Will of Anne Smith
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 11/1270 |
| First date: | 23 June 1794 |
| Probate date: | 12 January 1796 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | George Hill |
| Relationship: | Nephew |
| (Trustee) | |
| Witness: | Tho[ma]s Cooper |
| (of Henley upon Thames) | |
| Witness: | Josiah Jacob |
| (Clerk to Wm. Cooper) | |
| Witness: | Sarah Collier |
| (servant to Wm. Cooper) | |
| Court Official: | George Harris |
| Court Official: | William Wynne |
Bequests
To: Sarah Hill (Sister)
I give to my sister Sarah Hill all my clothes.
Bequest Types
Names
To: George William Smith; Robert Smith (Sons)
I give to my son George William Smith, all the property where I now live in Bell Street in Henley upon Thames to be held in trust for his lifetime by my nephew George Hill. Should he not live in the house and my nephew decides to let the house then the rent is to be used for the upkeep of the house with any surplus being paid to my son, and after my son's death, the house is to go to my son, Robert Smith and his heirs forever. I also give to my son George William Smith, £200 pounds which is to be held in trust by George Hill, to be invested in public stocks and the income to be paid to my son. On my son's death these funds are to go to my son, Robert Smith. However if my son, George William Smith, assigns the interest without the approval of George Hill then the money goes to my son, Robert Smith. My nephew George Hill is divide all my plate, china, household furniture and linen, and my money between my sons George William and Robert. The reside of my estate and effects to be sold by my nephew, and one half paid to Robert Smith, the half share due to George William is to be held on trust and invested in the same public funds on the same terms as the £200 was invested. After his death, or should he assign his interest in the income without the consent of my trustee then the income to be paid to Robert Smith.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Robert Smith (Son)
I give £400 to my son Robert Smith.
Bequest Types
Names
To: William Hill (Nephew)
I give to my nephew, William Hill, my gold watch.
Bequest Types
Names
To: George Hill (Nephew)
I give to my nephew George Hill, fifty pounds for his trouble in the execution of my will.
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Ann Smith of Henley upon Thames in the County |
| 0003: | of Oxford Widow being of sound and disposing Mind |
| 0004: | Memory and understanding do make Publish and declare |
| 0005: | my last Will and Testament in manner and form following |
| 0006: | (that is to say) I recommend my Soul into the Hands of |
| 0007: | Almighty God who gave it and my Body I commit to the |
| 0008: | Earth to be decently buried in a manner becoming my |
| 0009: | situation at Wargrave in the County of Berks as near |
| 0010: | to my late Husband as may be and as to such |
| 0011: | Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased Almighty |
| 0012: | God of his goodness to bless me I dispose thereof |
| 0013: | as follows First I direct my just debts Funeral |
| 0014: | and Testamentary Expences to be fully paid and |
| 0015: | satisfied by and out of such ready Money Bank Notes |
| 0016: | or Bills as shall be in my House at the time of my |
| 0017: | decease But in case the same shall not be sufficient |
| 0018: | for that Purpose then that the residue shall be |
| 0019: | made up out of such Stock as I shall have in the |
| 0020: | five Per Cent Bank Annuities at the time of my |
| 0021: | decease and direct my Executors hereinafter named |
| 0022: | to sell a sufficient Sum out of the said five Per |
| 0023: | Cent Bank Annuity for that purpose I give and |
| 0024: | bequeath unto my Sister Sarah Hill all my |
| 0025: | wearing Apparel and Cloaths I give and devise unto |
| 0026: | my Nephew George Hill and his Heirs all that |
| 0027: | Messuage or Tenement wherein I now dwell with |
| 0028: | the Garden Buildings Hereditaments and |
| 0029: | Appurtenances thereunto belonging situate in Bell |
| 0030: | Street in Henley upon Thames aforesaid To hold the |
| 0031: | same to him my said Nephew George Hill and |
| 0032: | his Heirs for and during the term of the natural |
| 0033: | Life of my Son George William Smith upon Trust |
