William PROBY was born about 1693 in Huntingdon, England. He died before 1755. He married Ann HANDASYD on 10 Jun 1718 in St Benets, Paul's Wharf, London, England.
Ann HANDASYD [Parents] was born about 1697 in Northumberland, England. She died on 06 Dec 1777. She was buried 1, 2 on 12 Dec 1777 in St Andrew, Great Staughton, Huntingdonshire. She married William PROBY on 10 Jun 1718 in St Benets, Paul's Wharf, London, England.
Last Will and Testament of Ann PROBY, dated Apr, 1755. Proved Feb 11, 1778. PRO Catalogue Ref: Prob 11/1039, Image Ref: 210.
In the name of God Amen I Ann Proby of the parish of Saint James within the Liberty of Westminster in the County of Middlesex Widow considering the uncertainty of this life and the sudden Changes[?] from it to another Do now while I enjoy Health and understanding make this my last Will and Testament
in the first place I give and bequeath to Ann Perry my God Daughter five pounds five Shillings for a Mourning Ring. And I do hereby as a mark of the Love and Affection which I have for Gulielma Maria Sharpe of the parish aforesaid Spinster give and bequeath unto her all the rest and residue of my Goods Chattels and Personal Estate whatsoever. And I do appoint the said Gulielma Maria Sharpe Executrix of this my Will
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the [blank] day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty five.Ann Proby
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Ann Proby as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us
Richard Walton
Jas. MossThis Will was proved at London the eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight before the Worshipful George Harris Doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Sir George Hay Knight also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Gulielma Maria Sharpe Spinster the sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having been first Sworn duly to administer. Ex'd/.
They had the following children:
F i PROBY was born before 1725.
Major-Gen. Sir William CONGREVE [Parents] [scrapbook] "Billie" was born on 23 Jun 1743 in Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford, England. He was christened 1 on 26 Jun 1743 in Baswich, Stafford, England. He died on 30 Apr 1814 in Charlton next Woolwich, Kent, England. He was buried 2, 3 on 06 May 1814 in Family vault, St Luke, Charlton next Woolwich, Kent. He married 4 Rebecca ELMSTONE on 09 Dec 1771 in St Luke Old Street, Finsbury, London, England.
Other marriages:OLIVIER, Julia Elizabeth
Major General Sir William Congreve, 1st Baronet (d.1814)
During the second half of the 18th century, the British government became increasingly concerned over the volume and quality of gunpowder produced by the private manufacturers. It became involved directly in the process starting with the purchase of the powder mills at Faversham in 1759.
In April 1783, the British Board of Ordnance appointed Major William Congreve to be responsible for the manufacture and proof of gunpowder in Britain. In his previous post of Deputy Comptroller (acting Comptroller) of the Royal Laboratories at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, he had already demonstrated his remarkable ability for invention and organisation. He set about making the government manufacturing facilities model factories and encouraged private companies to follow the innovations he introduced.
His previous work in experimentation allowed him to make the transition between research and production a smoother process and to introduce manufacturing changes that would have far-reaching implications on the quality and quantity of output.
His work to 'establish a proper mode of proof' was important to the armed forces at the time who complained about the consistency of the powder. Congreve felt that the quality of ingredients was at the root of problems and set about building refining capability into his factories.
He became involved in political wrangles with the Prime Minister of the time, William Pitt, who, prompted by private manufacturers, asserted that government powder was more expensive and of inferior quality. Congreve not only argued for the continuation of government manufacturing at Faversham by showing that stronger, cheaper powder was produced there but he achieved his aim of purchasing a second plant, the mill at Waltham Abbey. He purchased the facility from the Walton family in 1787 for the sum of £10,000. This became known as the Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills.
Congreve reviewed the process of corning black powder and established the advantaged of using larger grain (measure) powders in cannons and finer grain powders in small arms, overturning the Board of Ordnance policy of a single grain size for all weapons.
Congreve continued to develop new production methods. This included detailed experiments in 1785 at the Faversham Mill into the different types of wood used to produce charcoal, the most variable of the three ingredients of powder. In collaboration with Dr Watson, Bishop of Llandaff and following a method proposed by George Fordyce, he established that stronger powder could be made from charcoal produced in sealed iron retorts or cylinders.
Congreve was made a Baronet in 1812 and died in 1814. He was succeeded in his posts by his son, William Congreve (inventor) of the Congreve Rocket.
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Last Will and Testament of Major-General Sir William CONGREVE Baronet, dated Apr 06, 1808. Proved Aug 29, 1814. PRO Catalogue Ref: Prob 11/1559, Image Ref: 336.I William Congreve Major General Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory Superintendant of Military Machines being in perfect health of body & mind through the blessing of Almighty God do appoint my dear Wife Julia Elizabeth Congreve my Executrix & my son William Congreve to be my Executor to this my last Will & Testament.
I bequeath to my dear Wife for her life my household furniture plate books linen & pictures also the savings which may arise from our income by the good management of my wife Julia Elizabeth Congreve aforesaid & after her death I give my plate books & pictures to my Son William Congreve & my Good Suit of Table Linen I bequeath to my dear daughter Schneider & all the rest of my Table Linen I bequeath to my dear daughter McLean save & except the table cloth & Napkine[?] which my grandfather bought at Lisle in Flanders the largest of which with the Napkine[?] I bequeath to my Son William Congreve & the smallest of these cloths to my Son Thomas Congreve. I also give and bequeath to my Son Thomas all my fire arms & instruments whether mathematical or otherwise & I after death of my dear Wife Julia Elizabeth I bequeath to my said Son Thomas Congreve the One thousand pounds ten per Cent Consolidated annuities that is in trust for the use of my dear Wife and return[?] to me after her death. I also leave my said Son Thomas Congreve half the Sum which may arise from the savings of my Income & the other half part of these savings I bequeath to my Son William Congreve after the death of my dear Wife Julia Elizabeth Congreve who is entitled to every attention from my children from her kindness to me made[?] and by her dear Society enabled by the goodness of the Almighty to do my duty to my King & Country at the advanced age of sixty five after having for fifty three years anxiously discharged the duties of a Soldier & of Superintendant of several Civil Departments & I have this sixth of April 1808 set my hand to this my last Will & Testament.
W. Congreve
My household furniture horses & carriages I leave to my Son Thomas Congreve after the death of my dear Wife Julia Elizabeth.
W. Congreve
Appeared Personally John Henry Powell Schneider of Broad Street Buildings London Esq. & John Rowland Sandell of the same place Esq. & made oath that they knew & were well acquainted with Sir William Congreve Baronet late of Charlton in the County of Kent deceased for some time afore & till the time of his death & also with his manner & character of handwriting & subscription having often seen him write & subscribe his name & having now with care & attention viewed & perused the paper writing hereto annexed purporting to be & contain the last Will & testament with a codicil thereto of the said deceased the said Will beginning thus "Charlton 6th April 1808 I William Congreve Major General Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory & Superintendant of Military Machines" ending thus "& I have this sixth of April 1808 set my hand to this my last Will & testament" & thus subscribed W. Congreve & the said Codicil being contained in the words following to wit "My household furniture horses & carriages I leave to my Son Thomas Congreve after the death of my dear Wife Julia Elizabeth" & thus subscribed W. Congreve they these deponents say they do verily & in their consciences believe the said Will & Codicil beginning & ending & subscribed as aforesaid & also the subscriptions thereto to be of the proper handwriting & subscription of the said deceased.
John Henry Powell Schneider
John Rowland Sandell24th day of Aug't 1814 the said John Henry Powell Schneider was duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me S. Parson Sur.
26th Aug't 1814 the said John Rowland Sandell was duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me S. Parson Sur.
Proved at London with a Codicil 29th August 1814 before the worshipful Samuel Pewice[?] Parson D.S.N. Surrogate by the oaths of Dame Julia Elizabeth Congreve Widow the Relict & Sir William Congreve Baronet the Son & Executors to whom Admon. was granted having been first sworn duly to Adm'tr.
Rebecca ELMSTONE [Parents] [scrapbook] was born about 1739. She died on 01 Apr 1791 in Charlton next Woolwich, Kent, England. She was buried in Family vault, St Luke, Charlton next Woolwich, Kent. She married 1 Major-Gen. Sir William CONGREVE on 09 Dec 1771 in St Luke Old Street, Finsbury, London, England.
They had the following children:
M i Sir Frederick 'William' CONGREVE F ii Anne 'Catherine' Penelope CONGREVE F iii Charlotte CONGREVE F iv Rebecca Jane* CONGREVE was born on 20 Aug 1779 in Charlton next Woolwich, Kent, England. She was christened in Sep 1779 in St Luke, Charlton near Woolwich, Kent, England. She died in 1780. She was buried in Family vault, St Luke, Charlton next Woolwich, Kent.
Died as infant - age: ~7 months.M v Lieut-Col. Thomas Ralph CONGREVE
He had the following children:
F i Rebecca ELMSTONE
John Henry Powell SCHNEIDER [Parents] was christened 1 on 12 Sep 1768 in St Thomas Apostle, London, England. He died 2 in 1851 in Brighton RD, Sussex, England. He married Anne 'Catherine' Penelope CONGREVE on 21 Mar 1797 in Charlton next Woolwich, Kent, England.
Other marriages:MOUL, Elizabeth
GOAD, Emma Darling
1841 British Census:
Dwelling: Beaver Hall
Census Place: Edmonton, Middlesex, England
FHL Film 438772 PRO Ref HO/107/652 Book 5 Folio 16 Page 25SCHNEIDER John, age 70, b. Middlesex, Occ. Ind.
SCHNEIDER Emma, age 55, b. Middlesex
SCHNEIDER Henry, age 20, b. Middlesex
SCHNEIDER George, age 15, b. Middlesex
SCHNEIDER Ann, age 40, b. Middlesex
SCHNEIDER Charlotte, age 25, b. Middlesex
SCHNEIDER Harriet, age 25, b. Middlesex
SCHNEIDER Elizabeth, age 20, b. Middlesex
SHERMAN James, age 30, b. Middlesex, Occ. M.S.
COX George, age 20, b. not-Middlesex, Occ. M.S.
WILLIAMS Mary, age 45, b. Middlesex, Occ. F.S.
MARCH Louisa, age 50, b. Middlesex, Occ. F.S.
HARDY Sarah, age 30, b. Middlesex, Occ. F.S.
LOW Mary, age 25, b. Middlesex, Occ. F.S.
SNOW Maria, age 20, b. Middlesex, Occ. F.S.
REED Hannah, age 25, b. Middlesex, Occ. F.S.----------------------------------------------------------
1851 British Census:
Address: 7 Lower Rock Gardens - Marine Parade
Census Place: Brighton, Sussex, England
FHL Film 193548 PRO Ref HO/107/1644 Folio 388 Page 55 Family 141SCHNEIDER John, head, M, age 82, b. London, Middlesex, Occ. General Merchant
SCHNEIDER Anna C., daughter, U, age 52, b. London, Middlesex, Occ. at home
SCHNEIDER Caroline [Charlotte], daughter, U, age 38, b. Edmonton, Middlesex, Occ. at home
SCHNEIDER Harriet, daughter, U, age 36, b. Edmonton, Middlesex, Occ. at home
SCHNEIDER Augustus, grandson, -, age 4, b. Brighton, Sussex
OXFORD Louisa, servant, W, age 32, b. Little Warley, Essex, Occ. House Keeper
MATTHEWS Mary, servant, U, age 42, b. Newton Abbot, Devon, Occ. Cook
JASLING Eliza, servant, U, age 40, b. Kingston, Hants, Occ. Hand Servant
CROW Mary A., servant, U, age 60, b. Ware, Herts, Occ. Hand Servant
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CASPER Eliza, servant, U, age 26, b. Bentley, Hants, Occ. Hand Servant
LUDGOLD Sarah, servant, U, age 21, b. Heston, Middlesex, Occ. Hand Servant
SWANCOTT Ann, servant, U, age 27, b. Newtown, N. Wales, Occ. Hand Servant
NORTHAM Henry, servant, U, age 44, b. Sturminster, Dorset, Occ. Butler
GODDARD Richard, servant, U, age 24, b. Worthing, Sussex, Occ. Footman----------------------------------------------------------
Last Will and Testament of John Henry Powell SCHNEIDER, dated Mar 14, 1846, with Codicils dated Mar 19, 1846, Jul 22, 1846, Oct 11, 1848, Dec 11, 1848, and Feb, 1849. Proved Feb 19, 1852. PRO Catalogue Ref: Prob 11/2148, Image Ref: 41-42.I John Henry Powell Schneider of New Broad Street Mews in the City of London and Southgate in the County of Middlesex and Brighton in the County of Sussex Esquire do hereby revoke all Wills and testamentary dispositions made by me at any time heretofore and make and declare this to be my Will and Testament.
I appoint my Son Henry William Schneider and my friend James Farrell of York Street Marylebone Esquire to be Executors of my Will.
I direct that my funeral may be conducted with as much privacy as possible but that my Executors should at the expence of my estate provide such mourning as they may think suitable and proper for all my children and grandchildren and for the Husbands of my married Daughters and the Wives of my married Sons and also all my Clerks and indoor Servants at my decease and for such of my outdoor Servants at my decease as my Executors may think fit.
I direct that my Executors shall for three calendar months next following my decease maintain and keep up the Establishment of the houses gardens and pleasure grounds at Southgate and Brighton occupied by me at the time of my decease upon the same scale and in the same manner in all respects as the same shall have been ordinarily maintained and kept up previously to my decease or on such reduced scale as my Executors shall think fit and permit each of my unmarried Daughters as may choose so to do to reside therein respectively during such three calendar months. And I direct and declare that the taxes and assessments payable in respect of the said houses gardens and pleasure grounds wages of Servants expences of housekeeping and all other charges and outgoings whatsoever incident to the maintenance of my Establishment as aforesaid shall be paid and defrayed out of my personal estate
I bequeath the pecuniary legacies following out. To my Executors the sum of two hundred pounds to be laid out in the purchase of mourning rings in memory of me for such of my friends and relations as my said Executors may think proper. To my said Son Henry William Schneider the sum of five hundred pounds as an acknowledgement of his trouble in executing the Offices of Executor and Trustee of my Will. To the said James Farrell the sum of five hundred pounds as an acknowledgement of his trouble in executing the Offices of Executor and Trustee of my said Will. To my friend John Diston Powles of York Place Marylebone aforesaid Esquire hereinafter named as a Trustee the sum of one hundred guineas as an acknowledgement of his trouble in Executing the office of Trustee of my Will. To every grandchild of mine who may also be my Godchild the sum of one hundred pounds. To my Clerks Mr Edward Davis and Mr Jonas Peydelbach the sum of fifty pounds each as a small mark of my appreciation of their long and faithful services. To every of the domestic Servants who shall be in my Service at my decease and shall have lived with me continuously two years or upward exclusively of such as are not indoor servants one years wages over and above what shall be due to them at my decease. To every of the domestic servants who shall be in my Service at my decease and shall have lived with me continuously one year or upwards exclusively of such as are not indoor servants half a years wages over and above what shall be due to them at my decease.
And to the said Henry William Schneider James Farrell and John Diston Powles so much money as on the day of my decease would purchase the sum of five thousand pounds three per cent consolidated bank annuities to be held on the trusts herein after declared concerning the same.
I bequeath to Mrs Oxford Widow who worked many years in my family as Nurse an annuity of twenty pounds for her sole and separate use free from marital control to be paid during her life in equal half yearly portions and the first of such portions to be paid within one of six calendar months from my decease. And I direct my Executors to appropriate in their names within twelve calendar months after my decease a sufficient fund in three per cent stock to answer by the dividends thereof at the period of appropriation the payment of the said annuity and in the meantime to pay the annuity out of the monies to arise from my real and residuary personal estate hereinafter devised and bequeathed but the annuity shall after such appropriation as aforesaid be payable out of the appropriate fund exclusively in exoneration of my other estate and such fund shall subject to the payment of the said annuity form part of the ultimate surplus monies to arise as aforesaid. Nevertheless I declare that it shall be lawful for my Executors if they shall deem it expedient so to do at any time during the life of the said Mrs Oxford to apply an adequate portion of the monies to arise as aforesaid in the purchase for the said Mrs Oxford of a like annuity equal in amount to the annuity hereinbefore given to her such purchase to be made from the British Government or some Corporate Body or Bodies or some Insurance Company whether incorporated or not and when and immediately after the annuity so purchased shall commence the annuity hereinbefore bequeathed to the said Mrs Oxford shall absolutely cease. But I declare that the said Mrs Oxford or her personal representatives shall not be at liberty to elect to take and receive in lieu of the annuity so as aforesaid authorized to be purchased the price or value thereof any rule of Equity to the contrary notwithstanding.
