BS2174

(copy) will of Mary Coleman, widow, Luton.

12 Aug 1741

From: 1741 To: 1741

-- 14 acres arable (freehold) Luton fields, purchased from late father-in-law, Michael Coleman, deceased 14 February 1728/9 - Lease and Release and all other freehold lands and tenements purchased from Michael Coleman to only son James Coleman for life and to brother Daniel Brown Luton, maltster and John Freeth, Luton, linen-draper in trust for James Coleman and to preserve contingent remainders:- to Ann Coleman, daughter of James Coleman and heirs; eldest child of James Coleman and heirs; or rightful heirs of testator -- to Ann Coleman 1 pair Holland sheets, silver mug, gold chain. -- to Sarah Freeth, ‘Exposition of the New Testament’ by Thomas Ellwood -- £5 to poor Quakers belonging to their monthly meetings at Dunstable and Markyate Street -- £5 in bread to poor of Luton -- ten shillings and common on wearing apparel to Sarah Law, widow of John Law, Luton, deceased -- Alice Day five shillings if living with her at decease -- five shillings to Samuel Davison, son’s apprentice to buy a Bible -- residue to son James Coleman Executor James Coleman. Witnesses: John Brown, William Horn, S. Marsom.

Collection made by the late A.W. Turner, and sent by Messrs. Perrys, 56 Preston Street, Brighton, via British Records Association.

item

Coleman, Mary,
Coleman, Michael,
Coleman, James,
Brown, Daniel,
Freeth, John,
Freeth, Sarah,
Coleman, Ann,
Ellwood, Thomas,
Law, Sarah,
Law, John,
Day, Alice,
Davison, Samuel,
Brown, John,
Horn, William,
Marson, S.

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