Reference
AL921/1
Title
Probate: John Burr senior, Kempston, farmer.
Date free text
25 Apr 1807. Proved 14 Apr 1810
Production date
From: 1807 To: 1810
Scope and Content
- to son James for life, cottage, garden & pightle purchased of Lucy Rolfe spinster, then to son John for ever
- to John Burr all real estate, Kempston, purchased of Roger Parry, subject to mortgages & annuity of £5 to testator's wife Elizabeth, & legacy of £100 to James Burr.
- to wife Elizabeth annuity of £5
- to son James £100
- to son John £15
- to daughter Susanna Douglas, £5
- to daughter Frances Savill, wife of William Savill, £5
- to Mary, widow of late son Abraham, £5
- to grand-son John Ward Burr (son of Abraham) £20
- to son John & James Smith, Kempston, farmer, as executors & trustees, £100 to invest & pay interest to Frances Savill, and to transfer capital if William Savill in her lifetime, otherwise to her children in equal shares.
- to son in law Richard Marriot the £20 borrowed towards purchase of house of William Haynes
- to wife Elizabeth all furniture & goods in kitchen and best bedchamber
- residue of personal estate to trustees to sell and invest, paying interest to wife Elizabeth for life or during widowhood, then 3/4 to James Burr, Susanna Douglas & Richard Marriot in equal shares
(or to their children if deceased) and 1/4 to Frances Savill
Level of description
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