Charles Scarlett of St Ann

Sarah Reid Gallimore

Henry James (1800-), Charles (1807-), Juliana Gallimore

Will of Charles Scarlett, Jamaica; The National Archives reference PROB 11/1595/73

We are grateful to Rita Lamb for transcribing this will.

Jamaica Is

I Charles Scarlett of the Parish of Saint Ann in//the County of Middlesex and Island of Jamaica aforesaid Planter//being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make and//ordain this to be my last Will and Testament hereby annulling//and making void all former and other Wills by me heretofore made//and declaring this to be my last Will and Testament Imprimis//I desire all my just debts and Funeral expenses may be paid as//soon after my decease as possible Item I give and bequeath unto//my dearly beloved Wife Sarah Reid Scarlett all those several Negroes as already recorded in the Secretarys Office of this Island//to her sole use and behoof for ever also two thousand pounds//a legacy due me from Peru Estate in the Parish of Trelawny I//also give and bequeath to my said beloved Wife all my Horses to//her sole use benefit and behoof Item I give devise and bequeath//unto my beloved Wife Son Charles Scarlett in trust to my Executors//and Executrix one thousand pounds to be paid out of my legacy due//from Peru for the Education of him my said said(sic) son also one//half of those several Negroes as already recorded in the Secretarys//Office which were designed by me to my departed Son Henry//James Scarlett for ever Item I give devise and bequeath unto my //daughter Juliana Gallimore Scarlett the remaing sum of one//thousand pounds due ^me from my legacy on Peru Estate in trust to//my Executors for the Education of her my said Daughter also//the remainder of those Negroes as recorded in the Secretarys//office of this Island and as intended for my departed Son Henry//James Scarlett for ever Item I give devise and bequeath all my//personal and Landed Property unto my beloved Wife Sarah Reid//Scarlett to my son Charles Scarlett and to my Daughter Juliana //Gallimore Scarlett share and share alike and lastly I hereby//constitute nominate and appoint my beloved Wife Guardian//and Executrix with my dear Brothers in Law John Gayner//Esquire and John Reid Gallimore Guardian and Executors//of this my last Will and Testament ^and it is my particular request//my said dear Brother John Gayner Esqr. and John Reid//Gallimore do act in consort with my dear beloved Wife as Guardians//to my dear Children as I do fully nominate and appoint them//as such In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand//and Seal this twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord//one thousand eight hundred and nine Chas Scarlett (SS) Signed// Sealed published and declared by the Testator Charles Scarlett as and //for his last Will and Testament who in presence of us at his//request and in presence of each other have subscribed our names//as Witnesses hereto Henry John Wisdom Wm Scarlett James Morris

Codicil to this my last Will and Testament should it please//the Almighty that the Infant my dear Wife is at Present pregnant//with be born alive it is my request of my dear Wife she will/divide her her Legas(?) thousand pounds with it as I have bequeath//all my ^possessions proportions already to her and my dear Children I make//no doubt she will comply with this my particular request//Chas Scarlett Witness Henry John Wisdom Wm. Scarlett James Morris

Proved at London with a Codicil 5th Augt. 1817 before the Judge//by the oath of Sarah Reid Scarlett Widow the Relict one of the Exors//to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn by Comon// duly to admr power reserved to John Gayner & John Reid Gallimore//Esqr the other Exors. On February 1818 admon with the Will annexed of the Goods//Chattells and Credits of Charles Scarlett late of the Parish of St. Mary//in the Cy of Middlesex in the Island of Jamaica Esqr decd was//granted to George Robinson as a person for that purpose named by//& on the part & behalf of James Newby limited to the purpose only of//enabling him to become & be made a party to a Bill or Bills to be//exhibited against him in any of His Majesty’s Courts of Equity & to//carry the decree or decrees of the sd Court or Courts into effect but no//further or otherwise being first sworn duly to adminr

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On the 31st May 1854 Admon (with the Will and Codicil annexed) of the Goods//Chattels and Credits of Charles Scarlett late of the Parish of Saint Ann in the County of //Middlesex in the Island of Jamaica Esquire deceased left unadministered by Sarah Reid Scarlett//Widow deceased whilst living the Relict one of the Executors, and one of the Residuary Legatees//named in the said Will, was granted to Louisa Hann Widow the Administratrix (with the //Will annexed) of the unadministered Goods of Robert Jones deceased whilst living a Judgment//Creditor of the said Deceased, having been first sworn by Comon. duly to administer – The said//Sarah Reid Scarlett having died Intestate John Gayner and John Reid Gallimore, the other// Executors named in the said Will having died without having proved the same. CharlesScarlett// the Son one other of the Residuary Legatees named in the said Will having also died without//having taken upon him Letters of Administration (with the said Will and Codicil annexed) of the//unadministered Goods of the said Deceased, Thomas Raffington the surviving Executor of the Will of //the said Charles Scarlett having been duly cited with the (-?-) (Administration?) but having in no wise appeared// and the said Charles Scarlett//being the natural and lawful and//only surviving Child died the sole//person entitled to the personal//Estate and Effects of the said Sarah//Reid Scarlett, Juliana Gallimore// (Wife of – Gallimore) the Daur//the other Residuary Legatee named//in the said Will, having died//in the lifetime of the said Deceased//The Letters of Amon (with the said Will and//Codicil annexed)of the Goods of the said//Deceased of the Go heretofore granted under//certain Limitations to George Robinson//as the Nominee of James Newby a//Creditor, having ceased and expired by//reason of the death of the said George// Robinson, and the Letters of Admon//(with the said Will and Codicil annexed)of the unadministered Goods of the said//Deceased heretofore granted to -//Abraham Ewings as the lawful Attorney//and for the use and benefit of the said//Robert Jones deceased having also//ceased and expired by reason of the//death of the said Abraham Ewings//on the 2nd June 1837 Admon (with Will &//Codicil annexed) of the Goods Chattels Credits of//Charles Scarlett late of the Parish of Saint Ann in//the County of Middx In the Island of Jamaica Esqr//decd left unadmd by Sarah Reid ^Scarlett Widow deceased// whilst living one of the Executors and one of the//Residuary [Legatees?] named in the said Will was//granted to Abraham Ewings the lawful //Attorney of Zachary Jones? the Re?ing Executor of//the Will of [-?-] Jones deceased whilst living//a Judgment Creditor of the said deceased being//first sworn duly to administer for the use and//benefit of the said Zachary Jones now residing//in the Island of Jamaica and until he shall duly//apply for and obtain Letters of Admon for the//said Will and Codicil annexed of the unadmind// Goods of the said deceased to be granted to him//John Gayner the remaining Executor named//in the said Will having been first duly cited//with the usual intimation but in no wise//appeared The said Sarah Reid Scarlett//having died Intestate and Juliana //Gallimore (wife of --- Gallimore) the//Daughter of the said deceased and one//other of the Residuary Legatees named//in the said Will having died in the //Testators lifetime and Charles Scarlett//the Son and other Residuary Legatee//named in the said Will and also the//natural lawful and only Child and sole//person entitled to the personal Estate and//Effects of the said Sarah Reid Scarlett//having been also duly cited with the//usual intimation but in no wise//appeared and the Letters of Admon//with the said Will and Cod. Annexed//of the Goods of the said deceased granted//in the month of February 1818 to George//Robinson admitted? to the purpose and//to be made a party to a Bill or Bills//to be exhibited against him in any//of His Majesty’s Courts of Equity and to//carry the decree or decrees ^of any of the said//Court or Courts to effect having//ceased & expired by reason of the death of the said George Robinson –