- Attested Copy of Will, 25 February 1763, and Codicil, 8 November 1763, of Hezekiah Haynes of Copford Hall [in Copford], esq.
Devises all manors, messuages, lands, tenements, etc., to kinsman Rev. John Harrison of Faulkbourne, except messuage and farm called Grove Hall, with the lands thereto belonging, in Tolleshunt Knights, in occupation of William Keyes, being part copyhold and part leasehold of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, which he gives to Thomas Smyth of Tolleshunt Darcy, surgeon
Bequeaths mortgage for £1,000 on an estate called Crows Hall in Stutton (co. Suff.) in equal shares to Edward and Susanna Wynne, children of brother-in-law, William Wynne, serjeant-at-law; mortgage for £500 on estate called Breats Hall in Tendring to maidservant Frances Larton if she is in his service at his death; £2,000 Old South Sea Annuities stock to Samuel Ennew of Colchester, gent., in trust to use of John Wood of Redcross Square near Jewin Street, London, for life, the principal to revert to Rev. John Harrison; £900, New South Sea Annuities stock to Samuel Ennew in trust to sell the same and discharge from the proceeds legacies totalling £690, that is: £10 each to Mrs. Susanna Eldred and Mrs. Anne Wale; £50 each to Dorothy Warcopp, wid., Rev. John Cautley, Cath Bull, wife of Rev. Bull (formerly Katherine Boys) and Elizabeth Bull, spr.; £100 to Charles Gray of Colchester, esq., for the improvement of the library and book club there; £20 each to John BAKER and wife of Crows Hall, Stutton (co. Suff.); £10 to former servant Sar. Everard; £50 each to servants John Pudney and Robert Borett; £30 each to gardener Edward Aston and maidservant Susannah Idell; £20 each to servant Elizabeth King and Martha Savill, spr.; £100 to be administered by tenants William Sturgeon and John BAKER and maidservant Frances Larton for apprenticing 5 boys and 5 girls of Copford; £10 to be distributed by William Sturgeon, John BAKER and Frances Larton to 40 poor persons of Copford; £10 to be distributed by John Aldham and Richard Aldham, both of Foxearth, to the poor of Foxearth, including the children of Josiah Lee, later miller there, and 20 guineas to Samuel Ennew for his services; residue of the £900 to Rev. John Harrison; large silver waiter to Susanna Wynne; silver tea kettle and lamp to wife of Thomas Smyth; best pair of silver candlesticks to Mary Smyth,pair of small silver waiters to adrianna Smyth and silver coffee pot to Eliz. Smyth, all daughter of Thomas Smyth; 6 silver teaspoons marked W.M., cabinet in the yellow Bedchamber, the large china teapot and the sidesaddle and bridle to Frances Larton and a silver pint mug to Sar. Schneider
Residue of personal estate to Rev. John Harrison
Appoints Rev. John Harrison sole executor of Will and requests burial in Copford Church
Endorsed: proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 5 Dec. 1763
Witnesses: T. Smythies, G. Pattrick, William Mason, jun.
|
Search | Advanced Search | Search Families | Search Site
Bef 1753 - Bef 1794 (< 41 years)