Some Bermuda Wills 1876-1881

Abstracts based on FHL Film 1700078 Bermuda Wills, Vol. 24, one of the items covered by Source:Bermuda. Wills, Inventories and Administrations, 1640-1954.

Note: due to handwriting, "Trott" looks like Troth sometimes. Also, uppercase P looks like uppercase T. This, among other causes, may result in errors. Only cursory proof-reading was done due to time constraints. There is a lot of information to extract from a will, these abstracts focus on the relationships expressed using the original words as often as convenient.

p. 1: Proved 18 Oct 1876. William Newbold Talbot (Master Mariner) Principal Keeper of the Light House, Gibbs Hill. in the Parish of Southampton ... my beloved Wife Jane Herbert ... my children Theresa Adelaide Darrell, William Edward, and Jane Emilie Williams ... 29 Sep 1875.

p. 3: Proved 21 Oct 1876. Thomas Frith of the Town of Saint George in the Parish of Saint George in the Islands of Bermuda Carpenter and Joiner ... my six Children John Athill Frith, Thomas Edmund Frith, William Henry Frith, Elina Ann Charlotte Frith, Mary Ann Theresa Richardson and Lucy Jane Frith ... 4 Jan 1867.

p. 5: Proved 15 Nov 1876. John Fox of the Town and Parish of Saint George in the Islands of Bermuda, House Joiner, ... to Mrs Emily Hayward wife of Thomas Burt Hayward senior and Charles Brady at the date hereof Publisher of the "Colonist" Newspaper in these Islands ... William Henry Griset of the Town and Parish of Saint George aforesaid in the Island aforesaid, Merchant and William Davenport Fox of the same place Merchant Executors ... 10 Jun 1869.

p. 9: Proved 15 Nov 1876. Josiah Smith of Tucker's Town in the Parish of Saint George in the Islands of Bermuda ... my dear Wife Catherine Camelia Smith ... my Daughters Diatha Smith and Dianh Smith so long as they shall live single and unmarried ... my children John Thomas Smith Jabez Smith Elina Harriet Talbot the wife of Thomas Talbot Caroline Smith Delana Trott wife of Benjamin Trott Priscilla Smith wife of Thomas Smith Rosanna Smith Ellen Smith Diatha Smith and Dinah Smith ... brother Daniel Smith ... 28 Sep 1869.

p. 13: Proved 18 Nov 1876. Joseph Conyers Yates of Pembroke Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... my Wife Harriet Hurst Yates and my adopted Daughter Elina Heuis[?] Yates Seon (better known as Bessie Yates) ... 3 May 1872. Codicil 10 May 1872.

p. 16: Proved 13 Jan 1877. John Pearman Outerbridge of the Parish of Hamilton in the Island of Bermuda ...my Daughter Elsie Brownell Outerbridge ... my son William Arthur Outerbridge ... 21 Jun 1876.

p. 19: Proved 24 Jan 1877. John William Hayward [later: of St. Davids Island, in the Parish of Saint George in the Islands of Bermuda] ... my two daughters, Susan Higgs Hayward and Mary Outerbridge Hayward ... 15 Sep 1876.

p. 21: Proved 31 Jan 1877. Charles Hide Pickthorn of the Parish of Saint George in the Islands of Bermuda, a retired Officer from the Convict Department ... my son William Francis Pickthorn ... my Wife Betsy Cod Pickthorn ... my four Daughters Elizabeth Peam Pickthorn Margaret Louisa Pickthorn Caroline Pickthorn and Fanny Mary Yost Pickthorn ... 11 Apr 1854

p. 25: Proved 17 Feb 1877. William John Barrith of the Town of Hamilton in the Island of Bermuda Storekeeper ... my son John Barrith ... my wife Mary Jane Barrith ... my two friends Mr. A. Lawrence, Merchant of Hamilton and Mr John W. Smith (Painter) joint Executors ... 31 Nov 1873.

p. 28: Proved 19 Apr 1877. William Badcock of Paget Bermuda ... my beloved wife Theodosia Emily Badcock ... my children ... requests S. Saltus Ingham Esq: (Jun'r) of the Parish of Paget and the Reverend John Francis Burnaby Lumley Lough Rector of Paget and Warwick to act as my executors ... 24 Feb 1877.

p. 30: Proved 19 Apr 1877. John Dickinson Bell of Southampton Parish in the Islands of Bermuda, Merchant ... my loving Sister Hetty Bell ... my niece Esther Ann Talbot ... my nephew William Edward Talbot ... my brother Boaz Bell my sisters Maria Frances Talbot and Jane Herbert Talbot and three nephews Samule Crofts Bell Ebenezer Bell and Jeremiah Burrows Bell and my five nieces Theresa Adelaide Darrell Jane Emelie Williams Susan Horne Bell Henrietta Catherine Bell and Frances Jane Bell ... my twelve great nephews and nieces Henry Talbot Darrell, Emilie Augusta Frith Talbot, Rosalie Tinsent Talbot, Alice Lightbourn Talbot, William Edward Talbot, John Dickinson Bell Talbot, Herbert John Williams, John Dickinson Bell, Wallace Stuard Gordon Bell, Frederick Howard Bell, and Harriet Isabel Bell ... Mrs. William BBell and Miss Mary Matilda Dickinson ... my nephew Samuel Crofts Bell (mentioning his father Boaz Bell his three sisters Susan Horne Bell, Henrietta Catherine, and Francis Jane Bell and his cousin Esther Ann Talbot) ... appoint Thomas Dickinson Middleton and John Nathaniel Butterfield Middleton of New York merchants executors of this my will ... 29 May 1871. Codicil 4 May 1875.

p. 36: Proved 8 May 1877. Cornelius Minors Hayward of the Islands of Bermuda in the Parish of St. George Planter ... my loving sister Maria Frances Hayward ... Eliza Mary Armstrong .. provided she remains single ... my loving sister Mary Jane Hayward ... John Samuyel Hayward Mary Outerbridge Hayward and Mary Jane Frith ... appoint Joseph William Hayward Thomas Burt Hayward and Nicholas Lang Hayward executors ... 13 May 1876.

p. 38: Proved 7 Jun 1877. Anne Gilbert Fowle of Sandy Parish in the Islands of Bermuda, Spinster ... my sister Elizabeth Hinson Barclay ... my nephew James Hinson Barclay ... his wife Thalia Jane Barclay ... my father John Fowle 26 Mar 1877.

p. 41: Proved 12 Jun 1877. Samuel Catlin Ingham of Warwick Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... my beloved wife Jane Cornelius Ingham ... my children ... my three daughters Amelia Frances White, Lasinda Frances Ingham and Elina Samuel Ingham ... my son Joseph Samuel Ingham ... my deceased Father Joseph Catlin Ingham ... my son John William Ingham ... my Mother [living] ... 26 Dec 1844.

p. 44: Proved 15 Jun 1877. Richard Trott of the Town of Saint George in the Parish of Saint George in the Islands of Bermuda Stone Mason and a Man of Colour ... my well beloved Wife Juda ... my Son Richard George Trott ... my well beloved Daughters Lucy and Elizabeth ... the Four Sons William and David Thomas and Richard ... appoints my friends Richard George Trott and William B. Nubottom to be the Executors ... 2 Mar 1872.

p. 47: Proved 19 Jun 1877. Undated instrument of Henry Kneeland Durrant late of Sandys Parish in these Islands Doctor of Medicine deceased mentions ... my beloved wife Alicia Durrant ... my Sister Emily ... my Brother John ... my friend George G. Sands of New York City [to assist wife].

