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Chelsfield Wills - Part 1  Abstracts of will from Chelsfield proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Abraham Dalton of Chelsfield dated 20 June 1727

Abstract of the will of Abraham Dalton of Chelsfield yeoman dated 20 June 1727.
   I give to my dear mother Alice Dalton an annuity of £5 for life, and a legacy of £10, and I also give to her the use of all or so much of my household goods as she may please to have during her life.
   I give to my niece Ann Chapman and her heirs for ever all that cottage or tenement in Farnborough in the occupation of John Costen.
   I give to my brothers in law William Childe and Thomas Chapman and their heirs for ever all that cottage or tenement and smith’s forge with the lands thereto at Greensted Greene in Farnborough, in the occupation of Allen Dilley, and also all my cottages or tenements in Chelsfield, subject to the payment of the several legacies hereinafter mentioned, that is to say –
   To my nephew William Childe £40.
   To my brother George Dalton, my nephew Thomas Childe, my nieces Jane Plomer, Mary Plomer and Alice Plomer and my cousin John Graves £10 each.
   To my nieces Elizabeth Chapman, Mary Chapman, Elizabeth Relfe and Elizabeth Childe and my nephews John Plomer, Richard Plummer [sic] , William Plummer, William Chapman, John Chapman and John Relfe £5 each.
   All these legacies are to be paid within 6 months after my mother’s death, and if any of the legatees should be under 21 at the time, their legacies shall be paid to their parents for their use.
   My brother George Dalton shall hold and enjoy that part of my cottage or tenement wherein he now dwells during his lifetime.
   I give to my said brothers William Childe and Thomas Chapman all residue of my personal estate, and I appoint them Executors.
   Abraham Dalton witnesses Thomas Mace Francis X Buster John Petty.
Proved 19 July 1727 by William Childe and Thomas Chapman.  [PCC will PROB11/616]

Transcribed by Geoffrey Copus 

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