Will: Gabbett, Daniel Fitzgerald June 10, 1851 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Limerick Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com June 9, 2019, 1:07 pm GABBETT, DANIEL FITZGERALD JUNE 10, 1851 Source: National Archives Kew England Written: June 10, 1851 Recorded: June 9, 2019 I Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett now of Her Majesty's Twelfth Regiment of Royal Lancers Esquire being of sound mind and body but knowing the uncertainty of human life and having soon to embark with my Regiment for foreign service to the Cape of Good Hope do make and publish this my last Will and Testament Whereas I am seized and possessed of the lands of Millmount near Killmallock in the parish of Ballingaddy and County of Limerick as also the Impropriate(?) rent charge in lieu of tithe compensation issuing and payable out of the parish of Ballinarde in the said County of Limerick I do hereby devise and bequeath the same to my dearest Uncle and best friend The Reverend Joseph Gabbett his heirs and assigns for ever hoping that he will leave the same to some one bearing the name of Gabbett and I am desirous of keeping as much landed estates in that family And whereas I am possessed of and entitled to certain sums of money being accumulations arising out of my estates and property during my minority and invested by my said Uncle in government three and a quarter per cent stock for my benefit and which I consider after payment of all my just debts will amount to six thousand pounds as also arrears of rents I hereby give and bequeath to each of my dear Sisters Catherine and Alicia the sum of one thousand pounds respectively as a token of my affection to be paid to them to their sole and separate use free from the control debts or engagements of any husband they may respectively marry I give and bequeath to my Cousin Matthew Richard Gabbett the sum of one thousand pounds I give and bequeath to my dear Aunt Margaret Wife of the Reverend Joseph Gabbett the sum of one hundred pounds To my uncle William Gabbett I bequeath a like sum of one hundred pounds To my Cousin and God daughter Margaret Elizabeth Gabbett I leave and bequeath three hundred pounds which I wish her to expend in bijouterie on the occasion of her wedding And to George Anderson Surgeon of the twelfth Royal Lancers I give and bequeath the sum of one hundred pounds I give and bequeath to the Limerick Protestant Orphan Society the sum of five hundred pounds to be laid out and invested in Government or Parliamentary Security at interest in the names of the trustees of said Society and their successors and the annual interest thereon to be paid and applied for the benefit and support of the said Orphans I give and bequeath to the Priests Protection Society for Ireland the sum of three hundred pounds To the Dingle Missionary Society the sum of one hundred pounds To the Achill Missionary Society the sum of one hundred pounds And I declare that the receipt of the Secretary or Secretaries for the time being of the said several Societies shall be a sufficient discharge to my Executors for said several before mentioned legacies And as to all the rest residue and remainder of my real freehold and personal estates property and effects which I may die possessed of or entitled to or which I may have power to dispose of I leave and bequeath the same to my said dear uncle and best friend The Reverend Joseph Gabbett his heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature of my estate therein Subject nevertheless to the payment of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses And I appoint my said dearest uncle Joseph Gabbett sole Executor of this my Will In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one D Fitzgerald Gabbett (Attestation Clause) Robert Sharp 4 Drumcondra Hill Dublin _ G W Vance ��.. Street Dublin Proved at London 22 November 1852 PCC Prob11/2161