Sarah is one of the daughters of William Watson Buller and his wife Sarah Stert. Her sisters are Anna Maria Leaves, Elizabeth Watson Walton and Charlotte Buller (Charlotte eventually to marry and her surname will be Roddam).
Sarah doesn't mention either of her brothers - Richard or James.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 2 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/915/428
Testator: Sarah Buller, Spinster
Place: St Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 5 Feb 1764, probated 19 Feb 1766
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Sarah
[Margin]: Buller
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Sarah Buller of Wigmore Street in the Parish of Saint
3 Marylebone in the County of Middlesex Spinster Do make this
4 my last Will and Testament in manner and form following First
5 I give and bequeath all my Capital Bank Stock or Share in
6 the Fund of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England
7 unto Henry Leaves of Argyle Street Esquire his Executors and
8 Adm[inistrat]ors Upon the Several Trusts following, that is to say, upon
9 Trust out of the Interest and Dividends of the said Bank Stock
10 to pay One Annuity of Eight pounds a year to Elizabeth Sibley
11 of Lewisham in Trust for and during her Natural life And upon
12 further Trust during her life to pay the residue and after the
13 Death of the said Elizabeth Sibley to pay the whole of the Interest
14 and dividends of the said Bank Stock to my dear Sister Charlotte
15 Buller so long as She shall continue Single and unmarried
16 and from and Imediately after the Marriage or decease of my said
17 Sister Charlotte Buller Upon Trust to Sell so much of the said
18 Bank Stock as will produce One thousand pounds and to pay
19 Five hundred pounds being One Moiety thereof to my Dear
20 Brother Richard Buller and to pay five hundred pounds here named or
21 being the other Moiety thereof to my Nephew William Leaves Son
22 of the said Henry Leaves And upon further Trust at the same time
23 to Separate or set a part so much more of the said Bank Stock
24 as would then produce if Sold One thousand pounds and to pay the
25 Interest and Dividends or such Bank Stock so set apart to such
26 person or persons and for such uses and purposes as my Dear
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27 Sister Elizabeth Watson Walton notwithstanding her coverture shall from
28 time to time by any note or writing direct of appoint and in defaulte
29 until such direction and appointment into the proper hands of my
30 said Sister Elizabeth Watson Walton to the Intent the same may be
31 for her own Sole and Seperate Use and Deposition and my not be
32 Subject to the Debts Disposition or Engagements of Mr Walton
33 her present husband or any other after taken husband that She
34 may happen to Intermarry with and for which the Receipts of
35 the said Elizabeth Watson Walton shall from time to time be
36 Sufficient Discharges And upon Further Trust after the Death of
37 the said Elizabeth Watson Walton to pay the Interest of the Last
38 mentioned One thousand pounds to and for the benefit of the two
39 Eldest Children of the said Elizabeth Watson Walton that shall be
40 living at her decease until he she of they respectively being a Son
41 or Sons shall attain the Age of Twenty one years or being a
42 Daughter or Daughters shall attain that Age or be Married and
43 there to Divide the said last mentioned One thousand pounds or
44 Stock Set apart as aforesaid between such two Eldest children
45 Equally or if there shall be only one Child of my said Sister
46 Elizabeth Watson Walton living at her Death to pay the said
47 One thousand pounds on Stock to such only child if a Son at his
48 Age of Twenty one years and if a Daughter at that age or
49 Marriage which shall first happen and if there shall at the
50 death of my said Sister Elizabeth Watson Walton happen to be
51 live to attain his Age of Twenty one years or a Daughter
52 who Shall attain that age or be Married Then upon Trust
53 that the said Henry Leaves his Executors or Adm[inistrat]ors do and
54 Shall pay the said last mentioned One thousand pounds or Stock
55 with the Dividends unapplied arising therefrom unto my said sister
56 Charlotte Buller her Executors or Adm[inistrat]ors and Upon further
57 Trust after such two thousand pounds shall be used or Stock
58 set apart to answer the same as aforesaid to Transfer the
59 remainder of my said Bank Stock Subject to the said Eight
60 pounds a year (if the same shall be then payable) and pay
61 all the Dividends arising therefrom to my said Sister Charlotte
62 Buller And I Give and bequeath all the rest and residue of
63 my Money Goods Chattels Jewels plate and personal Estate
64 whatsoever to my said Dear Sister Charlotte Buller who I
65 hereby Appoint Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament
66 hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me at any time
67 heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my
68 hand and seal this Twenty fifth day of February in the year
69 of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty four S.
70 Buller Signed Sealed published and Declared by the said
71 Sarah Buller the Testatrix to be her last Will and Testament
72 in the presence of us who in her presence have subscribed our
73 Names as Witnesses hereunto Noble Wallwyn Pytts
74 Victorine Glumer
75 A Codicil which I Sarah Buller Spinster desire
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76 may be considered as And I hereby Declare to be a part of my Will
77 Whereas I have Directed Henry Leaves Esq[uir]e the Trustee
78 named in my Will to Sell so much of my Bank Stock as will produce
79 One thousand pounds and to pay five hundred pounds Money thereof
80 to my Nephew William Leaves Now I do hereby revoke such direction
81 and make void the said Legacy or Bequest So Given or Intended
82 for my said Nephew and Declare that he Shall be Intitled to
83 nothing for by Virtue or in respect thereof And I do hereby Give
84 and Dispose of the said five hundred pounds (when raised by Sale of
85 part of my Bank Stock as in my Will is mentioned) to my Dear
86 Sister Anna Maria Leaves and Desire that the same may be paid
87 to her Accordingly And I do hereby Give and bequeath to my said
88 Nephew William Leaves the Sum of Fifty pounds only to be paid
89 out of the residance of my personal Estate In Witness whereof
90 I have to this Codicil set my hand and Seal the Eighteenth Day of
91 November One thousand seven hundred and Sixty five S Buller
92 The above writing was Signed Sealed published and Declared
93 by the said Sarah Buller said for a Codicil to be annexed to her
94 Will in the presence of us who in her presence and at her request
95 have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto Noble Wallwyn
96 Pytts Victorina Glumer
97 This Will was proved at London with a Codicil
98 the Nineteenth day of February in the year of our Lord One
99 thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Six before the Worshipful George
100 Harris Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful George
101 Hay also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
102 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oath
103 of Charlotte Buller Spinster the Sister of the deceased and Sole Exec[utrix]
104 named in the Will to whom Administration was Granted of all and
105 Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased she
106 having been first Sworn duly to Administer
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