Will of Susanna Kemp

of Northbourne, Kent

I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susanna the Wife of Richard Knott the sum of ten pounds of lawful money of the united Kingdom current in Great Britain to be paid her within three months after my decease

And I do give devise and bequeath unto my sons and daughters Elizabeth Kemp Thomas Kemp William Kemp Jane the wife of William Friend Mary the wife of Joseph Hewitt and Sarah the wife of Thomas Wanstall all and every my freehold messuages lands tenements and hereditaments and every part and shares thereof

And the Residue and Remainder of my monies stocks funds and other securities for money household furniture plate linen china and all other property Estate and Effects I am or shall be seized possessed of interested in or entitled unto at the time of my decease to hold all the same unto them my said sons and daughters Elizabeth Kemp Thomas Kemp William Kemp Jane Friend Mary Hewitt and Sarah Wanstall equally to be divided between them share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and to their several and respective heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature thereof

and in case any of them my said sons and daughters shall die before me leaving a child or children or issue of deceased child or children him her or them surviving then I do give devise and bequeath the parts and shares of him her or them so dying unto his her or their child or children or issue (such issue taking per stirpes and not per capita) if more than one equally between them as tenants in common as aforesaid and to their several and respective heirs executors administrators and assigns
and in case any or either of my said sons and daughters shall die before me without leaving a child or children or issue surviving then I do give devise and bequeath the parts and shares of him her or them so dying unto the survivors of my said sons and daughters and to the children or issue of any who may have died leaving children (such children or issue taking only what would have been their parents share if living) equally between them as tenants in common as aforesaid and to their several and respective heirs executors administrators and assigns

And I do hereby nominate and appoint Henry Pett Hannam of Northbourne Court and Thomas Hoile of Finglesham in the parish of Northbourne aforesaid Esquires joint Executors of this my Will
and hereby revoking all former Wills by me made I do declare this to be my last Will and Testament

In Witness whereof I the said Susanna Kemp testatrix have to this my last Will and Testament contained in one sheet of paper set my hand and seal the twenty sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
Susanna Kemp

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Susanna Kemp the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her request in her presence and the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses
Edwd. Knocker Solicitor Dover - Tho. W. King - Anthony Cox? Junr. his Clerks

Whereas I Susanna Kemp of the Parish of Northbourne in the County of Kent widow did make my only last Will and Testament bearing date on or about the twenty sixth day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight Now I do hereby declare this present writing to be a Codicil to my said Will and direct the same to be annexed thereto and taken as part thereof

And whereas by my said Will I have nominated and appointed Henry Pett Hannam of Northbourne Court and Thomas Hoile of Finglesham in the parish of Northbourne aforesaid to be Executors thereof now I hereby revoke the aforesaid appointment and in lieu and stead thereof I nominate constitute and appoint my son Thomas Kemp of the Town and Port of Hythe in the said County of Kent Brewers Servant and my son in Law Thomas Wanstall of the parish of Northbourne aforesaid Carpenter to be Executors of my said Will and in every other respect I ratify and confirm the same

In Witness whereof I the said Susanna Kemp have to this my Codicil in one sheet of paper contained set my hand and seal the second day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty five
Susanna Kemp

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Susanna Kemp the Testatrix as a Codicil annexed to and part of her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses
Edwd. Knocker Solicitor Dover - Charlotte Elizabeth Friend Spinster

Proved at London with a Codicil 13th April 1844 before the Judge by the Oath of Thomas Kemp the Son the Surviving Executor named in the Codicil to whom Admon. [Administration] was granted he having been first sworn by Comon duly to administer

Notes:
Daniel Kemp married Susanna Woodward at St. Augustine, Northbourne on 14th May 1774.
Susanna is buried at Northbourne on 3rd January 1844 aged 97 (giving her a birth date of 1747 + 2 years.
Their children (all christened at Northbourne):
20-Jan 1774 C Elizabeth
20-Nov1774 C Elisabeth
21-Apr 1776 C Jane
02-Aug 1778 C Thomas
20-Aug 1780 C Susanna
16-Dec 1781 C William
21-Sep 1783 C Mary
02-Nov1788 C Sarah
Daniel Kemp (their father) died and is buried at Northbourne on 17th Nov. 1823, aged 79 (giving a birth date of 1744 + 2 years.
Daniel was christened at Northbourne on 16th Oct. 1744, s. of Thomas and Mary Kemp.
They had ten children (where C � christening, B = burial) all at Northbourne:
30-Jun 1730 C Richard
07-Oct 1731 C John
03-Aug 1735 C Thomas
13-Mar 1736 C William
16-May1739 B William
21-May1739 C Robert
19-Oct 1740 C William
19-Oct 1742 C Jane
16-Oct 1744 C Daniel
01-Oct 1747 C Henry
22-Mar 1748 B Henry
12-Mar 1748 C Ann
04-May1749 B Ann

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 21st August 2018. All rights waived for personal use � BUT please quote source and reference.

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