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Descendants of Edward Peart
Generation No. 1
1. Edward1 Peart He married (1) Susanna Wray May 04,
1727 in Owston, Lincolnshire, England1. He married (2) Frances Wright
December 08, 1747 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England.
Notes for Edward
Peart:
Most of the Pearts who
were listed in the Jamaica Almanacs as property owners in St. Elizabeth and
Manchester up through 1839 were descendants of this man. They named some of their properties in
Jamaica after the towns or counties in which their family lived in England,
namely Newark, Nottingham, Butterwick, and
Lincoln.
The parish of
Manchester was created out of parts of St. Elizabeth, Clarendon and Vere in
1814. Some of the properties that were
once in St. Elizabeth (such as Spice Grove, Newark and Nottingham) became parts of
Manchester. Others that had been in Vere
(for example Isle) also became a part of Manchester. Butterwick and Oatlands were just west of
Isle, but may have originally been in St. Elizabeth.
More About Edward
Peart and Susanna Wray:
Marriage: May 04,
1727, Owston, Lincolnshire, England1
More About Edward
Peart and Frances Wright:
Marriage: December 08,
1747, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
Children of Edward
Peart and Susanna Wray are:
+ 2 i. William2 Peart, born Bef. April
02, 1735; died Bef. July 1798.
+ 3 ii. Robert Peart, born Bef. January 21, 1740;
died January 1797.
+ 4 iii. John Peart, born Bef. April 11, 1742; died
Bef. July 1798.
5 iv. Joseph Peart, born Bef. November 16, 1745;
died Bet. July 1798 - October 1799.
Notes for Joseph Peart:
THE WILL OF JOSEPH
PEART
Jamaica SS
I, Joseph Peart of
Saint Elizabeth in the county of Cornwall in the said Island, Esquire, being of
sound and disposing mind memory and understanding do make and publish thi my
last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say it is my
will that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall in the first place be
fully paid and satisfied out of my real and personal estates and from and after
payment thereof I hereby give and bequeath unto my nephew John Peart of the
parish county and island aforesaid Esquire the sum of three hundred pounds
sterling money of Great Britain.
I also give and bequeath unto my nephews and
nieces Edward Peart, Robert Peart, William Peart, Joseph Peart, Susannah Peart
and Mary Ann Peart all of the town of Newark upon Trent county of Nottingham in
the Kingdom of Great Britain the sum of three hundred pounds lawful money of
Great Britain and to be paid to them within the space of five years after my
decease with interest thereon respectively to commence twelve months after my
decease. I give unto my nieces Susannah
and Elizabeth Christian Peart daughters of my late brother William Peart late
of Butterwick in the county of Lincoln in the kingdom of Great Britain mariner
the sum of three hundred pounds sterling money of Great Britain to be paid
within seven years after my decease with interest thereon respectively to
commence twelve months after my decease.
I also give unto my half sister Ann Ross’s children named Ann Fanny Joan
Hannah and Edward of Nidd in the county of York in the kingdom of Great Britain
each one hundred pounds sterling money of Great Britain to be paid to them
respectively within the space of seven years with interest thereon respective
to commence at 12 months after my decease. I also give unto [blank] Hollowell
the sum of fifty pounds to be paid to her within 12 months after my decease,
and it is my will and I hereby direct that the abovementioned sums hereinbefore
by me given and bequeathed shall not be paid unto my said nephews and nieces
until they shall severally attain their respective ages of twenty-one years.
I give unto my brother
Robert’s natural mulatto son John Peart the sum of five hundred pounds sterling
money of Great Britain. Unto Joseph and
William Peart the sum of five hundred pounds sterling money of Great Britain to
be paid to them respectively within the space of seven years without interest. I give unto my brother’s natural children
Robert Mary and Edward the sum of seven hundred and fifty pounds sterling money
of Great Britain and with interest thereon from six months after my decease to
be paid them respectively when they severally arrive at the age of twenty-one
years. I also give unto my brother
Robert’s natural quadroon slave named John the sum of five hundred pounds
sterling money of Great Britain to be paid to the said quadroon slave named
John when he arrives at the age of twenty-one years and to be allowed interest
thereon from six months after my decease.
I give devise and
bequeath unto Thomas Plummer and John Foster both of the city of London
Esquires the sum of five hundred pounds sterling money of Great Britain each to
be paid to them respectively within seven years after my decease without
interest.
And as and for and
remaining all the rest residue and remainder of my estates both real and
personal and mixt and of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situate I
give devise and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my nephew John
Peart of the parish of St. Elizabeth Esquire his heirs and assigns for ever
oldest son of my late brother John Peart of Newark upon Trent aforesaid.
And lastly I do hereby
nominate and constitute and appoint the before named Thomas Plummer and John
Foster executors of this my will hereby revoking all former wills by me at any
time heretofore made.
