Will of Mary Morris of Glynvechan, Denbighshire, Wales, 1678

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Llansantfraid Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales
Surname/tag: Morris

This is a transcript of the will of Mary Morris, spinster, of Glynvechan in the parish of Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales. Her will was dated 21 June 1678 and 1 July 1678.

Transcript

In the name of god Amen the five and twentieth Daye of
June 1678 and in the thirtieth yeare of the raigne of our sover=
=aigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of god of England Scotland
France and Ireland King defender of the faith &c I Mary Morris
of Glynvechan in the p[ar]ish of Llansanfraid In Glykeiriog spinster
beinge weake of bodie but of good and pfect memory thankes bee
to god doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in maner
& forme following, first I give and bequeath my soul unto the hands
of the almighty god my maker and redeemer and my bodie to bee
buried Christian and decent maner Item I give and bequeath
unto Margaret vch Edward my neece four pounds and all my houshould
stuffe and utensils Item I give and bequeath unto William Thomas
my nephew twelve pence Item I give and bequeath unto Sara Thomas
my neece twelve pence Item I give and bequeath unto Evan Edwards
my nephew one shillinge Item I give and bequeath unto William Edwards
my nephew one shilling Item I give & bequeath unto Evan Morris my
brother one shillinge Item I give & bequeath unto Elizabeth my shister
in law one shilling Item I give & bequeath unto John Evance my nephew
one shilling Item I give & bequeath unto Edward Evance my nephew
one shilling Item I give & bequeath unto Richard Evance my nephew
one shilling Item I give & bequeath unto Catherine vch Evan my neece
one shilling Item I give & bequeath unto Jane vch Evan my neece one
shilling Item I give & bequeath unto Jane vch John one shillinge Item
I give and bequeath unto Edward Jones my nephew and unto John Hughes
my nephew all my woole Item I give and bequeath my best apparell
unto Margaret vch Edward my said neece Item I give and bequeath unto
Marie Jones Cozen one wascott Item I give & bequeath unto Elizabeth my
said sister in law one pettiecott Item I give and bequeath unto John
Morris my brother forty shillings towards my funeral expenses & doe
appointe him the said John Morris to bee executor to see my will fulfilled

This is the […]able will of the sd
Marie Morris written the first daye
of July 1678 And by her published
and declared before the prsonal
psence of the psons undernamed
John Morris
the mark of
Hugh Meredid
the mark of
Thomas ap Edward ap Hugh

John Davice of the pish of Bish[..]
doth stand duely indebted unto mee
for the some of one pound
Item my brother Evan Morris doth
stand duely indebted unto mee by bond
in the some of six pounds with the
lawful interest thereunto belonging
for the last 6 yeares past

Sources

• "Wales, Wills and Probate, 1513-1858". Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales; Aberystwyth, Wales; Wales Ecclesiastical Wills. Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 61635 #92875. Mary Morris, probate.