Robert Jones, Tan y Graig, Bodfean : Will 1801.
In the name of God Amen.I Robert Jones of Tanygraig in the Parish of Bodvean being of sound mind memory and understanding but aged and finding my body decaying am aware that it may please the Almighty God shortly to remove to eternity in whom I trust for Salvation, do make this my last Will and Testament, viz.
Firstly I give and bequeath unto my daughter Anne the wife of Robert Hughes the sum of one shilling.
To my sons Owen and Thomas I give and bequeath the sum of three pounds to each of them.
To my son John I give and bequeath the sum of ten pounds.
To my daughter Lowry, Jane and Mary I give and bequeath the sum of eight pounds to each of them.
Lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my son William with Mary my dear beloved wife to be my Executors Jointly on whom I trust and depend to act justly and honestly by my children according to this my last Will. But should it so happen that Mary my dear beloved wife after my decease do again enter into the state of matrimony then and in that case I give and bequeath unto her the said Mary my beloved wife the sum of ten pounds only with her own bed and bed clothes to be paid and delivered to her by my son William my Executor from whom she is to depart and cease in that case to be with him as Joint Executrix. This I declare to be my only and last Will and Testament given under my hand and seal this thirteenth day of March and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven (1797).
Signed and sealed in the presence of William Jones Bodvean and Richard Williams Bodvean Mill.
I have on this 14th day of November 1797 ordered this my Will to be opened and altrd on behalf of my daughter Anne to whom I give in lieu of twenty shillings the sum of one shilling and declare all this not to be my last Will and to remain unaltered. Signed in the presence of William Jones Bodvean and Mary Jones.
On the 12th day of November in the year of our Lord 1800 the within written Will was insinuated proved approved and in common form of Law decreed valid and Administration granted to the within named Executors Mary Thomas and William Roberts, they having been first personally sworn on the Holy Evangelist (having alledged that the whole of the Goods Chattels and Credits of the Testator Robert Jones, doth not amount in value to the sum of one hundred pounds) as the Law directs.
Before me Richard Owen Surrogate.
Inventory of all the Goods Chattels and Credits and Personal Estate of Robert Jones late of Tanygraig in the Parish of Bodvean and Diocese of Bangor deceased, made and appraised by Griffith Robert of Talysarn, Owen Ellis of Nant and William Owen of Penybryn both of the Parish of Bodvean this 28th day of June 1800.
| £ | s | d | |
| Saddle and Bridle | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wearing Apparel | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Kitchen Furniture | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 1st Chamber | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2nd Chamber | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Six Milking Cows | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 Yearlings | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Horses | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheep and wether? | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Pigs | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Gun ? | 2 | 0 | |
| Carts and horses ? | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Plows and Harrows | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Sythes Rakes Sacks Spades Mattocks | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Grinding Stone | 2 | 0 | |
| 96 | 19 | 0 |
Griffith Roberts and Owen Ellis Appraisers.