the last will and testament of me Wm Sucklin of Halstead in the county of Essex sayweaver as follows first I give and devise to my sister Mary the wife of Thos Franklin and to her heirs forever all that my messuage or tenement wherein I now dwell with the appurtenances situate and being in Halstead aforesaid also I give and bequeath to my said brother in law Thos Franklin and my said sister Mary all my household goods and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever and I so hereby nominate and appoint my said brother in law Thos Franklin and my said sister Mary executors of this my will hereby revoking all former wills in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 28.2.1743 Wm Sucklin signed sealed published and declared by the said Wm Sucklin to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who also subscribed our names in his presence and at his request Peter Parnifye Jn Cooper Ed Hull