First I give and devise to Elizabeth my Lovinge wife for and duringe the Terme of her Naturall Life, the better to Enable her to bringe upp
my Children All that my Sixth p[ar]te of and in All that Farme comonly called and knowne by the name of Aldey? Farme with all the Lands Arable,
Pasture and Woodland and all other the Appurten[an]ces thereunto belonginge and apperteyning Scituate and beinge in the p[ar]ish of Minster in the
Isle aforesd. now in the occupacon of William Fuller
Alsoe after the decease of my said wife I give and devise the said Sixth pte of the said Farme Lands and Appurtencs unto my twoe sonnes George
Longe and Isaac Longe theire heires and Assignes for ever Equally to bee devided betweene them
Alsoe I give and devise to my sonne Wheeler Longe his heires and Assignes for ever All my Moytie or halfe pte of my Winde Mill, Land and
Appurtences thereunto belonginge Scituate and beinge in Ramsgate aforesaid now in the occupacon of Michael Hoboord
Provided my will and minde is that Elisabeth my wife shall have and enjoye and take and receive the Rents Issues and profitts of my said
halfe pte of the said Windmill untill my youngest child shall Attaine the Age of Eighteene yeares for and toward the Education and bringing upp of
all my Children
Alsoe I give to my daughter Susannah her heires and Assignes for ever All that my Messuage of Tenement and Appurtences Scituate in Ramsgate
aforesaid now in the occupacon of John Baker
Alsoe I give to my daughter Susannah Fifty pounds of Lawfull English money to bee paid to her uppon the daye of her Marriage
Alsoe I give to my sonne Wheeler Longe Fifty pounds of Lawfull English money to bee paid at his Age of one and twenty yeares
Alseo I give to my daughter Elizabeth Longe one hundred pounds of Lawfull English money to bee paid at her Age of Nyneteene yeares or daie
of Marriage which shall first happen
Alsoe I give to my sonne John Longe ten pounds of Lawfull English money to bee paid at his Age of one and twenty yeares
Alsoe I give to my sonne Richard Longe one hundred pounds of Lawfull English money to bee paid at his Age of one and twenty yeares
Alsoe I give my sonne Alexander Longe one hundred pounds of Lawfull English money to bee paid at his Age of one and twenty yeares
Alsoe I give to the poore people of the liberty of Ramsgate Five pounds of Lawfull English money to bee distributed amongst them at the discretion
of the Deputy Churchwarden and Overseers of the poore of Ramsgate
Alsoe I make and ordeyne my said Lovinge wife Elizabeth Sole Executrix of this my Last will and Testament
Alsoe I make and appoint my Loving brother Alexander Longe and my Lovinge Cousin George Hooper overseers of this my said Last Will and Testament and I doe desire them to assist my said wife in all matters and thinges relating to the Execution and due performance of this my Last Will and I give to each of them one Guynea to buy them a Ringe
Alsoe all the rest of my goods and Chattells whatsoever I give and bequeath to Elizabeth my said Lovinge wife the better Enable her to mainteyne, Educate and bring upp all my said Children untill they come to receive theire severall legacies before menconed and my will is that my said Executrix doe Mainteyne, Educate and provide for all my said Children untill they come to receive theire said Legacies without any Allowance for the same
In Witness whereofe I the said George Longe have hereunto putt my hand and Seale Dated the day and yeare first above written
George Long (seal)
Sealed Signed and acknowledged for the Last will & Testament of George Long in the presence of:
Ricd Newman; George Moyses; John Evers
Probatum fuit: 22nd July 1699 - to Elizabetha Long.
Notes:
George Long, 24, Seaman of St. Larance of the eyle of Thannett and Elizabeth Wheeler, 21 of St. Clement, Sandwich, Kent were married 23 Dec 1677
at St. Clement.
They had eleven known children – all baptised at St. Lawrence: 5 Nov 1678 George; 5 Jul 1680 Susanna; 19 Jun 1682 Marcey (Bu.: 4 Jul 1682);
31 Aug 1683 Alexander (Bu.: 12 Nov 1683); 28 Jun 1690 Mercy (Bu.: 15 Oct 1690); 28 Oct 1684 John; 12 Jun 1687 Wheeler; 2 Jan 1688/89 Richard;
25 Sep 1690 Elizabeth; 26 Oct 1692 Alexander; 6 Oct 1696 Isaac.
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 12th June 2023
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