Item I do hereby
make nominate institute & appoint Mary my Deer and Loving wife and Stephen
Stringer my Son Joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament
Item I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth my Daughter the Sume of one hundred pounds
of Lawfull money of England to be paid unto her by my Executors within
twelve months next after my Decease
Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary the Sume of one hundred pounds of like
money to be paid unto her by my Executors within twelve months next after my Decease
I give and bequeath unto Sarah my Daughter the Sume of one hundred pounds of like money
to be paid unto her by my Executors at her age of one and twenty years or
day of marriage which shall first happen
Provided allwayes and my mind and
Will is that if any of my Said Daughters Shall dye & dep'ar'te this life
before she or they are to receive their said portion according to the the
true meaning of this my Will then I Will that the portion of her or them so
dying Shall fall unto the said Mary my Loving wife to be att her disposeing
according to her Will & pleasure
I give and bequeath unto the said Mary
my wife during her natural life all my Messuages Lands Tenements and
hereditaments whatsoever situate sett lyeing and being in the parish of
Staple and in the Parish of Ash next Sandwich in the County of Kent or
either of them and Comand? after her Decease I give and bequeath all the
Said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with all and every of their
Appurtenances unto my Said Son Stephen Stringer and unto my Son John
Stringer theire heires and assigns for ever Equally to be devided between
them
Provided allways that if either of my Said two Sons Stephen Stringer
and John Stringer Shall Dye & Dep'ar'te this life without heires of their
body before they come to be possessed of the said Messuages Lands and
Tenement then from and after the Decease of my Said wife I give & bequeath
the said Messuages Lands and Tenem'en'ts unto the Survivor of them the Said
Stephen or John Stringer my son & to his heirs and assigns for ever
provided also that if both of of my said Sons Stephen Stringer & John Stringer Shall
both of them Dye without Heires of theire bodyes before they come to be
possessed of the said Messuages Lands and Tenements then from or after my
Said Wife Decease I give & bequeath all the Said Messuages Lands Tenements &
Hereditaments unto my said Son William Stringer and unto my Said three
Daughters Elizabeth Mary and Sarah and to their heirs and Assigns for ever
equally to be devided between them
Provided further & my will is that if my
Personall Estate shall not amount to pay my Debts & Legacies before
mencioned that then all my Said Lands and Aforemencioned Shall stand
chargable to pay my Said Daughter's portions of one hundred pounds apeece
hereby given and bequeathed unto them by this my Will
Item I give and bequeath unto my Said Son William Stringer the Sume of five pounds of Lawfull money of England to be paid unto him by my Executors within twelve months after my Decease I haveing allready provided for and P'ar'sed to him a proportionable Share and P'ar'te of my estate
Item as for all other my
goods chattells Stocke Cropp? and P'er'sonall estate whatsoever &
wheresoever of what nature and or quallity Soever not before bequeathed I
give & bequeath the same unto my Said Executors before named to inable them
to pay and or charge? my Debts and Legacyes before mentioned and revoking
all former Wills by me made I do hereby declare this my will in two Sheets
of pap'er' contained to be my Last Will & Testament In Witness whereof to
the first sheet thereof my hand to the second Sheet my hand and seal have
Sett the day and year first above written Stephen Stringer Signed Sealed
Published and Declared by the Said Stephen Stringer the Testator to be his
Last Will and Testament in the P're'sence of
Anthony Fasham? Richard Base? David? Eaysor?
Will proved March 1695/96 by Mary Stringer? but not Stephen Junior?
Notes
1 Stephen Stringer married Mary Batcheller on 7th March 1649/50 at Eastry
2 Stephen Buried February 1695/96 Great Mongeham
3 Mary Buried November 1696 Great Mongeham
4 No local records of Stephen Junior after Will made
5 See also Son William and Grandson Stephen's wills
Return to Kent GenealogyWill of Stephen Stringer