It is my will and desire that I may be buried in the plainest manner that can be in the Church Yard of the parish Church of Milton next Gravesend in the said County of Kent for which purpose I hereby direct that I may be carried by my New Servants with a Weeping Pall and followed by two or more Friends
And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my Wife Hannah Holmes the Sum of One Hundred of lawful
Money of Great Britain and order and direct the same to be paid to her within three Calendar Months next after my decease
And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said Wife Hannah Holmes the Ring which I had on account
of the death of my late Son George Holmes deceased
And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said Wife Hannah Holmes all my Liquors of what sort or kind soever they may be at the time of my decease
And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Holmes my Carriage or Post Chaise for her own use and benefit
And I do hereby give and bequeath unto Henry Edmeads of the parish of Nursted [Nurstead] in the said
County of Kent Gentleman and William Brown of the parish of Chalk in the said County of Kent Yeoman
their Executors Administrators and Assigns All that my Leasehold Messuage or Tenement Farm Lands
and premises situate lying and being at Denton aforesaid which I hold and am possessed of by virtue of
and under a certain Indenture of Lease made and granted to me thereof by Thomas Barrett of Lee near
the City of Canterbury in the said County of Kent Esquire for the Term of Seventeen Years and of which
said Term about fourteen Years will be unexpired at Michaelmas next and all my Estate Right Title
Interest Term of Years Property Claim and demand of in and to the same
To Hold the said Messuage or Tenement Farm Lands and Premises with the Appurtenances thereto
belonging unto the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown their executors administrators and assigns
for and during all the rest residue and remainder of the Term of Years to me thereof granted as aforesaid
and which shall be to come and unexpired at the time of my decease But nevertheless Upon the Trusts
and to and for the ends intents and purposes herein after mentioned and declared of and concerning the same
And I do hereby give and bequeath unto the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown their Executors Administrators and Assigns And all and every of my Household Goods and Furniture of Household Brewing Utensils Plate Linen China Goods Chattels Stock and Crops of Corn and Grain Seeds in the ground Live Stock Utensils and Implements of Husbandry Ready Monies and Securities for Monies whatsoever Monies owing to me from the Estate and Effects of my said late Son George Holmes deceased or by measure of his Death expended on account thereof
And also such Goods and Effects belonging to me as were in the hands or possession of my said Son at the time of his decease Rights Credits And also the rest residue and remainder of my personal Estate and Effects not otherwise herein before by this my Will given or Disposed of To hold the same and every part and parcel thereof unto the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown their Executors Administrators and Assigns But nevertheless upon the Trusts and to and for the Ends Interests and purposes herein after mentioned and declared of and concerning the same (that is to say)
Upon Trust that they the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown and the Survivor of him his Executors and Administrators shall and do in the first place take or cause to be made and taken a full true and particular Inventory and Account of my said Household Goods and Furniture Plate Linen China Stock and Crops Ready Monies and Securities for Money and all other my Personal Estate and Effects
And then Upon Trust that they the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown and the Survivor of him his Executors and Administrators shall and do permit and suffer my said Wife Hannah Holmes to have the use and Occupation of my said Household Goods and Furniture of Household Plate Linen and China so now being in my said Dwelling House for and during the term of her natural Life and also permit her to have the like use and Occupation of a small Bedstead and Bed with printed Cotton Furniture which usually stood in the Room over the Kitchen in my late Dwelling House in Shorne in the said County of Kent and which I left there on my quitting the same for the use of my said Son George Holmes deceased until such time as he should replace the same
And from and immediately after the decease of my said Wife Then I do hereby give and bequeath the said Household Goods and Furniture of Household Plate Linen and China unto my said Daughter Sarah Holmes her Executors Administrators and Assigns and for her and their like use and benefit
And as to for and concerning my said Leasehold Messuage or tenement Farm Lands and Premises with the Appurtenances thereto belonging Upon Trust that they the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown and the Survivor of him his Executors and Administrators shall and do sell and dispose thereof as soon as conveniently may be after my decease for all my Estate Term and Interest therein And also all and every of my said Brewing Utensils Implements of Husbandry Stock and crops of Corn and Grain Seeds in the Ground Live Stock Goods Chattels and all other my Effects in the Farming Business or otherwise (save and except As aforesaid) either by Private Contract or Public Auction but nevertheless for the best price and prices that can be had or got for the same and call in all Monies which shall be due and owing to me upon any Security or Securities or otherwise howsoever
And thereout in the first place pay and discharge all and every of my just debts funeral expenses and the
charges of proving this my Wife [Will!] and all other incident charges attending the same
And also the said Legacy of one hundred pounds herein before by this my Will given to my said Wife Hannah Holmes as aforesaid
