Williamson Will 1734

Will of George Williamson

of Stockbury, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury PRC16/399 W/3
Submitted by Mary Connaughton

In the Name of God Amen I George Williamson of Stockbury in the County of Kent, Yeoman, being sick and weak in Body but of a sound and disposing Mind, Memory and Understanding, God be therefore praised, Doe make my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following (That is to say)
First and Principally I comend my Sould into the Hands of Almighty God with hope of Eternal Salvation in and through the Meritts and Intercession of my dear Redeemer Jesus Christ and my Body I comitt to the Earth to be privately and decently buried by my Executors herein after named And as for such worldly Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me with, after my debts, Legacies and Funerall Expences shall first paid thereout, I give, devise and bequeath the same in manner and forme followinge (That is to say)

I give, devise and bequeath unto my dear and loveing wife Elizabeth Williamson all and singular my Household Goods, Plate, Linnen, Implements of Husbandry, Stock & Crop of Corn and all other my Estate of what Nature or kind soever To hold the same unto my said Wife Elizabeth for and during and for so long time as she shall keep herself my Widdow and from and after the determinacion of that Estate and in case of her marrying again, Then my will is that my said wife shall have no Benefit by or from the said Bequest
And in such case, I doe give and bequeath the same unto my brother John Williamson of Boxley in the said County, Yeoman, his Executors and Administrators In trust for the only use and Benefitt of my four Children Edward, John, George and Mary Williamson and that he my said Brother doe and shall (in case of my said wife�s marrying again or dyeing) distribute the same Estate equally to and amongst my said Children as they and every of them shall attaine to their respective ages of one and twenty Years

And I doe hereby make my said Brother John Williamson Trustee for my said Four Children and also doe make him and my said Son Edward Executors of this my last Will and Testament

And I doe hereby revoke annull and make void all former wills by me heretofore made and I doe declare this to be my last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I the said George Williamson the Testator have hereunto sett my hand and Seale this Eighteenth day of August in the Year of our Lord 1734
(Signed) George Williamson
Signed, Sealed, published and declared by the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our Hands as witnesses hereto in his presence and at his request
Mary Diprose, Gilbert Hawker

Probate : 17 Oct 1734

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