In the name of God Amen  the Fourth day of July in the first yeare of 
the Raigne of our gracious Sovereigne Lord and Lady George the 
Second and Carolina by the grace of God of Great Brittain France and 
Ireland King & Queene Defenders of the Faith &r Annoq Domi 1727  I 
Thomas Martin Sene.r of Woaking in the County of Surrey yeoman 
being in Indeferent good Health in boddy and of sonnd and perfect 
Mind and Memory (praise be to  God) but calling to Mind the 
uncertainty of this Transitory life here on Earth doe make and 
Ordeyne this my last Will and Testament in Manner and forme 
Following (That is to say) First and prencipally I recommend and 
bequeath my soule into the hands of  Allmighty God my Creator and 
Redeemer hooping in and by the reconciliation of Jesus Christ to be 
saved and my Body to the Earth from whence it came to be buryed in 
such decent Manner as as [sic] it shall please my Executor hereafter 
named to appoynte and as touching such Temporall estate as the 
Lord far above my deserts hath Bestooed upon me my Will and 
meaning is the same shall be Imployed and Bestooed as hereafter in 
and by this my Will is Expressed  Imprimis I will give and Bequeath 
unto my Three daughters Jane Slifeild the wife of John Slifeild Sarah 
Bowls the Wife of Francis Bowls and Elizabeth Head the Wife of 
William Head Sixty pounds a peece of good and lawfull money of 
great Brittain to be payd by my Executor hereafter named within 
Twelve months next after my decease  Item I give and Bequeath unto 
my Grandson Thomas Stevens son of my Daughter Mary Stevens 
Deceased Twenty pounds of good and lawfull money of great Brittain 
to be payd by my Executor hereafter named so soon as he shall 
attaine unto the age of One and Twenty yeares or at the day of his 
Marriage which shall first happen  But if my said Grandson Thomas 
Stevens doe happen to depart this life before he attaine unto the age 
of One and Twenty yeares and without a Heire of his own boddy 
Then his said legacie of Twenty pounds shall be pai[d] to my 
daughter Elizabeth Head before named and at the time as it would 
have bin dne if the said Thomas had lived  Item I give and Bequeath 
unto my Grandaughter Mary Stevens daughter of my said Daughter 
Mary Stevens Deceased Twenty pounds of good and lawfull money 
of great Brittain to be payd by my said Executor hereafter named so 
soon as she shall attaine unto the age of One and Twenty yeares or 
at the day of her Marriage which shall first happen  But if my said 
Grandaughter Mary Stevens doe happen to depart this life before 
she doe attaine unto the age of One and Twenty yeares leaveing no 
Heire of her own boddy Then her said legacie of Twenty pounds shall 
be payd unto my Grandson Thomas Stevens before named and at the 
time as it would have bin dne if the said Mary had lived But if both 
my said GrandChildren doe happen to depart this life and leaveing no 
Heirs of their own boddys then the said Mary Stevens legacie shall be 
equally devided between my Three Daughters Ann Slifeild Sarah 
Bowls and Elizabeth Head above named if they be then living but if 
not the Heires of the boddys of they that are Deceased shall have a 
part as their Mother might if they had bin the living And Further if it 
should happen that  if either any or all of my said Three Daughters 
doe depart this life before their legacie of Sixty pounds apece be due 
and payable then her or their legacie so dyeing shall be payd to the 
heires of the Boddys of the deceased And for want of such Issue or 
Heirs to be devided equally amongst them that are living and the 
Heires of the boddys of those that are deceased  And my said Two 
Grand Children shall have their part if any such legacie doe happen  
to be left to be devided And my Will and Meaning is that if my said 
Grand Children doe happen to depart this life before their legacies 
are due and payable and leave Heirs of their own boddys that such 
Heire or Heirs shall enjoy what themselves would if they had lived  
Item I allow Give and Bequeath unto my said Three Daughters Ann 
Slifeild Sarah Bowls and Elizabeth Head Tenn Lether Sheets Five 
pewter Dishes Three Kilderkin Drink Juggs Two Round Tabls my Bead 
in the parler with the Boulster pillow Curtins Vallins Bedsted Matt 
and Cord theirunto belonging one Nest of Draws in the Hall neere 
unto the Jack and all my Shifts neckclothe[s] and Handkirchifs  And 
my Will is that the next day after my Buriall my Overseers herafter 
named shall see the Goods before Given deli[vered] unto my said 
Three daughters and to be equally devided between them  And 
Whereas I have Surrendered into the hands of the Lord of the 
Mannor of Woaking aforesaid my Messuage or Tenement Buildings 
and Lands with the appurten.ces situate in Woaking aforesaid to the 
Use of my last Will and Testament  Item I therefore Give Devise and 
Bequeath unto my son Thomas Martin all that my Messuage or 
Tenement Buildings and Copyhold Lands with the appurten.ces lying 
within the said parish of Woaking to Remayne and be to the soale 
Use  and Behoofe of my said son Thomas Martin his Heires and 
Assignes for ever upon this condition that he my said son Thomas 
Martin his Heires or Assignes doe and shall well and truly pay or 
cause to be payd out of the said Messuage or Tenement Buildings 
Lands and Appurten.ces herein before given him unto my said Three 
Daughters Ann Slifeild Sarah Bowls and Elizabeth Head and my Two 
Grand Children Thomas Stevens and Mary Stevens or to the Heires of 
any of them their severall legacies herein before Given them and at 
such times as is herein before Directed But if my sai[d] son Thomas 
Martin his Heires and Assignes doe Refuse or neglect to pay or cause 
to be payd unto my said Three Daughters and Two Grand Children or 
to their severall Heires their severall Legacies Given them as 
aforesaid and at such times as is before Directed That then it shall 
and may be good and lawfull to and for him hir them or any or all of 
them if so Neglected to be payd as aforesaid to enter in and enjoi the 
said Messuage or Tenement Buildings Lands and Appurten.ces or any 
part thereof and the same to possess and enjoy ntill he she or they 
shall be fully satisfyed and payd  Item I allsoe Give and Bequeath 
unto my said son Thomas Martin all my Goods Chattells and Credits 
(Except such Goods as is hereinbefore Given) and doe herby make  
Constitute and Ordeyne my said son Thomas Martin soale Executor 
of this my last Will and Testament he paying all my Debts Legacies 
and Funerall Charges and Expences  and I doe desire my loveing 
Brothe[r] in law Richard Collyer of Hillplace and my loveing 
Kinsman John Vincent of Beechhill to be overseers of this my last 
Will and Testament and to see the same peformed and for their 
pains I Give to each of them half a Guina to by Gloves and to be payd 
to them by my said Executor and I doe hereby Revoke and Annull all 
former and other Will or Wills by me heretofore made and this to be 
taken for my last Will and Testament and no other (the word (Mary) 
in the Margin and the word (my) between the six and Thirtyth and 
Seven and Thirtyth lines ware enterlined before the ensealing 
hereof)  In Wittness whereof I the said Thomas Martin have 
hereunto sett my Hand and Seale the daye & yeare first above 
written.  Thomas Martyn
Signed Sealed published Pronounced and Declared by the said 
Thomas Martin for and as his last Will and Testament in the presence 
of us who have subscribed our Names as Wittnesses in the presence 
of the Testator
Tho: Waterer   John Fellon  Willm Collyer

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