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1812 Mary Thomason of Kemberton (Widow)

13th March 1812

This is the last will and testament of me Mary Thomason of Kemberton in the County of Salop widow made this thirteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and twelve (1812). First, I desire to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named and that my just debts and funeral expenses with the charges of proving this my will may be paid and discharged as soon as conveniently may be after my decease.

I give and bequeath unto Richard Thomason of Manchester in the County of Lancaster Merchant and to my son William Thomason their executors and administrators the sum of five hundred pounds to be paid to them within six months from the time of my decease upon trust that they or the survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor do and shall put and place the same out to interest upon Government or private security as they shall think fit and do and shall receive the interest dividends and produce thereof as the same shall become due and pay the same into the hands of my daughter Mary the wife of Francis Yates for and during the term of her natural life to and for her own sole and separate use and wherewith her said husband shall not intermeddle nor shall the same or any part thereof be subject or liable to his debts control or engagements and I do declare that her receipt alone notwithstanding her coverture shall from time to time be a good and efficient discharge for the same and every part thereof; and from and after her decease then upon trust to call in and receive the said sum of five hundred pounds and all such interest as shall be then due thereon and to pay and equally divide the same amongst all and every the children of my said daughter either already born or hereafter to be born share and share alike and in case of the death of any or either of the said children under the age of twenty-one years leaving issue then I direct that the part or share of him her or them so dying shall go and be paid to such issue but in the case of the death of any or either of them the said children under the age of twenty-one years without leaving issue then I direct that the part or share of him her or them so dying shall go and be paid to the survivors or survivor of them; and in the case of the death of all the said children under the age of twenty-one years and without issue then I direct that the said sum of five hundred pounds and all such interest as shall be then due for the same shall go and be paid to the said Francis Yates his executors and administrators to and for his or their own use.

I give and bequeath unto my daughter Ann the sum of five hundred pounds to be paid her within six months from the time of my decease and I do express declare and direct that the said several sums of five hundred pounds and five hundred pounds given to or in favour of my two daughters shall be accepted by them respectively in full of all legacies parts and shares of and in the property bequeathed to or in favour of my said two daughters by the will of their late father Samuel Thomason deceased and also in full of the property to which they became entitled by the death of their late brother Samuel Thomason; and in case the said legacies shall not be accepted by them in full of such property then I do hereby give and bequeath the legacy or legacies of her or them refusing to accept the same unto my son William Thomason and his executors and administrators to and for his and their own use.

And as to all the rest residue and remainder of my money goods chattels effects and personal estate whatsoever wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever  I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my said son William to and for his own use provided always and I do hereby direct and declare that it shall be lawful for my said Trustees respectively and their respective executors and administrators to deduct and reimburse himself and themselves all loss cists charges and expenses which they shall or may sustain expend or be put unto in carrying into execution the Trust of this my will or the management or execution thereof or any other thing in any wise relating thereto and that they or either of them shall not be answerable or accountable for any loss which may happen of the said trust monies or any part thereof unless the same happen through his or their wilful default nor shall the one of them be answerable or accountable for the acts deeds receipts or disbursements of the other of them but each of them for his own acts deeds receipts and disbursements only anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

Provided also and I do further direct and declare that in case my daughter Mary shall survive the said Francis Yates her husband then it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Trustees or the survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor to pay all or such part of the said principal sum of five hundred pounds to her in her lifetime as they or he shall in their or his discretion think fit anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

And lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Richard Thomason and my said son William executors of this my will and revoke and make void all and every former and other will and wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this only to be my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal and published and declared this to be my last will and testament the day and year first above written.

Signed sealed published and declared by the said testatrix Mary Thomason as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us who in her presence at her request and also in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

The mark of Mary Thomason

Thomas Barber

Samuel Nicholls

(From the Wills in the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry)

