WILL OF ANN FULLER

Ann Fuller of Great Marlow, singlewoman. Will written 1851 and proved 1852.

Margaret Hickman has kindly offered to be her executor so she is appointed as such.

Just debts, funeral and costs for proving the will are to be paid first.

1 guinea each to:

Sarah Truss, widow.

Elizabeth Piggott, widow.

The wife of Edward Edwards.

The wife of Benjamin Marcham.

Elizabeth ?Mayor? 

The wife of Thomas Robinson of Harleyford.

To the wife of Joseph Austin her fire irons, fender, and sheets.

To Hannah Austin her best ....ing.

Tea caddy to ....Hickman.

Chest of drawers to Margaret Hickman.

From the rest of the furniture and clothing Martha Atkins, Susan Cleobury, Ann B.... and Caroline ?Dark? can choose something to remember her by.

Rest of her possessions: half to the said Mrs Austin and half to be divided between the children of Mrs Austin.

Witnessed by Ann Fry and William Fry both of Marlow.

The will was proved by Margaret Hickman wife of George Hickman.

Notes:

Ann lived with an elderly William Hickman, a surgeon, in West Street Marlow at the time of the 1841 census. I am unsure if she was related to him as the 1841 census did not record household relationships. William died aged 94 in 1850. George Hickman was his son and also a surgeon. Margaret Hickman was nee Aitchinson.

Benjamin Marcham and his wife lived in Oxford Road.

The wife of Thomas Robinson of Harleyford was named Mary. He was a Chelsea Pensioner.

Elizabeth Piggott was a laundress in Chapel Street Marlow.

Sarah Truss was an elderly laundress of Spittal Street.

William Fry was a servant (live out) who lived in West Street. It is uncertain whom he worked for. He had a daughter called Ann but she would have been only in her mid teens in 1851 which seems young for a will witness, though not unprecedented. The grave of William and his wife Phebe / Phoebe can be seen on the blog here, and their home here

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Will is held at the National Archives Kew. Transcribed by me and then summarised here.

1833 Great Marlow Parochial Assessment Part Two

 Updated by Charlotte October 2023

The original handwritten working notebooks used to compile the parochial assessment have been in my family for a time but are now very fragile so I thought I'd better transcribe them for posterity. The books were used for corrections to this information up to circa 1839 and include slotted in correspondence on the issue.

This is part 2 of many parts dealing with the houses and buildings. 

Post by Charlotte Day.

©Marlow Ancestors. You are very welcome to quote from / use this transcription for family and local history purposes with credit to this blog.

Town houses and buildings

High Street, West side continued

Format is =

Name

Description of property

Annual value

Any notes or comments from me in square brackets

John Meadows [a draper. Retired 1839]

Dwelling house and garden

£8

Stable and loft 

10 shillings

Barn

£1

Shops and dwelling house

£14

*****

Ralfs [only bit of name given] [property owned by the family from before 1826]

Dwelling house, yard and large garden

£22

*****

Mayor [Again this is the whole name given. Almost certainly a butcher].

House and garden

£6

*****

Susannah Clark [Grocer and tea dealer who also ran a coach. Her stagecoach was the first vehicle to cross Marlow suspension bridge when it opened. Present here 1830. Widow.]

House and garden

£8

*****

John Broome [he seems out of his proper place in the assessment. Died aged 89 in 1845. John was of Irish birth and had spent 26 years in the East Indies before returning to England in 1807. This return date precludes him from being the John Broome of Westthorpe Little Marlow in 1793]

House and garden

£11

*****

Robert Colbourne [Surgeon. I have a copy of the will of a Robert Colbourne that is this man's father. A transcription of it is here].

House, yard, stable, pleasure ground and garden

£26

*****

James Field [he ran a school, was a tailor and became Post Master. The wills of himself and his wife are available on the blog here].

Dwelling House, school room, offices and garden

£22

*****

William Harding [shoemaker and beerseller]

The Turks Head beershop [also known as the Saracen's Head], house, yard and garden

£10

*****

James Maclean [tin plate worker and ironmonger].

House, shop, and garden

£13

*****

Samuel Carter [shoemaker]

House, yard and garden

£15

*****

Richard Hawkins

House and other buildings

£12

****

Joseph Grey [a tailor]

House

£6

*****

John Moss 

House, Kitchen with room over Smith's shop, stable, large workshop, sheds, yards, foundry, gardens and part of house adjoining [John and his wife are the subject of a biographical post on the blog here. His main business premises described above as workshops, foundry etc were down by the Mills later and I thought at this time too but he is listed High Street which was his home address so not sure. He also a little later rented some arable land, stables etc in Spittal Street]

£21

Barn and part of a yard by the Meeting House [Oxford Road]

£2 10 shillings

Gardens by Oxford Lane [modern Oxford Road]

£3

*****

James Coster

House and garden

£12

******

To be continued

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