Will of Israel Gibbons

PROB 11/1415

 

Proved 9th October 1804

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transcribed by Daphne Johnson

15th June 2003

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This is the last Will & Testament

of me Israel Gibbons of Britannia Street

Parish of Saint Pancras in the County of

Middlesex yeoman first I will and direct that

all my just Debts Funeral and Testamentary

Charges be fully paid and satisfied by and

out of my personal Estate with all convenient

speed after my Decease. I give devise and

bequeath unto my loving wife Ann Gibbons

for and during the Term of her natural Life all

my Freehold Copyhold and Leasehold Estates

whatsoever and wheresoever the copyhold

particulars whereof I have surrendered to the

use of this my Will she my said Wife

keeping the Buildings insured from Fire and in

good repair, and from and immediately after

her Decease I make the following Disposition of

my said Freehold Copyhold and Leasehold Estates

(that is to say) I give and devise unto my Daur

Hannah Oakman and her heirs two of my

Copyhold Messuages or Tenements with the

Appurts numbered 1 and 2 now or late in the

several Tenures or Occupation of …..Park and

…………Murray situate standing and being in

Cumberland Row, Battle Bridge in the parish of

Saint Pancras in the County of Middlesex aforesaid

and held of the Manor of Cantlowes otherwise

Cantlers to hold the same unto and to the use of

my said Daughter Hannah Oakman and her

heirs forever according to the custom of the said

Manor and I give and bequeath unto my said

Daughter Hannah Oakman her Executors and

Administrators all my leasehold messuage or

Tenement with the appurtenances numbered 18

situate standing and being in Southampton

Street Pentonville in the said County of Middlesex

to hold the same unto the said Hannah Oakman

her Executors Administrators and heirs for the remainder

of the term of years which shall be to come.

Therein at the decease of my said wife subject

to the Rents and covenants under which I hold

the said leasehold premises I give and devise all

these my three freehold messuages or tenements

with the appurtenances numbered 7, 8 and 9

situate standing and being Wellclose Place

Back Lane in the Parish of Saint George in

the East in the County of Middlesex aforesaid

unto my Daughter Mary Huttly (late Bennett)

