Also, if you are a male Pike/Pyke (or you know one) who may be willing to do a genealogical DNA test, then please check out the Pike DNA Project for which I am a volunteer coordinator. There are several Pike/Pyke families that are not yet represented in the project, and for whom participants are wanted.
In the Name of God Amen I Josiah Pike of Suffolk Street in the Parish of Saint Mary le- bone in the County of Middx Gentleman being at present in good health and of sound mind memory and understanding praised be almighty God for the same do make publish and declare this to be my last Will & Testament in manner & form following that is to say I direct that my body may be decently buried and that my Executors hereinafter named shall cause a large Flat stone to be placed over my Grave with a proper inscription cut or engraved thereon & that my said Exors do pay and discharge all my just Debts funeral Expences and legacies I give devise & bequeath unto my Exors hereinafter named all those my several messuages lands tenements & heredits whatsoever & wheresoever whether freehold Copyhold or leasehold which I shall be possessed of interested in or entitled unto at the time of my decease or at any time after my decease and all my Estate & interest therein & also all such stocks & sums of money belonging to me which may be vested or standing in my name in any of the public funds of this Kingdom at the time of my decease or at any time after my decease that I may or shall be intitled to and all my personal Estate & Effects of what nature the same shall or may be or consist of at the time of my decease or at any time after my decease subject nevertheless to and upon the several trusts ends intents & purposes hereinafter mentioned & expressed of & concerning the same that is to say in trust & confidence that they my said Exors shall & do from & out of the yearly & other rents issues dividends profits and proceeds thereof pay unto my sister Ann Nippress the yearly sum of Fifty two pound of lawful money of Great Britain during her natural life by four equal quarterly payments in every year to her receipt only notwithstanding her Coverture & from & after her decease the same shall devolve into my Estate & also that they my said Exors after paying the necessary expence & outgoings of my Estate shall & do once or oftener in every year as occasion shall require divide the residue of the said yearly and other rents & also the residue of the yearly dividends profits and proceeds of my said Estates equally between my dear wife during her natural life & her five Children share & share alike that is to say Sarah Pike Josiah John Pike Elizabeth Ann Pike Charlotte Sophia Pike & William Pike their receipts only to be a sufficient discharge to my Exors notwithstanding their Coverture but in Case my dear wifes equal share with her five Children as above named should not be sufficient to support her in a comfortable manner my Exors shall have full power to allow her any sum not exceeding fifty pounds a year more than her equal share with her five children during her natural life and after her decease the same shall devolve together with her share into my Estate & shall be equally divided between her five Children as above named share & share alike and I further order and direct that my said Exors shall at all times during their trust have full power & authority to sell assign transfer set over or part with any of my Estate for the most money that can be obtained for the same if they approve of such Sale and shall place out the money arising thereby at interest on Government or other good security or may apply any part of such money arising for renewing any lease or leases for the improvement of my estate in order to prevent much trouble to my Exors they may appoint my son Josiah John Pike or my Son William Pike to assist or act for them during pleasure & pay either of them reasonably for the same after the decease of my wife it is my will and I do hereby give to every one of her five Children as above named full power and authority to give devise and dispose at their decease all their respective shares in the Principal of my Estate as well as the yearly income arising therefrom to such person or persons as he she or they shall think proper without any condition or limitation whatsoever I give and bequeath to each of my Exors hereinafter named a mourning ring of the value of one Guinea and I hereby nominate constitute and appoint Mr Francis Sutton of Newman St in the Parish of St Mary le bone in the County of Middx Gentleman Mr George Lockett of Southampton place in the Parish of Saint Pancras in the same County Gentleman & Mr John Mandell of Southampton place in the Parish of St Pancras in the same County Gentleman joint Exors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former and other wills by me at any time heretofore made In witness whereof I the said Josiah Pike the Testator have to this my last will and Testament set my hand and seal this twenty third day of January in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand eight hundred and four