Beardsley, Sarah, of Wirksworth, probate 1764

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England
Surname/tag: beardsley

In the Name of God Amen

I Sarah Beardsley of Wirksworth in the County of Derby Widow, being Weak in Body but of Sound and Disposing Mind and Understanding (Praised be God), Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following

First I Give Devise and bequeath All that my Messuage or Dwelling House Standing in the Nether Street in Wirksworth aforesaid known by the Sign of the Angel and now or late in the possession of Elizabeth Gell Widow with all the Hereditaments and Appurtenances to the same belonging which I have lately purchased of Mrs Mary Leake (the same being Copyhold and surrendered to the uses in my will) Also all my Moneys Securitys for Money Goods Cattle and Chattles and all other my real and Personal Estates whatsoever unto my Son Joseph Beardsley his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever He or they paying thereout all my Just Debts Funeral Expences and Legacys And I do hereby Charge my said Dwelling House and all other my real and Personal Estates with the payment thereof

And also upon this further Trust and Confidence That he my said Son Joseph Beardsley his Heirs Executors or Administrators shall and do Maintain and Educate such of my Children who at the time of my Decease shall not be able to Maintain themselves

Also I Give and bequeath to my other six children the several Legacys or Sums of Money hereafter mentioned (that is to say)

To my Son John Beardsley One Pound (He having been before provided for)

To my Daughter Sarah Taylor Five Pounds

To my Daughter Hannah Beardsley Twenty Pounds

To my Daughter Ann Beardsley Fifteen Pounds

To my Son William Beardsley Ten Pounds

and To my Son Isaac Beardsley Ten Pounds

And which I will shall be paid within Twelve Months next after my Decease to such of my said Children who shall then be of the age of Twenty One Years

And to such of them who shall then be under age when He, She or they shall arive at the age of Twenty One Years And my Will and Mind is and I do hereby Order and Direct that my said Children shall be paid and Allowed Interest for their said respective Legacys after the rate of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum from the time of my Death towards their Respective Maintenance and Education

But in Case any of my said Children who are now under the age of Twenty One Years shall happen to Dye before his her or their said Legacy or Legacys shall become payable Then my will is that the Legacy or Legacys of such of them so Dying shall be paid unto and Equally amongst the survivors of all my said seven Children at such time as the same would have been due and payable to any of them so dying

And Lastly I Constitute and Appoint my said Son Joseph Beardsley Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Fourth day of May in the Third year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the Third And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and sixty three

Sarah her X mark Beardsley

Signed sealed published and Declared by the said Testatrix Sarah Beardsley As and for her last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in her Presence

Sarah Burton, Wm Maddock, Tho: Gell

At Derby 4th May 1764

Let a probat be made to Joseph Beardsley sole Executor

Being sworn before me

Thos White Sur.

Transcribed by Stephen Heathcote from probate records of the Dioceses of Lichfield and Coventry viewed on Find My Past: "Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860"
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Sarah Beardsley probate in 1764. Residence Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England.