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Thank you FreeREG!

CleyAncestors — Sun, 23 May 2010 20:56:57 +0000

I had a very pleasant surprise the other day. A visitor to this site, who volunteers for FreeREG, contacted me to tell me that there is a transcription of a marriage record for William Jeary of Stiffkay (sic) and Elizabeth Lane of Binham, both single, by licence on 15 Feb 1738/39 in Baconsthorpe.

Baconsthorpe? I'd never have thought of looking there.* The names (especially the surname "Lane"), home parishes, and dates fit, but I wonder why they married there. I hope to be able to get the licence affidavit, if it still exists, to see if it might answer that question.

But that's for a future post. Right now I want to say thank you to Jean, the FreeREG volunteer who took the time to contact me about a marriage record that's eluded me for months … and I also want to thank the unknown volunteers who are freely giving of their time to transcribe that record and thousands like it.

If you're not familiar with this wonderful resource, here's a brief description from the What is FreeREG page:

Our objective is to provide free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records, which have been extracted from parish registers and non-conformist church records in the UK. The recording of baptisms, marriages and burials in parish registers began in England in 1538 and is separate and distinct from the civil registration process that began in 1837. (The latter is covered by our companion project FreeBMD) Our aim is to make it easier for researchers, no matter where they are in the world, to locate a specific record relating to their ancestor within a parish register.

What is possible with FreeREG is for an individual researcher to enter an ancestor's name, specify a search for a baptism, marriage or burial, state a date range to search, state a county, (and optionally, narrow it down to one town or village), and then search the database for the match using those criteria.

Again, my thanks to Jean and her FreeREG colleagues. One final note - a tip for searching that Jean passed along to me: It's best to tick the soundex box for the surname, leave the Christian name field empty, and enter a date range if you expect a lot of hits. This is because transcribers are instructed to transcribe as written, with abbreviations, spelling variants, etc., but there is no soundex on the Christian name search like there is on the surname name search.

*(And I'd also like to kick myself for not having thought of searching FreeREG. Lesson learned: don't get tunnel vision and focus on only one way of finding information.)

Ruling out Shipdham as the place of William & Elizabeth Jary’s wedding

CleyAncestors — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:43:46 +0000

Since the Norfolk parish register images are now online, I decided to try to find the Shipdham marriage of William Jairy & Elizabeth Sherey, the couple which some researchers think may have been the same William & Elizabeth Jary who baptised many children in Stiffkey beginning in 1739.

Back when I had an Ancestry.com subscription, I saw a few trees that listed a 1747 marriage in Shipham (sic) for William & Elizabeth. Once I found baptism records in Stiffkey starting in 1739, however, I knew it was very unlikely they were the same couple. But after I made the post about William & Elizabeth's children, Michele Ryan left a comment saying she had seen information that marriage took place in 1737. That, of course, put a different light on things.

So this morning, I started looking through the Shipdham registers to see if I could find out which year the marriage took place.

I found no marriage in 1737, but I did find the 1747 marriage. I can't get the direct link to the image to work, but on the very last image (253 of 253) in the Shipdham Baptisms, Marriages, Burials 1558-1804 (NRO PD 337/1) is this record:

Marriages 1747

William Jairy of Mattishall(?) Single & Elizabeth Sherey of same by Licence 20 Sept.

So I guess we're back to square one as regards the William & Elizabeth Jary who started baptising children in Stiffkey in 1739. Sigh.

The next place to look may be Binham. That was Elizabeth Jary's home when she died, according to the Stiffkey register.

Source: Shipdham Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials 1558-1804; Marriages 1558-1753. Norfolk Record Office, PD 337/1. Image online at http://pilot.familysearch.org - England, Norfolk Parish Registers, Shipdham Baptisms, Marriages, Burials 1558-1804, Image 253 of 253. Accessed 25 April 2010.

