This is the Last Will and Testament of me Isaac Sparks of Forthington (Fordington) in the County
of Dorset Gentleman made and published this twelfth day of
January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and eighty eight.
First: and principally I commend my soul into
the hands of Almighty God hoping to obtain eternal life through
the alone merits and mediation of Jesus Christ my Saviour
And
I will that my body shall be interred in the like decent manner
as my late father was buried at the discretion of my executors
hereinafter named
And as to such worldly estate and effects with
which God has been pleased to bless me I dispose of as follows:
Whereas:
by indenture dated on or about the twenty seventh
day of October one thousand seven hundred and sixty six and
made between me the said Isaac Sparks and Miriam my
wife of the one part and John Jacob of Dorchester in the said
County mercer and Joseph Manuel of Bloxworth in the said
County Gentleman of the other part after writing that on my
marriage with the said Miriam who was the sister of the
said Joseph Manuel the sum of one thousand pounds was
secured to be paid by Joseph Manuel Gentleman Squire{?}
deceased father of the said Miriam as her 'Marriage Portion' and that it was agreed between the parties that a competent
provision should be made for the said Miriam in case
she should survive me, It is witnessed that in consideration
of the said marriage and 'Marriage Portion' so secured to
me as aforesaid And for the other considerations therein
mentioned I the said Isaac Sparks did demise and grant
to the said John Jacob and Joseph Manuel the brother
all that {?} Farm and Manor Lands and hereditaments of
and in Langton Herring in the said County with their
appurtenances to hold for ninety nine years if the said
Miriam my wife should survive me and should so
long live In Trust to raise an annuity or yearly rent
charge of forty pounds of lawful money clear of all
deductions for the said Miriam and her assigns for her life by four quarterly payments as therein mentioned the
same to be accepted in lieu and bar of dower as hereby
may appear
Now:
I hereby ratify and confirm such grant of the said annuity or yearly rent charge on
condition that my said wife do and shall within three
months after my decease execute a proper release unto
my heirs and devisees of all her dower and {?} out of
and in all my freehold lands and hereditaments whatsoever
and accept the said annuity or yearly rent charge and
all other provision hereby made for her in her and full
satisfaction of the same
And whereas
I am seized or
possessed of certain copyhold messuage tenements following (to wit) the 'Swan Inn' in Forthington (Fordington) aforesaid
a tenement at Rime(5) in the said County called 'Ivor Hill'
and the dwellinghouse garden and malthouse in Forthington
(Fordington) aforesaid wherein I now dwell parcels of the Manors of
Forthington (Fordington) and Rime(5) in the said County And by the Customs
of the said Manors my said Wife in case she survives me
will be entitled to the said premises for her widowhood
Now:
I do hereby confirm the same to her for her widowhood
accordingly And I do hereby give her all such rent of the
said copyhold tenements as may be due to me from the
several investments thereof at my decease Here I give to
my said Wife the use of all my plate silver china household
goods furniture and implements of householdry of every
kind (except the bed and furniture thereof hereinafter bequeathed
to my daughter Sarah) during so long time as she may
remain my Widow and unmarried and on her second
marriage or death which ever shall first happen I will
and direct that the same and every part thereof shall such
into and become part of my residuary personal estate and
be subject to the bequest thereof hereinafter mentioned
Here
I give
and bequeath all that my copyhold messuage tenement and farm situate at Langton Herring aforesaid
called 'Langton Higher Farm' now in the occupation of James
Hardy as tenant thereof unto my two sons William and Isaac Sparks their executors administrators and assigns
for and during all my estate and interest therein, In trust however for my son Joseph Sparks and my daughters
Lucy Sparks, Martha Sparks ,and Miriam Sparks and
the survivors and survivor of them for and during such
my estate and interest as aforesaid
And my Will is and
I hereby direct my said sons William and Isaac Sparks and
the survivors of them as executors and administrators
during the respective minorities of my said daughters to
receive and take so much of the rents and profits of the
copyhold premises last mentioned as may belong
to such minors of my said daughters respectively and pay
and apply the same for her or their maintenance and
education or so much thereof as may be thought necessary
