Percival John ALSTON [10555]

  General Notes:

Percival John Alston
Birth Date:7 Jan 1822
Baptism Date:24 Feb 1822
Baptism Place:Saint Mary,Newington,Surrey,England
Father:Percival Edward Alston
Mother:Mary
FHL Film Number:307696, 307697, 307698, 307699

1861 Census 6 Queen St Shoreditch St Leonard MDX Percival J Alston head married to Caroline aged 39 carpenter employing 2 men born Southwalk?

!871 Census Charles Sq Shoreditch Percival J head aged 49 builder employing 6 men born Newington plus family

  Other Records

1. Percival John Alston: Will, 1 Feb 1896, Middlesex LND.
I PERCIVAL JOHN ALST0N of Number 116 Queens Road Brownswood park in the county of Middlesex Gentleman do hereby revoke all testamentary dispositions heretofore at any time made by me and do declare this to be my last Will and testament whereof I appoint my daughter Caroline Alston and my friends John Armitage Price of Number 7 Kensington Gardens Square in the county of London Gentleman William Nevett of 37 Petherton Road Islington in the county of London Gentleman and Cornelius Luther Newell of Westport Wareham in the county of Dorset Gentleman EXECUTORS
I direct that my body be interred in my Vault in Abney Park Cemetery No 90442 in Square 0 C at an expense not exceeding thirty pounds I give to each of my Executors who shall prove this my Will (other than my said daughter Caroline Alston) a legacy of one hundred pounds I give to each of my two sisters Susannah Alston and Mina Adelaide Pratt a legacy of fifty pounds I give to my son Thomas Alston a legacy of two thousand pounds and my gold watch made by Dent with my gold Albert chain I give to my son Percival Alston a legacy of two thousand pounds my gold Geneva Watch and scarf pin I give to my daughter Caroline Alston my double sovereign may brilliant diamond ring my intaglio ring and scarf pin to match my revolving stereoscope with the glass slides and boxes for the same and my iron safe by Tann I give to my wife Lauretta Ann Alston absolutely all my household furniture linen china glass jewels and trinkets not otherwise disposed of by this my Will or any codicil hereto all my wines and consumable stores also all her wearing apparel I also give to her for her own use so long as she shall remain my widow all my plated goods (but not silver plate) bronzes imitation bronzes old china ornaments figures in china and parian marble with the brackets on which the same stand now in my dwellinghouse Number 116 Queens Road aforesaid or other my usual place of residence at my death also all my oil paintings and water color drawings also my iron safe by Marr And from and after the death or second marriage of my said wife I give all the said chattels so given to my said wife during her life or widowhood as aforesaid to my said daughter Caroline Alson I devise and bequeath to my said wife Lauretta Ann Alston all my estate and interest in the following freehold and leasehold property (that is to say) All those my fifteen freehold houses Numbers 2 to 16 Millbrook Road Edmonton in the county of Middlesex and also my leasehold house number 129 Highbury New Park in the county of Middlesex and also my leasehold house number 116 Queens Road aforesaid and also my two leasehold houses numbers 38 Almack Road and 2 Pedro Street both in Clapton in the county of Middlesex I give to my son Edward Alston all those my two leasehold houses No 38 Baring Street and Number 28 Parr Street New North Road in the county of Middlesex now or late in the occupation of Mr Simmonds and Mr May and I give and devise to my said son Thomas Alston all those my two leasehold houses and premises numbers 20 and 21 formerly number 20 Charles Square Hoxton in the county of Middlesex now in the occupation of Frederic Withal And also my two freehold houses Numbers 36 and 37 Charles Square Hoxton aforesaid and now in the occupation of Mr Leach and Mr Leonard and also my leasehold houses number 40 Saint Paul Street and 12 Coleman Street both in the parish of Islington in the county of Middlesex now in the occupation of Mr Dunn and Mr Shepheard And I give to my said son Percival Alston all those my three leasehold houses numbers 41, 42, and 43 Buckland Street Hoxton in the parish of Saint Leonard Shoreditch and now in the occupation of Mr Mitchell Mr Neary and Mr Rayner And also my three leasehold houses Numbers 28 Malvern Road and 47 and 49 Middleton Road in the parish of Hackney and now in the occupation of Mr Tate Mr Nicholls and Mr Stevens And I devise and bequeath all the residue of my real and personal estate (including silver plate) to my said daughter Caroline Alston absolutely I direct that each of my said children who under the provisions of this my Will or any codicil thereto shall take any leasehold property beneficially shall take the same subject to payment of the ground rent and to observance and performance of the Lessees covenants reserved by and contained in the leases whereby the same respectively may be granted and indemnify my estate and my executors therefrom and from all actions and demands in respect thereof but so that my Executors shall not be bound to require any further indemnity than a personal covenant from any such child Provided always that in case any of my said children shall die in my lifetime leaving a child or children who shall be living at the time of my death and who being sons or a son shall attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters or a daughter shall attain that age or sooner marry then and in every such case the last mentioned child or children shall take and if more than one equally between them the real and personal estate which his her or their parent would have taken if such parent had survived me Provided also that in case any of my said children shall die in my life-time without leaving lawful issue who shall be living at the time of my death then I give the whole of the real and personal estate to which such child so dying would have become entitled if he or she had survived me to the other or equally among the others of my said four children who shall survive me and to the issue of such as shall die in my lifetime leaving lawful issue who shall be living at the time of my death and who being sons or a son shall attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters or a daughter shall attain that age or sooner marry such issue to take per stirpes and not per capita as tenants in common in equal shares the real and personal estate which the parent of such issue would have taken if living at the time of my death And whereas my said son Thomas Alston is now indebted to me in the sum of about one hundred and seventy pounds advanced by me to him Now I hereby declare that if such sum or any part thereof or any further sum that I may hereafter advance shall remain unpaid either wholly or in part at the time of my decease then the amount so remaining unpaid shall be considered a debt due to my estate from him and shall be accounted for to my estate by him accordingly and such debt shall be a charge upon the property hereby given to him but so nevertheless that any document or other evidence expressing or implying assent on the part of my executors or the survivors or survivor of them to any leasehold property given to my said son by this my Will or any codicil hereto or any assignment of any such leasehold property to my said son his executors administrators or assigns shall be taken to be sufficient evidence of the release discharge or satisfaction of every such debt And I declare that my executors shall have power to determine what articles pass under any specific bequest contained in this my Will or any codicil hereto and generally to determine all matters as to which any doubt or question shall or may arise whether such doubt or question shall actually have arisen or not and that any person who shall impugn or resist any such determination as aforesaid or shall oppose Probate of this my Will or take any steps to have the same administered in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice shall absolutely forfeit every benefit taken by him or her under this my Will
IN WITNESS whereof I the said Percival John Alston the testator have to this my last Will and testament contained in this and the four preceding sheets of paper signed my name this first day of February one thousand eight hundred and ninety six
P J ALSTON
SIGNED and acknowledged by the above named Percival John Alston the testator as and for his last Will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
WALTER JONES PRICE 38 Walbrook London Solicitor
WILLIAM SOUTHEY Clerk to Messrs Saml Price & Sons 38 Walbrook London Solicitors

