[Hooper] Hooper/Cabell/Mayo

[Deanna Baumgardner]

This might be of interest to someone, since these families  
intermarried in the USA:
Testator:               Jane GRANT, Widow of Trowbridge, Wilts
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Legacies:              •       to my niece Mary WILKINS d/o my late  
brother George HOOPER deceased, £200 and my silver porringer marked  
J.H. 1698 for her own separate use and disposal
                                 •       to my nephew Joseph HOOPER £100
                                 •       to my nephew Benjamin HOOPER  
£50
                                 •       to John WATTS, Gent of  
Trowbridge, Wilts, John JEFFERIES, Clothier of Trowbridge, John  
COLLINGS, Clothier of Frome Swd, and John ELLEN, Gent of Seend,  
Wilts, £100 in trust to pay it to my nephew George HOOPER at such  
times and in such proportions as they think fit
                                 •       to my niece Mary PAINTER  
£200, one large silver salver and one large china salver for her own  
separate use and disposal
                                 •       to John WATTS, John  
JEFFERIES, John COLLINGS and John ELLEN £200 in trust   to pay the  
interest to my sister Elizabeth STILE for life for her sole and  
separate use; and after her death the principal to her sons William  
MAYO and Joseph MAYO share and share alike
                                 •       to William MAYO and Joseph  
MAYO £50 apiece
                                 •       to my niece Mary d/o  
Elizabeth STILE £100 with one pair of silver salts and my least set  
of china dishes and saucers for her sole separate use and disposal
                                 •       to Joseph and William HILL,  
sons of Joseph HILL, Scribler of Trowbridge, £20 apiece
                                 •       to John, another s/o Joseph  
HILL, £50 when he is 21
                                 •       to Joseph HILL all moneys  
due to me on bond and all the goods of mine which are now in his  
possession and were lent him by me
                                 •       to my nephew William DUNN  
als BILSTONE £100 and I release him of all demands which I now have  
on him
                                 •       to Susanna d/o William DUNN  
als BILSTONE £20
                                 •       to Joseph, William, Mary and  
Sarah, sons and daughters of my niece Mary SWEETLAND, £100 to be  
equally divided between them as they shall respectively attain the  
age of 21
                                 •       to my nephew John ALLEN, s/o  
my sister Susannah ALLEN deceased, £50
                                 •       to John WATTS, John  
JEFFERIES, John COLLINGS and John ELLEN £100 in trust to pay it to  
Joseph ALLEN, brother of John ALLEN at such times and in such  
proportions as they think fit
                                 •       to Joane, d/o my said sister  
Susanna, now w/o William COCKEY, £200 and also one large silver  
salver, one large china salver, one dozen of blue and white chocolate  
dishes and saucers and one tent stitched cushion for her own separate  
use and disposal
                                 •       to John WATTS, John  
JEFFERIES, John COLLINGS and John ELLEN £100 in trust   to invest and  
pay the principal and interest to all the children of my niece Mary  
LITTLE d/o my sister Susannah share and share alike as they shall  
respectively attain the age of 21 for their sole use and disposal
                                 •       to William CABBELL s/o my  
sister Rachel £50 and to his brother John CABBELL £100
                                 •       to Mary CARTER, my sister  
Rachell’s daughter, £100 for her sole separate use and disposal
                                 •       to Elizabeth CABBELL, my  
sister Rachell’s daughter, £200 when she is 21
                                 •       to Deborah USHER, d/o  
Benjamin USHER deceased, a chain of gold
                                 •       to my servant Mary BURT if  
she is still living with me at my decease £5
                                 •       to Ann DAVISON, Widow of  
Trowbridge, to my son in law John GRANT and his wife, to my son in  
law Abel GRANT, to my daughter in law Avis USHER and her daughters  
Deborah and Kezia, to my son in law Thomas TUCKWELL and his wife, to  
my son in law James HILKES and his wife, to John COLLINGS and his  
wife, to John JEFFERIES and his wife, to my grandson John USHER and  
his wife, to my sister HOOPER, to my brother CABBELL and my nephew  
William NOYES and his wife £5 apiece for mourning and a ring to each  
of them
                                 •       to John GRANT and John  
JEFFERIES and to Thomas BUNN, Shopkeeper of Frome, £150 to be applied  
to charitable uses
                                 •       to John WATTS, John  
JEFFERIES, John COLLINGS and John ELLEN £5 apiece for the trouble  
they shall be at
                                 •       residue to John WATTS, John  
JEFFERIES, John COLLINGS and John ELLEN in trust to apply it for such  
purposes as my sister Rachel CABBELL shall from time to time by any  
writing under hand attested by two or more credible witnesses or by  
her last will and testament direct notwithstanding her present or  
after coverture; and for want of such direction to distribute it  
amongs all the children of my sister Rachel CABBELL share and share  
alike
Executors:            John WATTS, John JEFFERIES, John COLLINGS and  
John ELLEN
Signed:                  4 Sep 1729
Witnesses:           John TEMPLE, Cha. ALAND, Tho WEBB
Codicil:                  •       to all the children of John GRANT,  
Thomas TUCKWELL, James HILKES, John USHER, John JEFFERIES and John  
COLLINGS living at my decease one piece of old gold value 25s
Signed:                  24 Sep 1729
Witnesses:           John TEMPLE, Cha. ALAND, Tho. WEBB
Codicil:                  •       to my kinsmen William DUNN als  
BILSTONE, Twister of Frome Swd, George HOOPER, Butcher of Marston  
Biggot, s/o Hugh HOOPER late of Marston Bigot deceased, and to  
Benjamin HOOPER s/o Benjamin HOOPER of Marston aforesaid all my  
interest in my leasehold estate at Witham Friary granted to me by Sir  
William WYNDHAM Bart by lease dated 30 Jun 1730 for 99 years  
determinable on the deceases of William DUNN als BILSTONE, George  
HOOPER and Benjamin HOOPER
Signed:                  28 Jul 1732
Witnesses:           Cha. ALAND, Fra. MEREWETHER
Admon:                  12 May 1733 with will and codicil annexed to  
Rachel CABBELL, Widow, sister and residuary legatee, for that John  
WATTS, John JEFFERIES, John COLLENS ots COLLINGS and John ELLEN, the  
Exors, first renounced the execution thereof.



Deanna R. (Hooper) Baumgardner
4606 Willis Avenue #105
Sherman Oaks, CA. 91403-2622
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