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WILL OF SIR SIMON CLARKE 1st Bart.

Public Record Office Ref: Prob/11/224
Will signed 13th Jan 1651
Will proved 22nd July 1652

Persons Mentioned, Places Mentioned

Symon Clarke Bart., Broome Court, Warwickshire
Lady Dorothy Clarke [wife & Executor], Salford [Priors] Church
Woodchurch Clarke [son & Executor.]

Precis:-

Sir Simon says that he is sound of mind but weak in body and wishes to be buried in the stone coffin prepared for him in Salford Church. He says that he has already settled his lands in 'several writings' and leaves everything else to his two executors who are his 'dear wife' and youngest son Woodchurch.

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Will of Simon Clarke [in the margin]

In the name of God Amen This is the last will and testament of me Symon Clarke of Broome Court in the County of Warwick Baronett made the Thirteenth day of January in the year of our Lord God One Thousand Six hundred Fifty and one being third day of the age of three score years and twelve years or thereabouts and being in perfect memorie thanks be to God though weak of body by my long stifness and infirmities ... I bequeath my soul to Almighty God in assurance to be saved by the death and passion of Jesus Christ my only redeemer and saviour and I hereby revoke and make void all former wills and deeds of gift whatsoever And I desire my body may be buried in that Coffin or Chest of stone which I have placed there for my burial ........ my lands tenements and hereditments I have formerly settled the same by several writings and assurances And for my goods and chattels my funeral expenses ....... Disscharges and all my debts satisfied I give and bequeath to my two Executors the remainder thereof And I do hereby confirm proclaim and appoint my most deare wife the Lady Dorothy Clarke and my son Woodchurch my sole Executors for Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this day and place first above written Simon Clarke sealed and delivered in the presence of us whose hands are hereunder written
Geo: Longson Elizabeth ....   .... Ralph Marshall

This will was proved at London before the Right Hon Nathaniel Brown Knight Doctor of Laws and Master & Keeper of the Prerogative Court lawfully constituted the Two and Twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord God One Thousand Six hundred and fifty two in the name of the Lady Dorothy Clarke one of the Executors named in the said will to whom now committed Administrator. of all and singular the goods chattels and debts. of the said .....  ....  .....  .....    ..... (by comission) well and truly to Administer the same power .... aforesaid to Woodchurch Clarke the other Executor named in the said will of ...... the said will in .....  ......   ......     .......


WILL OF DAME DOROTHY CLARKE

Public Record Office Ref: Prob/11/331
Will signed
Will proved 17th Nov 1669

Persons Mentioned, Places Mentioned

Dame Dorothy Clarke, Broome Court Warwickshire
Mrs. Elizabeth Parker [Sister], Broom
Thomas Parker [son of Elizabeth], Bidford
William Parker [2nd son of Elizabeth], House in Bidford
John Knights [nephew married Eliz's daughter], St Bennetts in the University of Cambridge
Dorothy Knights [dau. of John Knights]
Elizabeth Knights [wife of John]
Mrs. Margaret Shaw
Dorothy Shaw [god daughter]
Fulwar Skipwith [nephew]
Mrs. Mary Lloyd [servant]
Elleanor Saunders [servant]
John Bemond[?] [servant]
John James [servant]
Richard Blundell [servant]
William Stapleton
William ?ollinton?
Arthur Walker Sir John Clarke [son in law] [i.e. stepson]
Symon Clarke [nephew & son of Peter Clarke]
Symon Clarke [2] [son of above Symon]
Woodchurch Clarke [son in law] [i.e. stepson]
Anne Clarke [dau of Woodchurch]
Edward Smith [tenant of house in Bedford]
?  ?  Skipwith [son of Fulwar Skipwith]
Frances Fritter[?] Servant
Jane Elizabeth Cony [?] [Nurse?]
Elizabeth Williams [cousin]

Precis:-

She directs that a chapel be erected adjoined to the chancel of Salford Priors church and her body buried there with a memorial to herself and her late husband. She gives money to various relatives and to her servant, Mary Lloyd, she gives land and a house for the rest of her life, together with beds and bedding, curtains, a chest of drawers and other furniture and four cows. To her servant, Eleanor Saunders she gives a tenement in Broome for the rest of her life. To her servant John Bemond two tenements in Bidford and a yard in Broom for the rest of his life. To servant John James a tenement for life in Broom and to his wife money. To servant Richard Blundell fifteen shillings half yearly for life. Half a years wages are given to all the other servants. Six pounds is left to the poor of Salford and four pounds to the poor of Bidford. She gives a gold ring each to Mr William Stapleton, William [?] and Arthur Walker.
Interestingly she gives son in law [in this context it means step son] Sir John Clarke and nephew Simon Clarke, son of Peter Clarke mourning if they attend her funeral. She gives her godson Simon Clarke, a silver tankard and her son in law [stepson] Woodchurch Clarke ten pounds per annum for life providing that he does not interfere with the arrangements in the will. His daughter Anne is given two hundred pounds from a bond owned by Sir John Clarke and feather beds and blankets and a house in Bidford for life. She gives twenty shillings a year for a sermon to be said annually in her remembrance at the University of Cambridge. Finally she gives her plate and other items to Fulwar Skipwith, her nephew.

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Dame Dorothy Clarke [in the margin]

In the name of God Amen the sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord God One Thousand six hundred sixtie and nine I Dame Dorothy Clarke of Broome Court in the County of Warwick widow being infirm in body but in good and perfect memory thanks be to Almighty god do. make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and forms following First I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God my heavenly father trusting to be so saved by the blessed .... of my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ And my body to be decently buried in a certain Chappell for that purposs to be erected and adjoined to the Chancel of the parish church of Salford wherein I do appoint a faire monument to be placed in memorial of my self and my late affectionate husband Sir Symon Clarke Baronett deceassed Item I do give and bequeath unto my dear sisster Mrs Elizabeth Parker one Bond or obligation of one hundred pounds which she owes me ...........   bound unto me And likewisse I do give unto my dear sisster Elizabeth the sum of one hundred pounds to be paid her within two years after my decesse Item I do give and bequeath unto my nephew Thomas Parker oldest sonne of the said Elizabeth Parker my dear sisster the somme of two hundred pounds to be paid to the said Thomas likewisse within two years of my decesse Item I do give and bequeath unto William Parker second sonne of my said dear sisster Elizabeth Parker the somme of one hundred pounds to be paid likewisse after my decesse within two years Item I do give and bequeath unto my nephew John Knights who married one of the daughters of my said dear sisster Elizabeth the full somme of two hundred pounds to be paid likewisse in two years after my deceasse Item I do give and bequeath unto Dorothy Knights daughter of the said John Knights and Elizabeth his wife the somme of one hundred pounds to be paid him at his day of marriage or the age of one and twenty which shall first happen Item I do give and bequeath unto Mrs Margaret Shaw the somme of six pounds for and during her natural life And I do appoint my executor hereafter named to pay the same half yearly to her after my deceasse Item I do give and bequeath unto Dorothy Shaw my god daughter after her mothers deceasse the somme of Tenne pounds Item whereas I have with the conssent of my nephew Fulwar Skipwith given unto my servant Mrs Mary Lloyd certain lands and a housse in Bromston[?] for her natural life I do now likewisse further give and bequeath unto the said Mary Lloyd All that Bedding and Beds the curtains and ..... and one cupboard of drawers And the chairs and stools All being in the chamber where she now lodgeth And likewisse I do give her four pairs of sheets I have Table Cloths and two dozen of napkins , four towells and ....  .....  .....  and ...... and four of my milk cows Item I do give and bequeath unto my servant Elleanor Saunders our messuage or tenement with the appurtenances situated in Broom and in the possession of her for and during her natural life And likewisse I give unto her Forty shillings to be paid her halfe yearly by my executor herafter named Item I do give unto my servant John Bemond[?] .... for two tenements in Bidford wherein he now liveth and our yard land in Broome for and during his natural life paying two shillings yearly by ....  .....  and servant of the .....   of the sons of the Manor of Bidford then being Item I give and bequeath unto John James my servant one messuage or tenement in Broome land with the appurtenances wherein he did lately live for his natural life And to his wife I do give the somme of three pounds Item I do give and bequeath unto my servant Richard Blundell the somme of fifteen shillings for his natural life to be paid by my executors halfe yearly Item I do give and bequeath unto my other servants living at my death with one halfe a years wages Item I do give and bequeath unto the poor of the parish of Salford the sum of six pounds and to the parish of Bidford four pounds unto the poor of ....  three pounds Item I do give unto Mr William Stapleton Mr William  ?ollinton[?] Arthur Walker .....  of Salford each of them one gould ring to reward for my.... Item I do give unto my sonne in law Sir John Clarke and his nephew Mr Symon Clarke son of Peter Clarke mourning if they be at my funerall   Item I do give unto Symon Clarke sonne of the aforesaid Symon Clarke my godsonne one silver tankard wherein I now usually drink in Item I do give unto my sonne in law Woodchurch Clarke the somme of ten pounds to be paid yearly during his life provided he do not dissturb my executor hereafter named And that the said Woodchurch give unto my executor herein named a generall releasse  Item I do give unto Anne Clarke daughter of the said Woodchurch one bond or obligation of two hundred pounds for the payment of one hundred from Sir John Clarke And my will is that if the said Sir John Clarke doe not pay the principal money out on the said bond then that my executor put the said bond in suite against the said Sir John But my will and meaning is the said Sir John shall pay but 100 And for the interest on the said bond I do give it unto Sir John I do likewisse give unto the said Anne our feather beds and blankets which are now at Blarklar[?] And our housse in Bidford with the appurtenances wherein one Edward Smith liveth for and during her natural life Item I do give unto the minister that is now of Saint Bennetts in the University of Cambridge and his successor twenty shillings every year And my will is that he speak our sermon every year on the same day I am buried at Salford in memory of me And likewisse give forty shillings yearly to the poor of the said parish to be distributed on the same day And lastly my will is that all my plate severall goods and houssehold stuffe[?] be Inventoried for .....   .....  Skipwith But I do first give and bequeath the same unto Fulwar Skipwith during his life after his death for to the said  ....  .....  Skipwith sonne of the said Fulwar Skipwith whom said Fulwar Skipwith my nephew I do hereby nominate constitute order  ....  And appoint my full and sole executor of this my last will and testament which is written in four sheets of paper And I do hereby revoke ....  ....   ....  And make void all former wills and deeds or gifts whatsoever Item I do give unto my servant Frances Fritter[?] the somme of five pounds Item I do give unto M... Sh....the house she now lives in for and during her natural life Item I do give and bequeath unto Jane Elizabeth Cony[?] my loving nurse twenty pounds to Buy her a ring which I desire her to wear[?] for my sake I likewise give to Elizabeth Cony[?] her daughter one cabinet now standing by my bedside Item I give unto Elizabeth Williams my cousin the somme of eight pounds ...  .... and whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal to every ....  of paper this day and year first above written Dorothy Clarke signed sealed and published in the presence of Edward Wagstaff Elizabeth Walpole Richard Vaughn Mary Lloyd

