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Old 07-08-15, 18:14
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Default James Attree

Father of Mary Attree
Husband of Elizabeth Jenner
Son of John Attree and Timothea Wheatley

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
James Attree
Date and place of birth
9 Dec 1742 Ardingly, Sussex
Names of parents
John & Timothea Attree
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
19 Dec 1742 St Peter, Ardingly s of John and Timothea born the 9th day
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
28 Jun 1770, St Peter, Ardingly, Sussex
Occupation(s) - if any
Farmer – owned some land at Ardingly, (tenant Henry Ridley)assessed at 11s Land Tax in 1798, and was the tenant of Ann Sergison at Great Haywards Farm Cuckfield in the same year, Land Tax assessment £6 16s
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK)
Ardingly at birth/marriage
Great Haywards, Cuckfield c1798
Wivelsfield, Sussex at death
Date, place and cause of death
Wivelsfield, Sussex Nov 1822
Date and place of burial.
29 Nov 1822, St Peter, Ardingly, of Wivelsfield
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Will proved at Lewes, will add details later
Memorial inscription - if any
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Old 21-12-16, 21:33
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I James Attree of the parish of Cuckfield in the county of Sussex
Yeoman being of sound Mind Memory and understanding do hereby revoke all
Wills Codicils and Testamentary dispositions whatsoever made by me at any
time heretofore and declare this to be my last Will and Testament I desire to
be decently interred at the discretion of My executors hereinafter named I
direct all the just debts which I shall owe at the time of my decease my
funeral expences and the expences of proving this my Will to be paid with all
convenient speed after my death Whereas I sometime since contracted and
agreed with Thomas Packham of Cuckfield aforesaid Yeoman and Charles Jenner
of the same place Butcher Devisses In Trust under the will of Francis Brigden*
deceased for the absolute purchase of all that Freehold Messuage or Tenement
Barn Stable Orchard and Lands with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging
containing by estimation thirty Acres more or less commonly called or known
by the names of Lockstrood and Dumbrells fields or by whatsoever other
name or names the same or any part thereof are or is called or known
situate lying and being in the parish of Wivelsfield in the said County of
Sussex late in the tenure or occupation of Richard Whiting or his Assigns
And also all that piece or parcel of ground containing by estimation thirty four
Rods be the same more or less lying and being in the parish of Wivelsfield
aforesaid and Ditcheling in the said County of Sussex one or both of them heretofore
part of the Old Road and purchased by one William Brigden deceased of and
from the trustees for repairing the Road from New Chappel to the Top of Ditcheling
Bost Hills and which said Messuage Lands and Hereditaments by Indentures of
Lease and Release bearing date respectively the twenty seventh and twenty eighth
days of September now las past were granted and conveyed to me my Heirs
and Assigns for ever Now I the said James Attree Do give end devise
unto my Friends Thomas Kennard of Cuckfield aforesaid Yeoman and
Charles Heasman of Ardingly in the same County Yeoman All that the
aforesaid Messuage or Tenement Barn Stable Lands Hereditaments and
premises hereinbefore mentioned and described with their and every of their
appurtenances To hold unto the said Thomas Kennard and Charles Heasman
their Heirs and Assigns for ever in Trust that they the said Thomas
Kennard and Charles Heasman or the survivor of them and his Heirs do
and shall with all convenient speed after my decease absolutely sell dispose
of and convey the said Freehold Messuage Buildings Lands Hereditaments
and premises with their Appurtenances and the Inheritance thereof in fee
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James Attree







simple either together or in parcels by Public Sale or Private contract
as they in their or his discretion shall feel fit unto any person or persons
who may be willing to become the Purchaser or Purchasers thereof or of
any part thereof for the most money that can be reasonably obtained for the
same and do and shall or that purpose make and execute all such
Deeds Conveyances and Assurances as they the said Thomas Kennard and
Charles Heasman or the survivor of them and his Heirs shall think fit and
be advised necessary for the completion of such sale or sales and the Money
arising from such sale after payment thereout of all Costs Charges
and Expences attending the same and all incidental Expences relating thereto
In Trust to pay and equally divide the same unto and amongst my
Sons and Daughters, James Attree, William Attree, Mary the wife of Thomas
Mitchell of Cuckfield aforesaid labourer, Sarah the wife of Edward
Constable of Lindfield in the said County of Sussex Bricklayer and my Son
Thomas Attree and their legal Representatives share and share alike and
which I do hereby give and bequeath to them accordingly Provided
always and I do hereby direct and appoint that all and every person
and persons to whom the said Thomas Kennard and Charles Heasman
and the survivor of them and his Heirs shall by virtue of this my
Will make Sale of Convey and Assure the said freehold Messuage
Buildings Lands Hereditaments and premises hereby directed to be sold
or any par or parts thereof and his her and their Heirs upon
payment of his her or their Purchase Money unto the said Thomas
Kennard Charles Heasman or the survivor of them and his Heirs
and having his or their receipts or receipt for the same shall be
effectually discharge therefrom and shall not be liable to see to the
Application thereof or be answerable or accountable for any loss
misapplication or nonapplication of such Purchase money or any part
thereof I give and bequeath all my personal Estate and Effects after
payments of my debts funeral and Testamentary expences to be equally
divided between my aforesaid Sons and Daughters and their legal
Personal Representatives share and share alike And I do hereby
nominate constitute and appoint the said Thomas Kennard and
Charles Heasman Joint Executors In Trust of this my Will In Witness
whereof I the said James Attree the Testator have to this my last Will
and Testament contained in three sheets of Paper set my hand at the
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bottom of the first and second sheets and my Hand and Seal to this
third and last sheet the fourteenth day of January in the fifty second
year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of
God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender
of the Faith and in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and twelve ./-
James Attree
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the
said James Attree the Testator as and for his
last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
in his presence at his request and in the
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed
our names as witnesses

Saml Waller
Saml Waller Junr
John Picknell
The 11th day of March 1823 There were sworn
Thomas Kennard and Charles Heasman the joint Executors
in this Will named To whom was committed the burthen of the
Execution thereof Sworn also that the Goods Chattels and Credits of the
Deceased do not amount in Value unto three hundred pounds
By us
George Proctor Surrogate

Will of James Attree late
of Cuckfield but at the time of
his death of Wivelsfield decd








*bur Wivelsfield 31 Jan 1811
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