DECLARATION OF JOHN WEDGWOOD. 419 



Thomas "Wedgwood, Susannah Wedgwood, Catherine Wedgwood, 

 and Sarah Wedgwood, their heirs, executors, administrators, and 

 assigns, equally, share and share alike, as tenants in common, and 

 not as joint tenants ; and if there should he any deficiency of real or 

 personal estates for paying the said legacys and annuitys, such defi- 

 ciency shall in that case be born equally amongst and made up by 

 those my said children above named, (that is to say) John Wedg- 

 wood, Thomas Wedgwood, Susannah Wedgwood, Catherine Wedg- 

 wood, and Sarah Wedgwood, share and share alike, in proportion to 

 the amount of the legacys to them herein left and bequeathed. And 

 I do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint my said Wife, my 

 said Son John Wedgwood, and the said James Caldwell, Esq., 

 Executrix and Executors of this my Will. And lastly, I do hereby 

 revoke all former or other Will or Wills by me at any time hereto- 

 fore made, and do declare this only to be my last Will and Testament. 

 In witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament, con- 

 tained in six sheets of paper, and have to each of the first five sheets 

 thereof set my hand, and to the sixth and last sheet thereof my hand 

 and seal the day and year first before written. 



" Jos. WEDGWOOD. (L.S.) 



" Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said Josiah 

 Wedgwood, as and for his last Will and Testament, in the presence 

 of us, who in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have 

 hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto ; the several 

 following words being first interlined : money my happen said. 



"ALEXE. CHISHOLM. 

 " THOMAS MITCHELL. 

 " JOSEPH RUTLAND. 



" JOHN WEDGWOOD, of Etruria, in the County of Stafford, Esquire, 

 maketh oath, and saith that he has searched among the papers and 

 writings of his late Father, Josiah Wedgwood, late of Etruria afore- 

 said, Esquire, deceased, in order to find certain Schedules or Paper 

 Writings referred to in the last Will and Testament of the said 

 Josiah Wedgwood, and therein mentioned to be annexed thereto, 

 and respectively marked A and B. And this Deponent further 

 saith that he has not been able to find such Schedules or Paper 

 Writings, or either of them ; and this Deponent further saith that he 

 has never heard or been informed, nor does he believe that the said 



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