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- John PURNELL was the son of Robert and Elizabeth PURNELL. He married Anna and had 3 children, John (born 1691, died young), John (1693) and Anna (1695). Others mentioned in the Will include sister Mary PURNELL, baptized 1643, who married in 1668 Robert BRODRIBB and had Abraham, and Isaac PURNELL born 1661, who had Robert Will of John PURNELL of Hallatrow. In the name of God, Amen, I John PURNELL of Hallowtrow in the parish of High Littleton in the County of Somerset, Yeoman, being in a sickly state of health, but of sound and perfect mind and memory, Thanks be to Almighty God for the same, considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following. Imprimis, I give and commend my soul and spirit into the hands of Almighty God who gave it, hoping to receive pardon of all my sins and to be made partaker of the Eternall Joye of heaven, through the alone meritts and intercession of Jesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer, and my body I committ to the Earth from whence it was taken, to be buried in decent and christian manner at the discretion of my Trustees and Executors hereinafter named; and for the disposall of such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I do in the first place revoke all former Wills by me made thereof, and do give, devise and bequeath the same in manner and form following.Imprimis, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Anna PURNEL the severall goods and things hereinafter mentioned, which was her Mother's, (that is to say) all her wearing apparell, both linnen and woollen, six of the best of her gold rings, one trunk and one cabinet. Item - I give my said Daughter three peices of old gold and half a dozen of silver spoons, a silver sugar dish and a silver porringer. Item - I give and bequeath unto my Brother Isaac PURNELL my second best suite of woollen wearing apparell. Item - I give, devise and bequeath unto my friends John BRODRIBB of Clutton in the County of Somerset,yeoman, my Nephew John DANDO of Hallowtrow in the County of Somerset, yeoman, and Abraham BRODRIBB of Hallowtrow aforesaid, clothier, my Nephew, and to the heirs and assigns of the said John BRODRIBB, John DANDO and Abraham BRODRIBB for ever, all my houses, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments at Hallowtrow aforesaid, at Paulton in the said County of Somerset and elsewhere in the Kingdom of Great Britain and I give and bequeath unto them, the said John BRODRIBB, John DANDO and Abraham BRODRIBB, their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, all my Chattle Leases at Paulton aforesaid and at High Littleton in the said County of Somerset and elsewhere in the Kingdom of Great Britain and all my goods, Estate and Ready money, Bills, Bonds, Especialties, Securityes for money, writings, debts and other thing and things whatsoever not before by me given, settled or disposed of, Upon the Trustees [?Trusts intended] hereinafter mentioned, That they, the said John BRODRIBB, John DANDO and Abraham BRODRIBB and the survivours and survivour of them, do and shall out of my whole Estate hereby given them, raise the sum of Five hundred pounds of Lawfull money of Great Britain, to be paid unto my said Daughter Anna PURNELL as her portion at the age of one and twenty years, or the Issue of her body or within four years next after her Marriage, which shall first happen, and in the mean time, my will and meaning [is] that the said Trustees and the Survivours and Survivour of them shall, out of the profitts of my said Estate, maintain, educate and breed up my said daughter and my son John PURNELL according to their degree and condition, and the said Five hundred pounds being accordingly paid, or in case my daughter shall happen to die and depart this life, before the said Five hundred pounds shall become due and payable according to the intent and meaning of this my Will, Then my Will and meaning is that my said Trustees and the Survivours and Survivour of them do and shall account for and pay, surrender and assign my said Estate and the profitts thereof to my said son John PURNELL and his heirs and assigns respectively, according to my respective Interest therein, when and as soon as my said son John shall attain his age of one and twenty years or any Issue of his body shall attain that age. And in case my said son John shall happen to die and depart this life before he shall attain that age, without Issue of his body, lawfully to be begotten, Then my will and meaning is that my said Trustees and the Survivours and Survivour of them shall account for, and pay, surrender, convey and assigne my said Estate and the profitts thereof to my said Daughter Anna PURNELL and her heirs and assigns respectively, according to my respective Interest therein, when and as soon as my said Daughter shall attain her age of one and twenty years, or any Issue of her body shall attain that age, and in case my said Daughter shall happen to die and depart this Life before she shall attain that age, without Issue of her body lawfully begotten, Then my Will and meaning is That my said Trustees and the Survivours and Survivour shall account for and pay, surrender, convey and assigne my said Estate and the profitts thereof to my right heirs and my next of kindred respectively, according to my respective Interest therein, excepting as hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) and my Will and meaning is that, in case my Son and Daughter shall both happen to die before their respective ages of one and twenty years, without Issue of their or either of their bodys, lawfully to be begotten, that then my Chattle Lease at High Littleton aforesaid, now determinable on the lives of my Brother Isaac PURNELL, Robert PURNELL his son and my said son John PURNELL, shall be by my said Trustees and the Survivours and Survivour of them assigned to my Nephew the said Robert PURNELL, to whom I give the same accordingly, and that my Chattle Lease at High Littleton aforesaid, now determinable on the lives of the said Elizabeth PURNELL my Mother, Mary BRODRIBB my Sister, now wife of Robert BRODRIBB the elder of Clutton aforesaid, yeoman, and of my said son, shall be by my said Trustees and the Survivours and Survivour of them assigned to my said Sister Mary BRODRIBB, to whom I give the same accordingly and I do hereby constitute and appoint the said John BRODRIBB, John DANDO and Abraham BRODRIBB and the Survivours and Survivour of them to be Executors and Executor of this my last Will and Testament, In trust for my said son John PURNELL untill such time as he, my said son, shall attain the age of one and twenty years and from thence I appoint him, my said son, to be Executor hereof, and my Will and meaning is that my said Trustees and every of them shall and may reimburse and pay him and themselves out of my Estate for such trouble, cost and paine as they shall be at about the Execution of the Trust hereby in them reposed; and I do give unto each of them the sum of twenty shillings as token of my love to them and my Will is that each of them shall be answerable for his owne Act, Receipt or Default, and not one for the Act, Receipt or Default of the other of them. In witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament, contained in these two sheets of paper, to the first of them set my name, and to this last sheet set my name and Seale, this second day of February Anno Domini 1710, [In Latin] and ninth year of Queen Ann's reign. (sgd.) John PURNELL. Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said John PURNELL, the Testator, to be his last Will and Testament the second day of February 1710, in the presence of us, who then in the presence and at the request of the Testator, subscribed our names, as at the request of the Testator interlined these words "or the Issue of her body" witnessed here. Joseph BRODRIBB, John DANDO junior, Sarah HILL. Probate granted at Wells 13th September 1712 to John BRODRIBB, John DANDO & Abraham BRODRIBB, Executors. (SRO DD/S/ET Box 4) [3]
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Abt 1654 - 1712 (58 years)
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