JAMES
CROSSLEY
1738-1815
Weaver
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This
is the last will and testament of me, James Crossley of Midgelden
Clough in the Township of Todmorden and Walsden in the Parish of
Rochdale in the County of Lancaster, Weaver.
Whereby
my will and mind is that all my debts, funeral expenses with all
the necessary charges and expenses which may be incurred in and
about the proving and execution of this my will, shall be all first
paid off and discharged out of my whole substance or estate by my
executors hereinafter named and appointed, together with their own
reasonable wages and expenses for their trouble in and about the
execution of this my will.
And
then I will my executors or the survivor of them or the heirs and
assignees of the survivors to put and place out at interest on some
good security or securities the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds,
and the interest dividends and annual produce thereof I will them
to pay unto Sarah, my well-beloved wife for and during her natural
life. And so soon after my said wife's decease as the same can be
collected and got in by my executors, I give and bequeath the said
principal sum of two hundred and fifty pounds equally unto and amongst
my five children, namely; Mary, John, James, Ely and Betty, or the
survivor or survivors of them, share and share alike, charged nevertheless
with the payment by them in original shares of my wife's funeral
expenses.
And
as touching the residue or remainder of my property over and above
the said sum of two hundred and fifty pounds, in case there shall
happen to be any, subject to the proviso hereinafter mentioned,
I give and bequeath the same equally unto and amongst my five children
before named, or to the survivor or survivors of them, and I will
the same to be paid to them at the end of three months next after
my decease.
Provided
always, nevertheless, and it is my will and mind that she, my said
wife, shall have the use and usage only of the bedstead and bedding
on which we used to lie, for and during the term of her natural
life, but not to sell or dispose of the same anything hereinbefore
expressed or implied to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
And
lastly, hereby revoking and making void all former and other wills
by me heretofore made, I do publish and declare this to be my last
will and testament, and thereof do nominate, constitute and appoint
my said son, John, and my son-in-law Ely Sutcliffe of Ewood Mill,
joint executors of this my will, hoping they will faithfully execute
the trust I have in them.
Given
unto my hand and seal this twenty-fifth day of January in the Year
of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirteen.
Signed
James Crossley (his mark)
Witnesses:
John
Holt junior
John
Holt.
The
6th Day of June 1815
Probate
granted
Testator
died 16th April 1815
Value
under £600
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