Susan THORLEY [783]

  General Notes:

WILL of SUSAN JULIUS
1st May 1850.
This is the last Will and Testament of me Susan Julius the wife of George Charles Julius late of Petersham in the county of Surrey but now of Wakefield in the County of York whereas under and by virtue of an Indenture . . . . . on or about the 16th day of February one thousand eight hundred and eighty four made between my husband George Charles Julius therein described of the one part . . . . . by my then name of Susan Thorley spinster of the second part and Thomas Scott Smyth and Herbert . . . . . Julius of the third part being the settlement made on my marriage with the said George Charles Julius and under which settlement (notwithstanding my coverture) I am empowered by will to dispose of any property I then was or should thereafter become entitled or acquire Now I the said Susan Julius in pursuance and by virtue and in exercise of the power to use for this purpose reserved or given an end by the herein before mentioned settlement and of all other powers and authorities what ever enabling me in this behalf do by this my last Will and Testament in writing or instrument in the nature of a Will direct and appoint the said trustees or trustee for the time being of the aforesaid indenture shall stand secured and possessed of all and every of the real and personal estate to which I now am or may hereafter become entitled in trust to assign transfer or otherwise make over the same unto my husband George Charles Julius his heirs executives or administrators for his and their absolute use and benefit and I hereby give devise and bequeath the same to him and them accordingly and whereas under the Will of my late father Robert Thorley I am entitled to retain copyhold and personal estate settled as therein mentioned upon myself and children and by which Will it is provided that if no child or children of mine shall live to attain a vested interest in the said property that then and in such case the trustees or trustee of the said Will should pay assign or transfer all the said trust property to such person or persons and upon such trusts as I (notwithstanding my covature) should by my last Will and Testament in writing direct or appoint. Now I ever said Susan Julius in pursuance and by virtue and in exercise of the power to me for this purpose stated or given in and by my father's said Will and of all other powers and authorities whatsoever enabling me in this behalf to by this my last Will and Testament in writing or instrument in that nature of a Will signed sealed and delivered by me in the presence of and attested by two reliable persons whose names are hereunto subscribed as witnesses direct or appoint that in the event of my dying without leaving any child or children or in the event of all and every my child or children dying under the age of 21 years and without achieving a vested interest under the Will of my said father that then and in such case all the property both copyhold real and personal to which I am entitled under the said Will shall be paid signed transferred and made over unto my husband George Charles Julius his heirs execututors or administrators for his and their sole use and benefit and whereas under a certain Indenture made the blank day blank one thousand eight hundred and forty nine between Edward Smith of the city of Norwich Esquire of the first part George Charles Julius Esquire therein described (and . . . . . therein described as) Susan his wife of the second part Alfred Alexander Julius and the Rev Hugh Blagg Smyth therein also described of the third part reciting that William Smyth late of . . . . . by his Will dated the 17th day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty six bequeathed the sum of five hundred pounds to the use of his neice the wife of the said George Charles Julius and her trustee the same to be invested in Government or real security in the names of trustees who were to pay the dividends to his said neice Susan Julius for life with power to his said neice absolutely to dispose of the said sum of five hundred pounds by her last Will and Testament in such manner as she might think fit and he appointed the said Edwards Smyth and Thomas Stott Smyth executors of his said Will and . . . . . of the estate of the said testator and that his will was proved on the twenty fourth day of June eighteen forty nine in the prerogative Court of Canterbury by the said Edwards Smyth . . . . . that the said Alfred Alexander Julius and Hugh Blagg Smyth had been nominated trustees and that the said Edward Smyth had laid out the sum of four hundred and eighty five pounds being the amount of the said legacy of five hundred pounds after deducting the legacy duty due thereon in the purchase of five hundrd and twenty two pounds eighteen shillings and three pence per cent Consolidated Bank Annuities in the names of the said Alfred Alexander Julius and Hugh Blagg Smyth Now I the said Susan Julius in pursuance and by virtue and in exercise of the power to me for this purpose given or received in and by the said Will and of all other powers and authorities whatsoever enabling me in this behalf to hereby absolutely dispose of the said sum of five hundred pounds so bequeathed to me as aforesaid and I gave and bequeath the same and the securities on which the same may at any time hereinafter be invested unto my husband George Charles Julius for his own absolute use and benefit and I hereby nominate and appoint my husband said George Charles Julius sole executor of this my Will and revoke all former and other Wills and testamentary dispositions made by me at any time heretofore and declare this alone to be my last Will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set up my hand and seal the first day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Susan Julius
Signed sealed and delivered by Susan Julius the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time and in her presence of her request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
I. G. Skipworth Sol Wakefield Herbert A Julius gentleman Wakefield.

On the 17th April 1852 Admon (with the Will attached) of the goods chattels and effects of Susan Julius formerly of Petersham in the county of Surrey but the late of Wakefield in the County of York deceased was granted to George Charles Julius the lawfull husband and the sole executor named in the said Will having been first sworn duly to administer the said George Charles Julius being as the lawful husband of the said deceased the sole person entitled to her personal estate and effects over which she had no disposing power and concerning which she is dead intestate.
Copy of the Will on this file

  Medical Notes:

Susan may have died in childbirth?.

  Other Records

1. Census: England, 30 Mar 1851, Wakefield Yorkshire. Susan is recorded as a wife aged 48 born Petersham Surrey.

Susan married Dr George Charles JULIUS M.D. [781] [MRIN: 251], son of Dr George Charles JULIUS [51] and Isabella Maria GILDER [52], on 19 Feb 1844 in Petersham SRY. (Dr George Charles JULIUS M.D. [781] was born on 9 Aug 1804 in Assam Dist. Sharhabad Behar India, died on 1 Dec 1885 in Claremont Hse. Nr Tilford SRY and was buried in Tilford Churchyard Nr Farnham SRY.)