Donegal - Kennedy, John Pitt February 25, 1806 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Donegal Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com December 25, 2019, 12:09 pm KENNEDY, JOHN PITT FEBRUARY 25, 1806 Source: National Archives London Written: February 25, 1806 Recorded: December 25, 2019 In the Name of God Amen I John Pitt Kennedy of Donagh in the County of Donegall do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament vizt. first I desire that I may be buried in the same Grave with my dear Mother but not sooner than the fourth day after my decease I do by this my last Will acknowledge and confirm the Jointure settled on my dear Wife Mary Kennedy otherwise Carey by certain articles made on my intermarriage with her and I do hereby leave bequeath & devise all such Estates Real and Personal Goods Chattels & Effects of what kindsoever that I shall die possessed of or in anywise intitled to dispose of to The Revd Saml Law Montgomery of Derry and The Revd Charles Henry Crookshank of Randaltown In trust for the uses and purposes herein after expressed and directed vizt. that the same shall be equally divided and distributed share and share alike among all the Children which I now have and which hereafter may be born to me excepting only my freehold of Lough Ash & Minegrane in the County of Tyrone which I leave to my eldest Son William Pitt Kennedy over and above his equal share with my other Children and if any of my Children which I now have or hereafter may have shall die before he or they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years or be married be it understood as my Will and direction that the portion or portions of such Children so dying shall be equally divided among my other surviving Children nevertheless it is my express desire that my Executors whom I also appoint as my Trustees and Guardians to my Children shall permit and suffer my said Wife Mary Kennedy so long as she shall remain & continue unmarried from & after my death to receive & use during the term of her Widowhood only and no longer all my household furniture and Plate Cattle and Crop together with the annual rents Interest of money Debts etc. arising from my said Estates in confidence that she will apply the same as shall appear to her most conducive to the advantage of my Children and I do hereby authorize and empower my Executors to raise & apply any Sum which may be required from my sd Estates in such manner as they shall think proper for the purpose of providing a renewal or their better Interest in my farm of Tooban & Cashel or for any other purpose which may appear to them advantageous for my family and Lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the sd Revd Saml Law Montgomery & The Revd Charles Henry Crookshank Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made In Witness whereof I do now hereunto and to a Duplicate hereof set my hand & seal this 25th day if February in the year of our Lord 1806 J Pitt Kennedy (Attestation Clause) John Montgomery _ Geo: Hamilton _ Joseph Curry) (See Codicil Affidavit after the Act) Proved at London with a Codicil 15 July 1824 I leave to my dear Wife my Watch and Seals & such of my books as she may wish to have and to my Daughter Anne the following books viz: Goldsmiths Grecian Roman & English Histories Pope?s Works Addison?s Works My small Edition of Shakespeare?s Works Grey?s Poems Walker?s Sermons & a small bible and I leave the rest of my books & Book Cases & my large Silver Cup and Cover to my Son William J Pitt Kennedy And I desire 20 Guineas to be given to my Son Thomas to replace his Watch which he generously gave to his Brother Alick J P Kennedy) Apl 29th 1809 Such are my Wishes it can need no Witness to give them the validity of a Codicil (Personal Appearance by Peter White of the City of Londonderry Cabinet Maker and Thomas Armstrong of Fagle View Land Steward as to manner and character of handwriting of deceased in respect of Codicil 7 July 1824)