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Will of Robert Hazell, 1840
Abstract of will
I Robert Hazell of New Brentford Middlesex chemist do give & bequeath all my estate, effects & property ... unto John SAUNDERS of Strand on the Green Middlesex maltster, John KENT of Stratford Essex chemist and Charles HAZELL of no. 88 Pall Mall Middlesex tea dealer on trust... 1st to pay all my just debts, funeral & testamentary expenses
... 2nd to put my dear wife Elizabeth unto possession for he absolute use of all my household furniture & effects in dwelling house except stock in trade & fixtures
... 3rd to accept themselves each a similar edition to my own Scotts Bible & to hand a like Bible to Mary GREEN of Longford & to give a pocket Bible similar to my own to each of my children who may not have one and a Bible to every person in my employ
... 4th to hand my watch and its appendages to my son Robert
... 5th to enter into partnership with Joseph Stroud TUBB my assistant ... in order to carry on my business
... 6th to put my son Robert or any other son in possession ... of the business
... 7th to sell or let ... the lease of my house
... 8th to allow the advance made by me to my Brother George to stand over so long as he may wish it or until his Insolvency Bankuptcy or making a composition with his Creditors as I entertain no doubt that as soon as he has the ability he will discharge the claim
In the 9th to 13th points references are made to "my children as they respectively attain 25"
... 14th to pay my wife £50 per annum during her life in case of her remarriage & in such case she is not to receive any benefit from this my will
The 16th point refers to "freehold and copyhold estates".
... 19th I nominate constitute and appoint the said John SAUNDERS, John KENT and Charles HAZELL ... executors
Dated 7th April 1838
... witnessed by
Robert Thomas FLETCHER, Solicitor Brentford
Joseph Stroud TUBB
William HOWARD assistants to the said Robert HAZELL
Codicil dated January 10 1840 ... In consequence of my dear wife having lost her good father John SAUNDERS (blessed be his memory) ... appointed wife executrix & John KENT executor ... witnessed by
Henry RICHARDS, surgeon Brentford
Robert Thomas FLETCHER, Solicitor Brentford
Proved at London on 27th March 1840
The testator
A Robert HAZELL married Elizabeth SAUNDERS at Chiswick in 1823. They lived at number 296 High Street and his widow Elizabeth was recorded there in the 1841 census, with Charles HAZELL, possibly the brother referred to in the will.Top
The witnesses & executors
Henry RICHARDS, the surgeon, lived next door to Robert Hazell in 1841 and later married Elizabeth HAZELL: see notes for number 295 for more details.Joseph Stroud TUBB, the assistant to Robert Hazell, was living at no. 100 High Street in 1841 and had his own assistant. There is a PCC will of a Joseph Stroud TUBB in 1844.
Elizabeth HAZELL, widow, had a daughter Emily from her first marriage who would have been 9 at the time of the 1841 census but was not at home. Following her re-marriage to Henry RICHARDS, the 1851 census shows Elizabeth with a new daughter, Mary E aged 1, and her daughter Emily HAZELL aged 19. Elizabeth (nee SAUNDERS) was 48 in 1851 and born in Chiswick.
John SAUNDERS, father in law to Robert HAZELL, died between 1838 and 1840. In the 1851 - 1871 censuses an Ann SAUNDERS lived at no. 295. She was 60 years old in 1861 so a contemporary of Elizabeth (nee SAUNDERS): possibly a sister as she is described as unmarried in the earlier two censuses. In 1851 there were two younger SAUNDERS sisters living with Ann at 295: Harriott and Emma, all born Chiswick.
Robert W HAZELL, the son: in 1851 he was living at 69 Edware Road St Marylebone with his wife Anne (born Paddington) and son Robert aged 2, born Worcester and 1 month old daughter Annie M. Robert senior was a chemist & druggist. Also in the household were two female servants, Hannah PEPTIT a 50 year old monthly nurse, and finally a visitor, James L BRAZIER, an analytical chemist born Rye, Sussex. FamilySearch includes the birth of RObert William Hazell in New Brentford on 8 Nov 1824 (record submitted by an individual).
George HAZELL: the brother who owed money. A George Hazell, fishmonger, lived with his wife Phebe in Carshalton in 1841. There is a marriage between George Hazell and Phebe PARKER at St George in the Borough (Southwark) in 1825 (Pallot's Marriage Index). This is only circumstantial evidence, there may be other contenders.
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