for that purpose until they shall severally attain their ages
of twenty one years and to lay out the surplus of such
rents at interest on government or real securities in order
to accumulate for the benefit of my said daughters during
their respective minorities and to be paid and transferred
to them when they shall respectively attain their age
of twenty one years
Item:
I give and bequeath all that
my copyhold messuages or tenement situate within and
parcel of the Manor of Rime (5)aforesaid {?} 'Ivor Hill' (subject to
the widowhood of my said Wife therein as aforesaid) unto
my said daughter Martha Sparks for all my estate and
interest therein
Item: I give the said copyhold tenement called
'The Swan Inn' in Forthington (Fordington) aforesaid (subject to my {?}
Wife’s widowhood therein as aforesaid) unto my daughter
Sarah Sparks for and during so {?} of my estate and interest as shall expire in her lifetime And from and after
her decease I give the same premises to my son William
Sparks all that dwellinghouse wherein I now dwell situated
in Forthington (Fordington) aforesaid with the malthouse and garden
thereunto belonging being also copyhold for all my estate
and interest therein (subject to my said Wife’s widowhood
estate therein) to my said son Isaac Sparks all my reversionary
estate and interest of and in all that copyhold tenement
situate at Rime (5)aforesaid called 'Hills Tenement'
Item: I
give to my daughter Lucy Sparks all my reversionary estate
and interests to {obliterated} of and in all that copyhold tenement within and parcel of the Manor of Forthington (Fordington) aforesaid called a 'Farthinghold'
Item: I give to my said son
Joseph all my estate and interest of and in all that
tenement called 'Bonnitts' at Rime(5) aforesaid now held by me
for the life of James Powell
Item: I give to each of my three
daughters Lucy, Martha and Miriam the sum of three hundred
pounds apiece to be paid them respectively by my executors
hereinafter named on their severally attaining their respective
ages of twenty one years and if any or either of my said
three daughters shall die before her or their respective legacy
or legacies shall become payable then the legacy or legacies
of her or them so dying to go to the survivors or survivor
of them on her or their attaining her or their age or ages
of twenty one years and the interest thereof in the mean
time to be applied for their respective maintenance and
education provided nevertheless that in case said Wife shall
refuse within three months next after my decease on request made by the devicees of my freehold lands and
hereditaments to execute such proper release or releases of
all her dower and thirds to which she may be entitled into or out of all and every my lands and hereditaments
Item:
I give to my said three daughters last named the sum
of two hundred pounds a piece only instead of the sum of
three hundred pounds a piece as above mentioned
Item: I
give and bequeath unto my said daughter Martha the
sum of one hundred and fifty pounds in lieu of and to make
good and supply what was intended to have been given
her by my late Father’s Will but omitted
Item: I give and
bequeath to my said daughter Sarah the bed and furniture
thereto belonging where she now lodges And whereas by
virtue of a Covenant or Agreement contained in my
Marriage Settlement with my first Wife the late deceased
mother of my said daughter Sarah the sum of one thousand
pounds will become payable to her my said daughter after
my decease
Now :
I do hereby charge and subject my freehold
Manor Farm and Lands at Langton Herring afors’d
and hereinafter devised to my said son William Sparks with the payment of the sum of two hundred and fifty
pounds part thereof and my Manor Farm and Lands at
Kisworth in the Parish of St Martin in the Borough
of Wareham in the said County of Dorset and hereinafter
devised to my said son Isaac Sparks with the sum of Seven hundred and Fifty pounds the Residue of the said sum
of One Thousand Pounds
Item :
I give to my said Wife her
executors and administrators one annuity or yearly rent
charge of Eight Pound clear of all deductions by two equal
half yearly payments to commence on my death and to be
continued and paid until my daughter Miriam shall attain
her age of twenty one years when the same is to cease In
Trust to pay the same to and for her use and benefit of my
said daughter Miriam And I direct that the said annuity
or yearly rent charge be payable half yearly in each
year by equal portions (vizt) Midsummer Day and Christmas
Day the first payment thereof to be made on such of the
said Days as shall first happen next after my decease And I do charge my Messuage or Dwelling House with the hereditaments and appurtenances situate in the Parish of
Saint Peter in Dorchester in the said County and herein is