| 0034: | to Permit and suffer my Son George William Smith |
| 0035: | to inhabit and dwell in the said Messuage or |
| 0036: | Tenement he keeping the same in good repair or |
| 0037: | otherwise if he the said George Hill shall think |
| 0038: | it best and most for the advantage of my said Son |
| 0039: | George William Smith upon Trust to receive and |
| 0040: | take the Rents and Profits of the said Messuage or |
| 0041: | Tenement and Premises for and during the term |
| 0042: | of the natural Life of him the said George William |
| 0043: | Smith and after paying and expending what may be |
| 0044: | necessary to keep the said Premises in good repair |
| 0045: | to pay the residue of such Rent to my Son George |
| 0046: | William Smith in such manner as he the said George |
| 0047: | Hill shall think most for his benefit and from and |
| 0048: | immediately after the decease of my said Son George |
| 0049: | William Smith I give devise and bequeath the said |
| 0050: | Messuage or Tenement Hereditaments and Premisses |
| 0051: | with the Appurtenances thereto belonging unto my Son |
| 0052: | Robert Smith To hold the same unto and to the use of |
| 0053: | my said Son Robert Smith his Heirs and Assigns for ever |
| 0054: | Also I bequeath and give unto the said George Hill |
| 0055: | his Executors and Administrators the Sum of two hundred |
| 0056: | Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain upon Trust |
| 0057: | to lay out and invest the same in the Public Funds |
| 0058: | or Government Security not being Annuities for |
| 0059: | Lives or determined at any certain Term or number |
| 0060: | of years |
| 0061: | otherwise well and sufficiently Authorize and empower |
| 0062: | my said Son George William Smith to receive and |
| 0063: | take the Interest dividends and produce thereof as |
| 0064: | the same shall from Time to Time become due for |
| 0065: | and during the term of his natural Life and from and |
| 0066: | immediately after the decease of my said Son George |
| 0067: | William Smith or in case he shall sell or assign his |
| 0068: | Right and Interest to the Interest dividends and Produce |
| 0069: | of the said Stock for his Life without the Approbation |
| 0070: | and Consent of the said George Hill his Executors |
| 0071: | or Administrators then from and immediately after |
| 0072: | either of the said Events taking place which ever |
| 0073: | shall first happen I give and bequeath the said |
| 0074: | Trust Money or the Stocks and Securities in which |
| 0075: | the same shall be invested unto my said Son Robert |
| 0076: | Smith his Executors Administrators and Assigns to and |
| 0077: | for his and their own proper use and benefit Also I |
| 0078: | give and bequeath unto my said Son Robert Smith |
| 0079: | his Executors and Administrators the Sum of Four |
| 0080: | hundred Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain |
| 0081: | to and for his and their own Use and benefit Also I |
| 0082: | give and bequeath unto my Nephew William Hill |
| 0083: | my Gold Watch Also I give and bequeath unto the |
| 0084: | said George Hill the Sum of Fifty Pounds of lawful |
| 0085: | Money of Great Britain to and for his own use and |
| 0086: | benefit as a Compensation for the Trouble he will |
| 0087: | have in the Execution of the Trusts in this my Will |
| 0088: | Also I give and bequeath unto the said George Hill |
| 0089: | his Executors and Administrators All my Plate China |
| 0090: | Household Furniture and Linen together with all my |
| 0091: | Goods Money Securities [↑for Money Money] in the Public Stocks or Funds |
| 0092: | and All the rest residue and remainder of my Estate |
| 0093: | and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever or of what |
| 0094: | nature or kind so ever not herein before by me disposed |
| 0095: | of upon the Trusts following (that is to say) Upon Trust |
| 0096: | to divide my said Plate China Linen and Household |
| 0097: | Furniture between my two Sons Robert Smith and |
| 0098: | George William Smith as he the said George Hill |
| 0099: | shall in his discretion think proper and as to all |
| 0100: | the rest residue and remainder of my Estate and Effects |
| 0101: | as aforesaid upon Trust to convert the same into |
