Will of Ann Sarney
Occupation
- 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.
Location
Wife of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | ORO MSS Oxon Wills 64/2/19 |
| First date: | 05 July 1774 |
| Probate date: | 31 May 1779 |
| Probate court: | None given |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Benjamin Sarney |
| (Husband of testatrix) | |
| Executor: | Robert Eaglesfield |
| (Son of testatrix) | |
| Witness: | H Cooper |
| Witness: | Charles Mayo |
| Witness: | J Owen |
| Court Official: | Benjamin Wheeler |
Bequests
To: Robert Eaglesfield (Son)
I give the property in which I now live in Henley upon Thames to my son Robert Eaglesfield provided that he shall permit my husband Benjamin Sarney to occupy such part of it my husband shall think proper during his life. Out of this, Robert Eaglesfield is to pay within three months of my death one hundred pounds to my son James Sarney and eighty pounds in trust to my son Josiah Sarney.
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Location of property
Names
To: James Sarney (Son)
To my son James Sarney the sum of one hundred pounds, out of the property inherited by his half brother Robert Eaglesfield
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Names
To: Mary Mashman; Josiah Sarney (Daughter)
To my son Josiah Sarney eighty pounds upon trust that he pays the sum of one shilling a week to my daughter Mary Mashman for the rest of her life for her own use and not subject to the control of her present or any future husband. Immediately after the death of Mary Mashman, Josiah Sarney is to divide fifty pounds out of the eighty pounds in equal shares amongst her children if they have reached twenty one, or for their benefit if they have not. The thirty pound residue is to be retained by Josiah Sarney.
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To: Benjamin Sarney (Husband)
I give to my husband Benjamin Sarney for the rest of his life the right to occupy part of the property in which I now dwell and use of such part of my household furniture as he shall wish
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To: Josiah Sarney (Son)
I give to my son Josiah Sarney Bloom's History of the Bible
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To: Mrs Benwell (Daughter in law)
To my daughter in Law Mrs Benwell one gold ring
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Names
To: Robert Eaglesfield; Josiah Sarney; James Sarney; Mary Mashman (Children)
I give all my linen and clothing to my sons Robert Eaglesfield, [Josiah Sarney] and James Sarney and daughter Mary Mashman which I desire my friend Mrs [...] to divide into four parts as soon after my death as convenient making one part considerably better than the others which best part I desire shall go to my daughter Mary Mashman and all the residue of my goods and estate I give to my sons and daughter in equal shares.
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Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen I Ann Sarney Wife of Benjamin Sarney of Henley upon |
| 0002: | Thames in the County of Oxford Gentleman Do by this my Writing purporting my Last Will and Testament Dispose of |
| 0003: | my Estate (pursuant and according to the Authority to Me Given and Reserved in and by a Deed of Settlement made on my |
| 0004: | Marriage with the said Benjamin Sarney and by Virtue of the said Deed and all other powers and Authorities whatsoever to |
| 0005: | Me Given or Reserved) in manner as follows First I Give Devise Limitt and Appoint The Messuage or Tenement wherein |
| 0006: | I now Dwell in Henley upon Thames aforesaid with the Yard Garden Out-Buildings and all and Singular other the Hereditaments |
| 0007: | and Appurtenances thereunto belonging Unto and To the Use of my Beloved Son Robert Eaglesfield his Heirs and Assigns |
| 0008: | for Ever Upon Condition Nevertheless that he my said Son Robert Eaglesfield and his Heirs Do and Shall permit and Suffer |
| 0009: | my said Beloved Husband Benjamin Sarney to Inhabit and Dwell in Use occupy and Enjoy Such part of the said Dwelling |
| 0010: | House and premisses as he my said Husband shall Think proper during the Term of his Natural Life he the said |
| 0011: | Robert Eaglesfield Also paying thereout within Three Months next after my Decease unto my Beloved Son James |
| 0012: | Sarney the Sum of One Hundred Pounds To and for his own Use and Benefit and Unto my Son Josiah |
| 0013: | Sarney the Sum of Eighty Pounds Upon Trust that he my said Son Josiah Sarney his Executors or Administrators |
| 0014: | shall and Do pay and Apply the Sum of One Shilling a Week Weekly and Every Week Unto my Daughter |
| 0015: | Mary Mashman for and during the Term of her Natural Life And I Do hereby Will and Direct that the Same |
