Simons Will 1733
Will of Sarah Simons
of St Peter the Apostle, Isle of Thanet, Kent, spinster
Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury PRC/17/89/27b
Submitted by Rosemary Simons, definitely no relation.
Summary
- Jeremiah, Joseph & Henry Simons, & Alice, wife of John Mochnese, the sons & daughter of my brother Joseph Simons, 1/-
- William Alsope, & his wife 1/- ea.
- John Beane, & his dau. 1/-
- Susanna, wife of William Baker? 1/-
- Sarah, wife of William Bucher, my silver cup & my great brass pot
- Her daughter, Susanna, Simons �50? & 2 ounces of old money, to buy her a silver spoon & one half part of all my
wearing apparell, woollen & linen
- to her daughter, Katherine Simons, �30, & 2 oz of old money to buy her a silver spoon, & one holland sheet & my pr---lenth?
- to Mary Simons, her daughter, �5, & 2 oz � teaspoon
- to her son, William Simons, �10, & a pair of silver buttons
- to cousin Mary Gray, the wife of William Grey, �40, and to her husband, WG, all my fishing nets & ropes
- to cousin Martha, widow of Stephen Sandwell, �40
- to cousin Susanna, wife of Job Grant, �40
- to my cousin, Mary Grant, daughter of my brother Henry Simons, �40
- to my cousin Susanna, widow of Henry Martin, �50, & also my bed sturfe? &
the other half part of my wearing apparel, woollen & linen
- Sarah, daughter of Joseph Simons, �5, & a damask sheet, & one silver spoon
- William, son of the said Joseph Simons, my great Bible
- Sarah, daughter of Wm. Simons, �10 & a damask sheet, one silver spoon & my Bible
- Sarah daughter of Job Grant, �5
- Sarah? daughter? of Ruth Grey; Judith Baker & Mary Simons (all daughters of
Wm Grey aforesaid) two ounces, a peece, of old money, to buy them a silver spoon
- Sarah Smith, a pair of sheets
- & I will that all the legacys �.. discharged by my Exs within one month after my decease
- rest & residue to cousins Mary Grey, Mary Grant, Susanna Martin, Martha Sandwell & Sus. Grant, equally to be divided
- to be buried in St Peters, near to the place where old Joseph Culmer was buried, the 8th day next after my decease
- Mary Gray & Mary Grant, cousins, as Exxs
- Dated 25 April 1732 (5 Geo II), witnessed by Mary Warman, Anne Sprackling & George Witherden
- Proved 16 April 1733, by Mary Gray [sic] & Mary Grant
[Remark: several of these surnames appear in the will of Joseph Culmer, proved 1701,
so it may be that this is the Joseph Culmer near whom she wishes to be buried, & to
whom she may have been related through her brother Joseph Simons? ]
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