and first I do revoke renounce Frustrate and make void all Wills by me formerly made and
declare and appoint this my last Will and Testament
Item I will and require that all those Debts and Duties as I ow in Right or Conscience to any
person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truly contented and paid within convenient
Time after my Decease by my Executors hereinafter named
Item I give and bequeath unto my loving Wife Susannah George All those Goods and Household stuff and implements of Household stuff which I had and received of her and which she brought at the Time of my Marriage to her together with half a Years Board
Item I give and bequeath unto the said Susannah George One Annuity Yearly rent Charge of Fifty shillings per Annm [Annum] to be issuing and going out of all my Stock and Crop to be paid unto her by my Executor hereinafter mentioned yearly and every Year during ye Time she remain and continue a Widow and no longer by even and equall portions quarterly to be paid the first payment thereof to begin and to made at the then next ensuing feast day of Terme of payment after my decease with full power and lawfull authority for the said Susannah George or her Assignes to enter in and upon the p�msses [premises] and there to distrain and the distress and distresses so had and taken to load, drive away, hold, and detain, untill ye said Annuity of yearly rent Charge of Fifty shillings per Ann. [Annum] and all the Arrears of the same (if any be) be fully satisfied contented and paid unto her as aforesaid
Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Nicholas George of the parish of St. Michael Harbledown in the County of Kent aforesaid Yeoman the Sum of Fourty pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid unto him by my Executor hereinafter named within one Year and one day next after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto my Grandson Nicholas George and Son of the said Nicholas George (my Son) last before mentioned ye sum of Fifty pounds of like lawfull money of England to be paid unto him by my Executor hereinafter named when he shall attaine unto his full age of One and Twenty Years requiring and desiring my said Executor to maintain and bring up the said Nicholas George my said Grandson for the use of the said Fifty pounds
Item I give and bequeath unto Samuel George of the parish of St. Mildred in the City of Canterbury Malster [Maltster] ye summ of Thirty pounds of like lawfull Money of England to be paid unto him by my Executor hereinafter named within One Year and one Day next after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto my Son in Law John Broad of the parish of Lower Hardress in the said County of Kent Husbandman and Anne his Wife and to George Broad his Son ye Summ of Ten Pounds apiece of lawfull money of England to be paid unto them and every of them within one while Year and one Day next after my Decease by my Executor hereinafter mentioned
Item I give and bequeath unto Thomas George another of my Sons and of the parish of St.
Martin within ye Liberties of the City of Canterbury aforesaid Yeoman the Summ of Forty
pounds of like lawfull Money of England
whom I make sole Executor of this my last Will and
Testament requiring and desiring him to do execute and perform (as much as in him hath) all
and whatsoever is mentioned contained and expressed in this my last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I the said Nicholas George ye elder have to this my last will and Testament
contained in two Sheets of Paper to each Sheet set my hand and annexed my Seale Date[d] the
Day and Year above writen
Nicholas George
Signed sealed published and declared (after ye several Interlineations made by the within
named Nicholas George) the Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the p�sence of us
Testors whose names are hereunder written
Tho: Gillman Rowland Longbone Tho: Denne
Probatum fuit: Vicesimo primo (21st) die Aprilis Anno Dini 1707.
Notes:
Nicholas George married firstly Ann Page 30 Sep 1663 at St. George the Martyr,
Canterbury. He: 27, Husbandman of Sturry; She: 23, of St. George, Canterbury.
Their known children (where C = christening):
Nicholas 23 Mar 1666 at St. Martin, Herne; Mary 4 Jan 1669 at Herne; Thomas 25 May 1674 at
Herne; Samuel 27 Dec 1677 at St. Mary Bredin, Canterbury.
First wife Ann George died and is buried 6th Jan 1691 at Chartham, wife of Nicholas George of �Little Lady� in Canterbury.
Nicholas George married secondly 7 Jul 1692 to Susannah Silkwood at St, Mary, Chartham.
There are no known children of this marriage. Susanna George was buried in Chartham on 8th
Feb 1716, and was given as �from Stelling�.
Son Nicholas George married Mary Brodman on 7th July 1692 at St. Mary Chartham.
Their son Nicholas George was christened there on 4th August 1700. They then moved to
Harbledown were they had christened and buried at the church of St. Michael and All Angels:
15 May 1705 Thomas (Bu: 17 Jun 1705); and 23 Jun 1706 Ann (Bu: 26 Aug 1707).
Son Samuel George married 11th Nov. 1701 to Ann Crawford at SS Cosmos & Damian, Blean.
He was Ba., Yeoman of Nackington (Canterbury); She: Sp. of Blean. Their known children all
C at St. Mildred, Canterbury: 24 Sep 1703 Thomas (Bu: 7 May 1705); 13 Jul 1705 Samuell;
29 Jun 1706 Anne (Bu: 23 Jun 1708); 19 Dec 1710 Thomas; 23 Nov 1714 Mary.
Son Samuel George was buried at St. Mildred, Canterbury 8th July 1719.
Daughter Anne George married John Brodbridge (given as �Broad� in the Will) 9 Oct 1694 at Boughton-under-Blean, Kent.
Son Thomas George married Mary Mitchell 8th Oct. 1699at SS Cosmos & Damian, Blean. He was Yeoman of St. Martin, Canterbury;
She: of Chartham.
Nicholas George (the subject of this Will) was the son of John and �Sarah� George, C 3 Jan 1635
at Chartham. Sister Margaret was christened 7 Nov 1633. The �Sarah� was written over an
earlier entry which looks like it could have been Margaret. There is no known marriage of a
John George to a Sarah in the right time-frame.
John George had actually married Margaret Langley 21 Dec 1632 at Chartham.
John George was the son of Samuell George of Chartham. Family Group (all C Chartham):
20 Mar 1601 Nicholas; 4 Mar 1603/4 John; 21 Dec 1606 George and Mary; 29 Mar 1610 James; 26 Jun 1614 Ursilla.
Samuell George�s marriage is not found, and he has two possible fathers, although the first is
an obvious choice due to the naming of Samuell�s first child:
1. 10 Oct 1568 to Nycholas George at Chartham (the favoured father), or:
2. 5 Dec 1568 to John George at Chartham.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 8th April 2019. All rights waived for personal use � BUT please quote source and reference.
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