FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENTS (for sale)

[see also Gloucestershire, for Bristol]

53/145 Ashton, Francis -Midsomer Norton - 1859
 Contemporary copy of Probate and Will - paper - names wife Ann. £9

53/122 Baker, Thomas - Wookey Hole - 1816
 Later copy of Probated Will - paper [watermarked 1844] - names 6 nephews / nieces [all Baker], gives details of land holdings. [see 90/20 Wookey above - Obligation Bond]  £20

98/128 Barber, William - Ilminster - 1885
Probated copy of Will - parchment - names wife and 2 sons William R & John (grandchildren not named). Probate & wafer seal attached £16

53/150 Bath, John - Weston Super Mare - 1880
 Attested copy of Will of 16/9/1875 - paper, watermarked 1895 - names wife Elizabeth. £10

53/138 Beckett, Charles - Bristol / Tellisford - 1844
 Copy of Probated Will - paper - names wife, Sarah Jane [nee Moody]. £15

98/129 Bird, Harriet (Miss) - Burnham then Ruishton - 1885
Probated copy of Will - - names Nephew  John S Bird, niece Emily N Bridges, grand nephew Benjamin H Boucher, brother in law George Winter, other beneficiaries incl. Annie Foord (Berrow), Edward G Cox (residing with Harriet).  Large sheet of parchment with cert. of probate & wafer seal attached.  £17

53/127 Bryant, Abraham -Shepton Mallet -1824
 Contemporary copy of Will - paper - names wife and 4 married daughters [Hayes, Parker, Shilstone, Tutton]. £20

225/14 Colstone, Thomas - Bowlish, Shepton Mallet - 1774
Declaration by Thomas Colstone that he's received a legacy paid under the Will of his father Thomas, thus discharges the lands left to his siblings Ruth & John Colstone.  Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written 1 side. Ink & embossed duty stamps. Signed / sealed by Thomas, witnessed by Rose Hyatt & Jos. Brown.  Together with slip of paper (apparently in Thomas' handwriting) acknowledging receipt, witnessed by Wm. Colstone.  £47

160/107 Cook, James J.P. - Bridgwater & Weston Super Mare - died 1911
Certified copy of draft Will - wife Ellen, brother William Cook, Nephew Wilfred Cook, stepmother Mary Cook (Highbridge). Appears to have been a connection with the Symons family. 1 servant named - Hester Disney. Many charitable bequests + inscriptions for tombstone etc. Typed on 4 sheets paper, with manuscript amendments. Draft Wills dated April 1896, Feb & Oct 1899. This copy certified in 1911 by JT Roach & ED Jones (solrs clerks, Bristol) also signed by W T A Ross (Bristol). [see also 84/250 & 251 above - Bridgwater & Weston Super Mare]  £16

160/108 Cook, James J.P. - Bridgwater & Weston Super Mare - died 1911
Copy of Will - wife Ellen, brother William Cook, Nephew Wilfred Cook (his siblings not named). Appears to have been a connection with the Symons family.  Many charitable bequests + inscriptions for tombstone etc. Written on 6 sheets watermarked paper, with pencil notes & some dusting to cover. Will dated June 1902. [see also 160/107 above]  £13

130/4 Counsell, William - Mark - ( 1836)
Office copy of Will -  proved 1837  mentions William younger son of William Counsell  (Mark, Somerset), sister Mary Counsell,  for full details / price, please see my Gloucestershire page - Wills - Lax, Robert - Bristol - c1837

53/143 Court, Elizabeth [Betty] -Glastonbury - 1852 - Declaration 
Original - paper - signed by John Fry Reeves - says that he is residuary devisee and he has the Will of Elizabeth Court in his possession. £15

160/106 Crocker, Elizabeth Sarah, widow - Cannington - 1903
Probated copy of short Will - brother William Henry Crocker (South Petherton), children Herbert Frederick Crocker,  Alice Emily Kate Crocker. Paper booklet.  £13

160/100 Curtis, Thomas Henry - Castle Cary - 1872
Probated copy of short Will - parchment - wife Jane,  daughter Elizabeth. Grant of Probate & wafer seal attached. £19

98/123 Durbin, Richard - Nailsea - 1872
Letters of Administration & copy of Will prepared for Probate - wife Mary, brother Joseph, nephew George also names  John  & Clara Durbin. Details of land in Nailsea. Parchment with Letters of Administration & wafer seal attached.  £17

