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Will of Rebecca STEEVENS of Chipping Wycomb, Spinster

Will 15 August 1724, Probate – not found

Summary.

Biographical Notes.

·         Parents: Joseph Steevens (1667-1713) Miller and Maulster and Alice (nee Harris d. 1753) his wife

·         Date of birth: 12 June 1701

·         Meeting: Upperside, Buckinghamshire

·         Date of death: 12 September 1724

·         Burial: 16 September 1724 at Friends Burial Ground, High Wycombe

Highlights of Will

·         To her sister Mary Steevens £50

·         To her mother Alice Steevens all the rest of her estate

Transcriber’s and Editor’s Notes

·         The document is the original hand written will on paper, signed and sealed. At the beginning her name is written as “Rebecca Steevens”, however she has signed it as “Rebekah Steevens”. 

·         Received £170 when 21 under the 1712 will of her father Joseph

Will as transcribed from a copy of the original document

I Rebecca Steevens of Chipping Wycomb

in the County of Bucks Spinster being weak

in Body but of a sound Disposing mind and

memory and considering the certainty of Death

and the uncertainty of the time thereof do make

and ordain this my Last Will and Testament

for the disposing of my Temporal Estate in

manner following Imprimis I Give and bequeath

to my Loving Sister Mary Steevens the sum of

fifty pounds of Lawfull mony of Great Britain

Item I constitute and appoint my Dear and

loving Mother Alice Steevens Executrix of

this my Will and I do Give and Bequeath to

My said Mother all the Rest of my Estate in

Witness whereof I have set my Hand and Seal

this fifteenth day of August in the eleventh year

of the Reign of King George over Great Britain

anno Domini one thousand seven Hundred and

twenty four ~ ~

Signed Sealed Published and Declared

in the Presence of us who have Hereunto

subscribed our Hands as Witness ~  

Moses Kendall                                             

Joseph Steevens                   Rebekah Steevens

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