Sealey Will 1800

Will of George Sealey

of Rodmersham, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, PRC16/476/ S/3
Submitted by Mary Connaughton

In the Name of God Amen, I George Sealey of the Parish of Rodmersham in the County of Kent, Yeoman, being weak in body but of sound and disposing mind, do this Twenty third day of August 1799, make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following
First I commit my Body to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named
And as to that part & portion of worldly goods which the Almighty hath been pleased to bestow upon me, I give & bequeath the same as followeth

I give & bequeath to my Son Thomas Sealey the sume of One hundred pounds.
I give & bequeath to my daughter Elisabeth, Wife of Daniel Kemp the elder, the sum of One hundred Pounds.
I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary, Wife of Edward Wood, the sum of One hundred Pounds.
I give and bequeath to my Daughter Ann Elliot the sum of One hundred & fifty pounds.

I give & bequeath to the children of my son Thomas Sealey as followeth, that is to say,
to George Sealey I give Twenty Pounds.
To William Sealey I give Twenty Pounds.
To Elisabeth Sealey I give Twenty Pounds.

I give and bequeath to the children of my Daughter Mary, Wife of Daniel Kemp the elder, as followeth � i.e.
I give to James Kemp fifteen pounds.
I give to Daniel Kemp fifteen pounds.
I give to Mary Snelling fifteen pounds.
I give to Elisabeth Alderton fifteen pounds.
And I give to William Kemp fifteen pounds.

I give and bequeath to the children of my Daughter Mary, wife of Edward Wood as followeth. That is to say,
I give and bequeath to Mary Watson the sum of five pounds.
To Edward Wood I give five pounds.
To Martha Wood I give five pounds.
To George Wood I give the sum of five pounds.
To Alice Wood I give five pounds.
To Samuel Wood I give five pounds.
To James Wood I give five pounds.
To Sophia Wood I give five pounds.
To Robert Wood I give five pounds.
To Jesse Wood I give the sum of five pounds.
To Frances Wood I give the sum of Ten pounds.
And to Daniel Wood I give the sum of Ten pounds.

And my Will is that the aforesaid Legacies shall be paid within twelve calendar months next after my Decease, except to such of my Grandchildren as shall not then have attained the age of Twenty one years, for whom the said legacies shall be put out to use & paid with lawful interest for the same to each as they shall respectively come to the age of Twenty one years.

The residue and remainder of my goods, Furniture and Effects whatsoever & wheresoever, after the payment of my just debts, funeral expences & the expence of proving this my last Will and Testament, I give & bequeath to Thomas Sealey, Daniel Kemp the elder and Edward Wood.

And I hereby nominate and appoint Thomas Sealey and Daniel Kemp the elder to be Executors of this my last Will and Testament. And I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me made and do publish and declare this only to be my last Will & Testament.

In witness whereof I the said George Sealey have to this my last Will & Testament set my Hand & Seal. Dated the Day & Year first above written.
(Signed) George Sealey
Signed, Sealed, published and declared by the said George Sealey the Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us whose names were also hereunto subscribed in the presence of the said Testator.
Richard Tilden - Sarah York

Probate 30th April 1800
Thomas Sealey the Son and Daniel Kemp the Executors named in this Will was duly sworn as usual and that the Goods, Chattels and Credits do not amount in value to the sum of One thousand pounds
Before me Joshua Dix, Surrogate

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