FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENTS (for sale)
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Wills, etc.
118/91 Cartlidge, George - Cobridge, nr Burslem - 1866
Probated copy of Will - names wife Rachel, sons Alfred, Lewis G., daughter
Eliza (w/o James Winckle), brother - in - law Samuel
Steele. Properties - Hanley & Burslem - occupiers incl. James & William
Winckle, Isaac Knapper, Elizabeth Mountford, Henry
Hammersley. Parchment with grant of Probate & wafer seal attached. £21
211/74 Chatterley, Hannah (widow) - Hanley - 1899
Probated copy of Will - daughter Elizabeth Austin (widow). Parchment with
grant of Probate & wafer seal attached. [1906 note on reverse signed by Herbert
Edwin Bishop (Dep. Steward) states that it was exhibited at Manor of Newcastle u
Lyme.] £15
53/100 Dodds, Ann [widow] - Ravensthorpe, Lincs./ Shenstone,
Stafford 1852
Probated copy of Will - parchment - number of children, but only William named. £27
105/33 Dodds, Ann [widow] - Ravensthorpe, Lincs./
Gainsborough Hill,
Stafford died 1852
Release & Indemnity given by her children in 1853 to Henry Marr (Broughton,
Lincs) & Richard Johnson (Appleby, Lincs) the Executors of her Will.
Watermarked paper includes details of net value & amount paid to each
beneficiary, signed by 13 of Ann's children - Thomas Dodds (Little
Hermitage St, Middx), Charles Dodds (Nichol Sq, Middx), Mary, Isabella,
Anne, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Rachel, Benjamin, Nicholas & Hugh
Dodds (all Gainsborough Hill), George & Edward Dodds (both West Gwillimbury,
Canada). William Dodds did not sign as he had already benefited prior to his
mother's death. Witnessed by Wm Austin (Litchfield). Together with
a) a signed declaration from James Patton (Notary Public of Barrie, Simcoe,
Canada) confirming he was present when George & Edward signed the Indenture, &
b) a Certificate of Appointment of Patton as Notary Public signed by the Earl of
Elgin & Kincardine, Governer General of British North America. £50
211/69 Edwards, George - Bradley Green, Biddulph - 1856
Letters of Administration with copy of Will - wife Mary, sons George,
John, daughter Mary Sabina Edwards. Properties in Bradley Green.
Parchment with wafer seal attached. £27
53/157 Fielding, Hannah - Alton - 1883
Probated copy of Will - parchment - some creasing, and text faint in folds - names four
children (son, William Francis in Australia). £14
211/73 Gallagher, Michael - Hanley - 1895
Letters of Administration - wife Catherine. Pre-printed parchment sheet with
manuscript insertions & wafer seal attached. £6
211/75 Hall, Luke - Cheddleton, previously Bagnall - 1900
Probated copy of Will - wife Sarah, daughters Mary, Sarah, sons William,
Arthur Hall. Parchment with grant of Probate & wafer seal attached.
£17
84/257 Harding, Jane - Norton le Moore - 1899
Original Marriage Certificate issued on day of Marriage - signed over
penny lilac stamp. Bridegroom Douglas Hamilton Marshall (Ripon, Yorks). £14
211/68 Hardman, John the elder - Handsworth - 1844
Copy of Probated Will - wife Barbara, son John, daughters Mary,
Eliza, Lucy (w/o William Powell). Son in law James Gibson
(Liverpool), grandson George Gibson, nephew Rev. Philip Whitcombe.
Property & land in Aston, Handsworth, Ninevah (Birmingham), & Lee Bank, Sandy
Lane (Warwickshire). 10 sheets paper watermarked 1860, written 9 sides -
damp-staining to right margin, bottom right corner of final page missing (no
loss of text). £26
130/80 Hargreaves, Samuel - Johnston Hall, Staffs - 1853 - Abstract of Sale of lands by Samuel Hargreaves to Edward Robinson Turner (Haslingden). Full details & price on my Lancashire page - Property - Edgeworth
98/33 Hinckley, Frederick & Arthur - Litchfield - 1882 - for details see Lancashire page (Nicholas W Gibson)
211/71 Jones, John - Hanley - 1894
Letters of Administration - wife Eliza. Pre-printed parchment sheet with
manuscript insertions & wafer seal attached. £6
98/132 Mare (Mayer), James - Bucknall - 1839 & 1878
a) Probated copy of Will of James Mare - names wife Ellen, late brother
John (& his 4 named children), late sister Ann w/o Frederick Peover (&
her 5 named children), sister Mary w/o Daniel Poole, wife's late brother
William Ford. 2 sheets parchment with grant of Probate & wafer seal
attached.
b) Notification signed by John Lovell Hamshaw dated 1878 -
that he has assigned his share of the residuary estate of James Mayer of
Bucknall as security for a loan. Other names on this document - Martha
Ferguson (who's also assigned a share) & Elizabeth C Kinch (who made
the loan). On 1 side of blue paper, pinned to (a). Together £ 40
211/72 Marsden, Joseph - Hanley - 1894
Letters of Administration - son Benjamin Marsden (1 of next of kin). Pre-printed
parchment sheet with manuscript insertions & wafer seal attached, company stamps
on reverse. £6
50/92 Masfen, William - Norton Canes - 1902
Probated copy of Will - names brother, daughter and son - in - law [Ashmail?],
daughter in law [remarried to Underwood ], and granddaughter. £20
118/92 Owen, Elizabeth -widow - Stafford- 1899
Probated copy of Will - names children Florence E B, Rev. Arthur
E B Owen, Ella G B. Refers to Will of William Stothart (S.
Kelsey, Lincs) who died 1836. Parchment with grant of Probate & wafer seal
attached. 20 company stamps on reverse. £20
211/70 Rhodes, George - Newcastle u Lyme - 1892
Probated copy of Will - wife Elizabeth, sons George, Rowland,
possibly other un-named children. Parchment - some pencil notations - with grant
of Probate & wafer seal attached. £19
160/110 Seabrook, Miss Mary - Enville, Stourbridge - 1905
Probated copy of Will - cousin Mary Ann (w/o Eugene Mallam), friend /
main beneficiary Mary Ann (w/o Bosworth Walter Harcourt of
Norwich). Paper booklet with a number of company stamps on cover. £15
54/1 Hannah Walbank (Burton upon Trent) - (1720 & 1743)
Beneficiary of Will of Joseph Wilkin - for details see Leicestershire page
documents 54/1 & 190/27.
98/133 Warham, William - Hanley, then Newcastle u Lyme - 1888
Probated copy of Will - names wife Margaret. Residuary beneficiary
John D Furnival. Other members of the Furnival family had witnessed the
original Will. Parchment with grant of Probate & wafer seal attached.
£16