WALES, John (15__-1610 Eng.) Last Will & Testament
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WALES, John (15__-1610 Eng.) Last Will & Testament
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN WALES
4 September 1610
“In the name of God Amen September 4th Anno Dni 1610 I John Wailes of Idle in the pish of Calvley in the Countie of Yorke being sicke of bodie but of good and pfect memorie thankes be given to God in Jesus Christ do ordeyne and make this my last Will and TESTAMENT in mann and forme following.
Imprimis. I give and bequeath my soul unto Almightie God my creator and to Jesus Christ my redeemer and my bodie to be buried in the Church or church-yard of Calvley in full assurance of resurreccon to eternall life. Item for my temporall goods first my will is that they be divided into three severall pts according as the law requireth and that my debts be paid out of the whole, that is to say my wife to have her three pts and my children one other third pte and myselfe one other third pte and for myne owne pte my will is that I be honestlie brought forth and my funall expences discharged. The rest I give to my children equallie, that is to say to Elkhanah, Samuel, Jonathan, John, Tymothie and Benjamin.
Item notwhithstanding the pmisses I give and bequeath unto John Gibson x s and unto Allice Gilbson v s And unto Anne Gibson v s.
Item for my houses land and leases I give and bequeath them unto Nathaniel WALES myne eldest sonne Provided alwaise that the said Nathaniel shall paie out of the said land the somes of 50 ls, that is to saie to Elkanah WALES viii li and to Beniamyn WALES ix li xiii s iiii d in manner and forme following that is to say ix li xiii s iiii d to the use and behoof to Benjamin WALES my younges sonne within one whole yeare next after my decease and to Timothie WALES in like manner lx li xiii s iiii within one whole yeare next ensuing and to Jonathan WALES and John Wailes either of them viii li xiii s iiii d in the third yeare next following and to Elkanah WALES either of them v li xiii s iiii d in the fourth year next following.
Item I do appoint the tuicon of Jonathan, John WALES and Tymothie Wailes to my eldest sonnes Nathaniel WALES and Elkannah WALES whom I do make and ordaine executors of this my last Will and TESTAMENT . These being Witnesses Samuel Waterhouse George Nelson John Marshall.
Probate of this Will was granted by the Exchequer Court of York, on twenty sixth day of November 1610, to Nathaniel WALES and Elkanah sons of the deceased the executors in the same Will named.”
Source: District Probate Registry at York. Vol. 51, 1609-1611, p. 408
Transcribed and published in "John Redington of Topsfield, Massachusetts, and some of his descendants, with notes on the WALES FAMILY" by Cornelia M. Redington Carter - 1909
4 September 1610
“In the name of God Amen September 4th Anno Dni 1610 I John Wailes of Idle in the pish of Calvley in the Countie of Yorke being sicke of bodie but of good and pfect memorie thankes be given to God in Jesus Christ do ordeyne and make this my last Will and TESTAMENT in mann and forme following.
Imprimis. I give and bequeath my soul unto Almightie God my creator and to Jesus Christ my redeemer and my bodie to be buried in the Church or church-yard of Calvley in full assurance of resurreccon to eternall life. Item for my temporall goods first my will is that they be divided into three severall pts according as the law requireth and that my debts be paid out of the whole, that is to say my wife to have her three pts and my children one other third pte and myselfe one other third pte and for myne owne pte my will is that I be honestlie brought forth and my funall expences discharged. The rest I give to my children equallie, that is to say to Elkhanah, Samuel, Jonathan, John, Tymothie and Benjamin.
Item notwhithstanding the pmisses I give and bequeath unto John Gibson x s and unto Allice Gilbson v s And unto Anne Gibson v s.
Item for my houses land and leases I give and bequeath them unto Nathaniel WALES myne eldest sonne Provided alwaise that the said Nathaniel shall paie out of the said land the somes of 50 ls, that is to saie to Elkanah WALES viii li and to Beniamyn WALES ix li xiii s iiii d in manner and forme following that is to say ix li xiii s iiii d to the use and behoof to Benjamin WALES my younges sonne within one whole yeare next after my decease and to Timothie WALES in like manner lx li xiii s iiii within one whole yeare next ensuing and to Jonathan WALES and John Wailes either of them viii li xiii s iiii d in the third yeare next following and to Elkanah WALES either of them v li xiii s iiii d in the fourth year next following.
Item I do appoint the tuicon of Jonathan, John WALES and Tymothie Wailes to my eldest sonnes Nathaniel WALES and Elkannah WALES whom I do make and ordaine executors of this my last Will and TESTAMENT . These being Witnesses Samuel Waterhouse George Nelson John Marshall.
Probate of this Will was granted by the Exchequer Court of York, on twenty sixth day of November 1610, to Nathaniel WALES and Elkanah sons of the deceased the executors in the same Will named.”
Source: District Probate Registry at York. Vol. 51, 1609-1611, p. 408
Transcribed and published in "John Redington of Topsfield, Massachusetts, and some of his descendants, with notes on the WALES FAMILY" by Cornelia M. Redington Carter - 1909