Will of John Rawes of Silverdale, Lancashire. Made 19th December 1802 Proved 6th December 1803 at Chester. (Preston Record Office). (Silverdale Line)

[Sheet one:] In the name of God Amen. / I John Raws of Silverdale in the Parish / of Warton and County of Lancaster Husband / man do make and publish this my last Will / and Testament in manner and form following / First I order and appoint that my Wife shall / have and enjoy the Interests, profits, and imolu / ments of all my Estate both real and personal / during the term of her natural life. Secondly I give and bequeath to my Son / John Raws the sum of Ten pounds, also to my / Son in Law Geo: Hutton I give the sum of five pounds / and to the two Daughters of the sd Geo: / Hutton I give and bequeath the promisory note / which I have now in my possession against / their father value forty pounds to be equally / divided between them. And to my Grand Daughter / Ann Raws I give and bequeath the sum of Twenty / pounds. All which said Legacies and Be / quests I order and appoint to be well and truly paid / and discharged after the term and expiration of / one year from and after the death of my Wife. All the Residue and Remainder both of my real / and personal Estate all Legacies Bequests and / all lawful demands, Funeral and other expences / being first duly paid and discharged. I give and / [Sheet two:] bequeath to my Daughter Betty Raws to her / and to her lawful Heirs forever. Lastly I hereby nominate and appoint my Son / John & Thos. Hashiter[?] of Lyndeth [Lindeth] to be Trustees and / assistants to my said Daughter Betty Raws whom / I hereby constitute and nominate the Executrix of this / my last Will and Testament: hereby revoking all / other former Wills and Testaments made by me In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my / Hand and Seal nineteenth Day of December / in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred / and two. John Raws [signed] Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Testator John Raws to be his last Will and Testament In the presence of us, who in the presence of the said Testator have subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereunto. Wm. Geldart James Kellets Thomas Jackson. [Sheet three:] On the sixth day of December in the year of our / Lord one thousand eight hundred and three / this Will was proved in common form, and / Betty Raws, sole Executrix therein named / was sworn well and faithfully to execute and / perform the same, and so forth and that to / the best of her knowledge and belief the / whole of the personal Estate and effects of / which the Testator within named died possessed / within the Archdeaconry of Richmond in the / Diocese of Chester did not in real value amount / to the sum of Three hundred pounds. before me John Hutton B.D. Surrogate Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliff, 2002