I bequeath the specific legacies following out. To my Grandchild and Godson John Henry Augustus Schneider son of my said Son Henry William Schneider my gold watch with its appendages. To my said Son Henry William Schneider all my Countinghouse and Office furniture and effects whatsoever and wheresoever for his own use. To my said Son Henry William Schneider all the wines liquors fuel housekeeping provisions and other consumable stores that may not be used for the purpose of keeping up my establishment as aforesaid and all my household furniture plate linen china glass books pictures prints medical instruments and other effects of the like nature except manuscript books and papers and such other printed books as hereinafter mentioned which shall at my decease be in or about either of my dwelling houses at Southgate and Brighton aforesaid In trust and to the intent that he divide and distribute the same among such of my children living at my decease including himself but excluding my Son John Schneider and in such manner as the said Henry William Schneider shall think fit. To my said son Henry William Schneider all my manuscript books and papers whatsoever except securities for money and muniments of title to any of my real and personal estate and also all my printed books on the premises in my occupation in New Broad Street Mews aforesaid and I request that he will destroy such of the said manuscript books and papers as he may consider I should wish to have destroyed.
I direct the legacy duty and all expenses incident to the aforesaid bequests and legacies as well specific as pecuniary and the aforesaid annuity to be paid by my Executors and Trustees out of the monies to arise as aforesaid in order that the respective Legatees and annuitants may receive the benefit of such bequests without deduction. And I also direct that every legacy hereinbefore bequeathed to any person who shall be under age at my decease shall be paid or bequeathed to or received by the father or Guardian or Guardians of such minor on his or her behalf and for which the receipt of such father or Guardian or Guardians shall be an effectual discharge to my Executors or as to every legacy which shall be paid or delivered to or retained by my said Son Henry William Schneider in pursuance of this direction in case my said Son shall accept the Office of Executor of this my Will to his coExecutor.
I bequeath all the estate interest and benefit to which I shall be entitled at my decease under or by virtue of any Lease or Leases of lands tenements minerals and hereditaments or under or by virtue of any licence or licences in relation to lands tenements minerals and hereditaments situated at Moorston or elsewhere in the County of Lancaster that may constitute part of the assets or effects or be employed in the business of the partnership in certain Mining operations carried on by me in partnership with my said Son Henry William Schneider and the said James Farrell at Ulverston aforesaid unto my said Son Henry William Schneider his heirs executors administrators and assigns for his and their own absolute use.
And whereas I am entitled to three fifths of the said partnership and the gains and profits thereof and my said partners are entitled to the remaining two fifths of the said partnership and the gains and profits thereof and I have advanced the sum of three thousand pounds and my said partners the sum of two thousand pounds as our respective contributions to the sum of five thousand pounds the money capital of the said partnership and the said partnership is now indebted to me in a considerable sum on account of advances made by me over and above my contribution to the said money capital and may hereafter become indebted to me in some further sum or sums of money on account of future advances Now so far as I can or may consistently with the terms of the said Partnership I do hereby direct that the accounts of such Partnership shall be taken with all convenient speed after my decease and that Mr James Davis of Moorston aforesaid now acting as a Managing Clerk in the said Partnership or in case of his death refusal or incapacity to act either in my lifetime or after my decease and either before or after having acted in the business the said John Diston Powles or such person as he may appoint for that purpose shall be employed in valuing the stock receipts and effects and taking the accounts of such partnership on the part of my estate and that the valuations shall be made with reference to the state of the co...ion[?] on the day of my decease without taking into account any subsequent gains or profits or increase or diminution in value of my share and interest therein And I direct that for the purposes of such valuation and account no value shall be placed upon any of the Leases or Licences of which my estate interest and benefit therein are hereinbefore given to my said Son Henry William Schneider. And I declare that in case the net value so ascertained as aforesaid of the stock credits and effects of the said partnership at the time of my decease exclusively as aforesaid after making due allowance for the debts then owing by the said partnership other than the debt which shall be owing to me by the said partnership at my decease shall be insufficient to meet in full the debt that may be owing to me by the said partnership at my decease then and in such case no further sum shall be required in or toward payment of such debt than a sum equal in amount to such net value. And I also direct the said debt or the sum demandable in respect thereof as aforesaid may be retained by my said partners or the survivor of them on their or his Bond joint and several if more than one in a sufficient penalty to the said John Diston Powles for the payment thereof at the expiration of five years from my decease with interest in the meantime after the rate of five pounds per cent per annum computed from my decease payable by equal half yearly portions Nevertheless with liberty to the obligees or obligee in such Bond their or his heirs executors or administrators at any time or times within that period to make any payment on account of the principal money. And I also direct that my said partners or the survivor of them shall have the option to be declared in writing at any time before the expiration of two calendar months from my decease of purchasing my share and interest in the said partnership and the stock credits and effects thereof exclusively of the estate interest and benefit hereinbefore given to my said Son Henry William Schneider at such price as the same exclusively as aforesaid shall be valued at by the person who shall be so employed as aforesaid in valuing and taking accounts on the part of my estate and that the amount of such a valuation may be retained by my said partners or the survivor of them in like manner and upon the like terms as hereinbefore directed with regard to the debt that may become payable from the said partnership to my estate on account of advances as aforesaid and the amount of such valuation may either be added to and included in the Bond to be given for such amount of debt as aforesaid or may be secured by a separate Bond as my said partners or the survivor of them may think fit. But if my said partners or the survivor of them shall neglect or refuse to declare such option as aforesaid within the time aforesaid in that behalf Then I declare that my share and interest in the said Partnership other than my share and interest in the aforesaid leases and licences respectively shall be deemed to be part of my general personal estate and be disposed of accordingly and subject to the directions hereinbefore contained.
I empower the person for the time being concerned in the valuation and taking of the accounts of the said Partnership in pursuance of the authority and directions aforesaid so far as my estate may be concerned in his uncontrolled discretion to settle adjust and wind up and receive in the settling adjusting and winding up the accounts and transactions of the said Partnership and also to compound and join in compounding for any of the claims of the said Partnership upon or against any person or persons whomsoever without any interference on the part of my Executors or any other person or persons whomsoever. And I direct to my Executors to make to the person for the time being employed in such valuation and taking of accounts as aforesaid such allowance for his trouble from my general estate as they may think fit.
And I also declare and direct that all the monies to become payable from my said partners or the survivor of them as aforesaid notwithstanding the payment of the same or any part thereof should be so secured to the said John Diston Powles as aforesaid shall be considered as part of my general personal estate and be applied and disposed of accordingly.
I devise unto and to the use of the said Henry William Schneider and James Farrell all the real estate (not hereinbefore disposed of) and I bequeath to them the Residue of all the Personal Estate to which I shall be entitled at my decease upon the Trusts and subject to the declarations following namely.
Upon Trust to sell and convert into money the said trust estates or such parts thereof as shall be of a saleable or convertible nature and to get in the other parts thereof with full discretionary power to sell by public auction or private contract together or in parcels subject to such terms and conditions as to the title or the evidence of title or the time or mode of payment of the purchase money or indemnity against or apportionment of incumbrances or as to any other matters relating to the sale as the Trustees or Trustee for the time being shall judge expedient. Also to fix reserved biddings and buy in property offered for sale and vacate or vary contracts for sale and to resell without liability to answer for any consequential loss and generally to effect the sale and conversion of the said trust estates on such terms and in such manner as they or he shall deem most advantageous. Also full discretionary power to suspend for such period as the said Trustees or Trustee shall judge expedient the sale conversion or getting in of the said trust estates or any part or parts thereof respectively. Also full discretionary power during the suspense of the sale conversion or getting in of the said trust estates respectively to purchase any share or shares of any freehold copyhold or leasehold lands tenements or hereditaments of which an undivided share or shares only may be included in the residuary devise and bequest hereinbefore contained and also to join with the other proper parties in making a partition of any such lands tenements and hereditaments as lastly mentioned and at any time and from time to time to obtain or join in the obtaining any renewal of the Lease or Leases of any leasehold premises comprised in the said residuary devise and bequest that the Trustees or Trustee for the time being may think fit to renew and also either with a view to any such renewal or otherwise absolutely to surrender or join in the surrendering the lease or leases of any leasehold premises comprised in such devise and bequest and to apply any of the monies arising from the said trust estates or any of them in and about any such purchase partition renewal or surrender respectively. But I direct that all share estate and interest to be acquired by any such purchase partition and renewal respectively shall beholden[?] upon the same trusts as are herein contained concerning the trust estates comprised in the said residuary devise and bequest or as near thereto as circumstances will admit. And also with full discretionary powers during the suspense of the sale conversion or getting in of the said trust estates respectively including such as shall be organized as lastly aforesaid to manage and order all the affairs thereof as regards carrying on any of my trading or farming concerns or businesses (other than the Partnership as to which provision is hereinbefore made) letting occupation renovations repairs insurance against fire compounding of debts or demands receipt of costs and other monies indulgencies and allowances to debtors tenants and others and all other matters and in the execution of this power of letting grant building repairing improving or other leases for such terms or term at such costs or cost and generally on such conditions as the said Trustees or Trustee shall deem advantageous either taking or not taking fines or premiums which if taken shall be considered as sale monies for the purposes of the trusts hereinafter contained. Also full discretionary power to retain or employ Clerks Receivers Bailiffs Accountants Agents and others including my Sons or any of them other than my Son John in or about the affairs of the said trust estates with such salaries or commensurations as the said Trustees or Trustee shall think reasonable and also to allow my Son George Augustus to occupy rent free the Cottage and premises situate in the Parish of Enfield in the County of Middlesex and known as New Cottage farm now occupied by him for such period as the said Trustees or Trustee may think fit and to defray out of my general estate the rates and taxes that may be payable during such his occupation thereof.
And I declare that for the purposes of enjoyment and transmission under the trusts hereinafter contained the said trust estates shall be considered as money from the time of my decease and thereon to dividends interest and other yearly produce thereof respectively to accrue due after my decease and until the actual sale conversion and getting in thereof shall be deemed the annual income thereof applicable as such for the purposes of the said trusts without regard to the account of such income or to the nature of the investment or investments yielding the same. And as to the moneys to and from the sale conversion and getting in of the said trust estates
Upon Trust thereout in the first place to pay or retain all the expences incident to the execution of the preceding trusts and powers and also my debts and my funeral and testamentary expences. And in the next place to pay the pecuniary legacies hereinbefore bequeathed and appropriate the fund hereinbefore directed to be appropriated for answering the annuity hereinbefore bequeathed and in the meantime to pay the said annuity and subject thereto Upon trust for such of my children Anna Catharina Schneider Edward Congreve Schneider Charlotte Julia Schneider Harriet Schneider the said Henry William Schneider Elizabeth Mary the Wife of Charles King Esquire and George Augustus Schneider as shall be living at my decease as tenants in common in equal shares. Nevertheless I direct that my daughter Elizabeth Mary King and my said son George Augustus Schneider shall bring into hotchpot the sums I advanced or secured for them respectively upon their respective marriages and also that any and every other of my said children whom I hereafter advance on marriage shall bring into hotchpot the money or value of the property to be by me advanced or secured for him her or them respectively on his her or their marriage and that my said Daughter Elizabeth Mary King and Son George Augustus Schneider and such other child or children respectively shall account accordingly in the distribution of the fund under this trust.
And I further declare that the share to which every of my said Daughters shall be entitled and the trust lastly thereinbefore contained shall be held by the Trustees or Trustee for the time being Upon Trust to invest so much of said share as shall not con...[?] of ...ment[?] or real securities in or upon any of the permanent public stocks funds or securities of the United Kingdom or on the security of any mortgage or mortgages of freehold copyhold or leasehold estates in England or Wales or (but during the life of my Daughter entitled thereto with her consent in writing) in or upon any bonds debentures or other security of any incorporated or joint Stock Company or in shares of the Anglo Mexican Mint Company (but with the like consent of my said daughter during her life) to retain any part of the same share as shall consist of any such investment as lastly aforesaid in or upon such investment so long as may be thought proper. And from time to time with the consent in writing of my Daughter entitled thereto and after her decease in the discretion of the Trustees or Trustee for the time being to vary as well the stocks funds and securities originally constituting a portion of such share as such respective investment or investments as aforesaid for any other or others of the description contemplated by this trust. And upon further trust to pay the annual income of the trust funds and premises for the time being constituting or representing such share as and when the same shall from time to time become actually renewable and not by way of anticipation into the proper hands of my said Daughter during her life for her separate use free from the control of any husband whom she may marry without power of alienation as a strictly personal provision and for which annual income her receipts shall alone be sufficient discharges and immediately after the decease of my same daughter do to as well the said trust funds and premises as the annual income thenceforth to accrue due for the same Interest for all or any one or more of the children or remoter issue of my same daughter such remoter issue being born in her lifetime in such proportions for such interests and generally in such manner as she whether covert or sole shall by any deed with or without power of revocation and new appointment or by her Will or any Codicil thereto appoint.
But no child in whose favour an appointment shall be made shall participate under the trust next hereinafter contained in the unappointed portion of the said settled fund without bringing the benefit of such appointment into hotchpot and in default of appointment and subject to any partial appointment Interest for the child if only one or all the children if more than one of my same Daughter who either before or after her decease shall being a son or sons attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters attain that age or marry such children if more than one to take in equal shares but if no child of my said Daughter being a son shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter shall attain that age or marry Then as to the same trust funds and premises Interest for such person or persons for such intents and generally in such manner in all respects as my same daughter whether covert or sole shall by her Will or any Codicil thereto appoint. And in default of such appointment and subject to any partial appointment Interest for the person or persons who at the decease of the same Daughter shall be her blood and kin and who under the Statutes for the distribution of the estates of intestates effects would be entitled to her personal estate if she were dead a Spinster and intestate and my said Son John were then also dead such persons if more than one to take in the proportions prescribed by the same statutes save and except that as to every of my said Daughters other than the said Elizabeth Mary King the sum of ten thousand pounds of lawful money of the United Kingdom shall be raised or appropriated from the trust funds and premises constituting or representing her share and shall be excluded from the operation of the power of appointment lastly hereinbefore contained and go in like manner as if such power had not been inserted herein. And I empower every of my Daughters notwithstanding the trusts herein contained subsequently to the trust in her own favor or by deed executed either after or in contemplation of her marriage or by her Will or any Codicil thereto to appoint the annual income to accrue due after her decease of the whole of the share hereinbefore given to her or the stocks funds and securities representing the same or any part of such income to and for the life of any husband of the same daughter who shall survive her. I also empower the respective Trustees or Trustee for the time being to apply all or any part of the annual income of the share or shares to which each or any Infant child or issue or each or any Daughter of mine shall be entitled or contingently entitled in possession by virtue of any appointment or appointments shall otherwise direct in or towards the maintenance and education or otherwise for the benefit of such child or issue without reference to the applicability of any other fund for or the liability of any other person to provide maintenance for such child or issue. And I direct the respective Trustees or Trustee for the time being to accumulate by such investments as aforesaid the unapplied surplus and I declare that the accumulations thereof shall be liable to be applied in like manner but subject to such liability shall be added as capital to the share or respective shares whence the same shall have arisen. I also empower the respective Trustees or Trustee to apply any part or parts of the capital of the share to which each or any child or issue whether the age of twenty one years or not of each and any Daughter of mine shall be entitled as aforesaid unless otherwise directed as aforesaid in or toward the advancement in life or otherwise for the benefit of such child or issue but no such application as lastly aforesaid shall be made during the life of my same Daughter without her previous consent in writing nor after her decease to the prejudice of the life interest of the husband of any Daughter of mine by virtue of any appointment in pursuance of the power in that behalf hereinbefore contained unless his like consent to such application shall have been previously obtained.
