| Description | DSCAM/3/114/1: Probate (8 July 1861) of the will (dated 16 July 1852) of Benjamin Davies of Horseley Heath, parish of Tipton, Staffs., grocer and provision dealer.
2 freehold messuages at Horseley Heath (one occupied by himself and his business) and all personal estate to wife for life; thence to wife's niece, Eliza Wilkes, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Wilkes, whom he has adopted; with remainder, should she die in wife's lifetime without surviving issue, to his 3 brothers (John Davies of -, Carmarthenshire, farmer; William Davies of the parish of Newchurch, Carmarthenshire, farmer; Joseph Davies of Michigan County, United States of America), sister (Mary, wife of Thomas James of Newchurch, farmer) and niece (the daughter of late brother, Thomas Davies of Newchurch), in equal shares as tenants in common.
Executrix: Eveyser Davies (wife). |