Will of Samuel Hucks
Occupation
- 262: Hemp, Jute, Cocoa Fibre Manufacture
Location
Hempdresser of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/868 |
| First date: | 25 April 1761 |
| Probate date: | 25 August 1761 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | John Hucks |
| Relationship: | Son |
| Executor: | Ralph Payne |
| Relationship: | Friend |
| Witness: | W Hucks |
| Witness: | Ann Page |
| Witness: | Charles Wiseman |
| Court Official: | George Harris |
| (Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Court of Canterbury) | |
| Court Official: | Edward Simpson |
| (Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) |
Bequests
To: Martha Fowler (Grand daughter)
I give to my grand daughter Martha Fowler, wife of Richard Fowler of Henley upon Thames, glazier, the property in New Street in Henley, in which I now live.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Sarah Jackson (Grand daughter)
I give to my grand daughter Sarah Jackson, wife of William Jackson the elder, bargeman of Henley upon Thames, my freehold property in New Street, recently in the possession of George Matthews but now of [left blank] Stevens, for her lifetime and after her death to my great grandson William Jackson.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Samuel Hucks (Grand son)
I give to my grandson Samuel Hucks, son of John Hucks, my freehold property called Porto Bello, in New Street.
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Location of property
Names
To: James Hucks (Son)
I give to my son James Hucks of Henley, bargeman, my property in New Street, now in the possession of John Brown, for his lifetime and after his death, to my son John Hucks of Henley, baker.
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Location of property
Names
To: James Hucks (Son)
I give to my son James Hucks the interest on two hundred pounds sterling, presently in the hands of Mr John Toovey, shopkeeper in Henley, for his lifetime.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Samuel Hucks (Grand son)
I give to Samuel Hucks, son of my son John, ten pounds [part of the two hundred pounds invested at interest on behalf of James Hucks and payable on his decease].
Bequest Types
Names
To: William Hucks (Grand son)
I give to my grandson William Hucks, son of John Hucks, ten pounds [part of the two hundred pounds invested at interest on behalf of James Hucks and payable on his decease].
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Hucks (Grand son)
I give to my grandson John Hucks, son of John Hucks, twenty pounds [part of the two hundred pounds invested at interest on behalf of James Hucks and payable on his decease].
Bequest Types
Names
To: Samuel Hucks (Son)
I give to my son Samuel Hucks of London, cooper, twenty pounds [part of the two hundred pounds invested at interest on behalf of James Hucks and payable on his decease].
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Wiseman (Niece)
I give to my niece Mary Wiseman, wife of Charles Wiseman of Wargrave, Berks, scrivener, five pounds [part of the two hundred pounds invested at interest on behalf of James Hucks and payable on his decease].
Bequest Types
Names
To: Marianne Wiseman (Grand niece)
I give to Marianne Wiseman, daughter of my niece [Mary Wiseman] five pounds [part of the two hundred pounds invested at interest on behalf of James Hucks and payable on his decease].
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Hucks (Son)
I give to my son John Hucks five pounds in trust to be applied to defray the funeral charges of my son James Hucks [part of the two hundred pounds invested at interest on behalf of James Hucks and payable on his decease]. .
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Hucks (Daughter in law)
I give to Mary Hucks, wife of my son Samuel Hucks, five pounds [part of the two hundred pounds invested at interest on behalf of James Hucks and payable on his decease].
Bequest Types
Names
To: Martha Fowler (Grand daughter)
I give to my grand daughter Martha Fowler ten pounds [part of the two hundred pounds invested at interest on behalf of James Hucks and payable on his decease].
Bequest Types
Names
To: Sarah Jackson (Grand daughter)
I give to my grand daughter Sarah Jackson ten pounds [part of the two hundred pounds invested at interest on behalf of James Hucks and payable on his decease].
Bequest Types
Names
To: James Hucks (Son)
I give to my son James Hucks my boat and fishing tackle, and also the sum of ten pounds for bedding and other necessities to be paid within one month after my decease.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Grandchildren (Grand children)
I give one hundred pounds [part of the two hundred pounds invested at interest on behalf of James Hucks and payable on his decease] to the children of my son Samuel Hucks of London, cooper, that are living at the time of the death of James Hucks in equal shares.
