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WILL of JAMES THOMAS SMITH (1810-1904) |
PAGE UPDATED 22 JANUARY
2015 |
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ORIGINAL NOTES BY JANE ANN’S GREAT-GREAT-NIECE, CAYMAN ISLANDS |
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JAMES
THOMAS DIDN’T HAVE ANY (SURVIVING) CHILDREN AND LEFT THE BULK OF HIS ESTATE
TO HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THEIR CHILDREN, THE MAJOR PART GOING TO HIS
DURHAM NEPHEWS AND NIECES, POSSIBLY BECAUSE THEIR FATHER, CHARLES JACOB
DURHAM, DIDN’T LEAVE THEM MUCH IT
IS INTERESTING THAT ALMOST ALL THE DURHAM CHILDREN ARE MENTIONED, BUT THAT
WILLIAM JACOB SMITH DURHAM’s SONS ARE NOT MENTIONED
– EITHER BECAUSE THEIR FATHER DIED IN SOUTH AFRICA IN DISGRACE? IN 1894,
AND/OR BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP BY THEIR MOTHER’S RELATIVES AND HAD
LOST CONTACT WITH THE DURHAM AND SMITH FAMILIES |
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SIGNED 1st CODICIL 2nd CODICIL 3rd CODICIL 4th CODICIL 5th CODICIL 6th CODICIL 7th CODICIL |
10 SEP 1896 10 DEC 1896 17 DEC 1901 14 MAY 1902 21 MAY 1903 21 APR 1904 7 JUN 1904 18 OCT 1904 |
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EXECUTORS |
Jane Ann SMITH (WIFE) Alfred HILLS Samuel Mitton
WATERFIELD (niece’s husband) Adam Rivers STEELE (solicitor) |
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WITNESSES |
non-family |
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PROVED |
1
DEC 1904, probate granted to Alfred HILLS and Samuel Mitton
WATERFIELD |
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LEFT |
£295,523-12s-5d |
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RELATIVES MENTIONED (IN ORDER OF BIRTH) |
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BROTHERS |
(A) WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, WIDOW ELIZABETH |
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(B) HENRY JAMES SMITH |
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LATE
SISTERS |
(C) ELIZABETH ANN SMITH BURGESS |
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(D) ANN FRANCES SMITH DURHAM – NOT MENTIONED |
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(E) SARAH MORRIS SMITH SHEPHERD |
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SMITH NIECES AND NEPHEWS CHILDREN
OF (A) |
NOT MENTIONED |
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SMITH NIECES AND
NEPHEWS CHILDREN
OF (B) |
ELIZABETH SARAH - NOT
MENTIONED, EMIGRATED? |
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ROSA MORRIS |
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MARY ANN – MENTIONED 1901,
NOT MENTIONED 1904, DIED IN MEANTIME? |
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GEORGIANA EMMA |
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LOUISA JANE |
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JANE ANN |
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JAMES HENRY |
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WILLIAM VICTOR - NOT
MENTIONED, EMIGRATED |
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HENRIETTA JOSEPHINE |
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CHARLES GEORGE - NOT
MENTIONED, DEAD? |
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EMMALINE JESSIE |
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BURGESS NIECES AND
NEPHEWS CHILDREN
OF (C) |
HENRY WILLIAM MORRIS BURGESS |
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SARAH ANN FRANCES BURGESS |
NOT MENTIONED |
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JAMES THOMAS BURGESS |
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WILLIAM HENRY BURGESS |
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DURHAM NIECES AND
NEPHEWS CHILDREN OF (D) |
ELIZABETH ANN, HUSBAND FREDERICK ALPHONSE KNOTT SON FREDERICK THOMAS DAUGHTER ALICE
LOUISE, HUSBAND ARCHIBALD JAMES PATON |
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SARAH JANE,
HUSBAND JOHN JAMES FENN |
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CHARLES WILLIAM I - DEAD |
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WILLIAM JACOB
SMITH - DIED, IN DISGRACE?, 1894 – SONS NOT MENTIONED |
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CHARLES JOHN I - DIED
1895 – WIDOW NOT MENTIONED |
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ANN(E) FRANCES
FINN (HUSBAND FINN NOT FOUND) |
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JAMES EDWARD I, WIFE
JESSIE MORRIS SHEPHERD |
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EMMA LOUISA - DEAD |
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ALFRED THOMAS, WIFE CLARA |
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JANE ANN, HUSBAND SAMUEL MITTON
WATERFIELD |
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FREDERICK EDWARD
(MISTAKE FOR FREDERICK EVAN) |
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MARY ANN II, HUSBAND WALTER FRANK EVANS |
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ALICE MATILDA - DEAD |
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WALTER HERBERT I - DEAD |
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HENRIETTA SARAH,
HUSBAND CHARLES MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD II |
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GEORGIN(I)A
MORRIS, HUSBAND ROBERT ELLERKER LEWIN |
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SHEPHERD NIECES AND
NEPHEWS CHILDREN OF (E) |
ELIZABETH SARAH |
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ANN(I)E JANE,
HUSBAND JOHN RYAN BELL |
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JESSIE MORRIS,
HUSBAND JAMES EDWARD DURHAM I |
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FLORENCE
THOMASINE – DEAD, WIDOWER AND CHILDREN NOT MENTIONED |
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CHARLES MESSINGHAM II, WIFE HENRETTA SARAH DURHAM |
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OTHER PEOPLE |
THOMAS BAKER
KNOTT – FREDERICK ALPHONSE’s FATHER |
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JANE VAUGHAN,
MARY VAUGHAN - JANE STONE VAUGHAN WAS
ALMOST DEFINITELY THE HALF-SISTER OF CHARLES JACOB DURHAM, JOHN THOMAS’
BROTHER-IN-LAW – SHE WAS BORN ABOUT 1812, BUT PROBABLY DEAD WHEN MENTIONED IN
THE 1904 CODICIL – SHE HAD A DAUGHTER CALLED MARY ANN – THE LATTER’S ADDRESS
IN THE 1901 CENSUS WAS 81 LEWISHAM HIGH ROAD |
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ALSO
MENTIONED |
THE SMITH FAMILY
VAULT AT THE SOUTH METROPOLITAN CEMETERY COMPANY’S CEMETERY AT NORWOOD – HIS
WIFE JANE ANN, AND THE KNOTT FAMILY, ARE ALSO BURIED THERE – ► ALSO
DURHAM CEMETERIES |
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