Item I give and bequeath unto Mildred and Mary Savage my two daughters All my household stuffe, to be equally devided betwixt them within Six weekes after my decease
Item my mind and will is, That my Executor doe pay to my daughter Mildred the sume of Tenn pounds given her by her Father as a legacie, within one moneth after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto Mary Savage my daughter, Tenn pounds, to be paide to her within one moneth after my decease by my executor hereafter named
Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth the wife of Will. Binge of the Parish of Prestone (next Wingham) in the foresayd Countie the sume of Twelve pence, to be paid her by my Executor within one moneth after my decease
Item I give to my sonne John Savage the sume of Fortie shillinges to be pay(d) him within three moneths after my decease by my Executor hereafter named
All the residue of my goods and chattells and my house and the backside I now live in, lying in the
parish of Wingham in the foarsay [foresaid] Countie of Kent I give unto Will. Savage my sonne;
whom I make and ordayne my Sole Executor of this my last will and testament
In Witnes whereof I have sett to my hand and seale the marke of Tamsen Savage
Sealed in the p’sents [presence] of Henry Burckett, Thomas Adames
Probatum fuit: decimo tertio die mensis Octobris (13th October) [1649] to Willim. Savage
Notes:
Tamsen Savage’s burial is not found - probably because of the Commonwealth.
John Savage married Tamsen Ovill on 18th October 1616 at St. Margaret, Womenswold.
Their children (all christened at Wingham):
10 Oct 1616 Elyzabeth; 10 Oct 1619 John; 24 Sep 1626 William; 10 Jan 1629 Mary. Mildred’s christening is not found.
John Savage (the father) died and was buried at Wingham on 24th July 1641.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 2ND April 2020. All rights waived for personal use – BUT please quote source and reference.
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