The Legacy of Ten pounds which I hereby give and bequeath unto Edmund Bennett of Chatham in
the said County of Kent Ropemaker which I hereby direct to be paid to him within one Month next after my decease
And then that they my said Trustees shall and do respectively retain out of my said Personal estate the
Sum of Ten Pounds a piece for Mourning
And after payment and detention of the said Legacies or Sums of Money Then Upon Trust that they the said Trustees the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown and the Survivor of him his Executors and Administrators shall and do place out at Interest in the Stocks or Public Funds on Government Security in their Names All the rest and Residue of the said Monies to arise by sale of my said Leasehold Premises Goods Chattels Cattle Stock and Crops And also all my ready Monies and other Monies so to be received and called in as aforesaid
And then Upon Trust that they the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown and the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall and do pay unto or otherwise authorize and empower my said daughter Sarah Holmes and her Assigns to receive and take the Yearly Interest Dividend and Annual Produce of my said Monies so to be placed out at Interest as aforesaid and every part thereof (save and except the Interest of the Sum of one hundred pounds hereinafter by this my Will given and disposed of and the Trusts thereof declared) and also except payment of Dividends for or in respect or in part of the principal for and during the term of her natural Life whose Receipt alone or her order or direction for the payment thereof shall from time to time (notwithstanding her Coverture with any person she may happen to marry) be a good and sufficient warrant and discharge for the same or any part thereof to the person or persons who shall so pay the same
And from and immediately after the decease of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes Then Upon Trust that they the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown and the Survivor of him his Executors and Admors. [Administrators] shall and do receive and take the yearly Interest Dividends and Annual Produce of the said Monies so to be placed out at Interest as aforesaid (except as before excepted) and pay and apply the same for and towards the Maintenance and Education of all and every the Child and Children of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes not being a Son or Sons who shall become or be intitled to the Messuage or Tenement Tan Yard Lands Hereditaments and Premises settled and assured on my Marriage with my said Wife Hannah Holmes Upon the Trusts in such Settlement declared thereof until they respectively attain the age of twenty one Years and on such Child or Children not being a Son or Sons and intitled to the said Premises so settled and assured as aforesaid respectively attaining that age
Then Upon Trust that they my said Trustees and the Survivor of them his Executors and Admors. shall and do pay transfer assign and divide the said Monies so to be placed out at Interest as aforesaid (except as before excepted) unto and equally between such Child and Children not being a Son or Sons and intitled as aforesaid share and share alike If my said Daughter Sarah Holmes be then dead or if living then within three Calendar Months next after her decease
But if there shall only be a Son or Sons and no other Child or Children of the Body of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes who shall
become or be intitled to the said Freehold Hereditaments so settled and assured as aforesaid
Then In Trust for such Son or Sons and to be paid or assigned to him or them at the times and in the
manner as the said Monies or the securities in which the same shall be places are herein before
mentioned and directed to be paid or assigned unto and between the Child or Children of my said
Daughter Sarah Holmes not intitled to the said settled Hereditaments and Premises as aforesaid
But if my said Daughter Sarah Holmes shall happen to die without any Child or Children or being such all of them shall happen to die under the Age of twenty one Years And without Issue Then and in such case and not otherwise I do hereby give and bequeath the said Monies to be placed out at Interest as aforesaid (except the said Sum of one hundred pounds part thereof) unto and equally between Joseph Harris and Sarah Harris the two Children of John Harris of Bishopsgate Street London Coach harness maker share and share alike and hereby order and direct the same to be paid them on their respectively attaining the Age of twenty one Years
And the Interest thereof in the mean time to be applied for their Maintenance and Education and if either of them the said Joseph Harris and Sarah Harris shall happen to die under the Age of twenty one Years Then I do hereby give and bequeath the whole of the said Monies so to be placed out at Interest as aforesaid (Except as before excepted) unto the Survivor of them and if both of them the said Joseph Harris and Sarah Harris shall happen to die under the Age of twenty one Years, either in the Lifetime of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes or after her decease Then Upon the Trusts herein after mentioned and declared of and concerning the same
And as to for and concerning the said Sum of one hundred pounds part of my said Monies so to be placed out at Interest as aforesaid whereof in Trust or Trusts have or hath been herein before by this my Will declared Upon Trust that they the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown and the Survivor of him his Executors and Administrators shall and do pay and apply the Interest Dividends and Annual Produce thereof (except payment or Dividend for or in respect or in part of the principal) for and towards the Maintenance and Education of the said Joseph Harris and Sarah Harris until they respectively attain the Age of twenty one Years and on them respectively attaining that Age
