Jonathan Picking, written 1784, proved 1788

The last Will and Testament of me Jonathan Picking of Ashwell in the County of Hertford Carpenter as follows that is to say: First I Give and Devise unto my loving Wife Hannah Picking all that my messuage Cottage or Tenement situate and being at Ashwell in my own occupation together with All and Singular its Appurtenances To hold to her my said Wife and during the Terme of her natural Life having surrendered the same to the use of my last Will. And from and immediately after her Decease I Give and Devise All and Singular the said premisses with all and every the Appurtenances thereunto belonging unto my Son Thomas Picking To hold to my said Son Thomas his heirs and assigns for ever. Also I Give and Bequeath unto my said Wife Hannah all my personal Effects whatsoever to be at her Disposal whom I also make Executrix to this my Will In Witness whereof I the said Jonathan Picking have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventh Day of November in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Eighty four.
      Jonathan Picking

Signed sealed published and Declared by the abovenamed Jonathan Picking as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence have hereunto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses
      Thomas Squier
      The mark X of Peter Bailey
      John Boffey


Proved &c at Baldock the 25th Sept 1788 ... by the Oath of the Extrix...


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