09 March 1746 Will of John Strong of Poole, butcher (proved 17 August 1749)

Source: TNA, PROB 11/772

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In the Name of God Amen
I John Strong of the Town and County of Poole Butcher
being in health of Body and of sound and disposing Mind
and Memory Praised be God therefore do make and declare
this my last Will and Testament in manner following and
first I recommend my Soul to the Hands of Almighty God
my Creator believing that through his Mercys and the
Merits of Christs Death I shall enjoy Eternal Life my
Body I commit to the Earth to be buried in a Christianlike
and decent manner according to the Directions of my Wife
and my Executor And as for such Wordly Estate wherewith 
it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I give and dispose
thereof as followeth and first I will that all my Just Debts 
and Funeral Expences be paid and discharged Item I give
unto my Wife Mary Strong the Sum of One Hundred Pounds
Fifty Pounds parts thereof to be paid immediately after my
death and the remainder within Six Months after my death 
Also I give unto my said Wife my Messuage or Tenemt in
Pool in which my Nieces Sarah and Elizabeth Nicholson now
dwell To hold and enjoy the same for and during the time of 
her natural Life I likewise give unto my said Wife the
One half of my Household Goods and half my Plate and 
also all my China Ware and all such things as she
brought of her if she shall desire the same Also I give
unto my Son Thomas Strong all that my Messuage or


Tenement scituate in the Markett Street in Pool with the
Malt House and Appurtenances thereunto belonging To
have and to hold the same unto my said Son Thomas his Heirs
and assigns for ever but if my said Son Thomas should dye
before he attains the Age of one and twenty years and shall 
leave no Issue of his Body lawfully begotten then I give 
the said House and Malt House unto my said Wife for and
during the Term of her natural Life and after her death I
give and devise the same unto my Son Farr Strong his 
Heirs and assigns for ever Also I give unto my said Son
Thomas my Ground at Hedge End near Sell Devon which I 
lately inclosed To hold the same during the Remainder of the
Term I have therein Also I give unto my said Son Thomas
and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever all that my Estate at 
Avon in the Parish of Soply in the County of Southampton
that I purchased of Old Line I also give unto my said 
Son Thomas the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds to be paid 
him within One year after my death Item I give and
devise unto my Son Farr Strong and his Heirs and Assigns 
for ever all that my Estate at Woolston in the Isle of 
Purbeck and County of Dorsett and also my Messuage or 
Tenement in which my said Nieces Nicholson now live after 
the death of my said Wife I also give and bequeath 
unto my said Son Farr Strong my Living called Tattenham
and the Ground I bought of Robert Brown and the other
part I added thereto To have and to hold the same unto
my said Son Farr during the Remainder of the Term I have
therein Also I give unto my said Son Farr the Sum of
One Hundred Pounds to be paid him within One year 
after my Death but if my said Son Farr should happen
to dye before he attains the age of One and Twenty
years then I give his part of my said Estate unto my said
Son Thomas Strong his Heirs Executors and Administrators 
and the One Hundred Pounds so given unto him I will
shall go to my Surviving Children to be equally divided
between them share and share alike Also I give unto
my said Sons Thomas and Farr all that my Garden in 
Pool called Wellsteads To have and to hold the same unto
my said Sons Thomas and Farr their Heirs and Assigns for
ever to be equally held and enjoyed between them share
and share alike Also I give unto my Daughter Mary
Strong the sum of Seven Hundred Pounds Three Hundred
and Fifty Pounds part thereof I will shall be paid into
the Hands of my Trustees hereinafter named for her use
within One year after my Death and the other Three
Hundred and Fifty Pounds part thereof to be paid her at 
her attaining the Age of One and Twenty years or Six
Months after her Marriage which shall first happen and
if she shall happen to dye before she attains the said
Age of one and twenty years or be Married then I will the
first Three Hundred and Fifty Pounds shall go to my
surviving Children equally to be divided between them share


