Will of Samuel Mourilyan

of Deal, Kent

I Give and bequeath unto my two Sons Samuel Mourilyan and John Mourilyan the Sum of Four hundred pounds apiece of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto them Severally and respectively by my Executrix hereinafter named when and as they shall Severally attain to their respective Ages of One and Twenty years
And in Case either of them my said Sons Samuel Mourilyan and John Mourilyan shall happen to die under the said Age of One and Twenty years then I Give and bequeath the said Legacy or Sum of Four hundred pounds of him so Dying unto the Survivor of them to be paid to such Survivor when such Survivor shall attain his said Age of One and Twenty Years

And if it shall happen that both my said Sons Samuel Mourilyan and John Mourilyan shall dye under the said Age of One and Twenty years then my Will and Mind is that the Legacies hereinbefore Given to them my said Sons shall not be paid to their Representative but the same shall be Deemed and taken to be part of the Residue of my Personal Estate and shall accordingly go and remain to my Executrix hereinafter named to and for her own use and Benefit

And as to all the Rest and Residue of my Goods, Chattels, Effects, Debts, due and owing to me, Money, Securities for Money in any of the Public Stocks or Funds and all other my Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what kind or nature soever the same shall Exist and be at the time of my Decease (all my Just Debts, Funeral Expences and the Legacies so as aforesaid by me Given and bequeathed if they shall to be place being thereout first paid and satisfied) I do hereby Give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my well beloved Wife Amy Mourilyan to and for her own use and Benefit

And I hereby Constitute and Appoint my said Wife Amy Mourilyan full and Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament And Lastly I revoke all former Wills by me in made

In Witness whereof I the said Samuel Mourilyan the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and Seal the Fifth day of May in the Ninth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith etc. And in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty nine
Samuel Mourilyan

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Samuel Mourilyan the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in his presence and at his request
Enoch Huggins, John Austen, John Middleton Junr.

This Will was proved at London the Twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty nyne before the Worshipful Thomas Bever, Doctor of Laws, Surrogate of the Right Worshipful George Hay also Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative court of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oath of Amy Mourilyan Widow the Relict of the Deceased and Sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom Administration was Granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased she having been first Sworn Duly to Administer
Exd.

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh Mason 19th February 2021

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