In witness whereof the
said Joseph Peart the testator has hereunto set his hand and seal this
eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord 1798.
Joseph Peart
Signed sealed and
published and declared by the said testator Joseph Peart as and for his last
will and testament in the presence of us whom in his presence and in the
presence of each other and at his request have subscribed our names as
witnesses.
John Upham, John
Mitchell, Hammett Dove?
_________________
Jamaica SS
In obedience to the
dedimus potestatem hereunto annexed I have administered an oath unto John Upham
who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists reported and saith that he was
present and did see Joseph Peart the testator in he annexed instrument of
writing named being at that time of sound and disposing mind memory and
understanding sign seal and publish and declare the same as and for his last
will and testament an at the same time John Mitchell and Hammett Dove? were
also present and together with him subscribed their names as witnesses to the
same and in the presence of the said testator and further that he knows nothing
of any other will made by the said testator that may tend to the disadvantage
of the will hereunto annexed. Given
under my hand and seal this 1st [?] day of October 1799.
Veria copia est. M.
Atkinson, sec. Humphry Colquhoun.
This Will was proved at
London on the 20th day of February 1800. Probate granted to the executors
named, Thomas Plummer and John Forster, whose
name was written John Foster in the will.
More About Joseph
Peart:
Addressed as: Esquire
Baptism: November 16,
1745, Owston, Lincolnshire, England1
Residence (2): July
1798, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
Will: July 18, 1798
Will Probated: February
20, 1800, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England
Child of Edward Peart
and Frances Wright is:
+ 6 i. Ann2 Peart, born Bef. January 11,
1748.
Generation No. 2
2. William2 Peart (Edward1)
was born Bef. April 02, 1735, and died Bef. July 1798. He married Margaret (Peart).
More About William
Peart:
Baptism: April 02,
1735, Owston, Lincolnshire, England1
Occupation: Mariner
Residence: Butterwick,
Lincoln, England
Children of William
Peart and Margaret (Peart) are:
7 i. Susannah3 Peart, born Bef. August
29, 1772.
More About Susannah
Peart:
Baptism: August 29,
1772, Owston, Lincolnshire, England1
8 ii. Elizabeth Christian Peart, born Bef.
February 12, 1780.
More About Elizabeth
Christian Peart:
Baptism: February 12,
1780, Owston, Lincolnshire, England2
3. Robert2 Peart (Edward1)
was born Bef. January 21, 1740, and died January 1797. He met (1) ?. He met (2) Negro woman. He met (3) Mulatto slave. He met (4) ?.
Notes for Robert
Peart:
Spice Grove was
originally in St. Elizabeth, but since 1814 it is just over the border into
Manchester, west of Mandeville.
The Jamaica Almanacs
list Robert Peart in the following years (dates reflect data from the prior
year):
1790 Lieutenant
Colonel in the St. Elizabeth Regiment of Foot Militia.
1796 Colonel in the
same Militia.
1796 Commissioner for
the Militia.
1793 appointed a
Vestryman for Westmoreland.
1796 assistant judge
and of the quorum.
More About Robert
Peart:
Addressed as: Esquire
Baptism: January 21,
1740, Owston, Lincolnshire, England3
Burial: January 02,
1797, Spice Grove, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica4,5
Race/nationality/color:
White
More About ?:
Race/nationality/color:
She was apparently white
Children of Robert
Peart and ? are:
+ 9 i. Robert3 Peart.
10 ii. Mary Peart.
+ 11 iii. Edward Peart, born Bet. 1787 - 1788; died
February 1853.
Child of Robert Peart
and Negro woman is:
12 i. John3 Peart, born in Jamaica.
More About John Peart:
Race/nationality/color:
1798, free mulatto
Child of Robert Peart
and Mulatto slave is:
13 i. John3 Peart, born in Jamaica.
More About John Peart:
Race/nationality/color:
1798, Quadroon slave
Children of Robert
Peart and ? are:
14 i. Joseph3 Peart.
Notes for Joseph Peart:
The will of Joseph
Peart (brother of Robert) includes a legacy to be paid to him. He is listed after John Peart, the mulatto,
son of Robert. No relationship is
stated. He was probably a son of either
this John Peart, mulatto, or of Robert himself.
15 ii. William Peart.
Notes for William
Peart:
The will of Joseph
Peart (brother of Robert) includes a legacy to be paid to him. He is listed after John Peart, the mulatto, son
of Robert. No relationship is
stated. He was probably a son of either
this John Peart, mulatto, or of Robert himself.
4. John2 Peart (Edward1)
was born Bef. April 11, 1742, and died Bef. July 1798. He married Ann (Peart).
More About John Peart:
Baptism: April 11,
1742, Owston, Lincolnshire, England6
Residence: Newark upon
Trent, Nottingham, England
Children of John Peart
and Ann (Peart) are:
+ 16 i. John3 Peart, born Bef. August 27,
1771 in England; died March 05, 1847 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.
