This is the will of Sarah Buller (née Stert) the widow of William Watson Buller. This family is well represented in the wills of London and Middlesex for the Buller family. There is more mention of the eldest son James and I must admit to being curious about James and the possibility mentioned by his mother that he might marry. His father wrote him out of his will for the most part. The mother has left enough money to give him a small yearly pension. Charlotte has received another two thousand pounds from her mother giving her a total of four thousand from both of her parents. This was a sizeable amount at the time to then give to her husband in the earlier will of Charlotte Roddam formerly Buller.
Noble Wallwyn Pytts has been one of the witnesses of this will and he is the son of Elizabeth Noble and William Pytts. Elizabeth being the eldest daughter of John Noble and Margaret Walwyn and this family of Hertfordshire, England. Interesting the witnesses of wills on occasion. Noble was baptized 29 Apr 1722 at Kenderchurch, Hereford and thus is 35 years of age at the signing of this will. On The National Archives site under the archives of the Wallwyn family of Much Marcle, Herefordshire I did learn that John Noble was a mercer of London. This material is from the papers of Noble Wallwyn Pytts and found in the Herefordshire Record Office.
Elizabeth Watson Buller married Eman Walton 6 Apr 1758 at York, Yorkshire (according to the Kings Court, Holy Trinity database created by the LDS Film Number 1068426).
Another online resource is a set of Baptisms in Lisbon Portugal
http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/lisframe.htm
which lists Sarah 1726, Lucy Caroline 1728, James 1731, Richard 1732, Elizabeth Watson 1734 and Sarah 1736.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/829/178
Testator: Sarah Buller, Widow
Place: Saint George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 28 Mar 1757, probated 19 Apr 1757
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[Margin]: Sarah Buller
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Sarah Buller of the parish of Saint George Hanover
3 Square in the County of Middlesex Widow do make
4 this my last Will and Testament as follows Item I give
5 and devise unto my youngest daughter Charlott Buller
6 the Sum of two thousand pounds which I do in
7 consideration that her Father left her only two thousand
8 pounds and left her sisters three thousand pounds each
9 Item I give and bequeath unto my Eldest son James
10 Buller the sum of five hundred pounds Item I give
11 and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Buller one
12 thousand pounds Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter
13 Elizabeth Watson Buller one thousand pounds
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14 Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Richard Buller one
15 thousand pounds. Item I give and bequeath unto my
16 Brother Arthur Stert and Rebecca Lambert the sum of one
17 thousand and five hundred pounds In Trust to pay the Interest
18 thereof to my Eldest son James Buller during the Term of his
19 natural Life and in case the said Arthur Stert and Rebecca
20 Lambert shall be inclineable to let him leave the said
21 principal Sum of one thousand five hundred pounds or any
22 part thereof, my will is that they shall have liberty so to do
23 But in case the said Arthur Stert and Rebecca Lambert shall
24 not be inclineable to let him leave the said principal Sum of
25 one thousand five hundred pounds during his Life, then my
26 will is that if my said son James Buller shall Marry and
27 leave Children at his death, the said principal Sum of one
28 thousand five hundred pounds or so much thereof as shall
29 not have been paid to my said Son in his Lifetime shall be
30 equally divided amongst his children after his decease But if
31 he shall leave no Children then my will is that the same
32 shall be equally divided amongst my daughters Anna Maria
33 Leaves, Elizabeth Watson Buller, Sarah Buller and
34 Charlott Buller. Item I give and bequeath unto the said
35 Arthur Stert and Rebecca Lambert the sum of one thousand
36 pounds In Trust to put the same out at Interest upon
37 Government or Real Securitys and to pay the Interest and
38 dividends thereof to my daughter Anna Maria Leaves to
39 her own separate use nothwithstanding her coverture during
40 her natural Life and after her decease to pay the same Sum
41 of one thousand pounds to such person or persons as She
42 shall by any Writing under her hand direct or appoint and
43 after payment of the said Legacies of Sums amounting
44 together to eight thousand pounds being what my late
45 husband left me the Interest of for my Life and desired I
46 would divide and dispose of amongst my Children, I give
47 and bequeath out of the Remainder or other part of my
48 Estate unto my Sister Rebecca Lambert the sum of five
49 hundred pounds. Item I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth
50 Sibly the sum of ten pounds ten shillings. Item I give all my
51 household Goods Linnen and plate unto my three unmarried
52 daughters and to such of them as shall remain unmarried for
53 their use until they are all married or mutually consent to
54 divide the same, and after they are all Married to be equally
55 divided between and amongst them and I desire that every
56 thing may remain in my house as it now is for Six Months
57 after my decease and that my three unmarried daughters
58 would live together and keep the House as it now is for that
59 time And subject to the payment of my debts Legacies and
60 Funeral Expences I give and bequeath unto the said Arthur
61 Stert and Rebecca Lambert all the rest residue and remainder
62 of my Money and Estate whatsoever wheresoever and
63 howsoever Employed Upon Trust to retain and keep the
64 same in their hands until my three unmarried daughters or
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65 the Survivor or Survivors of them shall be Married or they
66 shall mutually consent to divide the same between them and
67 their Eldest sister Anna Maria Leaves and until such
68 division Upon Trust to pay the Interest and proceed thereof
69 equally amongst my said three unmarried daughters and
70 such of them as shall continue unmarried and after they or
71 the survivor or Survivors of them are all Married Upon
72 Trust to divide the same principal and Interest equally
73 amongst my four daughters and I do hereby nominate
74 constitute and appoint my said Brother Arthur Stert and
75 my said Sister Rebecca Lambert joint Executor and Executrix
76 of this my last Will and Testament and hereby revoke all former
77 and other wills by me at any time or times heretofore made
78 In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the
79 twenty Eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one
80 thousand seven hundred and fifty seven. S Buller
81 Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testatrix
82 Sarah Buller as and for her last Will and Testament in the
83 presence of us who in her presence and in the presence of
84 each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereunto
85 Mary Ludewig Noble Wallwyn Pytts
86 This Will was proved at London the nineteenth
87 day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
88 hundred and fifty seven before the Worshipfull George
89 Harris Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Honourable
90 Sir George Lee Knight also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper
91 or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
92 lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Arthur Stert Esquire and
93 Rebecca Lambert Widow the Executors named in the said
94 Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular
95 the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having been
96 first sworn duly to administer.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Will of Charlotte Roddam formerly Buller, Wife, Saint Marylebone, Middlesex - The National Archives PROB 11/956/117, probated 1 Mar 1770
This is Charlotte Buller the youngest daughter of William Watson Buller and his wife Sarah Stert. Her eldest sister Anna Maria married Henry Leaves Esquire. Charlotte was baptized 6 Aug 1738 so that by 1770 she would have been 32 years of age. The mention of Richard Stert and Henry Leaves Esquires as the Third part of the Indenture does add proof that this is Charlotte daughter of William Watson Buller.
