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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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