D567/11 The Gwent Archve includes a copy of the will of Ebenezer Harris Dated 19th June 1841 Died 1st Nov 1946 Proved 25th Nov 1846. These dates are taken from an Endorsement. Leaves lands bequeathed by Ann Edwards to his trustee the Rev. Micah Thomas so that the terms of his father's will may not be contravened. To wife, Hannah Harris, £1000 and his household furniture. To Rev. Micah Thomas, Rev. Joseph Price, Rev. James Edmunds all books except those in which his wife's name occur. To wife £200 annuity based on 3% consolidated bank. To sisters Mrs Elizabeth Edmunds, Mrs Catherine Price, Mrs Anne Conway, Mrs Rachel Thomas, £500. To nieces & nephews: Mrs Elizabeth Fox, Mrs Rebecca Davies (daughters of late sister Mrs Mary Jenkins), Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Hodgkins, d. Catherine Price, Catherine Conway, John Harris Conway, Anne Conway, William Conway, Emily Conway, £100. To Abraham Edwards, bastard of his brother John Harris, £100, Mrs Esther Chapman only surviving d. of cousin John Harris, £100. To Pontypool Baptist Academy, Bristol Baptist Education Society, Bible Translation Society, Society for Protection of Civil and Religious Liberty, 10 guineas apiece. To Executors £50 apiece. Executors to sell real estate. Full instructions given as to care and conduct of such estate. Proceeds of sale (after debts etc. dealt with) to be invested on Governemnt or real Securities in England or Wales they are to pay one tenth of dividends due to Fox and Davies and one fifth to each of his four daughters, independent of their respective husbands. Wants nephew John Harris Conway made trustee upon first vacancy. Executors Micah Thomas, James Edmunds, William Tanner the younger, attorney at law of Bristol. The will is altered and annotated in a number of cases, as if for presentation in a slightly different form. Foliation 34-42. Endorsed: Conway v Dawson' (3) [Mid 19th century]