p. 49: Proved 22 Jun 1877. Elina Sarah Williams of the said Parish [Devonshire] in the said Islands [Bermuda] ... my son Robert Thomas Davis ... appoint my friend William Nusum Esq; sole executor .. 1 Apr 1877.

p. 51: "This will was recorded on the 5th July 1877, but has not been proved." Margaret Saltus Ingham of Southampton parish in the Islands of Bermuda widow ... my beloved Children Samuel Catlin, Joseph Edward, Elizabeth Edward, & Frances Jane ... my Brother the late Francis Catlin ... my sister Elizabeth Prudden ... appoint Samuel Saltus Ingham Esq of Paget Parish & Joseph Edward my son Executors ... 19 Jul 1825.

p. 53: Proved 6 Jul 1877. Joseph Durham Evans of Southampton Parish in the Island of Bermuda gentleman ... appoint my sons in law Samuel Tatem White William Evans Whitter and Broderick Evans Dickinson executors ... my dear grandchildren Julia Ann Evans White, Frederick Augustus White, Edwina Evans White, Adelaide Moore White, William Evans Whitter, Crofton Stanley Whitter, Richmond Douglas Whitter, Ormond Leigh Dickinson, Edwin Evans Dickinson, Durham Southerland Dickinson, and Broderick Evans Dickinson ... my daughter Frances Isabella Dickinson ... my little grand daughter Rosalis Isabel Dickinson [unmarried] ... Mrs Sarah King, Miss Mary Dickinson, Miss Dorothy Dickinson, Miss Elizabeth D. Whitter, Miss Frances Whitter, Miss Eliza Susan Beek and Mrs Tarquinia Bartlett ... St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in the Town of Hamilton ... my faithful servert Mary Fuller ... my four dear children Alpheus Evans Julia Ann White Sarah Bonnell Whitter and Frances Isabella Dickinson ... my son Alpheus Evans, being uncertain whether he is living or not, as I have have not heard anything of or from him for five years ... 30 Mar 1875. Codicil new grand child Celesti Marie Dickinson ... 8 May 1876.

p. 60: Proved 13 Jul 1877. Frances Elizabeth Tynes, Widow in the Parish of Paget, in the Island of Bermuda ... my daughters Rebecca Catherine Adams and Frances Elizabeth Tynes ... my niece Adelaide McKinney ... 20 JUn 1870.

p. 63: Proved 17 Jul 1877. Joseph Benson Steed of the Town of Hamilton in the Islands of Bermuda ... my dear wife Julia Ann Steed ... my children Frederick Benson Steed Miriam Leila Steed Sarah Elizabeth Steed and Mary James Jenkins Steed ... appoint my said wife Julia Ann Steed Executrix and my friend Francis William Roberts Executor ... 25 Sep 1871.

p. 66: Proved 23 Jul 1877. Augustus Peniston of the Parish of Smith in the Islands of Bermuda, House Carpenter ... my beloved wife Anna Maria Peniston ... my son Edward Peniston ... my daughter Ameria Ann Pearman ... my Grandson Ernest Clifton Peniston ... Harriet Eliza Goves North ... my daughter in law Anna Eliza Peniston ... my son in law Thomas Joseph Pearman ... 1 Nov 1872.

p. 70: Proved 24 Jul 1877. Thomas Blay of Sandys Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... my sister Mary Blay ... Theodosia Sophia Burrows ... Annie Tatem daughter of John F. B. Tatem Esq. ... Bermuda Church Society ... appoint my said sister Mary Blay Executrix and Marischal Smith Hunt of the Town of Hamilton Barrister at Law Executor ... 2 Mar 1877.

p. 73: Proved 15 Aug 1877. Alice Salton of Smiths Parish in the Islands of Bermuda widow ... John Matthew Jones (the only surviving grandson of my late husband Gilbert Salton and my godson) ... John Matthew Jones and John Henry Trott and Richard Darrell Darrell Esquires Executors of this my will ... 16 Mar 1871. Codicil ... Alice and Sarah the Daughters of my kind attendant Sarah Wood and her Husband Francis Wood ... 16 Jun 1872.

p. 77: Proved 15 Aug 1877. Laurinda Frances Ingham of Warwick Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... John William Ingham [no relation mentioned, bequeathed the house and land "being of the estate of Margaret Salters Ingham", in one article, and then everything else to him in another article] ... appoint William Samuel Firth of Warwick Parish Executor ... 9 Jan 1874.

p. 79: Proved 15 Aug 1877. 25 Dec 1876 ... Caroline Spencer widow of John spencer ... my dear children John Albert Spencer, Joseph Richard Spencer, Samuel Spencer, Sophronia Spencer, Emma Elizabeth Spencer, Anna Maria Spencer ... my dear grandson Joseph Richard Spencer son of John Albert Spencer ... my medical attendant Aggeus Outerbridge Esq'r M.D. be pleased to act as Executor to this my last Will and testament also William Aubrey Hall Esq'r of Smiths Parish.

p. 81: Proved 23 Aug 1877.Daniel Bascome of Hamilton Paish in the Islands of Bermuda Shipwright ... my beloved Wife Charlotte ...my Daughters or their heirs who may survive their mother ... my sons or their heirs who may survive their mother ... Wife Charlotte executrix and my friends Benjamin Hill Junior and Richard Augustus Burrows executors ... 12 Apr 1861.

p. 83: Proved 29 Aug 1877. Augusta Mary de Blois of the Town and Parish of Saint Georges in the Islands of Bermuda, Widow ... appoint my friend Thaddeus Aubrey Outerbridge of Hamilton Parish, in the aforesaid Isaldns of Bermuda Doctor of Medicine to be sole executor ... my friend and relation, Jane Irvine Bell of the Parish of Warwick ... my God child Landsdown Marray Guilding ... maintenance and proper care of my favorite cats ... my Aunt Ora Harvey ... my Aunt Amanda Musson ... Theodosia Tucker ... my Aunt Althea Harvey ... my Uncle Harrington Harvey ... Sarah Harvey ... Coleridge Harvey ... poor of Saint Georges ... Margaret McLees of New York ... Gertrude Trott ... Benjamin Burch ... Mary Giles ... Lucy Trott ... my Aunt Jane Irvine Bell ... Julia Lough Jane Harvey and Lizzie Gilbert ... my God daughter Tiny Penns ... my God child and neice Mary Lough ... my mother her sister Clara ... wife and each of the Daughters of my good Doctor Thaddeus Aubrey Outerbridge ... Dr. Alonzo Clements of Bethlehem Pennsylvania in the United States of America ... 14 Jan 1873.

p. 87: Proved 8 Sep 1877. Nathaniel John Yates of Pembroke Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... Augusta Jane Yates the Widow of my lately deceased son John Samuel Yates for the benefit and maintenance and support of herself and her daughters Ella Maud and Lilla Maria ... 31 Dec 1875.

p. 92: Proved 28 Nov 1877. Samuel Paynter Musson of the Parish of Saint Michael and Island abovesaid [Barbadoes] ... my brother in law Samuel Musson of the said Island of Bermuda ...Harley Trott and Thaddeus Trott of the said Island of Bermuda ... for the benefit of my nieces Susan James Musson of the said Island of Bermuda[,] Anne Trott the wife of William J Trott also of the same Island, Elina Musson and Georgianna Spencer Hinson the widow of Alphonso Hinson also late of the same Island deceased ... Charlotte Toddings the wife of Thomas Toddings of the said Island of Bermuda ... Prince West of the City of Bridgetown in the said Island of Barbados [reference made to his wife] ... my son Samuel James Musson and my friend Samuel Nurse Collymore ... my grand children Alfred St. John McAuley Donald McAuley and Agnes Maud McAuley children of Major John McAuley ... my other grand children Joseph Dudley Cotter and George Wentworth Cotter children of my deceased daughter Helen Cotter and my daughter Susan James Percy [elsewhere, "the Widow of Richard F. Percy, Esquire"] and her children ... 27 Jun 1872.

