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Handwritten will of Matthew Flinders (FLI06) Page 3


Han. Dodd £100
Hen. Flinders
£100

Fourth. To Hannah, wife of Joseph Dodd, of
Donington, and to Henrietta Flinders, my two
Sisters of the half blood, I bequeath one hun- -dred pounds sterling each; but in case of
the previous death of one or both of them, if
she or they leave lawful issue, then the part
of the parent to be given to the children in
equal proportions.

Monuments
£100

Fifth. I will that the sum of one hundred pounds be expended in four marble slabs,
to be set up, by permission of the minister
and churchwardens, in the parish Church in
Donington in the county of Lincoln, against
the wall facing the communion door of the
same church; and the said four slabs to have
engraved upon them such inscriptions to the
memory of my great grand-father, grand-father,
father, and myself, as the pious sentiments of
my brother Samuel, with the approbation of my
wifes may dictate.

Legacies
£400

Sixth. I give and bequeath the following
legacies. To my nephew James Harvey, of
Donington, and to his sister Susannah, each
fifty pounds.
To my mother-in-law Mrs Eliza Flinders –         fifty pounds.
To my uncle Mr John Flinders, of Spalding       fifty pounds
To my aunt Mrs Eliza Carr of Louth                   fifty pounds
To my half uncle, William Flinders of Boston     fifty pounds


or in case of his death the same sum to his son William
To my half aunt, Mary Cawthen of Pinchbeck
                                                twenty pounds


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Places
Ile de France (Mauritius)
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Boston (England)
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