This is the last Will and Testament of me Joseph GIGGER of Dorchester in the County of Dorset Grocer made and published this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord Christ One Thousand seven hundred and Eighteen
Impris: I commend my Soul to God its Author And my body to the Earth Item: I charge all my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof I am seized of any Estate or Inheritance with the Payment of the yearly Sume of ffifteen pounds in lawfull money unto my Daughter Joan during the terme of her natural Life clear of all Deductions by Quarterly Payment and in Equal Proportions the first payment to be made at the end of three Kallendar Months next after my Death
Witness: my hand and Seal the Day and Year first above written (Joseph Gigger) Signed Sealed and Published by the Testator in the presence of us who Subscribed our Names for and as Witnesses thereto in his Presence: Johann Glisson Rebecka Bonnett Peter Templeman PROBATE: Proved at London 8 February 1719/20 Genealogical Notes:- (1) Joseph GIGGER (1681-1718) was the second son of Joseph Gigger (Senior) by his wife Joan Devenish of Charminster . His father was buried at All Saints Church in Dorchester on 14th June 1685 and was joined by his mother Joan Gigger nee Devenish on 15th Oct 1700. His father left him £100 in his will and an equal share in his estate with his elder brother George and younger brother John. (2) Joseph had 3 siblings all baptised at All Saints Church :- George 28th Aug 1680; Joseph 8th Dec 1681; John bap 29th June 1683 who died an infant and was buried there on 31 Dec 1683 and John bap 6th Jan 1684/5 (3) Joseph married Elizabeth Chaldecut of Hilton on June 25th 1704 at Blandford St Mary ; They had their eldest son Joseph Gigger baptised at Hilton on 25th Nov 1704, 2nd child Joan at All Saints bap 29th Sep 1707; 3rd child George bap AS 14th July 1710 and Elizabeth bap AS 23rd Feb 1715/6 (4) Surname also spelt GIGGAR; JEGAR; JEGGAR; JIGGAR: |