Yeo Will 1744

Will of James Yeo

of Greenwich, Kent

Source: Prerogative Court of Canterbury Prob11/735
Submitted by Ros Dunning

In the Name of God Amen the eighth day of August in the year of our Lord God One Thousand seven Hundred and Forty four
I James Yeo a pensioner in his Majesty’s Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich being very sick and weak in Body but of perfect Mind and Memory thanks be to God for the same therefore calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament And as touching my Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I give devise and dispose of the same in the manner and form following Vizt.

I give and bequeath unto my Mother Mary Sykes whom I constitute make and ordain my only and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament All and singular my Lands Messuages Tenements Money Plate Household Goods and Moveables
with whatever Effects is due to me by the Will of my late Brother in Law Captain Norton by her to be freely possess’d and enjoyed

And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and every other former Testaments Wills and Legacys Bequests and Executors by me in anyways before this time named willed and bequeathed Ratifying and confirming this and no others to be my last Will and Testament

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the day and Year above written James Yeo
Signed and sealed in the presence of
D: Cockburn - Tho: Lindsay - Edward Grace - John Dickinson

Proved at London 21 August 1744 by Oath of Mary Sykes Wife of George Sykes

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