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WILL of ANN FRANCES SMITH DURHAM (1820-1876) |
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SIGNED |
5 JAN 1876 |
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EXECUTORS |
Frederick Alphonse Knott (son-in-law) William Jacob Smith Durham (son) Charles John Durham I (son) |
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WITNESSES |
Elizabeth Waterfield Charles M. ShEPHERD |
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PROVED |
Proved
at London 22 FEB 1876 by the Oath of Frederick Alphonse Knott One
of the Executors to whom admon was granted power ???? of making the like Grant to William Jacob Smith
Durham and Charles John Durham the sons the other Executors |
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LEFT |
under £1500 |
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RELATIVES MENTIONED |
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SON-IN-LAW |
Frederick Alphonse Knott,
husband of Elizabeth Ann DURHAM |
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CHILDREN |
William Jacob Smith Durham Charles John Durham
I Jane Ann Durham Waterfield other children, unnamed |
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LATE FATHER |
William Smith I |
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NOTES |
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Ann Frances came
from a fairly wealthy family, the Smiths, so anything she left wasn’t
necessarily left to her by her husband, Charles Jacob Durham, after his
financial woes |
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Jane Durham
married Samuel Mitton Waterfield
in 1877 - Elizabeth Waterfield may have been a
relation of his, or just simply somebody with the same name – in the 1881 census,
he was at 19&21 Blackheath Hill, but there is no entry for 66 Blackheath
Hill |
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“Silver Teapot
marked C.A.D.” we have found no Durham
ancestors with the initials C.A.D., even a wife, unless it goes back further
than we do – Ann Frances’ husband and his father were not eldest sons, so it
wasn't necessarily a heirloom to be handed down through the family (it might
even be a Smith heirloom, although we haven't any C.A.D.'s
there either) – could it just mean Charles and Ann Durham? |
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Original notes by Ann Frances’ Great-granddaughter,
Cayman Islands |
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Transcription by
her Great-great-grandson’s Wife, New Zealand, September 2009 This is the last
Will and Testament of me Ann Frances Durham of No. 31 Taunton Road Lee in the
County of Kent, Widow, whereby I revoke all former Wills and Testamentary
dispositions. I appoint my Son in Law Frederick Alphonse Knott and my sons
William Jacob Smith Durham and Charles John Durham executives here of and I desire(?)
them to pay all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses as soon
as conveniently after my decease. I give all my wearing apparel and bed and
table linen unto such of my daughters as shall be living and unmarried at the
time of my
decease and I direct that the same shall be delivered to or taken possession
of by them immediately after my decease not withstanding that any of them may
be under the age of twenty one years. I also give to each and every of my
daughters other than my daughter Jane Ann Durham who shall be living and
unmarried at the time of my decease and shall then have attained or shall
afterwards attain the age of twenty three years the sum of Fifty Pounds
Sterling and to my said daughter Jane Ann Durham in case she shall be living
and unmarried at the time of my decease and shall then have attained or shall
afterwards attain the age of twenty three years the sum of One hundred Pounds
Sterling. I give to my said son Charles John Durham my Silver Teapot marked
C.A.D. trusting that on his death he will leave it to some member of his
family but without intending to impose on him any obligation or condition of
doing so. And as to all the residue and remainder of my property estate and
effects unto such of my children as shall be living at the time of my decease
and shall then have attained or shall afterwards attain the age of twenty
three years in equal shares if more than one such Child as tenants(?)
in common for their several and respective absolute use and benefit and the
shares of such of them as may be
daughters to be also for their respective sole and separate use. And I direct
that the income arising from the presumptive or contingent share of every
such Child who shall be under the age of twenty three years at the time of my
decease shall invested and accumulated by way of compound interest until such
child shall attain the age of twenty three years or die under such age and
that accumulation shall follow the destination of the share from which the
same shall arise. And I declare it to be my express Will and intention that
no part of such Income shall be applied for maintenance as my Children are
already provided for in that respect under the Will of my late Father
provided always that as regards my said two before named sons and any other
Child or children of mine who may be indebted to me at the time of my decease
the respective amounts in which they respectively may be so indebted with
interest Thereon at five ???? per
cent per annum from the day of my decease shall be brought into ???? by them
respectively and be deducted from their shares of and in my residuary estate.
In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of January in
the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and seventy six. Signed by the
above named Ann Frances Durham in the presence of us who were both present at
the same time and who in her presence and in the presence of each other have
hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses Elizabeth Waterfield 66
Blackheath Hill, Charles M. Shepherd
226 Lewisham High Road, Deptford Kent. Proved at London
22nd February 1876 by the Oath of Frederick Alphonse Knott One of the
Executors to whom admon was granted power ???? of making the like
Grant to William Jacob Smith Durham and Charles John Durham the sons the
other Executors. |
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