and share alike and the other Three Hundred and Fifty
Pounds shall return to my Executor and my Will farther is
that if my said Daughter shall Marry with any Person
without the Consent of her Mother (if she be then living)
then she shall have but Five Hundred Pounds and the
rest I give unto my Executor and I will that the Interest 
of the said Three Hundred and Fifty Pounds shall be
Yearly paid unto my said Wife towards the Education
Support and Maintenance of my said Daughter and if in
case my said Daughter shall want it and my said Trustees
shall think it needful I hereby empower them to let her 
have (or lay out for her) the Sum of Fifty Pounds for and
towards her support and Maintenance and I hereby
Nominated and Appoint my Brothers in Law Mr William
Farr and Mr Timothy Spurrier to be Trustees of this 
my Will and that the aforesaid several Legacys or Sums
of Money so given unto each and every of my said 
children shall be paid into the Hands of my said Trustees
for the use of my said Children to be by them placed out
at Interest on the best and such Security or Securitys
as they shall think proper for the preserving the same
which said Securitys shall be taken in the Names of the 
said William Farr and Timothy Spurrier and the Survivor 
of them and the Executors and Administrators of such 
Survivor for the use of my said several and respective
Children And my Will and meaning farther is that my
said Trustees shall receive the Rents Issues and Profits of 
all and singular the before mentioned Messuages or
Tenements Lands and Premises for the use of my said sons
Thomas and Farr and I do hereby empower them to Demise
and Lett the same until my said Sons shall attain their
respective Ages of One and TWenty Years And I hereby order 
that my said Wife shall have the bringing up Education and 
Maintenance of my said Children till they be placed abroad
and shall have a reasonable allowance for the same and
I hereby do allow my said Trustees their reasonable Expences
in the Execution of their Trust to be deducated out of the 
Interest of the said Moneys and Rents and if any Security
should happen to fail they shall not be liable to make
good the same And I do give unto my said Trustees One
Guinea each for Rings and I do desire that Sarah and 
Elizabeth Nicholson may live in my House One year after 
my death Rent Free And I will that my Wife and Children 
shall remain in my now dwelling House One year after my
Death if she thinks fitt to continue therein And Whereas
my Sister in Law Ann Strong is indebted unto me Ten pounds
on a Note of her Hand I hereby forgive her the same and
desire the said Note may be cancelled All the rest residue 
and remainder of my Lands Tenements Goods Plate
Ready money and Chattels of what kind soever and
wheresoever I give devise and bequeath unto my son
John Strong his Heirs Executors Administrators and assigns


for ever to be by him and them freely held occupied and enjoyed
and I do make my Son John Strong full and sole Executor of 
this my Will and do hereby make void all former Wills by me 
made declaring this to be my last Will and Testament And I do
hereby charge and require my said son John Strong (who has
always been a Dutiful Child) to be Dutyful and respectful to his
Mother and to be akind and loving Brother to his Brothers 
and Sister in every respect to fulfill this my Will as he
will Answer the Contrary to Almighty God In Witness whereof I
have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Ninth Day of March
in the Twentieth Year of King George the Second's Reign over
Great Britain and so forth And in the year of Our Lord One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Six  John Strong
Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Testator
to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
Signed our Names in his presence and at his request several
Interlineations being first made Richd Corpe Notary Publick
Dear Corpe Richd Corpe Junr

Whereas I John Strong of the Town and County of Poole
Butcher having made and declared my last Will and 
Testament in Writing bearing Date the Ninth Day of March in
the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty
Six I do by these Presents confirm and Ratify my said last Will and
Testament and do give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas
Strong all my Stock of Malt and Barley that I shall have
in House at the time of my Death together also with all my
Sacks & Bags Measures and Utensils whatsoever used in the
Business of Malting and my Will and meaning is that this
Codicil be and shall be adjudged to be part and parcel of my
said last Will and Testament and that all things herein
contained and mentioned be faithfully and truely performed as
fully and amply in every respect as if the same were declared 
and set down in my said last Will and Testament In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the 
Thirteenth Day of April in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Forty Nine  Jno Strong  Signed Sealed 
Published and Declared by the said John Strong as and for a 
Codicil to his said last Will and Testament in the presence of 
us who signed our Names in his presence and at his request 
Edwd Allen Richd Corpe

		June the 27th 1749
I the above named John Strong being sound in Memory do
give and bequeath unto my Nieces Sarah and Elizabeth
Nicholson the Sum of Five Pounds each to be paid them by 
my Executor within One Month after my death  Jno Strong
Signed Sealed and Published by the said John Strong to be
part of his last Will and Testament in the presence of us


Richd Allen Richd Corpe


This Will was Proved at London with two codicils
annexed the seventeenth Day of August in the year of our Lord One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Nine before the Right Worshipful
John Bettesworth Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of 
the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the
Oath of John Strong the Son of the deceased and sole Executor in
the said Will named to whom administraton was granted of all
and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased 
being first Sworn by Commission duly to administer.



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