Cork - Surflen, John May 1, 1815

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File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning 
ros.dunning@outlook.com September 9, 2018, 1:01 pm

SURFLEN, JOHN MAY 1, 1815

Source: National Archives Kew England
Written: May 1, 1815
Recorded: September 9, 2018

In the Name of God Amen Know all Men by these Presents that 
I John Surflen Purser of His Majesty's Ship Phebe being 
sound both in mind & body but from the uncertainty of human 
nature conceive it prudent to make this my will & Testament 
so therefore hereby give & bequeath unto my ever dear 
beloved & affectionate Wife Anne Surflen now resident in 
Mallow in the County of Cork Ireland all such Wages Prize 
Money sums of Money or Monies & Effects of whatever nature I 
may at the time of my decease be possessed of in expectation 
of due or that may become due to me from my Accounts Debts 
or otherwise save except as is hereinafter mentioned that is 
to say that should my Property as above mentioned amount to 
the Sum of One thousand Pounds or under I leave the whole of 
the same to my ever dear beloved & affectionate Wife Anne as 
aforementioned but whatever exceeds the above Sum & not 
exceeding a further Sum of One thousand Pounds I leave & 
bequeath to be equally divided between my two beloved 
Children Mary Surflen & John Day Surflen to be put to 
Interest for them in the funds until they are twenty one 
years of age when they are to have full possession of the 
same should my Property exceed Two thousand Pounds I give & 
bequeath unto my ever beloved & Reverend Mother Anne Surflen 
of Margate Isle of Thanet England Two hundred Pounds to my 
beloved Sister Eliza Surflen of the same Place one hundred 
Pounds to my beloved Mother in law Anne Lynch of Mallow 
aforesaid One hundred & fifty Pounds but should it please 
God to take either of them from this earthly world the other 
is to be possessed of the whole (speaking of the two former) 
or in the event of neither of them being alive at the time 
of this being opened it is to be equally divided between my 
beloved wife & two Children as before mentioned as is the 
one hundred & fifty Pounds in the event of the demise of my 
Mother in law Anne Lynch as is also whatever Sum and Sums of 
Money Property & Effects I may be possessed of or due to me 
as aforesaid over & above the Sums above recited Should it 
please the Almighty to take either my beloved Wife or either 
of my beloved Children the Property as aforesaid is then to 
go to the Survors of the three (as the case may be) in the 
same proportions as aforesaid or the whole to the only 
Survor trusting in God that no Person will be in any manner 
dissatisfied with this my Will & Testament & hoping for 
forgiveness for my numerous Sins hereunto set my hand & Seal 
on board the Phebe at Sea this 1st day of May in the year of 
Our Lord 1813 John Surflen _James Smith Surgeon _ William 
Burroughs Lieut R M Witness 
I further nominate & appoint Jonathan Nevill Esqr Merchant 
of Maiden Lane in the City of London & John Wild Esqr 
Merchant of Saint Martin's Lane in the said City of London 
Executors for this Will begging & requiring them to see that 
Justice is done to my family which as affectionate fathers 
they could wish done towards their Sons Jno Surflen 
(Personal Appearance 9 March 1815 of George Russell of 
Maiden Lane Wood Street London and James Lindsey of the same 
place Gentleman as to manner and character of handwriting of 
deceased)
Proved at London with a Codicil 13 March 1815
PCC Prob11/1566