More on the 1841 Blakeney Census – Susan Starling

CleyAncestors — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:13:16 +0000

Bob Price asked the following question on the post I made about the 1841 Blakeney census:

If the "Mann" household is seperate from Wm Warnes' House hold, why is Wm Warnes shown as Head against Thomas and Elizabeth Mann?The Wm Jary here is probably the son of Jacob and Mary--Davison--Jary, b. abt 1819, and apprenticed to either Wm Warnes or Thomas Mann, but who is the Wm Jary aged 15,--- b. abt 1826?--- in the Susan Starling Household?

regards, Bob

Bob's question was in regard to this household:

27 High St Wm Warnes M 60 Mariner Y (Self)

Rose F 40 Y Wm Warnes End of family mark (/) after line

Thomas Mann M 37 Mariner Y Wm Warnes

Elizabeth Mann F 26 Y Wm Warnes

Wm Jary M 21 Sea App Y Wm Warnes? See below

Page Name Age Comments

27 Wm Jary 21 (Mann household) There is an end of dwelling mark (//) on Elizabeth Mann's line, but no digit in "Inhabited" column next to Wm Jary's name to indicate a new household.

Here is an excerpt of the census page showing the entries (click the image to enlarge it):

Excerpt from 1841 Blakeney census: the Wm Warnes household

I interpreted the single mark through the first two letters of Thomas Mann's name as an "end of family" mark, whereas the double lines on the line with Elizabeth Mann's name look like an "end of household" mark to me. That makes me think that the Manns lived with Wm & Rose Warnes; two families in one household. I haven't researched this family, but I suspect that Elizabeth Mann may have been the daughter of Wm Warnes. (Or perhaps Rose Warnes's sister?)

If it is indeed an "end of household" mark at Elizabeth Mann's name, I would have expected to see a digit in the "Inhabited" column next to Wm Jary's name (similar to the one next to Wm Warnes's name) to indicate the start of a new household. But there is no mark in that column, and this is why I put a question mark in the table when I transcribed it. It's not clear to me whether Wm Jary was part of the Warnes household, or if he lived by himself.

I don't think that this William Jary was the son of Jacob & Mary Davison Jary, however. From the hand-written index of the Stiffkey Register (NRO PD492, HMN6-364: F-L): "Jarey, William son of Jacob & Mary, buried 16 Apr 1819, aged 2 weeks." So I don't know who this William Jary was. We have no other William Jarys in our file that come close to being the right age. (That's not to say we don't have the data somewhere; I just may not have put it into our iFamily file yet. That's one of the reasons we started this site, to catch things like this.)

In answer to Bob's second question, I think the Wm Jary enumerated in Susan Starling's household may have been her nephew, William Richard Shepherd Jary, born 2 October 1823, and christened 5 October 1823 in Blakeney. He was the son of Susan's brother, John Jary (b ca 1800) and his wife, Peggy Baines. (Blakeney Baptisms 1813-1840; NRO PD619; MF691/30). This William would have been about 18 years old, but remember that the 1841 enumerators' instructions were to record ages from 15 and under 20 years as 15 years. Those instructions weren't followed in many instances, but perhaps they were in this one.

Construction in Blakeney, mid-1700s

CleyAncestors — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:30:46 +0000

Under the gravel walk at the east front of the parsonage-house is a large and deep drain filled with large stones to receive the water falling from the house, it was made in April 1766.

A Cess-Pool eight feet deep, near five feet diameter, twenty feet from the stable-wall arched over, was made in the year 1767. The drains from the house, and the drain from the stable empty themselves into it.

When the Offices were built in September 1757. An arched-brick-drain 12 inches at the bottom and 14 inches high in the clear was made from the sink-stone runing (sic) by the north-wall of the brew-house, and receiving into it the water from the pantry, powdering-room, and larder, it goes out under the threshold of the brewhouse-door, on the outside of the threshold is a cess-pool, into which a stone hangs to hinder the return of the stink, the drain is continued through the yard to the cess-pool 20 feet from the stable-wall.

Source:

Blakeney General Register 1729-1791. NRO; PD619. MF691/27.