17 ii. Edward Peart, born Bef. November 25, 1773.
More About Edward
Peart:
Baptism: November 25,
1773, Newark upon Trent, Nottingham, England7
18 iii. Robert Peart, born Bef. September 01, 1775.
More About Robert
Peart:
Baptism: September 01,
1775
Residence: 1798, Newark
upon Trent, Nottingham, England
19 iv. William Peart, born Bef. May 21, 1778; died
August 1830.
Notes for William
Peart:
There is no external
evidence that William went to Jamaica, but his age at death matches William
Peart who died in Jamaica, and the occupation was appropriate. Butterwick and Providence are near Newport in
southern Manchester.
More About William
Peart:
Age: August 1830, 52
years
Burial: August 12,
1830, Providence Chapel ground, Manchester, by Robert W. Dallas8
Occupation: August
1830, Planter
Residence: 1798, Newark
upon Trent, Nottingham, England
Residence (2): 1830,
Butterwick, Manchester, Jamaica
20 v. Joseph Peart, born Bef. July 06, 1780.
More About Joseph
Peart:
Residence: 1798, Newark
upon Trent, Nottingham, England
21 vi. Mary Ann Peart, born Bef. October 03, 1783.
More About Mary Ann
Peart:
Residence: 1798, Newark
upon Trent, Nottingham, England
22 vii. Susannah Peart, born Bef. October 03, 1785.
More About Susannah
Peart:
Residence: 1798, Newark
upon Trent, Nottingham, England
6. Ann2 Peart (Edward1)
was born Bef. January 11, 1748. She
married ? Ross.
More About Ann Peart:
Baptism: January 11,
1748, Owston, Lincolnshire, England9
Children of Ann Peart
and ? Ross are:
23 i. Ann3 Ross.
More About Ann Ross:
Residence: 1798, Nidd,
York, England
24 ii. Fanny Ross.
More About Fanny Ross:
Residence: 1798, Nidd,
York, England
25 iii. Joan Ross.
More About Joan Ross:
Residence: 1798, Nidd,
York, England
26 iv. Hannah Ross.
More About Hannah Ross:
Residence: 1798, Nidd,
York, England
27 v. Edward Ross.
More About Edward Ross:
Residence: 1798, Nidd,
York, England
Generation No. 3
9. Robert3 Peart (Robert2,
Edward1)
More About Robert
Peart:
Residence: 1853,
County of Nottingham, England
Children of Robert
Peart are:
28 i. John4 Peart, born Abt. 1797.
Notes for John Peart:
He is identified as the
son of Robert Peart. There is no date
stated for the baptism. It was listed
between April 23rd and May 3rd, 1818.
More About John Peart:
Age: Bet. April - May
1818, About 21 years
Baptism: Bet. April -
May 1818, Manchester, Jamaica10
Race/nationality/color:
free person of color
29 ii. ?Mary Peart.
Notes for ?Mary Peart:
She was mentioned in
the will of Edward Peart, but he was not certain of her name.
More About ?Mary Peart:
Residence: 1853, County
of Nottingham, England
11. Edward3 Peart (Robert2,
Edward1) was born Bet. 1787 - 1788, and died February 1853. He met Sarah Robinson.
Notes for Edward
Peart:
The Jamaica Almanacs
list him in the following years (which reflect data for the previous year):
1808 deputy postmaster
for May Hill.
1808 Lieutenant in St.
Elizabeth Regiment of Foot Militia.
1811-1815 proprietor
of Isle in Vere, 50 to 55 slaves, 0 to 18 stock.
1818-1828 proprietor
of Isle in Manchester (borders moved) with 53 to 107 slaves and 0 to 23 stock.
1822-1826 proprietor
of Lincoln and Spice Grove with 48 to 92 slaves and up to 388 stock.
1824 executor of M.
Withers in charge of Oatlands, a
property of 430 acres. In later years Edward is
shown as the proprietor.
In 1853 he resided at,
and was buried at Hanbury, which is now a northeastern suburb of Mandeville.
From 1811-1815 John Robinson was the proprietor of
Spice Grove and Lincoln, with 180 to 191 slaves, and about 300 stock. In 1818 to 1820 the proprietor was 'estate of
John Robinson.' It may be that John
Robinson was related to Sarah Robinson, and that Edward Peart was not the owner
in 1822-1826, but merely a property attorney.
In 1828 the 'heirs of Robinson' became proprietors of Spice Grove and
Lincoln, with 117 slaves and 263 stock.
After that ownership seems to have passed to Peart Robinson, who was
deceased by 1838, and to another Peart Robinson after that.
