Source: TNA, PROB 11/1643
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I John Pike of the Parish of Bathwick in the County of Somerset Gardener being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding for which I am deeply thankful to Almighty God Do make publish and declare this to be my last will and Testament in manner following that is to say First I will and direct that all my just debts funeral expences and the costs and charges of proving this my will be paid by my Executors as soon as conveniently can be after my decease I give and bequeath all and singular my household goods furniture implements of household plate linen woollen china books prints pictures drawing wines and other liquors and all other my household effects unto my sons John Pike and George Pike and my daughters Mary Elizabeth Martha and Ann Pike equally to be divided between them share and share alike I give and bequeath the sum of one thousand two hundred pounds Navy five per cent Bank annuities unto the sd John Pike George Pike and Robert Carpenter of Trim street in the City of Bath accomptant their executors administrators and assigns upon the trusts and to and for the intents and purposes herein after mentioned that is to say upon trust to pay the dividends interest and annual proceeds thereof unto my said daughter Mary for and during the term of her natural life to and for her own sole and separate use ^ independant of any husband with whom she may happen ^ and benefit to intermarry and my will is that her husband shall not intermeddle therewith neither shall the same be subject or liable to his controul debts or engagements and that the receipt of my said daughter Mary signed with her proper hand shall from time to time be alone a good and sufficient discharge for so much of the said dividends interest and proceeds as shall be therein be acknowledged or expressed to be be received and from and after the decease of my said daugther mary leaving a husband her suriving Then upon trust to pay such dividends itnerest and proceeds unto her said husband for and during the term of his natural life Provided she shall by her last will and Testament in writing or any writing in the nature of or purporting to be her last will and Testament direct or appoint the said dividends interest and proceeds to be so paid to her said husband as aforesaid but not otherwise and in defulat of such direction or apopintment or in case of any such direction or appointment then from and after the decease of her said husband or in case my said daughter shall not have any husband her surviving Then from and after the decease of my said daughter upon trust to pay apply or assign and transfer the said sum of one thousand two hundred pounds Navy five per cent Bank annuities unto and amongst all and every the child and children of my said daughter lawfully to be begotton to be equally divided between and amongst them if more than one share and share alike and if but one then to such only child at his her or their age or ages of twenty one years unless such times for payment shall happen in the life time of my said daughter and her husband or either of them and in such case the part or share of such of them as shall so attain the age of twenty one years shall be paid immediately after the decease of the survivor of them my said daughter and her husband Provided nevertheless and I do hereby declare that in default of any such direction or appointment by my said daugther in favor of her husband in manner aforesaid Then the part or share of such of her said children as shall attain the age of twenty one years in her lifetime shall be paid immediately after he decease And that if any such child or children shall happen to depart this life under the age of twenty one years Then the share or shares of him her or their so dying shall go and be paid to the survivor or survivors of them at such time or times as his her or their original share or shares shall become payable and my will is that all and every the share and shares so directed to survive shall from time to time survive together with the original share and shares until such original share and shares shall become payable And upon further trust in the mean time after the decease of my said daughter Mary Or in the event of any direction or apopintment by her in favor of her husband in manner aforesaid Then after the decease of the survivor of them my said daughter and her husband to pay and apply all or any part or parts of the said dividends interest and proceeds of the said sum of one thousand two hundred pounds Navy five per cent annuities for and towards the maintenance and education of such child or children until their respective shares thereof shall become payable in proportion to their respective shares of the dividends interest and proceeds in the said Navy five per cent annuities [to accumulate to and for the use and benefit of him her or ] [ <-- crossed out ] [them so under age as aforesaid and which accumulations are to be ] [subject to the like contingences and to be payable and paid assigned or ] [transferred to him her or them at such time and in such manner as ] [whereinbefore directed] And in case there shall be no child or children of my said daughter or there being such all and every such child or children shall depart this life under the age of twenty one years Then upon trust to pay and apply or assign and transfer the said sum of one thousand two hundred pounds unto and equally between my said sons John and George and my said daughters Elizabeth Martha and Ann Pike share and share alike as teneants in common and not as joint tenants But in case either of my said sons and daughters shall be then dead leaving any child or children then I will and direct that the part or share of him or her so dying shall be paid or assigned and transferred unto and equally between his or her child and children if more than one share and share alike and if But one then to such only child as and when he she or they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years I give and bequeath the sum of one thousand pounds Navy five per cent annuities unto the said John Pike George Pike and Robert Carpenter their executors administrators and assigns upon the trusts and to and for the intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned that is to say upon trust to pay the dividends interest and annual proceeds thereof unto my said daught Elizabeth Pike for and during the term of her natural life to and for her own sole and separate use and benefit independant of any husband with whom she may happen to intermarry and my