Will of John Jeken

of Sandwich, Kent

Imprimis I give and devise unto my Son Young Jeken and to his Heires and Assignes for ever All those four and thirty Acres more or Less of Arrable and Pasture Land which I lately purchased of George Hubble lying and being in the Parish of Whitstable in the said County and now in the Occupation of John Marsh or his Assigns

And I also give and bequeath unto the said Young Jeken the Sum of Four hundred pounds of Lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid him at his Age of One and twenty Years

Item Whereas I have lately contracted with Mr Gilbert for the Purchase of a Farm and Lands in the Parishes of Lynning and Monks Horton or elsewhere in the County of Kent for the Sum of One thousand three hundred pounds Now in case I should not live to Compleat the said Purchase I do hereby Order and direct my Executors hereafter named to finish and Compleat the same In case Councill Learned in the Law shall advise a Good title can be made thereto I also order and direct my Executors to pay the said One thousand three hundred pounds Purchase mony out of my Personal Estate and that in consideration thereof the said Farm and Lands shall be conveyed by the said Mr Gilbert or my Executors to my Son John Jeken and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever
But if Councill shall advise that a good Title cannot be made to the said Farm and Lands Then and in that case I give and bequeath to my said Son John Jeken the Sum of One thousand three hundred pounds to be paid unto him at his Age of One and twenty Years
And I also give and bequeath to my said Son John Jeken the further Sum of two hundred pounds to be paid unto him at his said Age

Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Jeken and unto my daughter Sarah Jeken the Sum of Eleven hundred pounds apiece to be paid unto them severally and respectively at their several and respective Ages of One and twenty or days of Marriage which shall first happen

Item I do hereby Order and direct my Dear and Loving Wife Elizabeth Jeken to receive the rents and Profitts of the said several Freehold Estates and the Interest and Proceeds of the said Several Sums of money untill my said Son Young Jeken shall attain his said Age of One and twenty Years In Order therewith to make up the said Purchase money for the said Estate to the said Mr Gilbert In case I should not leave ready money Sufficient for that Purpose And for and towards the Maintenance and Education of my said Children

And from and after the said Young Jeken shall attain his said Age Then I order and direct my said Wife to receive the rents Interest and Profitts of the said Estate and Sums of money given my said other Children untill the said John Jeken shall attain his said Age and untill the said Elizabeth and Sarah shall attain their said Ages or be marryed for and in Increase of their respective Fortunes

And I hereby Order that the said several Sums of money herein before bequeathed shall continue on the Securities I now have for the same or otherwise be called in and from time to time be Put and Placed out at Interest in the Name of my said Wife upon such Security or Securities as my said Executors shall Approve of And the Interest thereof to be paid to her for the Purposes aforesaid And when a Sum of Fifty Pounds or more shall be received for the same rents and Interest I direct the same to be put out at Interest as aforesaid upon and for the Purposes aforesaid And if any Loss shall happen in putting out the said moneys by bad or insufficient Securities or otherwise Such Loss shall be born by my said Children according to and in Proportion to their respective Legacies And shall not be answered or made good by my said Executors provided there by no Willfull Default or Neglect in them

Item I give and devise unto my said Dear and Loving Wife all the rest of my Freehold Messuages Lands and Tenements whatsoever and wheresoever
And also my Leasehold Estate which I hold by Lease from the Archbishop of Canterbury To hold the same unto my said Wife and her assigns for and during her Natural Life if She shall so long continue a Widow
And from and after her decease or marrying again which shall first happen I give and bequeath the said rest and residue of my said Personal Estate unto and among my said Children equally to be divided between them Share and Share alike

And I do direct that within three months after my decease the said rest and residue of my said Personal Estate shall be fairly and indifferently appraised by two honest Appraisors And that my said Wife shall give her Bond to my said son Young Jeken in the Penalty of double the Sum the said rest and residue of my Personal Estate shall be appraised at some Condition to leave the same or pay the Value thereof (according to the said Appraisment) at the day of her death or Second Marriage which shall first happen

And I Order and direct my said Wife to Educate maintain and bring up my said Sons untill they shall attain their said Ages and my said Daughters untill they shall respectively attain their said Ages or be marryed by with and out of the rents and Profitts of what I have herein and before given to her my said Wife

And Lastly I Make and Ordaine my said Dear Wife Elizabeth Jeken and my said Son Young Jeken Executors of this my last Will and Testament And do revoke all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do Publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament

In Witness whereof to this my last Will and Testament contained in four Sheets of Paper I have every of the said Sheets Sett my hand and to this last Sheet my hand and Seal the Fifth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and thirty Seven Jno Jeken
(Attestation Clause)
H: Maxted _ James Hanson _ Thomas Browne

Proved at London 22 June 1738 by oaths of Elizabeth Jeken and Young Jeken
Administration with Will annexed 12 March 1832 refers to goods left unadministered by Elizabeth Bridges formerly Jeken the relict who survived Young Jeken, and appointed her Daughter Sarah Baker Wife of George Baker sole executrix of her Will. Sarah Baker died intestate.
Administration to Edward Greene of St. Ives, Huntingdon, gentleman on behalf of the Reverend Richard Tillard of Bluntisham, Hunts and the Reverend Edward Gregory of Bridge Hill, Kent, Clerks limited to Street End Farm, Streetend, Petham, Kent and other property in Petham and Nether Hardres, and a mortgage dated 9 Jan 1729 for 500 years.

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