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Will of Mary Fall of Addington, widow, 1723/4 (proved 1724/5)
Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies D/A/Wf/73/254
In the Name of God Amen I Mary Fall of Addington in the County of Bucks Widow being Weak in Body but of sound & perfect Mind & Memory Praised by Allmighty God for the same, & calling to mind the Certainty of Death & the uncertain time thereof doe this sixteent\h/ Day of March 1723 Make & Ordain this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following: (that is to say) first & principally I commend my Soul into the Hands of God my Maker, hoping thro the Merits Death & Passion of Jesus Christ my saviour, to be made Partaker of Everlasting Life, & my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently Buryed at the Discretion of my Executrix hereafter named, And as for & concerning the Disposition of all such Temporall Estate as it hath pleased God of his Mercy & Goodness to bestow upon me, I give & Dispose thereof as followeth
(that is to say) first I will & Desire that all my Debts & Funerall Expences be paid & discharged, And then all the Rest residue & Remainder of my Personal Estate Goods and Chattels whatsoever & wheresoever; I give and devise without any Exception unto my Dearly Beloved Daughter Mary Fall of Addington aforesaid Spinster Whom I likewise Nominate Constitute & Appoint full & sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament; hereby revoking all former Wills by me made, & declaring this to be my last Will & Testament
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seale, the Day & year above written.
[signed] Mary Fall [seal]
Signed sealed published & declared in presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our Names, as Witnesses in ye Presence of the Testatrix
[signed] Tho: Busby:
Rob: Lane
Richard [?]Slst
[Probate 10 March 1724 before Gilbert Williams clerk MA surrogate of the Venerable John Bettesworth LLD commissary and official of the Archdeaconry of Bucks to Mary Fall spinster, natural and legitimate daughter and executrix.]
Notes
"Mrs Mary Fall widow" was buried at Addington on 7 Dec 1724. See the will of her daughter Mary Fall, spinster for more about the family.