will is that her husband shall not intermeddle therewith neither shall the same be subject or liable to his controul debts or engagements and that the receipt of my said daughter Elizabeth signed with her proper hand shall from time to time be alone a good and sufficient discharge for so much of the said dividends interest and proceeds as shall be therein acknowledged or expressed to be received and from and after the decease of my said daughter Elizabeth leaving a husband her surviving Then upon trust to pay such dividends interest and proceeds unto her said husband for and during the term of his natural life Provided she shall by her last will and Testament in writing or any writing in the nature of or purporting to be her last will and Testament direct or appoint the said dividends interest and proceeds to be so paid to her said husband as aforesaid but not otherwise And in default of such direction or appointment Or in case of any such direction or appointment then from and after the decease of her said husband or in case my said daughter shall not leave any husband her surviving then from and after the decease of my said daughter upon trust to pay apply or assign and transfer the said sum of one thousand pounds Navy five per cent annuities unto and amongst all and every the child and children of my said daughter Elizabeth lawfully to be begotten to be equally divided between and amongst them if more than one share and share alike and if but one then to such only child at his her or their age or ages of twenty one years unless such time for payment shall happen in the life time of my said daughter Elizabeth and her husband or either of them and in such case the part or share of such of them as shall so attain the age of twenty one years shall be paid immediately after the decease of the survivor of them my said daughter Elizabeth and her husband Provided nevertheless and I do hereby declare that in default of any direction or appointment by my said daughter Elizabeth in favor of her husband in manner aforesaid Then the part or share of such of her said children as shall attain the age of twenty one years in her lifetime shall be paid immediately after her decease and that if any such child or children shall happen to depart this life under the age of twenty one years then the share or shares of him her or them so dying shall go and be paid to the survivor or survivors of them at such time or times as his her or their original share or shares ^ so directed to survive shall from ^ shall become time to time survive together with the original share & shares until payable & my will such original share and shares shall become payable And upon further is that all & every trust in the mean time after the decease of my said daughter Elizabeth the share & shares or in the event of any direction or appointment by her in favor of her husband in manner aforesaid Then after the decease of the survivor of them my said daughter and her husband to pay and apply all or any part or parts of the said dividends interest and proceeds of the said sum of one thousand pounds Navy five per cent annuities for and towards the maintenance and education of such child or children until their respective shares thereof shall become payable in proportion to their respective shares and in case there there shall be no child or children of my said daughter Elizabeth or there being such all and every such child or children shall depart this life under the age of twenty one years Then upon trust to pay and apply or assign and transfer the said sum of one thousand pounds Navy five per cent annuities unto and equally between my said sons John and George and my said daughters Mary Martha and Ann Pike share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants but in case either of my said last mentioned sons and daughters shall be then dead leaving any child or children then I will and direct that the part or share of him or her so dying shall be paid or assigned and transferred unto and equally between his or her child and children if more than one share and share alike and if but one then to such only child as and when he she or they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years I give and bequeath the sum of one thousand pounds Navy five per cent annuities unto the said John Pike George Pike and Robert Carparten their executors administrators and assigns upon the trusts and to and for the intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned that is to say upon trust to pay the dividends interest and annual proceeds thereof unto my said daughter Martha Pike for and during the term of her natural life to and for her own sole separate use and benefit and independant of any husband with whom she may happen to intermarry and my will is that her husband shall not intermeddle therewith neither shall the same be subject or liable to his controul debts or engagements and that the receipt of my said daughter Martha signed with her proper hand shall from time to time be alone a good and sufficient discharge for so much of the said dividends interest and proceeds as shall be therein expressed or acknowledged to be received and from and after the decease of my said daughter Martha leaving a husband her surviving Then upon trust to pay such interest dividends and proceeds unto her said husband for and during the term of his natural life Provided she shall by her last will and Testament in writing or any writing in the nature of or purporting to be her last will and Testament direct or appoint the said dividends interest and proceeds to be so paid to her said husband as aforesaid but not otherwise And in default of such direction or appointment or in case of any such direction or appointment then from and after the decease of her said husband or in case my said daughter Martha shall not leave any husband her surviving then from and after the decease of my said daughter upon trust to pay and apply or assign and transfer the said sum of one thousand pounds Navy five per cent annuities unto and amongst all and every the child and children of my said daughter Martha lawfully to be begotten to be equally divided between and amongst them if more than one share and share alike and if but one then to such only child at his her or their age or ages of twenty one years unless the time for payment shall happen in the lifetime of my said daughter Martha and her husband or either of them and in such case the part or share of such of them as shall so attain the age of twenty one years shall be paid immediately after the decease of the survivor of them my said daughter and her