On 29 Jun 1705 [his father] Thomas Booth of Kinder made his will:

In the name of god amen, I Thomas BOOTH of Kinder in ye parrish of Glossopp and County of Derby Yeoman being under some paine of body but of sound and perfect memory praysed be God for the same doo make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following viz:

first I Committ my Sole into ye hands of Allmighty God my Creator Hopeing through ye merrits of his blesed son to receive pardon for all my sins and my body to be buryed in decent manner att ye: discression of my Executors heare after named And for such temporall Goodes God hath intrusted me with my will and mind is as ffolloweth. Imprimis itt is my will and mind that my funerall Expenses and debts if Any such therebe be paid forth of my p:sonall Estate.

Item it is my will and mind that whereas all my land in Lanckishire was sel[led] upon my Heir before Marriage Now it is my full will and mind that if it shall please god my Wife shall be Conceived and bringe forth a second son, that then such second son shall have all my reall Estate with such limittations as are hereafter Expressed That is to say, if it please god my Wife be conceived of a second son that then such second son shall be chargeable with and shall pay to my Daughter or Daughters the sume of one Hundred pounds when shee shall attaine y: age of one and Twenty yeares

And to my son John y: sume of Twenty pounds at such time as my second son if such be shall attaine y: Age of one and Twenty years

Item it is my full will and mind That if it please god my son John shall fall Heyre to all my reall Estate That then and in such Case He shall be chargeable with and shall pay unto my Daughter or Daughters y: sume of One Hundred and Twenty pounds as y: shall attaine age of one and twenty yeares to be Equally devided

And it is my Will and mind that my well beloved uncle George BOOTH of Wolley and my Brother [his uncle] Henry BOOTH of Charlsworth be my Sole Executors of this my last will and Testament revoking all others

Thomas BOOTH

Sealed Signed published and declared in y: psents of us

Thomas WATERHOUSE; Elizabeth WATERHOUSE her marke; John HIDE

The condition names his children as: John BOOTH, [his half-sister] Mary BOOTH and [his half-sister] Margarett BOOTH

In Wittness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seall the twenty ninth day of June Anno Domini: 1705

12 Aug 1721. WILL OF JOHN BOOTH of Kinder - Proved October 1721

IN THE NAME of God Amen I John BOOTH of Kinder in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby being weak of body but of a sound mind and memory praise be therefore given to Almighty God do make and ordain this my present Last Will and Testament AND FORM following that is to say ffirst and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping through the merits death and passion of my saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and to inherit everlasting life

AND MY BODY I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named AND AS TOUCHING such temporall estates as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose of thereof as followeth

IMPRIMIS I will that all my debts funeral expenses and harriotts to be paid and discharged out of my personal estate

ITEM I GIVE and bequeath all my lands in Kinder unto my [his former wife] wife until my son [his son] Thomas (age 2) shall attain the age of one and twenty years in trust nevertheless that she shall keep and maintain my Two children sufficiently according to their quality until they shall attain the age of one and twenty years, is she my said wife happen so long to live and keep herself unmarried

BUT IF SHE happen to marry from that time that she shall marry another husband to have no part of my [estate] real or personal save twenty pounds and her Dower

AND AFTER MY son Thomas (age 2) comes to the age of one and twenty years my then unmarried not having during the said term contracted matrimony with another husband

I GIVE AND bequeath one moiety [one of two parts of property] of all my lands in Kinder to my said wife during her life or second marriage which shall first happen

BUT AFTER HER second marriage she is to have only her said legacy of twenty pounds and her dower

ITEM I GIVE and bequeath to my son Thomas (age 2) the other moiety of said lands in Kinder when he shall attain the age of one and twenty years if my said wife be then alive and unmarried to a second husband.

BUT FROM THE time of his mothers' second marriage then two thirds of my said lands and from my wife's death all of my said lands unto my son Thomas and his heirs forever CHARGEABLE NEVER the less with the sum of sixty pounds to his sister [his daughter] Elizabeth when she shall attain the age of one and twenty years but if my said wife happen to die near this time or before my sad son dome to Age then my said son to pay out of my lands unto my daughter Elizabeth all my personal estate after my debts and funeral expenses are discharged except to my wife as before mentioned TOGETHER WITH THE said sum of sixty pounds or a hundred pounds charged on my said lands according to the limitations before mentioned

AND IF MY son happen to die before he attain the age of one and twenty years not having lawful issue then I GIVE AND bequeath all my said lands unto my daughter Elizabeth and her heirs forever

AND IF BOTH my said children happen to die before they attain the age of one and twenty years I give and bequeath out of my said lands and to be charged upon the same the sum of twenty pounds apiece to every child my ffather in law John FROGGATT shall have then living AND UNTO EVERY child my uncle ffrancis GEE (age 69) shall have then living the sum of ten pounds apiece to be charged on my said lands aforesaid

AND THE REMAINDER of my said lands unto my two sisters and their heirs forever

ITEM I MAKE constitute and ordain my wife Ellen BOOTH my father in law John FROGGATT and my uncle ffrancis GEE (age 69) Executors of this my Last Will and Testament hoping they will perform the trust in them REVOKING ALL OTHER wills heretofore by me made

WITNESS my hand ye 12th day of August Anno Dom 1721. John Booth

SIGNED SEALED PUBLISHED as the Last Will and Testament of the Testator in the presence of

Ralph Kinder Barnabas Bailey John Waterhouse

MEMORANDUM that the word have in the ninth line in the second page And John FROGGATT in the same line was Interlined before the sealing hereof.

Proved Oct 1721.

On 17 Aug 1721 [his half-sister] Marie Booth made her will:

In the name of God Amen, the seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord God 1721 in the eight year of the reign of our most Sovereign Lord King George the first king of England Scotland France & Ireland king Defender of the faith.

I Mary BOOTH being of sound memory & understanding blessed be God for it knowing my turn to be upon

I commit my soul into the hands of almighty God earth short & uncertaine, I desire if the Lord permit that my body may be interred in the Chappel of Hayfield [Map], to be buried after the Christian burial

Inprimis I give & bequeathe unto my Sister [his half-sister] Margaret BOOTH the sum of fourscoure pounds,

Item I give & bequeathe unto my Mother Ann MARRIOTT the sum of forty pounds to bring me out with it & to pay all these Legacies too,

Item I give & bequeath to the school of Hayfield [Map] the sum of four pounds accordingly as Thomas MARRIOTT & Henry BOOTH shall think fit to be pay'd,

Item I give leave & bequeath to my Brother John's Children either of them five shillings

Item I leave Thomas MARRIOTT & Henry BOOTH to be Executors for this my last will & testament In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed

Mary BOOTH her mark & seal

Samll MARRIOTT; John KINDER; Robert LOMMAX

October the 4th: 1721

A true and perfect Inventory of all such goods and debts oweing as Mary BOOTH of Kinder in the parrish of Glossopp and County of Derby spinster dyed possessed of then vallued and apprized by us whose names are here unto subscribed viz.