Probatum [the probate paragraph is in Latin]


WILL OF SIR SIMON CLARKE

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE: PROB 11/1103
Will proved: 10th May 1783
Date within document: 29th October 1777

Persons Mentioned, Places Mentioned

Sir Simon Clarke Bt [testator], Warwick Castle Estate
Philip Haughton Clarke [son], Johan de Bolas Estate
Simon Haughton Clarke [son], Plantain Garden River Estate
Catherine Haughton Clarke [daughter], Long Pond Estate
Richard Brissett [Executor]
Rev Joseph Stoney [executor]
Simon Fleming Begg [nephew]
John Begg [nephew]
Mary Begg [neice]
Elizabeth Willikin Lyon  [wife of Benjamin]
Benjamin Lyon of Trelawny
Sir Simon Clarke [grandfather deceased]
Ann Clarke [Mother deceased]
Mrs Rebecca Waller [friend]
John Waller [deceased]
Fortunatis D'Warris [old friend]
Mrs Mary Willikin Ridge [widow]
James Ridge [ Friend]
Mrs Catherine Willikin Mitholl
William Mitholl of St Catherine
John Morris of St Catherine
Joseph Morris [father of John deceased]
Miss Hannah Samuels [mother of his illegitimate daughter]
James Taylor his clerk]
Henry Cuniffe
John Vernon
Edmond Holly [Gentleman]
Thomas, Robert & Thomas Peters Fearon

Precis:-

The first part of the will asks his executors to clear all his debts as fast as possible and to allow those who have mortgages with him to continue payments and not be asked for a return of the capital until his sons reach the age of twenty one and that the mortgage payments become part of his estate. He then goes on to talk about the 'mortgage of the moiety of Warwick Castle Estate' saying that this should be foreclosed and the estate put up for sale and sold to the highest and best bidder. But he then says that he authorises his executors to purchase same for the benefit of his estate. This presumably means that Warwick Castle is being purchased by someone else and he wants to foreclose on the mortgage and get his executors to purchase the estate. Warwick Castle had been in the family for several generations previously but at this stage seems to have passed to someone else. This may be his nephews and niece, the Begg family as he mentions further on in the will that they must relinquish all interest in Warwick Castle.
He leaves his entire estate to his two sons Philip and Simon in equal parts when they both become 21. In the mean time he appoints Richard Brissett and Rev. Joseph Stoney to hold the estate in trust and look after both sons and his daughter, Catherine, equally. If they and any heirs were all to die then he gives the estate to his nephews Simon Fleming Begg and John Begg, his niece Mary Begg and his 'worthy kinswoman Mrs Elizabeth Willikin Lyon wife of Benjamin Lyon' in equal parts. He asks that his trustees keep his son Philip at university and on his travels with suitable tutors until such time as his son Simon becomes 21. To his 'dear little daughter Catherine Haughton Clarke' he gives £20,000 when she becomes 21 or when she marries provided it is with the consent of her mother and her guardian.
To his Begg nephews he gives £2000 each with the usual conditions and the request that they be educated out of his estate and put to some useful profession of their own choosing. To his niece Mary Begg he gives £1500 and requests that she also be educated. All this is on the proviso that they all give up any claim to Warwick Castle and Johann de Bolas Estates by the will of their grandfather Sir Simon Clarke Bt.
He goes on to give money and rings to various friends and acquaintances many of whom he seems to value and respect.
He then mentions a 'reputed' daughter whose name he has forgotten whose mother is Miss Hannah Samuels. He leaves the daughter £1000 when she becomes 21 and in the meantime £50 per annum. He asks that his house at Montego Bay bought from Henry Cuniffe and the store at Lucea bought from John Vernon be sold. Edmond Holly is given the option to lease his house in Montego Bay with an option to purchase.
He requests that the mortgage on Plantain Garden River be foreclosed and all securities for monies granted him by the Fearons be called in. He wants his 'dear wife Lady Anne' to take what she wants of the furniture, plate, carriages and horses and the rest be sold.
He asks that an order passed in his favour in connection with Long Pond Estate be delayed until his son Simon becomes 21.

For more, see Sir Simon Clarke

Another transcription of this will may be found at Simon Clarke's Will - other transcription

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Sir Simon Clarke Baronet [in the margin]

