Also, if you are a male Pike/Pyke (or you know one) who may be willing to do a genealogical DNA test, then please check out the Pike DNA Project for which I am a volunteer coordinator. There are several Pike/Pyke families that are not yet represented in the project, and for whom participants are wanted.
In the Name of God Amen I Christopher Pike of the Parish of Saint Mary Rotherhith in the County of Surry Distiller knowing the Uncertainty of Life and being of Sound Mind and Memory do therefore make this my last Will and Testament in manner and Form following that is to say after my just Debts and Funeral Charges are Paid I give and bequeath all and singular my Goods Chattels and Personal Estate and Effects of what kind so ever or wheresoever they may be unto my loving Wife Elizabeth Pike her Heirs Executors Administrators and assigns and I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint my said Wife full sole and only Executrix and residuary Legatee of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby revoke annul and make void all former Will or Wills by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred and forty seven Christopher Pike Signed and Sealed by the said Testator Christopher Pike in the Presence of us who have subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto and in the Presence of each other George Watts Henry Bell This Will was Proved at London the thirty first Day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand seven Hundred and Fifty one before the Worshipful George Paul Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful John Bettesworth also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Elizabeth Pike Widow the Relict of the Deceased and Sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the Deceased being first sworn duly to administer
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