after devised with the payment thereof with the power of
distress and sale in case of non payment thereof as in
cases of nonpayment of rent and when and as soon as my
said daughter Miriam shall attain such her age of twenty
one years and the said annuity will thereon cease
Item : I give and bequeath to my said daughter Miriam the further
sum of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds and do hereby charge
my said messuage or dwelling house with the hereditaments
and appurtenances in St Peters in Dorchester aforesaid
with the payment thereof accordingly But in case my said
daughter Miriam shall die before the said sum of One Hundred and Fifty pounds shall become payable then the same
to sink and not be raised or charged on the said premises
Item : I give to my said Wife one annuity or yearly rent
charge of Ten Pounds clear of all deductions for and during
the term of her natural Life by two like equal half yearly
payments (vizt) Midsummer Day and Christmas Day the first
Payment thereof to be made on such of the said Days as
shall first happen next after my decease And I so hereby
charge my said freehold Manor Farm and lands at
Kisworth aforesaid with the payment thereof accordingly with
power of distress and sale in case of non-payment thereof as
before mentioned
Item : I give and devise all that my said
Manor and Farm situate and lying at Langton Herring
aforesaid the said Farm now being in the occupation of
John Jerrard as my tenant thereof with all the messuage's
cottages lands and hereditaments in the said Parish of Langton
Herring with the appurtenances thereto respectively belonging
and also all my estate and interest in the advowson and
right of presentation in and to the Rectory or Parish {obliterated}
Church of Langton Herring aforesaid (subject to the several charges thereon by this my Will as aforesaid) unto my said
son William Sparks and his assigns for and during the period
of his natural life without impeachment of waste (except
voluntary and permissive waste in houses) And from and
after the determination of that estate by forfeiture or
otherwise to my good friends John Light Banger of Waterston
in the Parish of Puddletown in the said County Esquire and
William Churchill of Dorchester aforesaid Esquire and their
heirs during the natural life of my said son William Sparks In Trust to preserve their contingent uses and estates hereinafter
devised and limited from being {d?eated} or destroyed And for
that purpose to make entries and {?} actions as occasion
may require but nevertheless to permit and suffer my said
son William Sparks and his assigns to receive the rents
and profits of the said premises during his life and from
and after the decease of my said son William Sparks subject as aforesaid unto my Cousin John Pinchard of
of Shapwick in the said County Gentleman and Thomas
Fisher of Dorchester aforesaid grocer their executors {?}
and assigns for the term of Five hundred years to and upon
such Trusts and for such ends and purposes as hereinafter
expressed concerning the same and subject thereto and to
the other charges aforesaid I give to the said Manor Farm lands and premises at Langton Herring aforesaid
and advowson or Right of Presentation with the hereditaments
and appurtenances unto the First and every other son and
sons of the body of the said William Sparks lawfully to
be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after
another in order and course as they shall be in priority
of birth and seniority of age and the heirs of the body
and bodies of all and every such son and sons respectively
lawfully issuing the eldest of such sons and the heirs of
his body being to be preferred before the younger of such
sons and the heirs of his and their body and bodies And In default such heir I devise the said Manor Farm lands and premises of Langton Herring aforesaid and
advowson or Right of Presentation with the appurtenances
(subject as aforesaid) unto all and every the daughter and
daughters of the body of my said son William Sparks lawfully
to be begotten in Manor hereinafter mentioned (that is to say)
If only due such daughter [added above: to such only daughter] and the heirs of her body lawfully
issuing But if there shall be two or more such daughters
the to and amongst such daughters and the heirs of their
bodies lawfully issuing as tenants in common and not as
joint tenants And in default of such issue I devise the same
into and to the use of my said son Isaac Sparks his heirs and assigns for ever subject as aforesaid And also charges and chargeable as to the last limitation remainder
or reversion to my said son Isaac in case such remainder
or reversion ever becomes rested in line in heirs or assigns with the Payment of the clear annuity or yearly
