Sarah Cakebread
signed sealed published and declared to be the last will and testament of the testator we being in her presence and she in ours
Jos Bott
sen
Thos Brewster
Jos Bott
junmemorandum I
Sarah Cakebread
of Earls Colne in the county of Essex spinster do publish and declare this present writing to be my last will and testament revoking all other wills and testaments formerly by me made as to what it have pleased god to bestow upon me or bless me with in this world being of a sound mind and memory thanks be given to god for the same I give and bequeath as followeth first I give and bequeath to my brother
Jn Cakebread
the sum of 10li to be paid to him by my executors or supervisor hereafter named within six months after my decease unto my brother
Edw Mead's
two daughters as followeth
Ann Pond
the wife of
Joseph Pond
and
Rebecca Mead
the sum of 5li also to my kinswoman
Rebecca
the wife of
Edw Fincham
t he sum of 20li and also my best gown best stays and best quilted petticoat I also give to
Simon Brown
the son of
Simon Brown
of Halstead the sum of 5li and my clock also to
Eliz Gooding
daughter of
Thos Gooding
I give the sum of 5li and my chest of drawers I also give to
Thos Gooding
the son of
Thos Gooding
the sum of 10li and if it should so happen that any of my eight legatees shall depart this life within six months after my decease then my mind and will is that their legacies shall be equally divided betwixt those legatees that are survivors all the rest of my personal estate wheresoever or whatsoever either in my own possession or elsewhere I give to my brother in law
Thos Gooding
of Braintree and his wife I nominate
Thos Gooding
my brother to be my executor and his wife to be executrix desiring that they would see my just debts paid and my legatees also within six months after my decease and bestow upon me a decent and plain burial and lastly I do publish and declare this present writing to be my last will and testament being
4.4.1742
Sarah Cakebread
signed sealed published and declared to be the last will and testament of the testator we being in her presence and she in ours
Jos Bott
sen
Thos Brewster
Jos Bott
jun