Source: TNA, PROB 11/1566
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This is the last Will & Testament of me Mark White Seager of the Town & County of Poole Merchant being of sound & disposing mind memory & understanding & made made in manner following (that is to say) First I will that all my just debts & Funeral Expences be paid & discharged Also I give devise & bequeath unto my Daughter Chatfield Green Wife of William Green of Poole aforesaid Merchant all that my Messuage Tenement or Dwelling house with the Outbuildings & Appurts that is belonging situate in the Old Orchard in Poole aforesaid now in my own occupation some part of which said Messuage Tenement or Dwelling house or of the Outbuildings & Appurts belonging thereto being freehold of Inheritance To hold such Freehold part to her my said Daughter her heirs & Assigns for ever & the other part thereof being Leasehold To hold such leasehold part to my said Daur her Exors Admors & Assigns for & during all the rest Residue & Remainder of my Estate & Interest therein Also I give & bequeath unto Mary Seager Mardell Daughter of my late Nephew James Mardell deceased the Sum of Two hundred Pounds to be paid her by my Executors & Executrix hereinafter named on her attaining her age of twenty one years & in the meantime & until she shall attain the said age the clear yearly Sum of Ten Pounds by equal half yearly payments all the Rest Residue & Remainder of my Goods Chattels Personal Estate & Effects whatsoever or wheresoever I give devise & bequeath unto my three Children Mark Seager John Seager & Chatfield Green equally to be divided between & amongst them part & share alike & to their several & respective Exors Admors & Assigns & I do hereby nominate constitute & appoint my said three Children Mark John & Chatfield joint Executors & Executrix of this my last Will & Testament hereby revoking & making void all former Wills & Codicils by me at any time heretofore made & do declare this only to be my last Will & Testa- -ment In Witness whereof I the said Mark White Seager the Testator have hereto my hand & Seal subscribed & set the 26th day of April in the year of Our Lord 1811 Mark White Seager Signed Sealed Published & Declared by the said Mark White Seager the Testator (the words "day & year" in the last line but one being first obliterated) as & for his last Will & Testament in the presence of us who at his request & in his presence & in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses Joseph Besant Samuel Thompson Geo B Bellows Proved at London 21st March 1815 before the Judge by the Oaths of John Seager Esqr the Son & Chatfield Green (Wife of William Green the Daur & two of the Exors to whom Admon was granted being first sworn duly to administer Power Reserved to Mark Seager the Son & other Exor
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