This is the last Will and Testament of me John Going
of the Parish of Leigh in the County of Essex Gentleman first I will and direct all my
debts funeral and testamentary expenses to be fully paid off and discharged as soon as
conveniently may be after my decease by my executor hereinafter appointed I give and
bequeath unto my sister Elizabeth the wife of Thomas Fulford of Hockley in the county of
Essex gentleman the sum of three hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain also I
give and bequeath unto my sister Charlotte ?Lacell? widow the sum of three hundred pounds
of like lawful money and I hereby direct one moiety of the aforesaid legacies to be paid
within one year next after my decease and the residue thereof to be paid within two years
next after my decease also I give and bequeath unto my brother Reginald ?Heber? Going the
like sum of three hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain upon trust that he the
said Reginald ?Heber? Going his executors or administrators do and shall place out and
invest the same at interest in the public Stocks or funds or upon government or real
security and do & shall pay and apply the dividends and interest thereof when and as
the same shall be received during the life of my sister Mary Ann the wife of John Loten of
Leigh aforesaid Gentleman unto such person or persons and for such intents and purposes as
she my said sister Mary Ann Going during such her life by any writing or
writings signed by her with her name shall direct or appoint but not so as to deprive
herself of the intended use or benefit thereof by sale mortgage charge or otherwise in the
way of anticipation and for want of such direction or appointment at any time or times
upon trust to pay the same unto the hands of her my s[ai]d sister Mary Ann for
her sole separate and peculiar use and benefit notwithstanding her present marriage and
the receipt or receipts in writing of her my said sister or such person or persons as
aforesaid shall be good and sufficient release and discharge releases and discharges for
such dividends interest and produce or so much thereof as shall be therein or hereby
acknowledged or expressed to be received Provided and I do hereby declare that in case the
said Mary Ann Loten shall survive her said husband it is my will and desire and I do
hereby direct my said trustee his executors or administrators to pay the said sum of three
hundred pounds and the interest and dividends then due thereon or otherwise to assign and
transfer the stocks funds and securities in or upon which the same shall or may be
invested unto the said Mary Ann Loten to and for her own proper use and benefit within six
months after the decease of her said husband and further that in case the said John Loten
shall happen to survive the said Mary Ann his wife then I do hereby direct and declare
that from and immediately after the decease of the said Mary Ann Loten my said Trustee his
ex[ecut]ors or administrators shall stand possessed of and interested in the aforesaid
stocks funds or securities In trust to pay the interest dividends and proceeds thereof for
and towards the support maintenance education or other benefit of all and every the
present and future children if any of my s[ai]d sister Mary Ann lawfully
begotten equally share and share alike until he she or they shall severally attain the age
of twenty one years and when and as they respectively attain that age upon trust to pay to
or otherwise assign and transfer an equal proportion of the principal of such stocks funds
or securities to such child or children (regard being had to the number of children living
when the eldest of such children shall attain the said age of twenty one years) so that
the same may be divided between them if more than one in equal shares and proportions and
if but one child then the whole to such one child and that if any such child or children
shall happen to depart this life under the age of twenty one years then the share of him
her or them so dying shall go and be paid to the survivors or survivor of them in equal
shares and proportions and at such time or times as his or her original share shall become
payable and it is my will that one moiety of the said last mentioned sum of three hundred
pounds shall be invested or placed out at interest within one year next after my decease
and residue thereof within one year then next following and that no interest in the
meantime be paid or payable and I give and bequeath unto my natural or reputed daughter
Mary Ann Risby otherwise Going the weekly sum of seven shillings to be paid & payable
to her for her use at the discretion of my executor until she shall attain her age of
twenty one years when the same shall cease and determine the first payment to commence and
be made at the expiration of one week next after my decease and I give and devise unto my
said brother Reginald Heber Going and to his heirs and assigns for ever all and every my
messuages lands tenements wharfs Storehouses hereditaments & real estate whatsoever
and wheresoever as well freehold as Copyhold situate lying and being in Leigh aforesaid or
Kingdom of Great Britain with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances
and I do hereby subject and charge all and singular my said freehold and Copyhold estates
to and with the payment of the several legacies or sums of money hereinbefore by this my
will given and bequeathed and after payment of my just debts funeral and testamentary
expenses and the aforesaid legacies or sums of money I give and bequeath all the rest
residue and remainder of my monies securities for money debts Barge Chattels and personal
estate and effects of what nature or kind soever which I shall be possessed of or intitled
to at the time of my decease unto the said Reginald Heber Going to and for his own proper
use and benefit And I do hereby declare it to be my will and direct that my trustee and
executor his executors or administrators shall not be responsible or accountable for or
charged or chargeable with or for any loss or losses that shall or may happen of monies
that shall be placed out at interest by him or them unless such loss or losses shall
happen by his or their wilful neglect or default nor the one of them for the other or
others of them but each of them for his own acts receipts and payments and wilful neglect
or default only and that my said trustee and executor and his executors and administrators
shall and lawfully may from time to time deduct and reimburse themselves out of the money
which shall come to his or their hands all costs charges and expenses which he or they
shall sustain or be put unto in or about the Trusts aforesaid or in the execution of this
my will And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Reginald Heber Going sole
executor of this my will hereby revoking all former wills by me made I publish and declare
this to be my last will and testament In witness whereof I have to this my last will and
testament contained in three sheets of paper to the first two sheets thereof set my hand
and to this third & last sheet thereof my hand and seal the eighth day of March in the
year [of] our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one – John Going –
Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Going the Testator as and for his
last will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in
the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto the words
"his executors or administrators" being previously interlined between the thirty
fifth and last lines of the preceding sheet - Nath Bradley Leigh - John Going Leigh - E
Murdoch Rayleigh
Proved at London 16th October 1821 before the Worshipful Samuel Rush Meyrick Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of Reginald Heber Going the brother & sole executor to whom administration was granted having been first sworn duly to administer.