More About Edward
Peart:
Addressed as: Esquire
Age: February 1853, 68
years
Burial: February 03,
1853, Hanbury, Manchester11
Race/nationality/color:
white
Residence: 1826, Spice
Grove, Manchester, Jamaica
Residence (2): 1853,
Hanbury, Manchester
Will: January 1853
Will Probated:
February 10, 1853
More About Sarah
Robinson:
Race/nationality/color:
quadroon
Children of Edward
Peart and Sarah Robinson are:
30 i. Robert4 Peart, born Bef.
September 24, 1826.
More About Robert
Peart:
Baptism: September 24,
1826, Manchester, Jamaica, by Robert W.
Dallas12
Race/nationality/color:
Mustee
31 ii. Edward Peart, born Bet. 1823 - 1824; died
July 1860.
More About Edward
Peart:
Age: July 1860, 36
years
Baptism: September 24,
1826, Manchester, Jamaica, by Robert W.
Dallas13
Burial: July 26, 1860,
Cottage, Manchester14
Occupation: 1860,
Planter
Race/nationality/color:
Mustee
32 iii. Susan Peart, born Bef. September 24,
1826. She married Charles Michael
Hendrick.
More About Susan Peart:
Baptism: September 24,
1826, Manchester, Jamaica, by Robert W.
Dallas
Race/nationality/color:
Mustee
Notes for Charles
Michael Hendrick:
His surname may also have
been Roudrick, as found in the will of Edward Peart, 1853.
+ 33 iv. John Peart, died Bef. 1853.
16. John3 Peart (John2,
Edward1) was born Bef. August 27, 1771 in England, and died March
05, 1847 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He married Elizabeth (Peart). She died in 1853-1854.
Notes for John Peart:
"1847.
March 5. J. Peart, Esq., a
gentleman well known, and a member of the board of Commissioners, died suddenly
at a board meeting this day. Deceased
was in the act of affixing his signature to some official document, when he
suddenly laid down his pen, fell back in his chair, and instantly
expired." Page 572, Norman's History of Cheltenham, by John Goding, pub.
by Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863 - Biography &
Autobiography - 670 pages
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Will of John Peart of
Cheltenham , Gloucestershire
Date 23 April 1847
Catalogue reference PROB 11/2055
Dept Records of the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Series Prerogative Court of Canterbury and
related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers Piece Volume number: 8 Quire
numbers: 351-400
[Transcribed by: Jean Peart]
This is the last Will
and Testament of me John Peart of Cheltenham, in the County of Gloucester,
Esquire. I give and bequeath unto my son
Frederick Peart now resident in the Island of Jamaica my gold watch and
trinkets. I also give, devise and
bequeath unto my said son Frederick Peart his heirs and or his assigns all
my real and personal estate of what
nature or kind insoever situated in the said Island of Jamaica subject
nevertheless as to the settlement of four hundred pounds per annum made upon my
marriage with my wife Elizabeth Peart and I devise that all any arrears of
annuity and other debts due to me from my said son Frederick at my death
relative to any property in Jamaica shall be forgiven him but I recommend my said wife only to demand a two
hundred pounds from the said son annually so long as they may live after my
decease. I give and bequeath unto my son
Adolphus Peart all my books and best wearing apparel except six books and six
oil paintings which I direct shall be given to my son John Hobbs Peart the same
to be selected by my said wife immediately after my decease. I give and bequeath unto my daughter
Henrietta Brooks my share in the Assembly Rooms and also my miniature
pictures. I give and bequeath unto my
daughter Amelia Elizabeth Peart my piano and three cases of birds and insects.
I give and bequeath unto my said wife Elizabeth Peart the sum of two thousand
pounds to be paid to her within twelve months after my decease. I also give her all my household furniture
plate linen and liquors and paintings except as hereinbefore devises to my said
son John Hobbs Peart to hold to her, her heirs, executors, administrators and
assigns. I give to each of my servants
living with me at the time of my death the sum of five pounds and the same to
be free of legacy duty. I give and bequeath to the Treasurer for the time being
of the Cheltenham Hospital and the Gloucester Infirmary the sum of fifty pounds
same free of legacy duty out of my personal estate the same to be paid within
twelve months after my decease. I give devise and bequeath unto my said wife
Elizabeth Peart and Edward Frampton Esquire of or at Cheltenham aforesaid their
heirs and assigns all my freehold, copyhold and leasehold messuages lands
tenements and any real estate whatsoever which I have power to dispose of by
will and in their appurtances to have and to hold the said lands messuages and
hereditaments unto and to the use of the said Elizabeth Peart and Edward
Frampton their heirs and assigns upon trust that they the said Elizabeth Peart
and Edward Frampton and the survivor of
them. His or her heirs or assigns do and shall absolutely sell and dispose
of the same freehold copyhold and leasehold lands, messuages and other
hereditaments either entirely and altogether or in parts and either by a public
auction or private contracts to any person or persons who shall become the
purchaser or purchasers thereof and with power to buy in the same or any part
thereof at any such sale and to resell the same without being answerable for
any loss which shall or may arise therefrom.