I declare that if any of them my Sons and Daughters the said Anna Catharina Schneider Edward Congreve Schneider Charlotte Julia Schneider Harriet Schneider Henry William Schneider Elizabeth Mary King and George Augustus Schneider shall die in my lifetime and any child or children of such son or daughter of mine so dying shall be living at my decease then the said trust fund or the share thereof which the son or daughter or each such Son or Daughter so dying would if living at my decease have been entitled under the trusts aforesaid shall hold by the respective Trustees or Trustee for the time being upon such trusts and subject to such provisions in favour of the child or children of such son or daughter respectively as the same would have been held if as regards a son so dying such son were a daughter and had died immediately after my decease or as regards a daughter so dying such daughter had died immediately after my decease. Nevertheless I also declare and direct that in respect to every of my said lastly mentioned children who may die in my lifetime his or her surviving wife or husband if one shall be entitled during his or her life in possession immediately from my decease to the annual income of the said trust fund or the share thereof to which the child of mine so dying would if living at my decease have been entitled and that whether such child of mine shall have any child or children who shall be living at my decease or not.
I declare that the said Henry William Schneider James Farrell and John Diston Powles or the Trustees or Trustee for the time being shall stand possessed of the legacy of so much money as on the day of my decease would purchase the sum of five thousand pounds three pounds per cent consolidated bank annuities hereinbefore bequeathed to them as aforesaid Upon Trust to invest the same in or upon any of the permanent stocks funds and securities of the United Kingdom with power from time to time to vary the investment or investments of the same legacy for any other or others of the description contemplated by this trust And upon further trust to pay the annual income of the same Legacy or the stocks funds and securities whereon the same shall be invested as last aforesaid unto my Son John Schneider or permit or empower him to receive the same during his natural life for his personal use and benefit subject to the proviso hereinafter contained that is to say. Provided always and I hereby declare that if the said John Schneider shall alien or dispose of the said annual income if by reason of his Bankruptcy or Insolvency or by any other means whatsoever the said annual sum can no longer be personally enjoyed by the said John Schneider but the same or any part thereof shall or but for this present proviso would belong to or become vested in some other person or persons then the trusts hereinbefore expressed concerning the said annual income or so much thereof as shall or would have become so vested in any person or persons other than the said John Schneider as aforesaid shall immediately thereupon cease and determine and the same shall be applied by the Executors or Executor for the time being during all the then residue of the life of the said John Schneider in the manner following that is to say. Upon Trust to pay and apply the annual income or such part thereof as aforesaid to and for the support and maintenance or otherwise for the use and benefit of the wife child or children for the time being if any of the said John Schneider or such one or more of such wife child or children and in such manner as the said Trustees or Trustee in their discretion shall think proper. And in default of any object of the last mentioned trust at any period during the life of the said John Schneider and when and so often as the same shall happen Then Upon Trust from time to time so long as such vacancy or want of objects shall continue to accumulate and invest the annual income of the said trust fund in augmentation of the principal or capital thereof in the nature of compound interest and in case such trust for accumulation shall extend beyond the term or period allowed by Law Then Upon Trust to apply the said annual income during the such want of objects of the preceding trust as aforesaid in such and the like manner as the same would be applicable under the ulterior trust hereinafter contained. If the said John Schneider were then actually dead and from and after the decease of the said John Schneider Upon Trust to pay the annual income of the said trust funds unto the present Wife of the said John Schneider who may survive him during the natural life of such Wife and after her decease Upon Trust to transfer the capital of the said trust funds unto and among all and every the child and children of the said John Schneider who shall attain the age of twenty one years or marry for his her or their absolute use and benefit in equal shares if more than one. And I direct that if at the decease of the said John Schneider or of his present Wife in case she survives him any of such children shall be under the age of twenty one years and unmarried then an adequate portion of the annual income arising from his her or their presumptive share or respective shares shall be applied by the Trustees or Trustee for the time being for the maintenance and education of such child or children respectively and that the same may be applied without reference to the applicability of any other fund for or the inability of any other person to provide maintenance for such child or children respectively. And I direct that the unapplied portion if any of such income shall from time to time be added to the capital of the share whence the same shall have arisen but nevertheless the same shall continue liable to be applied if occasion shall require to the maintenance and education of the child or children respectively from whose presumptive shares the same shall have arisen. And I also empower the Trustees or Trustee for the time being if it shall be deemed expedient at any time after the decease of the said John Schneider and of his present Wife in case she shall happen to survive him in the discretion of the Trustees or Trustee or in the lifetime of the said John Schneider with his consent in writing and afterwards in the lifetime of such surviving Wife as aforesaid with her consent in writing to apply any part of the principal of the presumptive share or shares of such child or children if any for his her or their advancement in life in such manner as the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being in their or his discretion shall think proper. And in case the said John Schneider shall have no child who shall acquire a vested interest in the said trust funds under the trusts aforesaid then I direct that the Trustees or Trustee for the time being thereof shall stand possessed thereof and of the income arising therefrom after the decease of the said John Schneider or of his present Wife in case she shall happen to survive him upon the trusts and with under and subject to the powers provisos declarations and agreements herein declared and contained of and concerning the monies arising from my residuary real and personal estate and then subsisting or capable of taking effect. And I declare that an annual sum equal to the interest for the said legacy hereinbefore directed to be invested for the benefit of my said Son John Schneider and his said Wife and child or children as aforesaid at the rate of three pounds per cent per annum shall be payable in respect of such legacy from my decease in the maintenance until such investments shall be actually made on the days and in the manner on and in which in case such investment were actually made in three pounds per cent consolidated Bank annuities the income thereof would be payable.
And I declare and direct that notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained the sum of five thousand pounds of lawful money of the United Kingdom shall be paid to or retained by the said James Farrell and John Diston Powles or the survivor of them his executors or administrators out of the first monies that shall become or be receivable or payable for or on account of the share of my said son Henry William Schneider and in the monies to arise from the sale conversion and getting in of my residuary real and personal estate as aforesaid and shall be invested in the names or name of the said James Farrell and John Diston Powles or the survivor of them his executors or administrators in or upon any of the permanent stocks funds or securities of the United Kingdom or on the security of any mortgage or mortgages of freehold copyhold or leasehold Estates in England or Wales with power from time to time with the consent in writing of my said Son Henry William Schneider during his life and after his decease with the consent in writing of any Wife of my said Son who may survive him during her life and after her decease or in case my said Son shall die without leaving a Wife surviving him them immediately after his decease in the discretion of the Trustees or Trustee for the time being to vary any such investment for any other or others of the description contemplated by this trust and upon further Trust that the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of the said sum of five thousand pounds and the stocks funds and securities for the time being representing the same shall stand and be possessed of the same respectively and of the income thereof upon the same trusts mutatis mutandis as would by virtue of this my Will be subsisting or capable of taking effect concerning the Legacy of so much money as on the day of my decease would purchase the sum of five thousand pounds three pounds per cent consolidated Bank annuities hereinbefore bequeathed unto the said Henry William Schneider James Farrell and John Diston Powles Upon Trusts as aforesaid and the stocks funds and securities representing the same and the income thereof if the name of my said Son Henry William Schneider had been inserted in all places in the trusts concerning such last mentioned legacy stocks funds securities and income in which the name of my said Son John Schneider occurs instead of the name of him my said Son John Schneider. Nevertheless I declare and direct that it shall be lawful for the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of the said sum of five thousand pounds directed to be raised or retained from the share of my said Son Henry William Schneider as aforesaid or the stocks funds and securities representing the same and I hereby make it obligatory on them or him upon the request in writing of my said Son Henry William Schneider at any time from time to time to apply any of the said trust funds or to raise thereout any sum or sums of money my said Son Henry William Schneider may require and invest the same in or upon any Bond Debenture or other security of any Trading or Joint Stock Company British or foreign or in the purchase of any share or shares of or in any such Trading or Joint Stock Company or to raise out of the said trust funds any sum or sums of money my said Son may require and advance the same to him my said Son upon the security of his Bond alone reserving interest for such sum or sums of money advanced on his bond after the rate of four pounds per cent per annum and to continue the money so advanced on the bond of my said Son or any part thereof on such security during the life of my said Son unless he shall sooner desire to repay the same or any part thereof and in the event of any such repayment being made in the lifetime of my said Son again upon his request to lend any of the money repaid or the stocks funds and securities representing the same upon the terms aforesaid. And I also declare that it shall be lawful for the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of the said lastly mentioned sum of five thousand pounds or the stocks funds and securities representing the same at the request in writing of my said Son to invest the whole or any part of the said trust fund or the proceeds thereof in one or more purchases of freehold or copyhold estates of inheritance or of leasehold estates held a for long terms of years which hereditaments and premises so to be purchased I direct shall be conveyed to the said Trustees or Trustee Upon Trust at any time thereafter with the consent in writing of the said Henry William Schneider during his life and after his decease with the consent in writing of his Widow if he shall leave one during her life and after the decease of the said Henry William Schneider if he shall die without leaving a Widow of if leaving one then after her decease of the proper authority of such Trustees or Trustee to sell the said hereditaments and premises either by public auction or private contract together or in parcels with power to purchase in the same or any of them at any auction and to vary the terms of or rescind any contract for sale that may have been entered into and to resell by public auction or private contract together or in parcels the hereditaments and premises bought in or of which the contract for sale may be rescinded as respectively aforesaid without responsibility for any diminution in price or any loss to be occasioned thereby and to make any purchase or sale as aforesaid under and subject to any special conditions as to title and evidence of title or otherwise. And to convey and assure the hereditaments and premises respectively when sold as the puchaser or purchasers thereof shall direct. And I declare and direct that the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being shall stand possessed of the monies to arise from such sale or sales upon the same trusts as hereby declared concerning the monies with which or the funds with the proceeds of which the hereditaments and premises so sold shall have been purchased but the person or persons paying such monies shall not be bound to see to the application thereof and that with the sale of the said hereditaments and premises the same shall for all the purposes of the Settlement hereby made of the said sum of five thousand pounds be considered as personal estate and the rents and profits thereof shall be received by and applied for the benefit of the person or persons who would be entitled to the income of the said trust monies or funds in case no such purchase had been made. And further that it shall be lawful for the said Trustees or Trustee with such consent or of such authority as lastly aforesaid to demise the said hereditaments and premises so to be purchased at any time before the sale thereof for any term not exceeding twenty one years in possession at rack-rent.
And I also declare and direct that notwithstanding any thing hereinbefore contained the sum of five thousand pounds of lawful money of the United Kingdom shall be paid to or retained by the said Henry William Schneider James Farrell and John Diston Powles or the survivors or survivor of them his executors or administrators out of the first monies that shall become or be payable for or on account of the share of my said Son Edward Congreve Schneider of and in the monies to arise from the sale conversion and getting in of my residuary real and personal estate as aforesaid and shall be invested in or upon any of the permanent stocks funds or security of the United Kingdom or on the security of any mortgage or mortgages of freehold copyhold or leasehold estates in England or Wales in the name or names of the said Henry William Schneider James Farrell and John Diston Powles or the survivor of them his executors or administrators to be by them and him herein upon the same trusts and with under and subject to the same powers provisos and declarations mutatis mutandis as would by virtue of this my Will be subsisting or capable of taking effect concerning the sum of five thousand pounds hereinbefore directed to be paid to or retained by the said James Farrell and John Diston Powles or the survivor of them his executors or administrators out of the first money that shall become or be payable for or on account of the share of my said Son Henry William Schneider of and in the monies to arise from the sale conversion and getting in of my residuary real and personal estate as aforesaid and the investments thereof if the name of my said Son Edward Congreve Schneider were substituted for that of my said Son Henry William Schneider save and except that nothing herein contained shall authorize the lending of the sum of five thousand pounds of which the trusts are now being declared or the proceeds of any investment thereof or any part of such sum or proceeds on the Bond of my said Son Edward Congreve Schneider.
And I also declare and direct that notwithstanding anything herein contained the sum of five thousand pounds of lawful money of the United Kingdom shall be paid or retained by the said Henry William Schneider James Farrell and John Diston Powles or the survivors or survivor of them his executors or administrators out of the first monies that shall become or be payable for or on account of the share of my said Son George Augustus Schneider of and in the monies to arise from the sale conversion and getting in of my residuary real and personal estate as aforesaid and shall be invested in or upon any of the permanent stocks funds or securities of the United Kingdom or on the security of any mortgage or mortgages of freehold copyhold or leasehold estates in England or Wales in the names or name of the said Henry William Schneider James Farrell and John Diston Powles or the survivor of them his executors or administrators to be by them and him herein upon the same trusts and with under and subject to the same powers provisos and declarations mutatis mutandis as would by virtue of this my Will be subsisting or capable of taking effect concerning the said sum of five thousand pounds hereinbefore directed to be paid to or retained by the said James Farrell and John Diston Powles or the survivor of them his executors or administrators out of the first monies that shall become or be payable for or on account of the share of my said Son Henry William Schneider of and in the monies to arise from the sale conversion and getting in of my residuary real and personal estate as aforesaid and the investments thereof if the name of my said Son George Augustus Schneider were substituted for that of my said Son Henry William Schneider save and except that nothing herein contained shall authorize the lending of the sum of five thousand pounds of which the trusts are now being declared or the proceeds of any investment thereof or any part of such sum or proceeds on the Bond of my said Son George Augustus Schneider.
And I also declare and direct that every of them my said Sons Henry William Schneider Edward Congreve Schneider and George Augustus Schneider shall (but subject and without prejudice to the directions and trusts hereinbefore contained in regards to the said sum of five thousand pounds parcel of his share) be at liberty to accept in specie any of my shares in the Anglo Mexican Mint Company or any other of the property comprised in the residuary devise and bequest hereinbefore contained that may not be required for the payment of my debts funeral and testamentary expences and legacies or for answering the annuity herein before bequeathed in or toward satisfaction of his share of the proceeds of my residuary real and personal estate under the dispositions thereof hereinbefore contained at some price or prices as the same may be valued at as to my shares in the Anglo Mexican Mint Company by two sworn Stock Exchange Brokers of the City of London nominated by the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of my residuary Personal Estate or the Umpire of such two Brokers and as to my other Property by any two competent Valuers nominated by the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being or the Umpire of such two Valuers. And I declare that my said Son Henry William Schneider shall have the first option of accepting any such shares and property as aforesaid but unless he declare such option in writing signed by him & specifying the number of such shares and the other property or the number of such shares or the other property as the case may be which he may be desirous of so accepting and delivered or sent by the Post addressed to the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will other than my said Son Henry William Schneider or if there should not be any such other Trustee then to my said Sons Edward Congreve Schneider and George Augustus Schneider or the survivor of them his executors or administrators or some or one of them before the expiration of six calendar months from my decease his said option shall cease. And I further declare that my said Son Edward Congreve Schneider shall have the second option of accepting any such shares and property as aforesaid but unless he declare such option in writing signed by him specifying the number of such shares and the other property or the number of such shares or the other property as the case may be which he may be desirous of so accepting and delivered or sent by a Post addressed to the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will before the expiration of six days from the time hereinbefore appointed for the determination of the option of the said Henry William Schneider the option to my said Son Edward Congreve Schneider shall cease. And I further declare that my said Son George Augustus Schneider shall have the third option of accepting any such shares and property as aforesaid but unless he declare such option in writing signed by him specifying the number of such shares and other property the number of such shares or the other property as the case may be which he may be desirous of so accepting and delivered or sent by Post addressed to the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will before the expiration of six days from the time hereinbefore appointed for the determination of the option of the said Edward Congreve Schneider the option to my said Son George Augustus Schneider shall cease.
Nevertheless I declare that no purchaser lessee or other person dealing with my executors or administrators or any of the Trustees for the time being acting in the execution of any of the trusts of this my Will shall be in any manner affected by the options hereinbefore given notwithstanding the time for determining the same or any of them may not have arrived and notwithstanding such purchaser lessee or other person may have notice of any claim or demand on account of any such option having been made or being alleged to have been made.
