Source: TNA, PROB 11/579
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I Samuel White of the Towne and County of Pool Marrinr being at present in Health of body and of sound and perfect memory through the mercy and Goodness of God doe in the feare of the Lord make this my last Will and Testament comitting my Soul and Spirit unto him that gave it in assured Hope through Faith in the Son of his Love that hath Shed his precious blood for me to partake of that Inheritance with all those whome he hath Redeemed from the Earth and hath given an Earnest thereof unto, which is his good Spirit, And as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased the Lord to bless me in this Life after my Debts are paid and Satisfied I give Devise and bequeath the same in manner and forme following Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my loveing Sister Anne Russell the Sum of Five pounds per Annum of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid unto her by my Executrix out of my Estate dureing the Terme of her Life, either half yearly or Quarterly as my said Sister shall think fit Item I give and bequeath unto my Sons (vizt) William White Saml White, Mark White and Josph White for the only use service & behoof of Friends of the Ministry of Jesus Christ of and amongst the people called Quakers (vizt) Travelling Friends the Sume of Fifty pounds of like lawfull money to be converted to their use and to be Settled for their Supply for ever Item I give and bequeath unto my Couz Mary Taverner the Sume of Twenty pounds to be paid unto her within two years after my decease (vizt) Ten pounds each year yearly till paid Item I give unto my Couz Elinor White the Sum of Five pounds to be laid out for her in Cloaths as is needfull Item I give unto the Poor of this Towne the Sum of Five pounds and leave it to the Discretion of my Executrix to hand it forth and She may See meet And for as much as a great part of my Estate lyes in the hands of the prsent Governmt and to be paid to me out of the Queens Transport Office, my Will is that if my Executrix does receive all that is due to me from the said Office, that all the before mentioned Legacyes be justly and fully paid, but if it should soe happen that but half of the said moneys should be paid then it is my Will that my Executrix should pay but one half of the aforesaid Legacies to each respective Legatee And so proportionably for my Executrix to pay accordingly, as She shall or may receive more or less of the said moneys But if Shee should not receive any part thereof Then my Will is that Shee pay none of the aforesaid Legacys except to my Sister Anne Russell to whome my Will and Desire is Shee pay the Sume of Five pounds per Annum as before mentioned Item all the rest and residue of my Moneys Creditts Goods and Chattells whatsoever and all and singular my Lands Messuages and Tenements I give Devise and bequeath unto my loveing Wife Mary White to be by her freely possessed and Enjoyed for and during the Terme of her natural Life if Shee shall so long remaine a Widow and Keep in my Name whome I also appoint my Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament But in Case She should take to her another Husband Then my Will is that my Four Sons hereafter named allow and pay unto her yearly out of my Estate the Sum of Ten pounds per Annum dureing her Life And after her Decease or Day of Marriage which shall first happen I give Devise and bequeath all and singuler my Lands Messuages Tenements Goods and Chattells as aforesaid unto my loveing Children (vizt) William White Samuel White Mark White and Joseph White to be equally divided and proportionably shared and parted between them to each and every of their respective use and uses if they shall have occasion to make use thereof themselves, but otherwise it is my Will that it be equally divided amongst all and every of their Children, that both Male and Female may have a proportionable part and Share thereof But if it should soe happen that either or any of these my four Sons aforesaid Should dye before possessed thereof or leave noe Issue behind them Then it is my Will that his or their part or Share might be equally divided between the Survivors or Survivor of them, and to his or their Children and I doe hereby nominate and appoint my four Sons abovenamed (vizt) William, Samuel, Mark, and Joseph White, to be my Overseers of this my Will, and assistants to their Mother that this my Will may be duly and truly performed And my Will and desire is that all the aforesaid Legacys (except those before mentioned to be paid yearly) be paid within one Month after my decease if my Executrix shall have received the said moneys out of the Transport Office And I do desire that Brotherly love may continue amongst all my Children, and Relations, that the End of our Creation may be Answered in all things, for the End of the Commandmt is love to God and our Neighbours, And I doe hereby revoke, disanull and make void all other and former Wills by me at any time made, ratifying and confirming this and noe other to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seale, the nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Eleven (Samull White) Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared by the Testator as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us Jane Colbren Eliz Tremain Jere Colborne Probatum fuit [this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate at London on 26 April 1721] Vicesimo Sexto die Mensis Aprilis Anno Domini Millesimo Septingentesimo Vicesimo Primo [to] Maria White Relicta dicti defuncti et Executricis
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