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Will of Margaret Honey, dated 29 January 1753
 

In the Name of God Amen, I Margarett Honey of Kilkhampton in the County of Cornwall Spinster do hereby make my Last Will and Testament in Manner following (that is to say) First I Commend my Soul into the Hand of Almighty God who gave it hoping through his Mercy and the alone Meritt and Satisfaction of my blessed Saviour Jesus Christ to obtain the Pardon & Remission of all my Sins and to Inherit Everlasting Life and my Body I committ to the Earth to be decently Interred at the Discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named and for settling such Worldly Estate & effects as I shall die Possessed of or Intituled to and for Preventing any Dispute or Controversy concerning the same I Give and Dispose thereof as follows (that is to say)
 
All my Messuages Lands Tenements Heriditaments and Reall Estate whatsoever situate in the Countyes of Devon and Cornwall and elsewhere I Give and Devise unto my Dear Mother Susannah Honey her Heirs and assigns for ever and all my Goods Chattles Leaseholds and Personal Estate whatsoever, I do hereby also give unto my said Mother whom I do hereby make and appoint Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby revoke all former wills by me heretofore made. In Testimony that is my last will and testament I have hereunto sett my Hand and Seal the Twenty Ninth Day of January in the Twenty Sixth year of the Reign of King George the second and In the year of our Lord One thousand seven Hundred and fifty three.
 
Signed and sealed by the said Testatrix and by her Published & Declared to be her last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses in the Presence of the said Testatrix & of each other

Bridget Waddon
Mary Waddon
William Randall
Margt Honey
   

Will Proved 23 June 1766
 
Administration granted to Susannah Honey
 

Contributed by Sandra King

Source:- CRO Ref: AP/H/6336

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