12 March 1752 Will of James Reeks of Portsea, shipwright (proved 26 October 1763)

Source: TNA, PROB 11/892

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This is the last Will and Testament
of me James Reeks of the Common in the Island of Portsea
of Portsmouth in the County of Southampton Shipwright First
and principally I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty
God hoping through the Merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ 
to obtain Free pardon and Remission of all my Sins and
inherit Everlasting Life and my Body I commit to the Ground to
be decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix hereafter
named and as touching the disposition of all such temporal
Estate as it hath pleased almighty God to bestow upon me I
give and dispose thereof as follows Imprimis I will that   my
debts and Funeral Charges be paid and discharged Item In Case
my Goods and Chattels are sufficient for the payment of my Debts
I give and bequeath my Freehold Estate lying and being situate
in the West Borough of Wimbourn Minster unto my loving
Wife Elizabeth Reeks during her natural Life and after her
decease I give and bequeath and devise the forementioned
						Freehold


Freehold Estate unto my Child or Children that shall happen 
to be then alive to be divided between them at the Discretion of
my Wife Elizabeth Reeks Item I give and bequeath one Messuage
or Tenement situate in the Town and County of Pool in the
High Street now in the possession of Elizabeth Brickle joining to
the Mansion House now in the possession of Sarah Bird I 
give devise and bequeath the Messuage or Tenement unto my
loving wife Elizabeth Reeks for and during so many years of the
said Term as shall run out and expire in her Life time and from
and after her decease I give devise and bequeath the said
Messuage or Tenement unto my Child or Children that shall
happen to be then alive to be divided between them at the
discretion of my loving wife Elizabeth Reeks or my Executors in
Trust hereafter named to be their and their Heirs for ever Item all
the Rest and Residue of my Goods and Chattels I give and 
bequeath unto my loving wife Elizabeth Reeks during her natural
Life and after her decease I give and bequeath the said Goods
and Chattels unto my Child or Children that shall happen to be
then alive to be divided between them at the discretion of my
wife Elizabeth Reeks or my Executors In Trust hereafter named
to be their and their Heirs for ever Item I do ordain and appoint
my loving wife Elizabeth Reeks to be Executrix of this my last
Will and Testament Lastly I nominate and apoint my Brother
John Reeks and Thomas Bird of Pool my Wifes Brother to be
my Executors in Trust of this my last Will and Testament and in
Case my Goods and Chattels should not be sufficient for the
payment of my Debts they shall have power to sell any part of
my Lands for the payment thereof In Witness whereof I the said
James Reeks to this my last Will and TEstament have set my
Hand and Seal this twelfth day of March in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty two and in the
twenty first year of the Reign of King George the second
James Reeks  LS  Signed Sealed published and declared to be
my last Will and Testament in the presence of  James Collins
James Reeks  Mary Jerrett  Timothy Bird

This Will was proved at London on the twenty sixth
day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and sixty three before the Worshipful Sir Edward Simpson Right
Knight Doctor of Law Master Keeper or Commisary of the 
Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted 
  by the oath of Elizabeth Reeks Widow the Relict of the
said deceased and one of the Executors named in the said Will
to whom administration of the Good Chattels and Credits of 
the said Deceased was granted she having been first sworn by
Commission duly to administer power reserved of making the like
Grant to John Reeks the Brother of the said Deceased and Thomas
Bird the other Executors when they or either of them shall apply
for the same

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