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Will of Samuel Buttall.


BUTTALL, Samuel - Will - summary of PRO PROB 11/594, 1723
In the Name of God Amen. I Samuel Buttall of Topsham near Exon in the County of Devon Sugar Baker...

* To his wife Mary Buttall for her sole use £1500 including therein the £500 left her in a legacy by Mrs Wood her late mother deceased; and also all his plate household goods furniture belonging to their dwelling house at Topsham.

* To his wife Mary Buttall during her natural life his dwelling house and also his sugarhouse and the lands outhouses orchards gardens enjoyed with the said sugarhouse, and also the distilling house lodge house and gardens all lying in Topsham; and after her decease he gives one moiety of the above to his son Benjamin Buttall his heirs and assigns for ever and the other moiety thereof to his son John Buttall his heirs and assigns for ever.

* To his wife Mary Buttall all the goods utensils and implements belonging to the sugarhouse and distilling house and the yearly rent of £100 payable for the sugarhouse for her natural life; and after her decease to his sons Benjamin Buttal and John Buttall equally.

* To his wife Mary Buttall his field house and gardens in Plymouth, Devon, for her natural life; and after her decease to his son Humphrey Buttall his heirs and assigns in accordance with the articles of settlement made on the marriage of his son Humphrey Buttall and his now wife Sarah.

* On 8 Sep 1712 he and his son Humphrey Buttall entered into copartnership for the carrying on and managing the trade of refining sugar and distilling spirits at the sugarhouse at Cockside in Plymouth where his son Humphrey Buttall dwells, and of which £4000 was advanced by each of them. He gives to his wife Mary Buttall the use of his said moiety of £4000 and all the profits produce and increase thereof for her natural life, with her bearing and sustaining one moiety of the lease and bad debt in the joint trade for her natural life.

* On 1 Apr 1718 he entered into copartnership with his two sons Bejamin Buttall and Charles Buttall for the carrying on and managing the trade of refining sugar and distilling spirits at the sugarhouse and distilling house at Topsham, for which the sum of £5784 was advanced as such ... £2100 by him, £2109 by son Benjamin Buttall, £1575 by son Charles Buttall. He gives to his wife Mary Buttall his part and interest in the said sum of £5784 for her natural life, with her bearing and sustaining his part in the lease and disadvantages in like manner and proportion.

* To his wife Mary Buttall the 1000 acres of land in Carolina adjoining the Edisto River and registered in the records of Carolina, and lying about 7 miles from the town called New London for her natural life and empowers her to sell all or part of it as she thinks fit or to devise it to one or more of her children who she finds most dutiful and obedient to her.

* To his son Charles Buttall the remainder of his interest in a long lease of ninety nine years in certain lands houses orchards and gardens which were give to him in the will of the late George Buttall lying in Wrexham Wales, providing his son Charles Buttall pays the annual rents and profits thereof to his ancient sister Abigail Owen as long as she lives and also pays his cousin Joshua Buttall 20s a year for life to look after and take care of the properties in Wales keeping then tenentable and in good repair.

* To his niece Dorcas Jackson, the wife of Abraham Jackson of Moreton in Devon, all the money her husband owed him upon bond and all the interest thereof and wills that the bond be cancelled.

* To his sons and daughters and sons and daughters in law £5 each for mourning.

* To all his grandchildren one guinea each.

* To his cousin Thomas Green and his wife £5 each for mourning and requests that Mr Green assists his executrix with his will.

* To Samuel Owen and Sarah Mortimer his two old servants £5 each.

* To the poor of Topsham £5 to be shared amongst them.

* All the rest and residue of his goods and chattels and personal and testamentary estate to his wife Mary Buttall who he nominates as his sole executrix on purpose to oblige all of his children to pay unto their mother that obedience respect and honour that is due to her. And after her death, all those legacies etc given to her shall pass, if not otherwise directed, immediately to his children - Benjamin Buttall, John Buttall, Humphrey Buttall, Charles Buttall, Mary wife of Nathaniel Hodges, Sarah wife of Thomas Wiggington and Elizabeth wife of Abraham Wells - to be divided equally amongst them.
Signed : Samuel Buttall 24 January 1718
Witnesses : Daniel Coleman, Thomas Sampson, John Conant.

Proved at London by the oath of Mary Buttall 12 November 1723.