Will of Mary Kelsall of Chester, widow, 1793

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Surnames/tags: Kelsall Will

This is a transcription of the register copy of the will of Mary Kelsall of Chester, written on 18 August 1789. There were two codicils added (undated) and the will was proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 19 March 1793. ^[1]

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I Mary Kelsall of the City
of Chester widow do make and ordain this my last Will
and Testament in manner following that is to say I
direct that my body shall be interred at Dodleston near the
remains of my late Dear Husband and Daughter I give
and bequeath unto William Hall of the said City Gentleman
all my ready Money Securities for Money and all other
my personal Estate Subject to my Debts / if any / and my
Funeral Expences upon trust that he the said William
Hall his Executors or Administrators do and shall place or
continue the same at Interest or lay out and invest the
same in Government Securitys and pay the Interest
Dividends and produce thereof unto the Person who shall
from time to time maintain my Grand Daughter Mary
Glegg until she shall attain the Age of Eighteen years
for or towards the support Education and Maintenance of
my said Granddaughter and when and so soon as my
said Granddaughter shall attain the said Age of Eighteen

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years upon further Trust that he the said William Hall
his Executors or Adm[inistrat]ors do and shall pay all my
said Personal Estate or transfer the Securitys which
shall be then subsisting for the same unto my said
Granddaughter to and for her use by in case she
shall happen to depart this life before she shall attain
the said Age of Eighteen year then upon trust that
he the said William Hall his executors or Adm[inistrat]ors do
and shall pay all my said Personal Estate or transfer
Securitys which shall be then subsisting for the same
or any part thereof unto my Grandson John Baskervill
Glegg to and for his own use And Lastly I do hereby
nominate and appoint the said William Hall sole
Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby
revoking all former Wills by me made In Witness whereof
I have herunto set my hand and Seall this Eighteenth
day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and eighty nine Mary Kelsall [seal] Signed Sealed
Published and Declared by the said Testatrix / as and for
her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto
in her presence and in the presence of each other P
Leckonby -- John Gregory //

I the within named Mary Kelsall do by this
Writing which I direct shall be taken as a Codicil to
my Will direct that a Marble Monument shall be
erected at Dodlestone to the Memory of my late Dear
Husband and Daughter as also to myself I direct
that my Trustee shall pay out of my Personal
Estate to my relation Priscilla Leckinby ten Guineas
to my servant Mary Cartwright in case she shall
be in my service at the time of my decease Five
pounds Witness my hand Mary Kelsall -- Signed in the
presence of John Gregory --

I the within named Mary Kelsall do by this writing
which I direct shall be taken as a Codicil to my
Will give and bequeath to each of the Children of Mrs
Anne Forester and Mrs Elizabeth Inc one Guinea to
Mrs Elizabeth Renrich and Mrs Gower one Guinea each
to Mr Wm Hall 10 guineas Mary Kelsall //

Appeared Personally John Glegg of
Withington in the County of Chester Esquire and George
Whitley of the City of Chester Gentleman and made
oath that they knew and were well acquainted with
Mary Kelsall late of the City of Chester widow deceased
for several years before and to the time of her death

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and also with her manner and character of handwriting
and Subscription having frequently seen her write and
also write and subscribe her Name and having now
carefully viewed the Names Mary Kelsall and Mary
Kelsall appearing set and subscribed to the paper writings
hereto annexed purporting to be and contain two several
Codicils to the last Will and Testament of the said
deceased the said first Codicil beginning thus "I the
witin named Mary Kelsall" ending thus "witness my
hand the said second Codicil beginning thus "I the within
named Mary Kelsall" and ending thus "to Mr Wm Hall
10 Guineas they these deponents do verily and in their
Consciences beleive the Names so subscribed to the said
Codicils to be of the proper handwriting and subscription
of the said Mary Kelsall deceased John Glegg -- Geo Whitley
1792 seventeenth October the said John Glegg and
George Whitley subscribed this Affidavit and were duly
sworn thereto by virtue of the Requisition hereto
annexed before me J Briggs In the presence of John
Hostage Pub[lic] Not:[ary] //

This Will was proved at London with two
Codicils the nineteenth day of March in the year of our
Lord one thousand and seven hundred and Ninety three before

the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of
Laws / Master Keeper or Commissary of the Preogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of
William Hall Esquire the sole Executor named in the
said Will to whom Administration was granted of
all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the
deceased having been first sworn by Commission duly
to Administer. //

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Mary Kelsall, widow of Chester 1793 The National Archives, Kew, London, England. PROB 11/1230/125 Downloaded from the National Archives website 10 September 2021.