Christopher Petty

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    Christopher may have married twice, first to Mary Wharton and secondly to Mary Shackleton. CHRISTOPHER PETTYT and MARY WHARTON: Marriage: October 17, 1721, Bolton Abbey  Skipton, York, England
    
    Payments by the Trustees of Silvester Petyt's Charity 1729-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£3 1730-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£3 1731-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£2 1734-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£2-2-0. 1735-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£2-5-0. 1736-Christopher Petyt ...£2 1737-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£2-2-0. 1738-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£2 1739-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£2-2-0. 1740-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£2-3-0. 1741-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£2-5-0. 1742-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£1-19-0. 1743-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£1-15-0 1744-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£1-15-6. 1745-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£1-16-0. 1746-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£1-19-0 1747-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£1-18-0. 1748-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£2-2-0. 1749-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£1-18-0 1750-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£1-19-0 1751-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£2 1752-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£1-14-0. 1753-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£1-16-0. 1754-Christopher Petyt of Beamsley ...£1-17-0.
    
    Will for Christopher Petty In the name of God Amen.  The 3rd day of April in the year of our Lord God 1765 and in the 5th reign of our Soveregn Lord King George, I Christopher Petty of Greystones in the townshop of Beamsley, parish of Skipton and county of York, husbandman, being sick and weak of body but of a sound and perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to God, therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for al men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form follwing, that is to say, First and principally I gi ve my soul into the hand of God that gave it to me and for the body, I commend it to the earth to be buried in Christian and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors herein after named, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty powers of God and as touching such worldly effects wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give, devise, bequeath and dispose the same manner and form following.
    
    I will that all my just debts and funeral expenses be fully paid. Item, I give unto my daughter, Mary Newall the sum on one pound ten shillings to be paid her yearly during her natural life out of my esta te . ..
    
    Item, I give my loving wife Mary Petty the sum of four pounds to be paid her yearly at £2 each half year, in case that she shall not choose to live with my son, but if she shall dwell with him and he finding her sufficient maintenance of clothes and victuals he shall be quit of any payments of th e aforesaid four pounds.
    
    Item. All the remainder of my estate wheresoever it is to be found with in the Realm of England, I do give, devise and bequeath unto my well belov ed son John Petty, and do make him my full and whole Executor and I do her eby disallow, revoke and anull all and other former Testaments and Will s, Legacies, Bequestsand Executors, by me in anywise before this time named, willed and bequested, satisfying and confirming th is and none other to be my last Will and Testament in witness whereof I ha ve hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed, Christopher -X-Petty Witnessed by Thomas Scaife, Thomas Holmes and John Holmes.

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