In her father's will Charlotte was to receive two thousand pounds under her father's will. Charlotte Buller married Collingwood Roddam 21 Apr 1767 at Saint Mary, St Marylebone, London (M03524-2 Family Search). Sarah Jane Roddam was born 24 Mar 1768 and baptized 21 Apr 1768 at Saint Mary,St Marylebone, London (C03524-1 Family Search). Later wills will show that she inherited from her mother and her sister Sarah as well before her marriage.
Possibly the baptism of Collingwood Roddam was 28 Dec 1734 son of Edward Roddam of Ilderton, Northumberland, England.
Early death for a young woman just two years after the birth of her child who must also have died since she says she has no issue in the will.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 20 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/956/117
Testator: Charlotte Roddam formerly Buller, Wife
Place: Saint Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 12 Jan 1770, probated 1 Mar 1770
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[Margin]: Charlotte Roddam
[Margin]: formerly Buller
1 This is the last Will
2 and Appointment of me Charlotte Roddam the Wife of Collingwood
3 Roddam Esquire made published and declared by me this twelfth
4 day of January one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Whereas
5 in and by a certain Indenture made upon and in consideration
6 of my Marriage with the said Collingwood Roddam bearing
7 date on or about the Eighth day of April one thousand Seven
8 hundred and Sixty Seven and made or mentioned to be made
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9 between me the said Charlotte Roddam by my then name of
10 Charlotte Buller of the parish of St Mary le B[o]ne in the County
11 of Middlesex Spinster of the First part the said Collingwood
12 Roddam of the Second part and Richard Stert and Henry Leaves
13 Esquires of the Third part it was agreed That all my then
14 Fortune and Estate or any other Fortune or Estate Real of
15 personal which should descend fall or come to me during my
16 coverture should be secured for my separate use and disposal and
17 in pursuance of such agreement and for Establishing the same
18 all my said then Fortune and Estate and all the Fortune or
19 Estate Real of personal which should descend fall or come to
20 me as aforesaid was assigned Transferred and Sett over by me
21 in and with the consent of the said Collingwood Roddam to
22 the said Richard Stert and Henry Leaves their Ex[ecu]tors adm[inistrat]ors
23 and assigns but with Liberty to change the same with my
24 consent into any other Government Securities Upon Trust to
25 stand and be possessed of and Interested in the same To and for the
26 separate use and disposal of me the said Charlotte Roddam from
27 time to time notwithstanding my coverture and so as to be
28 wholly at my Free will and pleasure and for that purpose I was
29 to be at Liberty and fully Qualified as if I had continued Sole
30 and unmarried to Exercise all Acts of property accordingly
31 and more particularly in case of my death without Issue
32 in and by the said Indenture relation being there unto had
33 and may more fully and at Large appear and whereas I have
34 no Issue now Living and being desirous to make the best provision
35 I am able for my said dear husband I do hereby in pursuance
36 of the said powers so given to me as aforesaid by the said
37 Indenture and by virtue of all other powers and Authorities
38 whatsoever Enabling me so do give devise and bequeath unto
39 my said dear husband Collingwood Roddam all my aforesaid
40 Fortune and Estates assigned and vested as aforesaid in the
41 said Richard Stert and Henry Leaves their Executors adm[inistrat]ors and
42 assigns by the aforesaid Indenture in whatsoever Securities or
43 in what manner so ever the same should be subsisting at the
44 time of my death to have hold receive and Enjoy the same
45 unto him the said Collingwood Roddam his heirs Executors
46 Administrators and assigns to his and their own proper use forever
47 and I do hereby Nominate Constitute and appoint my said
48 dear husband Collingwood Roddam the Sole Executor of this
49 my Last Will and appointment and do hereby revoke annull
50 and make void all former and other Wills or appointments
51 by me at any time heretofore made or Executed and do declare
52 this to be my Last Will and Final appointment concerning
53 my said Estates In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand
54 and Seal the day and year first above written C Roddam
55 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Charlotte Roddam
56 as and for her last will and appointment in the presence of us
57 who in her presence and at her request have set our Names as
58 witnesses Eliza Roddam Nistorina Plamer Tho: Collingwood
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59 This Will was proved at London the First day of March
60 in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy
61 before the Worshipfull Andrew Coltee Ducarel Doctor of Laws and
62 Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull George Hay also Doctor of Laws
63 Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
64 lawfully constituted by the oath of Collingwood Roddam Esquire
65 the husband of the deceased and Sole Executor named in the
66 said Will to whom administration was granted of all and Singular
67 the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased he having
68 been First sworn duly to administer.
In her father's will Charlotte was to receive two thousand pounds under her father's will. Charlotte Buller married Collingwood Roddam 21 Apr 1767 at Saint Mary, St Marylebone, London (M03524-2 Family Search). Sarah Jane Roddam was born 24 Mar 1768 and baptized 21 Apr 1768 at Saint Mary,St Marylebone, London (C03524-1 Family Search). Later wills will show that she inherited from her mother and her sister Sarah as well before her marriage.
Possibly the baptism of Collingwood Roddam was 28 Dec 1734 son of Edward Roddam of Ilderton, Northumberland, England.