And do and shall stand possessed of an interest in the monies to arise
from such sale or sales upon and for the trusts all interests and purposes
herinafter expressed and declared provided
always and I do hereby direct and it is my will that my said trustees or
the survivor his or her heirs or assigns shall not be obliged to sell and
dispose of all my real or personal estate within three years after my decease
unless they think fit so to do and I give and bequeath all my goods chattels
money and securities for money debts and other Personal Estate and Effects of
or to which I shall be possessed or entitled to at the time of my decease
except what I otherwise dispose of by by this my Will or any Codicil thereto
unto the said Elizabeth Peart and Edward Frampton their executors
administrators and assigns upon and for the trusts intents and purposes
hereinafter expressed and declared of or renouncing the same, that is to say
upon trust that my said trustees or the survivor of the his or her executors
administrators and assigns do and shall call in and dispose of and convert into
money such part of my said personal estate respectively as shall consist of
ready money.
And I declare that my
said trustees and the survivors or survivor of them their his or her executors
administrators and assigns shall have and be possessed of and interested in the
monies to arise and be produced by the sale or sales hereinbefore directed to
be made of my real estate due. And also of and in the monies to arise and be
produced from that part of my personal estate which I have directed to be
called in and converted into money and of and in the ready money of or to which
I shall be possessed or entitled at the time of my decease upon Trust that my
said trustees or the survivor of them, his or her executors administrators and
assigns do and shall by with and out of the same in the first place pay all my
just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacies bequeathed by
this my will or which I may bequeath by any Codicil to be hereafter executed by
me and in the next place upon trust to pay the sum of five thousand pounds into
the Court of Chancery under the Settlement made on the marriage of my daughter
Mary Ann with Robert Blake Foster Esquire and upon the trust __ of such
settlement and in the next place to pay unto my son Adolphus Peart the sum of
two thousand pounds on his attaining the age of twenty five years together with
interest for the same from the time of my decease And I do hereby __ and
require my said trustees or and the survivor of them, his or her executors
administrators to retain into her his or their hands the sum of two thousand
four hundred pounds and to invest the same in their or his or her name or name
on Government or real security in England and to alter and vary such securities
as they may think proper and receive the dividends and interest thereof and do
and shall pay the same as interest and dividends into my said daughter
Henrietta during her life and independent of her present or any future husband
she may intermarry with free from his control debts or engagements. And I declare that her receipt alone not
withstanding her coverture shall be a sufficient discharge to my said trustees
or trustee for such as dividends and interest.
And in case my said daughter Henrietta shall die in the lifetime of the said
William Philpotts Brooks then upon Trust (and after the death of my said
daughter Henrietta to pay the interest and dividends of the said sum of two
thousand four hundred pounds unto the said William Philpotts Brooks during his
natural life in case he should survive his said wife and I declare that the
said sum of two thousand four hundred pounds shall not be divided or divisible
amongst any child or children of my said Daughter Henrietta until after the
death of the said William Philpotts Brooks then I direct my said trustees or
trustee to pay and divide the said sum of two thousand four hundred pounds and
all interest then due thereon into and amongst all and every the child and
children of my said Daughter who may be living at the time of the decease of
the survivor of them. And I do declare that in the event of there being no
child or children of my said Daughter that the said sum of two thousand four
hundred pounds shall fall into and will become part and parcel of my residuary
estate and be paid and be divided accordingly (excepting only that no
representative of my said Daughter Henrietta except my said children entitled
to my said and residuary estate shall take or be entitled to any part
thereof). And I do declare that in case
the said William Philpotts Brooks and Henrietta his wife or either of them
shall refuse to release make void and or give up to my said trustees a certain
Agreement entered into by me with the said William Philpotts Brooks and
Henrietta his wife or either of them upon the treaty of the marriage of the
said William Philpotts Brooks and Henrietta his wife bearing oath on or about
the sixth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty four wherin or
whereby I agreed to pay the said William Philpotts Brooks and Henrietta his
wife the annual sum of one hundred pounds during their lives and the life of
the survivor of them or in case there shall be any legal impediment to their or
either of their so doing and as such agreement cannot be vacated. I do hereby declare and direct that all
devises and bequests made to them the said William Philpotts Brooks and Henrietta his wife or
either of them in their favour or in favour of the children of my said Daughter
Henrietta by this my will shall cease and be void and the same devises and all
bequests shall fall into and become part of my said residuary estate And in case
the said William Philpotts Brooks and Henrietta his wife or either of
them shall refuse or be unable to release or make void the said last __
Agreement I do hereby direct and it shall be lawful for my said trustees or the
survivors of them before the payment of any of the legacies given by this my
said will to invest a significant sum of money out of the proceeds of my said
real and personal estate in Government or real security as will be sufficient
to procure an annual income of one hundred pounds per annum and to pay such
income to the said William Philpotts Brooks and Henrietta his wife during their
joint lives and the life of the survivor of them pursuant to the said Agreement
and
I declare that on the death of the said William Philpotts Brooks and
Henrietta his wife and the survivor of them the said sum so invested shall fall
into and become part of my residuary estate and be paid and divided accordingly
(excepting only that no representative of my said Daughter Henrietta except my
said children entitled to my said residuary estate shall take or be entitled to
any part thereof) And I do hereby
further direct and require my said trustees or the survivor of them his or her
