Matson Will 1781

Will of Thomas Matson

of Faversham, Kent

Source: Prerogative Court of Canterbury Prob/ll/1080
Submitted by Veronica Nops

In the Name of God Amen I THOMAS MATSON of Faversham in the County of Kent but now belonging to His Majesties Sloop Druid being in bodily health and of sound and disposing Mind and Memory and considering the perils and dangers of the seas and other uncertainties of this transitory life do for avoiding controversies after my decease make and publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say).
First I recommend my Soul to God and my Body I commit to the Earth or Seas as it shall please God to order.
And as for and concerning my worldly Estate I give bequeath and dispose thereof as followeth (that is to say).

All my wages sum and sums of money Lands and Tenements Goods and Chattels and Estate whatsoever as shall be anyways due owing or belonging unto me at the time of my decease I give devise and bequeath the same unto the said SARAH MATSON.

And I do hereby nominate and appoint the said SARAH MATSON my Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills Testaments and Deeds of Gifts by me at anytime hereto before made. And I do ordain and ratify those presents to stand and be for and as my last Will and Testament.

In Witness whereof to this my said Will I have set my Hand and Seal the 8th Day of May in the year of Our Lord 1777 and in the seventeenth year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the third over Gt. Britain etc.
Capt. THOMAS MATSON

Signed sealed published and declared in the presence of
DAVID GRAHAM CR PARTERET WILLIAM LYLE

Probate 6 July 1781 granted to Sarah Matson, widow of the deceased.

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