Chelsfield Wills - Part 1
Abstracts of will from Chelsfield proved in
the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Lydia Rock of Chelsfield dated
10 November 1843
Abstract of the will of Lydia Rock of Chelsfield dated 10
November 1843.
I give to my sister Perthany Rock £100 in the new 3½%
reduced [sic] and to William Rock, son of my brother William, to James and
Mary Rock, the children of my brother James Rock, and to Lydia Elizabeth
Rock the daughter of my brother Joseph Rock, £25 each, to be paid out of
a £60 share in the Hastings Gas Company, £10 in the hands of my brother
James and £30 in Bromley Savings Bank.
My furniture and other household effects remaining at
Hastings I give to the above-named William, James, Mary and Lydia
Elizabeth Rock to be equally divided among them.
I give to my sister Perthany Rock all my wearing apparel.
I give all the residue of my real and personal estate to my
said sister Perthany and I appoint William Peter Rock and James Rock, son
of James Rock aforesaid, both in the Town of Hastings, as my Executors,
requesting them to accept £10 each for their trouble.
Lydia X Rock Witnesses Thomas Coleborn Edward Davies.
Proved 19 February 1844 by William Peter Rock and James Rock the nephews.
[PCC will PROB11/1993]
Transcribed by Geoffrey
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