Wills P-S, Staffordshire 1837 SHARRATT, Abraham, of Tunnalls Lane, parish of St Chad, Lichfield, late collector of tolls for Tunnalls turnpike, written 21 Jun 1835, daughter Ann SMITH* wife of John SMITH (“both of whom now reside with me”), daughter Sarah BENTON of Edgeford. Real estate: cottages, buildings & gardens in Seedy Mill Lane adjoining the turnpike from Lichfield to Uttoexeter. Witnesses: Thomas WORTHINGTON, John PAGE & Joseph NEVILL. [Proved 18 Apr 1837 Lichfield, <£100]. 1702 SMITH, Richard, Whittington, yeoman, written 13 Apr 1701. Beneficiaries: wife Mary to have “best cow & a the broad piece of gold & enough silver to make up 40s & household goods except [my] bed one Press the long table & two forms one silver spoone one Cofer in the Chamber three putor dishes & the iron kettle” [which are to bequeathed to] Richard SMITH, son of my eldest son William SMITH*, to sons Richard SMITH, Henry SMITH, Samuel SMITH (£40 each), son Thomas SMITH (1s), daughter Ann GOODMAN (£10), son William to all lands copyhold & freehold [& rest of goods & chattles]. Witnesses: William SMITH (x), William PASS & John MOOSLY. [Proved 23 Jan 1702, inventory £52]. 1704 SMITH, Humphry, yeoman, written & sealed 11 Apr 1704 “and left in the hands of Mr Robert EVANS”. Beneficiaries: daughter Katherine SMITH (£8), rest of goods & chatells to son Humphry SMITH*, overseers Mr Robert EVANS & Samuel THACKER both of the City of Lichfield. Witnesses: Ralph SPENCER, William AULTON & Christopher THOMPSON. Inventory by George WRIGHT. [Proved 4 Oct 1704}. 1709 SMITH, Elizabeth, of St Michael’s Lichfield, widow (Admon.). son William SMITH of St Michael’s, John MEEK, yeoman & Thomas WRIGHT. [17 May 1709]. SMITH, Thomas, parish of St Chad, Lichfield, (Admon.), widow Elizabeth SMITH of the City of Lichfield, George WRIGHT, City of Lichfield, baker, Ann NICHOLLS. [16 May 1709]. 1731 SMITH, John, of Fradley in the parish of Alrewas, yeoman, written 27 Feb 1731. “Weake of body”. Beneficiaries: wife Sarah SMITH* “all that messuage house with the barns & other buildings...and the backside orchards & gardings adjoining for the terme of her natural life[and after her decease] to my son John SMITH [they to have] “all my horses mares cows yong beasts sheep & other moveable goods...with my household goods bills bonds [etc.]. Estate: “land in Sowfield near to the Hordings walk? & also one land in Battli? croft”. Witnesses: Fra: ALLEN, Mary ALLEN, Mary ONELY (x). [Proved 30 Mar 1731]. 1739 SMITH, Anne, of Alrewas, widow (Admon. 22 Jan 1739). Granted to son William SMITH, Alrewas, husbandman. Others George ALDRIDGE, Alrewas, yeoman, Ambrose COOPER, Alrewas, husbandman. 1741 SMITH, Francis, St Michael’s parish, Lichfield, yeoman, written 28 Jul 1741. Beneficiaries: brother William SMITH (£2 10s), kinsman Joseph ASHMORE [ASHMOLE], of St Michael’s, Lichfield (£5), niece Mary SMITH (£5) & her son John SMITH (£5 & “half my sheep”), brother Henry SMITH*, of Aldridge, Staffordshire, baker, “to have all my messuages, houses & tenements together with barns, stables & other outbuildings...[located] in St Michael’s”. Signed Francis Smith (x) his mark. Witnesses: Joseph WRIGLEY?, George BULLOCK (x) & William FEATHER?. [Proved 1 Dec 1741]. SMITH, William, of Alrewas, yeoman, written 15 Feb 1741. Beneficiaries: wife Sibbel SMITH* “to inherit all stock both instore & outstore”, three sons William SMITH (heir general after death of wife], John SMITH & Henry SMITH. Witnesses: James BAYLY (x) & Henry SLATER (x). Inventory appraised by Harvey ROBINSON & George HILL (value £258). [Proved by widow, 9 Mar 1741]. 1743 SMITH, John, City of Lichfield, butcher, written 5 Feb 1741. Beneficiaries: friend Anthony BAILEY*, of Walton, Derbyshire [to dispose of estate for benefit of] nieces Martha SILVESTOR & Frances SILVESTOR & nephew Arthur SILVESTOR (to have tools of trade) children of sister SILVESTOR, maid servant Susannah JOBS (“use of little house in Lichfield”), estates freehold & barnes etc. near Frogg Lane in the City of Lichfield, lands leased from the Vicar Chorale of the Cathedral Church of Lichfield. Witnesses: Charles JOHNSON, William WALKER & Thomas LEVETT. [Proved 21 Oct 1743]. 1749 SMITH, William, City of Lichfield, mercer, written 19 May 1749. Beneficiaries: wife Sarah SMITH “now with child...all household goods, furniture, stock in trade, money..”, [child if it survives]. Witnesses: Joseph PARKER & Jo: AVERY. [Proved 2 Oct 1749]. 1751 SMITH, Mary, City of Lichfield, widow, written 20 Oct 1751. Beneficiaries: son Edward SMITH* of the City of Lichfield, husbandman “to have £11 10s as notes held by Mr Thomas HARTWELL of the City of Lichfield & all pewter, brass, bedding etc”, Ann PILSWORTH, City of Lichfield, widow, granddaughter Dorothy SMITH “to have wearing apparell”, son Thomas SMITH. Witnesses: Thomas BIRCH, ??. [Proved 29 Oct 1751]. 