PRESTON JOSEPH 1739 Ref. Borthwick vol. 87 fol. 212 mic. 1006
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph
Preston of Winskill in the parish of Giggleswick and County
of York Yeoman being aged and infirm in Body but of sound and
disposing Mind Memory and Understanding praised be God for
the same do for the settling of my temporal Concerns make and
ordain this my last Will and Testament as follows and First I
will that all my Just Debts Funeral Expences and the Charge
of the Probate of this my Will be paid out and discharged forth
and out of my Personal Estate I also give and bequeath unto
Elizabeth Peacock Eldest Daughter of Richard Peacock my Kins
-man the Sum of thirty Pounds I also give and bequeath unto
James Peacock Brother of the said Elizabeth the like Sum of thirty
Pounds I also give and bequeath unto the said Richard Pea-
cock the Sum of five Pounds I also give and bequeath unto Anne
Peacock Wife of the said Richard Peacock the Sum of ten Pounds
I also give and bequeath unto Johanna Bradley my Kinswoman
the Sum of Five Pounds I also give and bequeath unto Thomas
Walker my Kinsman the Sum of twenty shillings I also give and
bequeath unto Elizabeth Stackhouse Wife of Christopher Stack=
house of Winskill aforesaid the Sum of one hundred Pounds I
also give and bequeath unto William Lawson of Settle my Brothers
Son the Sum of ten Shillings I also give and bequeath unto Margret
Lawson Sister of the said William Lawson the Sum of ten shillings
all which said several Legacies it is my Will and Mind shall be
severally paid as above by my Executrix hereafter named at the
End of twelve Months next after my Decease I likewise give and
bequeath unto Joseph Peacock Son of the said Richard Peacock
thirty Pounds I also give and bequeath unto Thomas Peacock
another of the Sons of the said Richard Peacock the like Sum of thirty
Pounds I also give unto Anne Peacock another of the Daughters of
the said Richard Peacock the like Sum of thirty Pounds I also give
and bequeath unto Frances Peacock another of the Daughters
of the said Richard Peacock the like Sum of thirty Pounds I also
give and bequeath unto Frances Peacock another of the Daughters of
the said Richard Peacock the like Sum of thirty Pounds (sic) I also give
and bequeath unto Alice Stackhouse Daughter of the said Christopher
and Elizabeth Stackhouse the Sum of ten Pounds I also give and be
-queath unto Christopher Lawson the Sum of twenty Shillings all
which said six last mentioned Legacies it is my will and mind shall
be paid to the said several Legatees when and as they shall sever
-ally attain their respective Ages of twenty one years whereas Joseph
Walker my Godson is indebted to me in the Sum of five Pounds now
I do hereby give and release to the said Joseph Walker the said
Sum of Money and the Security I have for the Same all the Rest
Residue and Remainder of my Personal Estate Credits and
Effects whatsoever not disposed of I do hereby give devise and
bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Stackhouse and revoke all for
-mer Wills by Me at any time heretofore made Provided always
and it is my Will and Mind that if any Debts owing to me at
the time of my Decease be lost or cannot be recovered by Reason
of the Insolvency of any of my Creditors all due Means having
been used for the Recovery thereof then and in such Case all and
every Person and Persons to whom I have given anything by
this my Will shall abate so much of his her or their Legacy or
Legacies in equall Proportion thereto as shall supply Such Loss
and lastly I make constitute and appoint the said Elizabeth
Stackhouse sole Executrix of this my Will In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and Seal the fourth Day of August
in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty
nine. Joseph Preston his Letter or Mark, Signed sealed published
and declared by the said Joseph \Preston/ as his last Will and Testament In
our presence and by Us attested in her Presence, William Redmayne
John Hunter his mark, Jas. Carr. This will passed the Seal the ......
Day of October 1739