This is the last Will and Testament of me Henry Snelling of Pirbright in the County of Surry yeoman   I Give and bequeath unto Lucy my Wife my best bed and all that belongs to him and two pairs of Sheets and all the Goods that she brought with her all the rest of my Household Goods I Give unto my late wife’s children to be equally divided into six equal Parts or Shares and of which Parts I Give unto the Children of my late Son in Law Henry Martin and one Part I Give unto my Daughter in Law Ann Brister and one Part I Give unto James and Hannah Gyles Son and Daughter of my late Daughter in Law Hannah Gyles one Part I Give unto my Son in Law George Martin with all my wearing apparel and one part I Give unto my Son in Law James Martin and the other Part I Give to be equally divided between all the children of my late Son in Law Benjamin Martin and my will is that if any of my said Legatees should happen to die before their Part or Share becomes payable and leave any child or children lawfully begotten then such child or children shall have their Fathers or Mothers Part all the rest of my Goods and Chattels of what kind and nature soever and wheresoever the same may be found with all my real as well as personal Estate I Give and bequeath unto my Nephew John Snelling Son of my Brother James Snelling and his Heirs and Assigns for ever  upon this condition  and no other ways that he pays out of the same all my just Debts and funeral Expences and all those Legacies and Payments and at the times as is hereinafter directed that is to say to pay unto Lucy my Wife the Sum of ten pounds in one month after my decease also to pay unto my said Wife the sum of ten Pounds a year and every a year for the term of her natural Life to be paid her quarterly by even and equal Payments and also in six months after my said Wifes death to pay those Legacies following that is to say to pay unto my lawful Heir the sum of one Guinea to pay unto my late Sister Mary Russells Children the Sum of twenty five Pounds to be equally divided between them share and share alike all which Legacies to be paid in six months after my Wife’s decease and I charge my real Estate with the Payments as above directed and my will is that if any of my Legatees should happen to die before their Part or Share becomes payable and leave any child or children lawfully begotten then such child or children lawfully begotten shall have their Fathers or Mothers Part Lastly I nominate my Nephew John Snelling sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament  In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred seventy and eight.  Henry Snelling X his mark
Signed Sealed published and declared by the Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who subscribed our Names as Witnesses in the Presence of the Testator.  John Blake    Richard Alexander X his mark    Philip Gyles

This Will was proved at London on the twenty sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty one before the Worshipful Thomas Bever Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of John Snelling the Nephew of the deceased and sole Executor 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.

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