Will of George Jarvis

of Tenterden, Kent

First I will and direct that all my Just Debts and Funeral Expences be fully paid & satisfied
I Give and bequeath unto my Son George Jarvis the Sum of Eighty Pounds of lawfull Money of Great Britain
Also I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah the wife of Stephen Russell the sum of Ninety three Pounds and Twelve shilld [shillings] of like money
Also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Munn Widow the Sum of Two Hundred and thirty Pounds of like Money
Also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Lydia the wife of Joseph Martin the sum of One hundred and Seventy Pounds of like Money
All which said Legacies are to be paid and payable within the space of one year next after my decease

Also I make constitute and appoint my said Daughters Sarah Munn and Lydia the wife of the said Joseph Martin and also Jeremiah Curteis of the Antient Town of Rye in the County of Sussex Gentleman Executrixes and Executor of this my last Will and Testament
And I give and bequeath unto my said Executrixes and Executor the sum of three Hundred and Ninety Pounds of like Money

Upon Trust that they my said Executrixes and Executor and Trustees, and my said son George Jarvis and the Survivors & Survivor of them and the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and do as soon as conveniently may be after my Decease invest and put and place out at Interest in their Names or in the Names or Name of the Survivors or Survivor of them his or her Executors the said Sum of three hundred and ninety Pounds and from time to time call in all or any part of the same Sum of three hundred and ninety Pounds and invest and place out the same again upon Securitys of the like Nature

and shall and shall and do for and during the Term of the Natural Life of my Daughter Jane Stroud Widow pay the Interest Dividends and yearly Proceed of the sum of One Hundred Pounds (part of the said Sum of three hundred and ninety pounds) as the same shall from time to time come in and be received unto her my said Daughter Jane
And from and immediately after her Decease Upon Trust to pay the said Sum of One hundred Pounds or assign and transfer the security or Securitys in or upon which the same shall be invested unto my Grandson Richard Stroud and my Granddaughter Mary Stroud Son and daughter of the said Jane Stroud equally to be divided between them my said Grandson and Granddaughter, share and share alike

And upon further Trust that they my said Executors and my said Son George Jarvis my Trustees aforesaid or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and do for and during the Term of the Natural Life of my Daughter Elizabeth the wife of Thomas Iden pay the Interest Dividends and yearly proceed of the Sum of One hundred and forty pounds (other part of the said Sum of three hundred and ninety Pounds) as the same shall from time to time come in and be received unto the said Elizabeth my Daughter to and for her own sole separate and peculiar use and benefit exclusive of and apart from her said Husband who shall have no power to receive, dispose of or intermeddle with the same or any part thereof
And the Receipt and Receipts of the said Elizabeth my Daughter alone without her said Husband shall from time to time be good and sufficient Discharges for the same it being my intent and meaning that the said Elizabeth my Daughter shall take receive hold and enjoy the said Dividends Interest and yearly proceed of the said Sum of One hundred and forty Pounds to and for her own sole separate personal and peculiar use and benefit for and during the Term of her Natural Life And shall not be Subject or liable to the Debts Controul engagements or Incumbrances of her said Husband
And from and immediately after the decease of the said Elizabeth my Daughter Upon Trust to pay the said Sum of One Hundred and forty pounds or Assign and transfer the security or Securitys in or upon which the same shall be invested unto my Seven Granddaughters namely: Mary, Elizabeth, Martha, Lydia, Hannah, Sarah and Jane the daughters of the said Thomas Iden and Elizabeth his wife my Daughter equally to be divided between them my said Seven Grand daughters Share and share alike

And Upon further Trust that they my said Executors and my said son George Jarvis my Trustees aforesaid or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and do for and during the Term of the Natural Life of my Daughter Martha the wife of John Hassell Pay the Interest Dividends and Yearly proceed of the Sum of One hundred and fifty Pounds (Residue of the said Sum of three hundred and ninety Pounds) as the same shall from time to time come in and be received unto the said Martha my Daughter to and for her own Sole separate and peculiar use and Benefit exclusive of and apart from her said Husband who shall have no power to receive or dispose of or intermeddle with the same or any part thereof
And the Receipt and Receipts of the said Martha my Daughter alone without her said Husband shall from time to time be good and sufficient Discharges for the same it being also my intent and meaning that the said Martha my Daughter shall take receive hold and enjoy the said Dividends Interest and yearly proceed of the said Sum of One hundred and fifty Pounds to and for her own sole separate personal and peculiar use and benefit for and during the Term of her Natural Life And shall not be Subject or liable to the Debts Controul engagements or Incumbrances of her said Husband
And from and immediately after the decease of the said Martha my Daughter Upon Trust to pay the said Sum of One Hundred and fifty pounds or Assign and transfer the Security or Securitys in or upon which the same shall be invested unto my three Grandchildren George Neve, Lydia Neve and Joseph Hassell, Sons and Daughter of my said Daughter Martha the now wife of the said John Hassell, equally to be divided between them my said three Grandchildren George Neve, Lydia Neve and Joseph Hassell Share and share alike