In the name of God Amen Sir Simon Clarke of the parish of Hanover in the County of Cornwall and Island aforesaid Baronet being sick and weak in body but of sound mind memory and understanding and only considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the kind thereof do make publish and declare this to be and contain my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say imprimis it is my will and desire that all my just debts and Funeral expenses be in the first place fully paid off and satisfied and for that purpose I do hereby order and direct that my Executrix and Executors hereinafter named do with all convenient speed after my decease collect and get in all my Debts on Judgement and all other my outstanding debts of what nature or kind soever that are not already secured by mortgages and I do further order and direct that all Sum and Sums of money secured to me by Mortgages on the Mortgages settling their amounts properly and amicably with my Executrix and Executors and giving such good and sufficient securities for payment of the same as shall be satisfactory to them and paying the Interest punctually and regularly every year that they shall not be satisfied or called upon for any part of the principal money until my two sons Philip Haughton Clarke and Simon Haughton Clarke shall arrive to their respective ages of twenty one years and that the interest of the moneys secured by the said Mortgages shall sink into and become apart my personal Estate I also order and direct that the Mortgage of the moiety of Warwick Castle Estate be immediately foreclosed and that the same be put up to sale and sold to the highest and best bidder and I do hereby authorize and empower my Executrix and Executors to purchase the same for the benefit of my Estate Item I give devise and bequeath unto my two Sons Philip Haughton Clarke and Simon Haughton Clarke all my Estate both real and personal of what nature and or quality soever the same may be or consist of in the island of Jamaica or elsewhere to be equally divided between them share and share alike as soon as my said son Simon Haughton Clarke shall arrive at the age of twenty one years to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten for ever but it is notwithstanding my express will and meaning that my real Estate shall be and I do hereby give the same In Trust to Richard Brissett of the parish of Trelawney in the county of Cornwall and island aforesaid Esquire and the Reverend Joseph Stoney of the same parish county and island and their heirs for the uses interests and purposes hereinafter mentioned that is to say for the sole use and Benefit of my said Sons Philip Haughton Clarke and Simon Haughton Clarke and my daughter Catherine Haughton Clarke to be equally divided between them share and share alike and to the heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten without impeachment of waste and in case of the death of either of my said children without Issue lawfully begotten then I give and devise the part and share of either of them so dying to the survivors and the heirs of such survivors lawfully begotten and in case of the death of either of the survivors without Issue lawfully begotten then I give and devise the part and share of such survivor so dying to the remaining survivor and to his or her heirs for ever and in case of the death of such remaining survivors without Issue lawfully begotten then I give devise and bequeath the same unto and amongst my nephews Simon Fleming Begg and John Begg my niece Mary Begg and my worthy kinswoman Mrs Elizabeth Wilikin Lyon wife of Benjamin Lyon of the parish of St Catherine Esquire and their heirs for ever equally and jointly between them and to the survivors and survivor of them and the sons of such survivors or survivor and it is my express will and desire that my said son Philip Haughton Clarke shall be kept at his studies at the University and on his Travels with proper Tutors till my said Son Simon Haughton Clarke shall arrive at the age of twenty one years Item I give and bequeath unto my dear little daughter Catherine Haughton Clarke the sum of twenty thousand pounds sterling money of Great Britain to be paid to her out of my estate as soon as she shall arrive at the age of twenty one years or day of marriage whichever shall first happen provided she marries with the consent of her Mother and of her Guardian Item I give and bequeath unto each of my said nephews Simon FFleming Begg and John Begg the sum of two thousand pounds current money of Jamaica as soon as they shall arrive at their respective ages of twenty one years to be paid them out of my estate and I trust that they shall be seriously educated out of my Estate and put out App........[?] at a proper age to some useful and genteel profession such as they shall choose themselves Item I give and devise unto my said Niece Mary Begg the sum of fifteen hundred pounds of like money to be paid to her out of my Estate as soon as she shall arrive to the age of twenty one years or day of marriage whichever shall first happen and I will and direct that she shall be brought up in a prudent and devout manner which said legacies any thing hereinbefore given to my said nephews Simon Ffleming Begg and John Begg and my niece Mary Begg are given upon this proviso and condition that they will relinquish any right claim or demand that they may have in and to Warwick Castle and Johann de Bolas Estates by wishes of the last will and testament of their late grand father Sir Simon Clarke Baronet deceased and the will of their late mother Ann Clarke deceased and in case they shall refuse to relinquish then I do hereby make void the said legacies and any thing hereinbefore given To them as aforesaid and I will and desire that they shall stand charged with all Monies laid out for them in their Education Item I give and bequeath unto each of my Executors the sum of fifty pounds current money aforesaid Item I give and bequeath unto my said worthy kinswoman Elizabeth Willikin Lyon the sum of one hundred pounds of like money Item I give and bequeath unto my good friend Mrs Rebecca Waller widow of John Waller deceased the sum of fifty pounds of like money which I beg her acceptance of as a small token of the grateful trust I have of her humanity and kindness to me in my sikness and I do request that my executrix and executors will give unto my old acquaintance and worthy friend Fortunatis D'Warris of the parish of Kingston in this Island aforesaid Esquire a ring of the value of twenty guineas as a small token of remembrance and esteem I have for him Item I do give and bequeath unto Mrs Mary Willikin Ridge widow the wife of my old acquaintance and worthy friend James Ridge Esq. the sum of fifty pounds current money of Jamaica which I beg her acceptance of as a small token of my remembrance of her Item I give and bequeath unto Mrs Catherine Willikin Mitholl wife of William Mitholl of the parish of St Catherine Esq the sum of fifty pounds of like money which I also request her acceptance of Item I do give and bequeath unto my said old acquaintance and worthy friend James Ridge Esq the sum of twenty guineas which I beg his acceptance of as small token of the remembrance and esteem I have for him Item I give and bequeath unto my very old and wisely esteemed friend the Reverend Joseph Stoney of the parish of Trelawny aforesaid the sum of fifty pounds of current money aforesaid which I beg his acceptance of as a small token of the remembrance and esteem I have for him Item I give and bequeath unto John Morris of the parish of St Catherine in the county of Middlesex and island aforesaid [son of Joseph Morris late of the same place Esq deceased the sum of twenty pounds current money of Jamaica per annum during his natural life to be paid him annually out of my estate Item I give and bequeath unto my reputed daughter whose name I do not at present recollect / begotten by me on the body of Miss Hannah Samuels of Great Britain the sum of one thousand pounds current money of Jamaica as soon as she shall arrive at the age of twenty one years or day of marriage whichever shall first happen and until she shall arrive at the said age of twenty one years or day of marriage I do hereby give and allow unto her the Sum of fifty pounds sterling money of Great Britain per annum to be paid out of my estate I do hereby relinquish Mr James Taylor [my late clerk] from any claim or demand I have against him by virtue of his account settled and signed by himself in my favour for the sum of eight hundred and seven pounds fourteen shillings and sixpence current money of Jamaica for his integrity and faithfull services and I request that my executrix and executors will give him a ring of the value of thirty guineas with this inscription on one side and the same on the other "Mon .....  moi vive" and as a further trust of such his faithfull services I give him this sum of fifty pounds current money of Jamaica per annum during his natural life to be paid him annually out of my estate Item it is my will and desire that my house at Montego Bay which I purchased of Henry Cuniffe Esq. and the house and store at Lucea Bay which is purchased of John Vernon Esq. shall be sold by my executrix and executors and that the monies arising from such sales shall sink into and become a part of my personal estate and that in .....  Edmond Holly of the parish of St James in the island aforesaid Gentleman shall choose to lease my said house at Montego Bay for two three or four years at the rate of two hundred pounds current money of Jamaica per annum to commence from the first day of February next and shall be able to purchase the same before or at the expiration of that time that ....  Have the preference of such purchase for the same sum of money I paid for it with interest and it is my desire that he shall not be satisfied for any moneys that he does or shall owe me upon giving good and sufficient security to my executrix and executors such as they shall approve of payable in any reasonable time and for his obliging services to us I recommend him to them for any services they can ....  him Item it is my will and desire that the mortgage I have on Plantain Garden River shall be immediately foreclosed and that all securities for monies of what nature or kind soever granted to me by Thomas Fearon Robert Fearon and Thomas Peters Fearon shall be immediately called in and that the same shall sink into my personal estate provided my executrix and executors shall think it prudent so to do Item I give unto my dear wife Lady Ann Clarke the use of as many and what part of my household furniture plate riding horses carriage horses and carriages as she shall make choice of and the remainder together with my race horses and race mares I desire may be sold to the best advantage and the monies arising therefrom shall sink into and become a part of my personal estate Item it is my will and desire that the enforcement of the decretal order passed in my Favour for the sale of Long Pond Estate shall be suspended until my said son Simon Haughton Clarke shall arrive to the age of twenty one years upon the bills given me in part of payment of said device as well those that are already come back protected as those that may come back being consolidated and made a principal of and the interest of the same punctually and regularly paid every year upon the Royal Exchange in the city of London in the kingdom of Great Britain together with all costs charges and expenses I may be put to in consequence of such protests and giving such good and sufficient security for payment of the principal as shall be satisfactory to my executrix and executors and it is also my will and desire that the mortgage I have on Johann de Bolas be foreclosed and that the same be sold and should my executrix and executors think it an eligible purchase that they may purchase it and that the same shall sink into my estate and lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my dear wife Lady Ann Clarke and my most esteemed friends Richard Brissett of the parish of Trelawny Esq and Benjamin Lyon of the parish of St Catherine Esq. to be my executrix and executors of this my last will and testament and Guardians to my said children Philip Haughton Clarke and Catherine Haughton Clarke and I do hereby revoke and make null and void all former will or wills by me heretofore made In witness whereof to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal this 29th day of October in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven Simon Clarke @ signed sealed published and declared by the Testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed and signed as witnefess to the due execution hereof the word "......" being first run through ..... in the eighteenth line of the second sheet of this will
Thos. Morris  David Stewart   Nick Rotheram

Vera copia
Jamaica SS.
Thomas Morris and Nicholas Rotheram both of the parish of Hanover in the county of Cornwall and island aforesaid Gentlemen being duly sworn to depose and say that they carefully examined the foregoing will with the original will and that the same is A true exact and correct copy in ...... words and meaning of the said original will   Thomas Morris   Nick Rotheram   ....  appeared before me this   day of November 1777 George Spencer

