Will of Sarah Sanders
Occupation
- 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.
Location
Widow of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/1116 |
| First date: | 08 January 1784 |
| Probate date: | 19 April 1784 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Court Official: | Peter Calvert |
| Executor: | Thomas Martin |
| Relationship: | Brother in law |
| (Also a Trustee and Guardian) | |
| Executor: | Jonathan Sedgwick |
| Relationship: | Friend |
| (Also a Trustee and Guardian; an Ironmonger of the City of London) | |
| Executor: | John Wheeler |
| Relationship: | Friend |
| (Also a Trustee and Guardian; a Maltster of Henley) | |
| Executor: | Charles Lee |
| Relationship: | Friend |
| (Also a Trustee and Guardian; a Gentleman of Henley) | |
| Executor: | Edward Piercy |
| Relationship: | Friend |
| (Also a Trustee and Guardian; A Gentleman of Sonning) | |
| Witness: | W Cooper |
| Witness: | Thomas Ford |
| Other: | Elizabeth Smith |
| Relationship: | Sister |
| (Trustee in respect of household goods and clothes) | |
| Other: | Eleanor Simmonds |
| Relationship: | Sister |
| (Trustee in respect of household goods and clothes) | |
| Other: | Hester Martin |
| Relationship: | Sister |
| (Trustee in respect of household goods and clothes) | |
| Other: | Hannah Stockdale |
| Relationship: | Friend |
| (Trustee in respect of household goods and clothes) | |
| Court Official: | Andrew Coltee Ducarel |
| Court Official: | Thomas Bever |
Bequests
To: Elizabeth Jemmett (Servant)
My servant, Elizabeth Jemmett, if living with me at my death, to receive a share of my clothes and linen, as either I provide for before my death or as my trustees, Elizabeth Smith, Eleanor Simmonds, Hester Martin and Hannah Stockdale think proper. The remaining clothes and linen to be held by them on trust for my son Thomas Sanders, until the age of 21 and in the event he does not reach 21 years, then to be shared amongst those trustees equally. Should the trustees have died then their shares to their children.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Jemmett (Servant)
To my servant Elizabeth Jemmett if she is still living with me at my death, such of my furniture as I shall direct during my lifetime, but if not, then as my trustees, Thomas Martin, Jonathan Sedgwick, John Wheeler, Charles Lee and Edward Piercy, think proper.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Thomas Sanders (Son)
My trustees to sell the rest of my assets not already disposed of and until my son Thomas Sanders is 21 years for the proceeds to be invested, for his use and benefit. If he dies before 21 years, without leaving children, then the monies and investments to be shared amongst my sisters Elizabeth Smith, Eleanor Simmonds and Hester Martin as provided for.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Thomas Martin (Brother in law)
To Thomas Martin, for his trouble as executor, trustee and guardian, five pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Jonathan Sedwick (Friend)
To Jonathan Sedgwick, for his trouble as executor, trustee and guardian, five pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Wheeler; Sarah Wheeler; Ann Wheeler; John Wheeler (Friend)
To John Wheeler, of Henley, Maltster, for his trouble as executor, trustee and guardian, five pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Charles Lee (Friend)
To Charles Lee, of Henley, Gentleman, for his trouble as executor, trustee and guardian, five pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Edward Piercy (Friend)
To Edward Piercy, gentleman of Bishopswood, Sonning, Gentleman, for his trouble as executor, trustee and guardian, five pounds
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Sarah Sanders of Henley upon Thames in the County |
| 0003: | of Oxford Widow being of sound and disposing Mind |
| 0004: | Memory and Understanding considering the uncertainty of |
| 0005: | this Transitory Life and being desirous to settle my |
| 0006: | Affairs do therefore make publish and declare this my |
| 0007: | last Will and Testament in manner and form following that |
| 0008: | is to say First I give and bequeath unto my Sisters Mrs |
| 0009: | Elizabeth [↑Smith] Wife of Mr William Smith of Henley upon Thames |
| 0010: | aforesaid Baker Mrs Eleanor Simmonds Wife of Mr John |
| 0011: | Simmonds of Wantage in the County of Berks Innholder Mrs |
| 0012: | Hester Martin Wife of Mr Thomas Martin of Moulsey in |
| 0013: | the County of Surry Mealman and my good Friend Mrs |
| 0014: | Hannah Stockdale of New George Street Spital Fields |
