LS705

Copy of will of Samuel Wheeler, How End, Houghton Conquest, yeoman.

Will dated 17 Aug 1757; will proved (Bedford) 23 Dec 1757

From: 1757 To: 1757

To daughter Lucy Berry: - 4 acres arable in common fields of Wooton - close pasture (4 acres) in Wooton - 3 acres arable in Windmill field, Marston Moretaine - 6 acres arable in common fields of Silsoe (formerly Givins) To daughter Velebet Wheeler: - farmhouse, farm etc in Blunham, Tempsford and Everton (purchased from John Thickpenny and wife Martha) - 2 pightles pasture (formerly Urlms) in Silsoe To brother John Wheeler and his son John: - all my woollen wearing apparel (except best great coat which is to go to son-in-law John Berry) To said daughter Velebet Wheeler £100 Residue to son-in-law John Berry and daughter Velebet Wheeler, who are also appointed executors.

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Wheeler, Samuel,
Berry, Lucy,
Givins,
Wheeler, Velebet,
Thickpenny, John,
Thickpenny, Martha,
Urlms,
Wheeler, John,
Berry, John

HOUGHTON CONQUEST, Houghton Conquest How End, WOOTTON, MARSTON MORETAINE, SILSOE, BLUNHAM, TEMPSFORD, EVERTON, wills, clothing, Wootton fields, Silsoe fields