In the name of God, Amen. I, William Turner of Hanley, in the parish of Stoake upon Trent and County of Stafford, doe make this my last will & testament in manner and forme following :
First and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, hopeing to receive remission of all my sins through the meritts of Jesus Christ, and my body I commit to the earth, to be buried in such Christian like manner as my executors hereafter named shall think fit, and as touching the disposition of that temporall estate that it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I give and bequeath as followeth :
wil 28 Leigh Margaret (Molly) known as the Burslem witch 1752
£3.00In the name of God Amen. The last will and Testament of Margaret Leigh of Jackfield in the parish of Burslem in the County of Stafford Spinster made the twenty-fifth day of March in the twenty first year of the Reign of King George the Second over Great Britain and so forth and in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and forty- eight.
This is a copy of her will. However, I have undertaken research of this document in an attempt to dismiss all the stories about her life and her connections with evil spirits. And thereby show its validity. Following her death all sorts of rumours followed which included quite a number of the made not only during her life but even more following her death. All these have been investigated and as a result discharged as totally fabricated in an attempt to gain some financial benefit. None of the theories have been proven.
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