“In the name of God Amen, I Catherine Hopley of Shocklach Widdow And in the Parish of Shocklach and in the County of Chester Being of sound mind And Perfect Memory Praysed Be to God for the same Do make and publish this to be my last Will and Testament In Manner and Form Following First That all my Funeral expenses be payd, and then my Mind and Will is First I give and Bequeath To William Hopley and Samuel Hopley and James Hopley The Sum of Forty Pounds To Be divided between them, Share and share alike.  Also I Give and Bequeath
to Mary Davis the sum of Ten Pounds
and to my Granddaughter Catherine Hopley The Sum of Ten Pounds
and to my Granddaughter Elizabeth Hopley The Sum of Ten Pounds
and also to Esther Hopley The Sum of Ten Pounds
Also I Give to Robert Hopley Ten Pounds
and to Charles Hopley The Sum of Ten Pounds
and likewise to John Hopley The Sum of Ten Pounds
and to my Grandson George Green the sum of Five Pounds
and to my Grandson Thomas Hopley widdow the sum of Five Pounds
and to Catherine Hopley, Elizabeth Hopley and Esther Hopley, daughters of the Late Peter Hopley Deceased to receive their legacies when they Attend the age of Twentyone and they ??? of the said Legacies to be paid twelve months after my Decease Whereunto I set my Hand, And Seal This Eleventh Day of January and In the year of our lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten As Witnessed our Hands.  Thomas Baker & Roger Hanson
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