Cork - Chilman, James March 16, 1763 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Cork Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com August 26, 2018, 2:17 pm CHILMAN, JAMES MARCH 16, 1763 Source: National Archives Kew England Written: March 16, 1763 Recorded: August 25, 2018 In the Name of God Amen I James Chilman Mariner belonging to his Majesty's Ship Devonshire being of sound and disposing mind and memory and considering the dangers of the seas and other uncertainties of this Transitory Life do for avoiding Controversies after my decease make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say first and Principally I recommend my soul to God who gave it and my Body to the Earth or Sea as it shall please God to order And as for all my Worldly Estate I give bequeath and dispose thereof as followeth that is to say All such Prize money Wages sum and sums of money Lands Tenements Goods Chattels and Estate whatsoever as shall be any ways due owing or belonging unto me at the time of my decease I give devise and bequeath the same unto my friends John Roche and John Leahy of the Town of Kinsale in the Kingdom of Ireland Victuallers to be equally divided between them and I do hereby nominate and appoint the said John Roche and John Leahy joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills and Deeds of Gift by me at any time heretofore made And I do ordain and ratify these presents to stand and be for and as my only last Will and Testament In Witness whereof to this my said Will I have set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of March in the third year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third over Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty three James Chilman his Mark Sign'd Seal'd and Publish'd in Kinsale Ireland _ Witness present Jno Chudleigh '. Of Kinsale _ John Dobie _ Jam's Hogan_ Henry Cook Proved at London 8 September 1764 PCC Prob11/901