wil 43 Smyth John 1681

Last Wills L – H

John Bill of Trent Vale, Farmer 1820

In the name of God, Amen. I, John Harrison of Newcastle under Lyme in the County of Stafford, Inn holder, being of sound & disposing mind & memory, doe make this my last will & testament, as first I comitt & commend my soue into the hands of Almighty God, my creator, assuredly trusting & believing in & through the merits and mediation of my ever blessed saviour & redeemer Jesus Christ to be received into everlasting happiness, and my body I leave to be decently & Christianly buried by my executors herein after named, & my worldly estate, which it hath pleased Almighty God of his goodness to bestow upon me, I dispose as followeth :