06 Oct 1696. Will of Ann BARNES of Stones House [Map], Kinder: Proved 20 Apr 1697

In the name of God Amen the sixth day of October Ano Dom 1696 I Ann BARNES of Stones house Kinder in the parish of Glossopp in the County of Derby said and being aged & Weak in Body but of sound mind & Good memery praised be God for ye sound doo ordaine & make this my Last Will & Testament in manner & forme following so is ffirst principally I comitt my soul into the hands of Allmighty God my creator hopeing through the Meritts of Jesus Christ my Alone Saviour Redeemer to obtain free pardon & Remission of all my sines & doo make ptaker of Life Evlasting And my Body I comitt to ye Earth from whence it was taken to bee decently Interred at the discretion of my Exec. Hereinafter named And as touching my worldly Estate I dispose there in manor followinge that is to say that my will & mind is that my furneral Expences shall bee pd out of my whole estate,

Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Grand children Ralph ANDREW & John HALL to either of them one pound & tenn shillings of Lawfull money of England

Item I Give & Bequeath to the sd Ralph F thee Bedstead upon which I now Lye & my part of all such stock or Hives of Bees as are Abroad at parts other then such at Row Stand at Stones House aforesaid:

I Give to my Daught: Martha, And other [ ] Such at Stand at South Head which I Give to Elizabeth ANDREW my Grandchild to whom also I Bequeath tenn shillings,

Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Grandchild Mary HALL the Like sume of tenn shllings,

And to ffrancis GEE son & Heir of Ralph GEE of Kinder aforesd I Bequeath the sume of twenty shillings & two Ewes & Lambs forth of such as are kept to parts at Stones house aforesd whom I apoynt to divide [the] same

Item I Give & Bequeath unto my daughter Martha my Best Coat & Wastecoat my Disboard & all my Loose Boards & Shelves in my dwelling house

Item I Give to my sonin lawe Thos HALL Two shillings, And to Mary wife of Ed[mund] BARNES of Barnes fould two shillings,

Item I give to my Sd Grandchild John HALL the Great Coffer in the parlour where I Lye

Item all the Remainder of my Goods Creditts and Chattells not herein before disposed of I Give to my Two Daugthers Mary & Martha equally to bee divided Between them.

Item I doo nominate & Appoynt my soninlaw Jo. ANDREW & the Sd ffrancis GEE Executors of this my Last Will & Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand & seale Sealed published declared by the Testatoryear above [ ] for & as her Last Will & Testament Anna BARNES Her mark

In witness The mark of Margarett HALL Jo: WATERHOUSE

A True Inventory of the goods Creditts & Chattells of Ann BARNES Late of Stones house in the pish of Glossop in the County of Derby Widdow Decd taken & Apprized the 24th day of Octob Ano Dom 1696 by us whose names are subscribed as followeth

05 Apr 1731. Will of Thomas HALL of Stones House [Map], Glossop p.: 21 April 1731

In the Name of God Amen. This fifth day of Aprill Anno Dony 1731. I Thomas HALL of Stones House in the parrish of Glossopp and County of Derby. Being but sick & weak to my Body but of Sound mind & perfect understanding, praised be Almighty God for ye same and Calling to mind ye Certainty of death, but the uncertainty of the time when it shall please God to call for me, Do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following. First being penitient and Sorry for all my Sins, most humbly desiring forgiveness for ye Same. I commend my Soul into ye hands of Almighty God, my Saviour & Redeemer in whom I trust and hope to be Saved, and to have full remission of all my Sins and to inheritt ye Kingdom of heaven, and my Body I Committ to ye earth to be decently buried at ye discretion of my Executors hereafter named, And as touching Such worldly goods as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me far above my deserts, I give and dispose thereof in maner and form following, first my will is yt all my due debts, funerall expenses & Charges of this my Last Will and Testament to first be paid & discharged forth of my personal Estate.

