1798 Will of Mary Lankshear of Witney
Last Will & Testament - Mary Lankshear of Witney - 8 May 1797 [transcription] The last Will and Testament of me Mary Lankshear of Witney in the County of Oxford Widow As follows First I will and direct that all my just Debts and Funeral Expenses shall be paid and discharged by my Executor, herein after named But of the Sum of One hundred Pounds now due and owing to me from my Son William Lankshear And which Sum of One hundred Pounds was received by my said Son William from the Witney Bank And I give to my Sons Robert Lankshear, the said William Lankshear, Joseph Lankshear and Thomas Lankshear, and to my Daughter Elizabeth Ivens now Wife of Mr. Martin Ivens of Aston Co Walls in the County of Northampton Gentleman, five Pounds apiece of lawful Money of Great Britain, To be paid to Each of them by my Executor, within six Months next after my decease) Out of the said Sum of One hundred Pounds now in the hands of my said Son William Also I give to my Grand-daughter Mary Lankshear, the Daughter of my late Son James Lankshear the Sum of Twenty Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain To be paid to her my sd Grand-daughter by my Executor herein after named, Out of the said Sum of One hundred Pounds now in the hands of my said Son William, On her Attainment of the Age of twenty one years, Or on the day of her Marriage which shall first happen But if my said Grand-daughter shall happen to die before she shall attain the Age of twenty one years and unmarried My will is that the said Legacy of twenty Pounds shall not be paid or payable, but shall sink into the Residuum of my personal Estate And I Give and Bequeath all my Household Goods and Furniture of all Sorts unto my said Daughter Elizabeth Ivens and my Daughter Ann Lankshear To be equally divided between them share and share alike And I nominate Constitute and appoint my Son in Law the said Martin Ivens Sole Executor of this my Will And I Give him Ten Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain for the Trouble he may be at in the Execution of the Trusts hereby in him reposed All the rest and residue of my personal Estate Money and Securities for Money Goods Chattels and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever not herein before by me disposed of, I Give to my said Daughter Ann Lankshear, To be by and at the discretion only of the said Martin Ivens from time to time paid and applied to and for her only use and Benefit, when and as he the said Martin Ivens shall think fit, and as she my said Daughter Ann shall have occasion for the same And I hereby revoke and make void all former and other Wills my me at any Time heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Eighth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven. Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared by the said Testatrix Mary Lankshear As and for her last Will and Testament in the Presence of us Jno Leake Chas Leake