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Will of Susanna Clark, widow, Old Brentford, 1852
Abstract of will
... I desire that all my just debts, funeral and testamentary expences may be paid as soon as conveniently may be after my decease and whereas under the will of the late Mary GILES of Chertsey in the county of Surrey spinster bearing date 11th April 1839 I or my executors are under the said will entitled to certain property with other parties after the decease of one Elizabeth JANAWAY in the said will named & my will and desire is that whatever sum ... of money then may be coming to me or my Executors from the aforesaid will as also all and every the other the property that I may be possessed of .... I leave the same ... one half to my son Samuel Clark of No. 2 Paradise Place Old Brentford ... and the other half to my son William Clark fisherman of Old Brentford and in case of his death to as to (sic) my grandchildren ... at the time of the decease of the said William Clark share and share alike... appoint my son Samuel Clark sole executor
... 28 November 1842 , Susanna Clark (mark of 'x')
...Witnessed by Jacob REDSHAW, Old Brentford, Thomas William GRAIN, coal dealer, Old Brentford
... proved 20 May 1852 ... oath of Samuel Clark the son
Notes
The site has details of more than one Clark family, see research by Janet McNamara and by various researchers - at a glance there is nothing to tie the above Susanna Clark to these families.The parish registers for St Mary Ealing include baptisms to Samuel and Susanna Clark: Samuel on 21 September 1798 and 28 April 1805; and William, 10 March 1811.
The witness Jacob REDSHAW supported the temperance movement (Google searches: The Tablet, International Catholic news weekly of 7 October 1843).
Thomas William GRAIN, the second witness, was described as a coal merchant when his son William married Matilda Dean at Ealing in 1852; the combination of corn and coal merchant recurs, both being bulky goods that could be transported by canal.
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.Top
Page published July 2016