Provided always that if any or either of my said Grandchildren shall at such time or times as when his her or their Legacy or Legacys or part and share or parts and shares of any Sum or Sums of Money in and by this my Will given or directed to be paid them shall become payable be under the age of twenty one Years then the Legacy or Legacys part and share parts and shares of him her or them so under age shall not be paid until he she or they shall have attained his her and their several and respective Age and ages of twenty one years

Provided also and my Mind and Will further is that if any Loss or Losses shall happen of my Personal Estate by bad Debts or otherwise so that the same shall not Amount to Sufficient to pay the whole of the Legacys and Sums of Money above given and bequeathed then and in such case my Mind and will is that the Legatees shall abate proportionably by a Pound Rate if their respective Legacys above bequeathed or directed to be paid to them respectively

Also I do hereby forgive unto and acquit release and discharge my said Son George Jarvis, my said Daughters and their respective Husbands and my Grandchildren and each and every of them of and from all Debts Sum and Sums of Money Claims and Demands whatsoever which they or any or either of them mow at this Time do owe or are indebted to me or which I now have or might have upon them or any or either of them
But this clause is not to extend to any future Demands which I shall or may have on them my said Son Daughters and their Husbands and my Grandchildren or any or either of them for or in respect of any Bond or Bonds, Note or Notes, Bill or Bills or otherwise subsequent in in point of Date to this my Will

And from and after Payment of my Debts, Legacies, Funeral Expences, Charges of proving this my Will and other incident Costs I Give and bequeath five full seventh parts or shares the whole into Seven equal parts or shares to be divided, of and in all the rest residue and Remainder of my Ready Moneys, Securitys for Money, Household Goods, Implements of Household, Plate, Linen, Chattels, Effects and Personal estate whatsoever ad wheresoever and of what nature Kind or Quality soever the same be, whereof I shall dye Possessed and which shall be any ways due, owing or belonging unto me at the Time of my Decease And all my Estate and Interest therein unto my said Son George Jarvis and my said Daughters Hannah the wife of the said Stephen Russell, Sarah Munn, Jane Stroud and Lydia the wife of the said Joseph Martin equally to be divided between them share and share alike

And one other Seventh part or Share of and in such Residuum of my said Personal Estate I Give and bequeath unto my said Executors and (my) said Son George Jarvis In Trust to retain the same in their own Hands or in the Hands of the Survivors or Survivor of them or put and place the same or any part thereof out at Interest and from time to time pay and apply the same or any part or parcel thereof or the Interest or yearly produce thereof or any part thereof to and for the sole and separate use and benefit of my said Daughter Elizabeth the wife of the said Thomas Iden as her necessitys shall in the Judgement and Opinions of my said Executors and (my) said Son George Jarvis or the Survivors or Survivor of them require the same to be Separate and apart from her said Husband who is not to intermeddle with the same or is the same to be liable to his Debts or Controul in any respect whatsoever
And if any part or parcel of the said last mentioned Seventh Part or Share of and in the Residuum of my said Personal Estate or of the Interest or yearly produce thereof shall at the Death of my said Daughter Elizabeth the wife of the said Thomas Iden remain unapplied for the purposes aforesaid Then my Will and Mind is that the same shall be equally divided between and paid to such of her Children as shall be Living at the time of her Death

And as to the remaining or other Seventh Part or Share of and in such residuum of my said Personal Estate I Give and bequeath the same unto my said Executors and (my) said Son George Jarvis In Trust to retain the same in their own Hands or in the Hands of the Survivors or Survivor of them or put and place the same or any part thereof out at Interest And from time to time pay and apply the same or and Part or Parcel thereof or the Interest or Yearly Produce thereof or any part thereof to and for the sole and separate use and benefit of my said Daughter Martha the wife of the said John Hassell as her necessitys shall in the Judgement and opinion of my said Executors and (my) said Son George Jarvis or the Survivors or Survivor of them require the same to be separate and apart from her said Husband who is not to intermeddle with the same or is the same to be liable to his Debts or Controul in any respect whatsoever
And if any part or parcel of the said last mentioned Seventh Part or Share of and in the Residuum of my said Personal Estate or of the Interest or yearly produce thereof shall at the Death of my said Daughter Martha the wife of the said John Hassell remain unapplied for the purposes aforesaid Then my Will and Mind is that the same shall be equally divided between and paid to such of her Children as shall be Living at the time of her Death