Early death for a young woman just two years after the birth of her child who must also have died since she says she has no issue in the will.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 20 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/956/117
Testator: Charlotte Roddam formerly Buller, Wife
Place: Saint Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 12 Jan 1770, probated 1 Mar 1770
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[Margin]: Charlotte Roddam
[Margin]: formerly Buller
1 This is the last Will
2 and Appointment of me Charlotte Roddam the Wife of Collingwood
3 Roddam Esquire made published and declared by me this twelfth
4 day of January one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Whereas
5 in and by a certain Indenture made upon and in consideration
6 of my Marriage with the said Collingwood Roddam bearing
7 date on or about the Eighth day of April one thousand Seven
8 hundred and Sixty Seven and made or mentioned to be made
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9 between me the said Charlotte Roddam by my then name of
10 Charlotte Buller of the parish of St Mary le B[o]ne in the County
11 of Middlesex Spinster of the First part the said Collingwood
12 Roddam of the Second part and Richard Stert and Henry Leaves
13 Esquires of the Third part it was agreed That all my then
14 Fortune and Estate or any other Fortune or Estate Real of
15 personal which should descend fall or come to me during my
16 coverture should be secured for my separate use and disposal and
17 in pursuance of such agreement and for Establishing the same
18 all my said then Fortune and Estate and all the Fortune or
19 Estate Real of personal which should descend fall or come to
20 me as aforesaid was assigned Transferred and Sett over by me
21 in and with the consent of the said Collingwood Roddam to
22 the said Richard Stert and Henry Leaves their Ex[ecu]tors adm[inistrat]ors
23 and assigns but with Liberty to change the same with my
24 consent into any other Government Securities Upon Trust to
25 stand and be possessed of and Interested in the same To and for the
26 separate use and disposal of me the said Charlotte Roddam from
27 time to time notwithstanding my coverture and so as to be
28 wholly at my Free will and pleasure and for that purpose I was
29 to be at Liberty and fully Qualified as if I had continued Sole
30 and unmarried to Exercise all Acts of property accordingly
31 and more particularly in case of my death without Issue
32 in and by the said Indenture relation being there unto had
33 and may more fully and at Large appear and whereas I have
34 no Issue now Living and being desirous to make the best provision
35 I am able for my said dear husband I do hereby in pursuance
36 of the said powers so given to me as aforesaid by the said
37 Indenture and by virtue of all other powers and Authorities
38 whatsoever Enabling me so do give devise and bequeath unto
39 my said dear husband Collingwood Roddam all my aforesaid
40 Fortune and Estates assigned and vested as aforesaid in the
41 said Richard Stert and Henry Leaves their Executors adm[inistrat]ors and
42 assigns by the aforesaid Indenture in whatsoever Securities or
43 in what manner so ever the same should be subsisting at the
44 time of my death to have hold receive and Enjoy the same
45 unto him the said Collingwood Roddam his heirs Executors
46 Administrators and assigns to his and their own proper use forever
47 and I do hereby Nominate Constitute and appoint my said
48 dear husband Collingwood Roddam the Sole Executor of this
49 my Last Will and appointment and do hereby revoke annull
50 and make void all former and other Wills or appointments
51 by me at any time heretofore made or Executed and do declare
52 this to be my Last Will and Final appointment concerning
53 my said Estates In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand
54 and Seal the day and year first above written C Roddam
55 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Charlotte Roddam
56 as and for her last will and appointment in the presence of us
57 who in her presence and at her request have set our Names as
58 witnesses Eliza Roddam Nistorina Plamer Tho: Collingwood
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59 This Will was proved at London the First day of March
60 in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy
61 before the Worshipfull Andrew Coltee Ducarel Doctor of Laws and
62 Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull George Hay also Doctor of Laws
63 Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
64 lawfully constituted by the oath of Collingwood Roddam Esquire
65 the husband of the deceased and Sole Executor named in the
66 said Will to whom administration was granted of all and Singular
67 the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased he having
68 been First sworn duly to administer.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Will of William Watson Buller, Merchant St George the Martyr, Middlesex - The National Archives PROB 11/783/233, probated 9 Nov 1750
William Watson Buller the testator and his wife must have lived in Lisbon Portugal at some point as their daughter Sarah was baptized 19 Feb 1736 at the British Factory Chaplaincy, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal (C88000-1 - Family Search). A second baptism can be found for Elizabeth Watson Buller baptized 21 Mar 1734 at the same place (C88000-1 Family Search).
Under William Buller and Sarah I also found
Sarah Buller baptized 10 Nov 1726 (deceased by 1736)
Lucy Carolina Buller baptized 31 Mar 1728 (not named in the will)
Richard Buller baptized 5 Jun 1732
and all at British Factory Chaplaincy, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
I did find William Watson Buller on a Peerage page saying that he was the son of a Richard Buller and Anne Watson and that this Richard was born circa 1637 and died in 1691. They lived at Shillingham Cornwall. Although the date of birth doesn't fit well he could perhaps be the Richard Buller baptized 24 Aug 1628 at St Stephen's by Saltash and son of Francis Buller and Thomas Honywood but very speculative. Not listed in the Visitation as having married anyone at all. The webpage is a personal one.
Then another interesting webpage on a Felizarda Guerhelmina Buller/Burmester who married firstly Ruddolfo Burmester and secondly Richard Buller. Richard being one of the sons of the testator and continued with his father's business being a merchant in England and Portugal. His parents being listed as William Watson Buller and Sarah Stert. This webpage viewed 13 Feb 2013: http://genforum.genealogy.com/buller/messages/260.html
I can not find the connection back to the Buller family at Shillingham by the Visitation.
Ancestry does have some information. The marriage of Elizabeth Watson Buller to Eman Walton 6 Apr 1758 at York, Yorkshire and a Charlotte Buller baptized 6 Aug 1738 at St George the Martyr, Queen Square, Middlesex, England with father William Watson Buller. The Burial of William Watson Buller is listed at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Tower Hamlets on 17 Nov 1750. He is listed as being brought to St Dunstan from St Anne Westminster. No other information on the original parish register lines. Tower Hamlets is rather interesting as that is close to where my Buller family lived in Southwark (St Olave and St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey). I wonder now what is crossed out! The lines for the baptism of Charlotte in the original parish Register show them as living on Great Ormond Street at the time of her baptism.