rent charge of twenty five Pounds to my said Son Joseph
Sparks and his assigns for his life to commence from the
time such remainder or reversion becomes so rested and be
payable quarterly by even and equal proportions with
power of distress and sale of such distress or distresses when
and so often as the same shall be in arrear and unpaid
And as to the said term of Five hundred years so limited
as aforesaid to the said John Pinchard and Thomas Fisher I hereby declare it is my Will that the same is so limited
to them In Trust that they my said Trustees and the
Survivor of them his executors and administrators shall and
do by sale or Mortgage of the said Premises or any part
thereof raise and levy such sum or sums and so much
money for the portion and portions of a daughter or daughters or a younger child or children of my said son William Sparks at such time and times and in such manner
and by such proportions as be my said son William Sparks shall by any deed or deeds or Will to be only executed in the presence of and attested by two or more
credible witnesses direct or appoint And in default of such
deed or Will then the said term to cease
Item :
I give
and devise all that my Manor and Farm of Kisworth
in the Parish of St Martin in the Borough of
Wareham aforesaid with all and singular the messuage's
cottages lands hereditaments and appurtenances thereto
belonging (subject to the several charges thereon by this
my Will as aforesaid) and also all that my said Messuage
or dwellinghouse malthouse outhouses garden hereditaments
and appurtenances to the same belonging situate in the Parish of St Peter in Dorchester aforesaid at a place
there called the Bull Stake{?}now in the Occupation of
Benjamin Tullidge and William Bower as my tenants
thereof (subject also to the several charges thereon by this
my Will as aforesaid) unto my said son Isaac Sparks and his assigns for and during the term of his natural life without impeachment of waste (except voluntary and
permissive waste in houses) and from and after the determination of that estate by forfeiture or otherwise
to the said John Light Bangor and William Churchill and their heirs during the natural life of my said son
Isaac Sparks In Trust to preserve the contingent uses and
estates hereinafter devised and limited from being defeated
or destroyed and for that purpose to make entries or bring
actions as occasion may require but nevertheless to permit
and suffer the said Isaac Sparks and his assigns to receive
and take the rents and profits thereof during his life and
from and after the decease of my said son Isaac Sparks (subject as aforesaid) unto the said John Pinchard and
Thomas Fisher their executors administrators and assigns
for the term of five hundred years to and upon such
Trusts and for such ends and purposes as hereinafter expressed concerning the same and subject thereto and to
the other charges aforesaid I give the said Manor and
Farm of Kisworth aforesaid with the rights members and
appurtenances thereof and my said messuage or dwellinghouse
with the hereditaments and appurtenances in St Peters
in Dorchester aforesaid (subject as aforesaid) unto the first
and every other son and sons of the body of the said
Isaac Sparks lawfully to be begotten severally successively
and in remainder one after another in order and course
as they shall be in priority of birth and seniority of age
And the heirs of the body and bodies of all and every
such son and sons respectively lawfully issuing the eldest
of such sons and the heirs of his body such always to be preferred
and before the younger of such sons and their sons of and their body
bodies And in default of such issue I devise the said
Manor Farm Lands and Premises at Kisworth aforesaid
and my said messuage or dwellinghouse with the hereditaments and appurtenances in St Peter in
Dorchester aforesaid (subject as aforesaid) unto the daughter
and daughters of the body of my said son Isaac Sparks lawfully to be begotten in manner hereinafter mentioned
(that is to say) if only one such daughter to such only
daughters and their heirs of her body lawfully issuing But If there shall be two or more such daughters Then to
and amongst such daughters and their heirs of their bodies
lawfully issuing as tenants in common and not as joint
tenants and in default of such issue I give and devise
The same unto my said son William Sparks his sons
and assigns for ever (subject as aforesaid) And also charged
and chargeable as to the last limitation remainder or
reversion to my said son William in case such remainder
or reversion ever becomes vested in lieu his heirs or assigns
with the payment of the like clear annuity or yearly
rent charge of twenty five pounds to my said son
Joseph Sparks and his assigns for his life to commence
from the time such remainder or reversion becomes
