Will of John Marland mariner 1743, proved 1750

The Marland Family

	In the Name of God Amen I John Marland Mariner now belonging to His Majestys Ship The Swift Sloop being of sound and disposing mind and memory do hereby make this my last Will and Testament first and principally I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God hoping for Remission of all my Sins through the merits of Jesus Christ my blessed Saviour and Redeemer and my Body to the Earth or Sea as it shall please God and as for such Worldly Estate and Effects which I shall be possessed of or entitled unto at the time of my decease I give and bequeath the same as followeth that is to say unto my loving Kinsman John Woodward of the parish of St Andrew Holborn and also Citizen and Weaver of London and I hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said John Woodward Executor of this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty second day of February in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Forty Three and in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith John Marland signed sealed and published and declared by the said John Marland as and for his last Will and Testament in the presences of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses in the presence of the said Testator Thos Stone in Fetter Lane John Booth in Barnards Inn John Woodard Jones [margin note: The name Marland being first amended]

	Probate
	This Will was proved at London before the Worshipfull John Bettesworth also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper of Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted On the twenty second day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty by the Oath of John Woodward the Executor named in the said Will To whom administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased being first sworn duly to administer