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Will of Francis Willis III |
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| Will of Francis Willis III. |
The following will is for Francis Willis III, and is taken from
Genealogical Gleanings in England by Henry F. Waters page 239
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| Text: | Francis Willis of the Parish of Ware River, in the County of Gloucester, in Virginia, but now a resident in the Parish of East Greenwich in the County of Kent, Gentleman, 6 July, 1689, proved 25 April, 1691.
| | My body to be decently buried, my executor not exceeding one hundred pounds sterling at my funeral, in costs and charges.
| | To my loving sister, Grace Fielder one hundred and twenty pounds sterling to be paid in manner and form following; that is to say, fifteen pounds per annum during her life, or until the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds be fully paid, which first shall happen.
| | To Charles Fielder, the son of my sister Grace, aforesaid, one hundred pounds sterling, in payments of twenty pounds per annum until the sum of one hundred pounds be fully paid.
| | To my cousin, Elizabeth Butler, and her daughter, Elizabeth Willis, sisters to Hugh Willis, clerk, deceased, the sum of ten pounds sterling apiece.
| | To my cousins; Francis and Elizabeth Willis, sisters to Hugh Willis, clerk, deceased, the sum of ten pounds sterling apiece.
| | To Francis and Christopher Willis, the sons of the said Hugh Willis, the sum of ten pounds sterling apiece.
To the widow of Hugh Willis, ten pounds sterling.
| | To Susannah Willis, the daughter of my brother, Henry Willis, ten pounds sterling
| | To my cousins; John and Joane Lipton, one hundred and thirty pounds sterling and to her two children; Henry and Mary, one hundred and thirty pounds sterling apiece.
| | To my cousin, Mary Herron, the daughter of my brother, Henry Willis, deceased, the sum of three hundred and fifty pounds sterling.
| | To Alice Willis, daughter of said brother, Henry Willis, three hundred and fifty pounds sterling.
| | To my loving cousin, Elizabeth Ironmonger, one hundred pounds sterling and to her two sons; Charles and Matthew Ironmonger, one hundred pounds sterling apiece.
| | To William Willis, the son of my brother, William Willis, deceased, one hundred and fifty pounds sterling.
| | To the poor of the Parish of St Fowles Als St Algate in the city of Oxford, the place of my birth, one hundred pounds sterling.
| | And all my legacies I desire may be paid within eighteen months after my decease.
| | To my dear and loving wife, Jane Willis, the sum of one thousand pounds sterling, to be paid her in the first place, within one year after my decease, and all the household vessels of plate, linen and bedding which she brought over with her from Virginia to England [ & all other personal estate].
| | I give unto the said William Willis, the son of my brother, William Willis,deceased, all that land and plantation which his father formerly lived upon and held of me, with the appurtances, situate on the South side of Crany Creek, containing one hundred acres or thereabouts, to him and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten or to be begotten, and for want of such heirs, then to the right heirs of me, the said Francis Willis.
| | I give and devise unto the said Francis Willis, the son of my brother, Henry Willis, all the rest and residue of all my other estate and estates, whatsoever in land, goods, moneye, cattle and Chattells that I now at this time stand seized or possessed of in Virginia and not herein already devised, also one thousand pounds, to be paid him within eighteen months after my decease.
| | I ordain and make William Willis, the son of my brother, Henry Willis, deceased, sole executor of this my will and testament.
| | I give unto Mr. Edward Polter, of the Parish of St Peters in the East in Oxford city, milliner, and Mr. George Richards of London, merchant, whom I desire and appoint to be overseers &c, the sum of ten pounds sterling apiece.
| | Wit; Richard Jones, Margaret Nicholson, Joseph Busfield.
Vere, 201
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