| Description | Will dated 31 Jul 1779
Probate dated 2 Jan 1781
Bequests: My dwellinghouses and closes lying on south side of Kilham called Beck Closes or Lands and Clay Pit Close or Crosdale Dykes containing 59 acres farmed by Mathew Milner now occupied Peter Berriman in trust to Esther Watson, wife, until daughter Mary Watson reaches 21 years of age; then low room chamber and garret at east end of my house, which was occupied by Mars Cass and since by Jane Pinder, also one feather bed , bedding and furniture, 4 chairs, tea table, 2 large pewter dishes, 6 silver tea spoons marked 'S W', and an annuity of £10 to Esther Watson, wife; interest on £100 owed to Mary Rafton of Folkton, widow
Witnesses: M Atkinson, E Ibbitson, Adam Ibbotson
Codicil dated 21 Aug 1780
If his daughter should die before 21 years the property is bequeathed to Esther Watson, his wife |