Item I give unto the poore of the parish of St George the Martyr... the sume of forty shillings and to the poore of the parish of Ickham aforesaid the like sum of forty shillings And to the poore of the parish of Adisham in the county of Kent the like sum of forty shillings...
Item I doe hereby ordaine
constitute and appoint my loveing couzen Mr Richard Hawker of the Towne and
Porte of Sandwich in the Couty of Kent to be Executor of this my Last Will
and Testament in trust for the good and benefitt of my sonne Benjamin
Pettman and the child I now go withal untill my said sonn Benjamin shall
attaine his age of eighteen yeares and to be guardian to my said children
during their severall minorityes...
And I do hereby give unto my said
executor all such power right and Authority as by law belongs unto me and
which I have being Administratrix of all and singular the goods and
chattells of my said deceased husband Robert Pettman
And if it shall happen
my said couzen Richard Hawker so dye before my said sonne Benjamin shall
attaine his said age of eighteen yeares then I doe hereby ordaine and make
my uncle John ffullagar of Langley in the County of Kent yeoman to be my
executor in trust for my said children and to be their guardian untill my
said sonn Benjamin shall attaine his said age
And I do desiure and appointe my said loveing Brother in Law Christopher Rickard and my loveing sister his wife to have the custody of my choldren...Earnestly desiring my sd brother and sister to be very tender kind and carefull to bring them upp haveing regard to their tender yeares and for their incouragement therein and for their Extraordinary care and paines to be taken for my said poore children who will be left fatherless and motherless after my decease...
Item I give
unto my Godsonn Charles Rickard the sume of twenty poundes...
unto my son in law Peter Pettman the sume of twenty poundes as a remembrance of my love
and kindness to him...
Whereas I have one sonn by my late deceased Husband named
Benjamin before mentioned being now of the age of three yeares and a half or
thereabouts And whereas now I am great with child expecting every day to be
delivered when God pleases and I being Aministratrix of the goods and
chattells of my late deceased husband And as yet there is no distribution
by the ordinary of his personall estate I do hereby give and bequeathall
such part and share of the said personall Estate which doth and shall of
Right belong to me as being Wife of the said Intestate after my Debts
Legacyes and ffuneral expenses and probate of this my will being first
satisfyed and discharged to my said son Benjamin and to the child I am now
great withall to be equally divided between them...if it prove to be a
female then I give the full sume of six hundred pounds... to be paid unto
her when she shall attaine her age of one and twenty..."
Item I give and devise unto my sonn Benjamin my messuage and lands with their Appurtenances situate lyeing and being in Adisham in the county of Kent and now or late in the tenure or occupation of ...(blank) ffreind To be had and holden to .. Benjamin his heires and assignes for ever
Item I give to my loveing sister Elizabeth Richard my silver trenchard plate
Item I give to my brother Mr Charles Nicholls the sume of five pounds...
and I give to my sister Hannah ffullagar the sume of five poundes...
In witness that this is
my last Will and Testament...I have sett my hand and seale and also at the
top thereof annexed my seale Dated the Day and Yeare herein first written
ABIGAIL PETTMAN signed sealed published and declared ...in the presence of
us...
Nicholas fforole(?) Thomas Jennings John Plummer.
Memorandum Before the signing and sealing and publishing of this my will I
doe hereby give and devise unto my sonn in law Robert Pettman all my Estate
right will interest and Terme of yeares which I have or may claime to have
of and in a certain farme and lands thereunto belonging situate lyeing and
being at or nere to a certain place called Uppstreet in the Pish of Chislett
in the County of Kent which belongs unto me as being Administrator of my
late husband Robert Pettman Deceased by vertue of a lease in writing thereof
made to him by a certain Gent called the Governour of the Chest of Chatham
in Kent or by what other name they be called or known to be held and holden
unto my said sonn Robert Pettman his Executors and Assigns for and during
all the Remainder of the terme of yeares therein yett to come and unexpired
and this I doe marke to be part of my last will and Testament and desire
that it may be soe accepted and taken In witness whereof I have hereunto
sett my hand and seale the day and yeare above written It being his fathers
Intention he should enjoy the said farme ABIGAIL PETTMAN
Witnesses hereunto
Nicholas fforole Thomas Jennings John Plummer".
Probate granted to Richard Hawker 27 May 1686. ACC.
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