Provided always And my Mind and Will is that if any or either of the Legatees or Persons hereinbefore named shall happen to dye and depart this Life in my Lifetime or after my Decease before his her or their Legacy or Legacys, Sum or Sums of Money shall become due and payable then and in such case I Give and bequeath the respective Legacy or Legacys, Sum or Sums of Money of him, her or them so dying unto his her or their respective Child or Children (if any)
And in default of (such) Child or Children of any or either of them the said Legatees or Persons then and in such Case I give and bequeath the Legacy or Legacys, Sum or Sums of Money of him her or them so dying without Issue unto his her or their legal Representative or Representatives

And my will further is that my said Executrixes, Executor and Trustees or any or either of them or any or either of their Executors or Administrators shall not be Charged or Chargeable with or Accountable for any more of the aforesaid Trust Moneys and Premises than they respectively shall actually receive or shall come to their respective Hands by Virtue of this my Will, nor with or for any loss which shall happen of the same Moneys and Premises or any part thereof so as such Loss happen without their Wilful Default, nor any or either of them for the other or others of them or for the Acts, Deeds, Receipts or Disbursements of the other or others of them, but each of them only for her or his own Acts, Deeds, Receipts or Disbursements

And also that it shall and may be lawful for them my said Executrixes, Executor and Trustees and each and every of them their and each and every of their Executors and Administrators in the first place by and out of the aforesaid Trust Moneys and Premises to deduct and reimburse him her or themselves respectively all such Loss, Costs, Charges and Expences as they or any or either of them shall respectively sustain, expend or be put unto for or by reason of the Trusts hereby in him, her or them reposed in relation to the same Moneys and Premises respectively or the Management and Execution thereof or any other Thing in anywise relating thereto together with a reasonable Allowance for their time and trouble in or about the same

And I do hereby revoke and make void all former Wills and Codicils by me at any Time or Times heretofore made
In Witness whereof I the said George Jarvis the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in this and the four preceeding Sheets of Paper set my Hand and Seal, to wit, my Hand to the four Preceeding Sheets and my Hand and Seal to this last Sheet the day and year first above Written
George Jarvis

The Writing contained in this and the four preceding Sheets of Paper was Signed and Sealed by the above named George Jarvis the Testator and by him published and declared as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us Who have hereunto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in his Presence at his Request and in the presence of each other
Sarah Curteis; John Streater; Ed: Curteis

This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me George Jarvis the Elder of Tenterden in the County of Kent Yeoman which I duly made and published bearing Date on or about the twenty ninth Day of January which was in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy four

Whereas I have in and by my said last Will and Testament given and bequeathed unto my Daughter Sarah the wife of John Baker of Northiam in the County of Sussex, Farmer (by her then Name and Description of my Daughter Sarah Munn, Widow) the sum of Two hundred and Thirty Pounds As in and by my said last Will and Testament Relation being thereto had may more fully appear
Now I do hereby revoke and make void the said Legacy or Sum of Two Hundred and Thirty Pounds so given by me in and by my said last Will and Testament unto my said Daughter Sarah

And in the stead thereof I do hereby give and bequeath unto my Son George Jarvis the Younger and Jeremiah Curteis of the Ancient Town of Rye in the said County of Sussex Gent[leman] the Sum of Two Hundred and Thirty Pounds of lawfull Money of Great Britain
Upon Trust that they my said Son and the said Jeremiah Curteis or the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators shall and do as soon as conveniently may be after my Decease invest put and place out the said Sum of Two Hundred and thirty pounds in their Names or in the Name of the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators and from time to time call in all or any Part of the said Sum of Two hundred and thirty Pounds and invest and place out the same again upon Securitys of the like Nature

and shall and do for and during the Term of the Joint Natural Lives of the said John Baker and Sarah his Wife my Daughter Pay the Interest Dividends and yearly proceed of the said Sum of Two hundred and Thirty Pounds as the same shall from time to time come in and be received unto the said Sarah my Daughter or authorize and permit her my said Daughter to receive and take the same to and for her own Sole Separate and Peculiar Use and Benefit exclusive of and apart from her said Husband who shall have no power to Receive dispose of or intermeddle with the same or any part thereof And the same shall not be subject or liable to his Debts Controul Engagements or Incumbrances And the Receipt and Receipts of my said Daughter Sarah alone without her said Husband shall from time to time be good and sufficient Discharges for the same

