Description: | DHF/4/68/1: Certified copy (1892) of the will (dated 16 Oct. 1845) of George Skidmore of Harts Hill, parish of Dudley, Worcestershire, charter master collier; household effects, two iron boats, securities and collieries to wife, Sarah Skidmore, for life or until remarriage or cohabitation; income from real estate, 2 dwellinghouses at Harts Hill, to wife on same terms; thence personal estate in one sixth shares of estate to Henry Skidmore, Joseph Skidmore, Diannah Skidmore, Sarah Ann Skidmore, Mary Skidmore and David Skidmore as tenants in common, and real estate to them for life in equal shares 'and then descend to ... their children share and share alike if any and if not their share ... shall return to ... the then surviving children...' etc., with remainder to the sons and daughters of his brothers as 'joint property'. |