p. 111: Proved 30 Nov 1877. Eliza Musson of Smith's Parish in the Island of Bermuda ...my sister Georgianna Spencer Sawer ... appoint Georgianna Spencer Sawer Executrix Samuel James Musson Sebastian Sawer Thaddeus Trott and Harley Trott my Executors ... 20 Mar 1873.

p. 114: Proved 22 Oct 1877. Eliza [probably, resembles Elina also] Jane Hollis of Hamilton Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Spinster ... my two sisters Catherine Elizabeth Hollis and Thurssa [unsure] Caroline Hollis ... three daughters of Thurssa Caroline Hollis, namely Thurssa Laura Lorairs Hollis, Elizabeth Annie Outerbridge Hollis and Eliza Naomi Duncan Hollis ... my nephew Douglas Hollis ... appoint Orlando Cox Hollis Executor and Theresa Caroline Hollis Executrix ... 10 Dec 1872.

p. 117: Proved 24 Oct 1877. Adria Anna Gilbert Hill of Crawl Hamilton Parish Bermuda Widow ... appoint my son Anthony Burgess Hill, my son in law William Whitney and Thaddeus Aubrey Outerbridge of Hamilton Parish Bermuda Doctor in Medicine Executors ... Louisa Hollis wife of Dudley Hollis ... Elizabeth Furbert wife of Daniel Durbert ... John Peterson of St. Croix ... Annie Bargger ...my daughter Frances Mary Whitney and my son Anthony Burgess Hill ... 10 May 1876.

p. 120: Proved 24 Nov 1877. Mary Ruth Place late of Devonshire Parish in the Islands of Bermuda but at present of the Town of Hamilton in the said Islands Spinster one of the Daughters of John Place formerly of Devonshire Parish aforesaid deceased ... my Sister Harriet Matilda Pith widow of Solomon Pith deceased ... Edward Francis Roberts son of my nephew John Place Roberts ... Mary Elizabeth Richardson wife of Albert Joseph Richardson ... appoint my said nephew John Place Roberts and my friend John Harnett Executors ... 15 May 1877.

p. 123: Proved 7 Jan 1878. Anthony Burgess Hill of the Crawl in Hamilton Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... appoint my brother in law William Whitney Esquire and Samuel A. Masters Esquire (both of Bermuda) Executors ... John Peterson ... Anna Barger ...Louisa Hollis the wife of Dudley Hollis ... Frances Hays Doe the daughter of Edmund Doe ... Robert Hays Hill son of Thomas Hill of the Crawl ... Jane Smith now living at the Flatts ... Children of the said Jane Smith ... my mother Adrianna Gilbert Hill and my sister Frances Mary Whitney ...20 Apr 1877.

p. 127: Proved 12 Jan 1878. Benjamin Newbold of the Parish of Warwick in the Islands of Bermuda Master Mariner ... my beloved wife Mary Frances Newbold ... my children ... my daughters ... my son Theophilus Newbold ... 8 Apr 1856.

p. 129: Proved 2 Mar 1878. Maria Frances Hayward of Saint David's Island in the Parish of Saint George, in the Islands of Bermuda, Alias Somer's Islands Spinster ... my beloved sister Mary Jane Hayward, my brother Cornelius Minors Hayward and Eliza Mary Armstrong [last loses her right if she marries] ... my surviving nephews and nieces and the said Eliza Mary Armstrong should she be still living ... the said Eliza Mary Armstrong and Mary Jane Frith and Maria Louisa Frith the last two being the daughters of Hezekiah and Louisa Martha Frith ... 5 May 1874.

p. 133: Proved 2 Mar 1878. Nathaniel Roberts of the Town and Parish of Saint George in the Islands of Bermuda Grocer ... my lawful wife Frances Roberts ... the children of Andrew C. Hayward, Samuel, Anna and Sarah, the children of my brothers Thos. W. Roberts, Charles, Atticus, Eliza and James, and the son of my brothers Charles named Charles ... appoint Mr Thomas Toddings and Charles Roberts the son of Thos. W. Roberts my Executors ... 9 Aug 1872.

p. 135: 6 Mar 1878. Ellison B. Perot of Devonshire Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... my Wife Mary Jane Perot ... my nephews the sons of my Brother William Bennet Perot namely Adolphus William Perot James Elliston Perot and William Henry Perot Merchants ... Church Missionary Society at London ... Aunt Angeline Perot [deceased] ... 1 Jul 1863. Codicil ... lately of Devonshire Parish in the Islands of Bermuda but now of the Town of Hamilton ... 1 Oct 1869. Codicil ... Reverend John Francis Lumley Burnaby Lough Rector of Paget and Warwick Parsh and to James Bell Heyl of Pembroke Parish ... appoint Thomas John Wadson Merchant of the Town of Hamilton a nephew of my within named Wife an Executor [in addition to previous] ... 20 Jun 1874. Codicil ... 23 Jun 1874.

p. 145: Proved 13 Mar 1878. Mallary Todd Frith of Southampton Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ...my wife Louisa Todd Frith ... my children namely Louisa Todd Newbold ... my son William Mallary Frith ... my Mother Frances Frith of Southampton Parish [deceased] ... my said wife executrix hereof and William Todd Cooper Executor ... 15 Jul 1873. Codicil ... Child or Children of my said daughter ... my son-in-law Theophilus Daniel Newbold Master Mariner ... 3 Aug 1876.

p. 149: Proved 13 Mar 1878. Philip Grant of Sandys Parish in the Islands of Bermuda, Stone Mason, ... my beloved wife Anne Grant ... my son Robert Grant ... 1 Sep 1851.

P. 153: Proved 20 Dec 1877. Isaac Luke of Southampton Parish in the Islands of Bermuda, late leading man of Masons at Her Majesty's Dock-Yard Ireland Island in said Islands of Bermuda and now a Civil Pensioner ... my beloved wife Eliza Susan Luke ... the much beloved child (daughter of Robert Thomas Popham and Susan Eliza Popham) Mary Rosalie Beatrice ... 3 Jun 1876. Codicil ... my nephew Philip Jenkins ... 18 Oct 1876.

p. 158: Proved 10 Apr 1878. Catherine Burch Todd, Spinster of the Town of St. George in these Islands of Bermuda ... to my sister-in-law Mrs Sophia Todd wife of Henry Fraser Todd and to my sister Miss Elizabeth Todd ... my friend William Davenport Fox ... Messrs William Davnport Fox and Frederick Barren my Executors ... Miss Frances Grant Aunt of my sister-in-law of Mrs. Sophia Todd ... Mrs Mary Ann Brown wife of William Arthur Mowbray [elsewhere "Mrs Mary Ann Mowbray"] ... Margaret Dennis my servant ... Mrs Louisa Frith of St. Davids Island ... Richard Shaw Wood ... my cousin Mrs Susan Tucker widow of John Brownlow Tucker ... Miss Laura Tucker [elsewhere "Miss Laura Eliza Tucker"] ... Miss Sarah Bourne ... Mrs William Fox, Senior ... Mrs William Fox Junior ... Mrs Sam'l C. Rankin ... Mrs Richard Trudden ... Sarah Simmons [if still "finding" her meals] ... Mrs Hellen Haller ... Mrs Gracey Darrell ... Mrs Aubrey Richardson ... Miss Lucy Frith ... Mrs Henrietta Bourne ... Mrs James Lightbourne ... Catherine McKinney my laundress [if still in my service] ... 7 Mar 1876. Codicil ...16 Mar 1876. Codicil ... Mary Healy [if "finding me my meals"] ... 23 May 1876. Codicil ... 5 Mar 1877.

