Will of Ann Young

of Eltham, Kent

I first desire that all my just Debts which I may owe at my death be immediately paid by my Executrix hereafter mentioned and that my Funeral be private in the manner following that is to say a good Elm Coffin Grey Cloth White Nails and Plate a decent Woollen Apparel no Pall Bearers but the Men as carries to have each one Shilling and Gloves the Minister a Scarf and Gloves besides his Fees the Clerk Gloves
and if I die at Eltham desire Lady Barker and Mr Broke leave to be interred in the Vault at Eltham if not to be buried in the same manner where I shall happen to die

I give to my Worthy Friend Mr Broke and Lady Barker of Naston my Silver Coffee Pott and my Bible and Testament in two Books that has the cuts in it
also to my very good Friend Mr Boucheir Cleeve one Ring of a Guinea value

all the rest Furniture Plate Goods Linnen and Wearing Apparel I give to my friend Mrs Elinor Weeden of the Parish of Eltham in the County of Kent and make her the said Elinor Weeden sole Executrix and residuary Legatee of this my said Will and her Receipt or Receipts shall be a full discharge for any Moneys received on my Account

as Witness my Hand this 18th day of December 1759 Ann Young

(11 November 1760 Appearance by William Weeden the younger of Eltham Carpenter and Thomas Hooks of the same place Carpenter as to manner and character of handwriting of the deceased)

Proved at London 19 November 1760 to Elinor Weeden wife of William Weeden

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