husband Provided and I do hereby declare that in default of any direction or appointment by my said daughter Martha in favor of her husband in manner aforesaid Then the part or share of such of her said children as shall attain the age of twenty one years in her lifetime shall be paid immediately after her decease and that if any such child or children shall happen to depart this life under the age of twenty one years then the share or shares of him her or them so dying shall go and be paid to the survivor or survivors of them at such time or times as his her or their original share or shares shall become payable and my will is that all and every the share and shares so directed to survive shall from time to time survive together with the original share and shares until such original share and shares shall become payable And upon further trust in the mean time after the decease of my said daughter Martha or in the event of any direction or appointment by her in favor of her husband in manner aforesaid Then after the decease of the survivor of them my said daughter Martha and her husband to pay and apply all or any part or parts of the said dividends interest and proceeds of the said sum of one thousand pounds Navy five per cent annuities for and towards the maintenance and education of such child or children until their respective shares thereof shall become payable in proportion to their respective shares and in case there shall be no child or children of my said daughter Martha or there being such all and every of such child or children shall depart this life under the age of twenty one years Then upon trust to pay and apply or assign and transfer the said sum of one thousand pounds Navy five per cent annuities unto and equally between my said sons John and George and my said daughters Mary Elizabeth and Ann share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants But in case either of my said sons and daughters shall be then dead leaving any child or children then I will and direct that the part or share of him or her so dying shall be paid or assigned and transferred unto and equally between his or her child or children if more than one share and share alike and if but one then to such only child as and when he she or they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years I give and bequeath the sum of one thousand pounds Navy five per cent annuities unto the said John Pike George Pike and Robert Carpenter their executors administrators and assigns upon the trusts and to and for the interests and purposes hereinafter mentioned that is to say upon trust to pay the dividends interest and annual proceeds thereof unto my said daughter Ann Pike for and during the term of her natural life to and for her own sole separate use and benefit and independant of any husband with whom she may happen to intermarry and my will is that her husband shall not intermeddle therewith neither shall the same be subject or liable to his controul debts or engagements and that the receipt of my said daughter Ann signed with her proper hand shall from time to time be alone a sufficient discharge for so much of the said dividends interest and proceeds as shall be therein acknowledged or expressed to be received and from and after the decease of my said daughter Ann leaving a husband her surviving then upon trust to pay such interest dividends and proceeds unto her said husband for and during the term of his natural life Provided she shall by her last will and testament in writing or any writing in the nature of or purporting to be her last will and Testament direct or appoint the said dividends interest and proceeds to be so paid to her said husband as aforesaid but not otherwise And in default of such direction or appointment or in case of any such direction or appointment Then from and after the decease of her said husband Or in Case my said daughter Ann shall not leave any husband her surviving Then from and after the decease of my said daughter upon trust to pay and apply or assign and transfer the said sum of one thousand pounds Navy five per cent annuities unto and amongst all and every the child and children of my said daughter Ann lawfully to be begotten to be equally divided between and amongst them if more than one share and share alike and if but one then to such only child at his her or their age or ages of twenty one years unless the time for payment shall happen in the life time of my said daughter Ann and her husband or either of them and in such case the part or share of such of them as shall so attain the age of twenty one years shall be paid immediately after the decease of the survivior of them my said daughter Ann and her husband Provided nevertheless and I do hereby declare that in default of any direction or appointment by my said daughter Ann in favor of her husband in manner aforesaid Then the part or share of such of her said children as shall attain the age of twenty one years in her lifetime shall be paid immediately after her decease and that if any such child or children shall happen to depart his life under the age of twenty one years then the share or shares of him her or them so dying shall go and be paid to the survivor or survivors of them at such time or times as his her or their original share or shares shall become payable and my will is that all and every the share and shares so directed to survive shall from time to time survive together with the original share and shares until such original share and shares shall become payable And upon further trust in the mean time after the decease of my said daughter Ann or in the event of any direction or appointment by her in favor of her husband in manner aforesaid Then after the decease of the survivor of them my said daughter Ann and her husband to pay and apply all or any part or parts of the said dividends interest and proceeds of the said sum of one thousand pounds Navy five per cent annuities for and towards the maintenance and education of such child or children until their respective shares thereof shall become payable in proportion to their respective shares And in case there shall be no child or children of my said daughter Ann or there being such all and every of such child or children shall depart this life under the age of twenty one years Then upon trust to pay and apply or assign and transfer the said sum of one thousand pounds Navy five per cent annuities unto and equally between my said sons John and George and my said daughters Mary Elizabeth and Martha Pike share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants But in case either of my said