NC1270

Declaration of settlement of trust Money, by J Eliot junior of Bartholomew Close, London, merchant, and Mariabella Eliot of same, spinster, only children of J Eliot the younger of London, merchant, and Mariabella Farmborough (late Briggins), both deceased.

28 Jun 1759

From: 1759 To: 1759

Marriage Settlement of J Eliot the younger and Mariabella Farmborough, assigned 23 East India Bonds (part of Mariabella's fortune) to trustees, Richard How and Philip Eliot, on trust to sell and lay out in purchase of lands, 10 April 1734. The bonds were sold after her husband's death by direction of Mariabella Farmborough Eliot, and invested as £2,400 3% Bank Annuities. Since their mother's death, J Eliot junior and his sister Mariabella have purchased an estate in Cornwall for £2,850, of which £683..7s was their own money and the rest came from the sale of the bank annuities:- Conveyance (Lease and Release) 23, 24 January 1759 1. J Trehawke of Liskeard, Cornwall, esquire (mortgagee) 2. Jonathan Williams and wife Ann 3. Ann Williams of Fowey, Cornwall, spinster, and Rebecca Kekewich of Plymouth, Devon, widow (sisters of Jonathan Williams) 4. J Eliot and Mariabella Eliot 5. Richard How and Philip Eliot Capital messuage, Barton farm and demesne lands in or called Treworgy, Kibbiscombe and Dowland, in parish of Duloe, Cornwall [distribution of purchase money detailed]

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Eliot, J.,
Eliot, Mariabella,
Eliot, Mariabella Farmborough,
Briggins, Mariabella Farmborough,
Eliot, Philip,
How, Richard,
Trehawke, J,
Williams, Jonathan,
Williams, Ann,
Kekewich, Rebecca

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