And I also declare that the provision hereinbefore made for my said children the said John Schneider Anna Catharina Schneider Edward Congreve Schneider Charlotte Julia Schneider Harriet Schneider Henry William Schneider Elizabeth Mary King and George Augustus Schneider shall be in full satisfaction of all claims and demands which they respectively or any person claiming or deriving title through under or in trust for them respectively may or otherwise might have or could claim under or by virtue of any Settlement made upon or in consideration of my marriage with any of three deceased Wives.
And also that the provision hereinbefore made for my said Son John and his said Wife is by me intended to be in full satisfaction of all claims and demands which my said Son John or such his said Wife may or otherwise could or might have under the settlement made on the marriage of my said Daughter Elizabeth Mary King with the said Charles King and to the intent that all benefit and advantage which may or otherwise might belong to my said Son John or such his Wife may be considered as constituting part of my Personal Estate hereinbefore disposed of.
I devise all the estates which shall at my decease be vested in me as mortgagee or Trustee to the said Henry William Schneider and James Farrell subject to the equities affecting the same respectively.
I empower the Trustees or Trustee for the time being acting in the execution of any of the trusts or powers of this my Will to give receipts for all monies and effects to be paid or delivered to them or him by virtue of my Will and declare that such receipts shall exonerate the persons taking the same from all liability to see to the application or disposition of the monies or effects therein mentioned.
I empower the said Henry William Schneider and James Farrell and the survivor of them or other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of my residuary personal estate (but subject and without prejudice to the directions hereinbefore contained and the powers and authorities hereinbefore given in reference to my Partnership with the said Henry William Schneider and James Farrell and the concerns of such Partnership) to compound and to allow time for the payment of any debt or debts due to my Estate and to satisfy all demands against my estate whether supported by strictly legal evidence or not and to settle all accounts between me and any person or persons on such terms as the said Trustees or Trustee shall in their or his discretion think expedient and to refer any matters in difference relating to my affairs to arbitration Provided always.
And I hereby declare that if the Trustees nominated and appointed by this my Will respectively as aforesaid or any or either of them shall die in my lifetime or shall at my decease decline to accept or become incapable of accepting the trusts of this my Will or if the said Trustees or any or either of them or any future trustee or Trustees to be appointed in the place and stead of them or any of them as hereinafter is mentioned shall at any time or times after my decease die or be desirous of being discharged from or decline or become incapable to act in the trusts hereby in them respectively reposed as aforesaid then and in every such case it shall be lawful for the surviving or continuing Trustees or Trustee of the trust premises the Trustee or Trustees of which shall so die or be desirous of being discharged or decline or become incapable to act as aforesaid by any writing or writings under their his or her hands and seals or hand and seal from time to time to nominate and appoint any other person or persons to be a Trustee or Trustees in the stead or place of the Trustee or Trustees so dying or desiring to be discharged or refusing declining or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid.
And I direct that my Executors Administrators and Trustees for the time being shall not be answerable or accountable for the acts deeds receipts neglects or defaults of each other but each of them for his or her own acts deeds receipts neglects and defaults only. And especially I hereby declare it to be my Will and meaning that in case and so often as any Trustee for the time being of this my Will shall pay over to or cause or permit any coTrustee to receive any sum or sums of money in order and to the intent that the same may be applied by such coTrustee for the purposes of this my Will it shall not be incumbent on the Trustee making such payment or causing or permitting such receipt to see or enquire into the application of the said monies or to ascertain the truth or accuracy of any representation made by his coTrustee concerning the same nor shall the Trustee who shall make default in any of the particulars aforesaid be responsible for any loss which shall arise to the said trust estate by reason thereof any rule of equity to the contrary notwithstanding. Nevertheless I declare that this exemption from legal responsibility shall not abridge or affect the right of any Trustee to enquire into the transaction of his cotrustee or cotrustees and that the said executors administrators and Trustees respectively shall not be answerable or accountable for any loss which may happen to the said premises unless the same shall happen by their own wilful neglect or defaults respectively and that each of the said executors administrators and Trustees for the time being shall and may reimburse himself or herself and allow to his and her coexecutor or coexucutors or coadministrator or coadministrators or cotrustee or cotrustees all such costs charges and expences as they respectively shall or may incur in or about the execution of the trusts of this my Will.
In witness whereof I the said John Henry Powell Schneider have to this my last Will and Testament contained in twenty five sheets of paper set my hand this fourteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
J. H. P. Schneider
Signed and acknowledged by the said John Henry Powell Schneider as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present together at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses the several alterations and interlineations against which we and the said Testator have set our initials having been previously made.
Charles Price Physician 3 Old Steyne Brighton
Rich'd Dawes Angel Court Throgmorton St. LondonThis is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me John Henry Powell Schneider of New Broad Street Mews in the City of London and Southgate in the County of Middlesex and Brighton in the County of Sussex Esquire which will bears date the fourteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
I order and direct that upon the distribution of the ultimate proceeds of my residuary real and personal estate according to the trusts and directions of my said Will my Son Edward Congreve Schneider shall bring into hotchpot the sum of one thousand pounds of lawful money of Great Britain being the amount which I advanced to him or for his use upon his going to Canada. And I also declare and direct that it shall be lawful for every of them my Sons Henry William Schneider Edward Congreve Schneider and George Augustus Schneider notwithstanding the trusts contained in my said Will subsequently to the trusts in his own favour receiving the sum of five thousand pounds the parcel of his share of the ultimate proceeds of my residuary real and personal estate settled as expressed in my said Will and stocks funds and securities representing the same sum by Deed or by his Will or any Codicil thereto to appoint the annual income to accrue after his decease of the whole or any part of the said trust fund to and for the life of any Wife of him my said Son who may survive him and who would not otherwise be entitled thereto for her life under the trusts of my said Will. And in all other respects I ratify and confirm my said Will.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
J. H. P. Schneider
Signed and acknowledged by the said John Henry Powell Schneider as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us (present together at the same time) who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
Charles Price Physician 3 Old Steyne Brighton
Thomas Lawson Watch Maker Old Steyne BrightonThis is a second Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me John Henry Powell Schneider of New Broad Street Mews in the City of London and Southgate in the County of Middlesex and Brighton in the County of Sussex Esquire which will bears date the fourteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
I declare and direct that my capital employed in the Partnership carried on between me and my Son Henry William Schneider and John Diston Powles Esquire respectively named in my said Will and then other money (if any) owing to me by the said Partnership at my decease or any part of such capital and other money respectively may be retained by the Partners or Partner in the said Partnership who may survive me in their or his hands on their or his Bond (joint and several if more than one person in a sufficient penalty to James Farrell Esquire one of the Trustees named in my said Will his executors or administrators or such person as may be substituted a Trustee in his place by any Codicil to my said Will or under the power of nominating Trustees contained in my said Will or to the executors or administrators of such person for the payment thereof by three equal instalments of five six and seven years from my decease with interest thereon after the rate of four pounds per cent per annum from my decease payable by equal half yearly portions nevertheless with liberty to the obligors or obligor in such Bond to anticipate all or any part of any instalment by the payment at any time or times of any sum or sums not being less than one thousand pounds at any one time while that amount shall remain unpaid and not less than the whole sum remaining unpaid if and when the same shall have been reduced below one thousand pounds provided that such bond be given by the said surviving Partners or Partner before the expiration of three calendar months from my decease. And I further declare and direct that the money secured by such bond shall be considered as part of my Personal Estate and applied and disposed of accordingly.
I give the Plate voted to me as a testimonial at the annual General Meeting in May one thousand eight hundred and forty six of the Proprietors of the Anglo Mexican Mint Company to my said Son Henry William Schneider for his life and after his decease to such of his issue male as he shall by will appoint and in default of appointment to such person as shall be the heir male of his body at the time of his decease and in case there shall be no such person to my Son Edward Congreve Schneider for his life and after his decease to such of his issue male as he shall by will appoint and in default of appointment to such person as shall be the heir male of his body at the time of his decease and in case there shall be no such person to my Son George Augustus Schneider for his life and after his decease to such of his issue male as he shall by will appoint and in default of appointment to such person as shall be the heir male of his body at the time of his decease and if there shall be no such person then the same shall sink into and constitute part of my general personal estate.
And in all other respects I ratify and confirm my said Will and a former Codicil thereto bearing date the nineteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty six. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty second day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
J. H. P. Schneider
Signed and acknowledged by the said John Henry Powell Schneider as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who being present at the same time in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other (the word "said" in the fourteenth line being struck through) have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
Rich'd Dawes Angel Court Throgmorton St. London
Wm Kingdon 2 Kew Bank Bdgs. LondonThis is a third Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me John Henry Powell Schneider Esquire which will bears date the fourteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
I increase the annuity of twenty pounds given by my said Will to Mrs Oxford to and annuity of thirty pounds. And I direct that my said Will shall be read and constituted and shall have the same operation and effect in all respects as if the words thirty pounds had been written in the twenty seventh line from the top of the second sheet of my said Will instead of the words "twenty pounds" which are therein written.
And in all other respects I ratify and confirm my said Will and two former Codicils thereto bearing date respectively the nineteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty six and the twenty second day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty six. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
J. H. P. Schneider
Signed and acknowledged by the said John Henry Powell Schneider as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us (present together at the same time) who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses
Geo. P. Hill of Brighton Sol'r
Edwin Kentfield Brighton Gent.This is a fourth Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me John Henry Powell Schneider of New Broad Street Mews in the City of London and Southgate in the County of Middlesex and Brighton in the County of Sussex Esquire which bears date the fourteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
Whereas James Farrell of York Street Marylebone Esquire is named in my said Will as one of the Executors and Trustees thereof and a legacy of five hundred pounds is thereby bequeathed to him as an acknowledgement of his trouble in executing the Office of such Executor and Trustee Now I revoke my said Will so far as the said James Farrell is an object thereof as an Executor and Trustee and substitute John Stanley of No. 13 Dorset Terrace Clapham Road in the County of Surrey Esquire as an Executor and Trustee thereof in his place and declare that my said Will shall take effect in the same manner as if the name of the said John Stanley had been originally inserted therein as one of the Executors and Trustees thereof instead of the name of the said James Farrell except that the said Legacy of five hundred pounds shall be considered as reduced to two hundred and fifty Guineas.
But I confirm my said Will and the three previous Codicils thereto in all other respects. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
J. H. P. Schneider
Signed and acknowledged by the said John Henry Powell Schneider as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us (present together at the same time) who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses
Robert Tayler Surgeon 28 Old Steine Brighton Sussex
Edwin Kentfield Gentleman 3 Dorset Gardens Brighton SussexThis is a fifth Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me John Henry Powell Schneider of New Broad Street Mews in the City of London and Southgate in the County of Middlesex and Brighton in the County of Sussex Esquire which bears date the fourteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
I direct my Executors to forbear requiring the payment of any debt that may be due to me or my estate from any of my children at the time of my decease other than such debt or debts if any as may be entered in any amount which I may hereafter open against them respectively but it is not my intention that this direction should extend to any balance that may be found due to my estate upon taking or setting the accounts of any Partnership in which I may be engaged with any of my children at my decease.
I also declare that the provisions made by my said Will in favour of my children shall be in satisfaction not only of the claims and demands for which they are thereby declared to be in satisfaction but also of any other claim or demand which my children respectively may have against me or my estate except as to such of them respectively with whom I may be engaged in any Partnership at my decease such claims and demands as they respectively may have on account of any such Partnership.
I declare that the Executors and Executor and also the Trustees and Trustee for the time being of my said Will shall be exempt from all interference or control on the part of any Legatee or Testuique trust under the same or any Codicil thereto not being an Executor or a Trustee thereof for the time being in the retention unconverted or the management conversion and getting in of any of my real and personal estate respectively or in the settlement adjustment and winding up of any of my affairs. And I declare and direct that in case any such Legatee or Testuique trust shall file any Bill in Equity or institute any other proceedings at Law or in Equity for the purpose of controlling the said Executors or Executor or Trustees or Trustee in the matters aforesaid or any of them or of obtaining the Judgement or determination of any Court in relation thereto then and in such case I revoke and make void every gift bequest and trust contained in my said Will or any Codicil or Codicils thereto to or in favour of the Legatee or Testuique trust who shall so act any Rule of Law or Equity to the contrary notwithstanding. And I give and bequeath the Legacy share property and interest comprised in every such revoked gift bequest and trust respectively to such person or persons and for such purpose or purposes as the same would have gone to and been applicable under my said Will or any Codicil or Codicils thereto respectively if the object of such gift bequest or trust had died in my lifetime.
And I confirm my said Will and the four previous Codicils thereto in all other respects. As witness my hand this ____ day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
J. H. P. Schneider
Signed and acknowledged by the above named John Henry Powell Schneider as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present together at the same time who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses
Rob't Tayler Surgeon 28 Old Steyne Brighton Sussex
Henry Northover Butler to John Schneider Esq'rAppeared Personally Robert Tayler of No. 28 Old Steyne Brighton in the County of Sussex Surgeon and Henry Northover of Little Lodge Holt in the Parish of Wimborne in the County of Dorset Yeoman and made Oath that they are the subscribed witnesses to the fifth Codicil to the last Will and Testament of John Henry Powell Schneider late of New Broad Street Mews in the City of London of Southgate in the County of Middlesex and Brighton in the County of Sussex Esquire deceased the said Codicil being now hereunto annexed and bearing date the ____ day of February 1849. And having now carefully inspected the said Codicil and particularly noticed that the day of the Month in the date thereof is in blank they say they well remember the said deceased signing the said Codicil at the foot or end thereof in the presence of these deponents who were both then present at the same time and that they respectively thereupon attested and subscribed the said Codicil in the presence of the said John Henry Powell Schneider deceased and of each other. And these deponents lastly say that they are unable to recollect the exact day on which the said Codicil was executed as aforesaid but they remember that the same was executed in the beginning of the year 1849 and as they verily believe in the said Month of February the month the said Codicil purports to bear date.
Rob't Tayler on the 16th day of January 1852 the said Robert Tayler was duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit by virtue of the annexed Commission Before me. H. M. Wagner Vicar of the Parish of Brighton in the County of Sussex Commissioner
Henry Northover on the 19th day of January 1852 the said Henry Northover was duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit by virtue of the annexed Commission Before me. Charles Onslow Officiating Minister of Wimborne Minister with the Chapelry of Holt attached and Commissioner
Proved at London with five Codicils 19th February 1852 before the Worshipful John Haggard Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Henry William Schneider Esquire the Son one of the Executors to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to administer John Stanley Esquire the Executor and one of the Residuary Legatees in trust named in the fourth Codicil having renounced the Probate and execution of the said Will and also the Letters of Admon (with the said Will and Codicils annexed) of the Goods of the said deceased (as by Acts of Court appears). /.
Anne 'Catherine' Penelope CONGREVE [Parents] "Kitty" was born on 08 Nov 1773. She was christened on 02 Dec 1773 in St Mary, Woolwich, Kent, England. She died in 1814. She married John Henry Powell SCHNEIDER on 21 Mar 1797 in Charlton next Woolwich, Kent, England.
They had the following children:
M i John SCHNEIDER. F ii Anna Catherina SCHNEIDER was born about 1799 in London, Middlesex, England. She died 1 in 1863 in Edmonton RD, Middlesex, England.
1861 British Census:
Dwelling: 163 Westbourn Terrace
Census Place: Paddington, Middlesex, England
Source: FHL Film 542554 PRO Ref RG9 Piece 3 Folio 120 Page 50 Family 257
SCHNEIDER Ann C., head, U, age 62, b. London, Middx, Occ. Annuitant
SCHNEIDER Charlotte J., sister, U, age 48, b. Edmonton, Middx, Occ. Annuitant
SCHNEIDER Harriet, sister, U, age 47, b. Edmonton, Middx, Occ. Annuitant
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SCHNEIDER Augustus, nephew, U, age 14, b. Brighton, Sussex, Occ. Scholar
JOSLING Eliza, servant, U, age 50, b. Kingston, Hants, Occ. Serv't
STRANGE Ruth, servant, U, age 46, b. Chorley, Berks, Occ. Serv't
ANDERSON Hannah, servant, U, age 27, b. London, Mddx
DAVIS Ann, servant, U, age 18, b. Dudley, Stafford
DAVIS John, servant, W, age 47, b. Exeter, DevonM iii George* SCHNEIDER was born on 10 Jun 1803. He was christened 1 on 06 Jul 1803 in St Luke Old Street, Finsbury, London, England. M iv George Congreve SCHNEIDER was born on 17 Dec 1805. He was christened 1 on 14 Jan 1806 in St Luke Old Street, Finsbury, London, England. M v Edward Congreve SCHNEIDER F vi Charlotte Julia SCHNEIDER was born on 11 Jun 1812 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England. She was christened 1 on 25 Aug 1813 in Weld Chapel, Southgate, London, England. She died 2 in 1877 in Kensington RD, London, England.