| 0102: | ready Money and thereout in the first place to pay |
| 0103: | and discharge all my just debts and Funeral and |
| 0104: | Testamentary Expences And as to one Moiety or half |
| 0105: | part of all the residue thereof upon Trust to pay the |
| 0106: | same |
| 0107: | administrators and Assigns to and for his own and their |
| 0108: | own use and benefit And I do hereby give and |
| 0109: | bequeath the same to him and them accordingly |
| 0110: | and as to the remaining Moiety or equal half part |
| 0111: | of such residue upon Trust to lay out and invest the |
| 0112: | same in the Public Funds or on Government Securities |
| 0113: | at Interest not being Annuities for Lives or determine |
| 0114: | at any certain Term or number of Years and to pay |
| 0115: | to and apply or otherwise well and sufficiently |
| 0116: | authorize and empower my said Son George William |
| 0117: | Smith to receive the Income Interest dividends and |
| 0118: | produce thereof for and during the term of his |
| 0119: | natural Life and to and for his own use and benefit |
| 0120: | and from and immediately after the decease of my |
| 0121: | Son George William Smith or in case he shall sell |
| 0122: | or Assign his Right and Interest to the Interest |
| 0123: | dividends and produce of the said Trust Money for |
| 0124: | his Life without the Approbation and Consent of the |
| 0125: | said George Hill his Executors and administrators |
| 0126: | Then from and immediately after either of the said |
| 0127: | Events taking place which shall first happen upon |
| 0128: | Trust to assign and transfer the said last mentioned |
| 0129: | Trust Money or the Stocks and Securities in which |
| 0130: | the same shall be invested unto my said Son Robert |
| 0131: | Smith his Executors Administrators and Assigns to |
| 0132: | and for his and their own proper use and benefit |
| 0133: | And I do hereby give and bequeath the same to |
| 0134: | him and them accordingly And I do hereby nominate |
| 0135: | constitute and appoint my said Nephew George Hill |
| 0136: | sole Executor of this my Will and do hereby direct |
| 0137: | and declare that it shall and may be lawful to and |
| 0138: | for the said George Hill his Executors and |
| 0139: | Administrators to retain and reimburse to him and |
| 0140: | themselves and all such Sum or Sums of Money Costs |
| 0141: | Charges damages and Expences as he or they shall |
| 0142: | pay expend sustain or be put unto in or about the |
| 0143: | Trusts hereby in him [↑and them] reposed And that he or they |
| 0144: | shall not be answerable or accountable for any more |
| 0145: | of the said Trust Monies than he or they shall |
| 0146: | actually receive or shall come to his or their Hands |
| 0147: | nor for any loss that may happen to the same so as |
| 0148: | such loss happen without his or their wilful default |
| 0149: | or neglect and Lastly I do hereby revoke and make |
| 0150: | void all former and other Will and Wills by me at any |
| 0151: | time heretofore made and do declare this and this |
| 0152: | to be my true last Will and Testament In Witness |
| 0153: | whereof I the said Ann Smith the Testatrix have |
| 0154: | to this my last Will and Testament contained in three |
| 0155: | sheets of paper to the two first sheets set my hand |
| 0156: | and to this third and last sheet my hand and Seal |
| 0157: | this twenty third day of June in the year of our |
| 0158: | Lord one thousand and seven hundred and ninety four |
| 0159: | |
| 0160: | Anne Smith [Seal] |
| 0161: | |
| 0162: | Signed Sealed published and declared |
| 0163: | by the said Ann Smith the Testatrix as and for her |
| 0164: | last Will and Testament in the presence of us who |
| 0165: | in her presence at her request and in the presence |
| 0166: | of each other have subscribed our Names as |
| 0167: | Witnesses hereunto |
| 0168: | |
| 0169: | Tho[mas] Cooper Henley upon Thames |
| 0170: | Josiah Jacob Clerk to Mr Cooper |
| 0171: | Sarah Collier Servant to Mr Cooper |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Adele |
| Author: | Adele |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 08th November 2013 |
| Date modified: | 26th May 2014 |
Comments
The Testatrix has signed as "Anne" although the will recites "Ann".