1823 Mary Thomason

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In the name of God, Amen, I Mary THOMASON, widow, of Birmingham in the County of Warwick, being in sound mind and memory, do in the disposing of the little property I am possessed of, which I have saved since I became a widow, do make this my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say: first, I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah THOMASON and my daughter Ann THOMASON all money whatsoever and wheresoever that may be in my possession at the time of my decease; also I give and bequeath to my said daughter Sarah Thomason and my daughter Ann Thomason all money, interest of money, dividends and rents that may be owing and due to me at the time of my decease that is to say, I give to them whatsoever sum of money may be then due to me from (Old) Place for interest of fifteen hundred pounds on mortgages; also I give to them whatsoever sum of money may be then due to me  from Mr Thomas Allen for rent of the farm at Smethwick; also I give to them whatsoever sum of money may be due to me from my son Edward THOMASON for rent of his house and manufactory; also I give to them whatsoever dividends or money that may be then due to me from a share in the Birmingham Fire Office; and I also give and bequeath to them, my said daughters Sarah Thomason and Ann Thomason the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds now in the aforesaid Fire Office, which money I advanced to pay the (rents) on the above mentioned share in the aforesaid Fire Office, namely, a (call) of forty pounds June 3rd 1815, a call of forty pounds November 21st 1815 and a call of forty pounds March 9th 1815, and also should there be any rent due to me at the time aforesaid for the house No. 20, Colmore Row now since let to Messrs Hickman and Hutchinson, I give to them all money owing to me or that may be anywhere in my possession and all money, interest of money, dividends and rents whatsoever or wheresoever that may be owing and due to me at the time of my decease I do freely give and bequeath to my said daughters Sarah Thomason and Ann Thomason to be equally divided (between) them, for I think  it just and right that, as my said daughters live with me, they should receive and have the whole of my income to the day of my death, and also all my other property for my other children do not want it, and I do constitute and appoint my daughter Sarah Thomason and my daughter Ann Thomason executrixes of this my last will. In witness whereunto I have set my hand and seal this twenty-seventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two – Mary Thomason – signed, sealed and declared by the said testator Mary Thomason for and as her last will and testament in the presence of us who in her presence and at her request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses: Elizabeth Gibbs, Sarah Carks

Though I have not mentioned in my will my household linen or the wine & liquors or other things belonging to me that may be in my house at the time of my decease, yet I think right that such things should be theirs; I mean that they should have them – Mary Thomason

My poor dear daughter Sarah Thomason being now dead, the whole of my property whatsoever and wheresoever heretofore mentioned in this my last will I do now give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Thomason; my will now is that my said daughter Ann Thomason should have it all, the whole of my property, all money that may be due to me at the time of my decease or in my possession, and all my other property whatsoever or wheresoever, I do now give and bequeath to my said daughter Ann Thomason. May 26th 1823. I do here this day set my hand and seal – Mary Thomason – witness Ann Wadsworth

I Mary Thomason, being of sound mind and memory, praised be God for the same, do hereby give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Thomason all my dear departed daughter Sarah’s overclothes and all other property whatsoever and wheresoever that was hers and now belongs to me. July 14th 1823 I set my hand – Mary Thomason – witness Ann Hadsworth, (xxx) here to my will that it should be firmly (xxx) all my share of poor dear Sarah’s property to Ann – Mary Thomason

Appeared Personally Edward Thomason of Birmingham in the County of Warwick, jeweller, and Phillis Bown THOMASON his wife, and made oath that they knew and were well acquainted with Mary Thomason late of Birmingham in the County of Warwick, widow, deceased for twenty years and upwards before and to the time of her death which happened as these deponents have been and believed on the nineteenth day of July last, and these deponents further made oath that they knew and were well acquainted with the said deceased’s manner and character of handwriting and of writing and subscribing her name, having often seen the said deceased write and also write and subscribe her name, and having now with care and affection viewed and perused the paper writing hereunto annexed, being or purporting to be and remain the last will and testament with three codicils thereunto annexed of the said deceased, the said will bearing date the twenty-seventh day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and the first of the said codicils being without date and thus subscribed – ‘Mary Thomason’ – and the second of the said codicils bearing date the twenty-sixth day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, and the third codicil bearing date July the fourteenth one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, they these documents, do verily and in their consciences believe the said recited will, codicils and subscriptions thereunto to be all of the proper handwriting and subscribing and to have been written and subscribed by the said Mary Thomason, widow, deceased – Sir Edward Thomason – Phillis Bown Thomason – on the twenty-sixth day of August 1823, the above said Edward Thomason and Phillis Bown Thomason were duly sworn to the truth of the above-written affidavit before me, Thomas Chapman, Commissioner

