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Will of James Adderley, 1842
Abstract of will
I James Adderley of Old Brentford ... sound mind & memory so for the avoidance of all controversy after my decease make and delcare this my last will & testament... unto my wife Sarah Adderley my three copyhold houses with the appurts thereto belonging in the New North Road in the parish of Ealing ... together with all my household furniture, stock in trade and all my personal property ... while she shall still remain unmarried but at her decease I hereby give the said copyhold houses ... unto such of my children as shall then be living the same to be sold by public auction and the proceeds ... to be divided ... alike
I ... appoint my said wife the sole Executor
... dated 6th July 1841
... witnessed by Wm Newman, Kew & W Newman junior
... William Newman of Kew Green ... sworn 14 March 1842 ...oath of Sarah Adderley, relict ... proved 19 March 1842
The testator
A James Adderley, painter, lived at around no. 300 High Street in the 1841 census. He was aged 45 (ie 45 to 49) and had a wife Sarah (40-44), son William (10) and daughter Eliza (7), all born in Middlesex. He wrote his will just over 4 weeks after the census took place and died in the first three months of 1842.There is a marriage of a James Adderley to Sarah DRAPER at Southwark St Saviour in 1820 (Pallot's Marriage Index): which may be relevant.
TopThe witnesses & executor
William NEWMAN: Access to Archives includes reference to a William Newman of Kew, auctioneer in 1848 and a surveyor of this name was living at Kew Green at the time of the 1841 censusSarah ADDERLEY: the 1851 census shows her as Sarah ALLEN, widow, aged 51, born Strand on the Green living at New North Road (presumably in one of the copyhold properties left by her husband). Living with her were her son William NEWMAN (17) and an elder daughter Mary Ann NEWMAN, who was not at home in the 1841 census.
Sarah's second husband was probably Michael ALLEN: there is a marriage of a Sarah Adderley in Brentford Registration District in 1846 and a Michael ALLEN was recorded with the same page reference.
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