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 William Pyke of Black Nottley in the County of Essex Clerk being of sound and Perfect Memory blessed be Almighty God Doe make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following First I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God Relying on the merritts of my Saviour Jesus Christ for A Thorough remission of all my Sins And my Body I committ to the Earth to be buryed by the Discretion of my Executors herein after named and as touching the Disposition of all my Real and personal Estate where with it hath pleased God to bless Me I Give and Dispose thereof as followeth Imprimis I Give and Bequeath unto my dear Wife All that Field and other premisses lying and being in Bardfield Saling which I purchased of the Widdow Sampford and are now in the Tenure or Occupation of Abraham Owers for and dureing the Terme of her Naturall Life And from and after her decease I Give and Devise the same unto my son Richard and his heirs for ever Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary and her Heirs for ever All that my Messuage or Tenement together with all houses outhouses Lands and Tenements thereunto belonging and therewith used Occupied or enjoyed scituate lying and being in Patteswick and Stisted or one of them and now in the Tenure or Occupation of John Kettle or his Assignes Item I Give and bequeath unto my said Dear Wife all my plate to Dispose thereof at her Will and pleasure And the use of all other my household Goods and Books whatsoever for and Dureing her Life And from and after her Decease I Give and Devise the said Goods and Books unto my said Daughter Mary But in case My said Wife and Daughter shall think fit to Dispose thereof or any part thereof by Sale of the same then my Will and Meaning is that the Moneys arising by such sale shall by the Joynt consent and approbation of my said Dear Wife and Daughter be put out on Good and Sufficient Security or Securityes and that my Said dear wife shall have the Interest ariseing from theme during her Life and from and after her decease my said Daughter to have the said principall summes ariseing by such Sale or Sales and all Interest accrueing due for the same from and after the Decease of my said Wife to her owne proper use and to Dispose thereof att her Will and pleasure Item I doe give and bequeath unto the poor of the parish of Black Nottley aforesaid tenn pounds to be distributed amongst them by my Executors hereinafter named within one month after my Decease in such manner and proportions as they shall see Meet and convenient Item I doe give and bequeath unto my dear sister Rhoda Butteris Ten pounds to be paye within one MOnth after my decease Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Sonns and Daughter Each Tenn pounds for mourning and all the Rest of my personall Estate and Debts not herein before bequeathed I Give and Bequeath unto my said Dear Wife and Doe hereby constitute ordaine and appoint her and my said son Richard Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and Testament Revoking all former Will and Wills by me heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this thirteenth Day of March in the Year of or Lor one Thousand seven hundred and Twenty one William Pyke Sealed Signed published and Declared to be the last Will and Testament of the said Testator in the presence of us who subscribed our Names in his presence (the words Ten pounds being first interlined) Danll Rallins Sarah Blower Abraham Rust Probatum fuit [this paragraph continues in Latin to grant probate on 26 July 1723] vicesimo sexto die Mensis Julii Anno Domini Millesimo septingentesimo vicesimo Tertio [to] Richardi Pyke Filii
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