Will of Samuell Williams of Estington, Gloucestershire 1669

Date: 26 Sep 1668 to 1669
Location: [unknown]
Surname/tag: williams

This is a transcription of the will of Samuel Williams (abt.1604-abt.1669) written on the 26 September 1668^[1]

Persons mentioned

• Samuel William testator
• my son Benjamin son of testator
• John Harris of Alkerton testator bought land from him
• my son Nathannel Williams son of testator
• Daniel Partridge of Leonard Stanley testator bought land from him
• Joseph Nath/Narth
• my brother James Adams relationship not stated clearly possibly brother in law and married to Margaret Adams
• my brother Richard Williams Richard Williams (bef.1607-abt.1693) and my sister Elizabeth Elizabeth Williams (abt.1605-) brother and sister of testator
• my sister Margaret Adams relationship not clear possibly sister who married James Adams
• my cousin James Adams
• my cousin John Hall
• my cousin Susan Hall
• mycousin Samuel Hall
• my cousin Daniel Hall
• Deborah Knight my servant

The last will of Samuell Williams of Estington in the County of Gloucs
as followeth

Imprimis I give unto my son Beniamin my two grounds in Estington
called longcroft or the new lease & the ham lease,

Item the house & appurten[an]ces therto belonging w[hi]ch I bought of John
Harris of Alkerton for fifty pounds the same mony my son Beniamin
hath paid me for it, therfore I make it to him by those presents
in my will w[i]th the arrears of rent w[hi]ch John Harris doth owe to me.

Item I do give to my son Nathannell Williams my ground w[hi]ch I bought
of Daniel Partridge of Leonard Standly called bakers close w[i]th the
same interest w[hi]ch I have or ought to have in it

Item I give to him my right in a bond of 40^l made to me
by Joseph Nath and for w[hi]ch I do hold of him his home close till
such time as that mony is satisfied by him the s[ai]d Joseph Nath
to him my son Nathanaell

Item whereas Joseph Narth oweth to me sixty and odd pounds, thirty
pounds therof is my son Beniamins & ten pounds is my brother
James Adams & that being paid, the rest I give to both my
said sons equally parted and devided

Item I give to my son Nathaniell my book of matins and all
m^r perkins works, the rest of all my books to be devided betwixt
them save my written sermons I give Nathaniell

Item I give my brother Richard Williams & my sister Elizabeth
ten shillings a peece if they be living and to all his children
five shillings a peec if that it be lawfully demanded at any time

Item I do give to my sister Margaret Adams ten shillings if she be living

Item I give to my cousin James Adams ten shillings

Item I give to 'my cousin John Hall and cousin Susan Hall' 'ten
shillings a peece, and to my cousin Samuell Hall and cousin Daniel
Hall twenty shillings apeece & I do make them overseers of this
my will

Item I do give Deborah Knight my servant six pounds as was
my wives desire I should do ^for part of it

Item I give ten shillings by the year yeerly to be paid to such
poor folk as my sons shall think good for ten years by them
all the rest of my goods un mentioned I give my two sons Beniamin
& Nathanaell to be equally divided betwixt them by my said overseers

Lastly I make my son Beniamin my executor of this my will
this twenty sixth of September An[no] d[omi]ni 1668 and herunto my hand
and sele
By me Samuell Williams

Witness to this
John Hall
Daniell Hall

Sources

1. ↑ Will: "Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858"
   Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, UK
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4294 #12997 (accessed 2 August 2022)
   Gender: Male; Place: Eastington; Reference Code: 233121; Court: Consistory Court of Gloucester; Will Number: 178; Will Date: 1669; Civil Place: Gloucestershire, England; Document Type: Will; Name: Samuel Williams.