John Chinchen

  General Notes:

John Chinchen's will:

Marey’ Chinchen (‘beloved wife’): houses, lands and goods that belonged to her before I married her,
and half the goods we bought since marriage. Also all the yearly income of my ‘sewting’ houses at Langton.
‘She is to keep it in a Descent Repair and to have the use of my Bed and Bedsteed, for her life, to Lay on,
with caretaking and any perticuler thing for her own use during her life, But only one third of the set of
Chainey we bought since marrage’

- Jonathan Chinchen (nephew): the West House and lands belonging at Langton Matravers

- Charles Lander (nephew): ‘the East Rooms above and below, and lands, and right to the staires and pasage,
and half the out houses and garden, and a right to the well’

- John Lander (nephew) son of Mary Lander: ‘the West Rooms above and below, and a right to the staires
and under staires and the pasage, and half the out houses and gardens, and a right to the well and lands
in Langton Matravers’

- Neither of the above nephews are to possess until after my wife’s death. Each nephew to pay £6 to be divided
between Edward Chinchen (brother), ‘others three Children’ and Betty Standley (sister), ‘other six children
or there children’

- Charles Chinchen and Jonathan Chinchen: ‘to inspect into all my rights, and take an account of all that
belong to my wife and me, and see that justus is done in every respect.’

- John Standley (nephew): silver watch

- Sarah Gradey (niece): silver cream mug

- Mary ‘Ronens’ (niece): ‘my Grape Gould Ring’

- Margaret Bower (niece): silver tablespoon

- Mary Harlock (niece): silver tea tongs

- Sarah Lander (niece): silver tablespoon,

- The above nieces and nephew to have an equal share of the other goods of mine ‘to be equally divided
between my Brother Edward Chinchen and my two sisters' children or their children, and all my wearing
apparel to be equally divided between my Brother and sisters' sons.

Executrix: Mary Chinchen (wife)
Signed by testator: John Chinchen, senior
Witnesses: Henry Corben, Charles Hayward, Thomas Vey Saunders
Proved: 13 July 1827

  Noted events in his life were:

• Marriage: to Mary Unknown.

• Occupation: Senior Stonemason, 1826, Langton Matravers, Dorest.