Joseph Ritson 1811

RITSON, Joseph  1811  Ram   A  71  0106238

In the Name of God Amen
We Joseph Ritson and Hannah Ritson
alias Sharpe my wife being both infirm
and in decline of years, and has not
at present, any person, or to take [care] 
of us but the one to the other, Do make
this our Joint Will and Testament and
do revoke all and every other Will, heretofor
by any or other of us made. We first 
Commit ourselves to Almighty God and 
our bodies to the Earth, to be decently
interred at the discretion of the Survivor 
of us. And for our Worldly Effects we
dispose of in the following way and manner 
Item We jointly leave and bequeath unto Eleanor
Thompson, the wife of Joseph Thompson, now 
residing in Great Brittain the sum of five shillings, 
to be by her enjoyed at the decease 
of the Survivor of us Item we also leave 
and bequeath one to the other all our
worldly Effects of what [kind] Denomination 
or Description whatsoever as will [real] and
personal Houses Lands Goods Chattels & 
Effects with their appurtenances to the longer 
liver or Survivor of us as aforesaid enjoyed
and at our free and undoubted disposal 

And lastly We Nominate Constitute and Appoint 
our only Daughter Mary the 
wife of William [Wilkinson] Whole and sole
Executrix of all and every our Goods Effects
Cash Credits Houses lands -- that we or 
the survivor of us may have or be entitled 
to at the decease of the death of the longer 
liver of us as aforesaid. In Testimony 
whereof we have subscribed our names 
this 10th day of January 1810
Joseph Ritson
Hannah Ritson 
Witness
Isabella [Kissack]	}
John Quilliam		} Jur


At an Ecclesiastical Court Holden at Ramsey 
8th March 1811

Joseph Ritson one of the Testators having
departed this life Hannah Ritson the Survivor
is sworn in court in form of Law and hath given
Pledges for the payment of Debts & Legacies
namely William [Kissack] and John Quilliam
the Witnesses
Probatum est
Thos. Cubbon

Dec. 17th 1812 Mrs. Margaret Sayle enters
A claim against the Estate of Joseph Ritson for
The sum of £13.0.0 British

Last Modified 19 August 2015