The Last Will and Testament of me Sarah Goodhugh of the town of Faversham Widow made this fourth day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven first I hereby appoint Mr. John Bunger Sharp of the town of Faversham sole executor to this my will and for this trouble in the execution of the same do hereby give and bequeath to the said John Bunger Sharp the sum of nineteen pounds nineteen shillings and further it is my will that my said executor shall cause to be erected near the place of my Interment a Stone or Stones with such inscription thereon as to my said executor shall think fit and proper the expense to be paid out of my personal estate I do also give unto the said John Bunger Sharp the whole of my money securities for money and all my other effects of every kind upon trust as follows that is to say first to pay unto Elizabeth Hinds widow of my late brother the yearly interest or dividends arising from the sum of two hundred pounds producing three pounds ten shillings per cent per annum in the public funds of this kingdom during the term of her natural life and so soon as may be convenient or within twelve months after the death of the said Elizabeth Hinds to pay the said principal sum of two hundred pounds unto Sarah the wife of William Diprose and Eliza Mary Ann and Sarah the children of my New John Hinds and Mary his late wife in equal parts that is to say one moiety unto Sarah Diprose and the other moiety unto Eliza Mary Ann and Sarah Elizabeth Hinds to be applied in the same manner as that part of the residue of my personal estate hereinafter named and upon this further trust that the said John Bunger Sharp shall after paying my just debts the expense of proving this my will and other incidental charges pay to the above named Sarah Diprose one moiety of the residue of my monies securities for money and other effects for her own use and benefit and one moiety to be reserved for the use and benefit of Eliza Mary Ann and Sarah Elizabeth Hinds the interest or dividends to be paid towards the support and maintenance of the said Eliza Mary Ann and Sarah Elizabeth Hinds to all or either of them in such proportions as be the said John Bunger Sharp his heirs or assigns shall think proper and so soon as the said Eliza Mary Ann and Sarah Elizabeth Hinds or either of them shall attain the age of twenty one years the said John Bunger Sharp or his heirs or assigns shall pay to them or either of them the said Eliza Mary Ann and Sarah Elizabeth Hinds one third part of the moiety of the residue of my personal estate and if either the said Eliza Mary Ann or Sarah Elizabeth Hinds shall depart this life before she or they attain the age of twenty one years or die unmarried then the survivor or survivors of them the said Eliza Mary Ann and Sarah Elizabeth shall be entitled to the share or shares of such the said Eliza Mary Ann or Sarah Elizabeth as shall of departed this life before they or she shall attain the age of twenty one years and die unmarried and further that whenever the said Elizabeth Hinds shall depart this life the interest or dividends arising from one moiety of the before mentioned two hundred pounds the interest to which is devised to the said Elizabeth Hinds shall be paid towards the maintenance of the said Eliza Mary Ann or Sarah Elizabeth in such proportions as he the said John Bunger Sharp shall think proper in like manner as the interest of one moiety of the residue of the estate is directed to be paid and so soon as she or they or either of them shall attain the age of twenty one years. She or they the said Eliza Mary Ann or Sarah Elizabeth shall be entitled to the principal sum in one moiety of the said two hundred pounds to be divided in like manner as the moiety of the residue of my estate nevertheless the said Eliza Mary Ann or Sarah Elizabeth Hinds shall not be entitled to either the interest or principle sum of the moiety of the said two hundred pounds until and after the death of the said Elizabeth Hinds and it is my will if the said Sarah the wife of William Diprose should depart this life before the said Elizabeth Hinds the said Eliza Mary Ann and Sarah Elizabeth Hinds or the survivor or the survivors of them shall be entitled to the moiety of the said two hundred pounds which the said Sarah Diprose would be entitled to should she the said Sarah Diprose survive the said Elizabeth Hinds together with the interst or dividends arising therefrom to be paid or applied by the said John Bunger Sharp in like manner as the other sums are directed to be applied and paid to the said Eliza Mary Ann or Sarah Elizabeth Hinds the survivor or survivors of them. Share and share alike if more than one and it is my will if the said Eliza Mary Ann and Sarah Elizabeth Hinds depart this life before they or either of them shall attain the age of twenty one years and unmarried then the said John Bunger Sharp his heirs or assigns shall pay to each and every the said children of William Goodhugh of Faversham Richard Goodhugh of Millbank Street Cavendish Square in the county of Middlesex Ann the wife of John Dawson and Sarah the wife of John Bunger Sharp such sums as should be payable to the said Eliza Mary Ann or Sarah Elizabeth if they or either of them attain the age of twenty one years the said children of Willm. Goodhugh Richard Goodhugh Ann the wife of John Dawson Sarah the wife of John Bunger Sharp each and every of them to take an equal share or part. In witness whereof I have set my hand the day and year above written Sarah Goodhugh witness to the signature of Sarah Goodhugh Thos. Frost Thos. Fuller

Proved in London the 16^th August 1838 before the worsful John Lanbury D^r. of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of John Bunger Sharp the sole exor by whom admon was granted having been first sworn duly to adminisery.

Beneficiaries are :

Elizabeth Hinds widow of her late brother (John Hinds)

Sarah the wife of William Diprose

Eliza Mary Ann and Sarah Elizabeth the children of her nephew John Hinds and Mary his late wife

The children of William Goodhugh of Faversham :

   Richard Goodhugh of Wellbeck Street, Cavendish Square
   Ann the wife of John Dawson
   Sarah the wife of John Bunger Sharp

The William Goodhugh referred to near the end of the will is William Goodhugh III (b. 24 February 1761) and his children who are subsequently mentioned are Richard Goodhugh (b. 1794, watchmaker), Ann Goodhugh (b. abt. June 1796) and Sarah Goodhugh (b. 1798).

There is no mention of William Goodhugh’s first child, William Goodhugh IV, who was married and died in an asylum twenty years after this will was proved. Why not?

This Sarah Goodhugh née Hinds was the sister of Susannah Clackett née Hinds who married William Goodhugh (1761-1829).

The administration of the will was wound up late in April 1865.

Proved in London the 16th August 1838 before the worsful John Lanbury Dr. of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of John Bunger Sharp the sole exor by whom admon was granted having been first sworn duly to adminisery.

Proved in London the 16^th August 1838 before the worsful John Lanbury D^r. of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of John Bunger Sharp the sole exor by whom admon was granted having been first sworn duly to adminisery.