This is the last Will and Testament of me John Stevens of Wokeing in the County of Surrey laborer  I give and devise unto my dear Wife Sarah All that Cottage with the appurtenances formerly Norwoods situate in Kingfield and one small parcel of Land containing by Estimation one Rod more or less in Kingfield aforesaid late Sarah Daborns (which said premises are situate lying and being in and held by Copy of Court Roll of the Manor of Wokeing in the said County of Surrey and have been duly surrendered by me to the use of this my Will) with their and every of their appurtenances To hold unto my said Wife Sarah and her assigns for and during the term of her natural Life subject nevertheless to a certain Mortgage thereof by me made to Richard Bonsey of Westfield in Wokeing aforesaid yeoman for securing the Repayment of the sum of Eighty Pounds with lawful Interest for the same And from and immediately after the Decease of my said Wife Sarah I give and devise the said Cottage and small parcel of Land with the appurtenances unto William Fladgate of Woking in the County of Surrey Farmer and James Collyer of the same place Farmer and the survivor of them and his heirs for ever Upon the Trusts nevertheless and to and for the Ends Intersts and Purposes hereinafter mentioned and declared of and concerning the same (that is to say) Upon Trust that they the said William Fladgate and James Collyer and the survivor of them or his Heirs shall and may within the space of six Calendar months after the decease of my said Wife Sarah sell and absolutely dispose of the said Cottage and small parcel of Land with the appurtenances either by Public auction or private Contract as he or they shall think proper for the most money that can or may be had or gotten for the same and shall and may receive and take the money arising from such Sale and pay apply and divide the same equally unto and amongst my several Children Thomas Stevens Mary the Wife of James Hoar William Stevens and Sarah Stevens to be paid within six calendar months next after the decease of my said Wife unto such of them as shall then have attained the age of Twenty one years and to the others  as and when they shall respectively attain the age of Twenty one years  And in case any or either of my said Children shall happen to die before he she or they shall have attained the said age of Twenty one years having lawful issue him her or them surviving them and in such case I will and direct that the share or respective shares which would have been paid to him her or them so dying shall be paid unto the Child if but one or unto and equally amongst the Children if more than one of him her or them so dying at his her or their respective ages of Twenty one years  And in case any or either of my said Children shall happen to die before he she or they shall have attained the said age of Twenty one years without having lawful issue him her or them surviving them and in such case I will and direct that the share or shares of such Child or Children so dying shall be paid unto and equally divided amongst the Survivors of them my said Children  Also I give devise and bequeath unto my said Wife Sarah All the rest residue and remainder of my Real Estate of whatsoever Nature the same may be and consist which I am seized or possessed of interested in or in any wise entitled unto and also all my Household Goods and Furniture Monies Securities for Money Crops of Corn and Grass and all or any Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever To hold unto and to the use and behoof of her my said Wife her Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns according to the respective Natures thereof absolutely and for ever  And in order to facilitate the sale hereinbefore directed of the said Cottage or Tenement and Premises I do hereby will and declare that the Receipts of the said William Fladgate and James Collyer or the Survivor of them or his Heirs shall be good and sufficient Discharges for the Purchase Money for the same Premises or such part thereof as shall in such Receipts be expressed to be received by him or them  And that the Purchaser or Purchasers of the said Premises shall not be compelled or compellable to see to the application or be answerable or accountable for the misapplication or Nonapplication thereof or of any part thereof  And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said William Fladgate and James Collyer Joint Executors of this my Will revoking all former and other will and declare that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Trustees and Executors and the survivor of them his Heirs Executors or Administrators out of any Money which may come to his or their hands by virtue of the Trusts hereby in them reposed to retain to and reimburse himself and themselves all such Costs Charges Damages and Expences as he or they shall or may sustain expend or be put unto in the Execution thereof  In Witness whereof I the said John Stevens the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament set my Hand and Seal this Seventh day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fourteen.  the marke X and seal of John Stevens
Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto the several interlineations with respect to the Trustees and Executors having been first made  Cha.s Jn.o Shibbere Guildford  
Mr Lomas    James Andrews

This Will of John Stevens late of Wokeing in the County of Surrey Laborer deceased was proved on the twenty ninth day of October 1841 before the Reverend Henry Ayling Clerk a Surrogate by the oath of William Fladgate the surviving Executor to whom admon was granted being first sworn duly to administer.
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