The children of Thomas and Ann (Stirges) Newbegin

CleyAncestors — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:52:46 +0000

A couple of months ago, in a look at the 1841 Blakeney Census, I wondered about the connection(s) between the households of Henry Degauan and Thomas Newbegin:

Page	Place	Name	Sex	Age	Profession	Born in Norfolk?	Head of Household	Comments
21	High St	Henry Degauan (sp?)	M	27	Fisherman	Y	(Self)	(Surname hard to read; unsure of spelling.)
		Maria	F	22		Y	Henry Degauan
		Horatia	M	3		Y	Henry Degauan
		Alford	M	1		Y	Henry Degauan
		Nevison Newbegin	M	17	Shoe App	Y	Henry Degauan	See below
22	High St	Thos Newbegin	M	56	Baker	Y	(Self)	See below
		Ann	F	52		Y	Thos Newbegin	Formerly Stirges
		Horatia	M	30	Tailor	Y	Thos Newbegin	See below
		Maria Cooper	F	10		Y	Thos Newbegin	End of family mark (/) after Horatia's name.

Page	Name	Age	Comments
21	Nevison Newbegin	17	There is an end of dwelling mark (//) on the line with Alford Degauan's name, but no digit in "Inhabited" column next to Nevison's name to indicate a new dwelling, so it's a bit unclear whether Nevison was in the Degauan household or on his own. Nevison's name is on the last line on page 21. Page 22 begins with Thos Newbegin's household. Nevison witnessed Horatio Newbegin's marriage to Catherine Peeps.
22	Thos Newbegin	56	The Degauan(?) & Newbigin households were adjacent to each other. Note the similarities in names. Were Nevison & Maria the daughter & son of Thos & Ann Newbegin?
	Ann Newbegin	52	Formerly Stirges[10]
	Horatia Newbegin	30	Married Catherine Jary Peeps, daughter of Lane & Ann Jary (enum. p. 3) in 1843. Name spelled "Horatio" in marriage registry.

We've since received more microfilms from the NRO. I haven't finished going through all the registers, but so far I've found baptism records for ten children of Thomas & Ann:

Daughter: Margaret Stirges NEWBEGIN
Born: 20 Feb 1811 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [11]
Baptised: 22 Feb 1811 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [11]

Daughter: Maria NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 11 Feb 1813 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [1o, 11]

Son: Thomas NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 16 Oct 1814 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]

Son: Francis NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 09 May 1816 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]

Daughter: Maria NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 09 Aug 1817 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]

Daughter: Hannah Matilda NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 11 Apr 1819 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]

Son: Horatio NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 13 Nov 1820 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]
Spouse: Catherine JARY Peeps (1811 - ) [12]

Son: Nevison Stirgess NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 26 Apr 1822 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]

Son: Zachariah NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 24 Dec 1823 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]
Died: aft Mar 1851 [13]
Spouse: Maryann (Unknown) (abt 1826 - ) [13]

Daughter: Roda Matilda NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 11 Oct 1825 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]

Having found these baptism records, I think it's likely that Maria, wife of Henry Degauan, was the Maria baptised in 1817, daughter of Thomas & Ann Newbegin, and that Nevison Newbegin was her brother. I'll keep looking for Maria & Henry's marriage record (and I'm hoping the surname will be easier to read.)

Sources

Note: Not all of the sources below were used in this post, but I copied the list over from the census article so the numbers would match between the two. There are additional sources at the bottom of this list (numbers 11-13) that weren't used in the census article.

