03 September 1794 Will of Edward Carter of Horsham, esquire (proved 24 March 1795)

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Source: TNA, PROB 11/1257

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I Edwd Carter
of Horsham in the County of Sussex do make and declare
this to be my last will and Testament to my Dear Wife Harriett
I leave all my Household Furniture also the Sum of Five
hundred pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to Mrs Elizabeth Chatfield of Bol???? in
the County of Sussex a Ring of twenty Guineas value to my
Executors hereinafter named a Ring of ten Guineas each the
Rest Residue and Remainder of my Property I desire to be
equally Divided between my Children Edward Harriot and
Louisa Susanna Carter to them and their heirs and in Case there should be and Child
or Children born within the proper time after my Decease to
share alike with its Brother and Sisters and if they die before
they have attained the Age of 21 years their Property then to my
Dear Wife Harriet for her natural Life and then to my Brother
William Carter Esquire to him and his Heirs to whom I now
Bequeath the Sum of one hundred Guineas also a Ring of
ten Guineas value to his Daughter Miss Sarah Carter I
Desire and request to be buried in the Church yard of
Portsmouth in a vault to be made for that purpose my
Funeral to be as Plain and frugal as Possible to each of my
Servants I leave five Guineas  and Mourning I do 
constitute and appoint Sr John Carter G T Goodenough and
Arthur Atherley Esquire to be Guardians to my Children and
Executors of this my last Will and Testament Horsham 3 Sepr
1794  Edwd Carter

	23 March 1795
  Appeared Personally Robert
Williams of New Bornd Street in the Parish of Saint George
Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex Gentleman and
William Reeves of Walworth in the Parish of Saint Mary
Newington in the County of Surry Gentleman and severally
made Oath that they knew and were well acquainted with 
Edward Carter late of Horsham in the County of Surry Esquire
Deceased for several years before and to the time of his Death
having often seen him Write and subscribe his Name whereby
they became to know and be well acquainted with the
manner and Character of his handwriting and subscription
and having viewed and carefully perused the paper writing
hereunto annexed purporting to be the last will and Testament
of the said Deceased beginning thus "I Edwd Carter of Horsham



in the County of Sussex" and edning thus "& do Constitute and
appoint Sr John Carter G T Goodenough Esqr and Arthur
Atherley Esqr to be Guardians to my Children & Executors
of this my last Will and Testament Horsham 3 Sepr 1794" and
thus subscribed "Edwd Carter" do depose that they verily and in
their Consciences believe the whole Series and Contents of
the said will beginning ending and subscribed as aforesaid
and also the Interlineation between the second and third
lines of the second side thereof and on the third side in 
the following words and figures "and if they die before they
have attained the Age of 21 years their property then to my
Dear Wife Harriot for her natural Life & then to my
Brother William Carter Esqr to him and his Heirs to whom
I now Bequeath the Sum of one hundred Guineas also
a Ring of ten Guineas value to his Daughter Miss Sarah
Carter" and thus subscribed "E Carter" to be all of the proper
handwriting and subscription of the said Deceased  Rt Williams
Wm Reeves  same Day the said Robert Williams and William
Reeves were duly sworn to the Truth of this Affidavit before
me S: P: Parson Surr  Pst: Wm Brown Not Pub

This Will was proved at London the twenty
Fourth Day of March in the year of our Lord one 
thousand seven hundred and ninety Five before the Right
Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master
Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Sr John Carter Knight
and Arthur Atherley Esquire two of the Executors named
in the said will to whom Administration of all and singular
the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased was
granted having been first sworn by Commission duly to
Administer Power reserved of making the like Grant to
George Trenchard Goodenough Esquire the other Executor
named in the said Will when he shall apply for the same



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