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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) and Elizabeth Gittens….-…my mulatto slave Fanny and her children Betty Annand Margaret and their issue and increase to my niece Rebecca Gittens Hendy…when she shall attain the age of twenty one years...if my said niece should die …before she attains twenty one or before her marriage…the said mulatto slave Fanny …to my niece Anne Elphinstone Hendy…if she should die …the said mulatto slave ...to my aforesaid sisters …my bed, bedstead, bolster and pillows and dressing table to my niece Rebecca Gittens Hendy. …my desk to my brother BenjaminGittens. …fifty pounds of my judgement of £375 against the estate of my deceased father, the Honourable Benjamin Gittens, to my cousin James Piggott. …my negro slaves, Peggy, Murray and Quashetah to be appraised and the amount…with the remaining sum of £325 of the said judgement equally divided between my sisters Mary Gittens, Rebecca Hendy…. Elizabeth Gittens, Martha Elizabeth Gittens, my brother Benjamin Gittens, my nephews Philip Hendy & Robert Hendy, my nieces Anne Elphinstone Hendy and Rebecca Gittens Hendy, my sisters Mary Gittens, Rebecca Hendy….& Elizabeth Gittens dividing the said Negro slaves …each one apiece…and allowing the respective differences…according to appraisement of the legacy...due to me from my fathers estate. …fifty pounds to my cousin James Piggott…fifty pounds to my cousin Judith Piggott and the remaining sum to be divided between…Mary Gittens, Rebecca Hendy….Elizabeth Gittens, MarthaElizabeth Gittens, …Benjamin Gittens…Philip Hendy, Robert Hendy…Anne Elphinstone Hendy and Rebecca Gittens Hendy All my right and title to chaise and harness which belong to my sister Mary Gittens and Elizabeth and myself…to…Mary & Elizabeth. All rents due….to my sister Martha Elizabeth and my niece Rebecca Gittens Hendy. All the residue of 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 by name Thomas. I do give the said boy …to…Rebecca Gittens Hendy…I do further direct that my executors …do dispose of the said mulatto woman Fanny & 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. |
