02 Jan 1864. WILL OF [his father] JOHN GEE (age 82) - 2 January 1864:~

I, John GEE of the ASHES [Map] in Kinder in the parish of Glossop in the county of Derby, Gentleman, do make my last Will and Testament as follows

I ORDER all my debts and my funeral and testamentary expenses to be paid by my Executors out of my personal estate as soon as convenient after my decease and if my personal estate is insufficient for that purpose the I charge the residue of my Real Estate hereinafter given to my son Thomas GEE (age 57) with such deficiency

I GIVE and Bequeath unto my son [his brother] William GEE (age 52) the sum of Five hundred pounds

I GIVE and Bequeath unto my daughter [his sister] Sarah (age 56) the wife of Thomas DRINKWATER of GREENBOTTOM in Bugsworth in the said parish of Glossop, Gentleman, the sum of Three hundred pounds

AND I GIVE and Bequeath unto my daughter [his sister] Ann (age 55) the wife of John SHIRT of Edale (age 60) in the parish of Castleton in the said county of Derby Farmer the sum of Three hundred pounds

AND I direct that the said several legacies shall be paid out of my personal estate to my said son and daughters without interest thereon at the expiration of twelve calendar months after my decease

AND IN case my personal estate shall after payment of all my debts as aforesaid be found insufficient to discharge the legacies so bequeathed to my said son and daughters and if my said son Thomas GEE (age 57) (my residuary legacy hereinafter named) shall be unwilling to pay and make good such deficiency out of his own property

THEN I give and devise unto my said son [his brother] Frank GEE (age 38) and the said Thomas DRINKWATER their heirs executors administrators and assigns all those closes of lands with the appurtenances called the HAYFIELD PIECE and the KILN PITTS situate in Kinder aforesaid and lately purchased by me from George HATFIELD and James KINDER UPON TRUST nevertheless that they my said Trustees or the survivor of them or the heirs of such survivor do and shall when such deficiency as aforesaid in the said legacies shall been ascertained absolutely sell the said closes of land and their appurtenances either by public auction or by private contract and either together or in parcels for the best price that can reasonably be obtained and out of the proceeds thereof do and shall in the first place pay all the costs and charges incidental to such sale of sales and in the second place do and shall pay to each of my said son William (age 52) and daughters the deficiency in his or her said legacies caused by the deficiency of my personal estate

AND I direct that the surplus (if any) of the proceeds arising from such sale or sales shall be considered as part of my residuary personal Estate I GIVE and devise unto my said son Frank GEE (age 38) his heirs and assigns for-ever all that estate belonging to me situate at CROWDEN LEE BOOTH [Map] (Upper Booth farm) in Edale aforesaid formerly the property of John FOX and now in the occupation of William (age 52) HOWE SUBJECT nevertheless to the payment by my said son Frank (age 38) of the sum of One hundred pounds to my daughter Sarah (age 56) wife of Thomas DRINKWATER SUCH PAYMENT to be made at the expiration of twelve calendar months after my decease without interest thereon

I GIVE and devise to my said son Thomas GEE (age 57) his heirs and assigns for-ever all that estate belonging to me called the ASHES [Map] aforesaid and now in my own occupation

AND ALSO all my other real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever (not otherwise) by me herein and hereby disposed of according to the nature and quality thereof respectively (subject as aforesaid)

I GIVE devise and bequeath to the said Frank GEE (age 38) and Thomas DRINKWATER their heirs executors and administrators all such messuages lands tenements and hereditaments as are now or at the time of my decease shall be vested in me in Trust for any person or persons or by way of Mortgage TO HOLD the same unto and to the use of my said Trustees their heirs executors and administrators according to the nature and qualities thereof respectively and for all my estate term and interest therein to the interest that they my said Trustees may make conveyances or assignments thereof according to the Trusts affecting the same and may be better enabled to receive and discharge the moneys secured by any such Mortgages

I DECLARE that the receipt or receipts of my said Trustees and Executors for the time being effectually discharge any purchaser or other person or persons paying any money under this under this my Will or the trusts thereof and that such purchaser or other person or persons shall not afterwards be bound to see to the application or be answerable for the misapplication or non-application thereof

AND I appoint my said son Frank GEE (age 38) and the said Thomas DRINKWATER Executors of this my Will

AND I that they and their respective heirs executors and administrators shall be chargeable for their own respective acts deeds and defaults only and that they shall not be chargeable with any more of the said Trust moneys and effects than shall come to their or his own respective hands not with any loss which may happen thereto without their or his willful neglect or default

