Will of Rachel Maplesden

of Shorne, Kent

Also I make and appoint my three Daughters
Rachel the Wife of William Pemble of Cobham in the county aforesaid Esquire
nd Anna Maplesden and Charlotte Maplesden Executrixes of this my last will and Testament

Also I give and bequeath unto my two Granddaughters Mary Hartridge and Frances Hartridge the sum of fifty pounds apiece of lawfull Money of Great Britain to be paid to them respectively at their respective ages of twenty one Years and in case either of them shall die under the said age of twenty one years then I give and bequeath the Legacy of her so dying unto the survivor of them to be paid at the time aforesaid

and I direct that the said Legacies shall within six Calendar Months next after my decease be laid out and invested in the Names of my said Executrixes in the Publick Stocks or Funds and that the Interest or Dividends which shall arise therefrom shall from time to time be paid to or received by Francis Hartridge of Leeds in the said County Yeoman the father of my said Granddaughters or such person or persons as in case of his death shall have the care of the Maintenance and Education of my said Granddaughters and by him and them applied in for and towards the respective Maintenance and Education of my said Grand Daughters

and in case both of them my said Granddaughters shall die under the said age of twenty one years then I give and bequeath both the said Legacies unto and equally to be divided between my said three daughters Rachel Anna and Charlotte or such of them as shall be then living

also from and after payment of my just Debts Legacies and Funeral Expenses the Charges of proving this my Will and other incident charges attending the Execution of the same and subject thereunto I give and bequeath all and every? my ready Money and Securities for Money Money in the Publick Stocks or Funds Debts Goods Chattels and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever unto and equally to be divided between my said three Daughters Rachell Anna and Charlotte share and share alike and to their respective executors and administrators and I do hereby revoke and make void all former wills by me made

In Witness whereof I the said Rachel Maplesden have to this my last Will and Testament set my Hand and Seal dated this twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty six Rachel Maplesden

Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Rachel Maplesden as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our Names as witnesses hereunto in the presence of the said Rachel Maplesden and of each other
John Watts, E Watts

This will was proved at London on the ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven before the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oaths of Rachel Pemble wife of William Pemble Anna Maplesden and Charlotte Maplesden spinsters the Daughters of the Deceased and Executrixes named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits the said deceased having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer.

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