Alice Alefounder of
Colchester
Will
1801
Colchester Archdeaconry Court
This is the last Will and Testament of me Alice Alefounder of Colchester in the County of Essex Widow being sick and weak
in Body but of sound and disposing Mind and Memory (praised be God for the
same)
In the first place I resign my immortal Soul into the hands of Almighty
God my Creator hoping for eternal Life through the Merits and Righteousness of
Jesus Christ my Saviour and Redeemer, my Body I commit to the Earth to be
decently buried at the discretion of my executor hereinafter named
- in the
church yard of Saint Leonards in Colchester aforesaid as near my late Husband
Upcher Alefounder as may be
But my desire is not to be buried until my Body shalt begin to Putrify
and as to my Wordly Estate I dispose thereof as follows, to wit,
- I give to my esteemed Friend The Reverend Giles Hobbs of Colchester
aforesaid Dissenting Minister my Pebble Snuff Box which I usually wear in my
Pocket
- And I give to my Nephew Stephen Hempsted of Market Ilstey in the County
of Berks Surgeon my Silver Tankard (being Family Plate)
- Moreover I give
to my Grandson George Alefounder four large Silver Table Spoons twelve Silver
Tea Spoons two Silver Salt Spoons a pair of Silver Tea Tongs, my Metal Watch and the Copper Plate Picture of him my said Grandson with
- his cousin Anna Maria
Jane Alefounder
as the same Picture is framed and Glazed and called
"Pleasing Intelligence"
-
Also I give to my said Grandson George
Alefounder all and every my Household Goods Chattels Furniture Plate Linen
Apparel Books and other Effects Monies in hand Debts due and owing to me
Security and Securities for Money and all the rest and residue of my Personal
Estate whatsoever and wheresoever (not otherwise by this my Will expressly
disposed of) to and for his own sole Use and benefit he my said Grandson paying
thereout all my just Debts Funeral Expenses and the charges attending the
proving and executing this my Will with other incidental expenses
[Executor]
And I
do hereby nominate and appoint my said Nephew Stephen Hempsted and my esteemed
Friend The Reverend William Kemp of Colchester aforesaid Dissenting Minister
executor of this my Will and appoint unto them all reasonable charges and
expenses as such executor And my Will be that neither of them shall be charged
with any more Monies Goods or other Effects than what shall actually come into
their hands by virtue of this my Will nor for any loss of the same
Provided such loss should happen without his or their wilful default nor
shall either of them be answerable for the Acts or Doings the one for the other
but each of them for his own Acts and Deeds only
And hereby revoking all
other Wills by me made I declare this only to be my last Will and Testament
[Signature 1800-12-15]
In Witness whereof I have hereunto made my Mark and set my Seal this
fifteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight
hundred The Mark of T Alice Alefounder
[Witnesses]
[LS] Signed
sealed Published and Declared by the said Testatrix Alice Alefounder as and for
her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence at her
request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses
[Probate 1801-04-06]
Proved on the sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and one before the Reverend Robert Stony
Clerk Surrogate &c by the Oath of William Kemp one of the executor
to whom Administration &c was granted He being first Sworn duly to
Administer (Power being reserved of making the like grant to
Stephen Hempsted the other Executor when he shall lawfully apply
for the same.) Exd
[Archive]
Archdeaconry Colchester office copy at
shelf mark D/ACR 19/248 in
Essex Record Office.
Transcribed by Peter Alefounder 1994. Reproduced, with permission, from the
Alefounder website.
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