In the Name of God Amen
I Robert Trimmer of ffarnham in the County of Surrey Gentleman being of 
Sound and Disposing Mind Memory and Understanding Do make Publish and 
Declare this as and for my last Will and Testament in manner and form 
following (that is to say) First and principally I Resign my Soul to Almighty God 
its Creator in all humble Hopes of its future happiness as in the disposition of 
a Being Infinitely Good And my Body I commit to the Earth to be Decently 
Buried at the Discretion of my Dear Wife Elizabeth And as to such Temporal 
Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I Give Will and Dispose thereof 
as follows (that is to say) First I Give and bequeath unto my Sons Robert 
Trimmer James Trimmer and William Trimmer and to my Daughters Elizabeth 
Trimmer Mary Trimmer and Lydia Trimmer One Hundred Pounds apiece of 
Lawfull Money of Great Britain and to my Daughters Jane the Wife of Joseph 
Haslock Charity the Wife of John ffunter and Ann the Wife of Thomas Beare 
ffive Shillings a piece of like Money All which Legacies or Sums of Money I 
Will to be paid to my said Sons and daughters respectively at their respective 
Ages of ffour and Twenty Years And if any or either of them shall happen to 
die before their his or her attaining such Age without leaving any lawfull Issue 
of their his or her Body or Bodies then living Then I Will that the Legacy or 
Legacies of them him or her so dying to be paid to the Survivors Equally or 
Survivor of them But the Children equally or Child of such of them who shall 
happen to be then deceased having any Children or Child to have their his or 
her Parents part And for the payment of my Debts ffuneral Expenses and of 
all and every my said Legacies or Sums of Money I do hereby Charge All my 
Real Estate in case of any Deficiency in my Personal Estate to pay and 
Satisfy the same And Subject to the Payment of my said Debts Legacies and 
ffuneral Expenses I Give and Devise All and every my Messuages Buildings 
Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and Real Estate with the 
Appurtenances And all my Goods Chattels Rights Credits Ready Money and 
Personal Estate unto my Two Brothers James Trimmer and John Trimmer 
their Heirs Executors and Administrators To Hold to them my said Two 
Brothers James Trimmer and John Trimmer their Heirs Executors 
Administrators and Assigns for ever In Trust to Pay and apply the Rents and 
Profits of my said Real Estate and the use Yearly Income and Profits that can 
be made of my said Personal Estate To my said Wife Elizabeth during her 
Widowhood She my said Wife maintaining and Educating all such of my said 
Children whilst unmarried until their respective Ages of ffour and Twenty 
Years And from and after the decease or Marriage again of my said Wife In 
Trust to Sell and Dispose of all my said Real and Personal Estate and to pay 
and Divide the Monies arising thereby unto and amongst all my said Children 
equally between then Share and Share alike Save that I Will that my said 
Daughter Jane shall have no part or Share thereof till the others of them shall 
have received thereout ffour hundred pounds a piece But in case of the Death 
of any or either of my said Children before the same Shall become payable 
without leaving any lawfull Issue of their his or her Bodies or Body then living 
Then I Will the part or Share of them him or her so dying to be paid to the 
Survivors Equally or Survivor of them But I Will the children or Child of such of 
them as Shall be then Dead leaving any Children or Child to have their his or 
her Parents part And I Nominate Constitute and Appoint my said Brothers 
James Trimmer and John Trimmer Executors of this my last Will and 
Testament And I do hereby Order and Direct that a full and fair Account of my 
said Personal Estate be taken in Writing as soon as may be after my Decease 
by my said executors And I Will that my said Executors Shall and may retain 
and reimburse themselves all such Charges and Expenses as they Shall or 
may be at in the Execution of this my Will and the Trust in them reposed and 
reasonably for their Trouble and I Will that neither of them shall be 
answerable for the Neglect or Default of the other of them nor either of them 
for any loss that may happen without wilfull default And I Give and Dispose of 
the Custody and Guardianship of such of my Children as are under the Age of 
one and Twenty years to my said Executors until their respectively attaining 
such Age And I Revoke all former Wills by me made In Testimony whereof I 
have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twenty Sixth Day of May In the year 
of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and ffifty nine Rot Trimmer Signed 
sealed Published and Declared by the said Robert Trimmer the Testator as 
and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence 
and at his request have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto John 
Hewitt Mary Hewitt Wm Shotter
This Will was proved at London the ffourteenth Day of June In the year of our 
Lord One thousand Seven hundred and ffifty nine before the Worshipfull 
George Harris Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull Edward 
Simpson also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the 
Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of James 
Trimmer and John Trimmer the Brothers of the deceased and the Executors 
named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and Singular 
the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased having been first sworn 
duly to administer.