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Hucks (Son)
I give to my son John Hucks all my malting utensils, hemp and related equipment, and also the residue of my estate.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ralph Payne (Friend)
I require my friend Ralph Payne to accept a ring of one guinea value.
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Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Samuel Hucks of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxford |
| 0003: | Hempdresser being in good health of Body and of Sound and |
| 0004: | disposing Mind and Memory Praised be God for the same but |
| 0005: | reflecting on the Certainty of death and the Uncertainty of the |
| 0006: | time thereof and for avoiding all disputes that my happen and |
| 0007: | for Settling all my Temporal Affairs do make Publish and declare |
| 0008: | this my last Will and Testament in manner and Form following |
| 0009: | that is to say first I will and desire that all my just debts and |
| 0010: | Funeral Charges Shall be fully paid and Satisfied by my Executors |
| 0011: | hereinafter named and from and after payment thereof and every |
| 0012: | part thereof I dispose of my Estate and Effects in manner following |
| 0013: | First I give devise and bequeath unto my Grand Daughter |
| 0014: | Martha Fowler Wife of Richard Fowler of Henley upon Thames |
| 0015: | aforesaid Glazier to hold to her her lawful Heirs and Assigns |
| 0016: | forever all that my Freehold Messuage or Tenement wherein |
| 0017: | I now live Situate in New Street in Henley aforesaid with the |
| 0018: | Hereditaments and Appurtenances thereunto belonging and |
| 0019: | every part and parcel thereof Item I give devise and bequeath |
| 0020: | unto my Grandaughter Sarah Jackson Wife of William Jackson |
| 0021: | the Elder Bargeman of Henley aforesaid all that my Freehold |
| 0022: | Messuage or Tenement Scituate lying and being in New Street |
| 0023: | aforesaid with the Appurtenances late in the Possession of |
| 0024: | George Matthews but now of [left blank] Stevens to hold to her and |
| 0025: | her Assigns for and during the Term of her natural Life and |
| 0026: | from and immediately after her decease - - - - I give devise |
| 0027: | and bequeath the same and every part and parcel thereof unto my |
| 0028: | Great Grandson William Jackson his Heirs and Assigns forever Item |
| 0029: | I give and devise unto my Grandson Samuel Hucks Son of John |
| 0030: | Hucks all that my Freehold Messuage or Tenement with the Hereditaments |
| 0031: | and Appurtanences thereunto belonging now lately called or known |
| 0032: | by the Name of Porto Belio Situate in New Street aforesaid to hold |
| 0033: | to him his Heirs and Assigns forever Item I give devise and bequeath |
| 0034: | unto my Son James Hucks of Henley aforesaid Bargeman all that |
| 0035: | my Messuage or Tenement now in the possession of John Brown |
| 0036: | in New Street aforesaid to hold to him and his Assigns for and |
| 0037: | during the Term of his natural Life and after his decease I give |
| 0038: | devise and bequeath the same unto my Son John Hucks of Henly |
| 0039: | aforesaid Baker his Heirs and Assigns forever Item I give and |
| 0040: | bequeath unto my said Son John Hucks and my good Friend Ralph |
| 0041: | Payne of Henley aforesaid Malster their Executors and Adm[inistrat]ors |
| 0042: | the Sum of two hundred Pounds Sterling which is now out at |
| 0043: | interest in the hands of Mr John Toovey Shop Keeper in Henley |
| 0044: | aforesaid and which I will and direct shall be kept out at Interest |
| 0045: | from time to time on the Best Security that can or may be got |
| 0046: | or had for the same for the use and Purpose and upon the |
| 0047: | several Trusts hereinafter particularly mentioned that is to Say In |
| 0048: | Trust in the first place to pay all the Interest of the said Sum of two |
| 0049: | hundred pounds unto my said Son James Hucks for and during |
| 0050: | the term of his natural Life and from and immediately after his |
| 0051: | decease I will and direct that the said Sum of two hundred |
| 0052: | pounds be disposed of in manner and Form following Item I |
| 0053: | give and bequeath unto my Grandaughter Martha Fowler the |
| 0054: | Sum of ten pounds Part thereof I give and bequeath unto |