| 0015: | London and the Survivors and Survivor of them all and singular |
| 0016: | my Wearing Apparel of every kind and sort and all and |
| 0017: | every my Family or Household Linen Upon the Trusts |
| 0018: | following that is to say Upon Trust to give and dispose |
| 0019: | of such parts of my Wearing Apparel as I shall direct |
| 0020: | by any Schedule or Testamentary Writing under my Hand or |
| 0021: | in default of such direction under my Hand such parts |
| 0022: | thereof as they my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor |
| 0023: | of them shall think proper to my Servant Elizabeth Jemmett |
| 0024: | if she shall be living with me at the time of my decease |
| 0025: | And Upon Trust to keep and preserve the residue and |
| 0026: | remainder of my said Wearing Apparel and my said |
| 0027: | Family and Household Linen to and for the Use of my |
| 0028: | Son Thomas Sanders until he shall attain his Age of |
| 0029: | twenty one Years And from and after he shall have attained |
| 0030: | his said Age of twenty one Years Then Upon Trust to |
| 0031: | deliver the said residue of my Wearing Apparel and all |
| 0032: | and every my Family and Household Linen unto my said |
| 0033: | Son to and for his own Use and Benefit but in Case |
| 0034: | my said Son shall happen to die before he shall have |
| 0035: | attained his said Age of twenty one Years Then as [↑to] for |
| 0036: | and concerning the said residue of my Wearing Apparel |
| 0037: | Upon Trust equally to divide the same between my said |
| 0038: | Trustees before mentioned for their several and respective |
| 0039: | own Uses and Benefits equally share and share like if |
| 0040: | they shall be all then living but in Case either of my said |
| 0041: | Sisters Mrs Smith Mrs Simmons or Mrs Martin shall be |
| 0042: | then dead Then I direct that the share thereof of her or |
| 0043: | them so dying shall go to her or their respective Children |
| 0044: | but if the said Mrs Stockdale shall die before my said |
| 0045: | Son Then I direct that her share of my said Wearing |
| 0046: | Apparel shall go to such of my said Sisters who shall |
| 0047: | be living and the Children of such of them who shall be |
| 0048: | then dead to be divided between them in the proportions |
| 0049: | aforesaid And as to for and concerning my said Family |
| 0050: | and Household Linen Upon Trust to deliver the same unto |
| 0051: | my [↑said] Sister Hester Martin to and for her own Use and |
| 0052: | Benefit All the rest and residue of my Estate and Effects |
| 0053: | of what nature or kind soever or wheresoever I give and |
| 0054: | bequeath unto my Brother in Law the said Thomas Martin |
| 0055: | and to my good Friends Jonathan Sedgwick of Budge |
| 0056: | Row in the City of London Ironmonger and John Wheeler |
| 0057: | of Henley upon Thames aforesaid Maltster Charles Lee |
| 0058: | of the same Place Gentleman and Edward Piercy of |
| 0059: | Bishopswood in the Parish of Sonning in the said |
| 0060: | County of Oxford Gentleman their Executors Adm[inistrat]ors |
| 0061: | and Assigns Upon the several Trusts following that is to |
| 0062: | say Upon Trust that they the said Thomas Martin |
| 0063: | Jonathan Sedgwick John Wheeler Charles Lee and Edward |
| 0064: | Piercy and the Survivor of them his Executors or |
| 0065: | Administrators do and shall deliver to my said Servant |
| 0066: | Elizabeth Jemmett if she shall be living with me at |
| 0067: | the time of my decease such part of my Household |
| 0068: | Furniture as I shall by any Schedule or Testamentary |
| 0069: | Writing under my Hand direct or appoint for her own |
| 0070: | Use And for want of such direction or Appointment |
| 0071: | Then such part thereof as they my said last mentioned |
| 0072: | Trustees or the Survivor of them his Executors or |
| 0073: | Administrators shall in their or his discretion think |
| 0074: | proper And after delivery thereof Upon Trust to sell |
| 0075: | and dispose of my Goods Chattels and Effects not herein |
| 0076: | before disposed of (Except my Household Furniture which |
| 0077: | I direct shall be preserved for and delivered to my said |
| 0078: | Son on his attaining the said Age of twenty one Years |
| 0079: | and Money in the Funds) and to collect and get in |
| 0080: | my Debts and by and out of the Money arising |
| 0081: | therefrom to pay and discharge all my Just Debts Funeral |
| 0082: | and Testamentary Expences And after Payment thereof |
| 0083: | Then Upon Trust to place out the residue of such |
| 0084: | Monies at Interest on Government or Real Securities |