sons and daughters shall be then dead leaving any child or children then I will and direct that the part or share of him or her so dying shall be paid or assigned and transferred unto and equally between his or her child and children if more than one share and share alike and if but one then to such only child as and when he she or they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years And I do hereby expressly will and direct that the legacy duty payable in respect of the said several sums of one thousand two hundred pounds one thousand pounds one thousand pounds and one thousand pounds Navy five per cent annuities shall be charge on and paid out of the residue of my estate and effects it being my intention that the aforesaid several begacies shall be free and clear of and from the payment of such duty or any part thereof I give and bequeath unto George Walker of the Parish of Bathwick aforesaid labourer the sum of forty pounds sterling money and I direct the same to be paid to him at the expiration of one year next after my decease And as to all the rest residue and remainder of my personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever the same shall or may consist which shall remain after the payment of my debts funeral expences the costs and charges of proving this my will and the aforesaid legacy and legacy duty I give and bequeath the same unto and equally between my said sons John Pike and George Pike to and for their own use and benefit share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants Provided nevertheless and my will further is that if the aforesaid Navy five per cent annuities or any part or parts thereof shall be redeemed or paid off during the existance of any of the aforesaid trusts relating thereto then and in such case the said John Pike George Pike and Robert Carpenter or the survivors or survivor of them or the executors administrators or assigns of such survivor do and shall lay out the money thereby arising or coming to their or his hands or hand in the public stocks or funds or on Parliamentary security at interest and do and shall stand and be possessed thereof upon and for such trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to such powers provisoes or conditions as are hereinbefore mentioned and declared of and concerning the said Navy five per cent annuities or as near thereto as the deaths of parties and other circumstances will admit And I hereby declare and direct that the said John Pike George Pike and Robert Carpenter or any or either of them or their respective executors administrators or assigns shall not be charged or chargeable with or answerable or accountable for any money under or by virtue of trusts powers and authorities hereby in them respectively vested or reposed or any of them other than such only as they respectively shall actually receive nor with or for any loss that may happen of such trust monies or any part thereof unless the same shall happen by their respective wilful neglect or default and that neither of them the said John Pike George Pike and Robert Carpenter shall be answerable or accountable for the others or other of them or for the acts deeds receipts disbursements neglects or defaults of the others or other of them And also that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said John Pike George Pike and Robert Carpenter or any or either of them by and out of the trust funds securities money and premises in them vested as aforesaid or the interest dividends and produce thereof respectively to deduct and reimburse themselves respectively all such loss costs charges damages and expenses as they respectively shall or may bear pay suffer sustain expend or be put unto in or about the ????? of the trusts powers and authorities hereby in them respectively vested and resposed or any of them or by reason or means thereof or in relation thereto respectively Provided always and in my mind and will is that if any or either of them the said John Pike George Pike and Robert Carpenter the trustees hereinbefore named or any succeeding trustee or trustees to be nominated in their or either of their stead or place as hereinafter is mentioned shall during the continuance of the aforesaid trusts happen to die then and so often it shall and may be lawful to and for the remaining or other of the said trustees or the executors or administrators of the survivor by any deed or deeds writing or writings under their or his hands and seals or hand and seal from time to time with the consent and approbation of my said daughters or the survivors or survivor of them during the lives or life of them and the survivors or survivor of them testified by some writing signed with their or her hands or hand and after the decease of such survivor to or for the remaining or other trustee or trustees or the executors or administrators of the survivor of them of their or his own authority as the case shall happen to nominate and appoint any other person or persons to be a trustee or trustees for the purposes aforesaid in the stead and place of the trustee or trustees so dying and every new trustee or trustees so to be nominated and appointed shall have the same power and authority in and touching the trust premises and in the execution of the trusts herein contained as they the said John Pike George Pike and Robert Carpenter or any or either of them would have had or been entitled to under or by virtue of this will or otherwise in case they had been living And lastly I hereby make constitute and appoint the said John Pike George Pike and Robert Carpenter trustees and executors of this my last will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former and other will and wills by me at any time heretofore made I declare this only to be my last will and Testament In witness whereof I the said John Pike the testator have to the first twelve sheets of this my will the whole being contained in thirteen sheets of paper set my hand and ^ seal the eighteenth day of December in ^ to this thirteenth the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen & last sheet thereof The marke X of John Pike LS Signed sealed published and my hand and dec??red by the said John Pike the testator as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto John Daniel of the City of Bath Wine Merchant Thos M Cruttwell of the City of Bath Solr Proved at London 28 May 1821 before the Judge by the oaths of John Pike George Pike the sons & Robert Carpenter the Exors to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn by Comon duly to Admr
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