Life History

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• Will of Thomas Godfrey Snr (1747-1813) - DD/ED 3/732l
  
  1 This is the last will and testament of me Thomas Godfrey
  2 of Adsborough in the Parish of Creech St Michael in the County
  3 of Somerset yeoman First I give and bequeath to my Daughter
  4 Joan Godfrey the sum of Two hundred pounds To my daughter
  5 Elizabeth Day the sum of One hundred and fifty pounds To my
  6 Daughter Amey Nash the sum of one hundred pounds To my
  7 Daughter Jane Smith the sum of two hundred pounds and
  8 to my Daughter Hannah Bobbett the sum of two hundred pounds
  9 which said legacies I will and direct shall be paid to the respective
  10 Legatees within six months next after my Decease by my Executors
  11 hereinafter named I give and devise to my son Thomas Godfrey
  12 all that my three Acres of Ground now planted to an Orchard
  13 called Haviland situate in Thurloxton in the said County with its
  14 Appurtenances To hold to him his heirs and assigns forever I give
  15 and devise unto my son William Godfrey All that my three acres
  16 of Ground called the Allotment in Northmoor in the Parish of
  17 North Petherton in the said County and also all that my Orchard
  18 and Ground at Oakwood within the Parish of Lyng in the said
  19 County with its Appurtenances To hold to him the said William
  20 Godfrey his heirs and assigns forever Also I give and bequeath unto
  21 my said son William Godfrey all that my three acres of Leasehold
  22 or Copyhold Ground situate in Stanmoor in the Parish of Stoke
  23 Saint Gregory in the said County and also all that my half acre of
  24 Leasehold or Copyhold Ground at North Curry in the said County
  25 with their respective appurtenances To hold to him his executors
  26 Administrators and assigns for and during all of my estate and
  27 Estates right To the interest therein I give and devise unto my
  28 Son John Godfrey all that my seven acres of meadow and pasture ground
  29 in Aller Moor within the Parish of Aller in the said County called [Anssimony]
  30 with its Appurtenances To hold to him the said John Godfrey
  31 his heirs and assigns forever I give and bequeath unto my wife
  32 Amey Godfrey One annuity or clear yearly sum of Thirty Pounds
  33 of lawful current money of Great Britain to be paid her by four
  34 quarterly payments in the year that is to say Midsummer Day
  35 Michaelmas Day Christmas Day and Lady Day for and during the
  36 Term of her natural life the first payment to begin and bemade
  37 on the first quarter Day happening next after my Decease and
  38 I do hereby subject and charge my said three Acres of Ground in
  39 Thurloxton aforesaid with the payment of the sum of Five Pounds
  40 a year in part thereof my seven acres in Aller Moor with the
  41 payment of the Sum of Five pounds a year in further part
  42 thereof and all my residuary Leasehold Estates with the payment
  43 of the further Twenty pounds a year the residue
  44 [                     ] full power and authority for the said Amey Godfrey
  45 or her assigns in case the said Annuity or yearly sum of Thirty
  46 pounds shall happen to be behind and unpaid on any or either
  47 of the said Quarter Day of payment or by the space of twenty
  48 Days next after lawful Demand being first thereof made and
  49 then not paid unto and upon the said respective premises according
  50 to the charges aforesaid to enter and distrain and the Distress and
  51 Distresses from time to time there had and taken to appraise sell
  52 and dispose of according to the Laws to distresses for  [back] rent
  53 rendering the [Oversplus] if any shall happen to be after the arrears
  54 of the said Annuity and Costs of distress are paid and satisfied All
  55 the rest and residue of my real and personal Estate whatsoever
  56 and wheresoever Subject to the payment of my Just Debts legacies
  57 funeral expenses and the said sum of twenty pounds in part of
  58 the said Annuity of Thirty pounds to my Wife for life I give devise and 59 bequeath the sane and every part thereof unto my said two Sons
  60 William Godfrey and John Godfrey their heirs executors administrators
  61 and assigns for ever as Tenants in common and not as Joint
  62 tenants and I hereby appoint these the said William Godfrey
  63 and John Godfrey Executors of this my Will [   ] Testimony
  64 whereof I have to this my will contained in this and two other
  65 Sheets of paper at the Foot or Bottom of the first two sheets
  66 set my hand and to this third and last sheet my hand and
  67 Seal this Seventeenth Day of June in the year of our Lord one
  68 thousand eight hundred and thirteen  Thos Godfrey
  69 Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Thomas Godfrey
  70 the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the
  71 presence of us who have set and subscribed our names as witnesses
  72 Wm Dyer Daniel Brosnan Jno Barley
  
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• William was a witness at the wedding of Richard House and Amelia Dibble.
  
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Sources

• 1. Parish Records - SRO
  • West Monkton
• 2. Ancestry World Tree - Stephenson
• 3. Parish Records - SRO
  • West Monkton baptisms
• 4. Somerset Wills
  • DD/ED 3/732 will of Thomas Godfrey
• 5. Trull Parish Records
  • D\P\tru/5/1/13
• 6. UK Census 1841
• 7. Parish Records - SRO
• 8. A compilation of Sercombes
  • (unreliable evidence)
• 9. Somerset FHS parish transcripts