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Wills of 18th CENTURY CHATHAM SHIPWRIGHTS
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills 1706 - 1799) - Transcribed by D.E. Williams

John BOND  1719

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN
I John Bond of Chatham in the county of Kent shipwright being aged and infirm of body but of sound mind memory and understanding do for the quieting of my mind and for the settling and disposeing of that estate it hath pleased Almighty God of his mercy to bestow on me make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and forme following that is to say in the first place I commend my soul to Almighty God the creator thereof in and through the merritts mediation and intercession of my Lord and savioiur Jesus Christ and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my one executrix hereafter named item I give devise and bequeath all that my messuage tenement or dwelling house with the yard backside garden and appurtenances thereto belonging situate lying and being in a certain street called Kingstreet in the parish of Deptford in the said conty of Kent late in the occupation of Elizabeth Fox widow since deced but now in the occupation of one Wilkins who useth the same as a public house and all my estate right title and interest of in and to the same and all other my messuages lands tenements and hereditaments situate lying and being in the parish of Deptford as aforesaid or east Greenwich in the said county of Kent unto my dear and loving wife Sarah Bond and to her heires and assignes for ever item I give and bequeath unto my said loving wife Sarah Bond and to her heires executors administrators and assignes for ever all and every my ready money debts creditts arrears of rent of superannuation plate rings linnen woollen bedding pewter brass household goods utensils of household and other goods and chattells whatsoever and wheresoever whereof or wherein I shall be anyway possessed of interested in or intitled unto at the time of my decease and of this my said last will and testement I do make constitute nominate ordain and appoint my said loving wife Sarah Bond sole executor or executrix hereby revoking and making void all and all manner of former and other wills and testaments by me at any time heretofore made spoken or published before the publishing of these presents in witness whereof I the said John Bond have to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal this present seventeeneth day of August 1706 and in the fifth year of the reigne of our Sovereigne Lady Queen Anne I John Bond signed sealed and delivered published and declared by the said John Bond as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request have set our hands as witnesses hereto John Heneker Henry Paul Rich. Shafter

Proved 20th December 1717