Interesting line and I shall have to keep an eye open for records on this family. An interesting Bill and answer at the National Archives. Isaac Lusitano de Pinna and Maria Ayres his wife (widow and administratrix of Manuel Mendes Monforte, deceased late of Bahia, Portugal) versus William Watson Buller, merchant, of London, and Peter Ford alias Gabriel Lopez Peneiro with the date of the bill 1739. By the baptism of Charlotte it is known that they have been in England at least in 1738 and they are living at Great Ormond Street and this is the location of William Watson Buller in his Will.
He asked to be buried in the Family Vault at Stepney which would presumably mean St Dunstan Parish Church. The only record I found online from the parish registers for St Dunstan was the marriage of John Buller of Lower Waping mariner and Margaret Hicks 21 Sep 1644. William Watson Buller was probably born around the end of the 1600s so somewhat distant from this record but does bring into question the connection back to the Shillingham family.
The marriage of the eldest daughter Anna Maria to Henry Leaves and this is perhaps the Henry Leaves baptized 14 Jun 1629 at St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London son of Henry Leaves (C02263-2 Family Search) I have not yet found.
There is a baptism for William Leaves (mentioned in the will as second eldest grandson) and he was baptized 27 Jun 1749 at St James Westminster, Middlesex, England with mother Anna Maria (C13553-9 Family Search).
Writing out his son James Buller is quite fascinating in this time period. I now have a Buller line possibility in the London area which I can look at. There are more wills in this area though and it is possible That James simply took ill at some point and was unwell for whatever reason and he has been written out of his large inheritance and given eighty pounds per year to live on. But did he marry and leave progeny? Richard appears to be accounted down past 1763 so not likely my line.
The surname Watson is interesting as there was a marriage of Rebecca Buller (daughter of John Francis Buller and Rebecca Trelawney) to Vice Admiral Sir Charles Watson (circa 1720)
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/783/233
Testator: William Watson Buller, Merchant
Place: St George the Martyr, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 28 Dec 1748, probated 9 Nov 1750
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Watson Buller
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I William Watson Buller of Great Ormond Street in the
3 parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of
4 Middlesex Merchant being at present praised be God almighty
5 in perfect and sound good health and Memory and desirous
6 and wishing to settle and bequeath the small Fortune and
7 Estate which God hath been pleased and Gracious to bless
8 me withall in the manner and form following viz[a vi]t
9 Impri[mi]s - I Give and Bequeath unto my Sister Anna
10 Maria Josepha Martin Widow of the late Reverend James
11 Martin if living at the time of my decease the Sum of
12 forty two pounds for Mourning
13 2dly - I Give and Bequeath to my Brother Richard Buller
14 the sum of twenty one pounds for Mourning
15 3dly - I Give and Bequeath unto my youngest daughter Charlotte
16 Buller the sum of two thousand pounds to be paid unto her
17 when she arrives at the Age of twenty one years or sonner
18 upon the Day of her Marriage provided the somme be with the
19 consent and Approbation of her Mother my wife Sarah but if
20 otherwise not to be paid her untill she is fully twenty one
21 years old
22 4thly I Give and Bequeath unto my next daughter Sarah
23 Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid unto
24 her when she arrives at the Age of twenty one years or
25 sooner upon the Day of her Marriage provided the same be
26 with the consent and Approbation of her Mother my Wife
27 Sarah but if otherwise not to be paid her untill she is full
28 twenty one Years old
29 5thly I Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth
30 Watson Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid
31 unto her when she arrives at the age of twenty one years
32 or sooner upon the day of her marriage provided the same
33 be with the consent and approbation of her mother my wife
34 Sarah but if otherwise not to be paid her untill she is full
35 twenty one years old
36 6thly I Give and Bequeath unto my youngest son Richard
37 Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid unto
38 him when he arrives at the age of twenty one years or
39 sonner at the discretion Will and pleasure of his Mother muy
40 Wife Sarah but not otherwise
41 7thly - [crossed out and illegible] [Word] Will [in margin]
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42 8thly Whereas my eldest daughter Anna Maria is marryed
43 unto Henry Leaves Esquire with whom I gave three
44 thousand pounds for her portion and therefore I now
45 Give and Bequeath unto her only Fifty two pounds ten
46 shillings or fifty Guineas for Mourning
47 9thly I Give and Bequeath unto my Grandson and Godson Henry Leaves
48 the sum of one hundred Guineas or one hundred and five
49 pounds to be layed out in Bank Stock and the Interest or
50 Dividend thereof from time to time as the same becomes
51 due to become principal Stock in the Bank of England and
52 when he comes and arrives at the Age of twenty one years
53 the whole principal together with the Interest or Dividend
54 thereof to be paid unto him
55 10thly I Give and Bequeath unto my beloved Wife Sarah
56 Buller all my Jewells, silver plate and Linnen together with
57 all my household Goods and furniture likewise my coach
58 and Chariott which I shall be in possession of at the time of
59 my death desiring my Wife Sarah that upon her death she
60 Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Watson her
61 best and largest Diamond Ear Rings and the Rest of her other
62 Jewells to give unto my other Daughter or Daughters She shall think
63 fitting
64 11thly I do hereby Will constitute and appoint my Wife
65 Sarah Buller to be whole and sole Executrix of this my last
66 Will and Testament ordaining and appointing her sole
67 Guardian for the Management and education of all my
68 aforesaid five children which I recommend unto her best
69 and tender care in all respects
70 12thly Whereas my Brother in Law Arthur Stert is at present
71 my partner in my house in Lisbon in the Kingdom of
72 Portugal him I therefore Will and appoint and constitute to
73 remain and be Trustee to this my Will and Testament
74 desiring him to adjust all accounts and so make up and
75 Ballance our company Books as soon as possible to be
76 done immediately after my death in order for him together
77 with my Wife and Executrix to go depositing into the
78 Bank of England and without loss of time the several Sums
79 of Money and Legacies bequeathed and given unto my two
80 sons and three daughters as well also unto my Wife Sarah
