The Will of Josiah Pike 1773 Cricklade

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
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The Will was proved at London, Prerogative Court of Canterbury and administration granted to Josiah Pike the son 10 July 1773.^[1]

Spelling, punctuation and line breaks are as per the register copy. Capital F is rendered as F rather than ff. Abbreviations are expanded and additions noted in [square brackets]. Paragraph breaks (where added) and bold text for names are my own for ease of reading.

People in the Will

• Elizabeth Pike (daughter)
• Josiah Pike (son)

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I Josiah Pike of
Cricklade in the County of Wilts Carpenter Do make my Last Will and
Testament as followeth First I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Pikes
Eldest Child born of her Body my Second best Bed when the said
Child comes to the Age of twenty on years but in case my said
Daughter Elizabeth Pike does not have a Child live to the age of twenty
one years then the said Bed together with all my Effects whatsoever
that I am any where possessed of or worth in the world I do hereby
Give and bequeath unto my son Josiah Pike of the Parish of S^t
Pancrass in the County of Middlesex Carpenter after paying my
just debts and Funeral Expences And I do hereby make my said
son Josiah Pike the Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament
revoking and annulling all other Wills by me at any time
heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and Seal this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand
Seven hundred and Sixty Seven - Josiah Pike - Signed Sealed Published
and declared by the within named Josiah Pike the Testator as
and for his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each
other have hereunto set our Names as Witnesses - George
Buraston - Charles Wakeford.

Sources

1. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 990
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #425547 (accessed 9 January 2023)
   Will of Josiah Pike, granted probate on 10 Jul 1773. Died about 1773 in Crirklade, Wiltshire, England.