I give devise and bequeath all and every my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments situate lying and being in the several parishes of Hartlip and Linsted in the said County of Kent or elsewhere unto my Son Edward Marshall his Heirs and Assigns for ever
Item I give and bequeath unto Edward Marshall Son of William Marshall late of Tonge in the said County of Kent Yeoman deceased
the Sum of five pounds
Item I give and bequeath unto Johanna Hills Wife of Andrew Hills of Norton in the said County of Kent Labourer one Annuity of
ten pounds a year if she should survive the said Andrew Hills payable to her during the term of her natural Life free from all manner
of Taxes or deductions whatsoever by equal half yearly payments at Lady Day and Michaelmas in every year the first of such payments to
begin and to be made on the first of those Days which shall happen next after the decease of the said Andrew Hills
And in case my said Son Edward Marshall should die before he attains his Age of twenty one Years then I do hereby order and direct and it is my Will and Mind that the said Annuity of ten pounds a year hereby by me bequeathed to the said Johanna Hills shall be paid to her during the term of her natural Life from the time of the decease of my said Son in the same manner as if the said Johanna Hills had survived her said Husband Andrew Hills And I do hereby subject my personal Estate to the payment of the said Annuity
Item I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Fairman Daughter of William Fairman of Linsted in the said County of Kent Gentleman the Sum of five hundred pounds if my said Son Edward Marshall should die without Issue before he attains his Age of twenty one Years and the said Elizabeth Fairman shall be then living
And as to all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what Nature Sort or Kind soever the same shall exist and be at the time of my decease (my just debts Legacys Annuity Funeral Charges and the Charges of the probate of this my Will being first therewith and thereout paid and satisfied) I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my said Son Edward Marshall
And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Son Edward Marshall and William Fairman Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former and other Wills by me at any time made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I the said Elizabeth Marshall have to this my last Will and Testament set my
hand and affixt my Hand and Seal this fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty five
Elizabeth Marshall
Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Elizabeth Marshall as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
at her Request and in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto
Martha Frances - William Mount his mark - servants to Mrs? Marshall - Jno Barling
This Will was proved at London on the seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and sixty six before the Right Worshipful George Hay Doctor of Laws Master Keeper
or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oaths of Edward
Marshall the Son of the said deceased and William Fairman the Executors named in the said Will to
whom administration of the Goods Chattels and credits of the said deceased was granted they having
been first sworn by Commission duly to Administer.
Exd.
Notes:
Elizabeth Fairman was christened 6 Sep 1747, d. of William and Mary Fairman at Teynham, Kent (near Linsted).
There are 2 possible Buckland’s in Kent. Because of the place names mentioned (Teynham, Linsted, Hartlip) it is presumed that this
is Buckland-next-Faversham, Kent.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 29th September 2020
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