81 in the manner hereafter appointed and bequeathed and
82 given unto her for into the Bank of England (at price
83 currant from time to time) I do hereby Will and appoint that
84 my whole Estate and Fortune be put in and made all principal
85 stock that is to say all that may appear to be due and
86 comming unto me and my family both from the company
87 Books of my house at Lisbon as well also from my own
88 Books in London in like manner
89 13thly I Give and Bequeath unto my partner Arthur Stert
90 of Lisbon the Sum of fifty Moidors[?] of Gold at 46 800 each
91 for his care and trouble of Trusteeship in settling and adjusting
92 all my Accounts as well also in Assisting my Wife and
93 Executrix in the due and true executing the contents and
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94 Meaning of this my Will and Testament appointing him
95 Trustee thereof as before declared hereby willing and
96 ordering that nothing be done executed or transacted by
97 him without the consent and approbation of my wife and
98 Executrix first had and obtained under her own hand and seal
99 14thly I Give and Bequeath unto my Wife Sarah Buller the
100 Sum of (I say) the Income and full Interest or Dividend of
101 Eight thousand pounds which sum of eight thousand pounds
102 more or less I do hereby Will ordain and Appoint to be laid
103 out in buying Bank Stock and so to become Capital Stock in
104 the company of the Bank of England in order for my Wife
105 Sarah Buller to Enjoy and receive the Interest or Dividend
106 thereof to be made Yearly or half Yearly for the same during
107 her own natural Life in the nature or manner of a jointure
108 and upon the Death or Demise of my Wife Sarah I do hereby
109 will ordain and that that her aforesaid jointure of eight
110 thousand pounds more or less She will give bequeath and
111 divide unto my sons and daughters in the best manner
112 she shall please and esteem most proper and necessary to
113 be done for their future advantage in marrying or otherwise
114 15thly I doe hereby declare order and appoint my wife Sarah Buller
115 to remain and go sole and only Guardian unto my aforesaid
116 two sons and three daughters I mean whilst and during
117 her remaining my widow but not otherways I do then the
118 Interest and Dividend of the several Sums of Money left and
119 bequeathed unto them as aforesaid shall from time to time
120 be received by her from the Bank of England and do expended
121 and belayed out in common for the Maintenance of herself
122 and my two sons and three daughters together for the better
123 Education of my aforesaid sons and daughters my Intent and
124 Meaning being nevertheless and I do hereby also Will order
125 and appoint that in case my wife Sarah should marry
126 again after being my Widow Then in such case whatever
127 child or children of mine as shall be then still Minors or
128 under age of twenty one Years Then the full Interest and
129 Dividends of his her or their Fortune or Fortunes shall be
130 fully and wholly received and enjoyed by themselves only and
131 independant from their Mother for their own and separate
132 better Living and Education and do thereby become Independant
133 also from their Father in Law in case it should please God
134 so to happen
135 16thly In order the better to explain the true meaning and
136 Intent of the aforesaid fourteenth article my Will and
137 pleasure is And I do hereby Will and Order that my
138 Executrix and Wife Sarah Buller do in the first place
139 adjust pay and discharge all my debts oweing at the time
140 of my death in the next place for her to make good and
141 pay the several Legacies bequeathed and given unto my
142 children Relations and other persons declared in this my
143 Will and Testament as aforesaid And Lastly all the Remainder
144 of my personal Estate to go to my wife Sarah Buller and by
145 her to be enjoyed as her own property whether the same be
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146 be more or less than the eight thousand pounds declared
147 and bequeathed unto her agreeable to the Tenore and
148 true Intent and Meaning of the fourteenth Article as
149 aforesaid
150 17thly I Give and Bequeath unto Arthur Smythe my present
151 Book keeper the sum of Twenty one pounds as Legacy
together with a compleat suit of Mourning which my
152 Executrix is hereby desired to give him with a Mourning
153 Ring also
154 Lastly I desire to be buryed in the Family Vault at
155 Stepney in a decent and private manner with only two
156 coaches and six horses attending my corps humbly recommend-
157 ing my soul unto God Almighty my sole hope and redeemer
158 and Saviour Amen and Amen hereby declaring this to be
159 my last Will and Testament As Witness my hand and seal this
160 twenty eight day of December one thousand seven hundred
161 and forty eight or 1748 in Ormond Street London Wm Buller
162 Memorandum that the seventh article of
163 this my Will remains blotted out with my own hand making
164 the same Will and of no effect nor validity and in lieu and
165 place thereof my Will and pleasure is and I do hereby order
166 will and appoint my Wife and Executrix Sarah Buller to pay
167 into and deposit in the Bank of England three thousand pounds
168 making the same Stock as Security for her receiving the
169 accustomed Interest or Dividend thereof in Order for her
170 paying my Eldest Son James Buller a pension or Annuity
171 during his natural Life of Eighty pounds per Annum in four
172 Quarterly Payments of twenty pounds each payment And
173 further my Will and Pleasure is that upon his death or demise
174 of my son James Buller the aforesaid Three thousand pounds
175 deposited in the Bank of England and made capital Stock be
176 immediately paid and received by my other son Richard Buller
177 or by his heirs as his or their own lawful property hereby bequeathed
178 unto them without any Let or Molestation from any other
179 person or persons whatsoever Whereas in the Eight Article I
181 have bequeathed and given unto my daughter Anna Maria
182 Leaves fifty two pounds ten shillings only for Mourning but
183 instead thereof I now Will and Bequeath unto her five hundred
184 pounds in all and no more to be paid unto her by my Executrix
185 and Wife Sarah Buller And Whereas my Grandson Henry Leaves
186 being dead I therefore now give and bequeath unto my Godson
187 and Grandson William Leaves the Sum of one hundred Guineas or one hundred
188 and five pounds to be paid him when he arrives at the Age of
189 twenty one years in the Interim said Money to be laid out in Bank
190 Stock by my Executrix Sarah Buller and the Interest or Dividend
191 She goes receiving from time to time to be made principall
192 Stock for the better advantage of my aforesaid Godson William
193 Leaves In Witness my hand in Hampton this twentieth day of
194 April Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty or 1750
