This is the last Will and Testament of me Elizabeth Adams Lincoln Lodge Hanslope in the County of Bucks Widow  I give and bequeath to my two daughters Mary Tweed the wife of James Tweed and Elizabeth Adams the sum of eight hundred pounds each to be for their respective separate use and benefit in the same way as the residue of my Estate is hereinafter left and bequeathed to them also I give and bequeath unto Ann Adams the widow of my Son William Adams the sum of fifty pounds also I  give and bequeath unto Thomas Adams and William (the children of the said William and Ann Adams) severally the several sums of two hundred pounds and one hundred and fifty pounds that is to say to the said Thomas Adams the sum of two hundred pounds and to the said William Adams the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds to be paid to them respectively on their respectively attaining the age of twenty one years and in the event of either of their deaths before they respectively shall attain such age I hereby direct that the same legacies respectively shall fall in and become part of my residuary estate and I hereby authorise and direct my executrixes hereinafter named and appointed and the survivors and survivor of them and the executors and administrators of such survivor to lay out and invest such sums or either of them in the government funds or   mortgage of real estate and to pay and apply the interest dividends and income arising therefrom in or towards the maintenance and education of the said Thomas Adams and William Adams respectively and also to apply all or any part of the said sums respectively at their his or her discretion in or towards their advancement in the world or otherwise for their or either if their benefit respectively Also I give and bequeath all rest and residue of my personal estate of whatsoever nature or kind the same may be unto and between my said two daughters Mary Tweed and Elizabeth Adams as tenants in common and not as joint tenants and I direct that the part or share of my said daughter Mary Tweed shall be for her own sole and separate use and benefit for her natural life independent of her present or any future husband and free from his debts or control with power for her to dispose of thereof absolutely by any deed or writing under her hand and seal or by her last Will and Testament and in default of any such disposition as aforesaid Then I give the same to her husband the said James Tweed his executors and administrators and assigns and I also direct that the part or share of my said daughter Elizabeth Adams shall be for own sole and separate use for her natural life independent of any husband she may happen to marry and free from his debts or control with power for her to dispose thereof absolutely by any deed or writing under her hand and seal or by her last Will and Testament and in default of any such disposition then I give the same to her executors administrators and assigns and I do hereby appoint my daughters Mary Tweed and Elizabeth Adams Executrixes of this my Will and hereby revoke all former Wills by me heretofore made  In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed and set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven – The mark of  X  Elizabeth Adams (LS) Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Elizabeth Adams the Testator as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names at Witnesses thereto – Geo. Hedge  James Parish

Whereas I Elizabeth Adams late of Lincoln Lodge Hanslope but now of the Park house in Fakenham in the County of Suffolk Widow have made and duly executed my last Will and Testament in writing bearing date on or about the sixteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven  Now I do hereby declare this present writing to be a Codicil to my said Will and I direct the same to be annexed thereto and taken as part thereof And whereas I have in and by my said Will amongst other things given and bequeathed unto Ann Adams the Widow of my late Son William Adams the sum of fifty pounds Now I do hereby give and bequeath unto her the sum of fifty pounds in addition to the sum given to her by my said Will  And I direct the same to be paid to her as soon after my decease as circumstances will permit And whereas I have in and by my said Will given and bequeathed unto William the Son of the said William and Ann Adams the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds Now I do hereby give and bequeath unto him a further sum of fifty pounds both of which said sums I direct shall be paid to him on his attaining the age of twenty one years  And whereas I have in and by my said Will given and bequeathed all that the residue of my personal Estate unto my two daughters Mary the Wife of James Tweed of Fakenham aforesaid and Elizabeth the Wife of Robert Black of            in the County of Derby Builder to be equally divided between them as tenants in common  Now my mind and will is and I do hereby declare that in case of the death of either or both of my said two daughters Mary Tweed and Elizabeth Black during my life the share to which such daughter or daughters respectively would have been entitled if living at the time of my decease shall go to and be paid to the respective husbands of such daughter or daughters so dying as aforesaid absolutely and in the event of the death of either or both of their  said husbands before my decease the share or shares to which he or they respectively would have been entitled if living shall go to and I hereby give the same to and to be equally divided between the children of my said daughter or daughters respectively so dying as aforesaid  And I do hereby confirm my said Will in all other respects In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred ad thirty nine Elizabeth her X mark Adams – Signed by the said Elizabeth Adams the Testatrix in the presence of us (both being present at the same time) who in her presence at her request have subscribed our names as Witnesses – Thos. Cooke  – Thos. Lancelot Reed

Proved at London with a Codicil 2nd July 1852