Then Upon Trust to pay transfer Assign or divide the said Sum of one hundred pounds or the securities
in which the same shall be placed unto and equally between the said Joseph Harris and Sarah Harris
share and share alike But if either of them the said Joseph Harris and Sarah Harris shall happen to die
under the Age of twenty one Years Then I do hereby give and bequeath the whole of the said Sum of one
hundred pounds unto the Survivor of them And if both of them the said Joseph Harris and Sarah Harris
shall happen to die under the Age of twenty one Years either in the Lifetime of my said Daughter Sarah
Holmes or after her decease And in case my said Daughter Sarah Holmes shall also happen to have no
Child or Children or being such that all of them shall happen to die under the Age of twenty one Years
and without Issue of their Body or Bodies lawfully begotten
Then as to for and concerning not only the said Sum of one hundred pounds but also all the other Monies
so hereinbefore in this my Will directed to be placed out at Interest as aforesaid Upon Trust that they the
said Henry Edmeads and William Brown and the Survivor of him his Executors and Administrators shall
and do pay transfer and Assign the whole thereof or the Securities in which the same shall be invested to
such person or persons in such parts and proportions and for such Trusts intents and purposes and at
such time or times and in such manner as she my said Daughter Sarah Holmes (whether sole or married
and under Coverture or not and notwithstanding the same) by any Deed or Writing or by her last Will
and Testament in Writing to be by her respectively duly executed in the presence of and attested by two
or more Credible Witnesses shall give dispose direct or appoint the same
And for want or in default of such direction Limitation or Appointment Then In Trust for the Executors and Administrators of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes provided always and it is my Will that if the ready Monies which I shall leave at the time of my decease shall be wanted and required to properly manage and carry on my said Farm and Farming Business till the same can be disposed of to advantage and in manner hereinbefore mentioned and directed Then and in such case my said Trustees and the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall and may apply all or any part of my said ready Monies for that purpose any thing therein before contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding
Provided also and it is my Will that if I shall happen to die at any time after or near the time that all the Seed shall be sown and in the Ground Then and in such case I do hereby direct the Corn to be Harvested prepared for and carried to market any thing herein before contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding But nevertheless and it is my Will and so I do hereby declare that they my said Trustees or the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators shall and do in that case dispose of my said Farm at or before Michaelmas next and immediately suceeding my Death or as soon afterwards as may be reserving to themselves leave to make up the Corn for Market upon the Premises and otherwise dispose of my Effects to the best advantage
And I do hereby give and devise unto the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown their Heirs and Assigns All those my several pieces or parcels of Land situate lying and being at or upon a certain place called Shorne Ridgeway in the parish of Shorne aforesaid containing by estimation twenty two Acres be the same more or less And all those my four Messuages or Tenements situate and being thereon or on some part thereof All which said premises I purchased of Mr. Carden of Chatham aforesaid Carpenter with all and every their Appurtenances thereto belonging And all my Estate Right Title Interest and Inheritance of and in and to the same To have and to hold the said several pieces or parcels of Land Messuages or Tenements situate and being in the parish of Shorne aforesaid with their Appurtenances unto the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown their Heirs and Assigns But nevertheless Upon the Trusts and to and for the uses and intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned and declared of and concerning the same (that is to say)
Upon Trust and to the use and behoof of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes and her Assigns for and during the term of her natural Life without Impeachment of or for any manner of waste And from and immediately after the determination of that Estate by forfeiture or otherwise in the lifetime of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes In trust to preserve the Contingent Remainder herein after limited from being defeated or destroyed Yet nevertheless to permit and suffer my said Daughter Sarah Holmes and her Assigns to receive and take the Rents Issues and Profits of the same Premises during her Life
And immediately from and after the decease of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes to the use and behoof of the Husband with whom my said Daughter Sarah Holmes shall or may Marry for and during the term of his natural Life without Impeachment of or for any manner of Waste And from and immediately after the determination of that Estate by Forfeiture or otherwise in the lifetime of such Husband To the use and behoof of the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown their Heirs during the natural Life of such Husband
In Trust to preserve the Contingent Remainders herein after limited from being defeated or destroyed yet nevertheless to permit and suffer such Husband to receive and take the Rents Issues and Profits of the said premises for and during the term of his natural Life And from and immediately after the decease of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes and such Husband so by her to be taken as aforesaid and the Survivor of them, in case a Son of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes shall be brought up to the Business of a Tanner and carry on that Business at the said Tan Yard and Premises at Shorne aforesaid herein mentioned to be settled on my Marriage with my said Wife Hannah Holmes as aforesaid