Proved 28th August 1823 by Ann Thomason  

1794 Edward Thomason

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In the name of God, Amen. I Edward THOMASON of Birmingham in the County of Warwick, late Buckle Maker, being of sound mind, memory and understanding, praised be Almighty God for it, I do for the settling and disposing of the Estate and Effects which it has pleased God to bestow upon me make this my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say, First, it is my will and desire that all my just debts and funeral charges be punctually paid and discharged, and that my body be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereafter named. Also, I give and bequeath unto my eldest son John Evans THOMASON whom I had with my former wife the sum of two hundred pounds only to be paid him within one year after my decease, I having already given him the other part of the fortune designed for him which together with what is bequeathed to him by the will of his late Grandfather, John EVANS, makes him a handsome and sufficient fortune. Also, I give and bequeath unto my Grandson Edward PICKARD the sum of fifty pounds. Also, I give and bequeath unto my Granddaughter Mary PICKARD the like sum of fifty pounds. Also, I give and bequeath unto my Grandson James PICKARD the like sum of fifty pounds; as they are all three young to be paid them within one year after the death of my wife Mary THOMASON; and if any one or two of them should happen to die before the above mentioned time for the payment thereof then such share or shares to go unto the survivor or survivors of them; and it is my express will that neither my said son John Evans Thomason nor my said grandchildren Edward, Mary and James Pickard shall not at any time hereafter have the least pretence to have claim or take any part of my real or personal estate or effects of any sort kind or manner whatsoever or wheresoever (they) shall be to all intents and purposes entirely barred and excluded therefrom. Also I give and bequeath unto my said wife Mary Thomason the free use and enjoyment of all and singular my household goods, furniture, plate and linen for and during her natural life; and after her decease then my executors to sell and dispose of all such household goods, furniture, plate and linen, and the monies arising from the sale thereof to be equally divided amongst my five children whom I had by my present wife, namely: Elizabeth COVEY, Sarah THOMASON, Ann THOMASON, Edward THOMASON and James THOMASON, share and share alike. Also, I give and devise unto my said wife, Mary Thomason, all those my three small freehold messuages or dwelling houses, together with the outbuildings, two small farms, land and premises, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate or near Smethwick in the Parish of Harbourne and County of Stafford, and now in the tenure or occupation of Thomas Allen or his under-tenants, together with all ways, waters, watercourses and all privileges and appurtenances whatsoever to the said premises or any part or parts thereof belonging or in any wise appertaining, for and during the term of her natural life, and from and after the decease of my said wife then I give and devise all my said freehold messuages or dwelling houses, outbuildings and appurtenances whatsoever to the said premises or any part or parts thereof belonging in any wise appertaining, and the reversion, residue and remainder thereof unto and among my said five children, namely, Elizabeth Covey, Sarah Thomason, Ann Thomason, Edward Thomason and James Thomason equally, share and share alike, and to their heirs and assigns forever, to have and to hold as tenants in common and not as joint tenants. Also, I give and bequeath to my said wife Mary Thomason my two messuages or dwelling houses which are leasehold, situate and being in Colemore Row in Birmingham; namely, my house which I now live in with the warehouse, shops, stable and outbuildings thereunto belonging; also the house next adjoining, now or late in the tenure or occupation of William Hinchley with the outbuildings thereunto belonging and appertaining for and during her natural life, and from and after the decease of my said wife, then I give and bequeath all the two said leasehold messuages or dwelling houses with the warehouse, shops, stable and other outbuildings thereunto belonging and appertaining, unto and amongst my five children, namely, Elizabeth Covey, Sarah Thomason, Ann Thomason, Edward Thomason and James
Thomason equally, share and share alike, to have and to hold to them, their executors, administrators and assigns for the remainder of my term of years, estate and interest therein. Also, I give and devise unto my said five children, namely, Elizabeth Covey, Sarah Thomason, Ann Thomason, Edward Thomason and James Thomason all those my six several freehold messuages, tenements or dwelling houses, situate and being in Newton Street and Lichfield Street in Birmingham, together with the outbuildings and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any way appertaining, and the reversion, residue and remainder thereof to be equally divided amongst them, share and share alike, and to their heirs and assigns forever, to have to hold as tenants in common and not as joint tenants.  Also, I give and bequeath unto my said five children, namely Elizabeth Covey, Sarah Thomason, Ann Thomason, Edward Thomason and James Thomason all my other leasehold buildings, messuages or dwelling houses with the outbuildings and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, situate and being in Colmore Row, Church Street and Great Charles Street in Birmingham, for and during the whole term of my lease, estate and interest therein, to be equally divided amongst them, share and share alike, to have to hold to them, their executors, administrators and assigns. Also, I give and bequeath unto my said five children, namely, Elizabeth Covey, Sarah Thomason, Ann Thomason, Edward Thomason and James Thomason, all monies out at interest and all the rest, residue and remainder of my personal estate and effects of any sort, kind or nature whatsoever and wheresoever, to be equally divided amongst them, share and share alike. And, lastly, hereby revoking all former wills by me made, do nominate, constitute and appoint my wife Mary Thomason, my son a Edward Thomason and also my son James Thomason to be executrix and executors of this my last will and testament, in witness whereof I have to each sheet of this my will, the whole contained on two sheets of paper, set my hand and seal the twenty-first day of November (1793) in the thirty fourth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the
Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith
and so forth, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety
three. – Edward Thomason – Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Testator, Edward Thomason, for and as his last will and testament, in he presence of us and in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses: John Procter, Christopher Oughton, Samuel Westwood.

At Birmingham, the 20th November 1794, this Commission was duly executed and the said Mary Thomason, Edward Thomason and James Thomason, the executors aforesaid, were duly sworn according to the tenor and form of the above written oath by and before me – John Driscoll