now wife of John Huttly for and during the

Tem of her natural life she my said Daur

Mary Huttly keeping the said premises insured

from Fire and in good repair and from and

after the Decease of my said Daughter

Mary Huttly then I give and devise the same

hereditaments unto my Grandchildren John

Anthony Huttly and Henry Bennett Huttly Susannah

Elizabeth Huttly Ann Bennett Huttly and Elisabeth

Gibbons Huttly the Sons and Daughters now born

of the said Mary Huttly by her present husband

and their heirs forever equally between them as

Tenants in common / Also I give devise all

these my other two Copyhold Messuages or Tenements

with the appurtenances numbered 3 and 4 situate

standing and being in Cumberland Row aforesaid

and held by me of the aforesaid Manor of Cantlowes

or Cantlers unto my Daughter Catherine Johnson

(late Preston) for and during the Term of her

natural Life according to the Custom of the said

Manor (she my said Daughter Catherine Johnson

keeping the said premises insured from Fire and

in good repair) And from and after the Decease

of my said Daughter Catherine Johnson I give

and devise the said last named copyhold hereditaments

unto my Grandchildren Ann Preston Sarah Preston

and Susannah Preston the three children of my

said Daughter Catherine (late Preston) by her former

husband and their heirs forever equally between

them as tenants in common Also I give and

bequeath all that my leasehold Messuage or

Tenement Numbered 54 situate standing and

being in Britannia Street next Battle Bridge in the

Parish of Saint Pancras aforesaid and now in

my own occupation unto my said Daughter

Catherine Johnson for and during the Term of

her natural life (if my Term and Interest therein

at the Decease of my said wife shall so long

continue she my said Daughter Catherine Johnson

keeping the said leasehold premises last mentioned

insured from Fire and in good repair) And from

and after the Decease of my said Daughter Catherine

Johnson Then I give and bequeath the said

leasehold premises unto my said Grandchildren

Ann Preston Sarah Preston and Susannah Preston

equally between them share and share alike

Also I give and bequeath all my other leasehold

Messuage or Tenement situate standing and

being in King Street near the Seven Dials in the

Parish of Saint Giles in the Fields in the County of

Middlesex aforesaid which I lately purchased

Mr Collie unto my three Daughters Ann Huttly

Mary Huttly and Catherine Johnson equally between

them share and share alike for all the remainder

of the Term of years, that shall be to come therein

at the Decease of my said wife subject to the Rent

and covenants under which I hold the said last

mentioned premises I give and bequeath unto my

loving wife Ann Gibbons for and during the

Term of her natural Life the yearly Interest

Dividends and produce of all my Monies in the

public funds or on private securities as the same shall

from Time grow due and be received to and for

her own use and benefit and from and after her

Decease I give and bequeath all my said Monies

in the Public Funds or private securities unto

my Son in Law William Oakman upon the several

Trusts thereinafter mentioned and expressed (that

is to say) as to for and concerning the Capital Sum

of one thousand pounds three per cent consolidated

Bank Annuities upon Trust to pay apply and

dispose of the Interest Dividends and produce

whereof from Time to Time as the same shall

grow due and be received into the proper hands

of my said Daughter Ann Huttly for and during

her natural life for her own separate use and

benefit and wherewith no husband with whom

she may marry shall have any concern nor

shall the same be subject or liable in any manner

to the Debts or Engagements of any such husband

but that her Receipt alone from Time to Time

and not by way of anticipation shall be good

and effectual discharges to my said Trustee for

the same and from and after the Decease of

my said Daughter Ann Huttly then upon Trust to transfer the

said sum of one thousand pounds three per cent

Bank Annuities and the unapplied Dividends

thereof unto and among my Grandchildren Sarah

Huttly Samuel Huttly John Huttly Mary Huttly and Israel

Huttly the children now born of my said Daughter

Ann Huttly equally between them share and share

alike and as to for and concerning the Capital

Sum of Three hundred pounds four per cent

Bank Annuities and one hundred pounds five

percent Bank Annuities upon Trust after the

Decease of my said wife to pay apply and

dispose of the Interest Dividend and Produce

thereof from Time to Time as the same shall grow

due and be received into the proper hands of my Daur

Mary Huttly for and during her natural life for

her own separate use and benefit and wherewith

neither her present or any future husband shall

have any control nor shall the same be

subject or liable in any manner to the Debts or

Engagements of such present or future husband but

that her Receipt alone from Time to Time and not

by way of anticipation shall be good and effectual

discharges to my said Trustee for the same and

from and after the Decease of my said Daughter

Mary Huttly then upon Trust to transfer the said

last mentioned Bank Annuities and the unapplied

Dividends thereof unto and among my beforenamed

Grandchildren (namely) John Anthony Huttly

Henry Bennett Huttly Susannah Elizabeth Huttly Ann

Bennett Huttly and Elizabeth Gibbons Huttly the children

of my said Daughter Mary Huttly now born equally

between them share and share alike and as to for

and concerning the capital sum of one hundred

pounds in five pounds per cent consolidated Annuities

upon Trust to pay apply and dispose of the dividends interest

and produce thereof from time to time as the same

shall become due and be received for the maintenance

and support of my Grand Daughter Mary Ann Bennett

and from and after my said Grand Daughter shall

attain her age of twenty one years then upon

Trust to transfer and make over the said one

hundred pound Bank Annuities and the unapplied

Interest and Dividends thereof unto my said Grand

Daughter Mary Ann Bennett her Executors and

Administrators for her and their own use and benefit also

I give and bequeath unto my said wife Ann

Gibbons for and during the Term of her natural

Life the use only and not the absolute Disposition of

all my household goods plate linen china and of

the residue of my personal estate and effects not

hereinbefore given and bequeathed and at her

Decease I will and direct that the same shall be

equally divided among my said four Daughters

hereinbefore named or the Survivors or Survivor of

them I nominate and appoint my said wife

Ann Gibbons and my said Son in Law William

Oakman to be executrix and executor of this my

last Will and Testament and I do hereby declare

that my said Trustee and Executrix and Executor

shall not be answerable or accountable the one for

the other but each of them only for his and her

own Accounts Receipts and Wilful Defaults and that

they and each of them shall and may be at full

Libery to deduct and retain all their reasonable

costs and charges in and about the Execution

of this my Will and I do hereby revoke all former

and other Wills by me at any time heretofore

made In Witness whereof I the said Israel

Gibbons have to this my last Will and Testament

contained in five sheets of paper set my hand

and seal (to wit) my hand to the first four

sheets thereof and my hand and seal to this

fifth and last sheet thereof the seventh Day of

May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight

hundred and three Israel Gibbons Signed

Sealed published and declared by the said

Testator Israel Gibbons as and for this last

Will and Testament in the presence of us who

at his request in his presence and in the presence

of each other have hereunto subscribed our names

as witnesses John Littlewood Bridewell Precinct

John Wm Davis Queen Square Bloomsbury Richard

Dixon his clerk

This Will was proved at London on

ninth Day of October in the year of our Lord one

Thousand eight hundred and four before the

Worshipful Samuel Pearce Parson Doctor of Laws

Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir Willliam…..

Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary

of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully

constituted by the Oaths of Ann Gibbons Widow

the Relict of the Relict of the Deceased and William

Oakman the Executors named in the said Will

to whom Administration was granted of all and

singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the

said deceased having been sworn only to administer

 

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