Will Details
Back Family History Intro List of Wills Search via Building New Search

Will of Mathew Adams

Date of will 10 February 1727, the year being according to the old style calendar in which the year ended on 25 March, Lady Day.  Thus this year corresponds to 1728 by the modern calendar.
Status  
Abode when will written Hanslope, Buckinghamshire
Date of probate 20 May 1728
Summary of will Left Household Goods to his Wife (unamed); small amounts of money to each of his children; and all other goods and money to his executors who were his wife and son Mathew. 
Persons mentioned in will:
Name Relation Abode Role Notes
John Adams Son    beneficiary   Bequeathed 2 shillings 6 pence 
Thomas Adams Son    beneficiary   Bequeathed 2 shillings 6 pence 
Ann Adams Daughter    beneficiary   Left 1 shilling 
Elizabeth Adams Daughter    beneficiary   Left 1 shilling 
Susanah Adams Daughter    beneficiary   Left 1 shilling 
Mary Adams Daughter    beneficiary   Left 1 shilling 
Mathew Adams Son    beneficiary executor    
Ann Rayment     witness    
Richard Perry     witness    
John Seabrook     witness    
Source:  Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference  This probate copy: D/A/We/64/31; original also available ref. D/A/Wf/76/310
The original document from which this image has been taken is held by the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, County Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 1UU, UK. Copies may be made for private use, but anyone wishing to publish the will, in whole or in part, or to reproduce it on their website should contact the Centre. A photocopy of the will can be ordered from the Centre

An error has occurred; the images cannot be found.

Source: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies,  reference This probate copy: D/A/We/64/31; original also available ref. D/A/Wf/76/310
The original document from which this image has been taken is held by the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, County Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 1UU, UK. Copies may be made for private use, but anyone wishing to publish the will, in whole or in part, or to reproduce it on their website should contact the Centre. A photocopy of the will can be ordered from the Centre

In the Name of God Amen I Mathew Adams of Hanslap in ye County of Bucks Being Sick and Weak in Body but  By ye Grace of God in perfect Mind and Memory praised be God for it I do Make and ordain this My Last Will and Testament in ye Manner as follows I Recommend my Soul to God My Heveanly Father hoping to be saved thro the Meritorious  Death passion and Resurrection and ascention of Jesus Christ My Saviour and Redeemer and My Body I Comit to ye ground to be decently Buried at ye discretion of My Executors Hereafter named and for that Wordly Estate wherewith Allmighty God hath blessed Me with I dispose in ye form as follows Item I give to My Wife all My Household Goods Item I give to My Son John two Shillings and sixpence Item I give to My Son Thomas two Shillings and sixpence Item I give to My Daughter Ann one Shilling Item I give to My Daughter  Elizabeth one Shilling Item I give to My Daughter Susanah one Shilling Item I give to My Daughter Mary one Shilling all the Remainder of My Estate Goods Chattels and Money and whatever and wherever I give and Bequeath unto my Executors My Wife and My Son Mathew whom I make and ordain Sole Executors of this My Last Will and Testament Revokeing and Makeing Void all other Wills and do declare this to be My Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have put my Hand and Seal ye Tenth day of february in ye first year of ye Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George in ye Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and twenty seven Mathew Adams His Mark Sealed and Delivered in ye presence of Us Ann Rayment   Richard Perry   John Seabrook
Proved 20th May 1728

 

Back Home Page List of Wills Search via Building Person Search