1861 British Census:
Dwelling: 163 Westbourn Terrace
Census Place: Paddington, Middlesex, England
Source: FHL Film 542554 PRO Ref RG9 Piece 3 Folio 120 Page 50 Family 257
Charlotte 48, is living with her sister Anna SCHNEIDER.
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1871 British Census:
Dwelling: 163 Westbourne Terrace
Census Place: Paddington, London, England
Source: FHL Film 824712 PRO Ref RG10 Piece 8 Folio 6 Page 5 Family 15
SCHNEIDER Charlotte, head, U, age 58, b. Edmonton, Middlesex, Occ. Interest of Money
SCHNEIDER Harriet, sister, U, age 54, b. Edmonton, Middlesex, Occ. Interest of Money
MACLEAN Julia, cousin, U, age 66, b. Ireland, Occ. Interest of Money
JOSLING Eliza, servant, U, age 60, b. Portsmouth, Hants, Occ. Housekeeper Domestic
YOUNG Ann, servant, U, age 25, b. Brockenhurst, Hants, Occ. Cook Domestic
BODDY Jane, servant, U, age 28, b. Buntingford, Herts, Occ. Housemaid Domestic
SOUTHEY Eliza, servant, U, age 18, b. London, Middlesex, Occ. Housemaid Domestic
ENDECOTT Frank, servant, U, age 19, b. Bovey Tracey, Devon, Occ. Butler Domestic
SQUIRES Josiah, servant, U, age 15, b. Woodhouse, Leicestershire, Occ. Page DomesticF vii Harriet SCHNEIDER was born on 06 Apr 1814 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England. She was christened 1 on 13 Apr 1814 in Weld Chapel, Southgate, London, England. She died 2 in 1895 in Kensington RD, London, England.
1861 British Census:
Dwelling: 163 Westbourn Terrace
Census Place: Paddington, Middlesex, England
Source: FHL Film 542554 PRO Ref RG9 Piece 3 Folio 120 Page 50 Family 257
Harriet 47, is living with her sister Anna SCHNEIDER.
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1871 British Census:
Dwelling: 163 Westbourne Terrace
Census Place: Paddington, London, England
Source: FHL Film 824712 PRO Ref RG10 Piece 8 Folio 6 Page 5 Family 15
Harriet 54, is living with her sister Charlotte SCHNEIDER.
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1891 British Census:
Dwelling: 26 Marloes Rd.
Census Place: Kensington, London, England
Source: FHL Film 6095144 PRO Ref RG12 Piece 34 Folio 121 Page 34 Family 177
SCHNEIDER Harriet, head, S, age 76, b. Southgate, Middlesex, Occ. Living on own Means
CARR Hannah, servant, S, age 35, b. Shelford, Essex, Occ. Housekeeper
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BELIS Mary, servant, S, age 25, b. Lambeth, Surrey, Occ. Cook
HEDGES Emily, servant, S, age 22, b. Froxfield, Wilts, Occ. Parlor maid
Gen. Sir Joseph MACLEAN was born in 1774. He died before 1839. He married Charlotte CONGREVE on 19 Jan 1796 in Charlton next Woolwich, Kent, England.
Last Will and Testament of General Sir Joseph MACLEAN, dated Jun 03, 1831. Proved Nov 01, 1839. PRO Catalogue Ref: Prob 11/1918, Image Ref: 414.
This is the last Will and Testament of me Joseph MacLean of Albion Street Hyde Park in the County of Middlesex Esquire a Major General in His Britannic Majesty's Service as follows (that is to say).
I give and bequeath all and singular my Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever that I shall die possessed of unto my dear Wife Charlotte MacLean to and for her own use and benefit absolutely. And I do hereby appoint her sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and revoke all former Wills by me made.
In witness whereof I the said Joseph MacLean have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal this third day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one.
J. MacLean S.S.
Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Testator Joseph MacLean as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who as Witnesses to the same have at his request and in his presence subscribed our names.
Cha Cookney No. 9 Castle Street Holborn
Rob't Millington Clerk to said Mr CookneyProved at London 1st November 1839 before the Worshipful John Haggard Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Dame Charlotte MacLean Widow the Relict the sole Executrix to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to Administer. /.
Charlotte CONGREVE [Parents] was born on 21 Jan 1775. She was christened in Feb 1775 in St Mary, Woolwich, Kent, England. She died 1 in 1845 in Kingston RD, Surrey, England. She married Gen. Sir Joseph MACLEAN on 19 Jan 1796 in Charlton next Woolwich, Kent, England.
1841 British Census:
Dwelling: Woolwich Common
Census Place: Charlton next Woolwich, Kent, England
FHL Film 306883 PRO Ref HO/107/492 Book 7 Folio 18 Page 31MACLEAN Lady Charlotte, age 66, b. Kent, Occ. Ind
MACLEAN Allan, age 40, b. Kent, Occ. Ind
MACLEAN Margaret, age 38, b. Ireland
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MACLEAN Julia, age 34, b. Ireland
MACLEAN Anne, age 31, b. Ireland
MACLEAN Caroline, age 29, b. Ireland
PENATCHLY Rhoda, age 43, b. not-Kent, Occ. F.S.
TEMPEST Elizabeth, age 19, b. Kent, Occ. F.S.
GREEN Mary, age 20, b. not-Kent, Occ. F.S.
They had the following children:
M i Allan MACLEAN was born about 1801 in Kent, England. F ii Margaret MACLEAN was born about 1801 in Dublin, Ireland. She died 1 in 1880 in Kingston RD, Surrey, England.
1851 British Census:
Address: Hampton Court Palace
Census Place: Hampton, Middlesex, England
FHL Film 193503 PRO Ref HO/107/1604 Folio 333 Page 4 Family 19
MCLEAN Margaret, head, U, age 50, b. Dublin, Occ. Gentlewoman
MCLEAN Caroline, sister, U, age 39, b. Dublin, Occ. Gentlewoman
WOOD Sophia, servant, U, age 25, b. Tiverton, Devon, Occ. Cook
BAKE Sarah, servant, W, age 30, b. Cullompton, Devon, Occ. House Maid
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1861 British Census:
Dwelling: 17 Hampton Court Palace
Census Place: Hampton, Middlesex, England
Source: FHL Film 542642 PRO Ref RG9 Piece 458 Folio 68 Page 3 Family 76
MACLEAN Margaret, head, U, age 60, b. Ireland, Occ. Fundholder
MACLEAN Caroline, sister, U, age 49, b. Ireland, Occ. Fundholder
MACLEAN Joseph, nephew, U, age 17, b. Kingston, Surrey, Occ. Clerk of Admiralty
GOODALL Ann, servant, U, age 21, b. Hampton, Middx, Occ. Housemaid
HANCOCK Lydia, servant, U, age 20, b. Woodburn, Bucks, Occ. Cook (Domestic)
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1871 British Census:
Dwelling: Hampton Court Palace - Private Ap'ts
Census Place: Hampton, Middlesex, England
Source: FHL Film 827766 PRO Ref RG10 Piece 865 Folio 90 Page 1 Family 5
MCLEAN Margaret, head, U, age 69, b. Dublin, Occ. Annuitant
MCLEAN Caroline, sister, U, age 59, b. Dublin, Occ. Annuitant
SMITH Jemima, servant, U, age 28, b. Toppesfield, Essex, Occ. Housemaid
PAGE Louisa, servant, U, age 25, b. Wellington, Shropshire, Occ. CookF iii Julia MACLEAN was born about 1805 in Dublin, Ireland. She died 1 in 1882 in Barton Regis RD, Gloucestershire, England.
1851 British Census:
Address: 3 Wetherel Place
Census Place: Clifton, Gloucestershire, England
FHL Film 87352 PRO Ref HO/107/1952 Folio 67 Page 43 Family 163
Julia 46, is living with her brother William C. MACLEAN & family.
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1861 British Census:
Dwelling: 1 Leicester Villas
Census Place: Clifton, Gloucestershire, England
Source: FHL Film 542858 PRO Ref RG9 Piece 1728 Folio 30 Page 10 Family 52
Julia 56, is living with her brother William C. MACLEAN & family.
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1881 British Census:
Dwelling: Sutherland House
Census Place: Clifton, Gloucestershire, England
Source: FHL Film 1341598 PRO Ref Rg11 Piece 2483 Folio 105 Page 12 Family 47
MACLEAN Julia, head, U, age 76, b. Dublin, Ireland, Occ. Interest derived from money in funds
YOUNG Lucy, servant, U, age 43, b. East Coker, Somerset, Occ. Domestic ServantM iv William Congreve MACLEAN F v Anne MACLEAN was born about 1810 in Ireland. F vi Caroline MACLEAN was born about 1812 in Dublin, Ireland.
1851 British Census:
Address: Hampton Court Palace
Census Place: Hampton, Middlesex, England
FHL Film 193503 PRO Ref HO/107/1604 Folio 333 Page 4 Family 19
Caroline 39, is living with her sister Margaret MCLEAN.
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1861 British Census:
Dwelling: 17 Hampton Court Palace
Census Place: Hampton, Middlesex, England
Source: FHL Film 542642 PRO Ref RG9 Piece 458 Folio 68 Page 3 Family 76
Caroline 49, is living with her sister Margaret MACLEAN.
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1871 British Census:
Dwelling: Hampton Court Palace - Private Ap'ts
Census Place: Brighton, Sussex, England
Source: FHL Film 827766 PRO Ref RG10 Piece 865 Folio 90 Page 1 Family 5
Caroline 59, is living with her sister Margaret MCLEAN.
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1881 British Census:
Dwelling: Carlyle Villa No. 1
Census Place: Holdenhurst, Hampshire, England
Source: FHL Film 1341293 PRO Ref Rg11 Piece 1194 Folio 53 Page 33 Family 163
MACLEAN Caroline, head, U, age 69, b. Dublin, Ireland, Occ. Private Income
MULLER Theresa, servant, U, age 34, b. Calcutta, India (B.S.), Occ. Cook
LOCKE Adelaid, servant, U, age 24, b. Banbury, Northampton, Occ. House & Parlour Maid
Major-Gen. Sir William CONGREVE [Parents] [scrapbook] "Billie" was born on 23 Jun 1743 in Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford, England. He was christened 1 on 26 Jun 1743 in Baswich, Stafford, England. He died on 30 Apr 1814 in Charlton next Woolwich, Kent, England. He was buried 2, 3 on 06 May 1814 in Family vault, St Luke, Charlton next Woolwich, Kent. He married Julia Elizabeth OLIVIER on 02 Jan 1804 in All Saints, Chelsea, London, England.
Other marriages:ELMSTONE, Rebecca
Major General Sir William Congreve, 1st Baronet (d.1814)
During the second half of the 18th century, the British government became increasingly concerned over the volume and quality of gunpowder produced by the private manufacturers. It became involved directly in the process starting with the purchase of the powder mills at Faversham in 1759.
In April 1783, the British Board of Ordnance appointed Major William Congreve to be responsible for the manufacture and proof of gunpowder in Britain. In his previous post of Deputy Comptroller (acting Comptroller) of the Royal Laboratories at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, he had already demonstrated his remarkable ability for invention and organisation. He set about making the government manufacturing facilities model factories and encouraged private companies to follow the innovations he introduced.
His previous work in experimentation allowed him to make the transition between research and production a smoother process and to introduce manufacturing changes that would have far-reaching implications on the quality and quantity of output.
His work to 'establish a proper mode of proof' was important to the armed forces at the time who complained about the consistency of the powder. Congreve felt that the quality of ingredients was at the root of problems and set about building refining capability into his factories.
He became involved in political wrangles with the Prime Minister of the time, William Pitt, who, prompted by private manufacturers, asserted that government powder was more expensive and of inferior quality. Congreve not only argued for the continuation of government manufacturing at Faversham by showing that stronger, cheaper powder was produced there but he achieved his aim of purchasing a second plant, the mill at Waltham Abbey. He purchased the facility from the Walton family in 1787 for the sum of £10,000. This became known as the Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills.
Congreve reviewed the process of corning black powder and established the advantaged of using larger grain (measure) powders in cannons and finer grain powders in small arms, overturning the Board of Ordnance policy of a single grain size for all weapons.
Congreve continued to develop new production methods. This included detailed experiments in 1785 at the Faversham Mill into the different types of wood used to produce charcoal, the most variable of the three ingredients of powder. In collaboration with Dr Watson, Bishop of Llandaff and following a method proposed by George Fordyce, he established that stronger powder could be made from charcoal produced in sealed iron retorts or cylinders.
Congreve was made a Baronet in 1812 and died in 1814. He was succeeded in his posts by his son, William Congreve (inventor) of the Congreve Rocket.
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Last Will and Testament of Major-General Sir William CONGREVE Baronet, dated Apr 06, 1808. Proved Aug 29, 1814. PRO Catalogue Ref: Prob 11/1559, Image Ref: 336.I William Congreve Major General Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory Superintendant of Military Machines being in perfect health of body & mind through the blessing of Almighty God do appoint my dear Wife Julia Elizabeth Congreve my Executrix & my son William Congreve to be my Executor to this my last Will & Testament.
I bequeath to my dear Wife for her life my household furniture plate books linen & pictures also the savings which may arise from our income by the good management of my wife Julia Elizabeth Congreve aforesaid & after her death I give my plate books & pictures to my Son William Congreve & my Good Suit of Table Linen I bequeath to my dear daughter Schneider & all the rest of my Table Linen I bequeath to my dear daughter McLean save & except the table cloth & Napkine[?] which my grandfather bought at Lisle in Flanders the largest of which with the Napkine[?] I bequeath to my Son William Congreve & the smallest of these cloths to my Son Thomas Congreve. I also give and bequeath to my Son Thomas all my fire arms & instruments whether mathematical or otherwise & I after death of my dear Wife Julia Elizabeth I bequeath to my said Son Thomas Congreve the One thousand pounds ten per Cent Consolidated annuities that is in trust for the use of my dear Wife and return[?] to me after her death. I also leave my said Son Thomas Congreve half the Sum which may arise from the savings of my Income & the other half part of these savings I bequeath to my Son William Congreve after the death of my dear Wife Julia Elizabeth Congreve who is entitled to every attention from my children from her kindness to me made[?] and by her dear Society enabled by the goodness of the Almighty to do my duty to my King & Country at the advanced age of sixty five after having for fifty three years anxiously discharged the duties of a Soldier & of Superintendant of several Civil Departments & I have this sixth of April 1808 set my hand to this my last Will & Testament.
W. Congreve
My household furniture horses & carriages I leave to my Son Thomas Congreve after the death of my dear Wife Julia Elizabeth.
W. Congreve
Appeared Personally John Henry Powell Schneider of Broad Street Buildings London Esq. & John Rowland Sandell of the same place Esq. & made oath that they knew & were well acquainted with Sir William Congreve Baronet late of Charlton in the County of Kent deceased for some time afore & till the time of his death & also with his manner & character of handwriting & subscription having often seen him write & subscribe his name & having now with care & attention viewed & perused the paper writing hereto annexed purporting to be & contain the last Will & testament with a codicil thereto of the said deceased the said Will beginning thus "Charlton 6th April 1808 I William Congreve Major General Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory & Superintendant of Military Machines" ending thus "& I have this sixth of April 1808 set my hand to this my last Will & testament" & thus subscribed W. Congreve & the said Codicil being contained in the words following to wit "My household furniture horses & carriages I leave to my Son Thomas Congreve after the death of my dear Wife Julia Elizabeth" & thus subscribed W. Congreve they these deponents say they do verily & in their consciences believe the said Will & Codicil beginning & ending & subscribed as aforesaid & also the subscriptions thereto to be of the proper handwriting & subscription of the said deceased.