195 Wm W Buller
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196 Appeared Personally Henry Clive of the Inner
197 Temple London Gentleman and Henry Leaves of the Parish
198 of Saint James Westminster in the County of Middlesex
199 Esquire and severally made oath that they knew and were
200 very well acquainted with William Watson Buller late of
201 the Parish of Saint Ann Westminster aforesaid deceased for
202 several Years before and to the time of his death which
203 happened in the said Month of November and with his
204 manner and character of hand writing having often seen
205 him write and subscribe his Name and having now viewed
206 and perused the paper Writing hereunto annexed purporting
207 to be the last Will and Testament and Codicill thereto of the
208 said deceased the said Will beginning thus "In the Name of God
209 Amen I William Watson Buller of Great Ormond Street in the
210 parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of Middlesex
211 Merchant Ending In Ormond Street London and subscribed
212 Wm W Buller The Codicill beginning thus Memorandum That the
213 seventh Article of this my M remains blotted out with my
214 own hand making the same Will and of no Effect or validity
215 Ending As Witness my Name in Hampton this twentieth Day
216 of April Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty or
217 1750 and subscribed Wm W Buller now these deponents
218 depose and say that they verily believe the whole series
219 of the said Will and Codicill beginning and Ending as aforesaid
220 and subscribed as aforesaid is of the proper hand writing
221 of the said deceased and they these deponents further
222 depose that they verily believe the obliteration made
223 between the sixth and Eighth Article in the first side of
224 the said Will was done by the said deceased and also the
225 word Will wrote in the Margin of the same is as they
226 verily believe wrote by the said deceased Henry Clive
227 Hen: Leaves 9th Nov[embe] 1750
228 The said Henry Clive and Henry Leaves were sworn to
229 the Truth of this Affidavit before me Rich[ar]d Smalbroke
230 Surrogate present Tho[ma]s Adderly No[ta]ry Publ[ic]
231 This Will was proved at London with a
232 Codicill the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord
233 one thousand seven hundred and fifty before the
234 Worshipfull Richard Smalbrooke Doctor of Laws and
235 Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth also
236 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
237 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
238 by the Oath of Sarah Buller Widow the Relict of the
239 deceased and sole Executrix in the said Will named to
240 whom Administration was granted of all and singular
241 the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being
242 first sworn duly to administer.
Under William Buller and Sarah I also found
Sarah Buller baptized 10 Nov 1726 (deceased by 1736)
Lucy Carolina Buller baptized 31 Mar 1728 (not named in the will)
Richard Buller baptized 5 Jun 1732
and all at British Factory Chaplaincy, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
I did find William Watson Buller on a Peerage page saying that he was the son of a Richard Buller and Anne Watson and that this Richard was born circa 1637 and died in 1691. They lived at Shillingham Cornwall. Although the date of birth doesn't fit well he could perhaps be the Richard Buller baptized 24 Aug 1628 at St Stephen's by Saltash and son of Francis Buller and Thomas Honywood but very speculative. Not listed in the Visitation as having married anyone at all. The webpage is a personal one.
Then another interesting webpage on a Felizarda Guerhelmina Buller/Burmester who married firstly Ruddolfo Burmester and secondly Richard Buller. Richard being one of the sons of the testator and continued with his father's business being a merchant in England and Portugal. His parents being listed as William Watson Buller and Sarah Stert. This webpage viewed 13 Feb 2013: http://genforum.genealogy.com/buller/messages/260.html
I can not find the connection back to the Buller family at Shillingham by the Visitation.
Ancestry does have some information. The marriage of Elizabeth Watson Buller to Eman Walton 6 Apr 1758 at York, Yorkshire and a Charlotte Buller baptized 6 Aug 1738 at St George the Martyr, Queen Square, Middlesex, England with father William Watson Buller. The Burial of William Watson Buller is listed at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Tower Hamlets on 17 Nov 1750. He is listed as being brought to St Dunstan from St Anne Westminster. No other information on the original parish register lines. Tower Hamlets is rather interesting as that is close to where my Buller family lived in Southwark (St Olave and St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey). I wonder now what is crossed out! The lines for the baptism of Charlotte in the original parish Register show them as living on Great Ormond Street at the time of her baptism.
Interesting line and I shall have to keep an eye open for records on this family. An interesting Bill and answer at the National Archives. Isaac Lusitano de Pinna and Maria Ayres his wife (widow and administratrix of Manuel Mendes Monforte, deceased late of Bahia, Portugal) versus William Watson Buller, merchant, of London, and Peter Ford alias Gabriel Lopez Peneiro with the date of the bill 1739. By the baptism of Charlotte it is known that they have been in England at least in 1738 and they are living at Great Ormond Street and this is the location of William Watson Buller in his Will.
He asked to be buried in the Family Vault at Stepney which would presumably mean St Dunstan Parish Church. The only record I found online from the parish registers for St Dunstan was the marriage of John Buller of Lower Waping mariner and Margaret Hicks 21 Sep 1644. William Watson Buller was probably born around the end of the 1600s so somewhat distant from this record but does bring into question the connection back to the Shillingham family.
The marriage of the eldest daughter Anna Maria to Henry Leaves and this is perhaps the Henry Leaves baptized 14 Jun 1629 at St Nicholas Cole Abbey, London son of Henry Leaves (C02263-2 Family Search) I have not yet found.
There is a baptism for William Leaves (mentioned in the will as second eldest grandson) and he was baptized 27 Jun 1749 at St James Westminster, Middlesex, England with mother Anna Maria (C13553-9 Family Search).
Writing out his son James Buller is quite fascinating in this time period. I now have a Buller line possibility in the London area which I can look at. There are more wills in this area though and it is possible That James simply took ill at some point and was unwell for whatever reason and he has been written out of his large inheritance and given eighty pounds per year to live on. But did he marry and leave progeny? Richard appears to be accounted down past 1763 so not likely my line.
