Writing signed with her proper hand shall from time to time notwithstanding her coverture direct and appoint And my Will is that her present husband shall not intermeddle therewith neither shall the same be subject or liable to his Control Debts or Engagements

And lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said James Cook John Cook and Margaret the Wife of the said John Kingsmill joint Executors of this my Will and Testament contained in one sheet of paper hereunto set my hand and seal the fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and ten
James Cook JC

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses the word �James� on the second line being first written on an Erazure
Edward Tournay Wm. Janeways

Proved at London on the 9th February 1827 before the Judge by the Oaths of James Cook and John Cook the Sons and Margaret Kingsmill Wife of John Kingsmill the Daughter the Executors to whom Administration was granted being first sworn in commission duly to administer

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