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In
the Name of God Amen Silas Dollen
I
Silas Dollen of West Buckland in the county of
Somerset
yeoman being of sound mind memory and
understanding
thanks be to God do make and publish
this
my last will and Testament in manner following,
(that
is to say) first I give and bequeath unto Robert
Honniball
of West Buckland aforesaid yeoman Thomas
Arscott
of the same Buckland and William Jacobs
of
Ninehead Florey in the said county yeoman all those
my
two Messuage or Tenements called Higher Poole,
and
Prowe’s Parks situate lying and being within this,
Parish
of West Buckland aforesaid to hold this same
with
their appointments unto the said Robert Honniball
Thomas
Arscott and William Jacobs their executors
Administrators
and Assigns for and during all the Rest
Residue
and Remainder of my farm and Estate therein
respectively
upon the Trusts and for the ends intents
and
purposes hereinafter mentioned and declared of
and
concerning the said (that is to say) upon Trust that
they
my said Trustees their Executors and Admiozs do and
shall
farm and cultivate the same premises until my,
Term
and Interest in the Estate called Higher Poole shall
end
and determine and the profits and produce arising
there
from do and shall from time to time apply and
dispose
of for and towards paying off and discharging,
the
Rents respectively accruing and becoming one for,
the
same and the Residue thereof shall and do pay over
unto
my dear wife Margaret for the better support of
herself
and children hereinafter mentioned and as to my
said
Tenament called Prowe’s Parks I will and direct that
my
said Trustees do and shall Surrender and yield up the
same
and the Terms and Estate that shall be subsisting
thereon
at the expiration of my Estate and Interest in my
said
Estate called Higher Poole unto this lessor thereof also
I
give devise and bequeath all that my Messuage or
Dwelling
house with the Orchard and Garden thereunto
belonging
situate in Ninehead Florey aforesaid and now
in
the possession of Edward Bond unto my said wife
Margaret
Dollen and her Assigns to hold unto my said
Wife
Margaret and her Assigns for and during so longas
she
shall continue and remain a widow if my Estate and
Interest
therein shall so long continue and from and after
her
second marriage or death I give and bequeath the
the
same premises with their appurtenances unto my Son
Silas
Dollen his Executors Administrators and Assigns,
at
his Age of twenty one years. Also I give and bequeath
unto
my said wife Margaret the Sum of twenty pounds
of
lawful money of Great Britain to be paid her by
my
Executors In Trust hereinafter names when and as
the
same shall arise by Sale of my personal Estate
and
Effects hereinafter to them given and bequeathed
all
the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Goods
Chattels
Rights Credits Personal Estate and Effects
whatsoever
and wheresoever and of what nature or kind
soever
I give and bequeath unto the said Robert Honniball
Thomas
Arscott and William Jacobs heir Executors Adminos
and
Assigns to for and upon the several ends intents and
purposes
hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) upon Trust
that
they my said Trustees their Executors and Administrators
do
and shall as soon as conveniently can or may be after
my
decease cause an Inventory and Appraisement to be
made
thereof and the same do and shall permit and
and
suffer to remain and keep and continue in and upon my
said
Tenement called Higher Poole until the term and
Estate
which I now have therein shall expire and determine
so
as to enable they my said Trustees to farm and make
the
most advantage of my said Messuage and Tenement
in
the mean time and from and after the determination
thereof
then upon Trust that they my said Trustees their
Executors
and Administrators do and shall absolutely sell
and
dispose of all and singular my said Residuary personal
Estate
for the most money and best price they can get
for
the same and by and out of the monies arising there
from
do and shall pay off and discharge all such Sum and
Sums
of money as may be found deficient in or shall
Not
arise by the produce or cultivation of my said Estates
Called
Higher Poole and Prowe’s Parks and from and
After
payment thereof the Residue and Overplus of such
Money’s
subject to the Legaries herein before and after given
do
and shall put and place out at Interest upon some
good
and sufficient Security or Securities either Real or
personal
and the growing Interest thereof shall and do
pay
over unto my said wife Margaret for the maintenance
Support
and Education of my three children Silas John and
Betty
during their respective minortys and when and as
my
said children shall respectively attain their several ages
of
twenty one years then upon Trust that they my said
Trustees
their executors and Administrators do and shall pay
and
equally divide the said Trust monies Estate and premises
unto
and amongst my said three children in manner and
in
the proportions hereinafter mentioned (that is to say)
unto
my son Silas Dollen the sum of One Hundred
Pounds
unto my said Son John the Sum of Seventy Pounds
And
to my said daughter Betty the Sum of fifty pounds
Of
lawful money of Great Britain provided nevertheless
That
in case my said Residuary personal Estate and Effects
Shall
exceed the Legaries herein before given to my said
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wife
and children then I will and direct that whatever
surpus
may arise after payment of their respective
Legaries
shall go and be equally divided between them
my
said children in proportion to their Legaries herein
before
given or in case of a Deficiency therein then I direct
that
my said children shall abate in proportion
provided
also that in case that either of my children
shall
happen to die before they shall have attained
their
several ages of twenty one years then I will and
direct
that the Legary or Legaries share or shares given to
them
and made payable out of my Residuary Trust
Estate
shall go and be paid unto the Survivors or Survivor
of
them at his hers or their Age or Ages of twenty one
years
provided further and I do hereby will and direct
that
before my said Trustees shall proceed to the Sale of
any
part of my Household Goods or furniture they shall
give
and deliver over unto my said wife such parts thereof
as
shall be necessary and convenient to furnish the Dwelling
house
herein before given and bequeathed to her and to
enable
her to provide and take care of my said three
children
during their respective Minority’s provided further
and
I do hereby direct that my said Trustees shall and may
pay
and reimburse themselves and himself out of the
aforesaid
Residue of my Estate and Effects all reasonable
and
necessary Costs Charges and Expenses whatsoever that
they
or either of them shall or may bear payable be put
unto
or sustain in or about the Execution of this my Will
or the Trust hereby in therein reposed
And lastly I do hereby
abrogate
and make void all former wills by me heresofore
made
and do declare this to be my last Will and Testament
and
do Constitute and appoint the said Robert Honniball
Thomas
Arscott and William Jacobs Executors in Trust
hereof
I Witness whereof I have to this my Will contained
In
two sheets of paper subscribed my name to the first
sheet
thereof and to the second and last my hand and seal
this
ninth day of one thousand seven hundred and
ninety
one. Silas Dollen SS Signed Sealed Published
and
declared by the Testator Silas Dollen as and for to be
his
last will and Testament in the presence of us who at
his
request in his presence and in the presence of such
others
of us have Subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto
the
words (and after) wife and) my said children) in the
second
sheet getting first interlined. Jno Symes, Wm. Thomas
On the sixth
day of November in the year of Our
Lord
One thousand Seven hundred and twenty two Admin~
with
the will annexed of all and singular the Goods
chattels
and credits of Silas Dollen late of West Buckland
in
the County of Somerset deceased was granted to Margaret
Dollen
widow the Relict of the said deceased and Residuary
Legatore
In Trust Substituted in the said will during the
Minority
of Silas Dollen John Dollen and Betty Dollen.
Spinster
minors the children of said deceased and
until
on of them shall attain the age of twenty one
years.
She having been first sworn duly to Administrator
Robert
Honniball Thomas Arscott and William Jacobs
the
Executors and Residuary Legatees In Trust named in
the
said will giving first ? as well the Execution
thereof
as the Letters of Administration (with this said~
annexed
of the Goods of the said deceased.
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