Will of Joseph Fox of Falmouth, Cornwall. Made 12th February 1785. Proved at London 24th March 1785 (PCC PROB11/1127 ff.130/131). (Russell Line)

[Page 1:] I Joseph Fox of the Town / of Falmouth in the County of Cornwall Surgeon / being through the mercy of God of sound disposing / mind memory and calling to mind the uncertainty / of Life do for the avoiding of all controversies after / my decease make and order this my last Will and / Testament in manner and form following viz I / give unto my Daughter Anna Fox the like sum / as I gave to my Daughter Elizabeth Allen for / the marriage portion & also give unto my said / Daughter Anna Fox my Estate at Bellaiz after the / decease of her Brother my present wife leaving her / at liberty to sell the same if she chooses so to do / she giving the Brothers preference I give / unto my Son Joseph Fox Fifty Guineas I give / unto my Son Edward Long Fox one hundred and fifty / Guineas I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Allen / ten Guineas I give unto Son Richard Fox two hundred Guineas the above Money Legacys to be / paid within one year after my decease without any / deduction whatever I also give unto Son Richard / Fox immediately on my decease all my Medicins / Instruments Books and every utensil belonging to / my business of an Apothecary and Surgeon I / give unto my Sons Nathaniel Fox and Francis / Fox three hundred Guineas each to be paid them / when their Brother and their Guardians or the major / part of them shall think proper And I do hereby / make constitute and appoint my wife Elizabeth / Fox my Daughter Anna Fox my Sons Joseph and / Richard Fox my Sister Tabitha Fox my cousin George / Fox my Nephew George Crooker Fox as Trustees for / the performance of this my Will and Guardians for / my two younger Children I give unto my dear wife / all the rest residue and remainder of my Effects / whatsoever and wheresoever who I appoint my / whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and / Testament revoking all former Wills by me / heretofore made In Witness whreeof I hereunto / set my hand and seal this twelfth day of the second / Month one thousand seven hundred and eighty five [Page 2:] Joseph Fox (LS) Signed sealed published and declared / by the said Joseph Fox as and for his last Will and / Testament the day and year above written in / presence of us Tabitha Fox, Samuel Street This Will was proved at London the twenty fourth / day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand / seven hundred and eighty five before Right / Worshipful Peter Calvert[?] Doctor of Laws Master / Keeper of Commissary of the prerogative Court of / Canterbury lawfully constituted by Elizabeth Fox Widow / the Relict of the deceased and sole Executrix named / in the said Will to whom Administration of all and / singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said / deceased was granted she having already made a / solemn and sincere Declaration or Affirmation according / to the Act of Parliament by Commission duly to Administer. Notes:- Joseph's daughter Anna, married William Rawes of Marnhill in 1792. Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe, 2003