The Will of Admiral Arthur Phillip

[goldie61]

And, Yes, I did ask my friend Google, and Guess what ?  THIS Site is the one he came up with !  ;-)

I tried that too.
The entry for Admiral Arthur Phillip on wikipedia says there is a transcript of his will - and the link takes you back to this post here on Rootschat!

[goldie61]

Next bit:

Line 105 has been done on the last section.

106 be invested unto Harriett Lane daughter of the said John Lane and
107 Eleanor his wife her exors admons and assigns to and for her and their
108 own use and benefit absolutely and for ever Also I give and bequeath to
109 my cousin the said Robert Dove the Elder of Woolwich in the county
110 of Kent son of Mrs Mary Woodgate deceased, if living at the time
111 of the decease of my said wife the sum of two hundred pounds of lawful
112 british money and to Robert Dove the Younger Elizabeth the wife of
113 [ blank ]       Harris late Elizabeth Dove Spinster Thomas Dove &
114 Mary Ann the wife of [ blank ] Lancefield late Mary Ann Dove &


It looks as if they were going to look up the missing names and then fill them in afterwards - never happened.
I'm not terribly happy with 'Lancefield' - difficult to make out the letters between 'La' and 'efield'

[RobinBClay]

Thank you, Goldie61.  I guess at some time, maybe some geek OOPS !  I mean aficionado ! - will investigate those names and produce a family tree !  ;-)

If you go to Wikipedia and click on "View History", you will see that it was me who added the Link to here  ;-)

[goldie61]

So familysearch is showing a marriage of Mary Ann Dove 1811 to Thomas Lancefield at St Margaret's, Rochester Kent. I don't know why it isn't showing an exact date. Under 'English Marriages 1538 - 1973'.

[goldie61]

115 Spinster Michael Dove Susan Dove and Ann Dove sons and daughters of
116 the said Robert Dove the Elder if living at such * the decease of my said
117 wife the sum of five hundred pounds apiece of like money Provided
118 always and my will and mind is that in case the said Elizabeth the wife
119 of the said [ blank ] Harris shall live to become entitled to the said
120 legacy of five hunred pounds and her said husband shall be then
121 living then that my Executors shall retain and stand possessed of the
122 said legacy or sum of five hundred Pounds In trust for the sole and


* I suspect the scribe has missed out something a word or two here  - possibly 'time after'?
Sounds as if he didn't think much of Elizabeth's husband - whoever he was! 

[goldie61]

If you go to Wikipedia and click on "View History", you will see that it was me who added the Link to here  ;-)

I thought that might have been the case! 

[goldie61]

Again, familysearch has a marriage of ELizabeth Dove to a Thomas Harris 13th Feb 1804 at St Paul's, Deptford, Kent. Same set of marriages.

[RobinBClay]

Well done !

[Regorian]

For those who do not know, all is revealed below. Admiral Philip (as Captain) was in command of the First Fleet of settlers to New South Wales (2 warships and 9 transports). He founded Sydney. He's buried at St Nicholas, Bathampton, near Bath, Somerset. Evan Nepean is mentioned in his Will.

http://bath-heritage.co.uk/phillip_tomb.html.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Nepean.