Will of George Wilkins of Cullompton, Yeoman
Proved 10 February 1846
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National Archives Catalogue Reference PROB 11/2032/20 Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 4 Quire Numbers: 151 – 200
Transcribed by Art Ames
This is the last Will and Testament of me George Wilkins of Cullompton in the county of Devon yeoman
I give to my wife Mary Wilkins the sum of thirty pounds
I devise and bequeath unto my brother John Wilkins and his son John Wilkins the younger both of Broadfield within the parish of Wrington in the county of Somerset yeoman all my part share and interest parts shares and interests vested and contingent under the Will of my late uncle William Beakes deceased and all other my estate and effects of every sort and kind
To hold to them the said John Wilkins and John Wilkins the younger their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature thereof upon trust to sell the same together or in parcels by public auction or private contract and to convey and get in my personal estate when and as they shall see fit and out of the monies arising from such sale and conversion to pay and discharge all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacy hereinbefore given my said wife
I give to my said trustees the sum of one hundred pounds upon trust to place the same out at interest on government or real security with liberty to vary and transpose the investment from time to time at their discretion and to pay the interest thereof for and towards the maintenance and education of my two grandchildren George Edmund Wilkins and Elizabeth Wilkins respectively until they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years and upon the attainment of my said two grandchildren of the age of twenty one years to pay and divide the said principal sum of one hundred pounds equally between them and my will is that in the event of the death of either of them my said grandchildren under the age of twenty one years and without leaving lawful issue that the part of him or her so dying shall go and be paid to the other of them
And all the rest and residue of my personal estate I give to my son Edmund Wilkins
I appoint the said John Wilkins and John Wilkins the younger joint executors of this my Will and I declare this to be my last Will and Testament
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three George Wilkins
Signed by the said testator as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses Charles Day Willand shopkeeper John Keene Willand cooper witnesses
Proved at London 10th of February 1846 before the judge by the oaths of John Wilkins the brother and John Wilkins the younger the nephew the executors to whom admon was granted have been first sworn by commission duly to administer