executors and administrators to retain into their his or her hands the sum of
two thousand pounds and to invest the same in their or his or her names or name
on Government or real security in England and to alter and vary such securities
as they may think is proper and receive the dividends and interest thereof and
do and shall pay the same the same interest and dividends unto my Daughter
Amelia Elizabeth during her life and independent of any husband she may
intermarry with and free from his control debts or engagements and I declare that
her receipt alone not withstanding her coverture shall be a sufficient
discharge to my said trustees or trustee for such dividends and interest And
after her decease I direct my said trustees or trustee to pay and divide the
said sum of two thousand pounds and all dividends and interest then due thereon
unto and amongst all and every the child or children of my said Daughter Amelia
Elizabeth who may be living at the time of her decease. And in case she shall die leaving no child or
children that the said sum of two thousand pounds shall fall into and become
part of a residuary estate. And as to
the rest and residue of the proceeds to arise from the sale as of any said real
and personal estate upon Trust to pay the same on my youngest child attaining the
age of a twenty one years equally between and amongst my children living at my
decease ( except my said Daughter Mary Ann Foster who is otherwise provided
for) share and share alike as tenants in common provided always and I do hereby
declare that if any one or more of my said children shall be under the age of
twenty one years or without being or having been married then and in __ portion
intended to be provided for each child so dying shall go into arrears and
belong to the survivors and survivor of them and shall rest in and be paid to
him her or them if more than one in equal shares and proportions at such and
the same time or times and in such and the same manner as is hereinbefore
declared and expressed __ concerning his or their original portion or portions
or as near thereto as circumstances will admit.
And I do hereby declare that the receipt of receipts of my said trustees
or the survivor of them, her or his heirs executors or administrators given for
any sum or sums of money payable to them him or her under or by virtue of the
trusts of this my will shall be a sufficient and effectual discharge and
sufficient and effectual discharges to the person or persons paying the same
for so much money respectively as in such receipt or receipts thereof respectively
shall be acknowledged to be received.
And that any purchaser or purchaser of any part or parts of my real
estate or any other person or persons to whom such receipts or all receipts
shall be given his her or their heirs executors administrators or assigns shall
not afterwards be answerable or accountable for any loss misapplication or
nonapplication thereof or any part thereof provided also and I do hereby direct
and declare that if any or either of the trustees or trustee hereby appointed
or be appointed as herinafter is __ shall happen to die or be desirous to be
discharged from or neglect or refuse to act in the trusts hereby created at any
time or times before the same trusts shall be finally prepared or otherwise
determined then it shall and may be lawful to and for the survivor of them her
or his executors administrators and assigns by any writing or writings under
her or his hand or a seal and to be attested by two or more credible witnesses
from time to time to nominate and appoint any other person or persons to a be a
trustee or trustees in the place or stead of the trustee or trustees so dying
or desiring to be discharged or refusing or declining or of becoming incapable
to act as aforesaid and that when and so often as any such new trustee or
trustees shall be appointed as aforesaid all the trust estates monies and
premises which shall then be invested in the trustee or trustees so dying or
desirous of being discharged or refusing or declining or becoming incapable to
act as aforesaid either solely or jointly with the other trustee or trustees
shall be thereupon with all convenient
speed, conveyed assigned and transferred in such manner and so as that the same
shall and may be legally vested in the surviving or continuing trustee or trustees
or if there shall be no continuing or remaining trustee or trustees then in
such new trustees and upon the same trusts as are hereinbefore declared and
concerning the trust estates monies and premises respectively
or such of them as
shall and may be as subsisting and capable of taking effect and that any such
trustee or trustees shall and may in all things aid and assist in the
management assigning or and execution of the trusts to which they shall be so
appointed in conjunction with the other then surviving or continuing trustee or
trustees and if there shall not be any such surviving or continuing trustee or
trustees then by themselves as fully and effectually and with all the same
power and powers authority and authorities of consent approbation, consent
calling in laying out and investing compounding compromising giving and signing
effectual indemnifications and discharges to purchasers mortgagees or others
and all other powers and authorities whatsoever to all intents and purposes as
if he or they had been originally in and by this my Will appointed trustee or
trustees for the purposes for which such new trustee or trustees their or his
heirs executors or administrators in or to whose place such new trustee or
trustees shall respectively come and succeed are and is enabled to do or could or might have done under and
by virtue of this my Will if then living or continuing to act in the trusts
herby reposed in them or him. And I
particularly recommend that such substitution or nomination of a new trustee
may be made on the death or resignation of any of the said trustees or within
one month after such event shall take place provided also and I hereby further
declare that the trustees of this my Will hereby appointed or hereafter to be
appointed and each and every of them and each and every of their heirs and
executors and administrators shall be charged and chargeable for such monies
only as they respectively shall actually receive by virtue of the trusts hereby
in them reposed notwithstanding that or either of their giving or joining in
giving any receipt or receipts for the sake of uniformity. And also that it shall and may be lawful for
them or any or either of them with and out of the monies which shall come to
their respective hands by virtue of the trusts aforesaid to retain and
reimburse themselves respectively all costs charges damages and expenses which
they or any or either of them shall or may sustain expend or be put unto in or
about the execution of the aforesaid trusts.
