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Probate of the will of Susannah otherwise Susan Graves, formerly of Great Suffolk Street and of St John's Hill, Battersea, but now of 50 Great Surrey Street, Christchurch, spinster

10 Dec 1834; probate 29 Oct 1836

From: 1834 To: 1836

her brother, John Jay Graves by his will bequeathed £15,000 3% Consols to trustees for her benefit, and after her death to such people as she might devise by will. He also gave residue of his estate to trustees for her benefit … to James Eland Hobson and John Hobson - said sum of £15,000 3% Consols - residue of personal estate in trust to p[ay debts etc. and then following legacies … to William Parmenter, 21 Salem Gardens, Bayswater - £500 … to Sarah Head, wife of John Head, Skin Market, Great Suffolk Street - £500 … to --- Abrahams, daughter of John and late Susan Abrahams, Sible Hedingham, Essex - £200 … to Ann Parmenter, sister of Sarah Head - £200 … to Elizabeth Newbourn, wife of Joseph Newbourn of Sible Hedingham - £200 … to Hannah Schooling, wife of James Schooling, Castle Hedingham - £200 … to Mary Thurston, wife of James Thurston, Castle Hedingham - £200 … to Sarah Luckhurst, Crayford, Kent, spinster - £300 … to Margaret Heron, wife of George Heron, Bermondsey, Surrey - £100 … to William Beebe, 14 Coburgh Place, Upper Kennington Lane, Surrey - £1,000 … to Mary Morgan, daughter of Matthew Morgan, late of Trafalgar Street, Walworth, Surrey - £100 … to Emily Willmott, daughter of William, Willmott's Buildings, St George the Martyr, Southwark - £100 … to Eliza Eland, Islip, Northamptonshire - £300 … to Elizabeth Wimberley, 'lately residing with me as companion' - £100 … to Ann Weller, spinster, 'now residing with me as companion' - £100 … to Catherine [?Caroline] Fitch, 75 Piccadilly, Middlesex - £100 … to Matilda Hobson, 50 Blackfriars Road, Surrey - £1,000 … to executors - £1,000 in trust to invest it in stocks or securities and pay interest etc. to Ann Aveling of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire (sister of executors) for life, independent of any husband. After her death, stocks etc. to be sold and proceeds divided between her children … to John Hobson of Eaton Socon - £1,000 as a mark of respect and some remuneration for trouble he will have executing trusts … to Treasurer of Southwark Female Society - £300 to be paid within 12 months after her decease out of such trust monies as shall arise for sale of said Consols, to be applied to support of said Society … to Treasurer of Southwark Infants School, Kent Street, Borough - £300 to be paid out trust monies, as last mentioned, to support of said Infants' School … to Treasurer of School for Indigent Blind, St George's Fields, Southwark - £300 to be paid out of trust monies, as previously mentioned, to be applied to support of said school … to Christ Church, Surrey, Schools (opened on 8 March 1819 upon the Royal British System for the instruction of children of parents of all religious denominations, situate in Marlborough Street, Christ Church) - £300, within 12 months after her decease out of trust monies, for purposes of such schools … to Christ Church, Surrey, Charity Schools, Green Walk - £300 to be paid out of trust monies, as above, for purpose of said Schools … to Treasurer of Royal Universal Infirmary for Children, Waterloo Bridge Road - £300 to be paid out of trust monies as before, and to be applied towards carrying on the benevolent designs of said Charity … to friend, James Eland Hobson, 50 Blackfriars Road, grocer - residue of trust monies and of estate, for his own use and benefit - all real estate for own use and benefit - all real estate of which she may be seized as trustee or mortgagee said James Eland Hobson and John Hobson appointed executors witnesses: John Rees, 240 Blackfriars Road Jonathan [?John] Deacon, Doctor's Commons H H Deacon, Doctor's Commons 10 Dec 1834 probate (Prerogative Court of Canterbury) 'sworn under Twenty five thousand Pounds' 29 Oct 1836

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Graves, Susan,
Graves, John Jay,
Hobson, James Eland,
Hobson, John,
Parmenter, William,
Head, Sarah,
Head, John,
Abrahams,
Abrahams, John,
Abrahams, Susan,
Parmenter, Ann,
Newbourn, Elizabeth,
Newbourn, Joseph,
Schooling, Hannah,
Schooling, James,
Thurston, Mary,
Thurston, James,
Luckhurst, Sarah,
Heron, Margaret,
Heron, George,
Beebe, William,
Morgan, Mary,
Morgan, Matthew,
Willmott, Emily,
Willmott, William,
Eland, Eliza,
Wimberley, Elizabeth,
Weller, Ann,
Fitch, Caroline,
Fitch, Catherine,
Hobson, Matilda,
Aveling, Ann,
Hobson, Ann

wills, Susan will: Graves, PROBATE, London SE1 Great Suffolk Street, Battersea St John's Hill, Southwark Great Surrey Street, family/personal financial affairs, stocks, trustees, trusts, Bayswater, money, skin dealer, markets, Sible Hedingham, Castle Hedingham, Crayford [Kent], Bermondsey, Lambeth Kennington Lane, Walworth, Southwark St George the Martyr, Islip, Southwark Blackfriars Road, Whittlesey, EATON SOCON, women's societies, schools, hospitals, grocer