Item I Give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas HALL one pair of Looms with all my Gear thereunto belonging together with one Chest in ye House,

Item I give unto my daughter in law Jane HALL Ten Shillings.

Item I Give unto my Grandson Thomas HALL John HALLs Son the sume of forty Shillings.

Item I Give unto my Son John HALLs Children Thomas John Samuel and Martha each of them, one Ewe and a Lamb,

Item I Give unto my Son Thomas HALLs Children Mary Martha Thomas & Jane each of them One Ewe & a Lamb.

Item I Give unto my daughter Mary HADFIELDs Children Martha Thomas Mary & William each of them one Ewe and a Lamb.

Item I Give unto Mary BARNS five Shillings &

Lastly all ye rest residue and Remainder of my personal Estate my goods Chattels & Cattle as well within ye House as without I Give ye Same to be equally divided Among my Children John HALL, Thomas HALL and Mary HADFIELD each of them Share and Share alike. Lastly I do nominate and appoint my Son Thomas HALL and my loveing friend Ralph GEE to be Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, Revoking all other wills by me heretofore made declaring this to be my Last Will and Testament. In Wittness wherof I have hereunto putt my hand and Seal the day and year first above written.

memorandum of the Words personal Estate and ye word year were interlined before ye Sealing of these present.

Thomas HALL his marke and Seal

Sealed Signed published and declared by ye testator to be his Last Will and Testament In the presence of us

John MARRIOTT; Daniel GEE; Wm CARRINGTON

A true and perfect Inventory of all ye Goods Chattles and Cattle of Thomas HALL of Stoneshouse Aprized and Valued by John KINDER & John GEE This 13 day of Aprill 1731

On 28 Feb 1771 Thomas Hall of Stones House made his will:

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas HALL of Stones House [Map] within the Hamlet of Kinder in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Yeoman being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding, praised be Almighty God for the same Do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say first I will and direct that all my just debts the expenses of my ffuneral and the charges of the attending the probate of this my will be in first place fully paid satisfied and discharged by my executors herein after named out of my personal estate other than and except my leasehold estate hereafter mentioned and my wearing apparel An after my said just debts ffunerall expenses and charges of the probate hereof shall be fully paid and satisfied by and out of any personal estate as aforesaid

Item I give and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever other than and except my said leasehold estate and wearing apparel unto my son Thomas HALL his heirs and assigns forever

I give devise and bequeath unto Jane my dear and loving wife for and during the term of her natural life one annuity or yearly part of six pounds of lawful money of Great Britain for and in liste and bar of her dower and hinds at the common law the some annuity to be free and clear of and from all Parliamentary and other taxes reprises and deductions whatsoever and to be issuing and payable and paid out of and charged and chargeable upon all and singular my messuages lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever as well as ffreehold as leasehold

And I also give devise and bequeath unto my sone George HALL for and during the term of his natural life one annuity or yearly rent of forty shillings of lawful money of Great Britain free and clear of and from all Parliamentary and other taxes reprises and deductions whatsoever to be also issuing and payable and paid out of and charge and chargeable upon all and singular my said messuages lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever as well ffreehold and leasehold both the said annuities or yearly rents of six pounds and fforty shillings to be paid yearly and every year to my said wife and my said sone George HALL severally and respectively during their respective natural lives at the ffourmost usual ffeasts of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Saint John the Baptist Saint Michael the Archangel and the Nativity of our Saviour by even and equal portions without any deduction or abatement whatsoever the first payments of the said several annuities of six pounds and fforty shillings or my part or parts thereof respectively shall happen to be in arrear and unpaid by or for the space of twenty days near after my of the said days or times whereon or whereat the same respectively are above appointed to be paid and shall be come payable according to the tenor and true meaning of this my will that then and so often as the same annuities or either of them shall be respectively so in arrear or any part or parts of them or either of them it shall and maybe lawful to and for my said wife and my said son George HALL respectively and their respective assigns into and upon the same messuages lands tenements and hereditaments as well ffreehold as leasehold so charged unto the said several annuities or yearly rents and into and upon and after any part or parts thereof to enter and distain and the goods and chattles then and there found to take lead drive carry away or sell and dispose of as in case of distress for rent reserved upon any lease demised contract until all [ ] of the said annuities charged of such distress shall be fully paid and satisfied unto my said wife and sone George and the assigns respectively