AND ALSO that it shall be lawful for them and their respective executors and administrators with and out of the said Trust moneys to reimburse themselves respectively all such costs and expenses as they or he shall sustain or be just unto by reason or own account of any of the Trusts aforesaid or otherwise in or about the execution of this my Will

IN WITNESS whereof I the said John GEE the Testator have to this and the two preceding sheets of this my Will written on three sheets set my hand this second day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixty four

- John Gee -

SIGNED PUBLISHED AND DECLARED by the said John GEE the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses to the due Execution hereof, THE WORDS 'free from legacy duty but" in the fourteenth line of the first page and the fourth and fifth lines of the second page having been previously struck out

- John Hibbert - Solicitor Hyde Glossop

- Edward Hibbert - Cotton Spinner, Manufacturer Hyde.

14 Feb 1874. Will of Thomas Gee (age 67).

I, Thomas GEE (age 67) of the ASHES [Map] in Kinder in the County of Derby, Farmer, declare this to be my last Will and Testament and I revoke all previous Wills and testamentary instruments [testamentary literally means a trust in a will] made by me

I BEQUEATH to my son [his son] John Thomas GEE (age 29) the bond debts or Mortgages held by me and charged upon the tolls of the Chapel en le Frith and Enterclough and the Thornsett Turnpike trusts

WHEREAS I have contracted to purchase an Estate at Edale in the said County of Derby called OLLERBROOK [Map] estate from Messieurs Henry Clark and others but the purchase thereof is not yet completed NOW I direct that in case the said purchase shall not be completed at the time of my death my trustees shall complete the same and shall by mortgage of all or any part or parts of my real estate or otherwise raise such an amount as shall together with the residue of my personal estate not specifically bequeathed be sufficient to pay the purchase money of the said OLLERBROOK Estate AND I declare that the said Mortgage debt and all other Charges and encumbrances upon my real estate or any part or parts thereof at the time of my death and any other charge or encumbrance created in pursuance of the power and direction aforesaid shall as concerns my devisees be charged upon and paid by my respective devisees of my real estate in the proportions following namely of every forty two pounds of charges or encumbrances twenty pounds shall be charged upon the ASHES and other Kinder estates, fourteen pounds upon that part of the OLLERBROOK estate hereinafter devised to the use of my son [his son] James Albert GEE (age 26), and the sum of eight pounds upon that part of the said OLLERBROOK hereinafter devised to the use of my daughter [his daughter] Mary Ann (age 19), wife of James GODDARD.

AND THAT the interest upon the said charges and encumbrances shall be paid in the same proportions.

AND I also declare that the respective devisees may at their election first satisfy any charges upon their own respective estates and may also before or after so doing pay to any other devisee the proportion of the charges and encumbrances upon the estates of such first mentioned devisee in any payments and at any times they may deem convenient provided that not less than one hundred pounds shall be paid at one time and the person so paying such money shall not be charged with further interest upon the amounts so paid from the respective dates of payment thereof

I BEQUEATH to my Wife all my household furniture and effects for her use during her life and widowhood and at her death or marriage again I bequeath the same to my said son John Thomas GEE (age 29).

I DEVISE all my real estate both legal and equitable unto my two sons John Thomas GEE and James Albert GEE and their heirs To HOLD the same unto the said John Thomas GEE and James Albert GEE and their heirs as to the said ASHES estate and all other my hereditaments [any kind of property that can be inherited] in Kinder aforesaid now occupied by my said son John Thomas GEE to the use of my said son John Thomas GEE and his heirs forever SUBJECT to a share of any charges and encumbrances upon any part or parts of my real estate in the proportions aforesaid.

AS TO the said OLLERBROOK estate (except the portions thereof hereinafter specified) To the use of my said son James Albert GEE and his heirs for-ever subject to the share of any Charges and encumbrances upon any part or parts of my real estate in the proportions aforesaid

AND AS to these portions of the OLLERBROOK estate called or known by the names of the Coppice Wood, the Upper Latch Field, the Middle Latch Field, the Upper Latch Field Meadow, the Lower Latch Field, the Little Whinney Knowle, the Whinney Knowle, the farmhouse yard and other outbuildings on the east side of the Ollerbrook, the Lane, the Croft, the New Meadow, the West Hardy Stack, the East Hardy Stack, the Broad Piece, the Near Rough Ground, the Little Rough Ground, and the Further Rough Ground TO THE use of my said daughter Mary Ann GODDARD (age 19) and her heirs forever SUBJECT TO the share of any charges or encumbrances upon any part or parts of my real estate in the proportions aforesaid PROVIDED that my said wife shall have the use and occupation of the house adjoining that now occupied by me during her life and widowhood without payment of any rent

AND I charge as a first charge upon the whole of my real estate an annuity of forty pounds to my said Wife payable by half yearly installments to be paid at the end of half a year from the date of my death such annuity to cease upon her second marriage

AND I appoint my said sons John Thomas GEE and James Albert GEE Executors and Trustees of this my Will.

