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PILKINTON, Sarah
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Name PILKINTON, Sarah Gender Female Death 1785 Person ID I8369 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
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SARAH PILKINTON nee MILLER (17??-1785)
The Will of Sarah PILKINTON (17??-1785) of Stamford, Lincolnshire, widow:
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"This is the Last Will and Testament of me Sarah PILKINTON of Stamford in the County of Lincoln Widow
First I Give to my Son George PILKINTON the Sum of Ten Pounds part of Thirty Pounds due on Note given by him to his late Sister Sarah PILKINTON
Also I Give to my son William PILKINTON the Sum of Ten Pounds
Also I Give to my son Robert PILKINTON the Sum of Ten Pounds
Also I Give to my Son John PILKINTON the Sum of Ten Pounds
Also I Give to my Son Thomas PILKINTON the Sum of Ten Pounds
Also I Give to my Grandson Robert and to my Grandaughter [sic] Susannah PILKINTON the son and Daughter of my said Son Robert PILKINTON the Sum of Five Pounds Each
Also I Give to my Grandson Thomas and to my Grandaughter [sic] Elizabeth, the son and Daughter of my said
of my said Son Thomas PILKINTON the Sum of Five Pounds Each
Also I Give to my Grandaughters [sic] Sarah and Mary the Daughters of my said Son George PILKINTON the Sum of Five Pounds Each
Also I Give to my Grandaughter Mary LIGHTFOOT Five Pounds O [?]
Also I Give to my Grandsons William and Nicholas the Sons of the late Nicholas PILKINTON deceased the Sum of Five Pounds Each
all which said Legacies are to be paid within twelve Months after my Decease
And as to all the Rest and Residue of my Money Goods Chattels and Effects whatsoever my Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences being first Paid and discharged I Give and Bequeath the same unto my Daughter Mary PILKINTON whom I appoint sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament Hereby revoking all former Wills by me made
In Witness whereof I the said Sarah PILKINTON the Testatrix have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Seventeenth Day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty two.
[signed] Sarah PILKINTON
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Sarah
PILKINTON the Testatrix as and for her last Will and
Testament in the presence of us the Witnesses under written
who have at her request and in her Presence and in the
Presence of each other set our Hands as Witnesses to the [sic]
of this her said Will
N. TORKINGTON
Robt HURST
4th July 1785 Then was Mary PILKINTON sole Executrix named in the within written Will sworn well and faithfully to execute the same before me
Rd. A KNOWLES Surrogte.
Effects under £300"
(Lincolnshire Consistory Court Will 1785/138)
