First I give to my Wife Jane Hills the House I now live in and also the Garden before and behind the said House and all the Furniture of the said House and also the Interest of eighty Pounds for and during the time of her natural life over and above what is settled on her by our Marriage Articles
Secondly I give my Son Francis Hills one hundred and fifty Pounds which I have in the three P cent Consols. I also give him my
Watch and all my Wearing Apparel of all sorts
Thirdly I give my daughter Frances Harman one hundred pounds which I have in the 5 P. Cents
And at the death of my Wife Jane Hills I give the aforesaid House and Gardens, and the Eighty Pounds and the Furniture of the said House
except what Funiture my Wife had when we was married to my Son Francis Hills and to my daughter Francis Harman to be equally divided
between them
And if any one of them should die before my Wife Jane Hills and leave no Heirs of their Bodies then I desire the Survivor should have the
whole
I hereby constitute and appoint my Wife Jane Hills and my Son Francis Hills and my Daughter
Frances Harman joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament
I will that my Wife Bury me and pay the Expence of my Funeral to pay the same Expence she to have the Money due to her from the Club
And the rest of the Money which I have not given away before I likewise desire my Executors to put out the Eighty pounds in the best manner
they can so that my Wife Jane Hills may have the Interest of it during her Life
To which this my last Will and Testament I have set my hand this twentieth day of Novemr. in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and eighty eight
Edward Hills
in the presence of us Jno. Chambers Junr. - Thos. Nash - Sarah Nash - Faversham Novr. 20, 1788.
The before mentioned Fourscore Pounds which my Wife Jane Hills is to have the Interest of is in the hands of the Commissioners of Faversham
Pavement for which I have their Bond for a hundred pound my Wife Jane Hills having twenty pounds with me to make it up the hundred
this 1st day of May one thousand seven hundred and ninety one
Edward Hills
- in the presence of us Robt. Collier - Thos. Nash
This Will was proved at London with a Codicil the sixth day of June in the Year of Our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and ninety one before the Worshipful George Harris, Doctor of Laws,
Surrogate of the Right Honorable Sir William Wynne, Knight, Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper or
Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Jane Hills,
Widow the Relict, Francis Hills, the Son and Frances Harman (Wife of Mathew Harman) the
Daughter of the deceased the Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted
of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn duly to administer
Exd.
Notes:
Edward Hills, aged 57, was buried at Faversham 29 May 1791.
Matthew Harman, Bachelor and Frances Hills, Spinster, both of this parish, were married (after Banns) on 30th January 1785 at St. Mary of
Charity, Faversham, Kent. Witnesses were: Edward Hills and Edward Smith.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 14th Jan 2021
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