| 0016: | shall be paid into her own Hands for her own Seperate Use and shall not be Subject or Liable to the Debts power |
| 0017: | Engagement or Controul of her present or any future taken Husband and from and Immediately after the Decease of |
| 0018: | the said Mary Masham Then In Trust that he my said Son Josiah Sarney his Executors & Administrators Do |
| 0019: | and shall pay and Divide the Sum of Fifty Pounds part of the said Sum of Eighty Pounds So Given to him In |
| 0020: | Trust as aforesaid Unto and amongst all and Every the Child and Children of the said Mary Mashman in Equal |
| 0021: | Shares and proportions Which said Shares I Will and Direct shall be paid to Such of the said Children as shall |
| 0022: | at the Decease of my said Daughter Mary Mashman have attained their respective age or Ages of Twenty one Years |
| 0023: | And as To the Share or Shares of such of the said Child or Children as shall not have then attained their respective Age |
| 0024: | or Ages of Twenty one Years I Do hereby Will and Direct that the Same shall be Laid out and Expended by my |
| 0025: | said Son Josiah Sarney his Executors or Administrators To and for the Use and Benefit of the said Child or Children |
| 0026: | of my said Daughter Mary Mashman who shall not have attained their respective Age or Ages of Twenty one Years |
| 0027: | in such Manner as he my said Son Josiah Sarney his Executors or Administrators shall Think proper And as |
| 0028: | To the said Sum of Thirty pounds Residue of the said Sum of Eighty pounds I Do hereby Will and Direct that |
| 0029: | the said Josiah Sarney his Executors or Administrators shall Retain and Keep [↑the Same] to himself or themselves To and for |
| 0030: | his or their own Use and Benefit And I Do hereby Charge the said Sums or Legacys of One Hundred Pounds |
| 0031: | and Eighty pounds on the Estate so Limitted to my said Son Robert Eaglesfield and his Heirs as aforesaid and |
| 0032: | Direct that the Same shall be paid by the said Robert Eaglesfield thereout within Three Months next after |
| 0033: | my Decease as aforesaid Also I Give Devise Limitt and Appoint unto my said Husband Benjamin Sarney for |
| 0034: | the Term of his Natural Life The Use of Such part of My Household Furniture as he shall Want to Make Use of |
| 0035: | Also I Give Devise Limit and Appoint unto my said Son Josiah Sarney Bloom's History of the Bible and |
| 0036: | [Illegible ]Me Also I Give All My Linnen and Wearing apparell Unto my said Sons Robert Eaglesfield |
| 0037: | [Illegible ]and James Sarney and Daughter Mary Mashman which I Desire my Good Friend Mrs |
| 0038: | [Illegible] will take the Trouble to Divide into four Parts as Soon after my Death as Convenient Making |
| 0039: | [Illegible] f Considerably better than the others which best part I Desire shall Go unto my said Daughter |
| 0040: | [Illegible] an All the Rest Residue and Remainder of My Household Goods Furniture plate China Glass |
| 0041: | [Illegible] Brass and all other my personal Estate not hereinbefore Disposed of (Together with Such Goods and |
| 0042: | Furniture of which my said Husband will have the Use during his Life as aforesaid) I Give Devise Limitt and |
| 0043: | Appoint unto them my said Sons Robert Eaglesfield Josiah Sarney and James Sarney and Daughter Mary |
| 0044: | Mashman Equally to be Divided between them Share and Share alike And I Do hereby appoint my said |
| 0045: | Husband Benjamin Sarney and Son Robert Eaglesfield Joint Executors of this my Will And Hereby Revoking |
| 0046: | and Making Void All former and other Wills Limittations and Appointments by Me at any time heretofore |
| 0047: | Made I Do Declare this and no Other to be my true Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the |
| 0048: | said Ann Sarney the Testatrix have to this my Will Limitation and Appointment Contained in two Sheets of |
| 0049: | paper to Each Sheet Sett my Hand and Seal this Fifth Day of July In the Year of our Lord |
| 0050: | One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy four |
| 0051: | Ann Sarney |
| 0052: | Signed Sealed published and Declared by the said Ann Sarney |
| 0053: | the Testatrix as and for her Last Will [↑and Testament] Limitation and Appointment in the |
| 0054: | presence of Us who in her presence and at her Request and in the |
| 0055: | Presence of Each other have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses |
| 0056: | hereunto |
| 0057: | |
| 0058: | H Cooper |
| 0059: | Cha[rle]s Mayo |
| 0060: | J Owen |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 20th January 2013 |
| Date modified: | 21st May 2014 |
Comments
On the photocopy from which this transcript was made the left hand sides of lines 36-41 have been obscured by being covered by some blank paper Seal covered probably for protection