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Martha Rand 1742

In the name of God Amen I Martha Rand of Castle Thorpe in the County of Bucks widow being of Sound and Disposing mind memory and Understanding Do make and ordaine this my Last will and Testament in manner and form following I Recommend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God and my body I Committ to the Earth to be Decently Buryed at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter named and as for such Temporall Estate as I shall Dye possessed of I Dispose thereof as followeth I will that all just Debts I shall owe at the time of my Decease be paid and Satisfied I give to my Daughters Mary Porter and Martha Johnson Thirty pounds Each I give and bequeath the Summe of five pounds Each unto the four Children of my son William Ketalee John Elizabeth Mary and Katherine to be paid in one year after my Decease and in Case Either Dyes before the Legacy is to be paid I will that the Legacy of the person or persons so Dyeing be paid to and divided amongst the Survivors I give and devise unto John Johnson of Castle Thrope Malster and Robert Porter of Wicken Shopkeeper the Sume of Forty pounds and my will and meaning is that the said John Johnson and Robert Porter and the Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such survivor should so soon as may be after my Decease by and with the Consent of my Daughter Catherine Truelove put and place the said Summe of Forty pound out at Interest And that they the said John Johnson and Robert Porter and the Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of Such Survivor shall pay the Interest and produce of the said Summe of Forty Pounds to my said Daughter Catherine Truelove for and During her natural Life and after her Decease I give and Devise the said Sume of Forty pounds to be Divided Between Catherine and Martha Truelove Children of my Daughter Catherine Truelove when they shall Attaine their Respective ages of Twenty One Years and in Case Either Dyes before that time the whole to the Survivor But my will and Meaning is and I do Expressly Devise and Require that in Case the said John Johnson and Robert Porter or the survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of Such Survivor shall find that my Daughter Catherine Truelove shall be in want and that the Interest and produce of the said Sume of Forty pounds shall not be Sufficient with what Else she may have to maintane her then I Impower them or the Survivor of them as aforesaid To give all or any part of the said Summe of Forty pounds to my said Daughter Trulove and such Case that the Devise to her Daughters as to all or such part thereof as shall be so paid to my Daughter Truelove Shall Cease and be Void And my will further is that they the said John Johnson and Robert Porter and the Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor shall not be Answerable for the Loss of all or any part of the said Summe of Forty pounds or for the Act or Receipt of Each other but Each for his own Act and Receipt only Item I Give to my Daughter Truelove a Heiffer and half an Acre of Wheat If there is any Corn Sown upon my Land at the time of my Decease I give to John Johnson my Gigg and Best Malt Garner and to his wife my Ring and to Eleanor Porter my best Quilt and Ten Shillings to the poor of Thropp I Give to John Johnson and Robert Porter a Guinea Each for their Trouble and in Case Any of the money I now or shall have out at Interest should be Lost then I will that all the Legacyes above Devised Abate in proportion and as for all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Personal Estate not herein before Devised with my household goods which I would not have sold but Divided Between my Daughters Mary Porter and Martha Johnson and Catherine Truelove I Give Devise and Bequeath the same to my Three Daughters as a aforesaid Lastly I Do hereby Will Devise and Require and my Express will and meaning is that the Interest or produce of or the said Summe of Forty pounds or the Heffer and wheat or the share of any household goods or the share of the Remainder of my personall Estate or any thing the said Catherine Truelove may Take Under this my will by me before Devised to my said Daughter Catherine Truelove shall not be any ways Lyable to the Debts Demands or Controul of her present Husband or wherewith or with Any part whereof he shall Any Ways Intermeddle or have any power or Demand of but that the Receipt Acquittance and Discharge of her the said Catherine Truelove shall be answerable and Sufficient Discharge both at Law and in Equity to them said John Johnson and Robert Porter and the Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such survivor and to my Executrixes hereafter named for all the Legacyes by me before Devised to my said Daughter as aforesaid as if the said Catherine Truelove was Sole and Unmarryed And I Do hereby Constitute and appoint my Daughter Mary Porter and Martha Johnson Executrixes of this my Will hereby Revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made and I do Ratify and Declare these presents Contained in two Sheets of paper as and for my Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to the first Sheet Sett my hand and to the Last my hand and Seal this Twenty Seventh Day of May one Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty one Martha Rand her mark Signed Sealed published and Declared by the said Testatrix as and for her Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have Likewise Subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto in her presence and of each other Edwd Bloxham Joseph Hannell

Proved the 23rd Day of Aprill 1742 before David Trimnnell Dr in Divinity Surrogate by the oath of Martha Johnson wife of John Johnson for one of the Executrixes to whom Administration was Committed She being first Sworn Duly to Administer