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In the name of God Amen This seaventh day of December in the second yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord King James the Second of England &c Annoq Domini One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty Six I Abraham Smith the Elder of the Towne of Poole in the County of Dorset Hosier als Wool Comber being now sicke and weake in body but thanks bee to God of a sound and perfect mind and memory and knoweing the uncertainty of this my naturall life being desireous to settle things in order before I die I doe make and ordaine this my last Will hereby declareing and makeing null and void all former and other Wills whatsoever by mee formerly made or declared in word or writeing and ratifyeing allowing and confirming these presents to bee my only and last Will and Testament in manner and forme following First and Principally I Commit my Soule into the hands of Allmighty God my Creator and unto Jesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer in and through whome I trust to receive full pardon and free rmeission of all my sinns and to bee saved and preserved to eternall life after this Temporall life shall bee ended My body I Commit to the earth of which it was made to bee buried in Gods appointed time after such decent and Christian manner as mine Executrix hereunder named shall thinke fit in the assured hope of a Joyfull resurrection And as for my Worldly estate which the Lord in mercy hath lent mee my will and desire is that after my decease the same shall bee bestowed as followeth Imprimis I doe give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Magdalen Smith all and singuler my dwelling house wherein I now live scituate in Poole abovesaid in or by a streete there commonly called High Streete together with all and singuler the Roomes outhouses garden ground and appurtenances which to the same belongeth or appertaineth To have and To hold the said dwelling house roomes outhouses garden ground and appurtenances unto my said beloved Wife Magdalen Smith and her Assignes from and after the time of my decease thenceforth for and dureing her naturall life Item I oe give and bequeath the same dwelling house roomes out- houses garden ground and appurtenances to bee after the death or departure of my said wife above named out of this naturall life equally shared and divided in kind or value amongst and betweene all my Children which shall bee then liveing share and share alike Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne Abraham Smith the summer of tenn pounds sterling to bee paid him by mine Executrix within twelve moneths next after my decease And one Presse for stockings which standeth in the Kitchin and all my press and parking boards for stockings alsoe all my stocking leggs and all other my utensills belonging to my Trade of a Woolcomber except only one other Presse and one paire of new Combs which I give to my sonne Alexander Item I give to my sonne Henry Smith all my weareing Apparrell Item I give and bequeath unto all the rest of my Children twelve pence to each of them And as for all the rest of my estate goods chattells credits moneys bills bonds dues and other things whatsoever which I shall leave behind mee in this World both moveable and immoveable my debts legacyes and funerall expences being first paid and discharged I doe give and bequeath the same unto my aforesd beloved wife to have the ordinary use of and for her to ???de upon for the supporte and maintenancde of herselfe and my Children only and to noe other ??e for and dureing her naturall life And for what of the same shall bee left at her decease my will and desire is that the same shall bee equally divided after her death betweene all my Children which shall bee then liveing share and share alike And I doe hereby ordaine nominate appoint make and constitute my aforesaid beloved Wife Magdalen Smith to bee the sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament And doe appoint impower and desire my trusty and loveing freinds Mr Willam Minty and my Cosen Thomas Smith both of Poole aforesaid Mercers to bee Overseers of this my last Will and to take care that the same shall bee rightly and truely performed and fulfilled according to the true intent and meaning of these presents In Witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale the day and yeare above written Abra Smith Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the above named Testator these presents to bee his last Will and Testament in presence of Richard Bucknam Grace Skinner Debrah Linthorne her marke John Millett Probatum fuit ... apud London [this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate on 04 March 1686] Quarto die mensis Martii Anno Domini (juxta Curs??? et Computa- tionem Eulesia Anglicanae) Millesimo Sexcentesimo Octogesimo Sexto [to] Magdalena Smith Relicta dicti defuncti et Executricis
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