Will of Thomas Hart 1768

Date: 22 Sep 1768 to 28 Sep 1768
Location: London, England
Surname/tag: Hart

In the Name of God Amen.

I Thomas Hart of Cannon Street London Carpenter do make and publish my Last Will and Testament^[1] as follows

First I Will and Direct the payment of my Just Debts and Funeral Charges

First to my Children Jenny and Tom Hart my Leasehold Estate in ? Court Foster Lane London and Fifty Guineas which will ? Payable to my Executors from the society which I belong so equally between then Share and Share alike subject to the ? And Covenants reserved and ? In and by the Lease under which I hold the promises

Also I give to my Son in Law John ?Hale and my Daughter Mary his wife Twenty Pounds for Mourning and

I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto my Dear Wife Sarah Hart absolutely at her Disposal and I nominate and appoint my said dear Wife Sarah Hart and my Son in Law John ?Hale Executors of this my Will and Guardians of my two Infant Children whom I commend to their Care and Protection and I also recommend it to my Dear Wife and Son in Law to continue the Trade of a Carpenter in Partnership in the same manner as the same hath both hitherto married on by him and ?

And Lastly I revoke alll former Wills and Declare this to be my Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto in my hand and seal this twenty seven day of September One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Eight ~~ Thos Hart ~~

This Will was proved at London on the twenty eighth Day of September in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Eight …Lawfully constituted by the oaths of Sarah Hart Widow the Relict and John ?Hale the Executors…