so rested and be payable quarterly by even and equal
portions with power of distress and sale of such distress
or distresses when and so often as the same shall be in
arrear and unpaid And as to the said last mentioned
Term of Five hundred years so limited as aforesaid
To the said John Pinchard and Thomas Fisher in Trust
that they my said Trustees and the survivor of them his
executors and administrators shall and do by sale or mortgage of the said last mentioned premises or any part
thereof raise and levy such sum or sums and so much
money for the portion and portions of a daughter or
daughters or a younger child or children of my said
son Isaac Sparks at such time and times and in such manner and by such proportions as he my said son Isaac
Sparks shall by any deed or deeds or Will to be duly executed in the presence of and attested by two or more
credible witnesses direct or appoint And in default of such
deed or Will the said {?} to {?} provided always
and I declare my Will to be that the receipt or receipts
of my said trustees John Pinchard and Thomas Fisher their executors and administrators in any sale or mortgage
by virtue of the trusts hereby in them vested for the
respective purposes of this my Will shall be a Sufficient
discharge to any purchaser or Mortgages without subjecting
such purchaser or purchasers or Mortgager to look to
or to be answerable for the application misapplication or
non application of such Mortgage or Purchase money provided
And it is my Will that it shall and may be lawful to and
for my said sons William Sparks and Isaac Sparks during
their respective life times and after their deaths for such
other person or persons as for the time being shall be entitled to and be in possession of the hereditaments and
premises so devised as aforesaid respectively by Indenture
under their respective bands and seals to demise or lease
the same Farms lands messuage's hereditaments and premises
which are or shall be in possession or in demesne and
which are so respectively devised to them as aforesaid or
such part or parts thereof whereof they shall respectively be
in the actual possession or to the rents and profits whereof
they shall be respectively entitled unto any person or persons for any term or number of years not exceeding
twenty one years in possession and not in reversion or by
way of future interest so as upon such leases there
be reserved and made payable during the continuance thereof
respectively the best improved yearly rent that can be
reasonably had for the same without taking any sum or
sums of money or other thing by way of fine or income
for or in respect of such lease or leases And so as now
of such leases be made dispunishable of haste by any
express words therein to be contained And that in every
such leases there be contained a clause of reentry for
non-payment of the rent or rents to be thereby respectively
reserved and that such lessees to whom such lease shall
be made seal and deliver counter parts of such lease
and leases provided also and it is my Will that it shall
and may be lawful to and for the said William Sparks and Isaac Sparks respectively during their respective
seizin and possession and after their respective deaths then
for such person or persons as for the time being shall be
in possession of the Manors and other the premises respectively
so hereby devised as aforesaid under and by virtue of also
limitations aforesaid to make and grant any estate or
estates of and in all or any part of the said Manors
messuage's cottages lands and tenements respectively (save
only and except the said several Farms and the messuage
or dwellinghouse with the appurtenances in St Peters in
Dorchester and other the lands and hereditaments now
in demesne in my own bands or possession or let at rack
rent) by copy of Court Roll according to the Custom of
the said Manors respectively or by Indenture of lease
for one two or more life or lives or for any term
or number of years to be determinable on the death or deaths of one two or three persons in possession so that there shall not be any more than three lives at any
one time in being upon any such estate or estates and so
as such lease or leases grant or grants shall not be
made without impeachment of waste And so as in and upon
every such Indenture or Lease and copy of Court Roll also
ancient and accustomed rents heriots and services or more
shall be reserved during the continuance of such leases or
grants and copies of Court Roll and so as every such lessee
do seal and execute a counterpart of his lease And I do
empower my said sons William Sparks and Isaac Sparks respectively during their resolution of service and possession by any
deed or writing deeds or meriting under their respective bands
and seals attested by two or more credible witnesses to grant