And I further will and direct that in case the said annuities or yearly rents neither of them or any part or parts of them or either of them shall be in arrears by the space of fforty days next after my of the said days and times whereat or whereon the same are respectively herein before limited and appointed to be paid it shall and may be lawful to and for my said wife and my said son George and their assigns respectively when and soafter as their said several annuities shall respectively happen to be in arrear as last aforesaid into and upon the said messuage lands tenements and hereditaments as well ffreehold as leasehold charged with the said several annuities or yearly rents as aforesaid or any of such messuages lands tenements hereditaments or any part or parts of them to enter and the rents issues and profits thereof to receive and take to and for their respective use and uses untill not only all such arrearages and all damages costs and charges to be sustained or occasioned thereby or in or touching the entering or obtaining the profession or receipt of the rents and profits of the sume promises but also all or somuch of the said several annuities or yearly rents as shall become payable during the continuance of every or any such profession or receipt of the rents and profits of the sume promises shall be fully satisfied and paid to my said wife and said son George and their assigns respectively

I give and bequeath unto my said son George HALL all my clothes and wearing apparel whatsoever

I also give and bequeath unto my said son George HALL the sum of fifteen pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to him his executors administrators and assigns at the end of twelve calendar months next after my decease I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane (age 40) the wife of James BUCKLEY the sum of thirty pounds of like money to be paid to her executors administrators and assigns at the end of twelve calendar months next after my decease

I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha HALL (age 42) the sum of thirty pounds of like money to be paid to her her executors administrators and assigns at the end of twelve calendar months next after my decease

I also give and bequeath unto my son John HALL the sum of twenty five pounds of like money to be paid to him his executors administrators and assigns at the end of twelve calendar months next after my decease

I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah the wife of John REFEARN the sum of ten pounds of like money to be paid her her executors administrators and assigns at the end of twelve calendar months next after my decease

And I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Anne the wife of John WATERHOUSE the sum of ten pounds of like money to be paid her her executors administrators and assigns at the end of twelve calendar months next after my decease

All which said several legacies or sums of fifteen pounds thirty pounds thirty pounds twenty five pounds ten pounds and ten pounds by me herein before given and bequeathed to my said son George HALL my daughter Jane my daughter Martha my son John HALL my daughter Sarah and my daughter Anne respectively as aforesaid

It is my will and mind shall be paid and satisfied by and out of my ffreehold and leasehold estates and no other ffund whatsoever and for that end and purpose I hereby give and demise and bequeath unto my nephews Thomas OLIVER the younger of Longnor in the parish of Alstonfield in the county of Stafford Grocer and George OLIVER of Brown Edge in the parish of Alstonfield aforesaid yeoman their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature and quality thereof respectively all and every my ffreehold and leasehold messuages lands tenements and hereditaments with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances and all my estate and estates rights title interest and property therein or thereto but subject and [ ] and without prejudice to the said two several annuities of six pounds and forty shillings by my said wife and son George respectively and the [ ] and powers above hereby given and granted for recovering and securing the same upon trust and confidence never thereof in them the said Thomas OLIVER and George OLIVER reposed and to the interest and purpose that immediately from and after the said several last abovementioned legacies or sums of money shall become due and payable as aforesaid they the said Thomas OLIVER and George OLIVER and the survivor of them or the heirs executors administrators and assigns of the survivor of them do and shall by sale or mortgage sales or mortgages of the said ffreehold and leasehold tenements so to them committed as aforesaid or any part or parts thereof and by and out of the rents and profits of the same premises until such sale or mortgage sales or mortgage or by all or any of the said ways or means or by any other ways or means whatsoever raise and levy the same several legacies and sums of money together with lawful interest for the same respectively from the time of their becoming due or payable as aforesaid and shall pay over the same to such persons respectively as shall be by law intitled to receive the same in discharge of the said several legacies provided always and it is my will and mind that in case my Eldest son Thomas HALL his heirs executors administrators and assigns do and shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid the same six above mentioned several legacies or sums of fifteen pounds thirty pounds thirty pounds twenty five pounds ten pounds and ten pounds and every of them to such persons respectively as by the tenor of this my will shall be lawfully thereunto entitled and at such time as in my same will is limitted and appointed for payment thereof or in case the said Thomas OLIVER and George OLIVER or the survivor of them his heirs executors administrators or assigns shall by all or any of the said ways or means raise and levy the said several six above mentioned legacies or sums of money that then and in other of the said cases they the said Thomas OLIVER and George OLIVER or the survivor of them his heirs executors administrators or assigns shall recovery release surrender and assign over the said promises so to them limitted or somuch thereof shall then remain unsold or undisposed of to my said Eldest son Thomas HALL his heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature and quality of the same estates respectively

