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Probate with Copy of Will annexed; Lydia Ward of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, spinster

21 Dec 1742; proved 24 Jan 1742/3

From: 1742 To: 1743

- to my master and mistress Joseph Ransom and wife Mary 1 guinea each and best handkerchief and chest of drawers - to their daughter Mary £5 and a pair of silver buttons - to their son Joseph 1 guinea - to their son Richard 5s and a pair of silver buttons - to testatrix's sister Mary wife of Robert Blunker £5 - to niece Lydia Carter £5 - to sister Elizabeth Page £10 - to niece Mary Page £5, one pair of sheets, 6 napkins, one table cloth, one chest - to nephew George Ward one chest, one bell metal pot - wearing apparrell and other linen to be equally divided between nieces Hannah and Ann Ward - brother George Ward sole executor and residuary legatee witnesses: John Moore, Charles Nicholls Field

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Ward, Lydia,
Ransom, Joseph,
Ransom, Mary,
Ransom, Richard,
Ward, Mary,
Blunker, Mary,
Blunker, Robert,
Carter, Lydia,
Ward, Elizabeth,
Page, Elizabeth,
Page, Mary,
Ward, George,
Ward, Hannah,
Ward, Ann

wills, Lydia will: Ward, Hitchin, PROBATE, money, household linen, household furniture, silver, buttons, clothing