WL1000/1/BIGG/1/4

Deed Poll of Release of Legacies Parties: - George Smith of Baldock [Hertfordshire], post boy and Mary his wife [formerly Mary Walker, spinster]; - Robert Kidd, late of Biggleswade, now of Stotfold, victualler and Elizabeth his wife [formerly Elizabeth Walker, spinster]; - George Walker of Biggleswade, blacksmith; - William Pack of Stotfold, brickmaker and Charlotte his wife [formerly Charlotte Walker, spinster]; - David Walker of Biggleswade, millwright; - Benjamin Walker of Beeston [Sandy], blacksmith Recitals: - death of Benjamin Walker the elder on 26 Jan 1836; - will of Benjamin Walker the elder of 6 Aug 1835 devising his real estate to his wife Mary Walker, so long as she stayed a widow; remainder to his son Benjamin Walker; charged with payments of 50 to his children Mary, Elizabeth, George, Charlotte and David; - John Bray Cater and James Flint appointed executors; - James Flint proved will in PCC; - WL1000/1/BIGG/1/3; - will of Mary Walker, widow devising her real estate, subject to the charges, to George Bunyan Flint of Meppershall, farmer and Robert Kidd upon trust for sale, to be added to her personal estate and divided equally among her children, deducting 43 from George Walker [she having lent him so much] and 11 from Charlotte Pack [William Pack being indebted to the testatrix for that amount]; George Bunyan Flint and Robert Kidd being appointed executors; - death of Mary Walker on 5 Apr 1851 and proof of her will in PCC on 11 Aug 1851; - executors contracted to sell Mary Walker's real estate for 250, being 50 for each child, subject to deductions; - George and Mary Smith had received 50; Robert and Elizabeth Kidd had received 50; George Walker had received 7; William and Charlotte Pack had received 39; David Walker had receivde 50; Benjamin Walker had received 50; - the residue of Mary Walker's estate stood at 52/4/4 which was shared equally among the five children as 8/14/0.5 Operative Part: - the parties acquitted, released and discharged the trustees and Benjamin Walker the younger Witness: - William Thomas Chapman of Biggleswade, solicitor

6 Oct 1851

From: 1835 To: 1851

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Smith, George,
Smith, Mary,
Walker, Mary,
Pack, William,
Pack, Charlotte,
Walker, Charlotte,
Kidd, Robert,
Kidd, Elizabeth,
Walker, Elizabeth,
Walker, Benjamin,
Walker, David,
Walker, George,
Flint, George Bunyan,
Chapman, William Thomas,
Cater, John Bray,
Flint, James

wills, deaths, blacksmith, victualler, post boy, millwright, brickmaker, specific solicitors, BIGGLESWADE, STOTFOLD