white family

This is the last will and testament of one Robert Rixon of Aston Rowant in the County of Oxford Yeoman. First I desire that all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses be paid discharged and after payment thereof, I give and devise unto my good wife Elizabeth all that cottage or tenement and appoints unto belonging situate in Aston Rowant aforesaid next to the house within I now dwell to hold to her for and during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her demise I give and devise the same cottage or tenement with her appoints unto my son Thomas Rixon his heirs and assigns forever. I give and bequeath unto my said wife all the furniture in my bedroom and such other articles of furniture in my dwelling house as she may want to fit up the said cottage in a decent manner. I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary White the sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland to be paid to her by my executor after named within six months after my death. I also give and bequeath to my grand daughter Harriet White the sum of forty pounds of like lawful money to my grandson Eden White the sum of ten pounds of like lawful money and to my granddaughter Mary White the sum of five pounds of like lawful money to be paid to them by the said Executor at their respective ages of twenty one years. As to all the rest and residue of my real and personal estates when I shall die sti?ed and possessed of or entitled unto I give, devise and bequeath the same and every part and parcel thereof together with all the benefits and appivits thereto belonging or in anywise appertaining unto my said son Thomas Rixon to hold to him the said Thomas Rixon his heirs, exons, admons, and assigns forever subject to the payment of fourteen shillings every and every week unto my said wife for and during the term of her natural life by my said son Thomas Rixon with full power and authority for her my said wife to enter upon and destrain my said real estate for the same in trust for non-payment and I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said son Thomas Rixon sole executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time and heretofore made and do declare this only to be my last. In witness whereof I have to this my last will and testament contained in two sheets of paper set my hand and seal to each sheet thereof the twenty first day of March in the Year of Our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and fourteen.
Proved at London 1st July 1814