This is the last Will and Testament of me James Spooner of the Parish of Woking in the County of Surrey Laborer  
I give and bequeath at my Decease unto my Wife Sarah Spooner all my personal property of every description  I likewise give and bequeath at my Decease unto my Wife Sarah Spooner all that my Freehold Estate comprising a Dwelling house and Garden with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging situate at Goldsworth in the Parish of Woking in the County of Surrey to hold and enjoy the same during the Term of her natural life  And at her decease I will and direct that my Executors do sell the said Estate by private or public Auction and the money arising from the sale thereof after paying all legal expences to be equally divided between all my Children that may be living at that time  And I hereby nominate and appoint James Jackman of the Parish of Woking aforesaid Nurseryman and James Harmsworth of Woking aforesaid Lock Keeper Executors of this my last will and Testament   In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand this sixth day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty four. 
James Spooner
Signed by the said James Spooner the Testator in the presence of us who, at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names as Witnesses
Catherine Collyer    Henry Harris 

This will of James Spooner late of the Parish of Woking in the County of Surry Laborer deceased was proved at London the eighteenth day of June 1845 before the Reverend Henry Ayling Clerk a Surrogate by the Oaths of James Jackman and James Harmsworth the Executors to whom administration was granted they having been first sworn duly to administer.

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