53/136 George, Francis, Batcombe - 1836
 Probated copy of Will - parchment - wife not named - names son and 3 daughters [Gibbons, Yeoman]. Details of property, including ‘Three Horseshoes’. £30

53/123 George, William - Wanstrow [late of Batcombe] 1816
 Probated copy of Will - parchment - names wife and 2 sons. £28

98/121 Glyde, Ellanette - Yeovil - 1863
Original Will  - husband  John,  mother  Mary Richards .Provision for the disposal of assets held in her Marriage Settlement - 1 trustee Thomas Richards. 1 sheet of paper watermarked 1855 - folded double - written on 3 sides - signed by Ellanette Glyde, witnessed by Walter Russell & Albert Bollen.. [see also 122, 125]  £30

98/122 Glyde, Susan (widow) -  Martock - (1868)
Draft unsigned Will  -  sons John dec'd,  William & his wife Julia, granddaughters Ella M G,  Nettie G S. Refers to Will of husband John. 1 sheet of paper watermarked 1855 - folded double - written on 2+ sides. Note, the terms in this draft vary from those in the final Will - see 98/125. [see also 98/121]  £24

98/125 Glyde, Susan (widow) -  Martock - 1878
Copy of Will  -  sons John dec'd,  William , granddaughters Ella M G,  Nettie G S, sister Eliza Glyde & her son Edwin (both of Torquay). Refers to Will of husband John & value of his estate. Personal bequests include a Rosewood pianoforte.  1 sheet of paper  folded double - written on 2+ sides (the original having been signed by Susan Glyde). Note, the terms in this draft vary from those in the draft Will - see 98/122. [see also 98/119, 121]  £24

160/103 Godfree, John Gill - Holway, Taunton - 1878
Probated copy of Will & 3 codicils - wife Caroline Adelaide, daughters Emma Chappell Godfree,  Elizabeth Ethelinda Godfree, sisters Sarah (? w/o Robert Trott of Trull)  & Elizabeth Chappell. 2 large sheets  parchment  - with certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £26

53/151 Goodall, Henry - Shepton Mallett - 1881
 Certified contemporary copy of Will and Codicil - paper - names wife 2 sons 3 daughters [1 Clarke], brother, brother in law [Cook]. £13

98/124 Goodland, James - Ilton - 1874
Probated copy of Will - wife Ann, daughters Virtue & Sarah A Gallen (dec'd but left children), his other children not named. Brother John. Parchment - with certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £17

211/65 Gotfrey, Coltrip - Othery - 1869
Copy of Will - wife Priscilla, sons Thomas & William Tucker Gotfrey. Details of properties & extensive list of lands in Othery, Hemming & Aller gives field names, acreages, no. on Tithe Apportionment map. 5 large sheets watermarked paper written 3½ sides - some pencil notes.  £20

211/60 Gould, Edward - possibly of West Coker - dated 1828
Limited Letters of Administration issued in respect of a property in West Coker acquired  in 1797 by John Chaffey (West Coker) with Edward Gould (who later died Intestate) as Trustee, from William Slade. Large parchment sheet with wafer seal attached signed by Willm. Parfitt (Dep Regr).  NOTE: This document does not give any personal information about Edward Gould or his family.  £20

130/25 Gould, George Henry - Clevedon - Appointment & Release of Trust Funds by Ann Rutherford (Redland, Bristol). Gould was one of  the two Trustees. For full details / price, please see my Gloucestershire page - Wills -  Waters, William - date of death unknown - Rutherford family - 1914

211/62 Hawkins, Thomas - Lipscombe & Widcombe, Bath - 1848
Copy of Will - wife Mary, children not named. Property in Bridgwater occupied by John Green,  Richard Hawkins,  James Jenkins,  Robert Southwood, and a share of land in Wimbdon. Paper folded in 2 & written on 2¾ sides.  £20

84/244 Helliar, Fanny - Donyatt - 1899
Letters of Administration - small piece pre-printed parchment with Probate wafer seal attached - names husband William, gives date of death, size of estate, & contains 'bank' stamp.  £5

