WL1000/1/WILS/1/2/5

Abstract of Title of devisees in trust for sale under will of George Morgan, late of Wilshamstead, shopkeeper, deceased to a close of 3 acres in Wilshamstead: 1a 1r 33p - WL1000/1/2/1-2; - WL1000/1/2/3 1a 2r 0p - WL1000/1/2/3; - death of William Morgan, intestate in Jun 1813, leaving George Morgan as his only surviving sin and heir; - pedigree of George Morgan: William Morgan I married Joyce Tompkins at Houghton Conquest on 10 Apr 1785; birth of William Morgan II 1 May 1785; baptism of William Morgan II 3 May 1785; burial of William Morgan II at Houghton Conquest 22 May 1785; birth of William Morgan III 31 Oct 1786; baptism of William Morgan III at Houghton Conquest 12 Nov 1786; Jesse Morgan (birth etc. dates not included); George Morgan born 20 Mar 1791; George Morgan baptised 27 Mar 1791; Elizabeth Morgan (birth etc. dates not recorded but died 1846; marriage of George Morgan and Sarah Horn at Toddington; marriage of Elizabeth Morgan and Richard Quenby; burial of William Morgan I at Wilshamstead on 20 Jun 1813; death of George Morgan 19 Oct 1842, buried at Wilshamstead; - statutory declaration of William Tompkins of Kempston, labourer of 27 Feb 1847 that he was 77 and knew William Morgan of Wilstead, shopkeeper who died nearly 34 years before as he married William Tompkins' sister Joyce Tompkins; William and Joyce had several children of whom only two, George and Elizabeth, lived beyond childhood; - will of 30 Apr 1841 of George Morgan appointing Richard Newman of Wilshamstead, farmer and John Armstrong of Wilshamstead, farmer trustees and executors and his wife executrix and trustee during her widowhood; he bequeathed the residue of his personal [and real] estate to his trustees upon trust to allow his wife to receive rents, profits etc.; after death or second marriage of his wife the real and personal estate to descend to Newman and Armstrong in trust for sale; - codicil of 8 Oct 1842 to will of George Morgan substituting Henry Sharpe of Clophill, baker, for John Armstrong; - death of George Morgan on 19 Oct 1842; - proof of will and codicil of George Morgan in Archdeaconry Court of Bedford on 25 Feb 1843; - death of Sarah Morgan, widow of George Morgan on 3 Oct 1846

1847

From: 1810 To: 1847

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Morgan, William,
Morgan, George,
Morgan, Joyce,
Morgan, Sarah,
Tompkins, Joyce,
Horn, Sarah,
Morgan, Elizabeth,
Quenby, Elizabeth,
Quenby, Richard,
Tompkins, William,
Newman, Richard,
Armstrong, John,
Sharpe, Henry

George will: Morgan, general family, shopkeeper, deaths, baptism, general marriage, labourer, baker