settle limit or appoint any part or parts of the said Manor
messuage's farms lands or hereditaments so respectively
devised as aforesaid unto or in Trust for or to the use of any
woman or women with whom my said Sons or either of
them shall happen to intermarry either before or after such
Marriage either for the life or lives of such woman or
women or for raising an annuity or yearly rent charge
for her or them or for her or their jointure or jointures
or in part of jointure And I further direct that the several
Trustees under this my Will any or either of them their any
or either of their executors or administrators shall not be
charged or chargeable with or accountable for any more
of the aforesaid trust estates monies and premises than they
respectively shall actually receive or shall come to their
respective hands by virtue of this my Will nor with or for
any loss which shall happen with the same estates monies
and premises or any part thereof so as such loss happen
without their respective wilful default nor any one of them
for the others or other of them of or acts deeds receipts or
disbursements of the others or other of them but each of them only
for his own acts deeds receipts or disbursements And also
that it should be lawful for them my said several Trustees
respectively and each and every of them their and each
and every of their executors and administrators
in the first place by and out of the said several Trusts
estates monies and premises to deduct and reimburse
himself and themselves respectively all such loss costs
and expenses as they or either of them shall respectively
sustain expend or be put unto for or by reason of the
said several Trusts hereby in them reposed or in any
wise relating thereunto
All the rest
and residue of my
messuage's farms land tenements and hereditaments
goods chattels monies mortgages in fee and mortgages
and securities for money and all other my real and personal
estate and estates whatsoever and wheresoever and of
what nature or kind soever (after payment of my just
debts funeral charges and the several legacies sum and
sums of money by me given and bequeathed I give devise
and bequeath the same and every part thereof and all my
estate and interest therein into them my said two Sons
William Sparks and Isaac Sparks respectively and their
respective heirs executors and administrators equally to
be divided between them as tenants in common and not
as joint tenants and to and for their respective and
absolute use and benefit And do constitute and appoint them
my said sons William Sparks and Isaac Sparks to be joint
Executors of this my last Will and Testament
And Lastly
I do hereby commit the Guardianship and Tuition
of my said three daughters Lucy, Martha and Miriam
during their respective minorities to my said Wife
and in case of her death before any or either of my said
three daughters shall attain the age of twenty one
years then to my said two sons and executors above
named the said William Sparks and Isaac Sparks and my
said daughter Sarah Sparks
In Witness whereof I the
said Isaac Sparks the Testator have to the seven first
sheets of this my Last Will and Testament contained in eight
sheets of paper set my hand and to the last sheet thereof
have set my Band and Seal the day and year first above
written Isaac Sparks is Signed Sealed Published and declared
by the said Isaac Sparks the Testator as and for his last
Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request
and in his presence and in the presence of each other have
subscribed our names as Witnesses thereunto
A Edwards -
Thos Gould Read - Wm Hunt
This Will was Proved at London the Eighteenth
Day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and eighty eight before the Right Worshipful Peter
Calvert Doctor of Law Master Keeper of Commissary of the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the
Oaths of William Sparks and Isaac Sparks the sons of the
deceased and executors named in the said Will to whom
Administration was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattels
and Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn by
Commission duly to administer
Genealogical Notes:- [Last updated 2nd Jan 2014]
(1). ISAAC SPARKS (1727–1788) was the son of William SPARKS (1700-1778) Maltster of Dorchester and grandson of William SPARKS (c1665-1741/2) Fellmonger of Fordington. He married twice: First to Martha STUCKEY of Langport Somerset under a marriage settlement dated 11 Sep 1754 (Ref D/SBS/F11 1754) . Martha died (probably from childbirth) as she returned to her home parish of Langport where she was interred on 30th Nov 1757 (Nat Burial Index) They had children as an Elizabeth specifically recorded as a daughter of Isaac and Martha Sparks was buried in Fordington on 21 Nov 1760.
