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Will of Joseph Barnes, 1836
Abstract of will
I Joseph BARNES of New Brentford, victualler... friends Michael SIMS of the Half Acre in New Brentford, gentleman and Joseph HILL of the Butts, New Brentford, schoolmaster
... dear wife Elizabeth
... seven years to allow my son William.... sons aged 21
... freehold house in the Ham, New Brentford
... two leasehold houses at Brentford and Isleworth
... three leasehold houses at Brentford End
... freehold house in the Ham, New Brentford to son Joseph on attaining 25
... three other leasehold houses at Brentford End to son Henry Samuel when 25
... three other leasehold houses at Brentford End to daughter Eliza at 25
... leasehold estate at or near Gunnersbury Place near Old Brentford to three sons and a daughter
... dated 15 October 1835
... witnessed by William LAMBERT, New Brentford, currier; John THORNTON, New Brentford, carpenter; Robt Thos FLETCHER, Solr Brentford
... proved at London on 25 January 1836 by the oaths of Michael SIMS and Joseph HILL executors
The testator
Joseph BARNES: landlord of the Black Boys at 140 High Street, New Brentford, in 1826. By 1841 his family had moved away from this property; at least one son remained in Brentford.Top
The legatees
The entries that follow are from the ancestry.co.uk website. There are two other baptisms to Joseph and Elizabeth of children not mentioned in their father's will: Elizabeth, 1817, All Saints Isleworth (father a brazier); Emma, 1822, St Lawrence New Brentford (father a victualler). They may have died before he prepared his will.William BARNES: presumably eldest son; there is a baptism of a William, son of Joseph and Elizabeth BARNES, at All Saints, Isleworth in 1815, but the father's occupaton is 'tinplate worker'. I think this is the correct family.
Joseph BARNES: baptised at St Mary, Ealing in 1819; the parents were living in Old Brentford, the father a tinplate worker.
Henry Samuel BARNES: baptised at St Lawrence, New Brentford in 1824; father's occupation 'publican'. In the 1861 census Henry Samule BARNES was recorded in the census at 203 High Street.
Eliza BARNES: baptised at St Lawrence, New Brentford in 1827; father's occupation 'publican'.
The witnesses & executor
An 1826 trade directory lists the witnesses and executors:Michael SIMS: publican of the Catherine Wheel, New Brentford, in 1826; also recorded in 1810/11 list of New Brentford inhabitants
Joseph HILL: gentlemen's boarding school in the Butts, 1826
William LAMBERT: currier, New Brentford, 1826
John THORNTON: a carpenter, builder and undertaker of Market Place in 1826; of 127 High Street in 1841
Robert Thomas FLETCHER: attorney of Brentford End in 1826
How to see this will in full
A copy of the original will can be downloaded from The National Archives Documents Online service, or it can be viewed free of charge by visiting TNA at Kew.Published May 2010