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Will of Mary Burnham, widow, Old Brentford, 1857
... first I desire that all my just debts, funeral and testamentary expences and charges be paid and that I be buried in the Burying Ground of St George Chapel in Old Brentford in the same grave with my sonI give unto my Executor and Executrix ... £100 stock in the 3 1/2% consoldated Bank Annuities ... interest ... accumulation until my granddaughter Mary Eliza Burnham attains the age of 21 years
... case my said granddaughter shall die before ... transfer ... unto my daughters Eliza DRINKWATER and Mary Ann ADAMSON ... equal shares
... I give to my daughter-in-law Sarah Burnham £10 sterling for mourning and all my real estate
... residue ... I give devise and bequeath ... unto my two daughters Eliza DRINKWATER and Mary Ann ADAMSON
... I appoint my son-in-law George ADAMSON and my said daughter Eliza DRINKWATER executor and executrix
... first day of September 1842 [signed by Mary Burnham]
... witnessed by G CLARK, Solicitor, New Brentford; Thomas SMITH clerk to Mr CLARK, New Brentford
Proved ... 12th June 1857 ... by oaths of George ADAMSON and Eliza DRINKWATER (wife of George DRINKWATER) ... the Executors to whom Administration was granted.
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 July 2016