I love these details

[ElizabethHerts]

My 3x-great-grandfather Daniel Jeffcoat had 10 siblings.

One of his sisters, Ann Jeffcoat, married Samuel Purser, and they had a comfortable lifestyle, but sadly no children. When Ann died in 1853 she made various bequests, one being "... I give to my Sister Martha Cooling of Lower Winchendon Bucks my four wheel chaise and pony harness ..."

Martha had married George Cooling. He died in 1856 and Martha died in 1857. They had no children either, and some land and various household effects were sold at auction.

I have just found a newspaper advertisement for the sale of the household items and it included "four wheel chaise, gig, sets of harness, &c".

Just little details, but as soon as I read it I knew where the chaise had come from, and it brought a smile to my face.