Will of Colonel Thomas Cooper Eviertt, Esq. - dated 1815. (COMPLETED)

[genealogistsykes]

Hi guys, I'm unable to read the will. Can someone please decipher it for me. It's reasonably short, only a page or so.

I've attached his will.

Cheers,

Genealogistsykes

[Bookbox]

In the Name of God Amen
I Thomas Cooper Everitt now residing at No 16 Quebec St in the parish of
Saint Mary le bone in the County of Midd(lese)x being in perfect mind do
will that my body be deposited in the churchyard in the parish in which it
shall (deleted) please God I ^shall^ die with as little funeral Expence as possible I do will
& bequeath to my dear & beloved wife Mary all the Estates real & personal
of which I shall die possessed after the payment of my just debts for her use
during her natural life & after her decease to be equally divided between
my Child(re)n Maria Elizabeth Jane & Henry Yarburgh This my last
Will & Testament is written with my own hand this twelfth day of June
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine Thomas Cooper
Everitt  Witnessed by Joseph Bradbury Charlotte Bradbry Elizabeth Brigden

On the 14 April ^1815^ adm(inistrati)on with will of Thomas Cooper Everitt formerly
of Quebec St in the parish of St Mary le bone in the County of Midd(lese)x but late
of Lower Sloane St in the parish of St Luke Chelsea in the same County dec(ease)d
was granted to Robert Boyes(?) Esq a Creditor by bond of the said dec(ease)d being sworn
to adm(iniste)r no Ex(ecut)or --- Mary Everitt Widow the relict & residuary legatee for life
& Maria ^Everitt^ Elizabeth Everitt ^and Jane Everitt^ sp(inste)rs & Henry Yarburgh Everitt the Children & residuary
legatees substituted in the said Will having first renounced

[genealogistsykes]

Well that's a crap will, oh well. Thanks Bookbox.

Looks like Thomas had debts?

[Bookbox]

He must have had at least one debt. As he failed to appoint an executor, the will could not go to probate. His widow and children, as residuary legatees, could have applied to administer the estate, but they apparently declined. So Robert Boyes, as a proven creditor, would have been in line to apply, and probably saw it as an opportunity to get his money back.

As regards the usefulness of the will, I guess it depends how much you already know about the family and what you were hoping to find out.