Then to the use and behoof of such Son lawfully issuing But if any Son of my said Daughter shall not be brought up to or carry on that Business there Then to the use behoof of all and every the Child and Children Daughters as well as Sons of the Body of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes and of the Heirs of the Body and respective Bodies of such Child or Children equally to be divided between or amongst such Children if more than one share and share alike as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants And if there shall be but one such Child Then to the use of such only Child and the Heirs of his or her Body
And in default of such Issues Then to the use of such person and persons and for such Estate or Estates Upon such Trusts and for such intents and purposes and in such parts shares and proportions manner and form and charged and chargeable in such manner as she my said Daughter Sarah Holmes at any time or times During the term of her natural Life (whether sole or Married and under Coverture or not and notwithstanding the same) by any Deed or Deeds, Instrument or Instruments in Writing or by her Last Will and Testament in Writing to be by her duly executed in the presence of and attested by three or more Credible Witnesses shall direct limit and appoint the same And in default of such direction limitation or appointment Then to the use of the right Heirs of the said Sarah Holmes forever
And I do hereby give and devise unto the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown their Heirs and Assigns All that piece or parcel of Land called Mills Hill or the Chequer Orchard containing by estimation twenty one Acres be the same more or less situate and being in the Parish of Denton aforesaid with the Appurtenances thereto belonging All which said last mentioned piece or parcel of Land I purchased of Daniel Dorkin of Milton next Gravesend in the said County of Kent House Carpenter And all my Estate Right Title Interest and Inheritance of in and to the same To have and to hold the said last mentioned piece or parcel of Land with the Appurtenances thereto belonging unto the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown their Heirs and Assigns for ever But nevertheless Upon the Trusts and to and for the uses intents and purposes herein after mentioned and declared of and concerning the same (that is to say)
To the use and behoof of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes and her Assigns for and during the term of her natural Life without Impeachment of or for any manner of waste And from and immediately after the determination of that Estate by Forfeiture or otherwise in the Lifetime of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes To the use and behoof of the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown their Heirs during the natural Life of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes In Trust to preserve the Contingent Remainders herein after limited from being defeated or destroyed yet nevertheless to permit and suffer my said Daughter Sarah Holmes and her Assigns to receive and take the Rents Issues and Profits of the said last mentioned Premises during the term of her natural Life
And immediately from and after the decease of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes To the use and behoof of the second Son of the Body of my said Daughter to be begotten and of the heirs of the Body of such second son lawfully issuing And in default of such Issue To the use and behoof of the Eldest Daughter of the Body of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes lawfully issuing And in default of such Issue To the use and behoof of all and every other the Child and Children both Sons and Daughters of the Body of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes to be begotten and of the Heirs of the Body and respective Bodies of such Child and Children equally to be divided between or amongst such Children if more than one share and share alike as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants And if there be but one Child Then to the use of such only Child and the Heirs of his or her Body
And in default of all such Issue To the use of such person or persons and for such Estate or Estates upon such Trusts and for such intents and purposes and in such parts shares and proportions manner and form and charged and chargeable in such manner as she my said Daughter Sarah Holmes at any time or times during her natural Life (whether sole or married and under Coverture or not and notwithstanding the same) by any deed or deeds Instrument or Instruments in Writing or in her last Will and Testament in Writing to be by her duly executed in the presence of and attested by three or more Credible Witnesses shall direct limit or appoint And in default of such Direction Limitation or Appointment Then to the use of the Right Heirs of my said Daughter Sarah Holmes for ever
And whereas by Indenture of Lease bearing date on or about the thirteenth day of September one
thousand seven hundred and seventy five and made between the Right Reverend Father in God John by
divine permission Lord Bishop of Rochester of the one part and me the said George Holmes of the other
part In consideration of the Surrender of a former Lease and of a competent Sum of Money the said
Revered Father in God did demise unto me the said George Holmes all that Rectory or Parsonage of
Denton in the said County of Kent with the Church Yard and all the Glebe Lands* Houses and Buildings
Tythes of Corn and Hay And all other Tythes predial and personal whatsoever to the said Parsonage
Church or Rectory belonging or in any wise appertaining
* Lands associated with the church property by which the incumbent raised money to live.