The surname Watson is interesting as there was a marriage of Rebecca Buller (daughter of John Francis Buller and Rebecca Trelawney) to Vice Admiral Sir Charles Watson (circa 1720)
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/783/233
Testator: William Watson Buller, Merchant
Place: St George the Martyr, Middlesex, England
Date of document: 28 Dec 1748, probated 9 Nov 1750
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Watson Buller
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I William Watson Buller of Great Ormond Street in the
3 parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of
4 Middlesex Merchant being at present praised be God almighty
5 in perfect and sound good health and Memory and desirous
6 and wishing to settle and bequeath the small Fortune and
7 Estate which God hath been pleased and Gracious to bless
8 me withall in the manner and form following viz[a vi]t
9 Impri[mi]s - I Give and Bequeath unto my Sister Anna
10 Maria Josepha Martin Widow of the late Reverend James
11 Martin if living at the time of my decease the Sum of
12 forty two pounds for Mourning
13 2dly - I Give and Bequeath to my Brother Richard Buller
14 the sum of twenty one pounds for Mourning
15 3dly - I Give and Bequeath unto my youngest daughter Charlotte
16 Buller the sum of two thousand pounds to be paid unto her
17 when she arrives at the Age of twenty one years or sonner
18 upon the Day of her Marriage provided the somme be with the
19 consent and Approbation of her Mother my wife Sarah but if
20 otherwise not to be paid her untill she is fully twenty one
21 years old
22 4thly I Give and Bequeath unto my next daughter Sarah
23 Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid unto
24 her when she arrives at the Age of twenty one years or
25 sooner upon the Day of her Marriage provided the same be
26 with the consent and Approbation of her Mother my Wife
27 Sarah but if otherwise not to be paid her untill she is full
28 twenty one Years old
29 5thly I Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth
30 Watson Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid
31 unto her when she arrives at the age of twenty one years
32 or sooner upon the day of her marriage provided the same
33 be with the consent and approbation of her mother my wife
34 Sarah but if otherwise not to be paid her untill she is full
35 twenty one years old
36 6thly I Give and Bequeath unto my youngest son Richard
37 Buller the sum of three thousand pounds to be paid unto
38 him when he arrives at the age of twenty one years or
39 sonner at the discretion Will and pleasure of his Mother muy
40 Wife Sarah but not otherwise
41 7thly - [crossed out and illegible] [Word] Will [in margin]
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42 8thly Whereas my eldest daughter Anna Maria is marryed
43 unto Henry Leaves Esquire with whom I gave three
44 thousand pounds for her portion and therefore I now
45 Give and Bequeath unto her only Fifty two pounds ten
46 shillings or fifty Guineas for Mourning
47 9thly I Give and Bequeath unto my Grandson and Godson Henry Leaves
48 the sum of one hundred Guineas or one hundred and five
49 pounds to be layed out in Bank Stock and the Interest or
50 Dividend thereof from time to time as the same becomes
51 due to become principal Stock in the Bank of England and
52 when he comes and arrives at the Age of twenty one years
53 the whole principal together with the Interest or Dividend
54 thereof to be paid unto him
55 10thly I Give and Bequeath unto my beloved Wife Sarah
56 Buller all my Jewells, silver plate and Linnen together with
57 all my household Goods and furniture likewise my coach
58 and Chariott which I shall be in possession of at the time of
59 my death desiring my Wife Sarah that upon her death she
60 Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Watson her
61 best and largest Diamond Ear Rings and the Rest of her other
62 Jewells to give unto my other Daughter or Daughters She shall think
63 fitting
64 11thly I do hereby Will constitute and appoint my Wife
65 Sarah Buller to be whole and sole Executrix of this my last
66 Will and Testament ordaining and appointing her sole
67 Guardian for the Management and education of all my
68 aforesaid five children which I recommend unto her best
69 and tender care in all respects
70 12thly Whereas my Brother in Law Arthur Stert is at present
71 my partner in my house in Lisbon in the Kingdom of
72 Portugal him I therefore Will and appoint and constitute to
73 remain and be Trustee to this my Will and Testament
74 desiring him to adjust all accounts and so make up and
75 Ballance our company Books as soon as possible to be
76 done immediately after my death in order for him together
77 with my Wife and Executrix to go depositing into the
78 Bank of England and without loss of time the several Sums
79 of Money and Legacies bequeathed and given unto my two
80 sons and three daughters as well also unto my Wife Sarah
81 in the manner hereafter appointed and bequeathed and
82 given unto her for into the Bank of England (at price
83 currant from time to time) I do hereby Will and appoint that
84 my whole Estate and Fortune be put in and made all principal
85 stock that is to say all that may appear to be due and
86 comming unto me and my family both from the company
87 Books of my house at Lisbon as well also from my own
88 Books in London in like manner
89 13thly I Give and Bequeath unto my partner Arthur Stert
90 of Lisbon the Sum of fifty Moidors[?] of Gold at 46 800 each
91 for his care and trouble of Trusteeship in settling and adjusting
92 all my Accounts as well also in Assisting my Wife and
93 Executrix in the due and true executing the contents and
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94 Meaning of this my Will and Testament appointing him
95 Trustee thereof as before declared hereby willing and
96 ordering that nothing be done executed or transacted by
97 him without the consent and approbation of my wife and
98 Executrix first had and obtained under her own hand and seal
99 14thly I Give and Bequeath unto my Wife Sarah Buller the
100 Sum of (I say) the Income and full Interest or Dividend of
101 Eight thousand pounds which sum of eight thousand pounds
102 more or less I do hereby Will ordain and Appoint to be laid
103 out in buying Bank Stock and so to become Capital Stock in
104 the company of the Bank of England in order for my Wife
105 Sarah Buller to Enjoy and receive the Interest or Dividend
106 thereof to be made Yearly or half Yearly for the same during
107 her own natural Life in the nature or manner of a jointure
108 and upon the Death or Demise of my Wife Sarah I do hereby
109 will ordain and that that her aforesaid jointure of eight
110 thousand pounds more or less She will give bequeath and
111 divide unto my sons and daughters in the best manner
112 she shall please and esteem most proper and necessary to
113 be done for their future advantage in marrying or otherwise
114 15thly I doe hereby declare order and appoint my wife Sarah Buller
115 to remain and go sole and only Guardian unto my aforesaid
116 two sons and three daughters I mean whilst and during
117 her remaining my widow but not otherways I do then the
118 Interest and Dividend of the several Sums of Money left and
119 bequeathed unto them as aforesaid shall from time to time
120 be received by her from the Bank of England and do expended
