| Description | DSCAM/3/158/1: Probate (29 Oct. 1790) of the will (dated 27 Aug. 1790) of Margaret Foster of Bilston, Staffs., widow.
£20 to niece Hannah, wife of Henry Hawkeswood; £10 to niece Sarah, wifie of William Jones and same to niece Ann, wife of Joseph Green; £20 to be divided amongst children of her late brother, James Smith; £600 in trust for niece Mary, wife of Thomas Lea of Bilston, for life, thence to her issue in equal shares; household goods to Susannah, wife of John Homer and daughter of Mary Lea; £30 in trust for Hannah, wife of John Mason the elder of Bilston, chapemaker, thence to her issue; £10 and a bed and bedding to Hannah, wife of Samuel Parker and daughter of Hannah Mason; £10 to Mary and Margaret, other daughters of Hannah Mason; £20 to servant, Susannah Chandless; £10 to John Poolton; 2s 6d a week to brother, Daniel Smith, for life, plus a good new suit and the payment of his funeral expenses; residue to niece, Mary Lea.
Executors: John Poolton of Bilston, iron waiter and Mary Lea. |