[1] Stiffkey Register Index. NRO. PD492. HMN6-364: F-L
[2] Blakeney Parish Registers Marriages 1813-1837. NRO. PD619. MF692/4
[3] Blakeney Parish Registers Baptisms & Burials 1807 - 1812. NRO. PD619. MF691/29
[4] Morston Parish Registers. NRO PD478. 1700-1812: Registration of Baptisms 1700-1811; Registration of Marriages 1701-1754; Burials 1700-1812. (Microfiche)
[5] Blakeney Parish Registers: Baptisms 1813-1840 PD619 MF691/30
[6] Marriage certificate: Thomas Dew & Jemima Jary. GRO. 1858 Mar Erpingham. Vol 4b, Page 85, Entry no. 127.
[7] NRO. Probate 1800-1857. Archdeaconry of Norwich Court, 1813; Probate of William Cozens. Microfilm.
[8] Norfolk Marriages. Hamlin, Philip. Norfolk Family History Society. 2002. CD-ROM.
[9] Morston Parish Registers Baptisms 1813-1900. NRO. PD478. MF1000/11
[10] Cley-Next-the-Sea Parish Registers: Baptisms 1813-1841. NRO. PD270 MF694/22
[11] Cley-Next-the-Sea Parish Registers: Baptisms & Burials 1779-1814. NRO. PD270 MF694/21
[12] Blakeney Parishes Register Marriages 1837-1900. NRO. PD619 MF692/5
[13] 1851 England Census

Smallpox in Cley: 1742/3

CleyAncestors — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:44:03 +0000

This is a transcript of the burials recorded in Cley Next the Sea from 1739 through 1743. In 1742 & 1743, notations were made in the register to indicate the deaths that resulted from smallpox.

1739
1 Edward Son of James & Mary Waller was bur[ie]d the 2d of April
2 Mary Daug[hte]r of Susan Bateman 5th May
3 Elizab[e]th Daug[hte]r of Peter & Alice Mallet the 6th May
4 Purland Wright the 15th May
5 James Son of Mary Taylor bur[ie]d May 20th
6 Thomas Son of Tho[mas] & Hannah Neale Aug[ust] 15th
7 Anne Mendham was bur[ie]d 3d Sep[tembe]r
8 Elizabeth the Wife of John Jary 12th Oct[obe]r
9 Mary Stirges the 14th of Oct[obe]r
10 Mary the Wife of Edmund Starling Oct[obe]r 23d
11 Thomas Son of Elizab[e]th Jary 10th Dec[embe]r
12 Thomas Masingham bur[ied] 28th Feb[rua]ry

1740
Amy Wife of John Musset bur[ie]d Jun[e] 21st
George Son of Edm[un]d & Mary Bond Jun[e] 24th
Samuel Haydon was bur[ie]d July 11th
Mary-Anne Daug[hte]r of Gamaliel & Eliza[be]th Stirges was bur[ied] August the 10th
James Son of Will[iam] & Sarah Wells was bur[ie]d Aug[ust] 16th
John Son of Robert & Lydia Musset bur[ie]d Aug[ust] 25th
Stephen Son of Step[he]n & Margaret Townsend bur[ie]d Oct[obe]r 11th
Edward Woods was bur[ie]d Oct[obe]r 22d
Anne Daug[hte]r of Frances & Martha Fernsby bur[ie]d Oct[obe]r 24th
Anne the Wife of Rich[ar]d Ayres bur[ie]d Nov[embe]r 8th
Richard Ayres was bur[ie]d Jan[uary] 2d
John Nunn was bur[ie]d Jan[uary] 29th
In all 12

1741
John Clare was Bur[ie]d Apr[il] 16th
Lee Son of Henry & Eliza[be]th Page July 30th
Elizabeth Daug[hte]r of Francis & Martha Fernsby Aug[ust] 5th
Thomas Son of W[illia]m Stirges 3'd Sep[tembe]r
Mary Stangroom Widow the 15th Sept[ember]:
Michael Son of W[illia]m & Frances Starling Sept[ember]: 16th
Francis Son of John & Esser [Ester?] Johnson the 10th Dec[embe]r
John Hipkin was Bur[ie]d 25th Dec[embe]r
Rich[ar]d Son of John & Susan Harrison Jan[uar]y 17th
James Lake Jan[uar]y 28th
Mary Daug[hte]r of Rob[er]t & Margaret Fox Feb[ruary] 2'd
Rich[ar]d Son of Tho[mas] & Mary Smith 2'd Feb[ruary]
Anthony Fox the 12th Feb[ruary]
Mary Daug[hte]r of Peter & Mary Coble 24th Feb[ruary]
John Son of James & Anne Woods 2d Mar[ch]
Elizabeth Pilch Widow the 23rd March
In all 16

