ENG-AUS: Will of James DENNER 1818-1898
Will of James Denner:-
I bequeath to my wife Mary Ann and after her death to John PETHYBRIDGE and George REID, to sell and apply the monies which shall arise in manner following -- a sum equal to Ten pounds per centum thereof to grandchildren James DENNER and Thomas DENNER, sons of my late son James DENNER, in equal shares to be invested as John PETHYBRIDGE and George REID may see fit to be paid to them on attaining twenty-one, then their heirs but if neither attain that age then the amount due shall be paid to the children of son Henry DENNER in equal shares.
The residue shall be divided among such of my children as are alive.
Drawn up 2 October 1890 Signed x his mark, he being an illiterate person and unable to write.
Codicil ... I bequeath to grandsons James DENNER and Thomas DENNER each the sum of 20 pounds in lieu of the sum of one shilling in the pound devised in my Will. Dated 26 March 1898.
{Information source: Will kindly provided to me by L.KIRK a MCCARRON/DENNER researcher 14/11/2006. James DENNER and his wife Mary Ann PINE were my 3g grandparents}.