I give and bequeath unto my NEPHEW JOHN RIGDEN of Wingham in the said County of Kent Malster and unto my Niece SARAH the Wife of JOHN NEAME of Littlebourne in the said County Taylor (formerly SARAH RIGDEN the Sister of the said JOHN RIGDEN) the sum of fifty pounds apiece to be paid to them respectively by my Executor within three months after my decease for and in lieu and for full payment satisfaction and discharge of the sum of twenty five pounds apiece which I stand indebted to them under the Will of my late Father and for all Interest due and to become due thereon respectively.
I give and bequeath unto the said JOHN RIGDEN and SARAH NEAME the sum of two hundred pounds apiece to be paid to them respectively by my Executor within three months after my decease.
I give devise and bequeath unto my Servant SUSANNA KNOTT now living with me all that my new built messuage or tenement (wherein I now dwell) with the yard garden and appurtenances thereunto belonging situate lying and being in the Parish of St. Margarets at Cliffe aforesaid To hold the same to the said SUSANNA KNOTT for and during the term of her natural life for her own particular use and occupation and not to let or hire the same to any person or persons whomsoever without the Consent in writing of my Executor for that purpose. And she the said SUSANNA KNOTT keeping the said messuage and premises in good repair and paying and discharging all Quit Rents and other outgoings to which the same are or may be charged or come liable.
I also give and bequeath unto the said SUSANNA KNOTT the first and uninterrupted use and enjoyment of all my household goods furniture plate linen and china which now is or shall or may be in or about my said messuage and premises at the time of my decease for and during the term of her natural life she not commiting any waste spoil or damage or injury therein or thereto except what may arise from the common and necessary and proper use and wear thereof.
And from and immediately after the decease of the said SUSANNA KNOTT I give devise and
bequeath my said new built messuage or tenement yard garden ground and appurtenances unto
MARY JEKIN daughter of JAMES JEKIN of the Parish of Westcliffe in the said County Yeoman
by HESTER his Wife my Niece formerly (STRINGER) her Heirs and Assigns forever
And from and immediately after the decease of the said SUSANNA KNOTT I also give devise and
bequeath the said MARY JEKIN of all my said household goods furniture plate linen and china to
her own proper use and benefit.
I also give devise and bequeath the said JAMES JEKIN and HESTER his Wife all my Money
Securities for Money Stocks in the Public Funds Debts Wearing Apparel and all other my Estate
and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever both Real and Personal of which I shall die seized
possessed or intitled unto and not herein before by me given devised or bequeathed To hold the
same and every part thereof unto the said JAMES JEKIN and HESTER his Wife their Heirs
Executors Administrators and Assigns to and for their own proper use and benefit
subject to the payment of my Just Debts Funeral Expenses and Charges of Proving and Executing this my Will
and everything Incident thereto And to the payment of the sum of the said respective sums of fifty
pounds and two hundred pounds apiece to the said JOHN RIGDEN and SARAH NEAME at the
time aforesaid.
And also subject to the payment of one Annuity or yearly sum of thirty pounds of lawful money of Gt. Britain unto my said Servant SUSANNA KNOTT and her Assigns for and during the term of her natural Life clear of all deductions whatsoever by half yearly payments the first payment thereof (being fIfteen pounds) to begin and be made at the end of one month next after my decease. And I do hereby give such Annuity of thirty pounds to her accordingly and order and direct the said JAMES JEKIN with a proper Surety immediately after my decease to enter into a Bond to the said SUSANNA KNOTT in a sufficient penalty for payment of the said Annuity by half yearly payments and which I order her to accept as a Security for the same.
And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said JAMES JEKIN Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and hereby revoking all former Wills and other Wills by me at anytime hereto before made declare this only to be my last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof I the said JOHN MATSON the Testator have to this my last Will and
Testament contained in three sheets of paper to the first two sheets set my Hand and to this third
and last sheet my Hand and Seal this 8th Day of June in the year of Our Lord 1793
JOHN MATSON
Signed sealed published and declared by the said JOHN MATSON the Testator as and for his last
Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence
of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses
Wm. BLACKWOOD - Phin's KENNETT - Will'm. EDMUNDS
Probate 22 December 1806
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