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I Sarah Wilkins the Wife of John Wilkins of the Parish of Saint George Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex Pa????r Do by Virtue of the Power and Authority Given or reserved to me in and by one Indenture Tripartite of Release and Assignment bearing date on or about the third day of May last past and made or mentioned to be made between the said John Wilkins of the first part and me the said Sarah Wilkins by the name and Addition of Sarah Pyke of the Parish of Saint Martin the Fields in the County of Middlesex Widow Relict and Sole Executrix of the last Will and Testament of John Pyke late of the same Parish Upholster my late husband deceased of the Second part and Francis Keate of the Parish of Saint Ann within the Liberty of Westminster in the the said County of Middlesex Apothecary and Zachary Taylor of the Parish of Saint Margaret within the Liberty of Westminster in the said County of Middlesex Gentleman of the third part And by Virtue of all and every other powers me thereunto enabling Do make this my last Will and Testament or Appointment in manner and form following (that is to say) I Give bequeath limit and Appoint to my said husband John Wilkins the Sum of Two hundred pounds and to my Servant Elizabeth Scarlet the sum of Fifty pounds which Legacys or Sums of Two hundred pounds and Fifty pounds my Will is and I do hereby Direct and Appoint shall be raised as soon as conveniently may be after my death by the said Francis Keate and Zachary Taylor or the Survivor of them or the Executors or Admors of such Survivor by Sale of the residue or of a Sufficient part of the residue of the Sums of Four hundred pounds South Sea Stock and Four hundred and Fifty pounds New South Sea Annuitys in the said Indenture mentioned to have been Transferred by me to them the said Francis Keate and Zachary Taylor In Trust as to the said Residue thereof for such person and persons and for such uses Intents and purposes as I the said Sarah Pyke by my last Will and Testament in Writing or by any Writing purporting to be my last Will and Testament to be Executed in the presence of Two or more Credible Witnesses Should notwithstanding my Coverture Give Direct or Appoint And I Give Direct limit and Appoint All that my Messuage or Tenement called or known by the name or Sign of the Crosskeys Situate and being in Kingsbury Street in the Parish of Saint Mary the Virgin in Malborough in the County of Wilts with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging in the said Indenture mentioned to be assigned by me Upon the Trusts therein expressed unto my Sister Elizabeth Newby for and during all the remainder of the Term to come and unexpired in the same Messuage or Tenement And I Give Direct limit and Appoint unto my said Sister Elizabeth Newby and her heirs All that my One full and equal undivided Moiety or half part (the whole in two Equal parts to be divided) of and in all that Messuage or Tenement Situate Standing and being in the Parish of Saint Mary the Virgin in Marlborough aforesaid And also all that my one full and equal Moiety or half part (the whole in Two Equal parts to be divided) of and in all that other Messuage or Tenement Situate Standing and being in the said Parish of Saint Mary the Virgin in Marlborough aforesaid in or near a Street there called Kingsbury Street which said Two Messuages or Tenements are in the said Indenture more particularly described and are in the same Indenture mentioned to have been formerly the Estate and Inheritance of Richard Edney the Grandfather of me the said Sarah Wilkins and of the said Elizabeth Newby my Sister and the said Moietys of the same Messuages were by the said Indenture Granted and conveyed by me to the said Francis Keate and Zachary Taylor and their Heirs To the uses and upon the Trusts therein mentioned To hold the said Moietys of the said two Messuages or Tenements with the Appurtenances unto my said Sister Elizabeth Newby her Heirs and Assigns for ever And I Give Direct Limit and Appoint All those my three Messuages or Tenements Situate Standing and being in Castle Street in the Parish of Saint Ann within the Liberty of Westminster in the said County of Middlesex in the said Indenture more particularly described And therein mentioned to be Assigned by me to the said Francis Keate and Zachary Taylor on the Trusts therein mentioned To my said Sister Elizabeth Newby for and during so long time of the Terms in the same Messuages to come and unexpired as She the said Elizabeth Newby shall happen to live And if She shall depart this life before the Expiration of the same Terms Then I Give limit and Appoint the said three last mentioned Messuages or Tements to my said Husband John Wilkins his Executors Administrators and Assigns for all the Remainders of the Terms which shall be thereunto come and unexpired at the Death of the said Elizabeth Newby And I Give direct limit and Appoint all the Rest and residue of my Real and Personal Estate whatsoever (which by the said Indenture or otherwise I have any power to Give direct limit Appoint or dispose of) to my said Sister Elizabeth Newby her Heirs Executors administrators and Assigns to her and their own use And I do Appoint my said Sister Elizabeth Newby Sole Executrix of this my last Wil land Testament or Appointment And I do hereby Revoke all former Wills by me made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Eleventh day of May In the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Fifty four Sarah Wilkins Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the abovenamed Sarah Wilkins as and for her last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in the Presence of the said Testatrix Subscribed our Names as Witnesses to the above written Will Thos Middleton Ja Morgan On the Second day of November In the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Fifty Eight Administration (with the Will annexed) of the Good Chattels and Credits of Sarah Wilkins heretofore Pyke (Wife of John Wilkins) late of Dulwich in the Parish of Camberwell in the County of Surry deceased so far as concerns all the Right Title and Interest of her the said deceased in and to a certain messuage or Tenement called or known by the name or Sign of the Cross Keys Situate in Kingsbury Street in the Parish of Saint Mary the Virgin in Marlborough in the County of Wilts and also in and to three Messuages or Tenements Situate in Castle Street in the Parish of Saint Ann within the Liberty of Westminster in the County of Middlesex and all and Singular other the Premisses by four Several Indentures of Lease demise or Granted and in and by a certain Indenture of Release and Assignment bearing date the third day of May 1754 and made Between the said John Wilkins of the first part the said Sarah Wilkins (then Sarah Pyke Widow) of the Second part and Francis Keate and Zachary Tayylor of the third part assigned by her the said Sarah Wilkins heretofore Pyke to the said Francis Keate and Zachary Taylor In Trust as therein mentioned with their and every of their appurtenances and of in and to the said Four several Indentures of Lease and all the Rest residue and remainder of the Several Terms of Ninety nine years fifty one years fifty one years and fifty one years there respectively Granted and yet to come and unexpired and also of in and to the Sums of Four hundred pounds South Sea Stock and Four hundred and Fifty pounds South Sea Annuities transferred and set over (by the said Indenture of Release) by the said Sarah Wilkins heretofore Pyke to the said Francis Keate and Zachary Taylor In Trust as therein mentioned but no further or otherwise was Granted to Elizabeth Newby Spinster the Sister of the said deceased and Sole Executrix named in the said Will She having been first Sworn duly to administer
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