| 0085: | in their own Names and to pay apply assign transfer |
| 0086: | and set over the same Security or Securities and all |
| 0087: | other Security or Securities Stocks or Funds in or upon |
| 0088: | which any Money shall be due and owing to me at |
| 0089: | the time of my Decease and the Interest Dividends and |
| 0090: | Profits thereof unto my said Son Thomas Sanders his |
| 0091: | Executors or Administrators when he shall have attained |
| 0092: | his said Age of twenty one Years [↑to] and for his and their |
| 0093: | own Use and Benefit And I do hereeby empower and direct |
| 0094: | my said last mentioned Trustees and the Survivor of them |
| 0095: | his Executors or Administrators to raise and pay to my |
| 0096: | said Son Thomas Sanders any Sum which they they shall think |
| 0097: | necessary and reasonable for his preferment advancement or |
| 0098: | Benefit during his Miniorty though the same should exceed |
| 0099: | his Annual Income of his Fortune but in Case my said |
| 0100: | son Thomas Sanders shall happen to die before he shall |
| 0101: | have attained his said Age of twenty one Years and |
| 0102: | without leaving Issue of his Body lawfully issuing then Upon |
| 0103: | Trust as to for and concerning three hundred Pounds three |
| 0104: | per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities now standing in my |
| 0105: | Name part of the said residue of my Estate and Effects |
| 0106: | to pay and apply the Interest Dividends and Profits |
| 0107: | thereof unto my said Sister Elizabeth Smith and my |
| 0108: | Brother in Law the said William Smith and their |
| 0109: | respective Assigns for and during the Term of their |
| 0110: | respective natural Lives and the Life of the longer |
| 0111: | liver of them And from and after the decease of them |
| 0112: | my said Sister Elizabeth Smith and my said Brother |
| 0113: | in Law William Smith Upon Trust to pay apply assign |
| 0114: | transfer and set over and divide the said three hundred |
| 0115: | pounds three Per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities and |
| 0116: | the Interest Dividends and Profits thereof unto and between |
| 0117: | all and every the Daughters of my said Sister Elizabeth |
| 0118: | Smith share and share alike And I do hereby will and |
| 0119: | direct that the share of her Daughter Mrs Mary Exton |
| 0120: | shall be paid into her own Hands to and for her |
| 0121: | own sole Use separate and apart from her Husband |
| 0122: | the same not to be in any wise subject answerable |
| 0123: | or liable to the Debts Controul or Management of |
| 0124: | her present Husband And that her receipt alone |
| 0125: | notwithstanding her Coverture shall be a sufficient discharge |
| 0126: | to my said Trustees for her share of the said three |
| 0127: | hundred Pounds three Per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities |
| 0128: | and the Interest Dividends and Profits thereof And as |
| 0129: | to for and concerning one other three hundred Pounds |
| 0130: | three Per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities now standing |
| 0131: | in my Name further part of the said residue of my |
| 0132: | Estate and Effects Upon Trust to pay and apply the |
| 0133: | Interest Dividends and Profits thereof unto my said |
| 0134: | Sister Eleanor Simmonds and her Assigns for and |
| 0135: | during the Term of her natural Life And from and |
| 0136: | after her Decease Upon Trust to pay apply assign |
| 0137: | transfer and set over one hundred and Fifty Pounds |
| 0138: | three Per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities part of |
| 0139: | the said last mentioned three hundred Pounds three |
| 0140: | Per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities unto her |
| 0141: | Daughter Rebecca Simmonds to and for her own Use |
| 0142: | and Benefit And Upon Trust to pay apply assign |
| 0143: | transfer and set over and divide the residue of the |
| 0144: | said last mentioned three hundred pounds three Per Cent |
| 0145: | Consolidated Bank Annuities and the Interest Dividends |
| 0146: | and Profits thereof unto and between all and every the |
| 0147: | other Daughters of my said Sister Eleanor Simmonds share |
| 0148: | and share alike And as to for and concerning all the |
| 0149: | remaining part of the said residue of my Estate and |
| 0150: | Effects Upon Trust to pay apply assign transfer and set |
| 0151: | over the same unto my said Sister Hester Martin to |
| 0152: | and for her own Use and Benefit And my Will and |
