Parnel SEATON [18774]

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Placing Parnel Seaton as a sister of Mary is completely conjectural

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1. Letter from John Julius: To Parnel Seaton [18783] London, 3 Dec 1788, St Christophers WI.
St Christophers, 3 Dec 1788.
My Dear Madam
I am this moment favoured with your obliging letter of the 6th October by Packet and observe the contents, and which shall be properly attended to hereafter. The Packet by which this is to go is to sail in a few hours which prevents me writing to you so fully now as I wish, having many other letters of business in handto get ready for her. With regard to Mr Hammonds business be asured I shall always have pleasure rendering him or any other part of your family every little matter of service that may be in my power. I have just written a few lines to Mr Hammond to go by this opportuity and to which I be leave to refer you
It is now some time since I did myself the pleasure of writing to you and which has been partly owing to the disappointments of Mr Woodley in the discharge of your annuity which became due the 1st August last on the late Mr Vanderpool's Estate although I have frequently applie to him for it; his excuse is always that the late Mr Rawlinds Estate and the Estates owned by Mr Gaegan are to pay certain proportions of it and as soon as he can settle with them he will with me., upon this my answers have always been to him that my instructions from you are clear and pointed to look to him and him only for payment.
However I hope from now to settle the matter for you as there is now an Attorney arrived from England authorised to Act by the Trustees of Mr Gaegan's Estates which there was not before since the death of the late Mr William Beach.
I am very sorry to say I have not been able to get rid of any of your slaves although I have lately attempted to dispose of them at Vendue for you, but from there being so well known I could not procure one half their value.
I am now giving Bogie and Fanny a tryal in my field and should they answer I will take them myself for my new purchased Estate, that, that was my late brother's at Nichola Town. Fanny I think may do but I fear Bogie is too great a rascal ever to be reclaimed, as he has given me more trouble within the last six months than all the Negros I am owner of.
Now my dear Madam I come to a part of this letter on which occasion I scarcely know how to express myself as you might suppose my feelings on the most melancholy and unhappy situation of my dear child are most severely wounded as well as those of her poor unfortunate mother and we feel it the more from the trouble we are sensible she has and must give you, you and my most worthy friend Mrs Morgan. However all that I can now pay on the occasion is that I hope God will be so good as to spare her to us that she may live to prove to you and every part of your good family that she has a true sense of gratitude and believe me when I assure you I shall never forget the kindness and attention she has met with from you and my very respectable good friend Mrs Morgan after her arrival in England and from my most worthy friends Mr & Mrs Caines during the passage home. I beg you will tell my dear Nancy we are all well and send one in all our love to her; and God grant that your next letter forward more satisfactory accounts of than the postscript of your letter has although that is somewhat flattering.
I beg you will be so kind as to tell my good friend Mrs Morgan that I had the pleasure of receiving her truly friendly and obliging letter of the 3rd Sept for which and all other kindnesses I beg she will receive my best thanks.
Mrs Julius with every other part of my family join with me in Love and Compliments to you all and may God protect you in the sincerest wish of My Dear Madam.
Your Obliged and Humble Servant
Jno Julius.
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The daughter referred to is presumed to be Elizabeth Mary.
Ref: London Met Archive - ACC 1366/3

2. Parnell Seaton: Will, 1808, Twickenham LND. Last Will of me Parnel Seaton of Twickenham Middlesex widow.

I request to be buried in the vault of my late grandson-in-law Richard Hammond Esquire
in the parish church of St Mary Axe London.

I nominate as executors my good friends John Julius late of the parish of St Mary Cayonne
in the Island of Saint Christopher Esquire now resident at Bath, and his son-in-law Jedediah
Kerie of Saint Mary Cayonne Esquire, and my nephew John Taylor of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, late
of the island of Nevis in the West Indies Esquire.

I give them £30 each as a small token of my great respect for them and for the care and trouble
they will have in the execution of this my Will.

All my just debts, funeral and probate charges to be paid as soon as possible after my death.

