Will question

[Asa]

My ancestor Mary was left £400 by her brother in 1808 to be paid after the death of his widow. Mary made her will in July 1829 and there's a large section on this expected money, her sister-in-law then still being alive.

Mary's own will was proved July 1837 by oath of the executor who had sworn duly to administer July 1836. The sister-in-law had died in April 1837. Death duty on Mary's will was paid in 1837.

I *think* I've found Mary's burial in July 1830 - same parish her husband had been buried in and abode the town she was living in in 1829 - it's just the transcribed age is 80 instead of the 88 it should have been. I'd accept this because the surname isn't common and all of her own generation were dead - it's just the executor swearing to administer in 1836 and I don't really understand that.....

[Phoenix]

Was he sworn in 1836 or in 1830? Is the date in numbers or words?

I assume that Mary's brother left the money to Mary AND her heirs?

The only reason I could imagine the executor waiting six years, and then having to wait longer, is if the sil enjoyed poor health and he was all set on collecting the money before she recovered again.

[Asa]

I'll go and check, Phoenix. Mary was born in 1742 and her sister-in-law c1753 so they could have been expected to go at any time I would have thought!

[Asa]

Ah! Hang on - it might be my notes - the line finishes "sworn duly to administer" and the date I mentioned "July 2nd 1836" (which is very clear) is on the end of the line and abouve the name of the next will which has no date within it so it could easily belong to that.

If the date belonged to the next will, then Mary could well have made her will in 1829 died in 1830 and the will was administered in July 1837 following the inheritance from the sister-in-law who died in April 1837. (Yes it was to her and her heirs)

[Asa]

I've found a brief death announcement in a local paper and she died in July 1830 so that's solved:-)