Kebell Will 1726/7

Will of George Kebell

of Ash next Sandwich, Kent

Source: Consistory Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 31/196 K/1 or: PRC 32/60/204
Submitted by Margaret Glenn

In the name of God Amen I George Kebell the Elder of the Parish of Ash next Sandwich in the County of Kent Yeoman considering the Uncertainty of Life I do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and Form following
First I bequeath my Soul into the Hand of Almighty God my Maker hopeing in him for Christs Sake to have all my Sins forgiven me and my Body I comit to the Earth to be decently buried by my Executors hereafter named and for the disposing of my worldly Goods which it hath pleased God to lend me I give as followeth

Item I give unto my Son Thomas Chambers on[e] Shilling
Item I give to my Daughter Chambers three Children half a Crown apiece
Item I give to my Daughter Mary Browning Seventy pounds of good lawfull money
Item I give unto my Daughter Deverson the Sum of Forty pounds of good lawfull money
Item I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Laslet the Sum of One Hundred pound of good lawfull money for her to dispose of as she pleaseth
Item I give unto my Daughter Suana the Sum of thirty pounds of good lawfull money
Item I give unto my Son George on[e] Hundred pounds of good money
Item I give unto my Son John Kebell the Sum of on[e] Hundred and ten pounds of good lawfull money

all the rest residue and Remainder of my Moveable goods wheresoever And Moneys due unto me I give unto my Son James and my Son Daniel to be equally divided between them both then discharging my Funeral Expences paying my Debts and Legacys

And I do make and ordain my Son James Kebell and my Son Daniel Kebell to be the sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament
Item I give unto my Son James Kebell that One Acres or parcel of Land that I purchased of my Cousin Mumary near the Town of Deal

And yet further my Will and Mind is that if these my Executors cannot get in all my Money that is due unto me at my Death then my Will and mind is that all my Children whom I herein have given portions unto shall bear part of the loss with my Executors proportionable to their Receiving

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the 23 Day of December and in the Year of our Lord 1724
George Kebell

Signed Sealed published and declared to be the last Will and Testament of George Kebell in the present [presence] of
Mary Bushell hare [her] mark; Sarah Laslet hare mark; John Deverson

Probatum fuit: 18th March 1726/7

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 7th August 2021

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