p. 169: Proved 27 Apr 1878. William Evans Whitter of the Town of Hamilton in the Islands of Bermuda ... my dear wife Sarah Bonnell Whitter ... my three children William Evans Whitter Croften Stanley Whitter and Richard Douglas Whitter ... my said wife Sarah Bonnell Whitter Executrix and my friends William Middleton Conyers and Harley Trott Equires Executors ... 2 Jul 1859.

p. 173: Proved 27 Apr 1878. William Thomas Gibbons of Pembroke Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... my beloved wife Catherine Jane Gibbons ... my two Daughters Eliza Jane Burgess and Mary Horns Gibbons ... my Grand son Joseph Edwin Gibbons ... appoint my said wife Executrix and my Friends Jeremiah Harnett and Edmund E. Carey Esquires to be my Executors and Guardians ... 18 Aug 1877

p. 177: Proved 27 Apr 1878. Joseph Richardson of Pembroke Parish in the Islands of Bermuda late Master mariner being about taking a voyage to the United States and well knowing the uncertainty of human life ... belowved wife Frances Wellman Richardson ... my Sons William Salltus and Albert Joseph Richardson ... my Daughter Emily Harriett Richardson ... my said wife Frances Wellman Richardson & my son William Saltus Richardson to act for me ... at Hamilton Bermuda 27 Apr 1861.

p. 180: Proved 8 May 1878. Thomas Peter Burch of Devonshire Parish in the said Islands [Bermuda], Planter ...my dear son Samuel Robinson Burch ... my dear Son Thomas Peter Burch ... my beloved wife Ruth Ann Burch of the Parish of Devonshire in these said Islands together with my dear Daughters named respectively Augusta Ann Burch, Althea Felicia Burch, Ellen Sophia Burch ... my dear Son Albert John Burch ... my dear son Charles Esten Burch ... my dear son William Marachael [?] Burch ... my dear son Edwin Melvin Burch ... my trusty friend William Cox Esqr. ... 13 Aug 1870.

p. 186: Proved 8 Jun 1878. Henry Trimingham of Pagets Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Merchant son of Daniel Trimingham deceased ...my Mother Eliza Brereton Trimingham and unto my three sisters Ellesif Agassiy Trimingham Emily Eliza Trimingham and Esther Catherine Trimingham ... my Brother Daniel Trimingham ... 27 Dec 1871.

p. 188: Proved 19 Jun 1878. Oliva Adney Parsons of Pembroke Parish in the Islands of Bermuda the Wife of Henry Parsons ... [mentioning an indenture dated 15 Aug 1871 between Eugenius Harvey and Maria Jane his wife, Louisa Margaret Smith, and herself, and regarding rents on her own half of the property, Louisa Marget Smith to] pay the same to my husband the said Henry Parsons for the use and towards the maintenance of my two children Amy and William Henry ... 23 Mar 1878.

p. 193: Proved 29 Jun 1878. Diana Dill of Devonshire Parish in the Islands of Bermuda a Daughter of Richard Gilbert Dill formerly of the same Parish deceased ... my sisters Frances Gilbert Tynes, Maria Hill Dill and Sarah Peniston Dill ... my nephews and nieces Adela Tynes Alpheus Jones Tynes Clarkson Tynes Julia Dill Tynes and Louisa Ann Tynes [elsewhere "Louisa Ann Jones Tynes"] ... my friend William Cox [co-executor] ... 15 Apr 1873. Codicil 6 Aug 1874.

p. 197: Proved 6 Jul 1878. Susan M. Wood (alias Susannah Maltby Wood) Spinster of the Parish of Pembroke and the Town of Hamilton in the Island of Bermuda ... my seven nieces daughters of the late Rev. John Stowe Wood and his Widow Alicia Content Wood ... Misses Frances and Caroline Joell ... my nephews the Rev'd William Joell Wood and Charles Edward Wood ... the Misses Ann, Jane, Kate and Minnie Burrows, my namesake Miss Susan Wood Mayor, Miss Griset, and Mrs Searles (or her children) ... Diocese of Newfoundland ... Church of England Society in Bermuda ... church Wardens of Pembroke Parish ... my sister Alicia Content Wood sole Executrix of this My Will. But in the event of my outliving her, I appoint my namesake and eldest niece Susan Maltby Wood and her sister Eleanor Burnaby Wood joint Executrixes ... 25 May 1878.

p. 200: Proved 20 Jul 1878. James William Musson of the Town and Parish of St. George in the Islands of Bermuda ... my wife Susan Paynter Musson daughter of Samuel Musson ... my niece Eliza Musson Gilbert daughter of John H Gilbert and Frances Dunham Gilbert and now residing in England ... I request that her [his wife's] Father be my Executor and my Brother Augustus James Musson ... 17 Jul 1855.

p. 203: Proved 26 Aug 1878. Priscilla Theodosia Perenchief of Southampton Parish in the Islands of Bermuda, Spinster ... my mother Sopia Smith ... my brother William Robinson Perenchief ... my brother James D. Perenchief ... my sister Rosa Adelaide Lightbourn ... my sister Louisa J. Robinson ... my sister Eva Perenchief and my brother Charles Perenchief ... 31 Jul 1878.

p. 207: Proved 31 Aug 1878 will of "late Strachan Lewis Eve late of Pembroke Parish in the said Islands" ... my dear wife Olivia Ellen ... my children ... write my son Theodore A. Eve, 13 South Clinton St. Ploughkeepsie, N. York ... dated 9 Jul 1878, signed "S. L. Eve".

p. 209: Proved 14 Sep 1878. Joseph John Outerbridge of Hamilton Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Sipbuilder ... my beloved wife Grace Greatbacks ... my two daughters Frances Eugenia and Jane ... my eldest son Aggeus ... my son Thomas James ... my son Oswald ... my two sons Theodore and Douglas ... 14 Nov 1874.

p. 214: Proved 18 Sep 1878. Robert Lightbourn of Warwick Parish Bermuda ... my wife Maria Dorcas ... my two daughters Maria Susan Augusta and Dorcas Hannah [unmarried] ... children of my deceased son Eusebius John ... children of my deceased daughter Adrianna Elizabeth ... children of my deceased son Thomas Smith ... my son Theophilus James ... son in law William M. Smith ... [his daughter's brother, i.e., his son, deceased] John Samuel ... my grandson son [sic] Laurie Middleton Smith when of age ... 2 Sep 1875. Codicil 21 Sep 1875 ... nominate and appoint Richard T. Dunscomb and S. Archibald Frith of the Firm of Dunscomb and Frith New York to be Executors [for the portion in New York]. Codicil 12 Oct 1877.

p. 223: Proved 1 Apr 1879. Rebecca Dill Godfrey of Devonshire Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Widow ... my Son Benjamin John Godfrey ... children of my late Son James Henry Godfrey ... my Son Edward Thomas Godfrey [unmarried] ... my relative William Cox ... John Nathaniel Butterfield Middleton and Austin Dickinson Middleton both of the City of New York [executors of portion in New York] ... 2 Nov 1876.

p. 226: Proved 9 Dec 1878. Eliza Thomas Robinson the widow of David Robinson late of Pembroke Parish Ship wright deceased ... George Morris Deshield ... David Robinson a Son of my late husband ... Elizabeth Robinson (commonly called Betsy Robinson) my step daughter ... Honorable James Harvey Trimingham Executor ... 21 Jan 1873.

