The will of Thomas Merris of Salisbury 1782
Thomas Merris and Elizabeth Merris (nee Shergold) of Salisbury, Wiltshire
THOMAS MERRIS born
abt 1713 in Salisbury, Wiltshire Died abt 1783 in Salisbury, Wiltshire son of
JOHN
MERRIS
and MARGARET
MERRIS (nee possibly MARTIN) It is possible that Robert Shergold
of Clothier of Salisbury who
made his will in 1718 was married to Elizabeth daughter of Richard Martin. I
think Robert is an earlier Shergold ancestor.
THOMAS MERRIS married (date?) ELIZABETH SHERGOLD daughter of JOHN SHERGOLD of Dogdean Farm, Britford, Wiltshire
The will of Thomas Merris 1782 Salisbury, Wiltshire
1 THOMAS MERRIS born
abt 1713 and died abt 1783 Salisbury, Wiltshire
...ELIZABETH SHEROLD
2 ELIZABETH
MERRIS b: in Of Salisbury d: Abt. 1814 in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Married
his first cousin.
.. +THOMAS
SHERGOLD b: in Of Salisbury d: Aft. 1814
.. 3THOMAS
MERRIS SHERGOLD b: 18 Aug 1782 in Salt Lane Presbytarian, Salisbury, Wiltshire
d: Abt. Mar 1840 in Brown Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire?
....... +HESTER
FOX b: 30 Mar 1785 in Saint Thomas', Salisbury, Wiltshire d: Abt. 1852 in
Brown Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire ?
...... 4THOMAS
MERRIS SHERGOLD b: Abt. 1808 in Salisbury, Wiltshire d: Mar 1876 in Temple
Parish, Bristol ?
........... +ELIZA
WEAR b: 26 Feb 1808 in Crow Lane Independant, Salisbury d: Aft. 1871 in
Temple Parish, Bristol ?
........... 5HARRIET
SHERGOLD b: 19 Jun 1842 in Bristol d: Jun 1891 in Bristol
................ +FREDERIC
HALLS b: 22 Dec 1840 in Great Torrington, Devon d: 1923 in Bristol
............... 6 HARRIET
HALLS b: Abt. 1876 in St Phillip and St Jacob Parish, Bristol d: Abt. 1935
in Bristol
.................... +GEORGE
LLOYD GIBBONS b: Dec 1873 in Ebbw Vale, South Wales d: 15 Mar 1923 in Kennilworth
Place, Newtown, Old Market, Bristol?
.................... 7 LILIAN GIBBONS
b: 07 Mar 1897 in 15 Waterloo Terrace, Old Market, Bristol d: 1960 in St
Werburghs, Bristol
......................... +SIDNEY
GEORGE TAYLOR b: 14 Feb 1895 in 4 Southernhay Crescent, Cliftonwood, Bristol
d: 1963 in Ham Green, Somerset?
