Will of Oriana (Harris) Watson aka Lawrence

Date: 10 Jan 1829 to 12 Jul 1830
Location: Coulden Terrace, Islington, Middlesex, England
Surnames/tags: Harris Watson

Transcription from a digital image of the will on the Ancestry website. Paragraphs and bold text have been introduced for ease of reading and were not present in the original text.^[1]

The Will of Oriana (Harris) Watson

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“This is the last Will and testament of me Oriana Watson of Coulden Terrace in the Parish of Islington in the County of Middlesex wife of Richard Watson of the Colony of Demerary Esquire and formerly the wife and late the widow of Thomas Lawrence of the said Colony Esquire

I give and bequeath to the poor of the said Colony of Demerary the sum of twenty two Guilders Holland Currency thereby excluding the orphan or [?] [?] from any interference in my property or the administration thereof

I give devise and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my Estate and Effects both real and personal and whatsoever nature the same may consist unto Thomas Hubbard of the said Colony of Demerary Nephew of the said Thomas Lawrence deceased his heirs executors or administrators upon the Trusts and to and for the ends intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the same that us to say upon trust to collect and get in all my personal estate and effects and to convert such part thereof as shall not consist of money into money and at such time or times within two years after my decease as he in his discretion shall think expedient to sell and dispose of all my real Estate either by public auction or private contract and either together or in lots and upon trust out of the money to arise by the said Sale or Sales and from my personal Estate to pay all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and also the legal share of my property to which my children may be entitled by the Laws of the said Colony of Demerary and after payment and in [?] thereof to

pay unto my dear sister Jane Ann Anderson wife of Captain Anderson of the Royal Navy now residing in Haus Place in the County of Middlesex the sum of two hundred pounds and to

pay to my dear sister Sarah Harris spinster the sum of sixty pounds Sterling per annum during her natural life and to

pay to Harriet Lawrence of the said colony of Demerary spinster a free coloured woman daughter of Sarah Pringle a free coloured woman the sum of forty pounds Sterling per annum during her natural life the first payments of the said two annuities to be made at the expiration of one year after my decease and further upon trust after making the several payments hereintofore directed and providing for the payment of the said two annuities to pay and divide the residue of the money to arise from my said real and personal Estate and Effects to and amongst

my dear children Sarah Henrietta Richardson widow Mary Oriana Spencer wife of Cresswell Spencer Esquire Thomas Lawrence Jane Ann Anderson Papps wife of George Papps William John Lawrence Frances Cornelia Lawrence and Elizabeth Lawrence who shall be living at my decease and the lawful heirs then living of such of them my said children as may have died in my lifetime in equal shares and proportions the heirs of any

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deceased child or children standing only in the place of and taking the part or share and parts or shares which his her or their respective parents would have had or taken if he she or they had been living at the time of my death and I do hereby direct and declare that the share and shares of my said property hereintofore given to my said daughters Sarah Henrietta Richardson Mary Oriana Spinster Jane Ann Anderson Papps Frances Cornelia Lawrence and Elizabeth Lawrence shall be to and for their own sole and separate use and benefit respectively independant of any present or future husbands they or either of them might have and that the same or any part or parts thereof shall not be under the control or subject or liable to the debts contracts engagements or intermeddling of their said present or any future husbands and that the receipt or receipts of my said daughters respectively shall notwithstanding their [?]s be good and sufficient discharges for the money thereby expressed to be received and I do hereby further declare that the receipt or receipts of the said Thomas Hubbard or of his heirs executors or administrators for the purchase money of my said real Estate shall be a good and sufficient discharge and discharges to the purchaser or purchasers thereof and the said purchaser or purchasers shall not be a[?]able or accountable for the application of the money thereby expressed to be received

And lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Thomas Hubbard to be the sole Executor of this my Will with power of substitution surrogation and assumption and in case of the death of the said Thomas Hubbard in my lifetime or after my death before he shall have proved this my Will or acted in the trusts thereof then I direct nominate and appoint that [blank space] Wheeler of the said Colony of Demerary now the agent of John Bolton Esquire of Liverpool shall be theTrustee and Executor of this my Will in his stead with the power of substitution surrogation and assumption and that he his heirs Executors and Administrators shall possessed of all my real and personal Estate upon the Trusts and to and for the intents and purposes hereinbefore mentioned concerning the same In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine - Oriana Watson

Witnesses: J Wainwright Thos. R. Smith Richd. Herve Giraud Furnivall Inn London N S James George Lewis clerks to Messrs. Browne same place Robt. A. Wainewright R. Bacon clerks to Messrs. Wainewright Smith & Giraud

On the 12th July 1830 Administration (with the Will annexed) of the Goods Chattels and Credits of Oriana Watson (wife of Richard Watson) formerly of Demerara in the West Indies and late of Coulden Terrace Islington in the County of Middlesex deceased was granted to Thomas Lawrence the son and one of the Residuary Legatees named in the said Will limited so far only as concerns all the right title and interest of the said deceased in and to certain personal Estate and Effects and all and every the monies Goods Chattels and other personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever of or to which at the period of the sale of a certain Contract or Agreement of Separation (bearing date16th June 1827) she the said deceased was possessed or entitled or hath since become possessed or entitled and of which under and by virtue of the said Contract or agreement she had power to dispose and hath disposed by her said Will accordingly and all benefit and advantage to be had received taken therefore he having been first sworn duly to administer Thomas Hubbard the sole Executor and Residuary Legatee in Trust substituted with a like power of substitution in case of the death of the said Thomas Hubbard having been respectively duly noted with the usual situation but neither of them in any wise appeared (as by act of Court appear”

Sources

1. ↑ The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1774