All Goods, Chattels and Estate whatsoever as shall be anyways due, owing or belonging unto me at the time of my decease I do give, devise and bequeath the same unto Mary the Wife of Joseph Elvery of Wingham in the County of Kent, Labourer
And I do hereby nominate and appoint the said Joseph Elvery, Labourer of Wingham in the County of Kent Executor of this my last
will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other wills, Testaments and deed of Gift by me at any time heretofore made
And I do ordain & ratify these presents to stand and be for and as my only last will and testament
In Witness whereof to this my said Will I have set my hand and seal the third day of October in the
Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twelve and in the fifty second Year of the reign of
our Sovereign Lord (George) the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the faith
and so forth
William Stroud
Signed, Sealed, published and declared in the presence of
Thos. Harvey, Captain C. Seward, Sen'r. Lieu't.
Proved at London 19th January 1815 before the Judge by the Oath of Joseph Elvery the sole Executor, to whom adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn duly to administer
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 27th August 2021
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