Transcript of will of George Witt 1871

	This is the last Will of me George Witt of Somerville, Bedford
	Road Rock Ferry in the County of Chester late Principal Landing Surveyor in Her
	Majesty's Customs at Liverpool in the County of Lancaster but now retired which
	I make this seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
	hundred and sixty eight I appoint my dear Wife Eliza Witt, William Roberts the
	younger of Leach Hall Sutton in the County of Lancaster Copper Smelter and
	John Bruce of the Landing Department in Her Majesty's Customs at Liverpool aforesaid
	to be the Executrix Executor and Trustees of this my Will I give all my Wines Spirits
	and Housekeeping Storesand provisions which shall be in or about my Dwelling
	house at my decease and my wearing apparel and Jewelry unto my Wife Eliza
	Witt for her absolute use And I give devise and bequeath all my real estate and all
	the residue of my personal estate unto and to the use of the said Eliza Witt William
	Roberts the younger and John Bruce their heirs and assigns upon trust as to my
	household furniture plate plated articles china linen glass books pictures
	ornaments and other household effects to permit my said Wife to have the free
	use thereof as long as she shall live and upon her death I direct that the same
	shall be sold under the direction next hereinafter contained and subject as
	aforesaid I direct that the said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them
	or the heirs executors or administrators of such Survivor their or his assigns or
	other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of these presents shall sell all
	the said real estate and call in and convert into money all the said residue of
	my personal estate and shall out of the money to arise from such Sale calling
	in and conversion and the ready money of which I shall be possessed at my
	decease to pay my debts funeral and testamentary expences and the expences
	incident to the trusts of this my Will and also shall pay for such Mourning for my
	said Wife and any other of my relations or other members of my household as such
	Trustees or Trustee shall think proper And I direct that the said Trustees or Trustee
	shall invest all the residue of the said money to arise from such Sale calling in
	and conversion as aforesaid in their or his names or name in any of the Public
	Stocks or Funds or Government Securities of the United Kingdom or upon Freehold
	Copyhold or Leasehold securities in England or Wales or in any Permanent Building
	Societies in England or upon the Stocks funds or securities of any Corporation or Public
	Company in the United Kingdom with power for the said Trustees or Trustee from
	time to time to vary or transpose such stocks funds and securities and I direct
	that the said Trustees or Trustee shall pay the annual income of the said trust
	investments unto my Wife the said Eliza Witt as long as she lives and after the
	death of the said Eliza Witt I direct that the said Trustees or
	Trustee for the time being shall stand possessed of one half of all the said
	trust investments In trust to pay the annual income thereof unto my
	daughter Margaret Wife of the said William Roberts the younger during her
	life for her separate use free from the debts and control of her husband
	and after her decease shall hold the said one half of the said trust
	investments in trust for all the Children of the said Margaret Roberts who
	being Sons or a Son shall attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters
	or a daughter shall attain that age or marry under it and if more than one
	in equal shares And after the death of the said Eliza Witt I direct that
	the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being shall stand possessed of the
	remaining half part of all the said trust investmentsIn trust for all the
	Children of my deceased beloved daughter Charlotte Gibson late Wife of George
	Holme [sic] of Liverpool aforesaid Estate Agent who being Sons or a Son shall
	attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters or a daughter shall
	attain that age or marry under it and if more than one in equal shares
	And I declare that the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will
	shall pay or apply the whole or such parts as she they or he shall think fit
	of the income of the share to which any child shall for the time being be
	entitled in expectancy or which shall be a vested interest under the trusts
	hereinbefore declared for or towards his or her maintenance or education
	and shall accumulate the residue (if any) of the same income for the benefit
	of the person or persons who under the trusts herein contained shall become
	entitled to the principal fund from which the same respectively shall have
	proceeded but with power to apply the same for or towards the education or
	maintenance of the Child for the time being actually or presumptively entitled
	thereto at any subsequent period And I empower such Trustees or Trustee to
	postpone the Sale or conversion into money of all or any part of the said real
	and personal property And I empower my Trustees or Trustee to permit any
	part of the said personal property to remain in or upon any investment or
	security upon which the same money may be at decease for any period of time
	they or he may think proper But I declare that all the said premises
	shall in the meantime be considered as money and shall be subject to all the
	trusts powers and purposes herein declared of and concerning the said trust
	monies and premises and that the net rents and income thereof although
	of a terminable fluctuating or uncertain character shall in the meantime be
	paid or applied to the person or persons to or for whom the income of the
	Investments would be payable or applicable in case the said property had been
	sold and the proceeds invested as aforesaid And I declare that upon any
	appointment of new Trustees of this my Will the number of Trustees may be
	augmented or reduced In witness whereof I the said Testator George Witt
	have to this Will set my hand the day and year first before written -------------
	George Witt --------- Signed by the said Testator George Witt as and for his
	last Will in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his
	presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names
	as witness ------------- Wm. Francis Solicitor Tranmere Cheshire ---------------
	William Pearson of H. M. Customs Liverpool -----------------------------------------

	Codicil to my Will -- And in the Codicil to my Will I also appoint the
	Reverend Doctor Redhead Vicar of Higher Bebington an Executor thereof ----
	Geo. Witt -------- Signed by the Testator and by us at the request of the Testator
	in his presence & in the presence of each other and at the same time Dated
	this 1st day of November 1870 --------- Robt. Crighton W --------------------------
	W. G. Roberts -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

	Codicil to my Will (dated 17 day of July 1868) Whereas in the
	said Will it is recited that my household furniture plate plated articles &c
	are left to my Wife for her life I hereby revoke that part of my Will and leave
	the same to her absolutely for her sole & separate use And whereas I have left
	one half of my Property to the Children of my late daughter Charlotte Gibson
	Holmes in shares when they reach twenty one years of age I revoke that part
	and hereby empower my Executors to apply the same or any part thereof for the
	education & advancement of the said Children As witness my hand this
	Seventeenth day of March 1871 ------ G. Witt ------ Signed by George Witt the
	Testator in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request and
	in his presence & in the presence of each other have signed our names as
	witnesses ---------- Mary Gullon ------------ Thos. F. Redhead ---------------------
	Selina Cawkwell Witt ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Copy obtained from the Principal Probate Registry, First Avenue House, High Holborn, London]

The will of George Witt, 1871