p. 228: Proved 22 Jan 1879. Thomas Southworth of Lancastershire England late Funner in the Royal Artillery and now residing in the Town of St. Georges in the Island of Bermuda ... my son Thomas Southworth ... William Martin Smith Son of William Smith late Military Prison Keeper [under 18] ... 4 Feb 1858.

p. 231: Proved 29 Jan 1879. Sarah John Cooper of the Parish of Southampton ... Foster Mallory Cooper ... 23 Jan 1879.

p. 233: Proved 27 Mar 1879. John William Gilbert of Sandys Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Gentleman ... my Children william Gilbert Maria Rose Gilbert Susan B. Gilbert and Honoria G. Gilbert ... 26 Mar 1878.

p. 236: Proved 26 Jun 1879. William Todd Cooper of Southampton Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Gentleman .. my daughter Eleanor Frances the wife of Captain George W. Hill ... [property] belonging to the Estate of Richard T. Neubold deceased and which my sister Elizabeth Neubold held ... my niece Louisa Neubold the wife of Theophilus D. Neubold ... [property] which formerly belonged to the Estate of Sarah Cooper deceased and and afterwards to my father ... my Aunt Deborah Cooper ... 10 Apr 1878.

p. 240: Proved 5 Jul 1879. Edwin Peniston of the Parish of Smith in the Islands of Bermuda ... my dear Wife Eliza Mary Peniston ... my dear child sydney Louisa Peniston ... [date left blank]

p. 243: Proved 12 Jul 1879. John Christian Loeblein of Warwick Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... my beloved Wife Dorcas Ann Loeblein ... my Son Ernest Henry Loeblein ... my Daughter Terisa Artemesia Astwood wife of Daniel Astwood ... my Son Charles Frederick Albert Loeblein ... 16 Apr 1878.

p. 246: Proved 22 Jul 1879. Menimia Burchall of Saint Davids Island of the Islands of Bermuda ... Mathenia Thompson my dearly beloved daughter ... Ophelia Minors of St Davids Island ... my beloved Grand daughter Mary Ann Zuill, now residing with my daughter, and her husband [under 18] ... Edward Thompson my Son in law ... 26 Nov 1862.

p. 248: Proved 30 Jul 1879. Sarah Emily Outerbridge of the Parish of Hamilton Island of Bermuda Spinster ...my two Brothers, Thomas Samuel Outerbridge and Frederick Robinson Outerbridge to be executors ... my Neice Eva Wilhelmina Hodgsdon [house] left by my Father Peter Trott Outerbridge ... 30 Jan 1879.

p. 250: Proved 9 Aug 1879. Frances Talfor of the Town of Hamilton in the Islands of Bermuda ... Thomas Burrows Talfor (the grandson of my late Husband Thomas Talfor deceased) ... my Godchild Frances Talfor daughter of Thomas Talfor ... Elizabeth Simmons ... my neice Elizabeth Ann Amery and Nephew Thomas James Butterfield ... my faithful friend and attendant Emily Ore ... my said nephew Thomas James Butterfield and my friend Joseph H. Thomas Executors ... 5 Jan 1876.

p. 254: Proved 22 Aug 1879. James Henry Hollis of Hamilton Parish in the Island of Bermuda Mariner ... my mother Janes Ann Frances Hollis ... my three sisters Alberta Hollis, Eliza Jane Hollis and Lilla Hollis ... my brother William Orville Hollis ... my brothers Gerald Dupont Hollis and Benjamin Clarence Hollis ... my wife Henrietta Hollis ... appoint William Henry Wilkinson and Walter Oakshot North Executors ... 12 May 1874.

p. 257: Proved 30 Aug 1879. Stephen Benjamin Richardson of the Parish of Saint George in the Islands of Bermuda Branch Pilot ... dear Wife Violet Richardson ... my Children Alphonso Augustus Richardson, Samuel Paynter Richardson, Israel Thomas Richardson, Letitia Anna Richardson, Littria Louisa Richardson, William Benjamin Richardson, James Butterfield Richardson, George Robinson Richardson and Mary Jane Richardson ... appoint John Trott Fisher and William Samuel Trott of the Town of Saint George ... Executors ... 23 Mar 1850. Codicil: Son Samuel Paynter Richardson carpenter and joiner and John Athill Frith photographer executors 3 Feb 1879.

p. 268: Proved 20 Sep 1879. Ruth Massey of the Town of Saint George in the Islands of Bermuda Spinster ... my two nephews James Mitchell and Thomas Mitchell ... my niece Eliza Wood Mitchell ... my two nieces Mary Jane Mitchell and Sarah Ann Mitchell [also described as sisters of Eliza Wood Mitchell] ... Joseph Ming Hayward Sole Executor of the last Will of James Mitchell Senior deceased ... Jenny Latimore my servant ... John Roland Guerden [Duerden?] of the Town of Saint George aforesaid Merchant Sole Executor ... 6 Dec 1878.

p. 271: Proved 15 Oct 1879. Henry Seth Hall, Mariner of Hamilton Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... my beloved Wife Rebecca Hall (formerly Richardson) ... my two nephews Sons of Oswald Walter Hall ... my two nephews Oswald Walter Hanbury Hall and James Irvin Lefroy Hall ... my Brothers Oswald Walter Hall and Thomas Samuel Basden Executors ... 9 May 1879.

p. 274: Proved 15 Oct 1879. Daniel Richardson of Hamilton Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... William Henry Wilkinson Esquire and Mr William James Steed Executors ... my Sons William Frederick Papillon Richardson and Nathaniel John Richardson ... my Grandson Edward Richardson ... my Seven Sons William Frederick Papillon Richardson Nathaniel John Richardson Benjamin James Richardson Zaccheus Pompey Richardson Andrew Richardson Solomon Campbell Richardson and Edward Frazer Richardson ... 24 Aug 1875.

p. 278: Proved 18 Oct 1879. Richard Davis Hollis of Hamilton Parish in the Island of Bermuda (Planter) ... my beloved Sister in law Catherine Elizabeth Hollis ... my beloved wife Theressa Caroline Hollis ... my eldest Daughter Theressa Laura Lorario Hollis ... my Second Daughter Elizabeth Annie Outerbridge Hollis ... my third Daughter Eliza Naomi Duncan Hollis ... William Henry Wilkinson and Melville Outerbridge to be Executors ... 20 Sep 1879.

p. 280: Proved 21 Oct 1879 Charles Morgan of Sandys Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Merchants Clerk ... my Aunts ... my three cousins Margaret Morgan Burrows, Sarah Evans Burrows, and Elizabeth Morgan Burrows ... [lands] in Warwick Parish in the Islands aforesaid subject however to the life estate of Frances Darrell and of Clementina Algerra Clements ... my friend Joseph Norman Harvey and my cousin Jeremiah Burrows executors ... 1 Aug 1876.

p. 283: Proved 11 Nov 1879. Samuel Daniel Jones Doe of Hamilton Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Planter ...my beloved wife Mary Ann Doe ... Sophia Jeffreys ... my grand daughter Fanny Hayes Doe ... my Son Edmund Haworth Doe ... 21 Feb 1877.

p. 286: Proved 15 Nov 1879. Frederick Augustus Stuart Hunter of the Town of Saint George in the Parish of Saint George in the Islands of Bermuda Doctor in Medicine ... my Wife Louisa Elizabeth Hunter and to the Child or Children born to me by my Said Wife ... my sister Fanny Hesther Barrow ... 12 Jan 1867.

