Sir Evelyn ALSTON 6th Bart [3267]

  General Notes:

Sir William the 8th Baronet in a letter refers to a son of Sir Evelyn who died at sea about 1770-80. d.s.p.His will is dated 17 April 1781 and proved PCC 8 Mar 1783.
Cresswell notes that Burke's Extinct Baronetage are in error in their records of Sir Evelyn 5th Bart's family.

THE WILL OF SIR EVELYN ALSTON Bt. of CHELSEA & MILE END
Dated 17th April, 1781.
In the Name of God Amen I Sir Evelyn Alston of Mile End in the County of Middlesex Knight and Bart. Do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) First I direct that my Debts Funeral expences and the charges of proving this my Will be paid by my Executor out of the first Monies that shall come to his hands and subject thereto I give and bequeath unto Thomas Baker of Saint Saviours Church Yard, Southwark in the County of Surrey
Gentleman the sum of Two hundred pounds, now due to me on Bond from Richard Filewood of Lambeth in the County of
Surry Esq. upon Trust as soon as convenient after my decease to call in and receive the said Sum of Two hundred pounds and to lay out the same when received in the purchase of Three per Cent consolidated Bank Annuities or upon Mortgage as he shall think proper upon the Trusts herein after mentioned that is to say upon Trust to pay to or otherwise to permit and suffer my dear Wife Elizabeth Alston to receive and take the Dividends or Interest thereof for and during her natural Life and after her decease upon Trust, to pay the Interest, or Dividends thereof unto my Sisters Penelope Alston, Spinster, and Sarah the wife of William Attree of Redhill in the parish of Reigate in the County of Surry equally share and share alike for and during the Term of their respective natural Lives and in case of the death of either of my said sisters then
I direct that the whole of such Interest or Dividends shall be paid unto the Survivor of them and from and after the decease
of both my said Sisters upon Trust that my said Trustees do and shall Assign and Transfer the said Stock or Fund so to be
purchased or get in and pay the principal Money to be secured by such Mortgage as aforesaid unto the said William Attree his Executors Administrators or Assigns to and for his and their own use and Benefit
Also I give and bequeath unto the said Thomas Baker the Sum of One hundred pounds New four per Cent, Consolidated Bank Annuities And also the Sum of One hundred pounds due to me on Bond from Abraham Dakin together with the Dividends and Interest that shall be due thereon at my decease Subject as aforesaid upon Trust that he my said Trustee does and shall so soon as
conveniently may be Assign Transfer and dispose of the said one hundred pounds four per Cent. Consolidated Annuities
and also do and shall call in and receive the said one hundred pounds and Interest so due on the said Bond as aforesaid
And after the same shall be so as aforesaid Assigned Transferred got in and received do and shall lay out and dispose of
the Money to arise by sale and transfer of the said Annuities and also by receipt of the said Bond in the purchase of an
Annuity as he my said Trustee shall think most beneficial for the Lives of my said two Sisters Penelope and Sarah the wife of the said William Attree and the Life of the Survivor of them Upon the Trusts hereafter mentioned that is to say
Upon Trust in the first place to deduct and retain to himself thereout all such Costs Charges and Expences as he shall from time to time be put unto in the execution of the lrusts hereby in him reposed And also the yearly Sum of two Guineas for his Trouble during so long time as she (sic) shall continue to Act in the Trusts hereby in him reposed And after payment thereof upon Trust to pay the remainder of the said Annuity and the Arrears thereof as the same shall arise or come to his hands unto them my said two Sisters during their joint Lives in manner following that is to say one equal
moiety or half part of the produce of the said Annuity unto my Sister Sarah the Wife of the said William Attree by two equal half Yearly payments to and for her own sole and separate use independent of her present or any future Husband and her Receipt alone to be a sufficient Discharge to my said Trustees for the same and the other Moiety of the produce of the said Annuity unto my said Sister Penelope To be paid her by weekly payments by my said Trustee to and for her own use
And in case of the death of either of my said Sisters then I give the whole Income and produce of the said Annuity unto
the survivor of them To be paid to her in the same manner and proportions as her moiety as above directed to be paid
Also I give unto the said William Attree all my wearing Apparel of what nature or kind soever Watch Rings Buckles Buttons and all other Things which I usually wear about my person to and for his own use and benefit
Also I give unto my said Wife the Use and Enjoyment of all my household Goods and Furniture Linnen China Plate and other things in and about my Dwelling house during the term of her natural Life Upon Condition nevertheless that she does and shall
within one month after my decease sign and deliver unto my Executor an Inventory thereof and after the decease of my
said Wife I give the same unto the aforesaid William Attree to and for his own use and benefit and Lastly I do nominate
constitute and appoint the said Thomas Baker Executor of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof to two
parts hereof set my Hand and Seal this seventeenth day of April One thousand seven hyndred and eighty one
EVELYN ALSTON
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence
of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as
Witnesses John Wilkinson Joseph Cane

