Will of William Bateman of Bitton, Gloucestershire, proved 1815

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Bitton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Surnames/tags: Bateman Batman

This is a transcript of the will of William Bateman, carpenter, of Bitton, Gloucestershire. His will was dated 17 September 1810.

His will was proved on 12 June 1815 by Martha Bateman, widow, the sole executrix. His personal property was valued at under £200.

Transcript

This is the last Will and Testament of me William Bateman of the Parish of Bitton in the County of Gloucester Carpenter made this seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten : as follows, that is to say I Give and bequeath unto my Beloved Wife Martha Bateman all and singular my Freehold and Leasehold Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and also all other my Personal Estate and Effects whosoever and wheresoever of what nature or kind soever To Hold the same unto my said Wife and her Assigns for and during the Term of her natural life and from and after her Decease As touching and concerning six five seventh sixth Parts or shares of my said Freehold and leasehold messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and all other my said Personal Estate the whole to be considered as divided into seven six equal Parts of shares To the use of my sons William, George, Aaron and Moses and my Daughters Hannah the Wife of George Hale of the City of Bristol Shopkeeper and Mary the Wife of Isaac Johnson of the said Parish of Bitton Coalminer their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for all my Estate and Interest therein then to come as equal shares as tenants in common and not as joint tenants And as touching and concerning the remaining om seventh sixth Part or share of my said Real and personal Estate and Effects To the use of all and every the Children or Child of my late Deceased son Solomon Bateman which may be living at the time of the Decease of my said Wife their his or her Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for all the remainder of my Estate Terms and Interest therein then to come in equal shares if more than one as tenants in common and not as joint tenants Subject nevertheless and I Do bereby Charge and make Chargeable my Real and Personal Estate (after the Decease of my said Wife) with the Payment of Three Pounds of lawful money to my Grandson Charles Bateman son of my late Deceased Son Nathan Bateman in case he shall happen to survive my said Wife and Attain the Age of Twenty one years And I Do hereby appoint my said Wife sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other wills by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written

The mark x of William Bateman

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the Testator William Bateman as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in his Presence and in the Presence of each other have hereto subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto
Sam Ponser[?]
George Martin
J: Marsh

Sources

• "Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858", Ancestry,com. William Bateman, 20 Jun 1815 (accessed 11 Jul 2020). Ancestry Record 4294 #112811. Free Ancestry Image