And I appoint my said wife Elizabeth Peart guardian of the persons and
estates of my child or children during their minority or respective
minorities. It is my wish that if I
shall die in Cheltenham or its neighbourhood to be interred under Saint
Phillips Church in the parish of Southhampton.
And I request and direct that a neat plain marble tablet may be erected
to my memory in the Church of Saint John in Cheltenham aforesaid near the one
erected to the memory of the late Mr. Peter Frost. It is also my wish that no unnecessary
expense be laid out upon my funeral it being my desire to be buried in a plain
and unpretentious manner. I give and
bequeath unto Edward Frampton Esquire of Cheltenham aforesaid the sum of ten
pounds to purchase a mourning ring or what he may think proper in remembrance
of my regards. And I appoint my said
wife and Edward Frampton Executrix and Executor of this my Will. And I hereby revoke and make void all former
and other wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this to be my
last will and testament. In witness
whereof I the said John Peart the testator have to this my last Will and
Testament contained on six sheets of paper to the first five sheets thereof set
my hand and to this sixth and last sheet my hand and seal this first day of
September one thousand eight hundred and forty six (The several following
alterations having been noticed by me before signing the same (that is to say
on the second sheet of this my will and the fortieth line, the eighth line, the
third sheet also the thirty fifth line on the third sheet, the first and fourth
line also the seventeenth and fortieth line on the fourth sheet of this my
Will - Jn Peart (JP) - Signed, sealed,
published and declared by the testator John Peart as and for his last Will and
Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. John A. Griffiths Attorney's Clerk
Cheltenham, William Wright, Jeweller,
Cheltenham
Proved at London 23rd
April 1847 before the Judge by the oath of a Edward Frampton Esq. one of the
Executors to whom administration was so granted having been first sworn by
Commissioners only to administer power reserved of making the life grant to
Elizabeth Peart widow the __ the other Executor when she shall apply for the
same.
Proved at London 3rd
July 1847 before the Judge by the oath of an Elizabeth Peart widow the ?? the
other Executor to whom Admin was granted having been first sworn by Commission
only to administer
More About John Peart:
Addressed as: Esquire
Baptism: August 27,
1771, Newark upon Trent, Nottingham, England15
Residence (2): 1798,
St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
Residence (3): 1828,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Will: September 01,
1846, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Will Probated: April
23, 1847, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Notes for Elizabeth
(Peart):
Will of Elizabeth
Peart of Drundrum Castle, Dublin
Date 05 December 1854
Catalogue reference PROB11/2022
Dept Records of the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Series Prerogative Court of Canterbury and
related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers Piece Volume number: 19 Quire
numbers: 901-950
[Transcribed by: Jean Peart]
This is the last Will
and Testament of me Elizabeth Peart at present residing at Dundrun Castle,
County of Dublin and in my own handwriting I give and bequeath my gold watch to
the oldest daughter of my son John Hobbs Peart and I give and bequeath unto my
said son John Hobbs Peart all my plate furniture wearing apparel linen and any
other goods of like nature likewise all money belonging to me in the house and
all money belonging to me in the hands of any Bankers at the time of my decease
and all monies which may be owed me at the time of my decease subject
nevertheless in the first place to the payment of my just debts funeral and
testamentary expenses and also subject to the payment of the legacy of nineteen
pounds nineteen shillings unto each of my daughters Henrietta, the wife of
William Philpotts Brooks and Amelia Elizabeth Orrett wife of a William Henry
Orrett for their own and sole separate use and their receipt alone to be good
and sufficient discharge for the same respectively. And whereas after the decease of my daughter
Henrietta and her husband a William Philpotts Brooks should it not have paid
out of any other funds my estate will become entitled to a certain sum of money
required to make up the sum of two thousand pounds bequeathed to me by the Will
of my late husband John Peart and of which sum I have only received a portion
his estate at his death not proving sufficient to pay the legacies of this sum
now owe/due me from the estate of my late husband. I give and bequeath one hundred pounds to my
grand-daughter Henrietta Elizabeth
Brooks the daughter of the said William Philpotts Brooks and Henrietta his wife
to be paid to her at the age of twenty one years. Should the above mentioned sum of money be
available and in the event of her dying __ that are unmarried I give and bequeath
the said sum of one hundred pounds unto all and every other children of the
said William Philpotts Brooks and Henrietta his wife equally to be divided
between them if more than one and if there shall be but one child then to such
one or only child and I give and bequeath of the said sum two hundred pounds to
the oldest child of my daughter Amelia Elizabeth Orrett wife of William Henry
Orrett and I give and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate
___ to my son John Hobbs Peart and I hereby nominate and appoint my said son
John Hobbs Peart of Dundrun Castle, County of Dublin sole Executor of this my
Will hereby revoking all other wills by me at any time heretofore made. In
witness thereof I hereunto set my hand this thirty first day of January
eighteen hundred and fifty three Elizabeth Peart - Signed and acknowledged by
the said Elizabeth Peart as her Will in the presence of us present at the same
time and who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other
have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. George John McKenzie, __ staff, Michael __ Dublin
Proved at London 5th
Dec. 1854 before the Judge by the oath of John Hobbs Peart Esquire the son, the
sole executor for to whom administration was granted having been first sworn by
Commission only to administer.
