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Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860 (, Dec 2008).
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1795RB6/38/66 Ann Elphinstone Gittens of the parish of St. Michael…Item. ..all my houses and land to be equally divided between my sisters Mary Gittens, Rebecca Hendy (wife of Philip Hendy) andElizabeth Gittens….-…my mulatto slave Fanny and her children Betty Annand Margaret and their issue and increase to my niece Rebecca GittensHendy…when she shall attain the age of twenty one years...if my saidniece should die …before she attains twenty one or before hermarriage…the said mulatto slave Fanny …to my niece Anne ElphinstoneHendy…if she should die …the said mulatto slave ...to my aforesaidsisters …my bed, bedstead, bolster and pillows and dressing table tomy niece Rebecca Gittens Hendy. …my desk to my brotherBenjaminGittens. …fifty pounds of my judgement of £375 against the estate ofmy deceased father, the Honourable Benjamin Gittens, to my cousinJames Piggott. …my negro slaves, Peggy, Murray and Quashetah to beappraised and the amount…with the remaining sum of £325 of the saidjudgement equally divided between my sisters Mary Gittens, RebeccaHendy…. Elizabeth Gittens, Martha Elizabeth Gittens, my brotherBenjamin Gittens, my nephews Philip Hendy & Robert Hendy, my niecesAnne Elphinstone Hendy and Rebecca Gittens Hendy, my sisters MaryGittens, Rebecca Hendy….& Elizabeth Gittens dividing the said Negroslaves …each one apiece…and allowing the respectivedifferences…according to appraisement of the legacy...due to me frommy fathers estate. …fifty pounds to my cousin James Piggott…fiftypounds to my cousin Judith Piggott and the remaining sum to be dividedbetween…Mary Gittens, Rebecca Hendy….Elizabeth Gittens, MarthaElizabeth Gittens, …Benjamin Gittens…Philip Hendy, Robert Hendy…AnneElphinstone Hendy and Rebecca Gittens Hendy All my right and title tochaise and harness which belong to my sister Mary Gittens andElizabeth and myself…to…Mary & Elizabeth. All rents due….to my sisterMartha Elizabeth and my niece Rebecca Gittens Hendy. All the residueof my estate to my executors. Executors; James Piggott, Mary Gittens.19 July 1794. Witnesses: Thos. G. Cox, Henry Crichlow Jr.Codicil….since the making…my mulatto woman Fanny has had a child byname Thomas. I do give the said boy …to…Rebecca Gittens Hendy…I dofurther direct that my executors …do dispose of the said mulatto womanFanny & her children …as shall seem best to them for the advantage of…Rebecca Gitten Hendy until she shall come into possession of them…4April 1795 Given at Pilgrim 3 Dec 1795. |
