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 John Pike of Aldbourn in the County of Wilts Gentleman being of sound disposing mind memory and understanding thanks be given to God for the same and being mindful of my mortality do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following first I will that all my just debts funeral and testamentary Charges be paid and discharged by my beloved Wife Ann Pike who I constitute and appoint sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament and I give and bequeath to my belove Wife Ann Pike all the interest of my property Goods and Chattels of what kind soever I shall leave at my death should she my said beloved Wife Ann Pike survive me but should she my beloved Wife not survive me then I appoint my two daughters Nanny Wife of William Moulding and Mary Wife of William Read joint Executrixes of this my last Will and Testament and I appoint my friend Thomas May of Aldbourn aforesaid Farmer and Maltster and my nephew William Pike of Great Bedwin in the County of Wilts Baker and Maltster Trustees to this my last Will and Testament And I will that my beloved Wife Ann Pike do and shall keep and maintain my son John Pike out of the Interest of my property for and during her natural life which my said son John Pike being a lunatic or an Idiot and at the decease of my beloved Wife I give to my said son John Pike out of my funded property the sum of one pound per week for his support during his natural life if my friend Thomas May and my nephew William Pike shall direct and I give and bequeath to my said son John Pike the bed and Bedstead Blankets and sheets thereunto belonging on which he now lies and all things appertaining thereunto together with an Arm Chair which I make use of in the Kitchen and the Arm Chair he now uses and I give to my friend Thomas May and my nephew William Pike the sum of five pounds each to be paid to them immediately after my decease And I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Wife of Mark Brown the sum of one hundred pounds to be paid to her by my Executrix or Executrixes and trustees in six months after my decease and to my son in law Mark Brown all the debt he owes to me on what account soever And I give and bequeath to my Grandson William Church Bunce natural son of my said daughter Nanny Moulding at the decease of my beloved Wife Ann Pike the sum of two hundred pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain to be put to the best use my trustees shall think best for his Advantage and the Interest to be kept and put to use till he my said Grandson William Church Bunce arrives at the full Age of twenty one years and then principal and Interst to be paid by my said Trustees to him the said William Church Bunce to hold to him his Executors Administrators or Assigns for ever and I will that after the decease of my beloved Wife Ann Pike the one half part or moiety of all the rest residue and remainder of all my Goods and Chattels money and property I give in trust to my said friend Thomas May and my said nephew William Pike to be put in some fund under Government security or mortgage or purchase on free hold estate the Interest to be for the use and maintenance of her my said daughter Mary Read during her natural life and at her decease to go Principal and interest to such of her Children as shall be then living equall share and share alike when they arrive at the age of twenty one years to their own and proper use and benefit and so as not to be in any wise subject to the power or Controul debts or Engagements of any husband whatsoever and that the receipt or receipts of the said Mary Read alone for what shall be paid to her from time to time for or in respect respect of the said dividends and interest shall notwithstanding her Coverture or Covertures be good and sufficient discharges to the said Thomas May and the said William Pike their Executors and Administrators and my Will is that at the death of my said son John Pike I give and bequeath to my said daughter Elizabeth wife of the said Mark Brown out of the funded property that I have given for the support of my said son John Pike the sum of three hundred pounds and to Thomas May I give out of the said funded property the sum of ten pounds and to my nephew William Pike the like sum of ten pounds and the remainder of the said funded property to be equally divided between my other two daughters who I have appointed joint Executors namely Nanny wife of William Moulding and Mary wife of William Read and further my Will is that if my said son John Pike shall not survive my beloved wife Ann Pike then she my said beloved wife Ann Pike shall enjoy all the said funded property for and during her natural life the same as if he my said son John Pike was living and I will that after my decease if my said beloved Wife Ann Pike shall save out of the itnerest of my property any sum that she may do and dispose of it as she may think fit and to whomsoever she will and whereas I have given in trust to my daughter Mary Read one half part or moiety of all my property not before disposed of so I give unto my said daughter Nanney wife of William Moulding the other half part or moiety which is not disposed of And lastly I do hereby revoke all former wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I the said John Pike have to the two first sheets set my hand to this my Will written and contained in three sheets of paper and have to this third and last sheet thereof Signed my name and set my seale this tenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and six John Pike LS Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Pike the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses Daniel Liddiard Thomas Gwyn This Will was proved at London on the thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven before the Right Honorable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Ann Pike Widow the Relict of the deceased the sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer
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