This Will was proved at London on the fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty three before me the worshipful Thomas .....  Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Dame Anne Clarke widow the relict of the deceased and one of the executors named in the said will to whom .... was granted of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased limited until the original will of the deceased or a more authentic copy thereof shall be brought into and left in the Registry of this court but no further or otherwise or in any other manner whatsoever having been first sworn duly to administer power being reserved of making the like grant to Richard Brissett and Benjamin Lyon Esquires the other executors named in the said will when they or either of them apply for the same


TRANSCRIPTION OF A COPY OF A NEWSPAPER CUTTING
In the Hanover Museum, Lucea, Jamaica

Persons Mentioned, Places Mentioned

Sir Simon Haughton Clarke Bart. (deceased), Oak Hill, East Barnet.
Mr. Charles Clarke, Hampshire & Berkshire Estates in Trelawney
Hon. H. H. Shirley, Mahogany Hall & Long Pond in Trelawney
Messrs Edwards & Russell (lessees of Woodchurch & Fat Hog Quarter), Parnassus Plantation butting on Long Pond & Swanswick Estates.
Messrs Sinclair & Whitelock (lessees of King's Valley), Warwick Castle in St Mary
        King's Valley in Westmoreland
        Haughton Tower, Bernards Run & Wakefield

Precis:-

I have one photocopied sheet with several items on it including this newspaper cutting. At the bottom of the cutting has been written C. 1832. It is an advertisement for two Auction Sales. One of Oak Hill, Barnet, England and the other of various Estates in Jamaica all the property of Sir Simon Haughton Clarke. [TC]

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Oak-hill. - One of the highest slopes of the beautiful country on the borders of Hertfordshire and Middlesex, a first-class Freehold Mansion erected regardless of cost, and 120 acres of richly undulating and finely timbered park land, divided into lots affording some admirable sites for the erection of country residences.
CHINNOOK and GALSWORTHY will SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, on Tuesday, July 7, unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, the important FREEHOLD ESTATE comprising a noble seat, known as 'Oak-hill, near Southgate, Middlesex, and a short distance from East Barnet, Enfield &c., erected regardless of cost by the late Sir Simon Haughton Clarke Bart. It occupies a most healthful position, on a dry and gravelly soil, and a site rarely to be met with, and forms a leading feature of this most picturesque neighbourhood. The residence is surrounded by pleasure grounds adorned with trees and shrubs of the most stately and luxuriant character, and laid out in excellent taste, with terrace walks, Italian summer house, &c. It contains a noble suite of lofty well proportioned reception rooms viz. dining and drawing rooms, large vestibule gallery, library, billiard room &c. On the floor above are numerous principal and secondary bed rooms, with the offices arranged on the basement, affording every convenience for a large establishment and having commensurate stabling, lodges, conservatories, and out-buildings attached. The park consists of 130 acres of very rich and finely timbered land of a highly undulating character, through which runs a tributary of the river Brent, which is well stored with fish. In dividing the property into Lots it is intended to apportion to the mansion about 18 acres bounded by a sunk foss wall, and to make a new road, forming a short approach from East Barnet to the South gate-road, intersecting the land, and affording some admirable sites for country residences of from 10 to 20 acres each. Plans and particulars will shortly be published, and may be obtained at the Auction Mart , city: of Messrs Jas. Taylor, Mason and Taylor, solicitors 16 Furnivals-inn; Holborn; and of Messrs Chinnook and Galsworthy, auctioneers and land agents, 28 Regent-street, Waterloo-place.
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Jamaica, West Indies, - Very desirable Estates, consisting chiefly of Pens and Sugar Plantations &c. together with numerous Works, Buildings, Stock, &c., thereon, in the parishes of Trelawney, St James, Westmoreland, Hanover and St Mary, late the property of Sir Simon Haughton Clarke Bart. deceased.
CHINNOOK & GALSWORTHY are instructed to SELL by AUCTION at the Auction Mart, in the city of London, on Thursday August 30th important and valuable ESTATES in the island of Jamaica, late the property of Sir Simon Haughton Clarke Bart, deceased, comprising as follows:- Two valuable plantations or sugar works, known as Hampshire and Berkshire consisting of 1,600 acres of land or thereabouts with numerous buildings thereon situate in the parish of Trelawney, 10 parcels of land, also in the parish of Trelawney, known by the name of Mahogany-hall Pen, containing 1,996 acres or thereabouts being in the occupation of Mr Charles Clarke as tenant thereof; also the plantation or sugar works called Long Pond, in the parish of Trelawney, containing 1,600 acres or therabouts in a good state of cultivation, late in the occupation of the Hon. H. H. Shirley, deceased; also part of the plantation known as Parnassus Plantation, containing 86 acres or thereabouts, abutting on Long Pond and Swainswick Estates, also the plantation or sugar works in the parish of St Mary, known as Warwick Castle; also the plantation called King's Valley, in the parish of Westmoreland containing 670 acres or thereabouts, let to Messrs Sinclair and Whitelock; also two plantations in the parish of Hanover called Fat Hog Quarter and Woodchurch, let to Messrs Edwards and Russell. Also all those other estates known by the name of Haughton Tower, Bernard's Run and Wakefield and all other the estates in the said island of Jamaica late the property of the said Sir Simon Haughton Clarke, deceased, together with the messuages, mills, mill-houses, boiling-houses, still-houses, edifices, erections and buildings in and upon the several estates, and all tools, implements, cattle and other livestock passing therewith. For particulars apply to Messrs Jas. Taylor Mason and Taylor, solicitors 15 Furnivals-inn, London: Messrs Robson and Lightfoot, solicitors, Castle-street, Leicester Square, London; Messrs Chinnook and Galsworthy, auctioneers and land agents, 28 Regent-street, London and of J. W. Fisher, Esq. Hampstead Estate, Falmouth, Jamaica

Handwritten at the end c. 1832.


WILL OF JOHN CLARKE

ISLAND RECORD OFFICE: Wills Liber 30 Folio 86.
Will drawn up & signed 2 January 1749
Codicil Sworn and Will entered 8th October 1755

Persons Mentioned, Places Mentioned

John Clarke (Testator), St. James, JC owns land
Margarett Clarke,  wife & Executrix of JC, St. David, John Dunstone lives here.
James Ord, landowner, Riabona in St James
Elias Pike, landowner
Samuel Inchs, patentor of land
John Pollett, landowner
Francis & Mary Ferrell, vendors of premises bought by JC.
John Dunstone, JC's cousin
George McFarquhar, witness
Ambrose Page, witness
John Gladman, witness
John Clark (Snr)
Martha Clark, wife of JC Snr.
Joseph Dunn, landowner
Frances Farrell, landowner
Gooden Elliston, landowner
Joseph Cloak, witness

Precis:-

John Clarke has a wife Margaret to whom he gives all his land and buildings in St James and elsewhere and also separately mentioned 125 acres of land in St James which was part of 500 acres patented by Samuel Inchs and which he, John Clarke had recently bought from Frances and Mary Ferrell. He also gives his wife his 'household Goods Plate Linnen Rings and all other things as may belong unto me' together with his slaves. After his wife dies it is all to go to his cousin John Dunstone. He adds a codicil in 1755 whereby John Clarke Snr & his wife Martha get 350 acres of land in St James and John Clarke gets a negro slave.
Since probate is granted in 1755 it cannot be the John Clarke member for Hanover who died in 1756.

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Jamaica SS. Clark John Entd. 8 Oct. 1755 [in the margin]

In the name of God Amen I John Clarke of the parish of St James in the Island aforesaid planter being sick and weak in the Body but sound and disposing mind & memory praise be given to Almighty God for the same. But considering the uncertainties of this Transitory life do make and declare these presents to Contain my last will and testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First and principally I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping for remission of all my sins through the merits of Jesus Christ my Blessed Saviour and redeemer and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently Interred at the Descression of my Executrix hereinafter named and as for such worldly Estate and Effects which I shall be seised or possessed of at the time of my decease I give and bequeath the same as followeth that is to say First I desire that all my just debts be fully paid and satisfied. Also I give devise and bequeath unto my loving Wife Margarett Clarke all those Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditments scituate lying and being within the parish of St James in the Island aforesaid or Elsewhere in Jamaica and also all that piece or parcell of land messuage or tenement thereon Erected and built scituate lying and being in the said parish of St James in the Island aforesaid containing by Estimation one hundred and twenty five acres little more or less abutting north on land formerly belonging to James Ord and now of land belonging to ................[left blank] South on land belonging to Elias Pike East on land belonging to ........... and west on .................[blank spaces] all which said premium being part of five hundred acres of land pattented by Samuel Inchs  Late in the possession of James Ord and John Pollett and was laid out to the heirs of the said John Pollett as was appointed by a Jurry all which last mentioned premises I lately bought and purchased of Francis Ferrell and Mary his Wife and also I give my said wife Margaret Clarke all my household Goods Plate Linnen Rings and all other things which shall or may belong unto me and also all my negroes and their Issues To Hold unto my said wife Margaret Clarke her Executors admors. and assignees for and during the term of her natural life and from and after the decease of my said wife Margaret Clarke I give devise and bequeath the same premises aforementioned unto my cousin John Dunstone now living in St David in the Island aforesaid planter his Executors administrators and assigns for ever and lastly I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint my Loveing wife Margarett Clarke full and sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament Contained in two sheets of paper fairly written on one side and I do hereby revoke and make void all other and former wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare this to be my last will and testament In witness whereof I have here unto sett my hand to the first sheet and my hand and seal to this second sheet this second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty nine.
Signed sealed published and declared       ]
by the said Testator John Clarke as and   ]
for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the said Testator.
      John Clark
Geo: MackFarquhar  Ambrose Page     Jno Gladman

