for life; and if either John or Charles succeed to
the Baronet’s title, the annuity to go over to
the other; but if their sister survive, she to have
only L200 per annum; also four annuities, of L50 each,
to four of her female friends or neighbors. All
these annuities are charged on the Cranham estate,
which she gives in trust to Sir George Allanson Wynne,
Bart., and Mr. Granville Sharpe, for the use of her
nephew, Sir Thomas Apreece, of Washingley, Co.
Huntingdon, for life, remainder in tail to his issue
male or female, remainder to his brothers John and
Charles, and sister Dorothy, successively, remainder
to her own right heirs. The manor of Canewdon
Hall, Essex, to be sold to pay legacies, viz.:
L100 to Sir G.A. Wynne; L1000 to the Princess
of Rohan, related to her late husband; L500 to the
Princess de Ligne, her late husband’s niece;
L1000 to Samuel Crawley, Esq., of Theobalds, Co.
Herts; L500 among the Miss Dawes’s, of Coventry;
L500 to James Fitter, Esq., of Westminster; L500 to
the Marquis of Bellegarde. The manor of Fairstead
Hall, Co. Essex, to Granville Sharpe, for life,
paying L50 per annum to his friend Mr. Marriott, relict
of General Marriott, of Godalming, and to settle the
said estate to charitable uses after his death, at
his discretion. To Edward Lloyd and Sarah his
wife, her servants, L500; and L10 each, to other servants.
By a codicil: to Maria Anne Stephenson L1000
stock out of any of her property in the funds; to
Miss Lewis, who lives with Mrs. Fowle, in Red-lion
square, and to Miss Billinghurst, of Godalming, L50
each; to the poor of Cranham, Fairstead, Canewdon,
and Godalming, L20 each; her turn of patronage to
the united livings of St. Mary Somerset and St. Mary
Mounthaw, in London, to the Rev. Mr. Herringham, of
South Weald. By another codicil, L1000 more to
the Marquis of Bellegarde; L1000 to Count Bethisy;
L200 to Granville Sharpe. By another, revokes
the legacies to the Princess de Ligne and Count Bethisy,
and gives them to the two younger daughters of the
Marquis of Bellegarde, at the age of 21, or marriage.
As the Marquis resides in France, and it may be inconvenient
to him to keep the estate, she gives the manors of
Westbrook and Brimscombe, and Westbrook-place in Godalming,
in trust to G. Sharpe, and William Gill, Esqrs., and
their heirs, to be sold, and the money paid to the
Marquis. Her executors are Mr. Granville Sharpe,
and Mrs. Sarah Dickinson, of Tottenham; the latter
residuary legatee.
At the foot of the monument erected to the memory of General Oglethorpe, was added the following inscription:
“His disconsolate Widow died
October 26,1787,
in her 79th year,
and is buried with him,
in the vault in the centre of this Chancel.
Her fortitude of mind and extensive charity
deserve to be remembered,
though her own modesty would desire them to
be forgotten.”
OGLETHORPE’S
ACCOUNT OF