James King, the testator, is the son of Anne King who left her will which was transcribed earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2017/03/will-of-anne-king-widow-upton-gray.html
James mentions his sister Mary married to Luke Imber and his sister Anne must have married someone by the name of Heath according to the will below.
Thomas Leech is identified as being buried at Mapledurwell 13 Dec 1763 (mentioned in the will below).
James Leech was buried 8 Feb 1736 at Mapledurwell.
George Leech was baptized 23 Oct 1758 son of Thomas and Mary Leech at Mapledurwell.
This is not my King family of Upper Clatford.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Mar 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/921
Name of testator: James King
Place: Upton Gray, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 4 Jan 1766, probated 27 Aug 1766
[In margin] James King
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I James King of Upton Gray in the County of Southampton
3 being in poor health of Body and of sound Mind and Memory
4 thanks be to God therefore But calling to Mind the uncertainty
5 of this Mortal Life and knowing that I was born to dye and
6 being desirous to settle that worldly Estate which God in his
q Mercy hath lent me so that no Controversey may arise about
8 the same after my death do hereby make publish pronounce
9 and declare this as and for my Last Will and Testament in
10 manner and form following (that is to say) where as all that
11 my Copyhold Lands and Premisses with the Appurtenances
12 in the Manor of Mitchelmarsh in the said County of South[amp]ton
13 being one Messuage and halfe Yard Land in Abridge with
14 the appurtenances were surrendered to me by my Wife before
15 our Intermarriage (then by the Name of Alice Chantreall
16 Spinster) for the Term of my Natural Life and after my decease
17 to the use and behoof of such person or persons as I should in
18 and by my Last Will in writing Give direct and appoint Now
19 in pursuance of the said Surrender I do hereby give devise and
20 bequeath All the said Copyhold Lands and Premisses with the
21 appurtenances and every part and parcel thereof to my Brother
22 in Law Mr Boyce Tree and my Friend Mr George Green of
23 Weston and the Survivor of them In Trust to receive the Rents
24 Issues and profits thereof and pay the same in manner and
25 form as is here under mentioned And I do hereby likewise
26 Give and devise to the said Boyce Tree and George Green all
27 that Leasehold Estate in the Manor of Mitchelmersh in the
28 occupation of Farmer John Chandler which is held for my Wife’s
29 Life and settled on her for her Life at the time of our inter marriage
30 for them to receive the Rents Issues and profits with the Rents
31 and Profits of the above Copyhold premises in Abridge and
32 apply the same for the Support and happiness of my poor
33 unhappy Wife now under the care of Doctor Batty for Insanity and likewise I hereby
34 give to the said Boyce Tree and George Green (as under) Fifty
35 pounds a year for my Wifes Life out of the Estate I now occupy
36 in Upton Gray aforesaid In Trust for them to receive with the
37 Rents and profits of the Copyhold and Leasehold Estates above
38 mentioned and apply the same in such manner as they shall
39 think necessary and proper while She continues there or Else
40 where on her present unhappy occasion and if She should recover
41 her senses so far as to be capable of living at Liberty in the
42 opinion of Doctor Batty or any other competent Judge then I
43 hereby Give the Rents and profits of the said two Estates and
44 the annuity of Fifty pounds a year out of the Estate I now
45 occupy to her for her Life and after her decease I hereby Give
46 and devise the said Copyhold premises at Abridge with their
47 appurtenances to my Brother in Law Mr Harvey Combe and
48 Christian his wife for the term of their Lives and the Life
49 of the Longest Liver of them and after the death of the
50 Survivor of them I hereby give and devise the same to their
51 daughter Sharkott Combe and her heirs for ever and as to the
52 Estate I occupy in Upton Gray Weston Patrick and Southwarnbrough
53 I hereby Give devise and bequeath to my Sister Ann Heath
54 for her Life She paying Fifty pounds a year to the above named
55 Boyce Tree and George Green for the use of my wife for her
56 Life as is above directed (half yearly) the first Twenty Five pounds
57 to be paid the First Lady Day or Michaelmas which shall
58 happen after my death and likewise to my Sister Mary Imber
59 Twenty pounds a year to be paid her in the same manner
60 by my said Sister Heath and if my said two Sisters shall survive
61 and out live my Wife then I hereby order my said Sister Heath
62 to pay my Sister Imber Fifty pounds a year in the same
63 manner as I have ordered the twenty pounds a year during
64 my Wife’s Life and in case my sister Imber shall survive my
65 Sister Heath then I hereby give the Rents and profits of my said
66 Estate to my said Sister Imber for her Life and after her decease
67 I hereby give the same to my Cousin John King for his Life
68 and after his decease I hereby give the same to my Cousin
69 Thomas Leech the Eldest Son of my late Cousin Thomas Leech
70 who dyed at Mapledorewell about two years ago and the heirs
71 of his Body Lawfully to be begotten and for want of such Issue I
72 hereby give the same to his Brother George Leech and the heirs
73 of his Body lawfully to be begotten and for want of such Issue
74 I hereby give my said Estate to my Cousin James Leech Son of
75 my Cousin James Leech who
76 dyed several years ago and the heirs of his Body Lawfully
77 begotten or to be begotten and for want of such Issue to my
78 Right heirs for ever always remembering that every
79 possessor of the above Estate in Upton Gray shall pay out