IN WITNESS whereof I the said Thomas GEE have to this and the two preceding sheets of this my Will set my hand this fourteenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four

Thomas Gee

SIGNED by the testator as his Will in the presence of us the undersigned both being present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our hands as Witnesses

- Joseph Hibbert - Solicitor Hyde

- James Harrison - Farmer Laborer Kinder.

26 Jan 1877. Codicil to the will of Thomas Gee (age 70)

THIS IS A CODICIL to the Will and Testament of me Thomas GEE of the ASHES in Kinder in the County of Derby Farmer WHEREAS by my last Will and Testament date the fourteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and seventy four I have given and devised my Real Estate but have not bequeathed my personal Estate. NOW I hereby give and bequeath unto my said son [his son] John Thomas GEE (age 32) absolutely all my personal Estate Stock in Trade personal Chattels and Effects money in the house or at the Bank and in all other respects I confirm my said Will.

IN WITNESS whereof I have to this codicil to my last Will and Testament set my hand this twenty sixth day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven

- Thomas Gee -

SIGNED by the said Thomas GEE as and for a codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us both being present at the same time who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses

- Fred K Broadsmith - with J&J Hibbert Solicitors, Hyde.

- John Goddard - Hayfield, Farmer.

27 Jan 1877. Codicil to the will of Thomas Gee (age 70)

THIS IS A FURTHER CODICIL to the last Will and Testament of me Thomas GEE of the ASHES in Kinder in the County of Derby Farmer WHEREAS by my said Will I have charged who in my real estate in the proportions therein mentioned all charges and encumbrances upon my real estate pr any part or parts thereof but have not charged my other debts upon such real estate

NOW I DO HEREBY DECLARE my Will to be and I do hereby order and direct that all my debts shall as concerns my devisees named in my said Will be charged upon or paid by my respective devisees of my real estate in the proportions in which the charges and encumbrances mentioned in my said Will are to be charged upon and paid by my respective devisees of my said real estate

AND WHEREAS by my said Will I have devised all my said Real Estate both legal and equitable unto my two sons [his son] John Thomas GEE (age 32) and [his son] James Albert GEE (age 29) and their heirs TO HOLD the same unto the said John Thomas GEE and James Albert GEE and their heirs as to those portions of the OLLERBROOK estate called or know by the names of the Coppice Wood, the Upper Latch Field, the Middle Latch Field, the Upper Latch Field Meadow, the Lower Latch Field, the Little Whinney Knowle, the Whinney Knowle, the farmhouse yard and other outbuildings on the east side of the Ollerbrook, the Lane, the Croft, the New Meadow, the West Hardy Stack, the East Hardy Stack, the Broad Piece, the Near Rough Ground, the Little Rough Ground, and the Further Rough Ground TO THE use of my said daughter [his daughter] Mary Ann GODDARD (age 22) and her heirs for-ever SUBJECT TO the Share of any Charges upon any part or parts of my real estate in the proportions aforesaid

NOW I DO HEREBY devise and in lieu thereof I devise the before mentioned revoke the said last mentioned portion of the said OLLERBROOK estate to my said sons John Thomas GEE and James Albert GEE and the survivor of them and the heirs of such survivor TO HOLD the same unto the said John Thomas GEE and James Albert GEE and the survivor of them and the heirs and assigns of such survivor TO THE USE of and upon trust for my said daughter Mary Ann GODDARD (age 22) during her life for her sole and separate use and after her death Upon such trusts my said daughter whether covert or sole shall by her last Will and Testament direct or appoint Subject…….

NEVERTHELESS to the share of any charges upon any part or parts of my real estate in the proportions afore mentioned in my said Will or this Codicil. I DIRECT that my funeral and testamentary expenses shall be paid out of my personal estate AND in all other respects I confirm my said Will and the Codicil thereto dated the twenty sixth day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven.