Parish Register for Burial of Isaac Smith and aged 78, St Marys, Merton Abbey,, Merton, Surrey, England, 9 July 1831.

Monumental Inscription. St Mary the Virgin Church, Merton, London, UK. Cit. Date: 2 July 1831.

Monument in St Mary the Virgin Church, Merton, London, UK

Inscription:

At the top of the memorial, four garlands surrounding the inscriptions:

REAR ADMᴸ ISAAC SMITH Obt 2 July 1831 Æt 78

ISAAC CRAGG SMITH Obt 7 Dec 1831 Æt 38

CAROLINE CRAGG SMITH Obt 4 Dec 1823 Æt 30

CHAS SMITH Obt 6 Sep 1827 Æt 72

At the bottom of the memorial:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY

OF

THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED

AND WHOSE REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE FAMILY VAULT

ADJOINING THE CHANCEL OF THIS CHURCH.

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY

MRS ELIZABETH COOK

WIDOW OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK THE CIRCUMNAVIGATOR

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE

OF THE MANY ESTIMABLE QUALITIES OF HER DEPARTED RELATIVES.

Will. Cit. Date: 22 July 1831.

PROBATE (pg 373: 22.7.1831 P Court of Canterbury PROB 11/1788) IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I Isaac Smith of Merton Abbey in Merton in the County of Surry lately of Clapham in said County Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy being in health of body and of sound mind and memory and understanding praised be God for the same but well knowing the uncertainty of this Life do make and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say I desire all my just debts to be paid and what debts are due to my Estate to be revived by my Executor (if from Legatees to be deducted from their legacies And I give and bequeath unto my dearest Cousin Mrs Eliz Cook of Clapham in Surry two hundred guineas for a ring and mourning and all or any part of my Effects in plate books or furniture at her house at Clapham she may chuse to accept as a mark of my great regard and respect for her knowing she does not wish a larger legacy Also I give and bequeath unto each of her servants fifteen pounds a piece Also I give and bequeath unto Mr Richard Wilson of Eastcheap one hundred pounds Also I and bequeath unto Mr John Cragg of Bunhill Row one hundred pounds Also I give and bequeath unto the sons and daughters of my late Cousin Charles Smith of Mile End Middlesex nineteen pounds to each of them for a ring as a mark of my remembrance Also I give and bequeath unto my Cousins Mr Thomas Savage and Mr William Savage of Clerkenwell Middlesex one hundred and five pounds to each of them for mourning Also I give and bequeath unto my Nephew William Wilson an annuity or yearly sum of one hundred and two pounds per annum for and during the term of his natural life And I give and bequeath unto James Wilson the sum of seventy two pounds per annum for and during the term of his natural life brother of William Wilson which said two annuities of one hundred and two pounds and seventy two pounds are to be paid by or from the dividends of five thousand and eight hundred pounds stock in the three per cent now South Seas annuities which said capital stock is to be left standing in my name for and during the lives of the said William and James Wilson and at their decease or at the decease of each or of either of them and the said Annuitants that part of the said Capital Stock then to fall into the residue of my Estate and my Will is that my Executor hereafter named do receive the dividends as they become due and pay the annuitants either half yearly or quarterly for their use and benefit and maintenance but not to pay it personally to either William Wilson or James Wilson themselves but for their use if my Executor should think it best nor is the said Annuity to be sold or alienated in any manner by the said William and James Wilson and if sold or alienated then my Will is that part so sold sink into the Residue of my Estate in the same manner as if the one so selling was actually dead and the first quarters annuities to be paid from the first dividends that are paid after my decease likewise I give and bequeath unto my niece Mary Adams two thousand four hundred pounds capital Stock in the three per cent reduced bank annuities likewise I give and bequeath unto my Niece Maria Bennett two thousand four hundred pounds capital stock in the three per cent reduced bank annuities likewise I give and bequeath unto my niece Jane Marshall two thousand four hundred pounds capital stock in the three per cent bank annuities likewise I give and bequeath unto my Niece Ursula Jew two thousand and four hundred pounds capital stock in the three per cent reduced bank annuities all which afore mentioned legacies to my said Nieces of Capital Stock in the three per cent bank annuities I give and bequeath unto my said Nieces for their own and separate uses and benefit and not to be subject to the control or debts of their present or future husbands and their receipt alone is to be a sufficient discharge to my Executor likewise I give and bequeath unto the children of the before mentioned nieces living at my decease fifteen pounds to each of them for mourning and to be paid to their parents for their respective use notwithstanding their minority and whose receipt shall be an acquittance of my Executor likewise I give and bequeath unto Mrs E Smith widow of my deceased brother fifty guineas for ring Also I give and bequeath unto Captain John Smith of the Royal Navy found hundred pounds capital stock I the three per cent new South Sea Annuities or to his wife Ann Smith in case of his decease before myself Also I give and bequeath unto my friend John Day Blake Esq of Palsgrave Place fifty pounds for a ring as a token of my remembrance Also I give and bequeath unto my nephews in laws Mr J Adams, Mr Rob Mackrell Mr John L Bennett the Rev John Marshall and Mr Jas Jew nineteen guineas each as a token of respect likewise I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Cragg of Horsham an annuity of twenty five pounds per annum to be paid or withdrawn at the direction of my Executor I likewise give and bequeath unto Miss Elizabeth Ann Stuart Miss Mary Maston and to Miss Mary Mayer eighteen pounds each for a ring as a mark of my remembrance I likewise give and bequeath unto each of my servants fifteen pounds and to my housekeeper and gardiner an additional five pounds for every year they may have been in my service And it is my wish that my Executor will see my body decently interred in the tomb by my brother in Merton Church Yard and I give and bequeath unto the Minister and Churchwardens of the said parish and to my Executor and after his decease to any person he may appoint in trust seven hundred pounds capital stock in the three per cent reduced bank annuities that they my trustees the said Minister Churchwardens and my Executor will receive the dividends on the said stock and with the money keep the said tomb in perpetual repair and after deducting that expense and the necessary expense they are put to in receiving and paying the money and request that the minister will act as Treasurer and that he will accept of two guineas per annum for his trouble and my said trustee will then distribute the sum that remains of the dividends annually at Christmas to such charitable purpose in the said parish as they may judge best