80 of it Fifty pounds a year as above directed for the use of my
81 Wife during her Life and I hereby further order that all the
82 Fixtures belonging to the house I now live in (that is to say)
83 Marble and other Chimney pieces Coppers dressers Shelves and
84 likewise Brass Locks Hinges and other Locks on the
85 several doors about the house with all the Cooking Glasses
86 shall be taken a Schedule of and kept in the Situation they
87 are now in till the last Limitted Life above directed to enjoy
88 the same shall get into the possession thereof and if either of the
89 Legatees above directed to enjoy the same shall Sell give away
90 or cause to be removed any of the above Goods or fixtures
91 I hereby give the house and premises thereto belonging to the
92 next person Limitted to Enjoy the same and as to the Freehold
93 Lands and Premisses in the parishes of Bray and Clever in the
94 County of Berks called Holiners which came to me on the
95 death of my Uncle Winch and his family I hereby Give and
96 bequeath to my Sister Imber for her Life or if she should
97 Survive and out Live my Wife and Sister Heath so that She
98 shall come into the Possession of my Estate at Upton Gray
99 then I hereby give and devise the said Estate in Bray and
100 Clever called Holiners to my dear Good Friend Mrs Mary
101 Martha Lena Imber widow of my late Nephew Capt Imber
102 for her Life towards the support Education and Maintenance
103 of my above named Cousins Thomas and George Leech and
104 after her decease I hereby give the same to the said George
105 Leech and his heirs for ever and as to that part of the Estate
106 my said Uncle Winch dyed possessed of call Fyfield houses
107 Farm in the said parish of Bray which was settled by his
108 Son Richard on his wife (now the wife of the Reverend Jos Walter)
109 for her Life after which the half part thereof descends to me
110 and the other two Quarters to my Cousins Mary Micklem and
111 Deadatus Staverton and if my Sisters Heath and Imber or
112 either of them shall Survive or outlive the said Mrs Walter
113 then I hereby give my part of the said Estate to my said
114 Sisters and the Survivor of them for their Lives and the Life
115 of the Longest Liver of them and after the decease of the
116 Survivor of them then I hereby Give devise and bequeath
117 the same to my said Cousins Michlem and Staverton and
118 their heirs for Ever but upon this condition that they shall
119 pay or cause to be paid to Mr Vickery or Mr Dyer so
120 much Money as they or either of them shall receive for
121 the Rent of the Leasehold part which I have received from
122 Farmer Goatly or shall receive to the time of my death if
123 they or either of them or their representatives shall recover
124 anything for the same and I hereby further give and
125 devise to my Sister Heath my Brother and Sister Imber
126 my cousin John King my Brother in law Mr Boyce Tree
127 Fifty pounds a piece for Mourning and to my Brother in
128 Law Mr Harvey Combe or Christian his wife Fifty pounds
129 for Mourning to be paid to them within one Month after
130 my death by my Executrix herein after named I also hereby
131 Give to my Bayliff Daniel Arundell Twenty pounds if he
132 shall continue in my Service at the time of my death to
133 be paid him within twelve Months after the same if he
134 shall be then living and I hereby give and bequeath to the
135 above named Mr Boyce Tree and Mr George Green one
136 hundred pounds a piece for their care and trouble in being
137 Trustees for my wife to be paid by my Executrix within one
138 year after my death if they shall be then living or if either
139 of them shall be dead First Then I hereby give one hundred
140 pounds to him that shall be living at that time and Lastly
141 after my Just Debts Legacys and Funeral Expences shall be
142 fully paid and discharged I hereby Give devise and bequeath
143 all the rest residual and remainder of my ready Money
144 securities for Money Bonds Notes debts Stock on the Farm
145 I occupy personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and where
146 soever to my dear good Friend Mrs Mary Martha Lena Imber
147 (widow of my late Nephew Captain Edmund Imber) whom I
148 hereby make Constitute and appoint my full and Sole Executrix
149 of this my Last Will and Testament desiring her to Contribute
150 what She shall think necessary towards the Support Maintenance
151 and Education of the above named Thomas and George Leech
152 so far as her Circumstances and Inclinations will permit and
153 She shall think they deserve In witness whereof I do to this my
154 last Will and Testament contained in three Sheets of paper
155 to the two first of which set my hand and to this being the
156 third my hand and Seal this Fourth day of January in the
157 year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Six
158 James King Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared
159 by me the said James King the Testator as and for my last
160 Will and Testament in the presence of us (who at the request
161 of the said Testator and in his presence set our hands as Witnesses
162 hereunto Saml Marsh att John Chandler John Smith
163 This Will was proved at London on the twenty Seventh
164 day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred
165 and Sixty Six before the Right Worshipfull George Hay doctor of
166 Laws Master keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of
167 Canterbury Lawfully constituted by the Oath of Mary Martha Lena
168 Imber Widow the Sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom
169 administration was granted of all and Singular the Goods
170 Chattels and Credits of the said deceased She having been first
171 sworn by Commission duly to administer
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