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Will - THOMAS WENSLEY, Sandville, Donoghkiddy Parish
In The Name of God
Amen ~ I Thomas Wensley of Sandville in the parish of
Donoghkiddy and County of Tyrone Gentleman being weak in body but sound in mind
and memory do make this my last Will and Testament revoking all former Wills
heretofore made by me. First I order my corpse to be decently interred in a
private manner in my Father’s burial place in the Church yard of Grange in the
said parish. I order all my just Debts and Funeral Expenses to be paid I give
and bequeath unto my Sister Bond one hundred pounds: to my Sister Letitia
Wensley one hundred pounds to my Sister Cowan one hundred pounds to my Sister
Cary one hundred pounds to be by her divided amongst her children by her former
husband as she thinks proper and to the four children of my late Sister Hall
one hundred pounds that is to say twenty five pounds to each of them I give and bequeath to my Nephew William
Chambers the farm of Sandville with the Bleach yard and Bleaching Utensils reserving
nevertheless the Upper floor that is, all the rooms closets and lobby etc above
stairs in the Dwelling House, two Cows grazed and foddered every year during my
Lease and Turf sufficient for her use and brought home and stacked at the
house, to my Sister Letitia Wensley I
leave and bequeath to Mr John Sproule Apothecary in Strabane the sum of Fifty
pounds. To my Nephew William Chambers fifty pounds and to my Nephew Thomas
Chambers one hundred pounds sterling The remainder and Residue of my
Effects I give and bequeath to my four children Viz: Jane John Margaret and
James Wensley share and share alike. I order all my Crop Household Furniture
Horses Cows and Sheep to be sold by public auction and the amount applied for
the uses and purposes before mentioned. I order a stone to be erected by the
Wall of the Burial place to show it belongs to my Father’s Family I do hereby appoint the before mentioned John
Sproule Wm Chambers and Thomas Chambers Executors of this my last Will and
Testament and I do hereby Will and Direct that my said Executors shall not be
answerable for any accidental losses nor the one for the other but each for
their own acts and deeds only and that it shall and may be lawful for them to
retain and pay themselves all costs and charges with which the necessary
Execution of this my Will may be attended
In Witness whereof I have to this my Will set my hand and seal this
eighteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
& seventy one Thos Wensley
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Signed sealed published and declared by the
said Testator Thomas Wensley as and for his last Will and Testament in the
presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each
other have hereunto set our names as Witnesses thereof (the words of public auction)
being first interlined Jos Morton,
Charles Mackay,
John Adams
./.
This Will was proved at London
before the Rt. Worshipful Sir George Day (?) Knight Doctor of Law Master Keeper
or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Cant. Lawfully constituted on the
twenty ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and seventy six by the oath of William Chambers one of the Executors named in
the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods
Chattels and Credits of the deceased having been first sworn by Commission Duly
to administer power reserved of making the like grant to John Sproule and Thomas
Chambers the other Executors named in the said Will when they or either of them
shall apply for the same. -/-
Source – PUBLIC RECORDS
OFFICE. THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Catalogue Reference: Prob 11/1015
