Survey Report 04783:
Principal Probate Registry:
Will of Thomas Baker |
Will of Thomas Baker, mariner, formerly of Aaron,
Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, now of London, master or commander of the ship Elizabeth
of London, now in Plymouth but bound to Newfoundland and elsewhere.
 | Names as attorneys his brother-in-law John Bennett, mariner of
London, and his wife,
testator’s sister Mary, who are caring for testator’s children
Thomas and Mary. |
 | His lands at Grannar, Dorset, and elsewhere to his son, or failing
him to his sister; also £10. |
 | The rest of his estate to
his son and daughter in equal shares, names them joint executors, with
John and Mary Bennett as overseers. |
 | One guinea apiece to the
Bennetts for rings. |
 | To his sisters Anne and
Margaret Baker £5 apiece. |
 | To his sisters Joane Baker,
spinster, and Edit Farrell, widow, 20s. apiece for rings.
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Signed
at Plymouth 16 May 1693. Witness
Henry Bradshaw, Rose Bradshaw, Samuel Eastlake, Not. Pub.
Probate London 19 August 1698 to Mary Bennett alias Baker, with
reservation respect of John Bennett.
P.A.B. apparently connects testator with Virginia; presumably he
died there. |
Source: Virginia
Colonial Records Project, Library of
Virginia, Richmond, VA
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