Memorandum this day personally came and appeared before John Gladman and made oath on the Holy Evangelist that he was present and did see the within Testator John Clarke sign seal Publish an declare the within Instrument of writing as his last will and Testament Sworn before me on this 8th day of October 1755
 Jos. Cloak

Item I give and bequeath to John Clark Snr and Martha Clark his wife three hundred acres land more or less in the parish of St James the Back of Riabona Patron'd by an order in the year one thousand and fifty one[?] butting and Bounding north on Joseph Dunn East on Francis Farrell West on Gooden Elliston South on unsurveyed land likewise I give and bequeath unto the said Jno Clark minor a negro girl @ thirty pounds price to be bought out of my estate my Exctrs administrators & assigns
                                                                               John Clark
Signed Sealed in the presence of                                                          
        Margaret Clark  ]
        John Clark Snr  ]      Memorandum this day personally appeared before me John Clark and made oath on the holy Evangelist that he was present and did see the Testator John Clark sign seal publish & declare the codicil of this will as his last voulentary act and died Sworn before me this 8th of October 1755
Jos. Cloak

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George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King, and of Jamaica Lord defender of the Faith & To our Trusty and well beloved Joseph Cloake & Richard Burnett of the parish of St James Esquires Know ye that we have Constituted authorised and appointed and by these presents do Constitute Authorise and appoint ye or either of ye administer on oath unto George McFarquahar Ambrose Page John Goldman Margaret Clarke and John Clarke Snr or either of them or any other that are Witnessess and can make oath of the signing sealing publishing and declaring of the last will and testament and codicil of John Clarke late of the parish of St James planter deceased and thereof you or either of you are to make due return under your or either of your hands and seals unto our Captain General Governor in Chief of our said Island or to the Governor in chief of the same for the time being with this power annexed so that such proceedings may be Ordered therein and may be according to Law Witness his Exsy Charles Knowles Esq Captain General & Governor in chief of our said Island at Kingston the first day of May anno Domini 1755 and in the twenty eighth year of our Reign
  Pass'd the Secretary's Office    /                                    Chas. Knowles
             T. Hay Secy.                 /  
                                              H James Sc      
The Execution of the within Dedimus appears by the probates on the annexed will and Codicil as Witness my hand and seal this 8th day of October 1755.
                                                        Jos. Cloake


WILL OF EDWARD CLARKE

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE:  PROB 11/1024
Will proved: 6th December 1777
Date within document: 3rd August 1773

Persons Mentioned, Places Mentioned

Edward Clarke [planter] [testator], Hyde Plantation, Trelawny, Jamaica
Thomas Worth [godson] & son of Thomas Worth Chief Justice of Jamaica, Mount Pleasant St John, Middlesex in Jamaica [home of William Bonny]
Robert Cooper of London [friend], Hyde Cheshire, England [home of George Clarke]
The Governors of the College of the province of New York, Swanswick plantation in St James, Jamaica
Mary Clarke [daughter], Land in the province of New York, America owned by Edward Clarke
Anne Clarke [daughter]
Mary Bonny [Anne, Edward & Penelope Clarke's mother]
William Bonny [Mary Bonny's father]
Penelope Clarke [daughter]
Edward Clarke
George Clarke [brother]
William Innes of London [Merchant & friend]
Edward Clarke [grandson & son of George Hyde Clarke]
George Hyde Clarke [son]
Samuel Williams Haughton [son in law]
Helen Camberbarh[?] [daughter in law]
Elizabeth Cork [Sister]
Mathew & Letitia Cork [nephew & niece]
Ballard Beckford [nephew]
Susanna Beckford [daughter of Ballard Beckford]