And all Oblations Emoluments Obventions Advantages Commodities and profits thereto belonging or
accepted reputed deemed or taken thereto To hold the same to me the said George Holmes and my
Heirs and Assigns during the term of the natural Lives of Susanna Green therein particularly named me
the said George Holmes and my said Daughter Sarah Holmes and the life of the longest liver of them
and me under the Yearly Rents payable as therein mentioned and under such Covenants and
Agreements as in the said Indenture of Lease are contained as by the said Indenture or Lease Relation
being thereto had will now fully appear
Now I the said George Holmes do hereby give devise and bequeath unto the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown their Heirs and Assigns All that the said Rectory or Parsonage of Denton with the Church Yard and all the Glebe Lands* Houses and Buildings Tythes of Corn and Hay And all other Tythes predial and personal whatsoever to the said Parsonage Church or Rectory belonging or in any wise appertaining and in and by the Estate Right Title Interest property Right and benefit of Renewal Claim and Demand of in and to the same
To have and to hold the said Rectory or Parsonage Church Yard Glee Lands Houses and Buildings Tythes and all and singular other the premises, by the said Indenture of Lease demised unto the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown their Heirs and Assigns for and during the natural Lives of the said Susanna Green me, and my said Daughter Sarah Holmes and the life of the longer Liver and Livers of me and them Subject to the Rents and Covenants in the said Indenture of Lease reserved and contained and which on the Lesee�s or Tenants part are and ought to be paid done and performed Upon such Trusts nevertheless and to and for and upon such uses intents and purposes as are hereinafter mentioned and declared of and concerning the same (that is to say)
Upon Trust by and out of the Rents of the said last mentioned Leasehold Premises to pay the Rents reserved in and by the said Lease so granted thereof and to perform the Covenants therein contained and on the Lesee�s part to be performed And also to renew the said Lease from time to time as occasion shall require And for that purpose to make such Surrender as shall be required and necessary in that behalf And out of the Rents and Profits of the same Premises to raise so much Money as shall be sufficient for payment of the Fine or Fnes and other necessary charges for renewing of the said Lease from time to time And subject thereto
Upon Trust that they the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown their Heirs and Assigns shall stand and be seized of the last mentioned Leasehold Premises In Trust for such Person or Persons as shall from time to time be intitled to the said piece or parcel of Land called Mills Hill or Chequer Orchard in the said Parish of Denton herein before limited to my said Daughter Sarah Holmes for Life and for such other uses intents and purposes as are hereinbefore mentioned and declared of and concerning the said Lands and Premises so far as the nature of the said Leasehold Premises will admit and by the Rules of Law and Equity they may
Provided always and it is my Will and so I do hereby further declare That it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Daughter Sarah Holmes (whether sole or married and under Coverture or not and notwithstanding the same) And all and every other Person or Persons who shall be in possession of or intitled to the Rents and Profits for the time being of the respective parts of my said Freehold and Leasehold Premises by virtue of the Limitations aforesaid by Indenture or Indentures under their Hands and Seals or Hand and Seal to Demise or Lease all or any part of the said Premises to any Person or Persons for any Term or Number of Years not exceeding twenty one Years to take Effect in Possession and not in Reversion or by way of future Interest so as upon every such Demise or Lease there be reserved the Best and most improved Yearly Rent that can be had or gotten for the same to continue due and payable during the term by such Lease to be granted without taking any Fine or Foregift for the same And so as the respective Leases execute Counterparts of all and every such Leases And so as the same be not dispunishable for waste by any express Words therein And do as every such Lease contain a provisoe for Reentry in case of non payment of the Rent or Rents thereby respectively reserved
And I do hereby nominate and appoint the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament And my Will is and so I do hereby declare that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Henry Edmeads and William Brown and the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators to sell and dispose of the said Stocks Funds an Securities in which the said Monies herein before directed to be placed out at Interest as aforesaid shall be invested or any part thereof by and with the consent and approbation of my said Daughter or the person or persons for the time being intitled thereto
