Will of Jonathan Baston, yeoman of Weald, Bampton, Oxfordshire 1784

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This is a transcription of the original will of Jonathan Baston, yeoman of Weald, Bampton, Oxfordshire.
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First name(s) Jonathan
Last name Baston
Status/occupation Yeoman
Year 1785
Details yeoman, Weald, Bampton, Oxfordshire
Document type Original Will
Document contents 1-75 [filed Cons. wills]
Place Bampton
Court Oxford: Consistory
County Oxfordshire
Country England
Number of images 4
Document reference 10/1/11
Document reference 2 Will, 100.23; 10/1/11
Record set Oxfordshire Wills Index, 1516-1857
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Wills & Probate
Collections from England, Great Britain

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Will of Jonathan Baston

Persons mentioned

• Jonathan Baston Testator
  
• Sarah Baston wife of Testator
  
• Martha Carter Kinswoman of Testator
  
• William Baston deceased brother of Testator
  
• John Baston' son of my late Brother William Baston
  
• William Baston son of my late Brother William Baston
  
• Jonathan Baston son of my late Brother William Baston
  
• Edward Baston son of my late Brother William Baston
  
• Francis Baston son of my late Brother William Baston
  
• Walter Webb
  
• Abraham Puddle,br/>
• Richard Maleham
  

In the name of God Amen I Jonathan Baston of Weald
in the parish of Bampton in the County of Oxford yeoman, being of sound and dis
posing mind memory and understanding do for the disposing of that estate which
it hath please almighty God to bless me with, make my last will and testament
in manner and form following. And first I commend my Soul to God and my
Body to the Earth to be buried in such decent manner as my Executrix hereinafter
named shall think fit. Also I give and devise all that Messuage or Tenement
in Weald aforesaid I now dwell together with the Outhouses Garden and
Orchard and all and singular the Premises with the Appurtenences/ except that part
of the Messuage or Tenement and Garden now occupied by my Kinswomen Martha Carter
and her Family with the two Rows of Appletrees situate on the east side of the Orchard
which I give and devise to the said Martha Carter for and during the natural life or widowhood
of mt said wife/ which said presmises I purchased of and from Walter Webb, Abraham
Puddle and Richard Maleham all late of Weald aforesaid
unto my beloved wife Sarah Baston for and during as much of the Term or Terms which
I have[illegible due to fold in paper] And if
by after the decease or second Marriage of my said wife whichever shall first happen, I give
and devise all the aforesaid Messuage Orchard and Premises with the Appurtenances unto my
said KInswomen Martha Carter, her Executors Administrators and Assignes for and during all the
Residue and Remaind er of my Estate Term or Terms and Interests which shall be therein then to
come and unexpired. Also I give and bequeath unto my Kinsmen John Baston William Baston
Jonathan Baston Edward Baston and Francis Baston sons of my late Brother William Baston
the Sum or Legacy of five Shillings apiece to be paid within three months next after my
Decease. And as for and concerning all my Goods Chattells ready Money Debts owing to me
Debts Legacies and Funeral Expenses I give and bequeath the same unto my said Wife Sarah
Baston to and for her own separate use and benefit And I do hereby make constitute and appoint
my said Wife some Executrix of this my last Will hereby revoking all former wills by me heretofor
made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand ^and seal the fourth Day of November
in the eighteenth year of the Reign of our sovereign Lord King George the third & in the year of our Lord God 1777
Signed Sealed published and declared by the above
named Jonathan Baston the Testator as and for his last
Will and Testament in our presence, and in his presence
and at his Request attested and subscribed by me
Th......?
Elizabeth Merrit?
W^m Chapman
Original signature of Jonathan Baston plus seal