I PERCIVAL J0HN ALSTON of Number 116 queens Road Brownswood Park in the county of Middlesex Gentleman hereby declare this to be a CODICIL to my last Will dated the first day of February last I revoke the pecuniary legacy of two thousand pounds by my said Will bequeathed to my son Percival Alston and in lieu thereof I bequeath to my said son a pecuniary legacy of one thousand eight hundred pounds and I also bequeath to my said son my leasehold house situate and being number 5 Courtenay Road Wanstead in the county of Essex for all the term I have therein he nevertheless paying the rent reserved by and at his own expense performing the covenants contained in the lease under which I hold the same and indemnifying my estate therefrom In all other respects I hereby confirm my said Will
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunder set my hand this thirtieth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety six
P J ALSTON
SIGNED and acknowledged by the above named Percival John Alston the testator as and for a codicil to his last Will and tes-
tament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence 'AMES
and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
SAM1 HUGH PRICE Worcester House Waibrook London Solr
JAMES SELBY His Clerk

I PERCIVAL JOHN ALSTON of Number 116 Queens Road Brownswood Park in the county of Middlesex Gentleman hereby declare this to be a CODICIL to my last Will dated the first day of February one thcusand eight hundred and ninety six. Whereas by my said Will I have appointed John Armitage Price of number 7 Kensington Gardens Square in the county of London Gentleman to be one of the Executors thereof and I have given him a legacy of one hundred pounds for his trouble in acting as such Executor Now I hereby revoke the appointment of the said John Armitage Price as such Executor And also the said legacy of one hundred pounds given to him as aforesaid And I declare that my said Will shall be construed and take effect as if the name of the said John Armitage Price were omitted therefrom And I give to my son Edward Alston a legacy of five hundred pounds and the mortgage debt of seven hundred and forty pounds
owing to me by Mr F T Adams of number 40 Chelmer Road Homerton in the county of Middlesex and secured upon the four houses numbered 42, 44, 46 and 48 Coopersale Road Homerton aforesaid and the benefit of .the provisions in the Indenture of Mortgage contained And in all other respects I confirm my said Will and my codicil thereto dated the thirtieth day of September one thousand eight hundred and ninety six
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of June one thousand eight
hundred and ninety nine
P J ALSTON
SIGNED and acknowledged by the above named Percival John Alston as a codicil to his last Will in the presence of us both being present at the same time who in his presence and in the presence of each other
have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
DOUGLAS M GAME Solicitor 4, 5, 6, Great St Helens E C
LOUISA BOWDEN 116 Queens Rd N
ON the 7th day of July 1903 Probate of this Will with two Codicils was granted to Caroline Alston and Cornelius Luther Newell the surviving Executors.

Alston Percival John of 32 Fairholt road Stoke Newington Middlesex died 5 June 1903. Probate London 7 July 1903 to Caroline Alston spinster and Cornelius Luther Newell gentleman. Effects L18606 7s 3d. Re-sworn December 1903 L19057 19s 11d.
National Probate Calendar.

Percival married Caroline ORTON [10556] [MRIN: 3518], daughter of Thomas ORTON [31805] and Hannah [31806], on 12 Oct 1844 in St Mary Haggerston Hackney LND. (Caroline ORTON [10556] was born about 1821 in Nuneaton WAR, baptised on 29 Apr 1821 in Nuneaton WAR and died in 1893 in Hackney ESS.)

Percival next married Lauretta Ann NEVETT [10557] [MRIN: 3519], daughter of William Christopher NEVETT [25018] and Unknown, on 7 Jul 1894 in St John Finsbury Park Hackney. (Lauretta Ann NEVETT [10557] was born in 1833 in Hoxten LND, baptised on 13 Oct 1833 in St John Hoxton Hackney LND and died on 16 Aug 1898 in 116 Queens Rd Brownswood MDX.)