Will of Elizabeth Wilder, 1768

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Homerton, Middlesex, England
Surnames/tags: Wilder Wills

Will of Elizabeth Wilder
This is a transcription of the register copy of the Will of Elizabeth Wilder of Homerton, Hackney, Middlesex. It was written on 14 May 1766 and proved at London on 26 November 1768. ^[1][2]

Transcription conventions:
Spelling, punctuation and line breaks are as per the original document.
Crossings through have been included struck out
Paragraph breaks at change of bequest, and bold text are my own for ease of reading.
Abbreviations and breviographs have been expanded in [square brackets]
The image quality was poor and the writing legible.
Non standard spelling as per usual for this time period, which has been transcribed verbatim.

Persons mentioned

• Elizabeth Wilder, Spinster, Testatrix
• James Rondeau of Savage Gardens London, Executor
• Martha Palmer, Legatee
• Frances Lawrence, Legatee
• Elizabeth Bean, Legatee
• Mrs Sarah Boddicott, Residual Legatee
• Mrs Mary Wright, Residual Legatee
• Mrs Catherine Wiggins, Residual Legatee
• Witnesses: Mary Bed...., Hr? Pease

Transcription

[page one]

Elizabeth
Wilder

In the Name of God Amen
I Elizabeth Wilder of Homerton in the Parish of
Hackney in the County of Middlesex Spinster Do make this
my last Will and Testament in manner following First
I Desire to be Interred as private as possible

Item I
desire M^r James Rondeau of Savage Gardens London
Cornfactor to be Executor of this my Will and beg he will
accept of Ten pounds for the Trouble he may have in the
Execution of it

Item I give all my Wearing Apparel
to Martha Palmer Frances Lawrence and Elizabeth
Bean ment equally to be Divided between them and to

[page two]
prevent any Disputes arising in the Division I beg
Sarah Boddicott will take that Trouble upon her

I also
Give to the said Martha Palmer Ten Pounds and after all
my Debts and above Legacies and Funeral Expenses ....fully
paid and satisfied

I give the rest and residue equally
between M^rs Mary Wright M^rs Sarah Boddicott and M^rs
Catherine Wiggins or to the survivors or survivor of them

In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and
Testament set my hand and seal this fourteenth Day of
May in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred
and sixty six. – Eliz. Wilder – Signed Sealed Published
and Declared by the said Testatrix as and for her last Will
and Testament in the presence of us, Mary Bed....
Hr? Pease

This Will was proved at London the
Twenty sixth day of November in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and sixty eight before the
Worshipful Thomas Bewer Doctor of Laws Surrogate
of the Right Worshipful George Hay also Doctor of
Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oath
of James Rondeau the Executor named in the said Will
to whom Administration was Granted of all and Singular
the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased he
having been first sworn Duly to Administer – Ex^d

Research Notes

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Elizabeth Wilder, Spinster of Hackney, Middlesex

   Reference: PROB 11/944/82

   Description: Will of Elizabeth Wilder, Spinster of Hackney, Middlesex

   Date: 26 November 1768

   Held by: The National Archives, Kew

2. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858", database with images, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 944, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #116932 (accessed 21 April 2024), Will of Elizabeth Welder, granted probate on 26 Nov 1768. Died about 1768 in Hasbury, Middlesex, England.