All my clothes and wearing apparel, household goods and furniture, plate, china, linen, sleeping
bed, table linen of every kind not hereinafter specifically bequeathed to be divided as equally in
point of value as possible into two lots and that my daughters Parnel Cavies and Elizabeth Brown
Reader do draw lots for choice of one of such lots.

I give and bequeath to the said Parnel Cavies such lot as she shall draw to and for
her own use and benefit and the other lot thereof I give to the said Elizabeth Brown Reader to
and for her own use and benefit also.

I give to Pierren Vanderpool a freewoman residing on my property in Cayonne Street in the
town of Basseterre in the said Island of St Christopher, the messuage, with the land,
appurtenances etc. now in her own occupation for and during her natural life from and after
the decease of the said Peirren Vanderpool.

I give the same hereditaments and premises to my late maid servant Bess who I have manumitted
and whose freedom I do hereby confirm in case she shall be then living for and during
her natural life and from and after the decease of the said Bess I give the same hereditaments
and premises to Sally Vanderpool, the mother of the said Bess if then living for and during
her natural life and I do hereby manumit and make free Arelas, Charles, and John Bridgwater
the three sons of Bess.

I give all my messuage, etc. now in the occupation of Sally Vanderpool to my late servant Bess
for and during her natural life and from and after the decease of Bess I give the said messuage,
etc. to Sally Vanderpool the mother of Bess if then living for and during her natural life.

I give to the said John Julius Jedediah Kerie and John Taylor all my messuages, lands, etc.,
mortgage/s in fee and real estate whatsoever subject to the estates for life of the said
Pierren Vanderpool, Bess, and her mother Sally Vanderpool with all my goods, chattels, negros,
mulatos, and slaves except any interest I may have in the said Bess and her three sons Aretas,
Charles, and John Bridgwater who I have manumitted
and made free as aforesaid and all my personal estate and effects, etc. right, title, and
interest to have and to hold with every of their rights etc. unto the use of the said John
Julius Jedediah Kerie and and John Taylor, their heirs, etc. for the several uses, trusts,
and intents at their discretion to sell all my real estates subject to the bequests in this
my Will for the best price/s that can be attained.

I declare that any receipt/s shall be sufficient for the discharge of any such purchase/s and
acquit the said John Julius Jedediah Kerie and John Taylor or survivor/s of any accountability
and upon trust with convenient speed to convert the rest into money except that part which
shall be placed in the public funds at interest or good security.

Executors to pay the legacies of £25 each to Susanna Cavies and Ann Maria Cavies daughters of
my late son-in-law the said Charles Cavies, and to my son-in-law William Reader of Brunswick
Square, Middlesex, esquire the sum of £50, to my grand-daughter Parnel Hammond my silver bowl with the
Pilkinton's coat of arms and crest suit and to my servant who shall live with me at my decease £10 and
above her wages to be paid within one calendar month of my decease.

Executors to pay the duty to Government on all my legacies and expenses of proper discharges
for the same out of my personal estate and after the payments aforesaid and of all costs and
charges incurred in the execution of this my Will upon trust to place out the surplus monies
arising therefrom in their own names in the public funds or with the application in writing of
the said Parnel Cavies and Elizabeth Brown Reader upon mortgage of lands, etc. either in Great
Britain or the West Indies from time to time to call in and replace the same in like manner upon
the trusts and for the intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned upon trust to divide the whole
thereof into two equal parts and to raise out of one such share of the rest and residue of my estate
and effects the sum of £500 and pay the same to my granddaughter Parnel Hammond and to and for her
own use and benefit absolutely within two calendar months of my death, but if not living then I
give in her place to her child/ren and to the issue of any of them, and if no such issue then I
give to the nearest of kin of Parnel Hammond

in course of admon and subject to the payment of such legacy of £500 to Parnel Hammond, her heirs, etc.
the interest etc. of the rest and residue to go to my daughter Parnel Cavies for the term of her natural
life for her sole use and benefit discharging all power and control from any future husband.

Her receipt shall be sufficient.