And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Thomas OLIVER and George OLIVER Joint Executors in Trust of this my Last Will and Testament

And I do hereby provide and declare that the said Thomas OLIVER and George OLIVER their heirs executors administrators and assigns or any of them shall not be answerable accountable one for another or for any separate act receipt payment or default one of another and that neither they not any of them shall be answerable for or bear the loss of any part of my personal estate or of any rents or profits of my said ffreehold and leasehold estates or either of them which shall or may happen without the wilful or gross neglect or default of them some or one of them and that in case of such wilful or gross neglect or default the person or persons only who shall be guilty thereof shall suffer thereby and that the said Thomas OLIVER and George OLIVER and the survivor of them his heirs executors administrators and assigns and every of them shall have and be paid and my in the first place deduct and retain from time to time forth and out of my money which shall or may come to their either or any of their hands under or by virtue of this my will a by reason or means of the promises in any wise howsoever Not only all such sums of money costs charges or damages and expenses as they or either or any of them shall or may pay loan expend sustain or be part unto in or above or touching or concerning the execution of this my last will and testament in any wise howsoever But also the sum of one guinea a piece by way of acknowledgement for and in recompence of and for their trouble they shall undergo and be at in or about the same And I do hereby expressly and to all intents and purposes revoke and make void all former wills and testaments by me made and declare this to be my last will and testament I witness whereof I the said Thomas HALL the testator have to this my last will and testament contained in four sheets of paper to every one of the three first sheets thereof sett my hand and to the ffourth and last sheet thereof sett my hand and seal the twenty eighth day of ffebruary in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy one.

The mark and Seal of

Thomas HALL

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Thomas HALL the Testator as and for his Last Will and Testament in thePresence of Us who at his request and in his Presence and In the Presence of one another have Subscribed our Names

As Witnesses thereto

The [ ] my Son Thomas HALL his Heirs and Assigns for ever being first wroteupon a [ ]

Dan. DYSON; Robert JACKSON; Sarah DYSON

Before 01 Sep 1800 George Hall of Kinder made his will:

This is the last Will and Testament of me George HALL of Kinder Husbandman in the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby unto which said will I appoint my nephew Thomas HALL of Kinder aforesaid and Thomas GEE of the same Place joint Executors of this my last will and I do give all my Personal Estate into the Hands in trust to and for the Uses hereafter mentioned

