Ann JULIUS [4511]

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Burials Registers St George & St Peter Basseterre
1793 Sep 30 Ann Julius aged 72

Ann Julius, her will - dated 14 August 1793
St. Christopher Register Volume E, Series 3
Document Number 12676

Saint Christopher's
In the Name of God Amen I Ann Julius of the parish of Saint George Basseterre in the Island of Saint Christopher Spinster being at present very feeble in Body but thank my God of a sound and disposing mind memory and understanding and well considering the uncertainty of this life do think it fit and proper to dispose of all my worldly affairs in manner following (that is to say)
My just Debts and funeral expences being first duly paid off and satisfied by my Executor hereinafter named I then give and bequeath unto my niece Mary Kerie my chest of drawers and looking glass to my niece Mary Connoly Widow I give and bequeath all the rest of my Household and other Furniture and all my wearing apparel as and for her proper Goods and Chattels
I give and bequeath the Sum of Twenty five pounds current money to Thomas Napier Son of Mr. Archibald Napier late of this Island
I do hereby desire and direct my said Executor to continue at Interest all such Sum and Sums of money which I have now outstanding and which are secured to be paid to me by Mortgage Bonds or otherwise during the natural life of the said Mary Connoly and the Interest arising thereon (after payment of my said Debts Funeral Expences and the Legacy of Twenty Five pounds to Thomas Napier) to pay or cause to be paid annually to the said Mary Connoly during her natural life towards her support and maintenance and from and immediately after the death of the said Mary Connoly I give and bequeath all and every such Sum and Sums of money at Interest with the several specialties by which the same is or are secured to John Julius Kerie Son of Jedediah and Mary Kerie and his Heirs and Assigns forever but if the said John Julius Kerie shall not be living at the time of the death of the said Mary Connoly then and in that case I give and bequeath all and every the aforesaid Sum and Sums of money at Interest unto and among such child or children as shall be then living of the said Jedediah and Mary Kerie share and share alike
As to all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate not hereinbefore Bequeathed and particularized whether it be real or personal I give devise and bequeath the same and every part and parcel thereof unto the said John Julius Kerie his Heirs and Assigns forever and of this my last Will I do constitute and appoint the said Jedediah Kerie Executor particularly requesting him that he will not permit or suffer the said Mary Connoly to direct or in any degree to interfere with my Funeral but as a Relation to make her one of my mourners

In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament (and by which all other wills heretofore made are revoked) set my hand and seal this Fourteenth Day of August in the year of our Lord Christ One thousand Seven hundred and ninety three
[signed] ANN JULIUS

Signed sealed published and declared by the Testatrix Ann Julius as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses to the Due Execution thereof
[signed] ROB. WILKES
[signed] THO: WADDY
[signed] W^M WRIGHT
Saint Christopher. September 30^th 1793. Personally appeared before me Robert Wilkes of the Island aforesaid who being duly Sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that he was personally present & did see the above named Ann Julius Sign Seal and and as her Act and Deed publish the above Will and Testament and that this Deponent further Swears that she the aforesaid Ann Julius was of sound mind & understanding at the time of the said Signing Sealing & delivering it as her last Will & Testament and that this Deponent together with Thomas Waddy & William Wright did in the presence of each other Sett their hand as Witness thereto & further this Deponent sayeth not
[signed] ROB: WILKES
Sworn before me this 30^th day of September 1793
[signed] ARCH^D. ESDAILE

Entered in the Registers Office on Wednesday the ninth day of October 1793 about ten o'clock in the morning
[Transcribed May 13, 2015 by Ruth Case, Perry, Utah USA from a photograph taken of the hand-copied document as it appears in the above named Deed Registry Book on file at the St. Kitts National Archives, Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies.]

Ref Will courtesy of St Kitts National Archives Basseterre 2016