For Parnel Cavies to divide the rest and residue into 5 equal parts to go to Parnel Hammond, the
daughters of Parnel Cavies by Charles Cavies at the age of 21 or marriage, the sons of Parnel Cavies
at age 21, to Parnel Bryan Sanderson (her receipt without her husband's joining to be sufficient discharge)

If any of the daughters of Parnel Cavies should die before age 21 or marriage and without issue for her/their
share to go to the surviving daughter/s of Parnel Cavies divided equally or if they should die leaving issue
then for such issue to be entitled to their mother's share as a vested interest until age 21 (or marriage if
a daughter)

or if none surviving to go to the sons of Parnel Cavies by Charles Cavies, or their issues
and if no issue surviving then for the share/s to go to the daughters of Parnel Cavies
divided equally. Interest of the moiety of the residue of my estate to go to my daughter
Parnel Cavies, her children, etc. or for want of such issue then to the nearest of kin of
my granddaughter Parnel Hammond. For the interest etc. of the other moiety of the residue of
my estate to go to my daughter Elizabeth Brown Reader for her own use free of control from
William Reader or any future husband and for any receipt or order of hers provided she does
not sell part or all of her

property with the interest, etc. and receipt thereof pursuant to shall notwithstanding her
coverture from time to time be sufficient discharge to my said trustees, their heirs, etc.
for what they shall say to her or her order and from and after the decease of my said daughter
Elizabeth Brown Reader I give such remaining moiety of the rest and residue of my estate and
effects into and amongst all the children of the said Elizabeth Brown Reader as well by Dr John
Morgan her former husband deceased as by the said William Reader that shall be living at her
decease or to such issue to be divided equally between the sons at age 21 and the daughters
either at age 21 or marriage and to receive their parents' share only provided that in case all
the children of Elizabeth Brown Reader shall die without issue or the son/s under the age of 21
and the daughters under that age and unmarried, then I give the whole of such last mentioned moiety
to such person/s as Elizabeth Brown Reader shall bequeath in her own last Will. If no such Will, then
I bequeath to my daughter Parnel Cavies for her sole use discharged from any power or control from
any future husband.

The receipt of Parnel Cavies or her order provided she does not sell part or all of the property
notwithstanding her coverture shall be sufficient discharge. From the decease of Parnel Cavies I
give and bequeath unto her child/ren or issue thereof in her place and to receive their parents'
share to be divided equally. If none living, then I bequeath to Parnel Hammond or her next of kin.

If Parnel Cavies or Elizabeth Brown Reader should at any time sell the said moiety then I revoke my
bequest to them.

Right, title, and interest
of their respective children or the next in succession shall vest in such person/s in the
same manner as if such of my daughters Parnel Cavies and Elizabeth Brown Reader or such of them
selling my estate were dead.

I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made and declare this my final Will and testament.

Executors, their survivors etc. to reimburse themselves from my estate for any losses, expenses, etc.
Neither executor to be answerable for any involuntary loss that may happen to my estate or effects or
for each other or for the acts, deeds, etc. of each other but only for themselves.

Signed
Parnel Seaton
1808

in the presence of us
Wm Oak, Glasshouse Street, perfumer
Rob. Woodgate, Golden Square
Henry Peacock

Codicil
I give William Reader the oldest son of my son-in-law William Reader Esquire 30 guineas to purchase
a watch and chain for himself which I desire may be paid to his father for that purpose within 12
months after my death.

I give to Frances Seaton Hammond the daughter of my granddaughter Parnel Hammond the same to be paid
to her mother for that same purpose as above.

Signed
Parnel Seaton
1808

in the presence of us
Wm Oak, Glasshouse Street, perfumer
Rob. Woodgate, Golden Square
Henry Peacock

Proved at London with a codicil
3rd April 1810
before the worshipful Augustus Gostling, doctor of laws and surrogate by the oath of John Taylor
one of the executors to whom admon was granted being sworn to duly administer. Power reserved to
John Julius and Jedediah Kerie Esquires the other executors.

Transcribed and summarised by C. L . O'Sullivan, 12.10.2023

Parnel married Charles CAVIES [35905] [MRIN: 13023]. (Charles CAVIES [35905] died before 1808.)