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likewise I give and bequeath unto my dear nephew Isaac Cragg Smith all my freehold and copyhold Estates in the parish of Merton in the County of Surry which I had before my brothers decease to him and his heirs for ever consisting of an Estate called the Church house with the Copyhold cottages and field adjoining which is surrendered to the use of my Will and let on Lease to the parish of Bermondsey also all the freehold land Estate let on lease to Mr Holden also all the Land tax for farm rents on the Estate of Merton which I purchased of the Commissioners Also I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid nephew Isaac Cragg Smith as his own freehold to him and his heirs for ever all the Estate bequeathed to me by my late brother Charles Smith as his heir at Law and Residue Legatee consisting of a freehold house and premises No 118 Bunhill row Middlesex in which my said nephew resides likewise the freehold houses in Kings Arms Yard Cripplegate in the City of London likewise the individual third part of the freehold and leasehold Estate called Merton Abbey in the parish of Merton in the County of Surry but subject to an annuity of three hundred and twenty five pounds per annum for and during the life of his widow Elizabeth Smith as stated in his Will dated 28th August 1827 and to be subject to all the restrictions and regulations of quarterly payments etc as if the whole was recopied in this Will. All which six different Estates I give and bequeath unto my dear nephew Isaac Cragg Smith his heirs and assigns for ever but should my dear nephew depart this life without leaving any issue of his body to inherit behind him in that case I earnestly wish that he would bequeath all the freehold and copyhold estates hereby bequeathed to him unto the oldest son of his sister Ann Mackrell living at his decease on condition of his taking the surname of Smith only Also I give all the rest and residue of my Estates and Effects whether real or personal or whatsoever situated lying or being I so give and devise the same unto my aforesaid nephew Isaac Cragg Smith his heirs and assigns as his own proper estate for ever And I do hereby constitute and appoint my aforesaid nephew Isaac Cragg Smith sole Executor of this my Will and his executors or administrators And it is my Will that my said Executor or the Executors or administrators of him shall in the first place deduct or retain to himself or themselves out of the money or dividends of the aforesaid trusts all such sums of money costs and charges damages and expenses whatsoever as he or they shall or may at any time actually bear pay or sustain for or by reason or on account of the trust hereby reposed in him or them in defence or execution thereof nor shall anyone be answerable but for their own proper acts and not one answerable one for another or accountable for more of the said property than shall come to their respective hands by virtue of those present nor for the loss or damage that shall or may happen to the said property save and except only such as may happen by his or their wilful default and neglect And revoking all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made I publish and declare those three sheets of paper written by own hand on one side only and each of them by myself signed and last of them sealed with my seal to be my last will and Testament this the 28th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven ISAAC SMITH Signed sealed published and declared by the said testator Isaac Smith 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 one and another that subscribed our names as witnesses the interlineation on the 14 line of the 3rd page being first made Isaac Cragg Smith likewise the interlineation on the 10th line of living at his decease our and only being first made Emma Elliotson, Eliza Elliotson ye daughters of John Elliotson, gent of Clapham Surry John Elliotson M D Grafton Street.

Whereas I Isaac Smith of Merton Abbey of Merton in the County Surry lately of Clapham in the said County Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy the Testator named in this Will have republished the same with an intent therein to make void all and every other will and wills at any time heretofore by me made and to confirm and establish this which I have declared to be my last Will and Testament in the presence of Elizabeth Elliotson John Elliotson and Mary Prestridge who I HAVE DESIRED TO SUBSCRIBE THEIR NAMES AS Witnesses here to and in witness whereof I the said Isaac Smith have hereunto subscribed my name this twenty eighth day of January in the year of our lord 1830. ISAAC SMITH Signed by the said Isaac Smith in presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses to the above republication Elizabeth Elliotson, wife of John Elliotson, gent of Clapham John Elliotson MD Mary Prestridge her mark, x wife of Charles Prestridge of Merton Surry

PROVED at London with a Codicil 22nd July 1831 before the Worshipful John Daubony Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Isaac Cragg Smith Esq the Nephew the sole Executor to whom admon was granted having Oath been first sworn to administer.