1742 "NB in the y[ea]r 1742 those marked thus X died of the Small-pox"
Mary Daug[hte]r of John & Mary Matsell Apr[il] 9th
Margaret Daug[hte]r of Rob[er]t and Margaret Eldridge 11th Ap
Anthony Son of Anthony & Mary Thomis[o_]n? Apr[il] 12th
Joseph & Mary twins of Robert and Margaret Morgin were bur[ied] 13th June
Robert Rumball 19th Aug[ust]
Lucy Daug[hte]r of John & Susan Cooper 20th Aug[ust]
Anne Daug[hte]r of John & Anne Massew (Massen?) 13th Sep[tember]
Edward Son of Susan Ward was Bur[ie]d 17th Sept[embe]r
Thomas Middletons was Bur[ie]d 15th Oct[obe]r
Ester Beavis widow was Bur[ie]d 28th Oct[obe]r
William High was Bur[ie]d the 14th Nov[embe]r
X Matthew Cooper was Bur[ie]d the 14th Nov[embe]r
X Stephen Son of Edm[un]d & Catharine Barker was Bur[ie]d 8th Dec[embe]r
X Mary Jay Widow was Bur[ie]d h'e 2'd Dec[embe]r "died at Yarmouth"
William Passifield was Bur[ie]d 6th Dec[embe]r
William Son of W[illia]m & Anne Passifield was Bur[ie]d 15 Dec[embe]r
X Amy Framing ham the 28th Dec[embe]r
X Robert Bacon the 31st? Dec[embe]r
X Anne Daug[hte]r of Henry & Thomasin Pinchen Jan[uar]y 5th
John Royall was Bur[ie]d 15th Jan[uar]y
X Lucy Daug[hte]r of Francis Crofts 15th Jan[uar]y
X Mary Daug[hte]r of Henry & Thomasin Pinchen 21st Jan
Joseph Son of Nath[ani]el & Eliz[abe]th Woods Jan[uar]y 23rd
X Robert Fox was Bur[ie]d 26th Jan[uar]y
Eliza[be]th Medcalf was Bur[ie]d 5th Feb[ruary]
William Baker was Bur[ie]d 17th Feb[ruary]
X Matthew Cletherwood was Bur[ie]d 20th Feb[ruary]
X Edmund Barker was Bur[ie]d 21? Feb[ruary]
X Robert Bennet was Bur[ie]d the 18th Mar[ch]
In all 30 [12 smallpox]

1743 "In this y[ea]r those mark[e]d X died of the Small-pox"
X Susanah the Wife of Tho[mas] Imping was Bur[ie]d Mar[ch] 25th (name spelled Impin in 1734 burial of Ann wife of Thomas Impin Oct 5th)
X Valentine Son of Christopher Lewis Mar[ch] 26th
X Mary Daug[hte]r of Christopher Lewis Mar[ch] 26th
Eleanor Parkin Bur[ie]d Apr[il] 10th
Catharine Daug[hte]r of Tho[mas] Imping Apr[il] 9th
X Robert Musset was Bur[ie]d May 9th
John Son of John & Mary Williamson Bur[ie]d May 22d
Mary Daug[hte]r of John & Susan Harrison May 24th
Thomas Son of Will[ia]m & Mary Lane May 29th
James Son of Oliver & Margaret Whiteside Jun[e] 5th
Anne the Wife of Henry Franklin Jun[e] 7th
Elizab[e]th Greeve was Bur[ie]d July 11th
Anne the Wife of Tho[mas] Howard July 30th
Elizabeth Daug[hte]r of Francis & Martha Fornsly Bur[ie]d Aug[ust] 20th
Elizabeth Daug[hte]r of Will[ia]m & Sarah Wells Bur[ie]d Sep[tembe]r 11th
Mary Daug[hte]r of Rob[er]t & Mary Thompson Nov[embe]r 16th
Sarah the Wife of Edmund Woods Bur[ie]d Jan[uar]y 5th
Rob[er]t Son of Edmund & Sarah Woods Jan[uar]y 5th
Eleanor Daug[hte]r of Sarah Box Bur[ie]d Feb[ruary] 10th
In all 19 [4 smallpox]