Precis:-

This is the will of Edward Clarke who appears to have owned Hyde Plantation in Trelawny at the time of his death in 1777 and lands in the province of New York State. He appears to have had a brother, George, living in Hyde, Cheshire in England and various children whose mother was Mary Bonny also a grandson, Edward, son of his son Edward Hyde Clarke. His will is extremely complicated but in essence he leaves firstly a sum of money 'to the governors of the College of New York' for the purchase of books. He leaves £1500 each to his daughters and £2500 to his son. He wishes his debts to be paid off the chief of which is owed to his brother George. He then names guardians of the children and trustees of the estate until the children reach maturity.  He appears to have some interest and formerly owned Swanswick Plantation in Trelawney which is now owned by his son George Hyde Clarke. He gives Hyde Plantation and his American lands to his grandson Edward. The will then goes into a long and complicated procedure about who should inherit in the event of the grandson's dying and a daughter or daughter inheriting.
        A note in the margin says that several of the guardians and executors died before being able to administer the will, and as the others did not attend the granting of probate a John Parker was appointed to the role
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In the Name of God Amen Edward Clarke Esquire [in the margin]
I Edward Clarke Esquire of the parish of Trelawney in the County of Cornwall in the Island of Jamaica planter now in the City of London in Great Britain now[?] thought proper for the settlement of the Temporal fortune and Estate which God hath been pleased to bless me with to make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following First I give and bequeath unto Thomas Worth[?] my God Son and second[?] son of Thomas Worth Esquire Chief Justice in the Island of Jamaica the sum of two hundred pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain to be paid to him as soon as he shall attain his age of twenty and one years without Interest Item I give and bequeath to those children of my worthy friend Robert Cooper Snr Esquire of the City of London in Great Britain to wit [....?] [..?] L..[?] Richard L..[?] and Francis [?] L..[?] each of them respectively the sum of two hundred pounds Sterling Money aforesaid to be paid to each of them respectively as they shall severally attain the age of twenty and one years or Marry without Interest Item  I give and bequeath unto my Daughter in Law[....?] Con......[?] of Chester in the County of palatine of Cheshire in that part of Great Britain called England the sum of forty ponds Sterling Money aforesaid to be paid into his or her assigns during her natural life and no longer in quarterly payments the first payment to commence before 3 Months after my Decease that is to say ten pounds Sterling Money aforesaid for the first quarter and the like sum of ten pounds like money for every surviving[?] during her life and then finally to .....[?] ....[?] I give and bequeath unto the Governors of the College of the province of New York in America and their successors the sum of five hundred pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain to be laid out and applied in such books as they shall think most necessary for the enlargement and augmentation of the library of the said College within three years after my decease without interest Item I do give and bequeath unto Mary Clarke my natural and reputed child and who at this time resides with my Brother at his estate of Hyde[?] in the county palatine of Cheshire in that part of Great Britain called England the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds Sterling Money aforesaid to be paid unto her within two years after my decease or day of marriage whichever shall first occur if the said Mary shall be unmarried and before the said two years after my decease are completed without lawful issue and from thenceforth the said bequest to her shall be and become void and of none effect Item I do give and bequeath unto Anne Clarke my natural and reputed child between five and six years of age the daughter of Mary Bonny now residing in the parish of St John in the county of Middlesex in the Island of Jamaica aforesaid at a place called Mount Pleasant in the plantation of her Father William Bonny Esq of the said parish of St John deceased the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds Sterling Money aforesaid to be paid unto her when she shall attain her age of twenty and one years or day of marriage whichever shall first happen but if the said Anne shall die unmarried and under the age of twenty and one years without lawful issue then and from thenceforth the said bequest to her shall be and become void and of none effect Item I do give and bequeath unto Penelope Clarke my natural and reputed child an infant of between three and four years old another daughter of the aforesaid Mary Bonny the like sum of one thousand five hundred pounds Sterling Money aforesaid to be paid unto her in like manner when she shall attain to her age of twenty and one years or day of marriage whichever shall first happen but if the said Penelope shall die unmarried and under the age of twenty and one years without lawful issue then and from thenceforth the said bequest to her shall also be and become void and of no effect Item I do give and bequeath unto Edward Clarke my natural and reputed child an infant about a year and half the son of the aforesaid Mary Bonny the sum of two thousand five hundred pounds Sterling Money aforesaid to be paid unto him in like manner when he shall attain his age of twenty and one years or day of marriage whichever shall first happen but if the said Edward Clarke shall die unmarried and under the age of twenty and one years without lawful issue then and from thenceforth the said bequest to him shall also be and become void and of no effect Item I do give and bequeath unto such of the Executors and Trustees named in this my last will and who shall qualify to act thereupon the sum of one hundred pounds Sterling Money aforesaid respectively to be paid unto each of those within three years after my decease ......[?] it is my will and I do direct that my Hyde plantation Estate in the parish of Trelawney in the County of Cornwall in the Island of Jamaica aforesaid and the Hereditments and Appurtenances thereunto belonging shall be chargeable with and subject and liable in the first place into the payment of all my debts the chief of which is due and owing to my brother George Clarke of Hyde in that part of Great Britain called England situate and lying in the County palatine of Cheshire aforesaid and ......[?] the respective Legacies and bequests by me hereinbefore given and bequeathed as well as an annuity of thirty pounds Sterling Money aforesaid which I do now give and bequeath to my nephew Matthew Cork at this time .....[?] Exchequer Office as one of the Clerks there to be paid him in half yearly payments of fifteen pounds each payment for and during his natural life and no longer and I do hereby charge the same .....[?] .......[?] accordingly and it is my further wish and I do hereby order and direct that an interest of five per cent per annum shall immediately upon my decease take place and be raised out of my said Hyde Estate or Plantation upon the said four legacies hereinbefore given severally to the said Mary Clarke Anne Clarke Penelope Clarke and George Clarke amounting to three hundred and fifty Sterling money aforesaid and to be paid and applied towards their respective Support Maintenance and Education by my Executors and their Guardians hereinafter named and appointed until they shall severally attain their respective ages of twenty and one years and Mary Clarke the two years after my Decease as aforesaid or Days of Marriage And it is my will and it is my will and I do order and direct that my said children Anne Clarke Penelope Clarke and Edward Clarke shall as soon as they are able to undergo the voyage be sent to England there to be decently brought up and Educated under the protection and governance of my Brother George Clarke aforesaid Esquire and my worthy friend Robert Cooper of the city of London Esquire and my friend William Innes[?] Esquire of the city of London Merchant three of their Guardians hereinafter named and appointed And it is my request and I do will and direct that the said Edward Clarke one of my said children shall be brought up to such of the professions of Law Physic Surgery or Divinity as the said George Clarke Robert Cooper and William Innes with the other guardians of the persons and Estates of the said children or any of them shall .....[?] ......[?] suited and adapted to his Genius and Abilities but if they should find his Genius not to lead to any of the professions aforesaid and his abilities not equal to them I do then in that case Will and I do direct that George Clarke Robert Cooper William Innes with the other Guardians hereinafter named will purchase a Commission in the army for him out of the Legacy I have before given and bequeathed of two thousand five hundred pounds Sterling Money And I do further will and require that all the Sugar the produce of my Hyde plantation which usually was Shipped to the port of London with the Rum the produce of the said plantation after disposing of as much Rum as my Attorneys in the Island of Jamaica used to Sell and Dispose of in payment of my contingent amount of necessary .....[?] Wages Salarys and .....[?] shall after my decease be continued to be shipped thither and for sale consigned to the said William Innes's address and the rest of my Sugars as usual be shipped to Liverpool and to Bristol according to the Discretion of my Executors hereafter named and appointed consigning those to Liverpool to the address of Richard Worth Esquire of that city and those to Bristol to William Wills [?] of that place Esquire and whereas I had .........[?] by over all that my plantation and Estate called and known by the name of Swanswick then in the parish of St James but now in the parish of Trelawney in the county of Cornwall in the Island of Jamaica aforesaid consisting of one thousand acres of Land or thereabouts with two hundred and twenty negroes and all the cattle and Mules Mills Millhouses and all other buildings whatever hereunto belonging to my son George Hyde Clarke and I do hereby give and confirm the same according to the intention nature and purpose of the said deed and for no other meaning nor purpose whatsoever ....[?] I do give and devise unto my grandson Edward Clarke the second son of my son George Hyde Clarke all that is my said Hyde plantation in the parish of Trelawney in the county of Cornwall in the Island of Jamaica aforesaid which consists of five thousand acres of Land or thereabouts with all the negroes and other slaves which may be about three hundred and fifty with my penn and all my breeding cattle working cattle Mules Mares Horses and asses which together may amount to four hundred or thereabouts and my dwelling house and offices Mills and Millhouses Boiling and Distilling  Houses Rum Houses Trash Houses Negroe Houses and all other buildings and erections whatever and all and singular other the Rights .....[?] Hereditments and Appurtenances thereunto belonging or appertaining to have and to hold the said unto my said Grand Son Edward Clarke subject and charged as aforesaid for and during the term of his natural life without impeachment of or any manner of Waste and from and after the administration of that estate I do give and devise to the use and behoof of my brother George Clarke of Hyde in the county palatine of Cheshire in that part of Great Britain called England Esquire the aforesaid William Innes Esquire of the city of London ...........[?] ............[?] Laing of the town and parish of Kingston in the county of Surry in the Island of Jamaica aforesaid my son in law Samuel Williams Haughton of the parish of Westmoreland in the county of Cornwall in the Island of Jamaica aforesaid Esquire planter The reverend Joseph Stoney[?] of the parish of the parish of Trelawney in the county of Cornwall aforesaid before of the parish of St James in the said county of Cornwall and Robert Cooper of the city of London Esquire and their heirs for and during the natural life of my said Grand Son Edward Clarke ....[?] trust to preserve the contingent uses and remainders thereof herein after limited from being destroyed and to and for that purpose to make entries as occasion shall require but not to convert any of the said profits of the said premisses to their own uses but to permit and suffer my said Grand Son Edward Clarke and his Assigns to Enjoy the Rents .....[?] and Profits thereof during his natural life and immediately from and after the Decease of my said Grand Son Edward Clarke I do give and devise the same to the use and behoof of the first Son of the body of my said Grand Son Edward Clarke lawfully to be begotten and his Heirs Male of the body of such First Son lawfully issuing and for default of such heirs to the use and behoof of this Grand Son of the body of my said grandson Edward Clarke lawfully to be begotten and his Heirs Male of the body of such Grand Son lawfully Issuing and for default of such Issue to the third fourth fifth and sixth and all and every Son and Sons of the body of my said Grand Son Edward Clarke lawfully to be begotten and his Heirs Male of the body and bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully Issuing severally and successively as such Sons shall be in Seniority of age and priority of birth and so always as that every Heir of such Sons respectively and the Heirs Male of his body respectively issuing shall and may be preferred to and take before the younger of such sons and the Heirs Male of their respective bodies Issuing provided always and it is my will and intention and I do hereby order and declare that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Grand Son Edward Clarke whilst the Freehold of the said Hyde plantation and its Hereditments and Appurtenances shall remain vested in him and he shall be in the actual possession thereof by any writing or writings to be by him subscribed and sealed to assure limit and appoint out of the .....[?] ......[?] and profits of the said Hyde plantation and its Hereditments and Appurtenances in settlement or ......[?] for his wife of the sum of eight hundred pounds Sterling money aforesaid  for and during the term of her natural life and to charge the same and the Rents .....[?] and profits thereof herewith accordingly and for default of all such Issue Male of the body of my said Grand Son Edward Clarke lawfully issuing and in case my said Grand Son Edward shall have a Daughter or Daughters at his death whether born or unborn my will is and I do hereby give and devise the same Hyde plantation with its Hereditments and Appurtenances to the Executors and Trustees of this my last will and testament ............[?] and appointed and their Executors and Assigns for and during the term of twenty and one years next ensuing without impeachment of or for any manner of waste ...[?] ......[?] assist for the .....[?] and raising from and out of the Rents ....[?] and profits of the said Hyde plantation and the .....[?] and Appurtenances thereunto belonging the sum of two thousand pounds Sterling money aforesaid for each and every of such Daughter and Daughters severally and respectively to be paid to her or their respectively at their or at her respective age or ages of twenty and one years or marriage or marriages which ever shall first happen without interest as and for their or her respective portion or portions then and in such case the respective portion or portions of her or their so dying or any part thereof shall not be raised if not raised before but if already raised shall go and be paid and is hereby made payable to him for whom the freehold of and in the same plantation and its Hereditments and Appurtenances and according to the disposition of this my will shall thereby hold in trust and in my said Grand Son Edward Clarke shall leave no son or Daughter or Daughters at the time of his death Issue or unborn of his body lawfully issuing or if he shall have left a daughter or Daughters who by reason of their dying under the age aforesaid and before their marriage shall not become entitled to their several portions aforesaid respectively or if they shall be entitled thereto and the same shall in any wise as aforesaid be raised paid or satisfied then and in such case my will and meaning is and I do hereby direct and declare that the said term of twenty and one years shall as to all other intents and purposes whatever raised and determined and be and become void and of none effect and then I do give and devise the same Hyde plantation with its Heridments and Appurtenances unto my Grand Son George Clarke the oldest son of my said son George Hyde Clarke for and during the term of his natural life without impeachment of or for any manner of waste and from and after the determination of that estate I do give and devise the same for the use and behoof of my said Brother George Clarke the said William Innes, Malcom Laing, Samuel Williams Haughton Joseph Stoney and Robert Cooper Snr and their heirs for and during the natural life of my said Grand Son George Clarke in trust to preserve the contingent nods[?] and remainders thereof hereinafter limited from being destroyed and to and for that purpose to make entries as occasion shall require but not to invest any of the profits of the said principles to their own use but to permit and suffer my said Grand Son George Clarke and his assigns to enjoy the Rents Issues and profits thereof during his natural life and immediately from and after the decease of my said Grand Son George Clarke I do give and devise the same to the use and behoof of the first son of the body of my said Grand Son George Clarke lawfully to be begotten and the heirs Male of the body of such first son lawfully issuing and for default of such issue and to be the first and behoof of that second son of the body of my said Grandson George Clarke lawfully to be begotten and the Heirs Male of the body of such sons or son lawfully issuing and for default of such heirs to the third fourth fifth sixth and all and every Son and Sons of the body of my said Grand Son George Clarke lawfully to be begotten by the heirs male of the body and bodies of all and every such son and sons lawfully issuing in severally and successively as such sons shall be in seniority of age and priority of birth and so always as that every heir of such son respectively and the issues male of his body respectively issuing shall and may be preferred to and take before the younger of such sons and the heirs male of their respective bodies issuing and for default of all such issue to the third fourth fifth sixth and all and every Son and Sons of the body of my said son George Hyde Clarke lawfully to be begotten and the heirs male of the body and bodies of all and every such son and sons lawfully issuing severally and successively as such sons shall be in seniority of age and priority of birth and so always as that every heir of such sons respectively and the issue male of his body respectively issuing shall and may be preferred to and take before the younger of such sons and the heirs male of their respective bodies issuing and for default of all such issue male of the body of my said Grand Son George Clarke lawfully issuing and in case he my said Grand Son George Clarke shall leave a Daughter or Daughters at his death whether born or unborn my will is and I do hereby give and devise the said Hyde plantation with its Hereditments and Appurtenances unto my Executors and trustees in and by this my last Will and testament named and appointed and the Executors and Assigns for and during the Term of forty two years therein next ensuing without any impeachment of or for any manner of waste In Trust for the levying and raising from and out of the Rents Issues and profits of the same the sum of two thousand pounds Sterling money aforesaid for each and every of such Daughter or Daughters severally and respectively to be paid unto her or them respectively at her or their respective age or ages of twenty and one years or marriage or marriages which ever shall first happen without ....[?] as and for her or their respective portion or portions and if any such Daughter or Daughters shall happen to die before she or they shall respectively be entitled to the said portion or portions Then and in such case the respective portion or portions of her or their so dying or any part thereof shall not be raised if not raised before but if already raised shall go and be paid and made payable to him for whom the freehold of and in the same plantation and its Hereditments and Appurtenances according to the disposition of this my will shall then be held in Trust and in case my said Grand Son George Clarke shall have no son or Daughter or Daughters who by reason of their death or shall have no son or Daughter or Daughters at the time of this my said Grand Son George Clarke his death born or unborn of his body lawfully issuing or if he shall have left a Daughter or Daughters who by reason of their dying under the age aforesaid and before their marriage shall not become entitled unto their several portions aforesaid respectively or if they shall be entitled thereto and the same shall in any wise as aforesaid be raised paid or satisfied then and in such case my will and ......[?] is and I do hereby direct and declare that the said term of forty two years shall as to all other intents and purposes raise and determined and be and become void and of none effect and then I do give and devise the same Hyde plantation with its Hereditments and Appurtenances unto my said Brother George Clarke Esquire for and during the term of his natural life without impeachment of or for any manner of waste and from and after the determination of that estate I do give and devise the same to the use and behoof of the said William Innes Malcolm Laing Samuel Williams Haughton Joseph Stoney and Robert Cooper Esq and their heirs for and during the natural life of my said Brother George Clarke In trust to preserve the contingent rises and remainders thereof herinafter limited from being destroyed and to and for that purpose to make entries as occasion shall require but not to reinvest any of the profits of the said premises to their own use but to permit and suffer my said Brother and his assigns to enjoy the Rents Issues and profits during his natural life and immediately from and after the decease of my said brother I do give and devise the same to the use and behoof of the first son of the body of my said brother lawfully begotten and the heirs Male of the body of such first son lawfully issuing and for default of such issue to the use and behoof of the said son of the body of my said Brother lawfully to be begotten and the sons Male of the body of such second son lawfully issuing and for default of such issue to the third fourth fifth sixth and all and every son and sons of the body of my said Brother lawfully to be begotten and the Heirs Male of his body and bodies of all and every such son and sons lawfully issuing severally and successfully and as such sons shall be in seniority of age and priority of birth and so always as that every heir of such sons respectively and the heirs male of his body respectively issuing shall and may be preferred to and take before all the younger of such sons and the sons male of their respective bodies issuing and for default of all such issue male of the body of my said Brother issuing and in case he my said Brother shall have a Daughter or Daughters at his death whether born or unborn my will is and I do hereby give and devise the same Hyde plantation with its Hereditments and Appurtenances unto my executors and trustees in and by this my last will and testament named and appointed and their executors and assigns for and during the term of forty two years ....[?] Ensuring without any impeachment of or for any waste In Trust for the loving and raising from and out of the rents issues and profits of the same the sum of two thousand pounds sterling money aforesaid for each and every such Daughter or Daughters severally and respectively to be paid into her or them at her or their respective age of twenty and one years or marriage or marriages which ever shall first happen as and for her and their respective portion or portions and then and thereafter my will and meaning is and I do hereby direct and declare that the said term of forty two years shall as to all other intents and purposes raise and determine and be and become void and of none effect and for default of all such issue then I do will order and direct that the same shall be sold disposed of and converted into money and for that purpose I do authorize and empower my executors and trustees hereinafter named or the major part of them and the survivors of them and the major part of such survivors to grant bargain sell and convey the same in fee simple for such price and consideration and upon such terms and payments as my executors and trustees herein after named and appointed shall think best and most likely to raise the greatest sum of money and to make seal and execute good and sufficient deeds conveyances and assurances in the law to the purchaser or purchasers thereof and their heirs and assigns for ever and the money arising and to arise from such sale or sales I do give devise and dispose of as follows [to wit] I do give devise and bequeath unto the aforesaid Edward Clarke the son of the said Mary Bonny the sum of two thousand pounds Sterling money aforesaid to be paid unti himor his assigns when he shall attain his age of twenty and one years or day of marriage which ever shall first happen Item I do give and bequeath one thousand pounds Sterling money aforesaid thereof to my son in law Samuel Williams Haughton his executors administrators and assigns for ever Item I do give and bequeath the further sum of one thousand pounds like Sterling money thereof unto my Daughter in law Helen Camberbarh[?] her executors admons and assigns for ever and all the residue and remainder thereof I give and bequeath unto and amongst all and every my Grand Daughters born or to be born equally to be shared and divided among them share and share alike as they shall severally and respectively attain the age of twenty and one years or day of marriage whichever shall first happen and upon failure of all such Grand Daughters to hold and take the same by virtue of this my will I do give and bequeath one moiety thereof unto Mathew Cork one of the clerks in the exchequer my nephew and to his sister Letitia Cork my niece children of my sister Elizabeth Cork to be equally divided between them and their executors and administrators for ever and the other equal moiety thereof I do give and bequeath unto Susanna Beckford the daughter of my nephew Ballard Beckford late of the island of Jamaica aforesaid Esquire deceased her executors administrators and assigns for ever Item I do give and devise all my lands tenements and hereditments in the province of New York in America and all my real and personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto my said Grand Son Edward Clarke to have and to hold the same to him his heirs executors admons and assigns for ever to his and their sole and only proper and behoof for ever Item it is my will and I do order and direct that all and every part of my estate real and personal herein devised settled and disposed of shall remain and continue in the care and management of my executors and trustees hereafter named or such of them as shall qualify to execute this my will during the minority of the several and respective devisees and legatees to whom the same is given and devised by this my will and that my said executors and trustees shall from time to time .....[?] .......[?] and let to ......[?] the same during the minority of my said several and respective devisees and legatees and it is my will and I do hereby order and direct from my said executors and trustees from time to time to remit and send to London and their lodge in the Bank of England all the monies arising and to and therefrom while the same shall remain under their care and management entrusting and first satisfying ......[?] all charges and expenses and the Legacies and Futures of Legacies from time to time to become due and payable according to this my will and also all such sums of a ....[?] as shall be necessary and proper for the Education Support and Maintenance of the respective minors who shall from time to time be entitled unto my said real and personal estate or any part thereof according to the disposition of this my will Item I do will order and direct that my body may be interred in the church or chappel nearest to the place where I die in a decent and private manner without the least pomp or vain ostentation and that the expenses thereof shall be defrayed out of my estate and lastely I do nominate and appoint my said Brother George Clarke the said William Innes Malcolm Laing Samuel Williams Haughton the Reverend Mr Joseph Stoney and Robert Cooper to be the guardians of the persons of the said Mary Clarke Anne Clarke Penelope Clarke and Edward Clarke the heirs last named being the children of the said Mary Bonny and of the estates and legacies by this my will provided for and settled upon each of them respectively for their more direct Education Support Maintenance and advancement in life and I do also nominate constitute and appoint them my said Brother George Clarke William Innes Malcolm Laing Samuel Williams Haughton Joseph Stoney and Robert Cooper too together with James .....[?] and Goldsboro Banyar both of the city of New York in the province of New York in America Esquires to be the executors and trustees of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former and other wills or testamentary dispositions by me heretofore made or executed of or concerning my estate and declaring those present only to be and confirm my last will and testament In testimony whereof I the said Edward Clarke have set my hand and to those present written with my own hand containing eighteen sides of paper and to the bottom of seventeen sides whereof I have set my hand and to the eighteenth or last page thereof I have set my hand and seal this twenty third day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three in the thirteenth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George the third of Great Britain .....[?] and Ireland ..[?] King now following interlineations being made by myself and written with my own hand to wit first page Line two the word to Second page Line fifteen the words and completed in the said second page Line twenty four the word John and in the said page too and said line twenty four the words five hundred and in the same page too and Line twenty nine the word Issue third page line twenty nine the word pounds fourth page line fifteen the words of twenty and one years page six Line twenty six the words of the city of London Merchant page eight line sixteen the word one page eleven line twenty nine the word leave same page eleven Line thirty the word death page thirteen line fifteen the word all in the margin of page thirteen line thirty is inserted the word pounds page sixteen line twenty nine the word being E. Clarke Esq signed sealed published and delivered by the said Edward Clarke Esquire as and for his last will and testament the errors noted at the ....[?] of the said will being first recorded in the presence of us who subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in the presence and at the request of the testator
James Innes     Christopher Senior     William Innes Junior