121 and belayed out in common for the Maintenance of herself
122 and my two sons and three daughters together for the better
123 Education of my aforesaid sons and daughters my Intent and
124 Meaning being nevertheless and I do hereby also Will order
125 and appoint that in case my wife Sarah should marry
126 again after being my Widow Then in such case whatever
127 child or children of mine as shall be then still Minors or
128 under age of twenty one Years Then the full Interest and
129 Dividends of his her or their Fortune or Fortunes shall be
130 fully and wholly received and enjoyed by themselves only and
131 independant from their Mother for their own and separate
132 better Living and Education and do thereby become Independant
133 also from their Father in Law in case it should please God
134 so to happen
135 16thly In order the better to explain the true meaning and
136 Intent of the aforesaid fourteenth article my Will and
137 pleasure is And I do hereby Will and Order that my
138 Executrix and Wife Sarah Buller do in the first place
139 adjust pay and discharge all my debts oweing at the time
140 of my death in the next place for her to make good and
141 pay the several Legacies bequeathed and given unto my
142 children Relations and other persons declared in this my
143 Will and Testament as aforesaid And Lastly all the Remainder
144 of my personal Estate to go to my wife Sarah Buller and by
145 her to be enjoyed as her own property whether the same be
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146 be more or less than the eight thousand pounds declared
147 and bequeathed unto her agreeable to the Tenore and
148 true Intent and Meaning of the fourteenth Article as
149 aforesaid
150 17thly I Give and Bequeath unto Arthur Smythe my present
151 Book keeper the sum of Twenty one pounds as Legacy
together with a compleat suit of Mourning which my
152 Executrix is hereby desired to give him with a Mourning
153 Ring also
154 Lastly I desire to be buryed in the Family Vault at
155 Stepney in a decent and private manner with only two
156 coaches and six horses attending my corps humbly recommend-
157 ing my soul unto God Almighty my sole hope and redeemer
158 and Saviour Amen and Amen hereby declaring this to be
159 my last Will and Testament As Witness my hand and seal this
160 twenty eight day of December one thousand seven hundred
161 and forty eight or 1748 in Ormond Street London Wm Buller
162 Memorandum that the seventh article of
163 this my Will remains blotted out with my own hand making
164 the same Will and of no effect nor validity and in lieu and
165 place thereof my Will and pleasure is and I do hereby order
166 will and appoint my Wife and Executrix Sarah Buller to pay
167 into and deposit in the Bank of England three thousand pounds
168 making the same Stock as Security for her receiving the
169 accustomed Interest or Dividend thereof in Order for her
170 paying my Eldest Son James Buller a pension or Annuity
171 during his natural Life of Eighty pounds per Annum in four
172 Quarterly Payments of twenty pounds each payment And
173 further my Will and Pleasure is that upon his death or demise
174 of my son James Buller the aforesaid Three thousand pounds
175 deposited in the Bank of England and made capital Stock be
176 immediately paid and received by my other son Richard Buller
177 or by his heirs as his or their own lawful property hereby bequeathed
178 unto them without any Let or Molestation from any other
179 person or persons whatsoever Whereas in the Eight Article I
181 have bequeathed and given unto my daughter Anna Maria
182 Leaves fifty two pounds ten shillings only for Mourning but
183 instead thereof I now Will and Bequeath unto her five hundred
184 pounds in all and no more to be paid unto her by my Executrix
185 and Wife Sarah Buller And Whereas my Grandson Henry Leaves
186 being dead I therefore now give and bequeath unto my Godson
187 and Grandson William Leaves the Sum of one hundred Guineas or one hundred
188 and five pounds to be paid him when he arrives at the Age of
189 twenty one years in the Interim said Money to be laid out in Bank
190 Stock by my Executrix Sarah Buller and the Interest or Dividend
191 She goes receiving from time to time to be made principall
192 Stock for the better advantage of my aforesaid Godson William
193 Leaves In Witness my hand in Hampton this twentieth day of
194 April Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty or 1750
195 Wm W Buller
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196 Appeared Personally Henry Clive of the Inner
197 Temple London Gentleman and Henry Leaves of the Parish
198 of Saint James Westminster in the County of Middlesex
199 Esquire and severally made oath that they knew and were
200 very well acquainted with William Watson Buller late of
201 the Parish of Saint Ann Westminster aforesaid deceased for
202 several Years before and to the time of his death which
203 happened in the said Month of November and with his
204 manner and character of hand writing having often seen
205 him write and subscribe his Name and having now viewed
206 and perused the paper Writing hereunto annexed purporting
207 to be the last Will and Testament and Codicill thereto of the
208 said deceased the said Will beginning thus "In the Name of God
209 Amen I William Watson Buller of Great Ormond Street in the
210 parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of Middlesex
211 Merchant Ending In Ormond Street London and subscribed
212 Wm W Buller The Codicill beginning thus Memorandum That the
213 seventh Article of this my M remains blotted out with my
214 own hand making the same Will and of no Effect or validity
215 Ending As Witness my Name in Hampton this twentieth Day
216 of April Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and fifty or
217 1750 and subscribed Wm W Buller now these deponents
218 depose and say that they verily believe the whole series
219 of the said Will and Codicill beginning and Ending as aforesaid
220 and subscribed as aforesaid is of the proper hand writing
221 of the said deceased and they these deponents further
222 depose that they verily believe the obliteration made
223 between the sixth and Eighth Article in the first side of
224 the said Will was done by the said deceased and also the
225 word Will wrote in the Margin of the same is as they
226 verily believe wrote by the said deceased Henry Clive
227 Hen: Leaves 9th Nov[embe] 1750
228 The said Henry Clive and Henry Leaves were sworn to
229 the Truth of this Affidavit before me Rich[ar]d Smalbroke
230 Surrogate present Tho[ma]s Adderly No[ta]ry Publ[ic]
231 This Will was proved at London with a
232 Codicill the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord
233 one thousand seven hundred and fifty before the
234 Worshipfull Richard Smalbrooke Doctor of Laws and
235 Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth also
236 Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
237 Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
238 by the Oath of Sarah Buller Widow the Relict of the
239 deceased and sole Executrix in the said Will named to
240 whom Administration was granted of all and singular
241 the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being
242 first sworn duly to administer.
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