Will: Taaffe, William October 18, 1758 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Dublin Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com September 18, 2017, 3:48 pm TAAFFE, WILLIAM OCTOBER 18, 1758 Source: National Archives Kew England Written: October 18, 1758 Recorded: September 18, 2017 In the Name of God Amen I William Taffe of the City of Dublin Dealer being Weak of Body bit of Sound and Perfect Memory and Understanding and calling to Mind the uncertainty of this life do think it convenient to make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator and my Body I commit to the Earth to be buried at the Discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named And as for such Worldly Substance as it hath Pleased God to bestow on me I Give and Dispose thereof as follows that is to say I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Neice Mary Taaffe of Baynis Court Newgate Street London Twenty pounds Sterling out of a Legacy bequeathed me of forty Pounds by Mrs Sarah Tafts of Dove Court Lombard Street London and the remaining part of the above Legacy being Twenty Pounds I Give and bequeath as follows that is to say I Give Devise and bequeath Neice Mary Taaffe of Bagnis Court Newgate Street London Twenty Pounds Sterling out of a Legacy bequeathed me of forty Pounds by Miss Sarah Tafe of Lombard Street London and the remaining part of the above Legacy being Twenty Pounds I Give and bequeath as follows that is to say I Give and bequeath to my Nephew William Taaffe One Pound ten Shillings I Give and bequeath to my Cousin Nicholas Taaffe two pounds Sterling I Give and bequeath to Mr Joseph Munns of Cross Lane One Pound ten Shillings I Give and bequeath to my Son John Taaffe One Shilling I Give and bequeath to my Neice Nancy Norton One Shilling I Give and bequeath to my Bridget Porter One Shilling All the rest remainder and residue of the above Lagacy of forty Pounds bequeathed me by the above Mrs Sarah Tafts together with all the rest of my Worldly Substance both real and Personal I Give and bequeath to my Cousin Elizabeth McElroy I do hereby Nominate constitute and Appoint the said Elizabeth McElroy Sole Executrix In Trust of this my last Will and Testament Lastly I revoke and make void all former and other Wills by me made and Declare this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said William Taaffe have hereunto put my hand and Seal the Eighteenth Day of October One thousand Seven hundred and fifty Eight William Taaff (Attestation Clause) Richd Hickey _ Thomas Kelly _ Jno Byrn Proved at London by the Oath of Elizabeth McIlroy Widow 16 September 1760 PCC Prob11/859