Life History

Notes

• Will of Ann Godfrey lately of Bishopshull Somerset deceased ( after 1792 - 1843)  - Taunton Record Office 12/2/04 Ref DD/ED 210/61
  
  1.      I Ann Godfrey of ill health but of sound mind do declare this to be my
  2.      first and last will and testament. I do give to my Son Mathew Forty
  3.      pounds to bring him up to a trade, I also give to William my Son
  4.      Thirty pounds to bring him up to a trade. And also I give to Mary my
  5.       Daughter thirty pounds. Also I give to Jane my Daughter Thirty Pounds and
  6.      Ten pounds to Henery my Son. Also I give to Louisa my Daughter
  7.      thirty pounds and five pounds for Thomas my son. I also leave
  8.      five pounds for Louisa my Daughter to find Henry in shirts and
  9.      stockings from this time untill a apprentice is out, my furniture
  10.     at Ruishton to be equally divided between Jane and Mary my two
  11.     daughters. And all my clothes ring and gold [fun?] I give to Mary
  12.     my daughter. Twenty pounds I leave for my funeral and to give Mary
  13.     Ann Turle a suit of mourning. I leave George and Louisa Sercombe
  14.     executors and trust for Mathew and William to take care of their legacies
  15.     and make the best of it till they have learnt a trade.
  16.     Signed my hand Ann Godfrey
  17.     Isaac Bryant William Bryant
  18.     Dated September 27th 1843
  
  Copy dated  14 day of July 1845
  
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Sources

• 1. A compilation of Sercombes
  • (unreliable evidence)
• 2. Somerset FHS parish transcripts
• 3. UK Census 1841
• 4. UK Census 1851
• 5. Roy Parkhouse's parish records transcriptions
  • http://www.parkhouse.org.uk/transcr/tcontent.htm
• 6. A compilation of Sercombes
• 7. Ancestry World Tree - Stephenson