p. 290 Proved 23 Sep 1879. James Richardson of the town of Hamilton in the Islands of Bermuda late Librarian of the Public Library ... my three daughters Naomi Lee, Sarah Brown Darrell and Martha Aitchison Keeney ... appoint my three Sons-in-law George Andrews Lee Edwin Benjamin Darrell and Joshua C. Keeney executors ... 3 Oct 1873. Codicil Son-in-Law Joshua C. Keeney ... being an alien incapacitated to act as trustee of real estate ... appoint my freind [sic] and neighbour John Harnett a trustee ... 4 Oct 1873. Second Codicil ... whereas my Son in law Joshua C. Keeney has Since been naturalized and I am desirous of appointing him a trustee ... 10 Mar 1877.

p. 302: Proved 24 Nov 1879. Anna Robinson of Devonshire Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Spinster ... my dear Sister Mary Frances Robinson ... my friends Adela Tynes and Alexandrina Griset ... appoint my friends Charles Henry Robinson and Thomas Neubold Dill Executors ... 8 Dec 1871.

p. 304: "On the twenty Second day of February 1876 the Will of James Deane late of Saint Ives in the County of Huntingdon Doctor of Medicine deceased who died on the tenth day of February 1876 at Saint Ives aforesaid was proved in Her Majesty's High Court of Justice in the District Registry attached to the Probate Division thereof at Petersborugh by the Oath of Richard Sweeting of Stratford in the County of Essex Doctor of Medicine the sole Executor therein named ... Recorded 12 Jan 1880." James Deane of Saint Ives in the County of Huntingdon Doctor in Medicine ... appoint my Son in law Richard Sweeting Doctor in Medicine Sole Executor ... my housekeeper Abigail Pack ... my cousin Alfred Dean ... my cousin James Hyatt ... my cousin Jane Horne widow ... my daughter Martha Seward the wife of the said Richard sweeting ... 29 Jan 1876.

p. 307: Proved 30 Jan 1880. Samuel Saltus of Pembroke Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... unto Henry Darrell of the Town of Hamilton in the said Islands of Bermuda (a son of the Honorable John Harvey Darrell) ... the Reverend Mark James and his Successors Rectors of Pembroke Parish ... Margaret the present Wife of the said Mark James ... Bermuda Church Society ... unto the Honorable Samuel Saltus Ingham ... four unmarried Daughters of the late James W. T. [later, "Tudor"] Boyle deceased Viz't Emily Boyle Fannie Tudor Boyle Melissa Boyle and Ida Boyle [later, "and to their Sister Mrs Elvira Bell and Brother Dr Samuel Boyle of Baltimore"]... Christopher Seon my Servant ... Miss Caroline Augusta Seymour ... Willis R. Stowe Wainwright Frederick G. Wainwright and their sister Mrs Emily Gregor all of the City of Halifax in the Provence of Nova Scotia ... Forster Mallory Cooper of Southampton Parish ... Mrs Eliza M. Conyers and her sister Mrs Mary A. Frith both of Paget Parish ... Samuel Saltus Ingham the younger and E. Graham Ingham Sons of the Honorable Samuel Saltus Ingham ... Saltus Jones Son of Charles Jones ... Elizabeth Boyle Daughter of Edmund Boyle deceased ... George I. Gibbs of Turks Islands ...Gregory V. Lee and Donald Stevens L. [later, "Lane"] Lee Sons of Donald McPhee Lee ... Richard Darrell Darrell [later, of Pembroke Parish Barrister at Law] and John Harvey Darrell the younger Son of the Honorable John Harvey Darrell ... Miss Eliza Tucker Hall ... Mrs Mantach formerly of Bermuda but now residing in England Widow of the late Robert Mantach ... my Gardener Cornelius Seon ... Thomas D. Hall of the City of New York Counsellor at Law ... my esteemed friend Donald McPhee Lee of the Town of Hamilton ... Estate of the late James W. Tudor Boyle of S[o]uthampton Parish deceased ... Estate of the late George Gibbs of Turks Islands deceased ... Charles Jones or Edwin Jones of Paget Parish ... 9 Jul 1879.

p. 320: Proved 25 Aug 1881. David Henderson Brown 1st Class Staff Serjeant No. 3127 of the Army Service Corps ... my dear Wife Margaret Brown now of Hamilton, Bermuda ... 21 Jul 1881.

p. 322: Proved 11 Feb 1880. Daniel Pearman Outerbridge of Hamilton Parish in the Islands of Bermuda, Gentleman ... my beloved Aunt Juliana Mary Pearman Sister of my late beloved Mother Elizabeth Ann Outerbridge ... my Father Peter Burchall Outerbridge [deceased] ... 6 Sep 1876.

p. 325: Proved 16 Apr 1880. Sarah Peniston Dill of Devonsire Parish in the Islands of Bermuda a Daughter of Richard Gilbert Dill formerly of the Same Parish deceased ... my Sisters Frances Gilbert Tynes Diana Dill and Maria Hill Dill ... my nephews and nieces Adela Tynes Alpheus Jones Tynes Clarkson Tynes Julia Dill Tynes and Louisa Ann Jones Tynes ... 15 Apr 1873. Codicil 6 Aug 1874.

p. 330: Proved 21 May 1880. Stephen Judkin Brangman Planter of the Islands of Bermuda in the Parish of Saint George residing at St Davids in the aforesaid Parish of St George ... my Loving Wife Eliza Brangman ... my Son Stephen Nicholas Swainson Brangman ... my Loving Daughter Caroline Elizabeth Crofts Higgs ... appoint Samuel Tucker Higgs Stephen Nicholas Swainson Brangman and Thomas Seon Hayward Sen'r Executors ... 26 Jun 1876.

p. 333: Proved 26 Apr 1880. Melicent Frith ]of Warwick Parish Bermuda Spinster ... my dear Grand ["daughter" crossed out] neice Mary Jane Harriott ... 26 Jun 1866.

p. 225: Proved 24 Jun 1880. William Frith Williams of Warwick Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Auctioneer ... my Sister or Brothers [three total] ... my Sister Helen Darling Hayward ... John Frith Williams ... 28 Aug 1876.

p. 338: Proved 24 Jun 1880. Benjamin Spearing of Southampton Parish in the Islands of Bermuda dresser of hard Stone ... my beloved Wife Mary L[a]vinia Tucker Spearing [surname given later as Spencer, probably a recording error?] ... my children Frederick Bento, William Benjamin Charles Henry and Robert Eugene (infant now living) ... my esteemed friend Robert Munroe ... 1 Mar 1880.

p. 341: Proved 8 Jul 1880. Walter White Darrell Merchant of Southampton Parish in the Islands aforesaid [Bermuda alis Somer's Islands] ...my wife Anna Susan Darrell ... my Mother Catherine Mary Darrell ... my Brother John S. Darrell ... my Brother Octavius Darrell ... 22 Jan 1880.

p. 344: Proved 15 Jul 1880. Francis Romeo of the Town of Hamilton in the Islands of Bermuda Sailmaker ... my eldest Son William Henry Romeo the only Surviving child of Frances my first Wife ... my beloved Wife Jane Eleanor ... our dear Children Charles Carr Romeo Rachel Tucker Romeo and Janus Smith Romeo ... my Son Francis Romeo ... my young friend Mary Frances Swan the second daughter of Joseph and Mary Swan ... my grandson Francis Alexander James Romeo and Charles Henry Thomas Romeo (the two sons of my Son William Henry Romeo) ... Eugenius Charles Jackson Esquire Barrister at Law [to be trustee] ...appoint my Son William Henry Romeo Joseph Henry Thomas and Samuel David Robinson Executors ... 20 Aug 1879. Codicil dated 15 Jun 1880.

