The Will of Admiral Arthur Phillip

[RobinBClay]

The bottom line of the very first image I posted I transcribed as "32" - is that correct ?  And I wonder what the significance is...

[horselydown86]

Part of the last image on page 5.  All I have time for tonight I'm afraid.

123  ...separate use of her the said Elizabeth Harris exclusively of her said husband

124  and not to be subject or liable to the debts intermeddling or controul of her said

125  husband Also I give and bequeath to Mrs Susannah Richardson

126  Grandaughter of my late uncle Pagester and wife of Captain George

127  Richardson of the Hon(ora)ble East India Companys Service and to Mrs

128  Rebecca Ann Potter wife of the said James Potter if living at such the

129  decease of my said wife the like Sum of five hundred pounds apiece of...

[goldie61]

following on from Horselydown:

130 like money And (subject as well to the said last mentioned legacies as also
131 to the said Annuity hereinbefore given in case the said Annuitant shall
132 be then living I do from and immediately after such the decease of my said
133 wife give devise and bequeath all my said real  and personal estate unto
134 and to the use of the above named Susannah Richardson Mary Ann the
135 wife of the said [ blank ] Lancefield Michael Dove and Robecca Ann
136 Potter or such of them as shall be living at the decease of my said wife
137 to hold to them or such of them as shall be living as such the decease
138 of my said wife their respective heirs exors admons and assigns x x

[RobinBClay]

Thank you both !  I really don't know HOW you do it !

[goldie61]

139 respectively forever in equal shares and proportions as tenants in
140 common and not as joint tenants Provided Always and my will is
141 that in case the said Rebecca Ann Potter shall not live to become
142 intitled to the said legacy and share of my said residuary estate then and
143 in such case I give to her husband the said James Potter the sum of
144 five hundred pounds if he shall survive and outlive my said wife and
145 do hereby charge my said residuary estate with the payment thereof
146 And whereas I have caused the sum of eight thousand pounds per
148 cent Old South Sea Annuities to be transfered into the names of myself
149 and the said John Lane and Osborne Standert In trust after my decease
150 in case my said wife Isabella should survive me to pay to her the
151 dividends thereof amounting to two hundred and fifty pounds a Year
152 during her life in satisfaction of a bond I executed to her previous to
153 my marriage conditioned for securing the like Annuity to her for her

[RobinBClay]

Thank you ! 

[horselydown86]

Please post no more than 8 to 10 lines at a time.  This image is 17 lines, which is too time-consuming.

154  ...life if she should survive me Now I declare that the provision

155  made by such investment was made to assure my said wife of having

156  some certain provision at my decease And I further declare that I

157  do not intend the same to lessen the provisions which I have made

158  for her in this my will as I consider such provisions greater than

159  the said yearly Sum of two hundred and fifty pounds therefore it is

160  my intention that she shall receive the interest and dividends of the

161  said Eight thousand three hundred and thirty three pounds six shillings

162  and eight pence Old South Sea Annuities during her natural life as part

163  of the yearly produce of the residue of my estate along with the rest of

164  the produce thereof and that the said eight thousand three hundred

165  and thirty three pounds six shillings and eight pence three percent old

166  South Sea Annuities shall after the decease of my said wife be

167  considered as part of the residue of my personal estate and go as the

168  Same is hereinbefore disposed of Provided always and I do hereby

169  direct that the trustees for the time being of my said Estate shall from

170  time to time reimburse themselves and himself all such reasonable...

[RobinBClay]

Thank you.  My apologies for that one being so long.

[goldie61]

171 costs and charges as they shall be at in or about the Execution of the
172 trusts of this my will and that they shall not be answerable for any
173 loss or accident that shall or may happen without their respective wilful
174 neglects neither shall they nor any of them be answerable for the acts
175 receipts neglects or defaults of the others or other of them or for any banker
176 broker or agent or other person employed by them or either of them in the
177 execution of the trusts of this my will but each of them shall be answerable
178 only for his own Acts receipts and defaults and in case any of my said
179 trustees or any other trustee to be appointed as hereinafter mentioned shall