1768 SMITH, Francis, of Lichfield, gent, written 9 Jun 1768. Beneficiaries: nephew Francis SMITH & niece Mary SMITH children of brother Joseph SMITH, Sarah, Thomas, Mary, Francis, Jane, Elizabeth, Joseph, Ann & Patience children of brother Thomas SMITH, nephew John CLAY, Sarah & Mary daughters of Thomas BAKER, Elizabeth & Mary daughters of cousin John HODGKINS, Thomas ACTON who married niece Mary O’NEAL £50 & all my linnen & nappery wares & interest from disposal of ‘all my burgage & dwelling house’ , brother Thomas SMITH ‘all my woolen & wearing apparell’. Executors; John WEBB, Richard KILBEY & Samuel PALMER of Lichfield gents. Witnesses: Edw. ANDERTON, William MANWARING & William GILBERT. [Proved 27 Jul 1768, Lichfield]. 1778 SMITH, William, of Streethay, parish of St Michael Lichfield, yeoman, written 3 Apr 1772. Beneficiaries: son William SMITH £60, daughter Mary wife of Jonathan ALLPORT £20, daughter Dorothy wife of James SMITH £20, son Henry SMITH £40, son Thomas SMITH £20 & ‘all my horses waggons carts & all other my implements of Husbandry & leases of all my lands with all right property & priviledge’, wife Jane SMITH £40 & ‘a Cow & all Household goods & furniture & the lease of my house - after her decease [to go] to my son Henry, to executors £5 ‘to defray the funeral expenses of my brother Henry if he should survive me’, rest of goods etc. to wife & children share & share alike. Executors; wife & Mr Henry HOLLAND of Streethay. Witnesses: Thomas WEBSTER, William WRIGHT & John CLIFFORD. [Proved by executors 23 Mar 1778, Lichfield] 1783 SMITH, Henry, of Streethay in the parish of St Michael, Lichfield, yeoman, a bachelor Admon. 1 Oct 1783. Granted to mother Jane SMITH, widow, William HOLLAND, of Streethay, gent. & Charles ALLPORT, of Lichfield, yeoman. [£60, no inventory]. 1784 SMITH, John, Fradley, yeoman, widower (Admon.), daughter & next of kin Sarah SMITH, of Fradley, in the parish of Alrewas, spinster, John BLAKE of the same place, husbandman, Thomas JOHNSON of the City of Lichfield, writing clerk. [Grented 10 Jan 1784]. 1786 SMITH, Rachel, Huddlesford, parish of Whittington, widow, written 4 Oct 1786. Beneficiaries: niece Elizabeth BOULTON wife of Henry BOULTON of Salt Lodge...in the County of Stafford, nephew Peter GRIFFIN of Dillhouse in the County of Stafford, niece mary LOVATT wife of George LOVATT of Huddlesford, farmer & their daughter Rachel LOVATT (< 21 years). Trustees; Robert EMERY* of Mansditch in County of Derby, gent. & John COLECLOUGH of Sharford, in the parish of Chebsey in Co. Stafford, gent. Estate; my four Dwelling Houses & tenements in Shiffnal in Co. Salop in the holding of Thomas SCARROTT. Witnesses: Ellen HEACH, Mary GRIFFIN & John HICKIN. [Proved 24 Nov 1786, < £600]. SMITH, William, Burntwood, parish of St Michael, Lichfield, yeoman, written 9 Mar 1781. Beneficiaries: daughter Elizabeth LANE, son-in-law Thomas LANE, wife Mary SMITH*, daughter Mary BAILEY, sons William SMITH & John SMITH, William & Elizabeth children of my late brother Joseph SMITH, grandson William BAILEY. Trustee; friend James COLLEY of Burntwood. Estate; copyhold estate in Barton-under-Needwood. Witnesses: John HOLT, Michael HILLAGE, Henry LEA. [Proved 16 Jun 1786]. SMITH, Thomas, parish of St Chad otherwise Stow, Lichfield, victualler, written 19 Jul 1779. Beneficiaries: Mary wife of John MAJOR of Elson in Co. Notts, son Francis SMITH, of the City of Lichfield, joiner & cabinet maker, wife Mary SMITH*, brother-in-law Francis DANIELL*, of Lichfield, maltster, children Thomas SMITH, Mary MAJOR, Francis SMITH, Jane SMITH, Elizabeth SMITH, Joseph SMITH, Ann SMITH & Patience SMITH. Estate; messuage with buildings etc. in Stow St...commonly called the Seven Starrs. Witnesses: John SMITH, Joseph GILBERT & William GILBERT. [Proved 1786]. 1787 SMITH, Thomas, parish of St Mary, Lichfield, mercer, deceased, (Admon.). Application by Elizabeth SMITH, widow, to be granted to John PEGG, Rugley, gent., the great uncle & guardian lawfully assigned to minors Charlotte SMITH, Saville SMITH & Honora SMITH, children of the deceased. Others; John HICKEN of Rugely, gent. & Samuel WORRALL, Lichfield, draper [<£1000]. 1791 SMITH, Mary, Burntwood, parish of St Michael, widow, written 4 May 1789. Beneficiaries: son John SMITH, daughters Elizabeth LANE & Mary BAYLEY, grandson William BAYLEY. Estate; copyhold in Burntwood known as Gooby Hays. Witnesses: Elizabeth MOSS & David MOSS. [Proved 13 Aug 1791]. 1794 SMITH, Sarah, of Fradley in the parish of Alrewas, spinster, written 2 Feb 1794. Beneficiaries: poor of Fradley, Samuel LAKIN of Fradley, John HEATH son of Thomas HEATH late of Fradley now of Stonall, yeoman, James WINTER son of Samuel WINTER of Fradley, farmer,