Will
of Miles Goddard
I, Miles Goddard, of Mottram in
Longdendale in the County of Chester, Innkeeper, do this
eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty, make this my last Will and Testament,
in form and manner following, namely, I order and direct
my executrix and executor, hereinafter named, to pay and
discharge my funeral and testamentary expenses; then I give
and bequeath to my dear wife Peggy
the whole of my property whatsoever and wheresoever, during
her natural life, and at her decease, I give and bequeath
my brewing untensils to my son John,
if then living, and the residue of the abovenamed property
I give and bequeath to all my then surviving children, share
and share alike.
And I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint
my dear wife Peggy and my son John,
executrix and executor, for carrying this my last Will and
Testament into effect.
his
Miles X Goddard
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Signed by the Testator, Miles
Goddard, in the presence of us, who in his presence,
and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed
our names as Witnesses thereto this eighth day of July 1850
----- Ralph Sidebottom, Surgeon ----- John Tinker Marsland
The sixth day of January,
1851
Peggy Goddard the executrix in this will named and sworn
in common form; former being referred to John Goddard the
other executor therein named, to take upon him the execution
of the said will. When he shall lawfully request the same
if she further made oath that the personal estate and effects
of the Testator within the diocese of Chester, were under
the value of £200.
Before me, David Seddon, Surrogate
The Testator died the Eighth Day of July of
July, 1850
© Source: Cheshire
and Chester Archives and Local Studies Service —
ref WS 1851
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