........................ 8 NORMAN SIDNEY
TAYLOR b: 1926 in Bristol d: 1980
............................. +JOAN MARGARET
CREESE b: 1931 in Bristol d: 09 Sep 1974
............................. 9 PAUL b:
01 Aug 1963 in Bristol
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This is the last
will and testement of me John Merris of the city of New Sarum in
the county of Wilts Gentleman made and published this eight day of February
in the year of of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Five as
follows ?? First I give and bequeath the sum of two hundred pounds and
all my household goods and furniture whatsoever unto my beloved wife Margaret
Merris also I give and bequesth unto my said wife the interest of
one thousand pounds after the rate of four pounds ?? anum and every year
during the term of her natural life to be paid her in half yearly proportions
by my executors herin after named and from and after her deceaseI give
and bequesth the said principal sum of one thousand pounds unto and amongst
all and every the children of my son Thomas Merris now born or
hereafter to be born by his present wife Elizabeth Merris who shall
respectively attain to the age of twenty One Yearsand to the survivors
of them asoon as and when he she or they shall respectively atain to that
age in case he she or they shall not have all attained thereunto at the
time of my said wife's decease to be divided amongst them share and share
alike if more than one shall live to be entitled thereto and if one only
shall live to be entitled thereto the whole to that one child but it is
my will that if my wife dyes before the said legacy or anyshare thereof
shall become payable my said son shall apply the interest thereof to his
own use from the time of the decease of my said wife until the same shall
become payable also I give bequeath and confirm the leasehold premises
wherein I now dwell and which are occupied by Mr John Ware (or Pare)
junior and also my leasehold living at Mottistone in the Isle of Wight
unto my said wife for and during the term of her natural life and after
her decease to the uses of the settlement thereof made on the marriage
of my said son and lastly I do give and bequesth all the rest and residue
of my personal estate of whatever nature or kind so ever and whenever
unto my said son Thomas Merris whom I do hereby constitute and
appoint sole executor of this my will hereby revoking all former wills
in witness whereof I the said John Merris have herunto set my hand
and seal the day and year above written Signed sealed published and declared
by the said testator as and for his last will and Testamnet in the presence
of us who subscribed our names in the presence and at the request of the
said testator and in the presence also of eachother as witnesses thereunto
John Merris
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THIS IS THE LAST WILL and Testament of me Thomas Merris of the City of New Sarum in the county of Wilts Clothier made the sixth of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Two. I give to my friend Sydenham Burrough of the said city of New Sarum Esquire Thomas Dyke of the same city Gentleman and my son John Merris the sum of two thousand and seven hundred pounds to be paid within one year next after my death upon trust that they the said Sydenham Burrough Thomas Dyke and John Merris or the survivor or survivors of them or the executors or administrators of the survivor of them shall and do put on? plate or the same or Government or real surrities at interest and shall and do from time to time during the natural life of my daughter Mary Williams wife of Benjamin Williams of the said City of New Sarum Clerk pay the interest dividends and yearly profit there of unto my said daughter Mary to the end? and intent that the same may be for her own sole separate and peculiar? use and benefit and may not be subject or liable to the debts ????? of her present or any future husband and for
The will of Thomas Merris
of Salisbury 1782
| Francis Powell, Esq.
of Hm-dcott House, Wilts, m. Anna Maria, dau. of Sydenham Burrough,
Esq. of New Sarumi, by whom (who d. 1825) he left at his decease, Jan. 1786,
a dau. Maria Selina, wife of Wadham Locke, Esq. M.P., of Kowde-?ford House,
