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Will of John Hooper, dated 22 May 1824
St Stephens in Branwell
18th September 1824
Will of John Hooper Miner
deced proved in Com. Form before John Wallis Clerk Surr etc
And Admion of all & Singular the Goods etc of the
said deced and anyway concerning his said Will
was granted to Mary Cock (wife of William Cock) and
James Hooper the daughter and son of the said deceased
and Executors named in the said Will
Being first Sw etc
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No Invry
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Under £200
In the Name of God Amen, I John Hooper of the Parish of St
Stephens
in Branwell
in the County of Cornwall Miner being Weak in Body but of sound
mind and memory thanks be to God for the same do make and ordain
this my last Will and Testament in manner following
First I give and devise to my Son James Hooper, all my right and
Interest in the Claywork at Gauthers in the Parish of Saint Dennis.
Also I give to my Son in law William Cock my Bed and all the
furniture
thereunto belonging, I also give him all my wearing Apparell upon
this condition that he do pay all my Funeral charges
Also All my other Goods Chattells Money and securities for Money and
other effects of what kind or nature soever, that I shall be possessed
of or
intitled unto at the Time of Death I give and devise to my aforesaid
Son James Hooper and my Daughter Mary Cock the Wife of the above
mentioned William Cock share and share alike, upon this condition
that neither of them shall not sell nor mortgage any part of my
Leasehold
Premises, and if my son shall happen to Die before he is married then
the
whole of my Leasehold Premises shall become the property of my said
Daughter for her own sole and separate benefit and none of the property
hereby devised to my said Daughter shall not be under the controll or
Government of her present Husband, nor any other Husband that she may
have, And in case my said Daughter shall happen to Die before her
Brother the property hereby devised to her shall become the property of
her Child or children if she leaves any, and if my said Daughter shall
Die
before her brother, and he shall afterwards Die not having been Married
then his part of my Leasehold property shall be for the benefit of such
of
my said Daughters Child of children as shall be then living. And
I hereby appoint my said Daughter Mary Cock and my son James Hooper
Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby binding them
to pay all my lawful Debts, And I hereby make void all former
Wills and Testaments by me made ratifying and confirming this only to be
my last Will and
Testament. In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty second day of May
in the Year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and twenty four
Signed Sealed published and pronounced
by John Hooper the Testator as and
for his last Will and Testament in
the presence of us, who in his presence
and in presence of each other at his
request have subscribed our names
as Witness hereunto |
the sign of
John Hooper |
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