And in case the said John Baker shall happen to dye in the Life time of the said Sarah his wife Then upon trust as soon as conveniently may be after the Death of the said John Baker to pay the said Sum of Two hundred and thirty Pounds or assign the Security or Securities in or upon which the same shall be invested unto her my said Daughter Sarah to and for her own use and benefit
But if the said Sarah my Daughter shall dye in the Life time of the said John Baker her Husband Then upon trust to Pay the said Sum of Two Hundred and thirty Pounds or Assign the Security or Securitys in or upon which the same shall be invested unto and among such of the Child and Children of my said Daughter Sarah as shall be living at the time of her Death equally to be divided between them (if more than one) share and share alike

Also I do give and bequeath unto my Grandaughter Ann Russell the Sum of Twenty Pounds of like Money to be paid unto her within the space of one year next after my Decease by and out of the Residuum of my Personal Estate

And in all other respects I do hereby Ratify and confirm my said Will
And I do hereby declare that the Clauses contained in my said Will for indemnifying and saving harmless my Trustees and Executors names in my said Will from any Losses which shall happen by and from the Trust Moneys mentioned in my said Will shall extend to save harmless and keep indemnified them my said Son George Jarvis and Jeremiah Curteis and each of them their and each of their Executors and Administrators of and from any Losses which shall happen by and from the said Sum of two hundred and thirty Pounds and Interest or any Part thereof and they my said son and the said Jeremiah Curteis and each of them their and each of their Executors and Administrators shall have the Benefit of the said Clauses in every respect as fully to all Intents and Purposes as if they were inserted in this my Codicil

And that they my said Son George Jarvis and Jeremiah Curteis and each of them their and each of their Executors and Administrators of them and each of them shall have the same Power of reimbursing themselves respectively in all respects as my Executors and Trustees have in and by my said Will And that they shall not be answerable the one for the other of them or for the others Acts Receipts or Payments

In Witness whereof I the said George Jarvis the Testator have to this my writing contained in this and the preceding Sheet of Paper and which I declare to be a Codicil to my said last Will and Testament and to be accepted and taken as part thereof Set my Hand and seal (to wit) my Hand to the preceding Sheet and my hand and Seal to this last Sheet the Tenth day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Seventy five
George Jarvis

The writing contained in this and the preceding Sheet of Paper was Signed and Sealed by the above named George Jarvis the Testator and by him Published and Declared as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who have hereunto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in his Presence at his request and in the presence of each other
Eliz. Elmstone; Sarah Curteis Senr.; Ed. Curteis Senr.

The before Registered Will and Codicil annexed of George Jarvis deceased were proved the Seventh Day of July 1778 before the Reverend John Gostling, Clerk, Surrogate tot the Worshipful Peter Calvert, Doctor of Laws, Vicar General to his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Lydia, the wife of Joseph Martin, one of the Executors named in the said Will, She being first Sworn duly to perform the same &c.

Notes:
12 May 1778, George Jarvis aged 87 was buried at St. Mildred, Tenterden.
George Jarvis & Martha Brown were married 7 Dec 1713 at Bethersden.
George son of James and Jane Jarvis was baptised at Tenterden 14 Jun 1721 (same day as his daughter Elizabeth), but born 8 Dec 1690.
Daughter Hannah Jarvis married Stephen Russell 13 Mar 1744 at St. Mary the Virgin, Rye, Sussex.
Daughter Elizabeth Jarvis married Thomas Iden 15 Apr 1745 at St. Mary the Virgin, Rolvenden, Kent.
Daughter Sarah Jarvis married Thomas Munn 14 Nov 1748 at St. Mary the Virgin, Rolvenden.
After Thomas Munn's burial there 9 Jun 1772, she re-married: John Baker of the Parish of Northiam in Sussex, Widower and Sarah Munn of this Parish, (St. Mary, Rolvenden) Widow, were married in this Church by Licence the 16th day of March in the Year One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy four by me Thomas Morphett, Vicar. Both Groom and bride signed their names. Witnessed in the Presence of: Geo. Pearce, Thos. Bell.
Daughter Martha Neeves, widow married John Hazel 26 Mar 1758 at Ickesham, Sussex.

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 19th June 2023

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