p. 353: Proved 19 Jul 1880. Amelia Vickers of Smith's Parish Island of Bermuda ... appoint Thaddeus Aubrey Outerbridge Doctor in Medicine of the Parish of Hamilton and Nathaniel Vesey Master Mariner Junior of the Parish of Devonshire of the Island of Bermuda Executors ... my cousin Honora Hill ... my Father the late John Vickers ... 10 Apr 1880.

p. 355: Proved 22 Jul 1880. Elizabeth Mollings of Southampton Parish in the Islands aforesaid ... William James Been and Margaret Ann Simmons ... 12 Aug 1859.

p. 358: Proved 12 Aug 1880. Thomas McKinney Jones of Paget Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... my deceased Father Thomas Talbot Jones ... my Sister olivia Margaret Jones ... my Sons Charles Albert Jones and Thomas James Jones ... my beloved Wife Mary Amelia Jones ... my Daughters Mary Helen Jones and Catherine Adams Jones ... 7 Apr 1880.

p. 364: Proved 16 Aug 1880. Syke Smith of the Town of Hamilton in the Islands of Bermuda, House Carpenter ...my beloved wife Saphronia Smith ... my two children Samuel Augustus Smitha nd Rebecca Sophia Swan (wife of William Alexander Swan) ... 28 Mar 1874.

p. 368: Proved 7 Oct 1880. Laura Revella Robinson of Devonshire Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Spinster ... my brother Richard Edgar Robinson ... 26 Jun 1880.

p. 370: Proved 18 Oct 1880. James Cox of Pembroke Parish in the Islands of Bermuda, Stone Mason ...my wife Sarah Cox ... appoint Mr Robert White and Mr Solomon Simmons Executors ... 11 Jun 1878.

p. 372: Proved 20 Oct 1880. Ann Brice Hayward of the Town and Parish of Saint George in the Islands of Bermuda, Widow ... my Son James Lattimore Hayward ... appoint Captain Robert Edmund Nelson Boggs, and my Said Son James Lattimore Hayward to be Executors ... 29 Sep 1880.

p. 374: Proved 20 Oct 1880. Perrint Trott Outerbridge of Hamilton Parish in the Island of [Bermuda] Planter ... my wife Clara Outerbridge ... when my youngest child shall have attained the age of twenty years ... the oldest child ... appoint Edgar Campbell Wilkinson Louisa Norman Outerbridge and Horace Kelly Ernest Outerbridge Executors and my wife Clara Outerbridge Executrix ... 3 Aug 1875.

p. 377: Proved 21 Oct 1880. William Williams of Warwik Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... my beloved Wife Sarah Ann ... my two Sons Joseph Samuel and Benjamin David ... my Sister Rose Ann Williams ... my Grandchildren Ellen Smith and Olivia Smith [underage] ... 1 Apr 1873.

p. 379: Proved 2 Nov 1880. Will of Sarah Martha Cox late of the Parish of Pembroke in these Islands, Widow deceased ...16 Aug 1880 ... my sister Mrs Patience catherine Richardson Widow of Paget Parish ... appoint Mr Robert White and Mr Solomon Simmons to be my executors.

p. 381: Proved 6 Nov 1880. Belinda Virgil of Hamilton Parish in the Islands of Bermuda, Widow of William Virgil of Said Parish and Islands deceased ... Ishmael Bean the grandson of my late Husband William Virgil ... the poor decrepid youth William Virgil the grandson of my late Husband ... Rebecca Dickinson and Mary Trott daughter of my brother Joseph Trott ... appoint my friends Richard Augustus Burrows and Ishmael Bean Eecutors ... 24 Feb 1871.

p. 385: Proved 29 Dec 1880. Thomas Robinson Williams of the Parish of Pembroke in the Island of Bermuda. House Carpenter and Joiner ... my beloved Wife Ann Elizabeth ... my sister Elleinor Jane Williams ... my Neice Allie Pearman ... my Brother Peter Franics Williams ... 2 Mar 1880.

p. 388: Proved 29 Dec 1880. Benjamin James of Paget Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ...my dear Wife Catherine Hope James ... our dear children Robert Harley James Benjamin Thomas James Louisa Ann James Rosalie catherin James and william Clarence James ... 24 May 1867.

p. 393: Proved 25 Aug 1877 in British Guiana. Affadavit dated 25 Aug 1877 states that "Joseph Trounsell Gilbert who departed this life in the Island of Bermuda on the Twenty Seventh day of July last past". Joseph Trounsell Gilbert a domiciled Inhabitant of the County of Demerary in the Colony of British Guiana ... my sisters Anna Maria Gilbert and Mary Louisa Trounsell Gilbert ... my brothers Charles Hume Gilbert and Ottiniel Anglim Gilbert ... William Hunter Campbell ... Benjamin John Godfrey ... his [Ottiniel Anglim Gilbert's] Catherine Healy Gilbert ... 4 ["furth day"] May 1869.

p. 400: Proved 5 Dec 1877 in British Guiana. Affadavit dated 5 Dec 1877 states that "Ottiniel Anglim Gilbert who departed this life in the Island of Bermuda on the Eighth day of November last past". Ottiniel Anglim Gilbert a domiciled inhabitant of the County of Demerary in the Colony of British Guiana ...my Wife Catherine Haley Gilbert ... my children now born (named respectively Catherine Mary Trounsell Gilbert Joseph Trounsell Gilbert Louisa Maria Harvey Gilbert and Emma Dalzell Gilbert) ... my brother Joseph Trounsell Gilbert as Executor ... 26 Oct 1866.

p. 406: Proved 5 Feb 1881. Mary Bean of Hamilton Parish Widow of the late Simon Bean ... my daughter Jane Rebecca ... my two single daughters Sarah Elizabeth and Mary Elizabeth ... my Father's will (the late Christopher Steed a freeman of Color) ... my four Surviving children Sarah Elizabeth, Mary Elizabeth, Rachel Ann wife of Daniel Outerbridge, and Jane Rebecca ... my Brother in law Ch'r Benjamin Paynter and Dr Aggeus Outerbridge to act as my Executors ... 10 Nov 1880.

p. 408: Proved 21 Jul 1881. Anne Bryan Ingham of Warwick Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Spinster ... my sister Frances Bryan Ingham .. Forster Mallory Cooper ...my brother Edward Stephen Ingham ... Mrs Susanna Bonnell Hutchings ... 31 Jul 1873.

p. 411: Proved 18 Apr 1881. Lucretia Kerr Widow of Sandys Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... Richard Henry Outerbridge ... 11 Oct 1875.

p. 413: Proved 19 Mar 1881. 16 Jan 1861 ... Venus Bean of the Parish of Pembroke in the Island of Bermuda Spinster ... my well Beloved Grandson John Henry Robinson.