John Henry Powell Schneider
John Rowland Sandell24th day of Aug't 1814 the said John Henry Powell Schneider was duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me S. Parson Sur.
26th Aug't 1814 the said John Rowland Sandell was duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me S. Parson Sur.
Proved at London with a Codicil 29th August 1814 before the worshipful Samuel Pewice[?] Parson D.S.N. Surrogate by the oaths of Dame Julia Elizabeth Congreve Widow the Relict & Sir William Congreve Baronet the Son & Executors to whom Admon. was granted having been first sworn duly to Adm'tr.
Julia Elizabeth OLIVIER [Parents] was christened 1 on 23 Mar 1753 in St Botolph Bishopsgate, London, England. She died on 06 Dec 1831 in Regents Park, London, England. She was buried in Family vault, St Luke, Charlton next Woolwich, Kent. She married Major-Gen. Sir William CONGREVE on 02 Jan 1804 in All Saints, Chelsea, London, England.
Other marriages:EYRE, Joseph
Last Will and Testament of Julia Elizabeth CONGREVE, dated Feb 26, 1828, with Codicils dated Feb 26, 1828, and Mar 11, 1830 (and 3 undated Codicils). Proved Dec 24, 1831. PRO Catalogue Ref: Prob 11/1792, Image Ref: 362-363.
I Dame Julia Elizabeth Congreve of Bath Easton in the County of Somerset Widow being by the blessing of Almighty God in health both of body and of mind do make this my last Will and Testament as follows.
I give to Sarah the Wife of my Nephew the Reverend William Daniel Conybeare all my pearls and to their daughter and my God daughter Mary Elizabeth Conybeare my large gold bracelet clasps and to my nephew Henry Stephen Olivier my enamelled diamond ring and the two pair of silver Candlesticks usually kept in a separate box and my silver salt cellars and wine strainer and all my silver spoons. And to my Niece Mary Arnold Olivier my small silver Mug with the stand and spoon belonging thereto and my silver Coffee pot and six silver dessert knives with green handles and six small silver forks and to the said William Daniel Conybeare my silver bread basket and oval waiter and also my silver tea Urn and round silver tea tray and my tea Chest with silver Canisters and to my Nephew the Reverend Daniel Josias Olivier or in case of his decease in my lifetime then to his oldest son living at my decease the Miniatures of my family painted by Massé and the Miniature of my father set in diamonds and the diamond chain belonging to it and all the residue of my plate including any plate the previous bequest whereof may become lapsed.
And I give and bequeath my leasehold Messuage and Land at Batheaston for the remainder of my term therein at my decease which will be one quarter of a year and also the whole of my household Goods and furniture and stores of whatever description and my wearing apparel jewels trinkets prints books carriages horses and live and dead stock and such movables not otherwise specifically disposed of by this my Will or any Codicil thereto including any specific chattels personal the previous bequests whereof may become lapsed but exclusive of my money and securities for money and all other my Estate of that nature unto the said William Daniel Conybeare for his own absolute use and as to the said leasehold premises free from all rent taxes charges and assessments whatsoever which I hereby charge on my general residuary Estate.
And I give and bequeath the several legacies of sterling money following that is to say.
To Sir William Congreve Baronet one thousand pounds. To Colonel Thomas Congreve three hundred pounds. To Charlotte Maclean five hundred pounds. To my God daughter Julia Maclean daughter of the said Charlotte Maclean one hundred pounds. To John Schneider of New Broad Street London Esquire one hundred pounds. To my Niece and God child Anna Awdry Etough one hundred pounds in lieu of jewels and to be paid to her receipt alone for her separate use. To the said William Daniel Conybeare two hundred pounds. To the said Mary Elizabeth Conybeare one hundred pounds to be paid or retained by her father the said William Daniel Conybeare for her use. To my Great Nephew and Niece and God children Daniel James Olivier and Anna Olivier children of the said Daniel Josias Olivier one hundred pounds a piece to be paid to or retained by their said father for their respective use. To my great Niece and God daughter Julia daughter of the said Henry Stephen Olivier one hundred pounds to be paid to or retained by her father for her use.
To the Treasurer for the time being of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts for the General purposes of that Society one hundred pounds. To the Treasurer for the time being of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge now usually meeting at No 67 Sincolus Inn Fields London for the general purposes of that Society one hundred pounds. To the Treasurer for the time being of the Brethrens Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel among the Heathen usually meeting at No 10 Neville Court Fetter Lane London for the general purposes of that Society one hundred pounds. To the Treasurer for the time being of the Church Missionary Society usually meeting in Salisbury Court Fleet Street London for the general purposes of that Society one hundred pounds for which last mentioned legacies the receipts of the Treasurers for the time being of the said Societies respectively shall be sufficient discharges.
To Captain Henry Gordon of the Royal Artillery nineteen Guineas. To Mrs Erver of Dover eighty pounds. To Mrs Jane Atkins of Dover nineteen Guineas. Mrs M. Shrighly forty pounds. To Mrs Duvornet of Charlton Kent nineteen Guineas. To Mrs Walters of Batheaston thirty pounds. To Mrs Catherine Sheppard nineteen Guineas. To Mrs Eliza Pulloine of Chelsea nineteen guineas. To Elizabeth Lindsay nineteen guineas. To Miss Audason of Greenwich nineteen guineas. To Miss Bryers nineteen guineas. To Miss Sophia Bryers her Niece ten pounds.
To Thomas Butts now in my service two hundred pounds in addition to his wages and to my servants Thomas Wilce and Sarah Thresher if they shall respectively be living with me at my death fifty pounds a piece and five pounds apiece for mourning in addition to wages. And to any other Servant beside the said Thomas Butts Thomas Wilce and Sarah Thresher who shall have been in my service for and during the space of two years previously to my decease nineteen guineas apiece in lieu of mourning and in addition to any wages which may be due to them.
And I give to my Companion Mrs Mary Rogers fifty pounds sterling to be paid to her immediately upon my decease free from the legacy duty and also an Annuity of fifty pounds pa annum during her life free from the legacy duty to commence from my decease and to be purchased from the Commissioner for the Reduction of the National Debt or from one of the pubic Life Annuity Offices in London or Westminster at the discretion of my Executors. And I give to John Rogers son of the said Mary Rogers nineteen guineas and I release to the said Mary Rogers and to John Stevens of Taunton Place Regents Park whatever may be due from them to me at my death and I also release every other debt not exceeding twenty pounds which shall be due to me on account of any loan or loans which I have made or shall make.
And I direct that such of the legacies bequeathed by this my Will and which I may bequeath by any Codicil hereto as shall amount to but not exceed the value of twenty pounds shall be paid free from the legacy duty and I declare that my charitable bequests shall be chargeable upon and payable out of my chattels personal only.
And as concerning all the residue of my money and securities for money and my shares of the public or any other stocks or funds which shall remain after payment and satisfaction of my debts and funeral and testamentary expences and the legacies bequeathed by this my Will and which I may bequeath by any Codicil hereto and also after payments of the rent taxes and assessments and legacy duty hereinbefore charged thereon and all other my Estate and Effects whether real or personal and not otherwise disposed of if any such then be I direct that such part or parts thereof as shall not consist of money or securities for money shall with all convenient speed be converted into money by my Executors hereinafter named and subject thereto I give and dispose of my said residuary Estate in the manner following that is to say.
I give one equal fifth part or share thereof unto the said Daniel Josias Olivier and Henry Stephen Olivier their Executors Administrators and Assigns upon and for such trusts interests and purposes and with under and subject to such powers and provisos as the said Anna Awdry Etough notwithstanding coverture but with the consent in writing of the said Daniel Josias Olivier and Henry Stephen Olivier or the Survivor of them or the Executors Administrators or Assigns of such Survivor shall from time to time during the joint lives of herself and Doctor Etough her present husband by any deed or Instrument in writing under her hand and seal and either with or without power of revocation and new appointment to be exercised during the joint lives of herself and the said husband with such consent as aforesaid direct or appoint and in default of such direction or appointment and so far as any such if incomplete shall not extend upon trust from time to time during the joint lives of the said Anna Awdry Etough and her said husband to pay the interest and annual proceeds of the same fifth part or share of my said general residuary Estate unto the said Anna Awdry Etough for her own separate use or to such person or persons and for such purposes as she shall with such consent as aforesaid direct or appoint and for which I declare that the receipt of herself alone or of such the appointed as aforesaid shall be sufficient discharge and in case the said Anna Awdry Etough shall survive her said husband then upon trust to pay assign or transfer the same part or share or so much thereof of which no absolute disposition shall have been made under the power aforesaid unto the said Anna Awdry Etough for her own use but if she shall die in the life time of her said husband then upon trust for all and every or such one or more exclusively of the other or others of the children of the said Anna Awdry Etough born and hereafter to be born at such age or time in such share and proportions and subject to such charges conditions and limitations over such charges and limitations being for the benefit or some or one of such children and in such manner in all other respects as the said Anna Awdry Etough by any deed or deeds or instrument or instrument in writing with or without power of revocation and new appointment or by her last Will and Testament in writing or any Codicil thereto or any writing purporting to be her Will to be respectively executed by her in the presence of and attested by two or more credible Witnesses shall notwithstanding her coverture direct or appoint and in default of such last mentioned direction or appointment and so far as any such if incomplete shall not extend In trust for all the children of the said Anna Awdry Etough born and to be born who being sons shall attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters shall attain that age or marry under that age with the consent of the Trustees or Executor for the time being of the same part or share in equal shares and their respective Executors Administrators and Assigns but if there shall be only one child of the said Anna Awdry Etough who shall attain a vested interest under the trust last aforesaid then in trust for such one child and his or her Executors Administrators and Assigns with power nevertheless for the Trustees or Trustee thereof for the time being at their or his discretion during the minority of the children of the said Anna Awdry Etough respectively to apply the interest and part or even the whole of the principal of their presumptive portions for their maintenance and education or otherwise for their benefit respectively.
And I give one other fifth part or share of my said general residuary Estate unto the said Daniel Josias Olivier and one other fifth part or share thereof to the said Henry Stephen Olivier and one other fifth part or share thereof to the said Mary Arnold Olivier and the remaining fifth part or share thereof to the said William Daniel Conybeare for their own use respectively provided always. And I hereby declare and direct that if any of them the said Daniel Josias Olivier Henry Stephen Olivier Mary Arnold Olivier and William Daniel Conybeare shall happen to die in my life time the fifth part or share hereinbefore given to each and every of them who shall so die of and in my said general residuary Estate shall in that case be held by the Executors of this my Will In trust for all and every the children of him or her so dying respectively who shall be living at my decease and who being a son or sons shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters shall attain that age or marry under that age with the consent of her or their Guardian or Guardians respectively in equal shares but if there shall be only one child of such nephew or of my said Niece Mary Arnold Olivier so dying respectively who shall attain a vested interest under the trust last aforesaid then wholly in trust for such one child and his or her Executors Administrators and Assigns with power nevertheless for the Executors of this my Will and the Survivors and Survivor of them or other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of each such last mentioned part or share of my said general residuary Estate during the minority of such last mentioned children respectively to apply the interest and any part or even the whole of the principal of their presumptive portions for their maintenance and education or otherwise for their benefit respectively. Provided also and I hereby further declare that if by any means any part or share of my said general residuary Estate shall fail of becoming absolutely disposed of under the trusts and powers hereinbefore declared and contained concerning the same every such part or share shall from and after the decease and failure of issue of such of each my said Nephews and Nieces for whom the same is primarily intended be held In trust for the others or other of them my said Nephews and Nieces in equal shares if more than one and their child respectively in the same manner as is hereinbefore expressed concerning the part or shares hereinbefore primarily given to or settled upon them respectively of and in the same residuary Estate and that every share which shall survive or accrue by virtue of this present proviso shall be liable to survive or accrue from time to time upon the same or the like contingencies and in the same or the like manner as the original shares provided always.
And I declare that it shall be lawful for the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of any part of my said general residuary Estate to change the securities for the same from time to time as occasion may require and I constitute the said John Schneider and my said nephews Daniel Josias Olivier and William Daniel Conybeare Executors of this my Will and in the event of the death of the said Daniel Josias Olivier in my life time or after my decease and before the trusts of this my Will shall have been performed I constitute the said Harry Stephen Olivier an Executor thereof in his stead jointly with the other surviving Executors or Executor and I declare that none of my Executors or Trustees shall be answerable for the acts of the others or other of them or for any involuntary loss which may happen in execution of the trusts of this my Will and that they shall be allowed and may retain all their costs and expences to be occasioned by the due execution of the trusts of this my Will and I declare that if any of my Trustees or any Trustee of my Will to be appointed as hereinafter mentioned shall die or decline or become incapable to act in the trusts of this my Will before such trusts shall be fully performed then and in every such case a new Trustee shall be appointed by the surviving or continuing Trustees or Trustee as the case shall happen or by the Executors or Administrators of the surviving or last acting Trustee of the premises whereof any Trustee shall die or decline or become incapable to act and that the same premises shall thereupon be assigned and transferred so as to be vested in such new and surviving or continuing Trustees or Trustee or in such new Trustees wholly as the case may happen upon the same trusts and with the same powers as are hereinbefore mentioned and declared concerning the same or such of them as shall be subsisting and capable of taking effect.
And I hereby revoke all my former Wills. In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in eight sheets of paper set my hand and seal that is to say to the preceding sheets my hand and to the last sheet my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
J. E. Congreve S.S.
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto.
Melmoth Walters Bath Easton
George Baker Clerk to Mr Walters
William Hallett Servt to Mr Walters. /.(No 1)
I give to my nephews David Josias Olivier and Henry Stephen Olivier one hundred pounds sterling in trust for my God daughter Julia Eliz'th Olivier Etough and I give to such one of the Children of my friend John Schneider of New Broad Street London as is my God child one hundred pounds sterling but if I am not God Mother to any one of his children then I give the said last mentioned legacy of one hundred pounds to such one of his children as is a Godchild of my late husband Sir Wm Congreve's or if two or more of the Children of the said John Schneider shall be God children of my said late husband's then I give the same legacy to the each of such children living at my decease and I declare this to be a Codicil to my Will. Dated this twenty sixth day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.J. E. Congreve
Witnessed.
Melmoth Walters. /.
(No 2)
J. E. Congreve Ulster Place Regents Park 11th March 1830.
having removed from Bath Easton to this place and bequeathed all the undernamed articles to my nephew Will'm Dan'l Conybeare in my Will it is my wish if he perfectly approves it to give to my Companion Mrs Rogers the new bedstands and bedding complete in my bed Chamber furniture for two rooms with a small quantity of household linen all articles of wearing apparel made and unmade my watch Music seal Eye glass and gold chain silver mounted spectacles and case of Instruments. To my Cook Camp Bedstand and bedding with three pair of sheets to my housemaid four post tent Bed & Bedding and three pair sheets. To my footman Bed and bedding with three pr sheets. Should my late Ser'vt Thomas Wilce survive me I wish him to receive the £50 bequeathed to him in the body of my Will. I also wish that Thomas Butts although I have parted with him (or his wife) may receive the £200 bequeathed in my Will.J. E. Congreve
(No 3)
The sum of £200 mentioned in my Will for my nephew W. D. Conybeare may if he think proper be disposed of as follows. To Betsy Andrews Greenwich £10.10 Mrs Mary Davis 19 Guineas Mrs John Samson 19 Guineas Widow Dawby £5 Widow Ryley £5 Mr Upton 2s pr week. Should any of the said £200 remain I should wish it to be given to the Female Friendly Society of Bath Easton. /.J. E. Congreve
(No 4)
My Chariot[?] and Spectacles in gold frame to Mrs Wm Conybeare. Diamond mourn'g ring given me by Mrs Conybeare to be returned to her with gold knitting in a needle work[?] box blue and white scalloped china dessert set. China Jar and dish given me by Mrs Sheppard to her nephew Mr John Williams.J. E. Congreve
(No 5)
Copy of pencil Entries in an Account Book.