In the margin at this point:-
On the 15th day of June 1798 Admon (with the will annexed) of the Goods Chattels and Credits of Edward Clarke late of the parish of Trelawney in the County of Cornwall in the Island of Jamaica but at Buxton in the County of Derby Esquire deceased left unadministered by the Broker of the deceased and Robert Cooper Lee two of the executors named in the said will was granted to John Parker as a person for that purpose named in and on the part and behalf of Thomas Butterworth Bayley and Frances Sanford and Augusta Mary Sanford Infants by John Love drew their next Friend Limited to the purposes only to attend and supply substantiate and confirm the proceedings which shall or may hereafter be held in any Cause or Suit in the High Court of Chancery of Great Britain or in any other Causes or Suits which may hereafter be commenced in the same or any other court and touching and concerning the premises and until a final decree shall be had and made therein and the said decree carried into execution and the execution thereof fully completed but no further or otherwise or in any other manner whatsoever having been first sworn only to administer William Innes Malcolm Laing Samuel Williams Haughton and Joseph Stoney four other of the executors died without taking upon them or either of them the probate and execution of the said will and James Douane and Goldboro Banyer the surviving Executors named in the said will having been first only cited to accept or reprieve the execution thereof but they nor either of them in any wise appeared and the said Edward Clarke the Grandson and residuary Legatee named in the said will having been first also only cited to accept or refuse the Letters of Admon (with the said will annexed) of the goods of the said deceased but in no wise appearing

