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Will of William Fairfax, Carnaby, Yorks.

Dated 4.1.1718/9, proved 1721 at York.

In the name of God Amen I William Fairfax of the County of York & in the Town of Carnaby Gent do dispose of my psonal Estate  as follows 

First I order that my debts and funeral charges be discharged by my Extrix (hereafter menconed) 

Imprs I give to my Eldest Son Thomas Fairfax fifty pounds to be paid as the Charges of his Educacon at the University shall by porcons or parts reqeuire it 

Item I give to my second Son William Fairfax the sum of fifty pounds to be paid when his Age is one & twenty years 

Item to my third Son Lancelot Fairfax the sum of fifty pounds to be paid when his age is one & twenty years 

Item to my Daughter Catherine Fairfax the sum of fifty pounds to be paid when her age is one & twenty years 

Item I appoint my beloved wife Frances Fairfax my Extrix (who I order to pay the above menconed charges & Legaciys as they become due the rest of my psonal effects I bequeath & give to my sd Wife Frances Fairfax my Will & design is that if any of those my above menconed Children shall dye before they shall arrive at the Age of twenty one years then such Legacy or Legacys shall equally be divided amongst the Surviving Children 

Item this I call & appoint my last Will & Testamt bearing date the fourth of January Seventeen hundred & Eighteen or Nineteen As witness my hand & seal pformed before witnesses Will Fairfax

Witnesses at signing & sealing Robt ?Kenyon? his mark John Dickinson M Coates