Probate Court

Prerogative Court Of Canterbury

 

Will dated

7th September 1844

 

 

 

Will probated

7th November 1844

 

This is the last Will and Testament of me John Ballard of Moore Street in the parish of Birmingham in the county of Warwick Gentleman.  I direct that all of my just debts and funeral expenses and the costs of proving and executing this my will be fully paid and satisfied by my executors hereinafter named.  I give and bequeath the following specific legacies namely unto Mrs Elizabeth Sheldon of Moore Street Birmingham aforesaid widow with whom I present ly reside the sum of £40.00 and to Mr. John Dollman of <Belmans> Row in the parish of Aston near Birmingham aforesaid gentleman the sum of £19.00 19 shillings to be paid to them respectively as soon as convenient after my decease unto the Treasurer for the time being of the Birmingham General Hospital the sum of ten pounds to be a applied for the charitable purposes of that institution unto the treasurer for the time being of the Deaf and Dumb Institution of Edgbaston near Birmingham the sum of £10.00 to be applied for the charitable purposes of that institution unto the treasurer for the time being of the Birmingham Blue Coat Charity School the sum of £10.00 to be applied for the purposes of that institution unto the treasurer for the time being of the Birmingham Dispensary the sum of £10.00 to be applied for the charitable purposes of that institution and I direct the said legacies to the above mentioned charitable institutions be paid out of such parts of my personal estate as the law permits to be appropriated by will to charitable purposes and the receipts of the respective treasurers shall be good discharges to my executors also I give and bequeath to my friends Henry Jones Dollman of Birmingham factor and Charles Dollman of Birmingham wine merchant the sum of £50.00 apiece for their own use and benefit and as to all the rest and residue of my estate and effects of whatsoever nature kind or quality it may be of which I shall die possessed or in any manner <???> <????> to or over which I may have any disposing power at the time of my decease and not having before otherwise disposed of I give devise and bequeath the same unto my nephew Thomas Harman of Birmingham schoolmaster son of my Sister Nancy Harman his heirs executors or administrators and assigns for his and there own absolute use and benefit and I hereby direct and declare that in case my said nephew or other of my said friends Henry Jones Dollman and Charles Dollman or the said Elizabeth Sheldon or the said John Dollman shall die in my lifetime that then and in such case the said legacy or property Whether specific or residuary hereinbefore bequeath to such of them so deceased shall be paid and applied to his or her executors or administrators to be disposed of as part of his or her personal estate and I give and bequeath the same accordingly and I do hereby declare that my executors shall not to be answerable for any more moneys than they shall severally actually receive by virtue of this my will nor for any loss that may happen to my property so as such loss happen without their wilful default or neglect and that one of them shall not be answerable for other of them but each of them for his own acts and defaults only and also that it shall be lawful for them to reimburse themselves and each other all such expenses as they or either of them may be put to in the execution of this my will and I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Henry Jones Dollman and Charles Dollman executors of this my will hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.  In witness where of I the said testator have to this my last will and testament set my hand this seventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty four - John Ballard his mark signed by the said testator John Ballard and declared to be his last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have here to subscribed an names as witnesses William Huntley clerk to Mr. Henry <????> Solicitor Birmingham: William Smith <?????> Birmingham

 

Proved at London 7 November, 1844 before the Judge by the oath of Henry Jones Dollman and Charles Dollman the executors to whom administration was granted they're having been first sworn by commission duly to administer.