The next will is written by Mary Buller the mother of John Francis Buller. She was the daughter of Sir Henry Polloxfen, Knight, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. It was her husband who died of smallpox. They had only two children Mary Ann who married Christopher Harris, MP and John Francis Buller.
Mary provides quite a bit of information on her family (Polloxfen) and names the two oldest children of John Francis Buller her son - James and Rebecca.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 4 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/588/242
Testator: Mary Buller, Widow
Place: Keverall, Cornwall, England
Date of document: 20 Oct 1720, probated 4 Dec 1722
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Mariee Buller
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Mary Buller Widow of John Buller Esquire late of Keverall in the
3 County of Cornwall do hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by me
4 made and do make and ordain appoint and declare this to be my last Will
5 and Testament which is as followeth first I commend my Soul into the hands
6 of my Faithfull Creator trusting through the merrit and mediation of my most
7 mercifull and ever blessed Redeemer to find acceptance at the Throne of Grace
8 and my desire is that my body may be decently buried if I shall happen to dye
9 at Plymouth in the Parish of Meawey or I dye at Morvall or Paine I
10 desire to be buried in the Parish Church where I dye or if at London I desire to be
11 buried at Shafford in Surrey by my Mother and all my worldly good of what
12 nature or kind soever they are which it hath pleased God to bestow upon
13 me I do devise and bequeath in manner and form following Item I give and
14 bequeath to the Poor of the Parish where I dye the Sum of five pounds
15 and five pounds I give to the Poor of the Parish where I shall be buried
16 Item I give to my Brother Henry Polloxfen Esquire and to his Wife
17 each a ring of twenty shillings price Item I give to each of my late Sister
18 Drakes Children and to Sir Francis Henry Drakes Lady and to Thomas
19 Martyn Esquire a ring of twenty shillings price Item I give to my Sister
20 Jane Drake a ring of twenty shillings price Item I give to my Sister Anne
21 Duncomb? my three Silver Casters and a ring of twenty shillings price Item
22 I give to my Son John Francis Buller Esq[uie]r the Sum of one hundred pounds for
23 mourning for himself and his Wife Item I give to my Grandson James
25 Buller the Sum of tenn pounds and I give to my Grandaughter Rebecca
26 Buller my best diamond ring Item I give and bequeath to my Servant Elizabeth
27 Ives one Annuity of Tenn pounds to be paid yearly by my Executrix hereinafter
28 named by four equal quarterly payments each and every year so long time
29 as the said Elizabeth Ives shall live Item I give my diamond ring with my
30 Sister Drakes hair to Mrs Anne Seymour daughter of Edward Seymour
31 Esquire late of Woodlands in the County of Dorsett and I also give to her
32 my Picture which I left with her if the said Mrs Ann Seymour doth Survive
33 me and all the rest of my goods and Chattles and mony and securities for
34 mony not herein before given and bequeathed I do give and bequeath to my
35 daughter Mary Ann Harris whom I do hereby nominate constitute and
36 appoint Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament In witness
37 whereof I the said Mary Buller have hereunto set my hand and seal
38 this twentyeth day of October Anno domini 1720 M: Buller I desire my
39 Coffin may not be closed before I have been dead four days if I shall dye
40 at Exeter or Nuttwell I desire to be buried in Woodbury Church near my
41 Father Sealed and signed in the presence of W: Daniel Gosier Theo: Roberts
42 Richarde Hancock
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