211/67 Helyar, William Hawker - East Coker - 1880
Probated copy of Will - late father William Helyar, wife Theodora Adalaide, late Lucy,  Edith Elizabeth, sons Theodore Charles James,  Horace Augustus Helyar. reference to father's Will & Marriage Settlement.  Parchment  - with certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £27

98/127 Hembry, Jane (widow) - 1880
Original Will - names 7 daughters, Edith Patten (Glam.), Caroline w/o James Luff (East Huntspill), Elizabeth w/o Richard Tedball (Westham, Wedmore), Ann w/o Samuel Lee (Berrow), Ellen w/o Levi Meaker (USA), Marion w/o Joseph Porter (Huntspill), Sophia w/o Joseph Palmer (Berrow) - includes details of loans to sons in law.  2 sides of watermarked paper with 'mark' of Jane Hembry, signed by witness Henry Lovibond, solicitor, Bridgwater.  £33

53/153 Hillier, Alexander - Hatch Beauchamp / Rowbarton - 1893 [son of 53/149]
 Probated copy of Will - parchment - names wife and 2 sons. Other children not named. £17

53/149 Hillier, Nicholas - Yatton - 1878 [father of 53/153]
 Probated copy of Will - parchment - names son and 2 daughters [Burgess, Strickland], gives details of property. £18

97/1 Hooper, Jonathan - Yeovil - 1790
Later Copy of Will - 3 sheets paper, watermarked 1825, a few small holes in folds, written on 4¼ sides - father William, sister Elizabeth Masters, late cousin James Hooper,  nephews  William Hooper Masters,   John Hooper,  niece Elizabeth Terrell. Refers to property & lands at Rympton, Yeovil, Mudford, Trent, Queen Camel, Adber & Hummer, some with names of previous owner, or current tenant.  £32

98/117 Hooper, John - Yeovil - 1823
Copy of Will - 5 sheets paper, watermarked 1830, written on 4 sides - children James,  Jonathan,  William,  Edward,  John,  Matilda,  Elizabeth - late uncle Jonathan Hooper. Some lands identified by field names & former owners (Samuel Daniell,  Susanna & Samuel Kitson,  William Cayine,  Andrew Everton,  Mary Steele,  Samuel Watts). Personal bequests - names books, etc. Will had been written in 1823.  £25

97/2 House, William - Ashill - 1807?
Probated copy of Will - parchment, few words in folds, faded - sister Mary (w/o John Woodland of Bridgwater). Certificate of Probate (granted 1807) & wafer seal attached. [see below 98/118, Woodland]   £28

118/90 Keen, John Reynolds - Chewton Mendip - 1898
Copy of Will - 3 sheets watermarked  paper,  written on 2 sides only, with slight dusting to cover - children Sidney,  John F,  Maud.
Together with : a) 3 short letters (2 typed - addressed from Clevedon Potteries; 1 manuscript - addressed from Glen View) to the solicitors dated Jan / Feb 1903, signed by Sidney Keen, relating to sale of property.
b) 2 small receipts - 1 signed by Maud Goodridge, the other by Dorothy C Keen.    £28

53/159 Leman - Bath -  /Purvis, Richard - Beccles - Captain, Royal Navy - 1802
Attested copy of Will - paper. Names wife Lucy (nee Leman) - Bath, but not minor children. Refers to marriage settlement 1779 and extensive lands in Essex, Suffolk and Warwickshire. £30

135/16 Maggs, Charles - High Littleton - 1826
Letters Of Administration - son William Maggs - small sheet parchment with Wafer Seal attached. [see also under property section 135/14  High Littleton - Charles Maggs]  £9

98/131 Mead, George - Ilton - 1896
Probated copy of Will - names sisters Anna Batten,  Elizabeth Perham,  grandchildren Harry,  George,  Eliza, Annie Mead,  Harry,  Anna,  George,  William Marchant,  nephew George Mead, niece Mary Tobey, other bequests to Annie Adams, Ellen Mead, Mark Bond.  Parchment with grant of Probate & wafer seal attached.   £18

98/21 Meyler, Alice & Thomas - Taunton - 1861  - See details on Gloucestershire page under Wills, Clark.

171/219 Milton, William - North Petherton - 1875
Probated copy of Will - wife Mary Ann, sons Henry & Thomas Milton.  Parchment, grant of Probate & wafer seal attached. Some pencil jottings in margin.  £20