| 0055: | Samuel Hucks Son of my said Son John ten pounds part thereof |
| 0056: | Item I give and bequeath unto my Grandson William |
| 0057: | Hucks Son of John Hucks ten pounds Sterling Part thereof Item |
| 0058: | I give and bequeath unto my Grand daughter Sarah Jackson |
| 0059: | ten Pounds part thereof Item I give and bequeath unto my |
| 0060: | Grandson John Hucks Son of the aforesaid John Hucks twenty |
| 0061: | pounds part thereof Item I give and bequeath unto my Son |
| 0062: | Samuel Hucks of London Cooper the Sum of twenty pounds |
| 0063: | Sterling Part thereof I give and bequeath unto my Neice |
| 0064: | Mary Wiseman Wife of Charles Wiseman of Wargrave in the |
| 0065: | County of Berks Scrivener the Sum of five Pounds Sterling part |
| 0066: | thereof Item I give and bequeath unto Marianne Wiseman |
| 0067: | Daughter of my said Neice the Sum of five pounds Sterling |
| 0068: | part thereof Item I give and bequeath unto my Son John |
| 0069: | Hucks the Sum of five pounds part thereof In Trust to be |
| 0070: | applyed to defray the Funeral Charges of my Son James Hucks |
| 0071: | and to the Executors of the said John Hucks I leave it in Charge |
| 0072: | to do the same Item I give and bequeath unto Mary Hucks Wife |
| 0073: | of of my said Son Samuel Hucks the Sum of five pounds part thereof |
| 0074: | Item I give and bequeath the remaining one hundred pounds |
| 0075: | part thereof unto and amongst the Children of my said Son |
| 0076: | Samuel Hucks of London Cooper as shall be living at the |
| 0077: | time of my said Son James's decease equally to be divided |
| 0078: | between them Share and Share alike Item I will and direct |
| 0079: | that in Case the said Sum of two hundred pounds shall be paid |
| 0080: | in before my decease that my Executors shall place out the |
| 0081: | like Sum of two hundred pounds out of my Estate at Interest |
| 0082: | for the uses and upon the Trusts aforesaid and I will that my |
| 0083: | Executors shall not be accountable for any loss which may |
| 0084: | happen to the said Trust Money unless through their own |
| 0085: | Neglect or default Item I give and bequeath unto my said Son |
| 0086: | James Hucks my Boat and Fishing Tackle and also the Sum |
| 0087: | of ten pounds for Beding and other necessaries to be paid |
| 0088: | within one Month after my decease Item I give and bequeath |
| 0089: | unto my Son John Hucks all my Malting Utensils Hemp and |
| 0090: | Tackle thereto belonging and also all the rest and Residue |
| 0091: | of my Estate and Effects Real and personal whatsoever and |
| 0092: | wheresoever not otherwise hereby given to him his Executors |
| 0093: | Administrators and Assigns to and for his and their own |
| 0094: | proper use and Benefit forever and I do hereby ordain Constitute |
| 0095: | and appoint my said Son John Hucks and my good Friend |
| 0096: | Ralph Payne aforesaid joint Executors of this my last Will |
| 0097: | requiring him to accept of a Ring of one Guinea Value in |
| 0098: | Remembrance of me hereby revoking and making void all |
| 0099: | former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made |
| 0100: | and do declare this and no other to be and contain my last |
| 0101: | Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Samuel |
| 0102: | Hucks have to this my Will contained in three Sheets of paper |
| 0103: | to each Sheet Set my hand and Seal this twenty fifth day of |
| 0104: | April in the first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George |
| 0105: | the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain King Defender |
| 0106: | of the Faith and in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven |
| 0107: | hundred and Sixty one |
| 0108: | |
| 0109: | Sam[ue]l Hucks |
| 0110: | |
| 0111: | Signed Sealed and Published |
| 0112: | by the above Samuel Hucks the Testator as and for his last Will |
| 0113: | and Testament in Presence of us who at his Request in his |
| 0114: | Presence and in Presence of each other have subscribed our |
| 0115: | Names as Witnesses thereto |
| 0116: | |
| 0117: | W Hucks |
| 0118: | Ann Page |
| 0119: | Cha[rle]s Wiseman Scriv[ener] |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Viv Greenwood |
| Author: | Viv Greenwood |
| Checked by: | Anthony Lynch |
| Date posted: | 13th May 2013 |
| Date modified: | 03rd April 2014 |