Sa'h Thresher owes me 36
her Stock £300
Sarah Grant owes me 15
her Stock £25
Mr Rogers owes me 66The above sums not to be demanded by my Executors.
J. E. Congreve
In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
In the Goods af Dame Julia Elizabeth Congreve Widow deceased
Appeared Personally William Grove of Ulster Place Regents Park in the County of Middlesex and James Fennell of Brill Crescent Somers Town in the same County and made oath that they knew and were well acquainted with Dame Julia Elizabeth Congreve formerly of Bath Easton in the County of Somerset and late of Ulster Place Regents Park in the County of Middlesex aforesaid Widow deceased for several years before and until the time of her death and also with the manner and character of her handwriting and subscription having frequently seen her write and also write and subscribe her name and having now attentively viewed the name "J. E. Congreve" set and subscribed to the paper writing hereto annexed marked No 1 purporting to be and contain a Codicil to the Last Will and Testament of the said deceased such Codicil beginning thus "I give to my nephews Daniel Josias Olivier and Henry Stephen Olivier one hundred pounds sterling" ending thus "dated this twenty sixth day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight" and having also attentively viewed the other paper writings hereto annexed marked No 2 No 3 No 4 and No 5 purporting to be and contain four other Codicils to the said Will the Codicil marked No 2 beginning thus "Ulster Place Regents Park 11 March 1830 Having removed from Bath Easton to this place" and ending thus "I also wish that Thomas Butts although I have parted with him (or his wife) may receive the £200 bequeathed in my Will" and subscribed at the top thereof thus "J. E. Congreve" the Codicil marked No 3 beginning "The sum of £200 mentioned in my Will" ending thus "Should any of the said £200 remain I should wish it to be given to the Female Friendly Society of Bath Easton" and subscribed at the top therof thus "J. E. Congreve" the Codicil marked No 4 beginning thus "My Chariot and spectacles in gold frame to Mrs Will'm Conybeare" ending thus "China Jar and dish given me by Mrs Sheppard to her nephew Mr John Williams" and subscribed at the top thereof thus "J. E. Congreve" the Codicil marked No 5 being written with black lead pencil in an account book and contained in the words following to wit
"Sa'h Thresher owes me 36
her Stock £300
Sarah Grant owes me 15
her Stock £25
Mr Rogers owes me 66
The above sums not to be demanded by my Executors" and thus subscribed "J. E. Congreve" the deponents further made oath that they do verily and in their consciences believe the name "J. E. Congreve" set and subscribed to the said Codicil marked No 1 and also the whole series[?] and content of the said Codicils marked No 2 No 3 No 4 and No 5 respectively beginning and ending as aforesaid and also the subscription thereto to be of the proper handwriting of the said deceased.William Grove
James FennellOn the 15 day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one the said William Grove and James Fennell were duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me
John Danbeny Surr Pc
F. H. Dyke Not Pub. /.Proved at London with five Codicils 24 December 1831 before the Worshipful John Danbeny Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of John Henry Powell Schneider (in the Will written John Schneider) Esq one of the absolute Executors and the Reverend Daniel Josias Olivier Clerk the nephew and Executor for life and the Reverend William Daniel Conybeare Clerk the nephew also the other absolute Executor to whom Administration was granted having been first sworn duly to administer. Ex'd/
Daniel Josias OLIVIER was born in 1722. He died in 1782. He married 1 Susanna MASSÉ on 30 Jun 1750 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England.
Susanna MASSÉ died in 1803. She married 1 Daniel Josias OLIVIER on 30 Jun 1750 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England.
They had the following children:
F i Julia Elizabeth OLIVIER F ii Margaret Esther OLIVIER M iii Rev. Daniel Stephen OLIVIER M iv James John* OLIVIER was christened 1 on 28 Jun 1759 in St Botolph Bishopgate, London, England. He died on 17 Jun 1764.
Died as child: age about 4 years, 11 months, 19 days.
Major-Gen. Joseph EYRE.Joseph married 1 Julia Elizabeth OLIVIER on 20 Mar 1792 in Laycock, Wiltshire, England.
Julia Elizabeth OLIVIER [Parents] was christened 1 on 23 Mar 1753 in St Botolph Bishopsgate, London, England. She died on 06 Dec 1831 in Regents Park, London, England. She was buried in Family vault, St Luke, Charlton next Woolwich, Kent. She married 2 Major-Gen. Joseph EYRE on 20 Mar 1792 in Laycock, Wiltshire, England.
Other marriages:CONGREVE, William
Last Will and Testament of Julia Elizabeth CONGREVE, dated Feb 26, 1828, with Codicils dated Feb 26, 1828, and Mar 11, 1830 (and 3 undated Codicils). Proved Dec 24, 1831. PRO Catalogue Ref: Prob 11/1792, Image Ref: 362-363.
I Dame Julia Elizabeth Congreve of Bath Easton in the County of Somerset Widow being by the blessing of Almighty God in health both of body and of mind do make this my last Will and Testament as follows.
I give to Sarah the Wife of my Nephew the Reverend William Daniel Conybeare all my pearls and to their daughter and my God daughter Mary Elizabeth Conybeare my large gold bracelet clasps and to my nephew Henry Stephen Olivier my enamelled diamond ring and the two pair of silver Candlesticks usually kept in a separate box and my silver salt cellars and wine strainer and all my silver spoons. And to my Niece Mary Arnold Olivier my small silver Mug with the stand and spoon belonging thereto and my silver Coffee pot and six silver dessert knives with green handles and six small silver forks and to the said William Daniel Conybeare my silver bread basket and oval waiter and also my silver tea Urn and round silver tea tray and my tea Chest with silver Canisters and to my Nephew the Reverend Daniel Josias Olivier or in case of his decease in my lifetime then to his oldest son living at my decease the Miniatures of my family painted by Massé and the Miniature of my father set in diamonds and the diamond chain belonging to it and all the residue of my plate including any plate the previous bequest whereof may become lapsed.
And I give and bequeath my leasehold Messuage and Land at Batheaston for the remainder of my term therein at my decease which will be one quarter of a year and also the whole of my household Goods and furniture and stores of whatever description and my wearing apparel jewels trinkets prints books carriages horses and live and dead stock and such movables not otherwise specifically disposed of by this my Will or any Codicil thereto including any specific chattels personal the previous bequests whereof may become lapsed but exclusive of my money and securities for money and all other my Estate of that nature unto the said William Daniel Conybeare for his own absolute use and as to the said leasehold premises free from all rent taxes charges and assessments whatsoever which I hereby charge on my general residuary Estate.
And I give and bequeath the several legacies of sterling money following that is to say.
To Sir William Congreve Baronet one thousand pounds. To Colonel Thomas Congreve three hundred pounds. To Charlotte Maclean five hundred pounds. To my God daughter Julia Maclean daughter of the said Charlotte Maclean one hundred pounds. To John Schneider of New Broad Street London Esquire one hundred pounds. To my Niece and God child Anna Awdry Etough one hundred pounds in lieu of jewels and to be paid to her receipt alone for her separate use. To the said William Daniel Conybeare two hundred pounds. To the said Mary Elizabeth Conybeare one hundred pounds to be paid or retained by her father the said William Daniel Conybeare for her use. To my Great Nephew and Niece and God children Daniel James Olivier and Anna Olivier children of the said Daniel Josias Olivier one hundred pounds a piece to be paid to or retained by their said father for their respective use. To my great Niece and God daughter Julia daughter of the said Henry Stephen Olivier one hundred pounds to be paid to or retained by her father for her use.
To the Treasurer for the time being of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts for the General purposes of that Society one hundred pounds. To the Treasurer for the time being of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge now usually meeting at No 67 Sincolus Inn Fields London for the general purposes of that Society one hundred pounds. To the Treasurer for the time being of the Brethrens Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel among the Heathen usually meeting at No 10 Neville Court Fetter Lane London for the general purposes of that Society one hundred pounds. To the Treasurer for the time being of the Church Missionary Society usually meeting in Salisbury Court Fleet Street London for the general purposes of that Society one hundred pounds for which last mentioned legacies the receipts of the Treasurers for the time being of the said Societies respectively shall be sufficient discharges.
To Captain Henry Gordon of the Royal Artillery nineteen Guineas. To Mrs Erver of Dover eighty pounds. To Mrs Jane Atkins of Dover nineteen Guineas. Mrs M. Shrighly forty pounds. To Mrs Duvornet of Charlton Kent nineteen Guineas. To Mrs Walters of Batheaston thirty pounds. To Mrs Catherine Sheppard nineteen Guineas. To Mrs Eliza Pulloine of Chelsea nineteen guineas. To Elizabeth Lindsay nineteen guineas. To Miss Audason of Greenwich nineteen guineas. To Miss Bryers nineteen guineas. To Miss Sophia Bryers her Niece ten pounds.
To Thomas Butts now in my service two hundred pounds in addition to his wages and to my servants Thomas Wilce and Sarah Thresher if they shall respectively be living with me at my death fifty pounds a piece and five pounds apiece for mourning in addition to wages. And to any other Servant beside the said Thomas Butts Thomas Wilce and Sarah Thresher who shall have been in my service for and during the space of two years previously to my decease nineteen guineas apiece in lieu of mourning and in addition to any wages which may be due to them.
And I give to my Companion Mrs Mary Rogers fifty pounds sterling to be paid to her immediately upon my decease free from the legacy duty and also an Annuity of fifty pounds pa annum during her life free from the legacy duty to commence from my decease and to be purchased from the Commissioner for the Reduction of the National Debt or from one of the pubic Life Annuity Offices in London or Westminster at the discretion of my Executors. And I give to John Rogers son of the said Mary Rogers nineteen guineas and I release to the said Mary Rogers and to John Stevens of Taunton Place Regents Park whatever may be due from them to me at my death and I also release every other debt not exceeding twenty pounds which shall be due to me on account of any loan or loans which I have made or shall make.
And I direct that such of the legacies bequeathed by this my Will and which I may bequeath by any Codicil hereto as shall amount to but not exceed the value of twenty pounds shall be paid free from the legacy duty and I declare that my charitable bequests shall be chargeable upon and payable out of my chattels personal only.
And as concerning all the residue of my money and securities for money and my shares of the public or any other stocks or funds which shall remain after payment and satisfaction of my debts and funeral and testamentary expences and the legacies bequeathed by this my Will and which I may bequeath by any Codicil hereto and also after payments of the rent taxes and assessments and legacy duty hereinbefore charged thereon and all other my Estate and Effects whether real or personal and not otherwise disposed of if any such then be I direct that such part or parts thereof as shall not consist of money or securities for money shall with all convenient speed be converted into money by my Executors hereinafter named and subject thereto I give and dispose of my said residuary Estate in the manner following that is to say.
I give one equal fifth part or share thereof unto the said Daniel Josias Olivier and Henry Stephen Olivier their Executors Administrators and Assigns upon and for such trusts interests and purposes and with under and subject to such powers and provisos as the said Anna Awdry Etough notwithstanding coverture but with the consent in writing of the said Daniel Josias Olivier and Henry Stephen Olivier or the Survivor of them or the Executors Administrators or Assigns of such Survivor shall from time to time during the joint lives of herself and Doctor Etough her present husband by any deed or Instrument in writing under her hand and seal and either with or without power of revocation and new appointment to be exercised during the joint lives of herself and the said husband with such consent as aforesaid direct or appoint and in default of such direction or appointment and so far as any such if incomplete shall not extend upon trust from time to time during the joint lives of the said Anna Awdry Etough and her said husband to pay the interest and annual proceeds of the same fifth part or share of my said general residuary Estate unto the said Anna Awdry Etough for her own separate use or to such person or persons and for such purposes as she shall with such consent as aforesaid direct or appoint and for which I declare that the receipt of herself alone or of such the appointed as aforesaid shall be sufficient discharge and in case the said Anna Awdry Etough shall survive her said husband then upon trust to pay assign or transfer the same part or share or so much thereof of which no absolute disposition shall have been made under the power aforesaid unto the said Anna Awdry Etough for her own use but if she shall die in the life time of her said husband then upon trust for all and every or such one or more exclusively of the other or others of the children of the said Anna Awdry Etough born and hereafter to be born at such age or time in such share and proportions and subject to such charges conditions and limitations over such charges and limitations being for the benefit or some or one of such children and in such manner in all other respects as the said Anna Awdry Etough by any deed or deeds or instrument or instrument in writing with or without power of revocation and new appointment or by her last Will and Testament in writing or any Codicil thereto or any writing purporting to be her Will to be respectively executed by her in the presence of and attested by two or more credible Witnesses shall notwithstanding her coverture direct or appoint and in default of such last mentioned direction or appointment and so far as any such if incomplete shall not extend In trust for all the children of the said Anna Awdry Etough born and to be born who being sons shall attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters shall attain that age or marry under that age with the consent of the Trustees or Executor for the time being of the same part or share in equal shares and their respective Executors Administrators and Assigns but if there shall be only one child of the said Anna Awdry Etough who shall attain a vested interest under the trust last aforesaid then in trust for such one child and his or her Executors Administrators and Assigns with power nevertheless for the Trustees or Trustee thereof for the time being at their or his discretion during the minority of the children of the said Anna Awdry Etough respectively to apply the interest and part or even the whole of the principal of their presumptive portions for their maintenance and education or otherwise for their benefit respectively.
And I give one other fifth part or share of my said general residuary Estate unto the said Daniel Josias Olivier and one other fifth part or share thereof to the said Henry Stephen Olivier and one other fifth part or share thereof to the said Mary Arnold Olivier and the remaining fifth part or share thereof to the said William Daniel Conybeare for their own use respectively provided always. And I hereby declare and direct that if any of them the said Daniel Josias Olivier Henry Stephen Olivier Mary Arnold Olivier and William Daniel Conybeare shall happen to die in my life time the fifth part or share hereinbefore given to each and every of them who shall so die of and in my said general residuary Estate shall in that case be held by the Executors of this my Will In trust for all and every the children of him or her so dying respectively who shall be living at my decease and who being a son or sons shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters shall attain that age or marry under that age with the consent of her or their Guardian or Guardians respectively in equal shares but if there shall be only one child of such nephew or of my said Niece Mary Arnold Olivier so dying respectively who shall attain a vested interest under the trust last aforesaid then wholly in trust for such one child and his or her Executors Administrators and Assigns with power nevertheless for the Executors of this my Will and the Survivors and Survivor of them or other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of each such last mentioned part or share of my said general residuary Estate during the minority of such last mentioned children respectively to apply the interest and any part or even the whole of the principal of their presumptive portions for their maintenance and education or otherwise for their benefit respectively. Provided also and I hereby further declare that if by any means any part or share of my said general residuary Estate shall fail of becoming absolutely disposed of under the trusts and powers hereinbefore declared and contained concerning the same every such part or share shall from and after the decease and failure of issue of such of each my said Nephews and Nieces for whom the same is primarily intended be held In trust for the others or other of them my said Nephews and Nieces in equal shares if more than one and their child respectively in the same manner as is hereinbefore expressed concerning the part or shares hereinbefore primarily given to or settled upon them respectively of and in the same residuary Estate and that every share which shall survive or accrue by virtue of this present proviso shall be liable to survive or accrue from time to time upon the same or the like contingencies and in the same or the like manner as the original shares provided always.
And I declare that it shall be lawful for the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of any part of my said general residuary Estate to change the securities for the same from time to time as occasion may require and I constitute the said John Schneider and my said nephews Daniel Josias Olivier and William Daniel Conybeare Executors of this my Will and in the event of the death of the said Daniel Josias Olivier in my life time or after my decease and before the trusts of this my Will shall have been performed I constitute the said Harry Stephen Olivier an Executor thereof in his stead jointly with the other surviving Executors or Executor and I declare that none of my Executors or Trustees shall be answerable for the acts of the others or other of them or for any involuntary loss which may happen in execution of the trusts of this my Will and that they shall be allowed and may retain all their costs and expences to be occasioned by the due execution of the trusts of this my Will and I declare that if any of my Trustees or any Trustee of my Will to be appointed as hereinafter mentioned shall die or decline or become incapable to act in the trusts of this my Will before such trusts shall be fully performed then and in every such case a new Trustee shall be appointed by the surviving or continuing Trustees or Trustee as the case shall happen or by the Executors or Administrators of the surviving or last acting Trustee of the premises whereof any Trustee shall die or decline or become incapable to act and that the same premises shall thereupon be assigned and transferred so as to be vested in such new and surviving or continuing Trustees or Trustee or in such new Trustees wholly as the case may happen upon the same trusts and with the same powers as are hereinbefore mentioned and declared concerning the same or such of them as shall be subsisting and capable of taking effect.