And from time to time to place out the Monies arising by such Sale or Sales And also any Sum or Sums of Money which shall or may be paid in on account of the Principal or Capital thereof or any part thereof upon Government Securities or other parliamentary Funds or in one or more purchase or purchases of Freehold Lands and Hereditaments of Inheritance in Possession free from Incumbrances in the Names of them my said Trustees or the Survivor of them his Heirs Executors or Admons. Upon the Trusts herein before declared of the said Monies so to be placed out at Interest as aforesaid or as near thereto as may be and the nature of the said Estates and Securities so to be purchased and other Contingencies will admit of
And that my said Trustees their Heirs Executors and Administrators shall and may respectively by and out of the said Trust Monies and premises retain to and reimburse themselves and himself all Costs Charges Damages and Expenses that they respectively shall or may sustain expend or be any ways put unto in or about the Execution of the Trusts hereby in them reposed And that they or any or either of them shall not be answerable for or liable to make good any loss that may happen to or in the said Trust Monies Stocks Funds or Securities or other the Premises aforesaid or for any Deficiency thereof or any part thereof except by the wilful neglects or defaults or one for the other but only for his own Acts Deeds Receipts and Payments only
And hereby revoking and making void all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made
declare this only to be my last Will and testament contained in twelve Sheets of Paper to the first eleven
sheets thereof set my Hand and to this twelfth and last Sheet thereof my Hand and Seal this eleventh day
of March in the twentieth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God
of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord
Christ one thousand seven hundred and eighty.
G. Holmes
Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said George Holmes the Testator as and for his last Will
and Testament in the presence of us at his request and in the presence of each other have Subscribed our
Names as Witnesses hereto
Tho. Pattison - Henry Jones - John Pattison
On the twenty second day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two Administration (with the Will annexed) of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of George Holmes late of Denton in the County of Kent but of Shorne in the same County deceased was granted to Sarah Holmes Spinster the Daughter of the said deceased and Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will having been first sworn duly to administer Henry Edmeades and William Brown the Executors and Residuary Legatees In Trust named in the said Will having first renounced as well the Execution thereof as Letters of Administration (with the said Will annexed) of the Goods of the said deceased
On the 4th May 1840 Admon (with the Will annexed) of the Goods Chattells and Credits of George Holmes late of Denton in the County of
Kent and at Shorne in the same County deceased left unadm'ed by Sarah Bevan widow (formerly Holmes spinster) deceased whilst living
the daughter and the Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will was Granted to Caroline? Smartt (wife of Joseph Smartt) the
Niece and administratrix of the Goods of Joseph Harris deceased .... .... one of the Residuary Legatees sub..... in the said Will ....
.... first sworn duly to Administer &c.
Henry Edmeades (in the Will written Edmeads) and William Brown the Executors and Residuary Legatees in Trust .... .... .... and
execution of the said will and also the Letters of Admon with the said will annexed of the goods of the said deceased
The said Sarah Bevan not having left any issue ... surviving and the said Joseph Harris and ... Sarah Barnfield (wife of William
Barnfield) formerly Harris spinster the other Residuary Legatee .... survived the said Testator and attained the age of 21 years
and are since dead As ... of Court ...
Notes:
George Holmes was buried at Shorne on 16th May 1782.
He had married Hannah Starley [Stanley or Startup?] on 30th October 1750 at SS Peter & Paul, Shorne.
Their son George Holmes mentioned in the Will who died was possibly christened at Milton-next-
Gravesend on 26th August 1756, s. of George and Hannah Holmes. He was buried at Shorne 20 Jan 1779
The christening of daughter Sarah Holmes was probably at Milton by Gravesend 8th May 1754 (dau of George).
Hannah Holmes was buried at Shorne 22 Dec 1781
Sarah Bevan aged 85 of Epsom was buried at Shorne 26 Nov 1839. She left a PCC will probated 23 Dec 1839
John Bevan Esq. otp ba & Sarah Holmes of Shorne, Kent spinster married by Licence 16 Mar 1786 at St Marylebone, Mdx.
John Bevan Esq. of Epsom, Surrey left a will probated at PCC 26 May 1796, dated 16 Mar 1796
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