In the Name of God Amen
I ISAAC BARKER of Steeple in the County of Essex yeoman being of Sound and Disposing Mind Memory and Understanding (Blessed be God) Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) First I Give and Devise unto my Daughter SARAH BARKER and her Heirs for Ever All and Every my Copyhold or Customary Messuages or Tenements Farm Lands and Hereditaments with their and Every of their Appurtenances situate and being in Danbury in the said County of Essex holden of the Manor of Bicknacre Priory and now in the several Tenures or Occupations of JOSEPH HAWKES and [ ] MARKERIDGE their or one of their or one of their Undertenants or Assigns Also I Give and Bequeath unto my Son ISAAC BARKER the Sum of One Hundred Pounds And unto my Son JOHN BARKER the sum of Two Hundred Pounds And unto my Daughter ELIZABETH BARKER the like Sum of Two Hundred Pounds the said Several Legacies to be paid at the End of Twelve Calendar Months next after my Decease And I Give and Bequeath unto my Sons THOMAS BARKER and JOSEPH BARKER the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds a piece And unto my Daughter MARY BARKER the like sum of Two Hundred Pounds the said Legacies to my said Sons THOMAS and JOSEPH to be Paid to them severally at their respective Ages of one and Twenty years And the said Legacy to my said Daughter MARY to be paid to her at her age of one and Twenty Years or day of Marriage which shall first happen And I Give and Bequeath the Leases of my Farms and all my Right Interest and Terms of years in such Farms And all and Every my Monies Securities for Money Goods Chattels Emblements Debts Stocks Effects and Personal Estates whatsoever not being before by me given or Disposed of (my Just Debts Funeral Charges and the Costs of the Probate of this my Will being first paid and satisfied) Unto my Loving Wife ELIZABETH BARKER her Executors and Administrators to and for her and their own uses and benefit But Upon this Condition Nevertheless That she my said Wife her Executors or Administrators Do and Shall at her or their own Costs and Charges Maintain Educate and bring up my said sons THOMAS and JOSEPH BARKER untill they shall severally Attain the Ages of one and Twenty Years and my Said Daughters MARY and SARAH untill they shall Severally Attain the like Ages or be Married and Fund and Provide Clothes Schooling and all other Necessaries proper and convenient for them without asking or requiring anything of them or any of them or Deducting or retaining any thing out of their or any of their Portions or Fortunes for or upon Account of Such their Maintenance and Education Clothing Schooling or otherwise And I do Nominate and Appoint my said Wife ELIZABETH BARKER Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament And also Guardian of my said Infant Children during their respective Minorities and do Revoke all other Wills by me made Declaring this to be my last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I the said ISAAC BARKER the Testator have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Ninth day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Nine - ISAAC BARKER - Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said ISAAC BARKER as and for his last Will and Testament in our Presence and Attested by us in his Presence - ROBT COTTISS - JOHN SNUSHALL - WILLM SMART
This Will was proved on the Twentieth day of August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Nine before me the Reverend George Cowperthwaite Clerk Surrogate and by the Oath of ELIZABETH BARKER Widow the Relict of the Deceased and Sole Executrix to whom Administration of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased was Granted and Committed she being first Sworn duly to Administer