Source:

Cley next the Sea General Register 1686-1744. NRO. PD270. MF694/19.

The Rectors of Cley 1560–1804

CleyAncestors — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:45:33 +0000

The last page of the Cley Next the Sea General Register 1538–1662 contains the following, written in a progression of different handwritings:

NB I find that one Will[ia]m Branter Clerk was buried here in the year 1559 which was the year before Vincent Goodwin Sen[io]r was Rector of Cley but whether Branter was Rector I know not, but Goodwin came in in the year 1560, & was succeeded by Vincent Goodwin Jun[io]r (who I suppose was his son) in the year 1600, who was Succeeded in the year 1643 by Rice Allison, who was Succeeded in the year 1659 by Rob[ert] Lowd who was Succeeded in the year 1690 by Joseph Ward, who was Succeeded in the year 1736 by John Girdlestone —
[change of handwriting]
who was succeeded in the year 1763 by William Backhouse.
[change of handwriting]
who was succeeded in the year 1764 by Rob[er]t Thomlinson.
[change of handwriting]
Who was succeeded in the year 1802 by Richard Tho[mas] Gough who holds it until Robert the son of the late Rob[er]t Thomlinson shall be at age to take it.
[change of handwriting]
1804 John Winn Thomlinson

Source:

Cley Next the Sea General Register 1538-1662. NRO PD270. MF694/17.

Cley next the Sea – Severe Frost 1739

CleyAncestors — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:39:37 +0000

"In the year 1739 A very severe Frost w[hi]ch Lock[e]d all the Harbours in the Kingdo[m], render[e]d the Road by the Marsh-side leading from Clay to Glandford impassible (sic), there were hundreds of Loads of Ice t[h]rown into the Road by the Tides, Some Peices (sic) of Ice were more than 20 feet long and 8 or 10 feet Broad and 2 or 3 feet thick. A Surprising Sight!"

Source:
Cley next the Sea General Register 1686 - 1744. NRO. PD270. MF694/19.

Happy New Year: 1779

CleyAncestors — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:38:47 +0000

Some Particulars of a Gale of Wind which happened on the Morn: of New Year's Day 1779 which did universal Damage. The Wind being for the most part north west swelled the Tide to an unusual Height which did considerable Injury to the Bank that surrounds the fresh Mashes (sic) of the great Farm at Blakeney: In the West part of the Bank there was a Breach (blank space) feet in Length and a large Pool washed at the foot of the Bank on the north side nine feet deep from the Surface of the Earth: The north Bank damaged from one End of it to the other: and the mashes (sic) were eight feet (at least) under water upon the Level. A Ship lying in the Channel broke from her mooring and beat down a great part of a House and a considerable Length of Wall upon the Key. Blakeney Church on the North Side a great deal uncovered by the Violence of the Wind.

Source:

Blakeney General Register 1729-1791. NRO; PD619. MF691/27.

Probate: William Cozens 1813

CleyAncestors — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:27:20 +0000

A transcription of the probate of the estate of William Cozens, originally of Cromer, later of Blakeney.
Images of this document can be found online at the Norfolk Sources website.
Names contained:

Sarah Maria (Jacob*), Maria Ann (Plattin), Jane (Dew), Naomi (later Naomi Bond)
James Collins of Strood, Kent
John Thompson of Blakeney, Mariner
John Norman of St Catherines Middlesex, Ship Agent
Henry Ramm, Clay (sic), Mariner

Sarah Maria's married surname was written as "Jacob" in this document, but in the probate of her son, Jacob Jacobs (available from the same site) it is written, and she signed, as "Jacobs."

