Hewitt Family Wills

ANNE HEWITT 1727

Testamentum of ANNAS HEWITT supra do Newton Arlosh.Samifire?

In the name of God ,Amen,I ANNE HEWITT of Newton in ye Fields of Brumfield.,single women,being weak in body but of sound and perfect in mind and memory,Praised be to God,.do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following,

First I give and bequeath my soul unto the hands Almighty God my creator hoping through his merrits,death and passion of Jesus Christ my redeemer to be one of his beloved company of heaven.And my body I commit to the earth to be buried at the decreation of my executors herein after named.And as touching the dispositions of my worldly goods as Almighty God as bestowed upon me,I dispose thereof as followeth.

First I give and bequeath to JANE HEWITT one shilling.

Item: To JOHN HEWITT one shilling.

Item; To MARY HEWITTmy god daughter one little iron pot.

Item:To MARY MESSENGER my God daughter one little chest.

Item;To ROBERT HEWITT one shilling.

Item;To HENRY WILLIS one shilling.

Item:To ISSAC MESSENGER one shilling.

Item:To THOMAS WADE one shilling

Item:To JOSEPH WILLSON one shilling.

Item:To MARY STUBS ten shillings

Item:To JOHN HOUGTON one shilling.

Item:to MARY LITTLE ten shillings.

Item:To WILLIAM LITTLE ten shillings.

Item;to SARAH LITTLE half a crown.

Item;To JANE ISMAY half a crown.

All my rest of my goods moveable and immovable whatsoever I give and bequeath unto DANIEL LITTLE Whom I make my sole executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all wills and formally made.

In witness whereof I have set my hand the first day of May anno Domini 1725

Signed in the presence of WILLIAM LITTLE and JOHN HAYTON

Proved14th December 1727