Wilts, and an only son and lieir,Alexander Powell, Esq. of Hurdcott House,
M.P. for Downton, and atone time High Sheriff of Wilts, b. 9 June, 1782;
m. 7 July, 1807, Joanna, 2nd dau. of Eight Hev. George Henry Law, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and niece of the 1st Lord Ellenborough, and by her (who d. 22 April, 1848) had issue, Alexander Pitts Elliott, of whom presently. Oeorge Francis Sydenham, Rector of Sutton Veny, Wilts, b. 18 March, 1820; m. 4 Aug. 1802, Everilda, eldest dau. of Hev. R. V. Law, Rector of Christian Malford, Wilts, and ha."! three sons and seven daus. Henry Lionel, t^ 1 July, 1837. Anne Maria, m. I Jan. 1830, Richard Strachey, Esq. of Ashwick Grove, Somerset, younger son of the late Sir H. Strachey, Bart., and d. Dec. 1«45. Joanna, ra. 26 July, 1839, Rev. Thomas Garrett, M.A., Vicar of Martock, Somerset. Jane, m. 1836, Rev. Reginald Pole, Rector of Yeovilton, Somerset.Catherine Augusta, m. 1843, Rev. Charles Raikes Davy, M.A., of Tracy Park, co. Gloucester, only child of the late Sir Wni. Davy, and d. Jan. 1883.Mr. Powell d. 25 Dec. 1847. His son,Alexander Pitts Elliott Powell, Esq. of Hurdcott House,J.P. and D.L., b. 21 Aug. 1809; m. 14 March, 1839, MaryElizabeth Vere Booth (now deceased), dau. of WilliamTyndale, Esq., son of George Booth Tyndale, Esq. of Bathford,Somerset, and had issue, I. Alexander Francis, late of Hurdcott House. ir. William Henry Theodore Tyndale, 6. 31 July, 1851, B.A.Trin. Coll., Cauib.III. Henry Haynes Preston, 6. 17 Jan. 1814; d. imm.27 July,1874. VI. Tyndale.V. John Alexander Tyndale (Fi field- Bavant, Salisbui^), J.P.,b. 26 March, 1853; m. 24 Jan. 1884, Augusta Maria, only child of the late Capt. Augustus Tapps-Gervis, 52nd Regt.,and niece of Sir G. A. 0. Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick, Bart., and fcas issue, Claude Owen Tyndale, b. 19 Dec. 1884. Montague Oscar Tyndale, b. 14 Jan. 1886. Evelyn Augusta Tyndale. Gertrude Tyndale. Phyllis Tyndale.I.. Selina Vere, b. 22 Oct. 1840; d. Aug. 1843. a. Mary Vere, d. young, May, 1847. jii. Caroline Mary Vere, m. 4 June, 18G8, John James Unwin Clarke, Esj., and d. leaving two sons, John James Vere Unwin, b. 1 May, 1869, and Alexander Henry, b. 2 Dec 1870. IV. Alana Mary Vera, d. unm. 1864. V. Edith Vere, d. unm. 1861. Mr. Powell d. 31 Oct. 1882, and was s. by his eldest son, Alexander Francis Powell, Esq., of Hurdcott House, Wilts, J.P. and D.L., M.A. Trin. Coll. Camb. and Capt. 3rd batt. Wilts Regt., b. 16 April, 1842 ; m. 25 Feb. 1875, Hon. Marion Sybil, dau. of Charles, 3rd Lord Headley, and d. 4 Dec. 1886, leaving by her (who m. 2ndly, 13 Nov. 1890, Rev.Benjamin Whitefoord, Prebendary of Salisbury), issue,I. Alexander Allanson Tyndale, now of Hurdcott House. I. Marion Milhcent.a. Dorothea Sybil Joanna. Arms — Or, a chevron between three lions' gambs erect and erased gu. Crest — A lion's gamb, as in the arms. Motto — Spes mea, Christus erit. Seats — ^Huidcott House, Salisbury; and Witham Friary, Somerset. |
1 THOMAS MERRIS 1713
Salisbury, Wiltshire Abt. 1783 Salisbury, Wiltshire
.. +ELIZABETH SHERGOLD
......... 2 John Merris of Milford, Salisbury, Wiltshire died 1824
............. +Elizabeth Payne 02 Dec 1790 Alderbury, Wiltshire
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1831 - - - Thomas Merris Shergold. jun. of New Sarum, shoemaker. ...
Thomas
Merris Shergold the elder, gentleman, and Stephen Mills, of Elstone,
...
1873 "Though last, not least to be named, was the agricultural king of
South Wilts, Stephen Mills of Elston, (son in law of uncle John Merris
of milford) Stephen was much looked up to by the farmers of Wiltshire. He was
a very clever, agreeable man, farming his own 3000 to 4000 acres"
......... 2 Mary Merris Nov 1817 Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire
............. +The Rev. Benjamin Williams 06 Sep 1763 Fisherton Anger,
Salisbury, Wiltshire 18 Oct 1795 Salisbury, Wiltshire
......... 2 ELIZABETH
MERRIS Abt. 1747 Of Salisbury Aft. 1814
............. +THOMAS
SHERGOLD Abt. 1745 Of Salisbury 19 Sep 1777 St Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Abt. 1814 Salisbury, Wiltshire
From the London Gazette Issue 16921 published on the 30th July
1814.