Will of Katherine Jennings (copy), Doncaster, Yorkshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.1259
  • Dates of Creation
      14 Sep. 1789
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Will of Katherine Jennings, widow, of Doncaster. Bequests of money, clothes, furniture etc. To Mary Mitchell, widow of the late Charles Mitchell, and to her daughter Mary Mitchell. To Jane Mitchell, 'my Aunt Cappes servant'. To Richard Jennings, her brother-in-law. To Elizabeth Jennings, widow of her brother-in-law Thos. Jennings or if she die first, to her son Thomas. To her friend Rebecca Price of Hackney, Msex. Her cousin, John Boulcolt, timber-merchant, of Narrow Street, Limehouse, her sole executor. Signed by Katherine Jennings. Witnessed by John Neale and Edward Reynolds.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from G. David, Cambridge, 8 February 1923

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