Josiah Pike Signed sealed published and declared by the said Josiah Pike the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence & at his request & in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto John Peacock Benjn Jones Thos Stevens ? Goodge Street A Codicil tot he Will of me Josiah Pike of Suffolk Street in the Parish of Saint Mary le bone in the County of Middx Gentleman which will bears date the twenty third day of January one thousand eight hundred & four whereas since the date & execution of my said Will my dear Wife my Sister Ann Nippress Mrs Frances Chalmers and George Lockett and John Mandell two of the trustees & Exors named in my said will are dead and I have recently purchased from the dividends in trust under the last Will & Testament of Felix Vaughan ??? divers Copyhold messuages & other heredits situate in Charlotte Street & Tottenham Street in the Parish of Saint Pancras in the said County of Middx and to which I have been duly admitted and have surrendered the same to the use of my will this morning now in order to dispose of the same and of my other property in a manner suitable to the present state of my Family I do hereby give devise and bequeath all those my said Copyhold heredits so purchased as aforesaid unto Francis Sutton of Newman Street in the said Parish of Saint Mary le bone Gentleman the surviving trustee named in my said Will his heirs Exors admors and assigns in trust for my five Children Sarah Pike Josiah John Pike Elizabeth Ann Pike Charlotte Sophia Pike & William Pike and their respective heirs & assigns for ever in equal shares as Tenants in Common & I revoke the devise & bequest in my said Will contained of the residue of my real and personal Estate to my said Wi?? ????due of my said real and personal Estate Trustees for the purposes therein expressed and do devise & bequeath the same charged as to my said personal Estate with the payment of my Debts and funeral and Testamentary Expences unto my said five Children & their respective heirs Exors admors & assigns in equal shares as Tenants in Common and I confirm my said Will in all respects wherein the same is not hereby altered In witness whereof I the said Josiah Pike have to this Codicil which I desire may be added to & taken as part of my last will and Testament set my hand & seal this twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eleven Josiah Pike Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator Josiah Pike as and for a Codicil to his last will & Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto the words Mrs Frances Chalmers & this morning being previously interlined John Geo Lockett John Morris Fisher Grays Inns Thomas Gascoigne norcutt Clk to Messrs Lockett & Fisher A further Codicil to the Will of me Josiah Pike of Nassau street lately called Suffolk Street in the Parish of Saint Marylebone in the County of Middx Gentleman which will bears date the twenty third day of January one thousand eight hundred & four & the first Codicil thereto bears date the twentieth day of November one thousand eight hundred & eleven Whereas since the date & execution of my said first Codicil I have purchased from James White???? Porry two several Copyhold messuages & dwelling houses situate in Goodge street in the parish of Saint Pancras in the said County of Middx and to which I have been duly admitted & have surrendered the same to the use of my will now in order to dispose of the same suitable to the present state of my Family I do hereby give devise & bequeath all my said Copyhold heredits so purchased as aforesaid unto Francis Sutton of Newman Street in the said Parish of Saint Mary le bone Gentleman the surviving trustee named in my said Will his heirs Exors admors & assigns In trust for my five Chidlren Sarah Pike Josiah John Pike Elizabeth Ann Pike Charlotte Sophia Pike William Pike and their respective heirs & assigns for ever in equal shares as Tenants in Common and I confirm my said Will & Codicil in all respects In witness whereof I the said Josiah Pike have to this second Codicil which I desire may be added to & taken as part of my said last Will & Testament set my hand & seal this twenty eighth day of November one thousand eight hundred & fourteen Josiah Pike Signed sealed & published & declared by the said Josiah Pike as & for a Codicil to his last will & Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto John George Lockett John Morris Fisher Grays Inn Thomas Gascoigne Norcutt Clk to Mesrs Lockett & Fisher Grays Inn On 15 Jany 1817 admon with will & two Codicils annexed of the Goods Chattels & Credits of Josiah Pike late of Suffolk St in the Parish of Saint Mary le bone int he County of Middx Gentm decd was granted to the revd Josiah John Pike Clerk & William Pike & Charlotte Sophia Pike Spinster the natural & lawful Children & three of the residuary legatees named in the first Codicil being sworn to admr George Lockett & John Mandell two of the Exors in the will died in the life time of the testator & francis Sutton the surviving Executor renounced
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