p. 416: Proved5 May 1881. Eliza Outerbridge Murray of Sandy's Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Widow ... my Son James William Murray ... my brother John Seymour Burrows ... Estate of my late husband the Rev'd J. G. Murray D. D. ... my daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Murray during her widowhood ... my Grand father James Righton Esq: deceased ... my brother William Righton Burrows who died at Sea ... my son Henry B. Murray ... my Aunt Mrs Margaret P. Nusum ... my Son George Comyn Murray ... my father John Seymour Burrows Esq: ... my three Sons James, George, and Henry and that Charlotte Elizabeth Murray widow of my Son John ... my daughter Emma Elizabeth wife of my Son James William Murray ... my daughter Fannie wife of my Son George Comyn Murray ... [son] James's eldest daughter ... my daughter Louisa Murray wife of my Son Henry ... the three sons of James W. Murray ... the sons of George Comyn Murray three in number ... the Son of Henry Bowers Murray ... my Grandson Arthur Duncan Murray third Son of J. W. Murray [mentioning his uncle Duncan, his Aunt Jane] ... my Grand daughter Edith Lilian daughter of my Son James ... my Grand daughter Caroline Winifred daughter of James ... Mildred Catherine daughter of James ... Irene daughter of James ... Mary Blanch daughter of my Son George ... Fannie daughter of my Son George ... Maud Agnes duaghter of my son George [mentioning her sister Alice] ... Louisa Clifton daughter of my Son Henry ... Geraldine Clifton daughter of my son Henry ... my Sister Ann ... my Sister Jane ... my sister Catherine ... Minnie Gray ... my kinsman John Fowle Burrows ... 13 Aug 1875.

p. 422: Proved 14 May 1881. Frances Hall Hinson of the Island of Bermuda ... my dear neice Dorcas Isabella Hinson ... my sster Ellen Darrell Hinson [deceased] ... my dear neice Amie Louise Hinson ... 24 Mar 1880.

p. 424: proved 18 May 1881. William Robinson of Devonshire Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Stone Mason ... my dear Wife Rose Ann Robinson ... my children ... my Son William Israel smith Robinson ... my eldest Son Henry William Robinson [who has been absent for some years, later referred to as William Henry Robinson] ...my Daughter Catherine Tucker Robinson Wife of Richard Henry Robinson ... Charlotte Robinson so long as she shall live single [relationship unspecified] ...my Daughter Sarah Jane Hinson Wife of William Hinson ... my Grand children William Marischal Robinson and Harriet Elizabeth Robinson ... 25 Nov 1878.

p. 433: Proved 14 May 1881. James Simmons of Pembroke Parish in the Islands of Bermuda (carpenter) ... my beloved Wife Maria Simmons ... my two Cousin Mary Simons and Elizabeth Amery (first and second Cousins) ... 30 Jul 1870.

p. 436: Proved 5 Jan 1881. Henry Gilbert Hunt of Paget Parish in the Island of Bermuda ... my three Daughters ... my beloved Wife Eliza Bascome Hunt ... my sons Henry G. Hunt and Robert Field Hunt ... 13 Feb 1879. Codicil ... my Nephew Marischal Lightbourn Middleton ... 18 Feb 1880.

p. 441: Proved 14 May 1881. 16 Jul 1855 ... William Taylor of the Town and parish of St Georges (Stone Mason) in the Bermudas or Somers Islands ... Mariann my dearly beloved Wife.

p. 443: Proved 30 May 1881. James Watkins of the Town of Hamilton in the Islands of Bermuda now employed by the corporation as a Watchman under the Hamilton Sheds ... my beloved wife Jane watkins ... William Cox and William Thomas James of the Town of Hamilton aforesaid merchants [no relationship given] ... not exceeding sixty pounds which he the Said John Greenslade may lose by having lent to one John Frith Williams on my advice ["obtained such loan through me by wicked false pretences"] ... Louisa Brown the wife of Robert Brown shoemaker and fire Engine Keeper Hamilton [contingent: "her daughters", "his son James Brown"] ... Mary Susan Gauntlett the Widow of Thomas William Gauntlett and to Elizabeth Mitchell the Widow of Willam Mitchell formerly of the Convict Establishment ... Jane Grier Catherine Grier and Martha Greenslade the daughters of Thomas Grier of Hamilton Blacksmith ... the Rector of Pembroke Parish ... the local Trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Church Hamilton ... 24 Jan 1881.

p. 449: Proved 29 Aug 1881. 28 JUl 1880 ... George Horn Brown Master Mariner of the town and Parish of St. Georges in the Islands of Bermuda ... my Daughter Artimizia Mary Burjes wife of John Burjes of the Parish of St. George and also to my Grand daughters Alberta Lavinia and susan celebia.

p. 451: Proved 29 Aug 1881. Mary Eliza Hayward; Spinster, of the Island of St. Davids in the Parish of St. George, Bermuda ... my beloved Sister Eleanor Briggs Hayward, provided that she remain single ... my beloved brother Nicholas Lang Hayward ... 14 Apr 1881.

p. 454: Proved 9 Jul 1881. John Nathaniel Hinson White of Paget Parish in the Islands of Bermuda Bachelor ... Eugenius Jones ... Louisa the present wife of the Said Eugenius Jones ... Edwin Jones ... my four god-children Mary Jones the daughter of Oswald Jones, Estelle Louise Jones the daughter of the Said Edwin Jones, Cecil Hazeltine white Jones the Son of the Said Edwin Jones, and Caroline Jones the daughter of Charles Jones ... my faithful domestic Sarah Wells ... my other faithful Servant Clara Susan Jones ["her son Henry Jones"] ... Bermuda Church Society ... Sarah the wife of Ormond T. Middleton ... the three daughters of the late Hunt Marriott ... Mrs Caroline Jones widow of Frederick Jones ... Robert Field Hunt (my god Son and Son of Henry G Hunt) ... Eliza Jones wife of Charles Jones ... Mrs Sarah Trimingham the widow of Frederick Trimingham ... Treasurer of the Ladies Beneficient Society of Paget Parish for the Poor ... Harriet the wife of Edwin Jones ... 13 Oct 1880. Attached schedule of personal property gifts additionally mentions: Clara Jones daughter of Charles Jones ... Leila Jones daughter of Charles Jones ... Francis JOnes son of Edwin and Harriet Jones ... Mrs Elizabeth S. gosling wife of C. G. Gosling ... Willliam Henry Lightbourn (formerly in my service) ... Clara Susan Jones daughter of Jane Howard. Codicil 28 May 1881.

p. 467: Proved 23 Sep 1881. Olivia Smith Spinster of the Town and Parish of St George in the Islands of Bermuda ... my dear Brother Charles Smith ... my dear sisters Elizabeth Logan Smith, Catherine Smith and Dorothy Smith ... 6 Sep 1879.

p. 469: Proved 23 Sep 1881. Elizabeth Logan Smith of the Town and Parish of St George in the Islands of Bermuda Spinster ... my dear Sister Catherine Smith ... left me by my Aunt Logan ... 13 Jun 1881.

p. 471: Proved 10 Oct 1881. Elizabeth Jane Minors of the Island of St Davids in the Parish of St George Bermuda ... my eldest Son Peter John Minors ... my Second Son Anthony Wright Minors ... 7 Sep 1881.

p. 473: Proved 16 Jul 1879. Francis Tongues of Pembroke Parish in the Islands of Bermuda (Grocer) ... my beloved wife Harriett Tongues ... Richard Thomas Eve of said Parish (Tailer) [no relationship given] ... my three Nephews in law viz: William Tongues Crawford John Francis Reid Crawford and Charles Henry Crawford ... my sister in law Mary Ann Crawford and thence unto her son Charles Henry crawford ... Richard Thomas Eve's three children, Say Harriett Martha and Adulcie, and Mary Ann Crawford's three Sons, Say William John & Charles Crawford ... 21 Jan 1876.

p. 477: Proved 2 Aug 1880. Sarah Taylor of Spanish Point in the Islands of the Bermuda Daughter of the late Captain Gibson ... Elizabeth Canton who is now staying with me ["faithful friend and servant"] ... 18 Jun 1858.

p. 479: Proved 26 Sep 1881. Catherine Gibson Soudy of Warwick Parish in the Islands of Bermuda ... my good friend William James Francis Frith of Warwick Parish ...11 Apr 1876.