Codicil: Whereas I Sir Evelyn Alston of Mile End in the County of Middlesex Knight and Baronet have in and by my last
Will and Testament bearing date the seventeenth day of April One thousand seven hundred eighty one among other things
given and bequeathed unto Thomas Baker therein named the Sum of One hundread pounds new four per Cent. Annuities
and also the Sum of One hundred pounds due to me on Bond from Abraham Dakin together with the Interest and Dividends
that shall be due thereon respectively at my decease Upon the Trusts in my said Will mentioned concernivg the same
Now I do herby revoke and make void the said Bequest so far as concerns the Trusts thereof in my said Will mentioned
And do give the said Sum of One hundred pounds new four per Cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities And also the said Sum
of One hundred Pounds due on Bond from the said Abraham Dakin together with the Interest and Dividends that shall be
due thereon at my Decease Subject also to the payment of my Debts Funeral expences and the Charges of proving this. my
Will with other parts of my Estate as in my said Will mentioned unto the said Thomas Baker upon the Trusts following,
that is to say upon Trust to assign and Transfer the said Sum of One hundred pounds new four per Cent, Annuities and
to call in and receive the said Sum of One hundred pounds due on Bond as aforesaid And after the same shall be so assigned transferred and received do and shall lay out the money arising from the sale and transferr of the said One hundred pounds four per Cent. Annuities and the Dividends thereof in the purchase of an Annuity for the Life of my Sister Penelope Alston upon the Trusts following (that is to say) upon Trust to pay the yearly produce of the said Annuity (after such deductions are made thereout by my Executor as hereinafter mentioned and subject thereto) unto my said Sister Penelope during her natural Life to be paid her by Weekly payments And upon further Trust to lay out the said Sum of
One hundred pounds so due on the said Bond when the same shall be got in and received as aforesaid on Mortgage or other good Security as my said Trustee shall think proper and to pay the Interest thereof as the same shall from time to time become due and be received by him unto my Sister Sarah the wife of William Attree for and during her natural Life to and for her own sole and separate use independent of her present or any future Husband and her Receipt alone shall from time to time be a sufficient discharge fbr the same and after the decease of my said Sister Sarah upon Trust to pay the said principal Sum of One hundred pounds or to Assign and Transferr the Security in which the same shall be invested together with all arrears of Interest which shall be then due and unpaid unto the said William Attree his Executors
Administrators and Assigns And I do hereby give and bequeath unto the said Thomas Baker my Executor the yearly sum of two Guineas for his trouble during so long time as he shall continue to act in the Trust hereby in him reposed which yearly Sum of two Guineas I direct shall be paid to or retained by the said Thomas Baker during the Life of my said Sister Penelope out of the yearly income and produce of the said Annuity so to be purchased for her life as aforesaid and after her decease out of the said yearly Interest and produce of the Moneys hereby given to or for the use of my Sister
Sarah during her Life as aforesaid And I hereby authorize and empower my said Trustee to deduct and retain to himself
out of any part of the Monies hereby bequeathed or the produce thereof all such Costs Charges and Expences as he shall
from time to time be put unto or sustain by reason or means of the Trust in him reposed And Lastly I do hereby ratify and
confirm my said Will in all respects not hereby altered or revoked And do publish and declare this to be a Codicil to my
said Will and direct that the same may be proved therewith In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this fourteenth day of April One thousand seven hundred and eighty two
EVELYN ALSTON
Signed sealed published and
declared by the said Sir Evelyn Alston as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his
presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses John Kennard Charles Wright
I hereby nominate constitute and appoint William Attree my Sister Sarah's Husband joint Executor of my Will with Thomas Baker and declare this to be a part of the aforesaid Codicil As Witness my hand this fourteenth day of April
One thousand seven hundred and eighty two
EVELYN ALSTON
Witness to the signing and sealing John Kennard Charles Wright
This Will was proved at London with two Codicils the eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty three before the Worshipful William Macham Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Thomas Baker the Executor named in the Will and William Attree the Executor named in the second Codicil to whom administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased was granted they
having been first sworn duly to administer.

Evelyn married Mary [3268] [MRIN: 1108]. (Mary [3268] died on 30 Mar 1753.)

Evelyn next married Lady Elizabeth MAY of Marylebone [3270] [MRIN: 1109] on 13 Mar 1765-1766 in Marylebone London MDX. (Lady Elizabeth MAY of Marylebone [3270] died in 1783.)