Transcript of the will of Elizabeth Barker 1765

	In the Name of God Amen
	I Elizabeth Barker of Steeple in the County of Essex Widow being
	of Sound and disposing mind memory and understanding (blessed be God
	for the Same) Do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament in
	manner following that is to Say First I give and bequeath unto my
	Son Isaac Barker the Sum of Five Pounds to be paid to him at the end
	of One Calendar Month next after my Decease Also I give and
	bequeath unto my Son Thomas Barker the Sum of One Hundred
	Pounds to be paid to him at the End of twelve Calendar Months next
	after my Decease Also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth
	Barker the Sum of Fifty Pounds to be paid to her at the End of
	Eighteen Calendar Months next after my Decease Also I give and
	bequeath unto my Son Joseph Barker the Sum of Fifty Pounds to be
	to be paid at the End of two years next after my Decease And I give and
	bequeath unto him my Son Joseph Barker the Lease of my Farm
	in Southminster in the said County of Essex called Landor[?] or otherwise
	and all my Right Title Term of Years and Interest on and in the Same
	Farm with the appurtenances and the Said Lease thereof Also I give
	and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Barker the Sum of Fifty
	Pounds to be paid to her at the end of three years next after my Decease
	Also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Barker the Sum of
	Two Hundred Pounds to be paid to her at her age of one and twenty
	years And I do nominate and appoint my friend Mr John Truss[?] the
	Guardian to my Said Daughter untill She Shall attain the Said age
	of one and twenty years And I give unto him the said John Truss[?] the
	Sum of five Pounds for his care and trouble in the Guardianship of my
	Said Daughter Sarah And I give to her my Said Daughter Sarah
	my Silver Tankard And all the rest residue and remainder of my
	moneys Securities for money Lease of and Interest in Farms
	Goods Chattels Debts Stock Emblements Effects and personal Estate
	whatsoever and wheresoever not herein before my me given or disposed
	of (my just Debts Funeral Charges and the Costs of the Probate of this my
	Will being first paid and Satisfied) I give and bequeath unto my Son
	John Barker to and for his own proper use and benefit And I do
	nominate make and appoint him my said Son John Barker full and
	Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and I do revoke
	former and other Wills by me made In Witness whereof I have
	hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Seventh Day of February in the
	Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Five. The
	Mark of Elizabeth ' X ' Barker. Signed Sealed published and Declared
	by the Said Elizabeth Barker the Testator as and for her last Will
	and Testament in our presence and attested by us in her and in each
	others presence. John Kittson. James Smith. Willm Smart
		This Will
	was Proved on the Fifth Day of March in the year of our Lord One
	Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty five before the Reverend George
	Cowperthwaite Clerk Surrogate and by the Oath of John Barker Son of the
	deceased and Sole Executor to whom Administration of all and Singular
	the Goods Chattels and Credits of the Said deceased was granted and
	committed on the Seventh Day of the Said Month of March he being first
	sworn duly to Administer

The will of Elizabeth Barker, 1765