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Will of Thomas Gibbs the elder of Addington, dairyman, 1776 (proved 1777)
Centre for Bucks Studies, D/A/Wf/10/87
In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Gibbs the Elder of Addington in the County of Bucks Dairyman being sick and weak in Body but of sound Mind Memory and Understanding Praised be God for the same) Do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and Form following (that is to say) First I give and bequeath unto my good and trusty Friends Richard Irish of Addington aforesaid Steward to the Lady Tynte and William Hogg of Addington aforesaid Dairyman All and every my Household Goods Stock of Cattle Corn Grain Hay Waggons Carts and Implements of Husbandry whatsoever and wheresoever and of what Nature or Kind soever to and for the several Uses Trusts Intents and Purposes herein after mentioned (that is to say) Upon this special Trust and Confidence and to the Intent and Purpose that they the said Richard Irish and William Hogg and the Survivor of them do and shall as soon as conveniently may be after my Decease sell and dispose of all my said Household Goods Stock of Cattle Rights Credits and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and when and as soon as the same shall be sold and converted into ready Money as aforesaid I do hereby Will order direct and appoint that they the said Richard Irish and William Hogg my Trustees and the Survivor of them do and shall in the first Place pay satisfy and discharge all my just Debts and funeral Expences and from and after the payment of my just Debts and funeral Expences Then I do hereby order and direct the said Richard Irish and William Hogg my Trustees and the Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor to pay or cause to be paid out of the Surplus Money arising from such Sale unto my Children namely Thomas Gibbs, Stephen Gibbs, John Gibbs, and Ann the Wife of William Clarke two Guineas each of lawful Money of Great Britain within one month next after my Decease And I further order that my said Trustees out of the Money that shall come to their \or either of their/ Hands pay unto my Loving Wife Elizabeth Gibbs the Sum of Two Shillings Weekly and every week during the Term of her natural Life in Case the Money detained by them shall be sufficient so to do Or if more is required I hereby request my Trustees advance what other Sum in their Discretion they consider most necessary And from and after her Decease then I give the Surplus Money that shall be remaining in their Hands (if any) unto my said Children the said Thomas, Stephen, John, and Ann the Wife of William Clarke to be equally divided among them share and share alike But in case any or either of my said Children shall happen to die before his her or their Share or Shares shall become due by Virtue of this my Will that then the Share or Shares of such Child or Children so dying shall go to the Issues of his her or their Bodies lawfully begotten \if more than one/ Share and Share alike But if any or either of them die without such Issue then my Will is
The Mark of Thomas Gibbs
[p.2] That the Share or Shares of such Child or Children so dying shall go to the Survivors or Survivor of them each to have an equal Share thereof Also I further order and appoint my Trustees and the Survivor or them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor out of the Money that shall come to their or either of their Hands or to be by them or any or either of them raised and received out of my Estate in the first Place to reimburse themselves or either of them all such Costs Charges and Expences as they or either of them shall sustain or be put unto in the Execution of this my Will or any of the Trusts hereby reposed in them or either of them for any Matter Cause or Thing relating thereunto And my Will and Desire also is that my said Trustees shall not be charged or chargeable with or accountable or liable to make Good any Loss that shall happen in the management of my said Personal Estate or any part thereof or any \either/ of them acting faithfully according to the best of their or either or their Discretion And lastly I do hereby constitute Nominate and appoint the said Richard Irish and William Hogg Trustees and Joint executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former Wills by me before made and do declare this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to this my Will contained in two Sheets of Paper to the first Sheet thereof set my Hand only and to this last my Hand and Seal this thirty first Day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and seventy six
The Mark of Thomas Gibbs
Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Testator Thomas
Gibbs as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us
who have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses in the Presence
of the said Testator and also in the Presence of each other
Thomas Hogg [signature]
Joseph Hunt [signature]
1st. February 1777 Sworn the Executors above named. Before me W. Stockins Sur(rogate)
No In(ventor)y £1 12 6
Proved the 1st. day of February 1777 before the reverend William Stockins
Clerk Surrogate by the oaths of Richard Irish and William Hogg Joint executors to whom
Adm(inistrati)on was committed they being first sworn duly to administer
Notes
Thomas Gibbs was buried at Addington on 22 Jan 1777, followed by Elizabeth on 9 Oct 1779. They had been at Addington since at least 1737 when their first child was baptised there, and he was presumably the Thomas Gibbs involved in a dispute concerning an employee in 1737. He could be the son of Thomas and Eleanor Gibbs baptised at Winslow in 1711.
Ann Gibbs married William Clarke of Addington in 1766.