Two other children, William & Joseph are mentioned in the above Will. I have not so far located their baptisms but from the bequests William Sparks is likely to have been the eldest son. American genealogists give their dates of birth in Langton Herring as 2 Dec 1759 and 19 Mar 1762 respectively but there is no indication as to where this information comes from as they were not baptised there and these dates are between those quoted below when they were having children baptised in the Dorchester. William Sparks death is recorded in the National burial Index at Langton Herring on10 Mar 1829 at the age of 70 so they may have been taken from other family records.
Isaac's second marriage was to Miriam MANUEL at Bere Regis Dorset on 13 Dec 1758 and they had their children all baptised in the Presbyterian church in Pease Lane Dorchester which are listed below. Isaac was buried at Fordington on 21 Jan 1787/8 followed by Miriam his 2nd wife on 2 May 1811.
1. Sarah - bap 1 Mar 1758, mentioned in the Will
2. Lucy - bap 12 Oct 1763 (buried 18 Oct 1763 St Georges church graveyard Fordington)
3. Isaac - bap 10 Mar 1766, mentioned in the Will
4. Rebekah - bap 25 May 1767 (buried 6 Nov 1767 St Georges church graveyard Fordington)
5. Lucy - bap 12 Jul 1769, mentioned in the Will
6. Rebekkah - bap 25 Oct 1770, (buried 17 Sep 1773 St Georges church graveyard Fordington)
7. Martha - born 21 Sep 1772, bap 21 Oct 1772, mentioned in the Will
8. John - born 20 Feb 1774, bap 1 Apr 1774, (buried 16 Dec 1774 St Georges church graveyard Fordington)
9. John - baptised 2nd June 1775 - (buried 26 Feb 1776 St Georges church graveyard Fordington)
10. Elizabeth - bap 15 Nov 1778, (buried 27 Jun 1780 St Georges church graveyard Fordington)
11. Miriam - born 28 Mar 1782, bap 24 Apr 1782, mentioned in the Will
(2). JOHN JACOB (1724/5- ?) was the son of Henry & Betty JACOB and baptised in Fordington on 22 Jan 1724/5. He married Rebecca SPARKS (c1732-1766) the younger sister of Isaac SPARKS (1727-1788) in Stinsford on 8 Nov 1750.
(3). Joseph MANUEL (1734-1799) was born 26 Feb 1734 and baptised in Bloxworth Dorset on 29th March. He was the elder brother of Miriam MANUEL (1738-1811) the 2nd wife of Isaac Sparks. She was born 4 Dec 1738 and baptised Bloxworth on the 26th of the same month. Joseph Manuel died in 1799 and documents regarding administration of his estate are held at the Swindon and Wiltshire Archives. Ref P5/1799/15 & P5/18Reg/280C and available on line. A transcription of the Will of their father who was also called Joseph MANUEL which is dated 8 Jan 1763 and was proved 9 Apr 1764 , is available via this link.
(4). Others mentioned in the Will are:-
1. John Light Bangor Esq. of Puddletown, Waterston. - Friend.
2.
John Pinchard Gentleman of Shapwick. - Cousin.
3.
Thomas Fisher of Dorchester. Grocer
4.
William Churchill Esq. of Dorchester -Friend
5.
Benjamin Tullidge of St Peter’s Parish, Dorchester. Tenant.
6.
William Bower of St Peter’s Parish, Dorchester. Tenant.
7.
James Hardy Tenant at Langton Higher Farm
8. James Powell Bonnitts tenement at Rime.
9.
John Jerrard Tenant of farm at Langton Herring.
10. A Edwards Signatory witness
11. Thomas Gould Signatory witness
12. William Hunt Signatory witness
(5). 'Rime' is mentioned in the Will several times. This is referring to property at Ryme Intrinsica. Confirmatory evidence exists of the Sparks family living there e.g. at the National Archives. See Misc. papers DD\SB/6/1 1828-1912
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