| 0153: | desire is and I do hereby direct that if the said |
| 0154: | remaining part of the said residue of my Estate and |
| 0155: | Effects hereby set out as the share of my said Sister |
| 0156: | Hester Martin shall not amount to the full Sum of |
| 0157: | three hundred Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain |
| 0158: | Then I direct that my said Trustees last mentioned shall |
| 0159: | deduct out of each of the said three hundred Pounds |
| 0160: | three Per Cent Consolidated Bank Annuities hereby set out |
| 0161: | as the shares of my said Sisters Elizabeth Smith and |
| 0162: | Eleanor Simmons and their Children respectively such |
| 0163: | proportionate Sum as will make up the share of my |
| 0164: | said Sister Hester Martin equal to the respective shares |
| 0165: | of my said Sister Elizabeth Smith and Eleanor Simmonds but |
| 0166: | if the said remaining part of the said residue of my |
| 0167: | said Estate and Effects hereby set out as the share of my |
| 0168: | said Sister Hester Martin should amount to or exceed |
| 0169: | the Sum of three hundred Pounds Yet I hereby will |
| 0170: | and direct that the respective shares of my said Sisters |
| 0171: | Elizabeth Smith and Eleanor Simmonds or either of |
| 0172: | them shall not be increased to more than the said |
| 0173: | three hundred Pounds three Per cent Consolidated Bank |
| 0174: | Annuities each And I do hereby further Will and |
| 0175: | direct and my desire is that my said Trustees Thomas |
| 0176: | Martin Jonathan Sedgwick John Wheeler Charles Lee |
| 0177: | and Edward Piercy do and shall in the first place retain |
| 0178: | out of the Money to come to their Hands by virtue of |
| 0179: | this my Will the sum of Five Pounds each of lawful |
| 0180: | Money of Great Britain as a token of my regard and |
| 0181: | as a small acknowledgment for the trouble they will be |
| 0182: | at in the Execution of the Trusts hereby in them |
| 0183: | reposed And Moreoever my Will is And I do hereby |
| 0184: | further direct that my said last mentioned Trustees |
| 0185: | shall retain to themselves all reasonable Costs and |
| 0186: | Charges which they may sustain or expend in the |
| 0187: | Execution of this my Will and that any or either |
| 0188: | of them shall not be answerable or accountable |
| 0189: | for the other but each for himself and his own |
| 0190: | Acts and Deeds only And that they or any or either of |
| 0191: | them shall not be answerable or accountable for |
| 0192: | any more of my Monies and Estate than shall come |
| 0193: | to their respective Hands or for any Loss which may |
| 0194: | happen to the said Monies or Estate so as such |
| 0195: | Loss happen without their respective willful default |
| 0196: | or Neglect And I do hereby nominate constitute and |
| 0197: | appoint them the said Thomas Martin Jonathan Sedgwick |
| 0198: | John Wheeler Charles Lee and Edward Piercy joint Execut[o]rs |
| 0199: | of this my Will and Guardians of my said Sons Person |
| 0200: | Fortune and Estate during his Minority And Lastly I do |
| 0201: | hereby revoke all former and other Will and Wills by me |
| 0202: | at any time heretofore made and do declare this and |
| 0203: | this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness |
| 0204: | whereof I the said Sarah Sanders have to this my last |
| 0205: | Will and Testament contained in four Sheets of Paper to |
| 0206: | the first three Sheets thereof set my Hand and to the last |
| 0207: | Sheet thereof set my Hand and Seal this Eighth day of |
| 0208: | January in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven |
| 0209: | hundred and Eighty four |
| 0210: | |
| 0211: | Sarah Sanders [Seal] |
| 0212: | Signed Sealed |
| 0213: | Published and declared by the said Sarah Sanders the Testatrix |
| 0214: | as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence |
| 0215: | of Us who in her Presence at her request and in the |
| 0216: | presence of each other have subscribed Our Names as |
| 0217: | Witnesses thereto a long interlineation being first made |
| 0218: | between the twelfth and thirteenth Lines of the second |
| 0219: | Sheet and the conditional Legacy to Rebecca Simmonds |
| 0220: | being first made one hundred [↑and fifty] Pounds and the Word |
| 0221: | "each" being interlined in the third Sheet |
| 0222: | W Cooper |
| 0223: | Tho[ma]s Ford |
| 0224: |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Cynthia |
| Checked by: | Anthony Lynch |
| Date posted: | 11th November 2013 |
| Date modified: | 21st May 2014 |
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