| Description | DSCAM/3/37/1: Probate (2 July 1851) of tthe will (dated 16 May 1851) of Silvanus Billingham of Loamy Town, parish of Rowley Regis, Staffs., chain maker; tools and equipment specified to Joseph Parkes of the parish of Rowley Regis, chainmaker, formerly the testator's apprentice; beds and bedding to wife, Ann Billingham; rest of estate to wife during widowhood, thence 5 messuages at Cradley, parish of Hales Owen, Worcs. upon trust for sale, the proceeds to be divided equally between sisters - Phoebe, wife of Samuel Dawes of Brettell Lane, parish of Kingswinford, Staffs. and Ann White, wife of John White of -, Monmouthshire, mechanic); household effects to be divided equally between the two ladies and his brother, Joseph Billingham; £40 to Phoebe Smith, wife of David Smith of Westbromwich, Staffs., daughter of late sister Mary Tonks; £40 to nephew Samuel Dawes of Brierley Hill, machine heeper, son of Phoebe Dawes; residue of estate to brother, Joseph Billingham; executors and trustees, Joseph Billingham, of Newport, Monmouthshire, iron slitter, Noah Fellows of Cradley Heath, parish of Rowley Regis, grocer and Gideon Billingham of Loamy Town, chainmaker. |