I Thomas Dixon now residing
at No 13 Kings Parade, Pillgwenlly, Newport in the parish of St Woollos in the
County of Monmouth, printer, being in good state of health, sound mind, memory
and understanding do make my last Will and Testament in manner and form
following – that is to say – First I nominate, constitute and appoint my Aunt Sarah
Lloyd the wife of David Lloyd, Master Mariner, sole executrix of
this my last Will and Testament.
Secondly I also give and bequeath to my said Aunt Sarah Lloyd the
leasehold dwelling house being No 12 Kings Parade, Pillgwenlly, Newport in the
parish of St Woollos in the County of Monmouth for her own use and
purposes. Thirdly I also give and
bequeath to my said Aunt Sarah Lloyd all my Club money, watch, clothes
and other effects whatsoever nature or kind for her own use and purposes. Fourthly I also give and bequeath to my Aunt
Sarah Lloyd all money I might be in possession of or having any claim to
at the time of my death on trust that she will defray my funeral expenses
therefrom making null and void all former Wills by me made, I sign, seal and deliver this as my last
Will and Testament this fifth day of October one thousand eight hundred and
sixty nine. Thomas Dixon (LS)
Signed, sealed and published and
declared by the testator Thomas Dixon as and for his last Will and
Testament and have at his request and in his presence and in the presence of
each other signed our names as witnesses thereto John Thomas; John
Jones.
In Her Majesty’s Court of
Probate. The District Registry at
Llandaff. In the goods of Thomas
Dixon deceased. I John Thomas
of No 35 Raglan Street in the Borough of Newport in the County of Monmouth,
Accountant, make oath and say that I am one of the subscribing witnesses to the
last Will and Testament of Thomas Dixon late of Kings Parade,
Pillgwenlly in the Borough of Newport in the County of Monmouth, printer,
deceased, the said Will being now hereunto annexed bearing date the fifth day
of October one thousand eight hundred hundred and sixty nine. And that the said testator executed the said
Will on the day of the date thereof by signing his name at the foot or end
thereof as the same now appears thereon in the presence of me and John Jones
the other subscribed witness thereto both of us being present at the same time
and we thereupon attested and subscribed the said Will in the presence of the
said testator. John Thomas
Sworn by the said John Thomas
at Newport in the County of Monmouth this forth day of January one thousand
eight hundred and seventy. Before me
Thos A Llewellin, a Commissioner to administer oaths in Chancery in England.
Proved at Llandaff on the tenth day
of January 1870 by the oath of Sarah Lloyd (wife of David Lloyd)
the aunt, the sole executrix to whom administration was granted.
The testator Thomas Dixon was
late of Kings Parade, Pillgwenlly in the Borough of Newport in the County of
Monmouth, printer, and died on the fifth day of December 1869 at King’s Parade,
Pillgwenlly aforesaid.
Under £100
Farr & Wade,
Solicitors, Newport, Mon.
Transcribed from
a photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South
Wales. NP20 6LB Tel 01633 858 359 14 December 2002