First I hereby desire that my Funeral Expences be defrayed from the estate I may leave at my decease
And further direct that all Sums of money or monies due to me at my decease whether arising from
the business or any sum or sums of money payable at my decease from any Burial Society or
Securities be received by my Executors hereinafter named and by them to be disposed of as follows
All just debts owing by me at my decease shall be by them discharged truly and faithfully and should
any balance remain from the sum or sums received by them that the said balance shall be retained in
the business for the benefit of my beloved Wife Nance Mannering should she survive me
and my two sons Samuel Wood Mannering and David Lavers Mannering to whom
jointly and severally I do hereby bequeath all my business Stock in Trade and also all my implements
in Trade for their personal benefit and use to be by them employed in conducting the business and
that from the proceeds of the said business they are each severally and individually to assist support
and maintain my beloved Wife before mentioned
And at her decease the whole business with the
Implements in Trade and whatever property by them acquired to be by them possessed personally or
their heirs or administrators by them appointed in any testamentary document they may see fit to
attest or subscribe for the benefit of such heir or heirs or administrators
And also further I hereby give bequeath and devise to my two sons Samuel Wood Mannering and David Lavers Mannering all and every share or interest in any Freehold or Leasehold Property I may be in possession of at my decease for the use of them personally and individually subject to the same condition heretofore named (that is to say) the support of my beloved Wife
And I do hereby nominate appoint and constitute George Mannering Junior and my Son Samuel Wood Mannering Executors of this my last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand to this my last Will and Testament contained in two sheets of paper this fifteenth
day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty nine
George Mannering
Signed Published and Declared by the said George Mannering the Elder the Testator as and for his
last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other
have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses
John Miller Printer - Wm. Corvett Schoolmaster
This Will as it originally stood at the time of the execution thereof (that is to say) without the name and Words Philip Stiff Builder of Charlton and without the Initial Letters S.M. but with the name and words George Mannering Junior was Proved at London the 26th July 1850 before the Judge by the Oaths of George Mannering the Younger and Samuel Wood Mannering the Son the Executors to whom admon. was granted having been first sworn to wit the said George Mannering the Younger before the Worshipful Alfred Waddilove Doctor of Laws and Surrogate and the said Samuel Wood Mannering by Commission duly to administer.
Notes: George Mannering Ba. of Charlton by Dover, married Nancy Gurr, Sp., otp. at St. Mildred, Tenterden on 28th January 1818 after Banns. Witnesses were: Harry Gurr and William Chambers.
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh Mason, 1st June 2020
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