In the name of God Amen,  I Thomas Wakeford of Bridley in the 
Parish of Woking in the County of Surrey Farmer, being of perfect & 
sound Mind Memory and Understanding but knowing that Death is 
certain and the Time as uncertain, Do think fit to declare this my last 
Will and Testament in manner & Form following, that is to say,  First I 
resign my Soul into the Hands of God my Creator hoping for Mercy 
thro' the Merits of Christ my Redeemer,  And as for my Body to the 
Earth to be disposed of as hereafter mentioned  And as for my 
worldly Estates I dispose of in the following Manner Viz.t  I Give & 
bequeath to Henry Crauter of Bookham Farmer and John Randall of 
Guildford, Brazier all my Houshold Goods Stock & Utensils in my 
Farming Business & all other my Goods Chattells Debts and Credits 
which I shall be posessed of at the Time of my Decease  In Trust for 
the following Uses  Viz.t  My Will and pleasure is that my loving Wife 
Elizabeth shall be continued in the Business untill such Time that her 
Son John shall attain the Age of Twenty one Years, I likewise will that 
at the Time of my Decease a fair Appraisement be made of all I die 
posessed of, and that my said Trustees do keep an Account, And that 
as to what the same shall amount to I dispose of equally between my 
said Wife & Son John, And I desire my Son John will live with his 
Mother and assist her all in his Power And that when he shall attain 
the Age of Twenty one Years if he choose to take the Farming 
Business on himself that he shall pay his said Mother or give Security 
that he pays her ten Pounds a Year in Lieu of her Part, at two half 
Yearly Payments during her Natural Life, And my Will and Pleasure is 
that if my s.d Wife sho.d marry, then, I give and bequeath the whole 
to my Son John  And my farther Will & pleasure is, that if either my 
s.d Wife or Son John die before the said John attains the Age of 
Twenty one Years that the Survivor shall have the whole, I desire to 
be buried at the discretion of my said loving Wife, which Expence I 
will, that she be allowed, And my farther Will and Pleasure is that my 
Trustees above mentioned shall have full Power to Act jointly & that 
they sh[all] sustain no Loss I trusting in their Care & Fidelity, And that 
they be allowed all Expences that they shall be at at any Time on this 
Account lastly I constitute & Appoint the s.d Henry Crauter and John 
Randall my sole Executors in Trust for the above Uses  In Witness 
whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this twenty Ninth day 
of November in the first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord 
George the third King of Great Britain France & Ireland Defender of 
the Faith &c & in the Year of our Lord 1760.
Thomas Wakeford
Signed & sealed being first duly declared in the presence of us and 
we sign ye same in ye presence of ye Testator and in ye presence of 
Each other
Tho.s Johnson   Ann Harvest

This Will of Thomas Wakeford late of the Parish of Wokeing in the 
County of Surry deceased was proved the Twenty third day of May in 
the Year of our Lord 1761 before the Reverend Cornelius Jeale Clerk 
a Surrogate by the Oaths of Henry Cauter and John Randall the 
Executors to whom Administration was granted they being first 
Sworn to Administer.

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