The last will and Testament of me Thomas Cooper of the 
parish of Send in the County of Surrey Husbandman  I 
desire to be decently Interred at the discretion of my Exor 
hereinafter named & I dispose of my Worldly Estate as 
followeth  I give & bequeath unto my Friend George Garment 
with whom I now live All & every my Household Goods   I give 
and bequeath unto the five sons of my Brother William 
Cooper for they to divide as equally as they can between 
themselves All my Working Tools Wearing Apparel & the 
Boxes in which I keep the said Apparel  I also give & bequeath 
unto the said George Garment Two hundred pounds now 
standing in my own name in the Navy five Cent Annuities also 
Fifty pounds on the said George Garments Note of Hand & all 
dues at my decease from the Ripley Benefit Club of which I am 
a Member in Trust & thereout in the first place to pay all my just 
Debts Funeral expences & the expences of proving this my Will 
& then the remainder of such Trust monies to be divided into 
eight equal shares the said George Garment to take one share & 
to pay to my Brothers James William & Joseph Cooper each 
one share to my Sister Ann Smith one share To my Sister 
Mary Crundle one share to James the son of my late Brother 
Richard Cooper one share & the other one share to be equally 
divided between the three Children of my late Sister Elizabeth 
Gad which several payments I desire to be made at the end of 
three Months next after my decease & I do hereby make 
nominate constitute & appoint the said George Garment 
Executor of this my said Will and I do hereby revoke make null 
& void all former or other Will or Wills by me at any time 
heretofore made  In witness whereof I the said Thomas Cooper 
the Testator have hereunto set my hand & seal this twelfth day 
of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
&thirteen. 
Tho.s Cooper

Signed Sealed published & declared by the above named 
Testator Thomas Cooper as & for his last Will & Testament in 
the presence of us who have subscribed our names as Witnesses 
thereto in the presence of the said Testator and in the presence 
of each other 
Jonas Chitty   Ja.s Fuller   Wm Meryett  

Proved at London 6th August 1813 before the Worship.l Samuel 
Rush Meysick D.r of Laws & Surrogate by the oath of George 
Garment sole Exor to whom Admon was granted he having been 
first sworn duly to administer.

Prob11/1547