Middlesex County, VA - Will (1775) of Dame Rebecca Gooch, widow of Sir William Gooch Source: William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine Volume 23, No. 3, January, 1915 PP. 173-175 WILL OF LADY REBECCA GOOCH, WIDOW OF SIR WILLIAM GOOCH. Communicated by E. ALFRED JONES, London. (Extracted from the Principal Registry of the Probate Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice. In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.) I, DAME REBECCA GOOCH of Hampton in Middlesex widow do make publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner following I steadfastly believe and Hope that God Al- mighty through his great mercy and the merits of my blessed Saviour will pardon all my sins and failings and receive my Soul as to to my poor body wth Mr. Wood of Littletons leave I would have it laid in Cobham Chancel by my Father Mother and sister I would be buried in linnen and my wedding ring on my Finger. A plain black cloth outside coffin with black plates and nails and a very good Elm one within unless I die at so great a dis- tance they are obliged to put me in lead I would have a velvet hearse with six horses and two coaches and six no Pall bearers nor Escutcheons only a velvet pall eight poor men of the parish of Cobham who do not take alms of the parish I desire to carry me into the Church and to have Hatbands and Gloves and five shillings each a Scarf Hat Band and gloves and a twenty shilling ring to the Minister at Cobham that buries me and a twenty shilling ring to the Minister at Hampton and five shillings a piece to six poor men who assist in putting me into the Hearse at Hampton I would have an Atchievement over my house door to be hung in Cobham Chancel at a proper time And first I would bequeath wherewith to repair and keep up the Burying place at York in Virginia where my dear son and grandson and brother lie but have met with such ill usage in relation to it al- ready as convinces me it will never be put to the right use there- fore I omit it but as a small token of my Remembrance to the place of his education I give to William and Mary College in Virginia my Gilt Sacrament Cup(1) and put in a Red Leather case and a large Foll: Bible of Fields bound in four volumes I give to my Daughter Eleanor Lewis twenty pounds for mourning and to her son Warner Lewis Junr my gold watch with a Mans Gold Chain to it which I've laid by for that purpose I likewise order five hundred pound consolidated Bank Stock to be put in trusts hands the interest thereof to be paid to Mrs. Frances Fergusson during her life and at ner death I give it to the afore- said Warner Lewis Junr my Godson I give to Ralph Wormly Esquire Senr my son and daughters pictures half lengths that hang in the little parlour I do give to William Gooch Esquire second son to Sir Thomas Gooch Bart one hundred pound Con- solidated Bank Stock and my snuff box with my sons picture in it done by Zinks and I do give to Miss Matilda Gooch Sir Thomas Gooch's daughter and to Miss Mary Gooch and Miss Rachael Gooch Dr. Gooch's daughters and to my Godson Master Thomas Sherlock Gooch one hundred pound consolidated Bank stock each I do likewise desire Mrs. Hanbury Mr. Capel Han- bury's widow will accept of twenty guineas for a ring as a small remembrance of the many favors received from him I do give to my own Maid Mary not if living with me at the time of my death thirty pounds to William Stoke if living with me then twenty pound to each of my other servants that shall have lived with me two year or upwards ten pound each I do give to ten poor widows of the parish of Hampton twenty shilling each as Mrs. Frances Fergusson shall name them and I do give to Mr. Oswood Hanbury and Mr. Samuel Athawes who have given me leave to appoint them my EXECUTORS fifty pounds each Lastly I do give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate of what kind or nature soever and whatsoever sum or sums of money I am intitled to or have any right to dispose of by will or other wise unto my dear friend Mrs. Franciss Fergusson and I do hereby constitute and appoint Mr. Osgood Hanbury and Mr. Samuel Athaws EXECUTORS to this my will and I do declare these presents all of my own handwriting to be my last will IN WITNESS whereof I have hereto set my name & seal this twelf day of August 1773. REB: GOOCH (L. S) Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of us. I do allso give to Miss Mary Athawes one hundred pound Consoladated Bank Stock REB : GOOCH. Administration (With Will and Codicil) granted 25th February 1775. Administration (with Will and Codicil) granted 1st September 1810. Fos 10. J H G. 52 Alexander. (1) This beautiful cup is now in the possession of Bruton Church, Wil- liamsburg. It was made in 1686 by Peter Harache (QUARTERLY VI., p. 40). Submitted for use in the USGenWeb/Rootsweb Archives by L inda R ussell L ewis ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. 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