First to pay all my just Debts and Funeral Expenses

Then I give and bequeath unto my nephews at Stones-House [Map] in Kinder aforesaid Thomas HALL Joseph HALL John HALL Micah HALL Samuel HALL and William HALL each the sum of Six Pounds to be paid them as they shall attain unto the age of twenty one years and the Interest arising from the above sums to be paid to them each separately yearly and every year until they attain the age of twenty one years which said Legacies I order to be paid out of the money I now have out as Interest in the Hands of William LINE Sixty Pounds Thomas WATERHOUSE of Kinder Sixteen Pounds in the Hands of James FOGG of Stockport wheelright Sixteen Pounds in the Hands of Charles HOLT of Bullock smithy weaver Ten Pounds ten shillings and in the Hands of Edward REDFERN of of Hayfield Nine Pounds which said sums I order my Executor to call in immediately after my Decease and place out upon good security and the Reversion not before disposed of the Interest of which to be applied yearly and every year to the Clothing of a few Poor Children in the Town of Hayfield at the Discretion of my Executors and the Survivors of them their Heirs and Assigns for ever and

I order my Brother in law John WATERHOUSE to [ ] to my Executors all the Promisory Notes for the above sums which are now in his Custody and I hereby revoke all former wills by me or any Time heretofore made as [] [][]this [] Day of August one thousand eight hundred []

George HALL his mark

The Will of Ann Barnes of Stones House [Map], Kinder: In the name of God Amen the sixth day of October Ano Dom 1696 I Ann Barnes of Stones House [Map] Kinder in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby said and being aged and Weak in Body but of sound mind and Good memory praised be God for ye sound doo ordain and make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following SO IS FFIRST principally I commit my soul unto the hands of Almighty God my creator hoping through the merits of Jesus Christ my Alone Savior redeemer to obtain free pardon and remission of all my sins & doo make ptaker [partake] of life everlasting AND MY BODY I commit to ye earth from whence it was taken to bee decently interred at the discretion of my executor HEREINAFTER NAMED AND AS TOUCHING my worldly estate I dispose there in manner following that is to say my will and mind is that my funeral expenses shall be paid out of my whole estate

ITEM I GIVE and bequeath unto my grandchildren Ralph ANDREW and John Hall to either of them one pound and ten shillings of Lawful money of England

ITEM I GIVE and bequeath to the said Ralph ANDREW thee bedstead upon which I now lye and my part of all such stock of hives of Bees as are abroad at parts other than such at Row Stand at Stones house [Map] aforesaid

I GIVE to my daughter Martha and other [ ] such at Stand at South Head which I give to Elizabeth ANDREW my grandchild to I bequeath ten shillings

ITEM I GIVE and bequeath unto my grandchild Mary Hall the like sum of ten shillings

AND TO ffrancis Gee son and heir of Ralph Gee of Kinder aforesaid I bequeath the sum of twenty shillings and two ewes and lambs forth of such are kept to parts of Stones House [Map] aforesaid whom I appoint to divide [the] same

ITEM I GIVE bequeath unto my daughter Martha my best coat and waistcoat my dishboard and all my loose boards and shelves in my dwelling house

ITEM I GIVE to my son in law Thomas Hall two shillings AND TO MARY wife of Edmund Barnes of Barnes Fould two shillings

ITEM I GIVE to my said grand child John Hall the great coffer in the parlor where I live

ALL THE REMAINDER of my goods and chattels not herein before disposed of I give to my two daughters MARY and MARTHA equally to be divided between them

ITEM I DOO nominate and Appoint my son in law John ANDREW and the said ffrancis Gee Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. Note. This was possibly the same ffrancis Gee was "executor to the last will of John Booth, his nephew-in-law, who was married to Ellen FROGGATT in October 1721."

WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto put my hand and seal Sealed published declared by the Testator above [ ] for and as her Last Will and Testament Ann Barnes Her Mark.

IN WITNESS The mark of Margaret Hall, John Waterhouse.

A TRUE INVENTORY of the Goods Credits and Chattels of Ann Barnes Late of Stones House [Map] in the Parrish of Glossop in the County of Derby widow deed taken and appraised the 24th day of October 1696 by us whose names are subscribed as followeth: There are 22 lines not printed here.

APPRAISERS: John Waterhouse Ralph Kinder