Chelsfield Wills - Part 1
Abstracts of will from Chelsfield proved in
the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
William Stow of Chelsfield dated
21 February 1840
Abstract of the will of William Stow the elder of
Chelsfield Hall yeoman dated 21 February 1840.
I give to my eldest daughter Sophia, wife of Robert Vincent
of Seal, Kent, carrier £150.
I give to my third daughter Eleanor the wife of William
Southern [sic] of Wye near Canterbury general shopkeeper £150.
I leave all residue of my estate both real and personal to be
equally divided between my other children, namely William Stow my eldest
son who now resides with me at Chelsfield Hall, Thomas Booth Stow, Edward
Stow and my second daughter Matilda Stow who resides with me, and to their
respective heirs, as tenants in common, subject nevertheless to any
deduction for any sums of money or the value of other property which any
of them may have received from me in my lifetime.
I appoint my said son Edward Stow and my nephew William Stow
of Farnborough Hall, Kent, Executors.
Wm: Stow witnesses Robt: Booth Latter, Solicitor, Bromley
John Fox, Farnborough, Kent Thos: Stow, Farnborough Hall.
Proved 22 April 1840 by Edward Stow the son and William Stow the
nephew. [PCC will PROB11/1926]
Transcribed by Geoffrey
Copus