More About Elizabeth
(Peart):
Will: January 31,
1853, Dundrum Castle, County Dublin, Ireland
Will Probated:
December 05, 1854, Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Children of John Peart
and Elizabeth (Peart) are:
34 i. John Hobbs4 Peart, born April 26,
1809.
More About John Hobbs
Peart:
Baptism: April 26,
1810, St. Elizabeth16
+ 35 ii. Henrietta Peart.
36 iii. Amelia Elizabeth Peart. She married William Henry Orrett Aft.
September 01, 1846.
More About William
Orrett and Amelia Peart:
Marriage: Aft.
September 01, 1846
+ 37 iv. Frederick Peart, died in 1848-1849.
38 v. Adolphus Peart.
39 vi. Mary Ann Peart, born December 30, 1807. She married Robert Blake Foster.
More About Mary Ann
Peart:
Baptism: April 26,
1810, St. Elizabeth16
Generation No. 4
33. John4 Peart (Edward3,
Robert2, Edward1) died Bef. 1853.
Child of John Peart
is:
40 i. Henry5 Peart.
35. Henrietta4 Peart (John3,
John2, Edward1)
She married William Philpotts Brooks.
Child of Henrietta
Peart and William Brooks is:
41 i. Henrietta Elizabeth5 Brooks.
37. Frederick4 Peart (John3,
John2, Edward1) died in 1848-1849. He married Ann Margaret Eleanor Swaby.
More About Frederick
Peart:
Will: June 28, 1848,
Manchester, Jamaica
Will Probated:
September 24, 1849, London, England
Notes for Ann Margaret
Eleanor Swaby:
Her second middle name
is shown as Elizabeth, not Eleanor, in the registration of the baptism in 1844.
Children of Frederick
Peart and Ann Swaby are:
42 i. Ann Eliza5 Peart.
43 ii. Mary Frances Peart, born July 14, 1844 in
Manchester17.
More About Mary Frances
Peart:
Registration: November
02, 1844, Registered her birth by letter
44 iii. Louisa Peart.
45 iv. Emily Peart.
Endnotes
1. B627 Owston Lincolnshire England Parish
Registers 1689-1812.
2. B627 Owston Lincolnshire England Parish
Registers 1689-1812, Film 1450398.
3. B627 Owston Lincolnshire England Parish
Registers 1689-1812.
4. B0037 St. Elizabeth Parish Register I
& II, 1707-1825, I, p. 340.
5. B223 "The Columbian Magazine",
January, 1797.
6. B627 Owston Lincolnshire England Parish
Registers 1689-1812.
7. B976 International Genealogical Index (IGI).
8. B0059 Manchester Parish Register I,
1817-1836, p. 333 #7.
9. B627 Owston Lincolnshire England Parish
Registers 1689-1812.
10. B0059 Manchester Parish Register I,
1817-1836, I, p. 19.
11. B0027 Jamaica Parish Register New Series
IV, 1850-1859, p. 395 #4.
12. B0059 Manchester Parish Register I,
1817-1836, p. 260 #19.
13. B0059 Manchester Parish Register I,
1817-1836, p. 260 # 20.
14. B0022 Jamaica Parish Register Burials V
& VI, 1847-1849, 1864-1871, V,
p. 366 #29.
15. B976 International Genealogical Index (IGI).
16. B0037 St. Elizabeth Parish Register I
& II, 1707-1825, I, p. 147.
17. B0038 Jamaica Civil Register of Births I
& II, 1844-1846, I, p. 88.
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