The main document continues:-
This Will was proved at London on the sixth day of December in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven before the worshipful Andrew Coffee Dunarvol[?] Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Sir George Kay Knight also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Robert Cooper Lee Esquire and other of the Executors 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 only to administer power reserved of making the like grant to William Innes Malcolm Laing and Samuel Williams Haughton Esquires the Reverend Joseph Stoney Clerk James Douane and Goldsboro Banyer Esquires the other Executors.


WILL OF DAVID CLARKE

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE: PROB 11/1608
Will proved: 10th Sept. 1818
Date within document: 20th Feb 1818

Persons Mentioned, Places Mentioned

David Clarke Merchant [Testator], House or Store in Harbour St., Kingston Jamaica
Mary Clarke [Wife]
Roberta [?] Milner [sister]
John Nunn, William Caldwell & George Sanderson [Merchants]
Joshua Brown[?] [Cousin] & his children

Precis:-

David Clarke has a house or store in Harbour Street, Kingston and some form of investment [impossible to read] in Great Britain. He leaves it to his wife and an annual sum of one hundred pounds to his sister. On his wife's death his cousin Joshua Brown? and his children become beneficiaries.

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[In the margin] David Clarke 9

Jamaica SS
This is the last Will and Testament of me David Clarke of the City and parish of Kingston in the county of Surrey in the said island Merchant being of sound and disposing mind and memory I desire that any debts I may owe be paid off as soon as possible I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Mary Clarke all my plate and plates .....  Table and .......  Furniture of every description as and for her own ....  Goods and Chattels I further give devise and bequeath unto my dear wife my negroe woman slave named Jonny[?] and her ..... children ....  ....   .....  Slaves and their future issue unto my said wife executors and assigns for ever I further give and devise and bequeath unto my said wife my house or store in Harbour Street to hold the same to her heirs and assigns for ever and whereas I am entitled to a considerable sum of money invested in the first ...  C...   H   and .....  in my name in the Bank of England .....  first that my Exors*  hereinafter named out of the said H... to pay over unto my sister Roberta[?] Milner ...  .... annual sum  of one hundred pounds Sterling during her life and the remainder of the Dividends or Interest arising from the said Bank H....  firsy may be paid into the ....  hands of my said wife for and during the term of her natural life All the net residue and remainder of my Estate being personally and  ... consisting principally if not wholly of my Share in ....  and  B......  I give and bequeath unto John Nunn William Caldwell and George Sanderson of the said City and parish of Kingston Merchants upon trust ...  .... that they the said   John Minto William Caldwell and George Sanderson or the survivors or survivor of them so as soon as possible after my decease ....  all  .....  part or parts thereof as can or may be sold into ready money and that they do with all convenient speed call in and retrieve the outstanding debts and that they commit her monies to be ....  by .....  by the ways and manners aforesaid to the Kingdom of Great Britain to be there invested in their names and in the name of my other exor hereinafter mentioned in the ....  or  ....  ...  or on ......  as they shall seem most advantageous and that they my said Trustees and Exors do pay over and apply .. Interest and Dividends to ....  and be secured from all such last mentioned monies unto my said wife or her assigns for and during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after the decease of my said wife will and desire that my said Executors and Exors and the survivors or survivor of them and the Exors or Admors**  of each survivor or survivors to   ....   over and equally devise all my said ....property  unto and severally between the children of my cousin Joshua Brown[?] Gold to them and each and every of them their Exors Admors and assigns for ever share and share alike and I hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said John Nunn William Caldwell and George Sanderson Exors of this my last will and Testament in this Country and my cousin the said Joshua Brown[?] of  .... Merchant Exor ...  and ... revoking all former wills by this heretofore made I declare this only to be and  contain my last will and testament contained in ...  of paper set my hand and seal as follows that is to say at the bottom of this first side of this said .... I have set my hand and to this ...   .... the said ....  My hand and seal this twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  David Clarke@ Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said testator 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 subscribed our names as witnessess thereto Wm Murray James Dawson Jacob Delapenna
Proved at London 10th September 1818 before the worshipful Charles C..? Dr of Laws and Divinity Esq the oath of Joshua Brown? Esq his Exor named in his will for Great Britain to whom ...  was granted limited to the .... Efforts in the Kingdom of Great Britain but no further or otherwise being first known truly ...  ....

* Executors
** Administrators


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