And I hereby revoke all my former Wills. In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in eight sheets of paper set my hand and seal that is to say to the preceding sheets my hand and to the last sheet my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
J. E. Congreve S.S.
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto.
Melmoth Walters Bath Easton
George Baker Clerk to Mr Walters
William Hallett Servt to Mr Walters. /.(No 1)
I give to my nephews David Josias Olivier and Henry Stephen Olivier one hundred pounds sterling in trust for my God daughter Julia Eliz'th Olivier Etough and I give to such one of the Children of my friend John Schneider of New Broad Street London as is my God child one hundred pounds sterling but if I am not God Mother to any one of his children then I give the said last mentioned legacy of one hundred pounds to such one of his children as is a Godchild of my late husband Sir Wm Congreve's or if two or more of the Children of the said John Schneider shall be God children of my said late husband's then I give the same legacy to the each of such children living at my decease and I declare this to be a Codicil to my Will. Dated this twenty sixth day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.J. E. Congreve
Witnessed.
Melmoth Walters. /.
(No 2)
J. E. Congreve Ulster Place Regents Park 11th March 1830.
having removed from Bath Easton to this place and bequeathed all the undernamed articles to my nephew Will'm Dan'l Conybeare in my Will it is my wish if he perfectly approves it to give to my Companion Mrs Rogers the new bedstands and bedding complete in my bed Chamber furniture for two rooms with a small quantity of household linen all articles of wearing apparel made and unmade my watch Music seal Eye glass and gold chain silver mounted spectacles and case of Instruments. To my Cook Camp Bedstand and bedding with three pair of sheets to my housemaid four post tent Bed & Bedding and three pair sheets. To my footman Bed and bedding with three pr sheets. Should my late Ser'vt Thomas Wilce survive me I wish him to receive the £50 bequeathed to him in the body of my Will. I also wish that Thomas Butts although I have parted with him (or his wife) may receive the £200 bequeathed in my Will.J. E. Congreve
(No 3)
The sum of £200 mentioned in my Will for my nephew W. D. Conybeare may if he think proper be disposed of as follows. To Betsy Andrews Greenwich £10.10 Mrs Mary Davis 19 Guineas Mrs John Samson 19 Guineas Widow Dawby £5 Widow Ryley £5 Mr Upton 2s pr week. Should any of the said £200 remain I should wish it to be given to the Female Friendly Society of Bath Easton. /.J. E. Congreve
(No 4)
My Chariot[?] and Spectacles in gold frame to Mrs Wm Conybeare. Diamond mourn'g ring given me by Mrs Conybeare to be returned to her with gold knitting in a needle work[?] box blue and white scalloped china dessert set. China Jar and dish given me by Mrs Sheppard to her nephew Mr John Williams.J. E. Congreve
(No 5)
Copy of pencil Entries in an Account Book.
Sa'h Thresher owes me 36
her Stock £300
Sarah Grant owes me 15
her Stock £25
Mr Rogers owes me 66The above sums not to be demanded by my Executors.
J. E. Congreve
In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
In the Goods af Dame Julia Elizabeth Congreve Widow deceased
Appeared Personally William Grove of Ulster Place Regents Park in the County of Middlesex and James Fennell of Brill Crescent Somers Town in the same County and made oath that they knew and were well acquainted with Dame Julia Elizabeth Congreve formerly of Bath Easton in the County of Somerset and late of Ulster Place Regents Park in the County of Middlesex aforesaid Widow deceased for several years before and until the time of her death and also with the manner and character of her handwriting and subscription having frequently seen her write and also write and subscribe her name and having now attentively viewed the name "J. E. Congreve" set and subscribed to the paper writing hereto annexed marked No 1 purporting to be and contain a Codicil to the Last Will and Testament of the said deceased such Codicil beginning thus "I give to my nephews Daniel Josias Olivier and Henry Stephen Olivier one hundred pounds sterling" ending thus "dated this twenty sixth day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight" and having also attentively viewed the other paper writings hereto annexed marked No 2 No 3 No 4 and No 5 purporting to be and contain four other Codicils to the said Will the Codicil marked No 2 beginning thus "Ulster Place Regents Park 11 March 1830 Having removed from Bath Easton to this place" and ending thus "I also wish that Thomas Butts although I have parted with him (or his wife) may receive the £200 bequeathed in my Will" and subscribed at the top thereof thus "J. E. Congreve" the Codicil marked No 3 beginning "The sum of £200 mentioned in my Will" ending thus "Should any of the said £200 remain I should wish it to be given to the Female Friendly Society of Bath Easton" and subscribed at the top therof thus "J. E. Congreve" the Codicil marked No 4 beginning thus "My Chariot and spectacles in gold frame to Mrs Will'm Conybeare" ending thus "China Jar and dish given me by Mrs Sheppard to her nephew Mr John Williams" and subscribed at the top thereof thus "J. E. Congreve" the Codicil marked No 5 being written with black lead pencil in an account book and contained in the words following to wit
"Sa'h Thresher owes me 36
her Stock £300
Sarah Grant owes me 15
her Stock £25
Mr Rogers owes me 66
The above sums not to be demanded by my Executors" and thus subscribed "J. E. Congreve" the deponents further made oath that they do verily and in their consciences believe the name "J. E. Congreve" set and subscribed to the said Codicil marked No 1 and also the whole series[?] and content of the said Codicils marked No 2 No 3 No 4 and No 5 respectively beginning and ending as aforesaid and also the subscription thereto to be of the proper handwriting of the said deceased.William Grove
James FennellOn the 15 day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one the said William Grove and James Fennell were duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me
John Danbeny Surr Pc
F. H. Dyke Not Pub. /.Proved at London with five Codicils 24 December 1831 before the Worshipful John Danbeny Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of John Henry Powell Schneider (in the Will written John Schneider) Esq one of the absolute Executors and the Reverend Daniel Josias Olivier Clerk the nephew and Executor for life and the Reverend William Daniel Conybeare Clerk the nephew also the other absolute Executor to whom Administration was granted having been first sworn duly to administer. Ex'd/
Sir Frederick 'William' CONGREVE [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 20 May 1772 in Marylebone, London, England. He was christened 1 on 14 Jun 1772 in St John, Hackney, London, England. He died on 15 May 1828 in Toulouse, France. He was buried on 16 May 1828 in Protestant & Jewish Cemetery, Terre Cabade, Toulouse. He married Isabella Charlotte CARVALHO in Dec 1824 in Wessel, Prussia.
Other marriages:Unknown
Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet
From 'Dictionary of National Biography' (1887) Leslie Stephen Ed., vol. XII:
CONGREVE, Sir WILLIAM (1772- 1828), the inventor of the Congreve rocket, was the eldest son of Sir William Congreve, lieutenant-general, colonel commandant of the royal artillery, comptroller of the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich, and superintendent of military machines, who was created a baronet on 7 Dec. 1812. He was born on 20 May 1772, and, after passing through the Royal Academy at Woolwich, entered the royal artillery as a second lieutenant in 1791. He was at once attached to the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich, of which his father was comptroller, and after many experiments there he succeeded in inventing the celebrated Congreve rocket in 1808. The war office and board of ordnance, influenced doubtless by his father's strong recommendations, determined to make use of this invention for military purposes, and highly applauded its inventor. The first trial of its efficacy was made at sea, in Lord Cochrane's attempt to burn the French fleet in the Basque roads in 1809. Its success was not so great as had been expected, but its value was perceived, and the ingenious inventor was largely recompensed and allowed to raise and organise two rocket companies in connection with the corps of royal artillery. He was chosen a fellow of the Royal Society, and elected M.P. for Gatton in 1812, and in the December of the same year his father was created a baronet. In the following year he was ordered with one of his rocket companies to the continent, and served at the battle of Leipzig. His rockets there did not do much actual damage to the enemy, but their noise and bright glare had a great effect in frightening the French and throwing them into confusion, and the czar of Russia showed his appreciation of the inventor by making him a knight of the order of St. Anne. They had the same negative effect in the passage of the Bidassoa, where, Napier remarks, they did little real damage, but caused terror by their novelty. In April 1814 he succeeded his father as second baronet, and also as comptroller of the Royal Laboratory and superintendent of military machines, a post which he held until his death. He was a great personal favourite with George IV, who on his accession to the throne made him one of his equerries, and also held a high position in scientific circles. He wrote many economical and scientific works, and sat as M.P. for Plymouth from 1820 until his death at Toulouse on 16 May 1828.
The following is a list of Congreve's published works : 1. 'A Concise Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rocket System," 1807. 2. ' Description of the Hydro-pneumatic Lock, invented by Colonel Congreve,' 1814. 3.' Of the Impracticability of the Resumption of Cash Payments,' 1819. 4.' Principles on which it appears that a more Perfect System of Currency maybe formed either in the Precious or Non-Precious Metals,' 1819. 6. ' A Short Account of a Patent lately taken out by Sir William Congreve for a New Principle of Steam Engine,' 1819. 6. 'A Treatise on the General Principles, Powers, and Facility of Application of the Congreve Rocket System, as compared with Artillery,' 1827.
[Gent. Mag. July 1828 ; Duncan's History of the Royal Artillery, for the services of the rocket company at Leipzig ; Congreve's pamphlets.]
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Last Will and Testament of Sir Frederick 'William' CONGREVE Baronet, dated Aug 18, 1825, with Codicils dated Aug 28, 1825 and May 04, 1828. Proved Dec 13, 1828 and Mar 26, 1844. PRO Catalogue Ref: Prob 11/1748, Image Ref: 732.This is my last Will and Testament, I bequeath to my Dear Wife and her children all my personal and real estate whatsoever it may be for her own use during her life time and for that of her and my Dear children after her death wishing at the same time that the distribution of the Canal share made by William Congreve's will should be respected. I appoint my Wife sole Executrix and Legatee.
William Congreve 18 August 1825
R. M. Urtuoss[?]
R. Drake
C. HamondMy Son Harry according to his Brother's Will is to have all his books swords &c and if any sum of money is necessary to equip him for India after having passed the Academy of Addiscombe it must be raised on the Canal share and moiety of which is left to him by his brother's will and which I hereby confirm. Harry has the promise of a Cadetship at Addiscombe from Cap'tn Prescott of the India Direction and is to enter that Academy in January 1826 when he will be fourteen. I[?] well convinced that if any thing should happen to me in the mean time my friend Cap'tn Prescott will keep his promise with me as it is the only provision I can make for my boy.
William Congreve 28 August 1825.
Witness
R. Drake
As a Codicil to this will I do hereby declare my intention and desire that my said Wife Isabella Lady Congreve shall possess and hold at her own disposal the benefit of all such sums as may arise from my interest with the East India Company for the communication of the secret of the manufacture of my Rockets to them which contract is now on my part completed. Toulouse 4 May 1828.
X
Witness to the above mark being affixed by Sir William Congreve in my presence
C. Hamond
? CourtonIn the Goods of Sir William Congreve Baronet deceased --
Appeared Personally Joseph Wrenford Sly of Grays Inn in the County of Middlesex Gentleman and made oath that he knew and was well acquainted with Sir William Congreve late of Cecil Street Strand in the County of Middlesex Baronet deceased for some time before and to the time of his death and also with the manner and character of his handwriting and subscription having often seen him write and also subscribe his name and the deponent having now attentively viewed and perused the paper writing now hereunto annexed purporting to be and contain the first Codicil to the last Will & testament of the said deceased the said Codicil beginning thus "My Son Harry according to his brother's will is to have all his books swords" ending thus "as it is the only provision I can make for my boy" and thus subscribed and dated "William Congreve 28 Aug't 1825" he the deponent further made oath that he doth verily and in his conscience believe the whole series or contents of the said codicil beginning and ending as aforesaid and the subscription and date thereto to be of the proper handwriting of the said Sir William Congreve deceased.Joseph Wrenford Sly
Sixth day of November 1828 the said Joseph Wrenford Sly was duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me
J. T. Pickard Surr'te
present Arthur Loveday Not. Pub. /.On the 13th December 1828 Administration with the Will and two Codicils annexed of the Goods of Sir William Congreve late of Cecil Street Strand in the County of Middlesex Baronet deceased was granted to John Dyneley Esquire a Creditor of the said deceased having been first sworn duly to Administer. Dame Isabella Congreve Widow the Relict sole Executrix and Residuary Legatee for life named in the said will having first renounced the probate and execution herself and also the letters of Admon with the said will annexed of the Goods of the said deceased in her own right and also as the natural and lawful Mother and Curatrix or Guardian lawfully assigned to William Augustus Congreve William Frederic Congreve and Isabella Maria Congreve Spinster Infants the only natural and lawful children and as such residuary legatees substituted in the said will.
On the 26th March 1844 Admon with the Will and two Codicils annexed of the Goods Chattels and Credits of Sir William Congreve late of Cecil Street Strand in the County of Middlesex Baronet deceased left unadministered by John Dyneley Esquire deceased whilst living a Creditor of the said Deceased was granted to Nehemiah Southwell Price a Creditor also of the said Deceased having been first sworn duly to Administer. Dame Isabella Congreve Widow the Relict the sole Executrix and Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will having heretofore renounced the Probate and Execution thereof in her own right and as the natural and lawful Mother and Curatrix or Guardian lawfully assigned to William Augustus Congreve William Frederic Congreve and Isabella Maria Congreve Spinster then Infants the natural lawful and only Children of the said Deceased and as such the Residuary Legatees substituted in the Said Will having also heretofore renounced the Letters of Admon with the said Will and Codicils annexed of the Goods of the said Deceased (as by acts of court appeared.)
Isabella Charlotte CARVALHO was born about 1797 in Lisbon, Portugal. She died 1 on 05 Nov 1872 in Brighton RD, Sussex, England. She married Sir Frederick 'William' CONGREVE in Dec 1824 in Wessel, Prussia.
Other marriages:MACEVOY, Henry Nisbett
WHITING, Charles Fenton
1871 British Census:
Dwelling: 17 Marine Sqre
Census Place: Brighton, Sussex, England
Source: FHL Film 827494 PRO Ref RG10 Piece 1072 Folio 85 Page 23 Family 138WHITING Isabella C., head, M, age 71, b. Lisbon (B.S.), Occ. Wife of Printer
PETHERIN [PETHERAM] Isabella, daughter, M, age 42, b. London, Occ. Wife of Barrister at Law
WHITING Edith, niece, -, age 12, b. London
BEAUTRINE [DE BEAUBIEN] Hannah M., sister, W, age 61, b. Lisbon, Occ. Annuitant
WATSON Josephine M., visitor, U, age 39, b. Ireland, Occ. House Proprietor
JAMES Ellen, servant, U, age 39, b. Conlleyshea[?], Wales, Occ. Cook
...
MAPLESON Ellen, servant, M, age 30, b. Paddington, London, Occ. Parlor maid
CURTIS Susan, servant, M, age 27, b. Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, Occ. Ladies maid
LOWE John, servant, U, age 39, b. Hammersmith, Midx, Occ. Man Servant
SLAUGHTER Harriet, servant, U, age 37, b. Goring, Sussex, Occ. House Maid
They had the following children:
M i William Augustus CONGREVE was born about 1825. M ii William Frederick CONGREVE was christened 1 on 27 Aug 1825 in St Clement Danes, Westminster, London, England. F iii Isabella Maria Louisa Christine CONGREVE
Col. William CONGREVE [Parents] was born about 1670 in Haywood Park, Stafford, England. He was buried 1 on 28 Apr 1746 in Berkswich, Stafford, England. He married Mary NICHOLLS.
Mary NICHOLLS.Mary married Col. William CONGREVE.
They had the following children:
M i Thomas CONGREVE