National Archives PROB 11/1968/38 – Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Elizabeth Freak
The Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Freak late of Blackheath in county of [illegible] now of Wootton Bassett in at county of Wilts widow first and desire that all my scots funeral and testamentary charges and expenses man be fully paid and satisfied by my executor herein after named and give an beg until all my household goods and furniture plate linen wearing apparel and monies And all of [illegible] at personal estate and effects of or to which I will possess or [illegible] or over which I have any power of appointment or in disposition unto my daughter Rose Pratt as wife of James Pratt of Wootton Bassett aforesaid Gentleman as executors administrators and assignees for hor and their own use and benefit absolutely and I appoint the said James Pratt solo executor of this my will, In witness wherefore I have hereunto set my hand this twenty eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. E Freak.
Signed by the said Elizabeth Freak in the presence of us present at the said [illegible] who in her presence and in the presence of [illegible] have thereunto substituted our names as witnesses. A J Crowdy Ser Swindon, CJF AXford, Surgeon, Swindon.
Proved at London 15th October 1842 before the Judge by the oath of James Pratt the sole executor to whom administration was granted a [illegible] just sworn by Commission duty to administer.
Who is Who:
Elizabeth Freak (Nee Walters) was Mary Cutler Paulin’s grandmother
Rose Pratt (nee Freak) was Elizabeth’s daughter, 1811-1871
James Pratt was Rose Freak’s husband, and was a lawyer, 1798-1874. The Pratts lived in Wootton Bassett – so it appears Elizabeth moved in after the death of her husband in 1837
At the time of her death, Elizabeth had six surviving children. She left everything to just one child.
The Amazing Paulin(e) Family 