179
(The Testator lived and died at Blakeney in the County of Norfolk)
"174 6shts" (circled at left margin of first line of will)
This is the last Will and Testament of me William Cozens of Cromer in the County of Norfolk Marriner made as follows
In the first place I order and direct all my just debts Funeral and Testamentary Expences to be paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently may be after my decease by my Executors herein after named
Item I give devise and bequeath all my Freehold hefsuages(?) or Tenements Ground Hereditaments and Premises with the appurtenances thereunto belonging situate lynig (sic) and blnig(?) in Strood in the County of Kent or elsewhere in England unto James Collins of Strood aforesaid Yeoman his heirs executors administrators and afsigns upon trust to sell and dispose thereof at and when my youngest child Naomi shall arrive at the age of twenty one years or day of Marriage which shall first happen for the best price or prices that can or may be had and obtained for the same and the money arising therefrom together with all my household Furniture plate Linen china Monies at Interest and all other my real Estate and personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever I do order and direct shall be equally divided between all my Daughters Sarah Maria, Maria Ann, Jane and Naomi or the Survivors or Survivor of them share and share alike and I do hereby declare and Direct that the Rents Interest and produce of my said real and personal Estate shall go and be paid to or towards the maintenance of my two youngest Daughters Jane and Naomi until the youngest of them shall arrive at the age of twenty one years or day of Marriage of both of them
But in case my Daughter Jane shall happen to Marry before my Daughters (sic) Naomi shall arive at the age of twenty one years or day of Marriage then the whole of such Rents Interests and produce shall go towards the support of my said youngest Daughter Naomi and I do hereby also declare that the receipt or receipts of my said Trustee James Collins his heirs executors administrators and afsigns shall be a sufficient discharge or discharges to the purchaser or purchasers of my said Freehold Estate as aforesaid and that they shall not be answerable for the application or nonapplicatoin thereof
And lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Daughters Sarah Maria, Maria Ann, Jane and Naomi and the said James Collins Executor and Executrix's (sic) of this my will hereby revoking and making void all former and other wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this only to be my last will and Testament
In Witnefs whereof I have to this my will set my hand and seal this fourtheenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven (or seven?)
(signed) Wm. Cozens ("LS."? circled next to signature)
Signed Sealed published and Declared by the said William Cozens the Testator as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnefses hereto -
John Norman of St. Catherines Middlesex Ship Agent -
John Thompson of Blakeney in Norfolk Mariner -
Henry Ramm of Clay (sic) in Norfolk Mariner

18th September 1813
Jane Dew and Naomi Cozens two of the within named Executrix's were sworn in due form of Law before the Rev'd John Burrell clk ("clk" scored through) Sure:

At Runcton 21st Sept'r 1813
Sarah Maria Jacob and Maria Ann Plattin two other Executrixes within named were sworn in due form of Law before the Rev'd P. Johnson clk ("clk" scored through) Surr: to the Affl.?
Effects under £100
(Power reserved for James Collins the Executor within named to act hc?)
Ex'd Robt Powley, Jr (signature)

Source:

Norfolk Record Office. Probate 1800-1857. Archdeaconry of Norwich Court, 1813; Probate of John Murrell, William Cozens. Microfilm. Image online: Norfolk Sources Images GS_0173389/17964.jpg and GS_0173389/17965.jpg

27	High St	Wm Warnes	M	60	Mariner	Y	(Self)
		Rose	F	40		Y	Wm Warnes	End of family mark (/) after line
		Thomas Mann	M	37	Mariner	Y	Wm Warnes
		Elizabeth Mann	F	26		Y	Wm Warnes
		Wm Jary	M	21	Sea App	Y	Wm Warnes?	See below