Jonathan Stoney was the only son of my 6xgreat grandfather John Stoney and his first wife Alice Stainforth. He was baptised in Kettlewell in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1743. He does not appear to have married, but worked land at Kettlewell as a Yeoman. He died in 1808, having made a will four years earlier, in 1804.
I ordered a copy of the will from The Borthwick Institute (the transcript and any errors are mine). The cover sheet notes:
See Vacant.
Exeon of the will of Jonathan Stoney late of Kettlewell yeoman decd was granted
to William Stoney his nephew and sole executor before Haddon. 4th Janry 1808
Under 100L
The will follows the usual form:
In the name of God Amen I Jonathan Stoney of Kettlewell in the County of York Yeoman being of sound mind and memory DO make this my last will and testatment in manner following (that is to say) all my real estate whatsoever situate at Kettlewell aforesaid or elsewhere and also all my household goods and ffurniture plate linen ready money money owing to me upon or without security or securities and all other my personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever I give devise and bequeathe to my sister Ann Stoney and her assigns during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease I give devise and bequeath the same unto my Nephew William Stoney [of Leeds in the County of York Grocer] and his heirs executors and administrators forever (subject nevertheless to the payment of all my just debts funeral expenses and the charges of proving and registering this my will and I make and appoint him [the said William Stoney] my said Nephew sole executor of this my will hereby revoking and making void all former and other wills by me heretofore made I publish and declare this to be and contain my last will and testament this twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ffour. Signed and sealed by the said jonathan Stoney the above mentioned testator and by him published and declared to be and contain his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses the interlineation above appearing to have been first made.
Jonathan Stoney
Frances Birkbeck of Leyburn Spinster
Mary Ann Wood of Leeds Spinster
Jos Wood of Leeds attorney at Law
The document is appended with the grant of probate:
I do hereby certify that on the second day of January in the year of our Lord 1808 William Stoney of Leeds in the County of York and the nephew and sole executor named in this the last will and testament of Jonathan Stoney late of Kettlewell in the County and Diocese of York aforesaid yeoman deceased was sworn well and truly to execute and perform of the same and that the whole of the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased within the diocese of York do not amount in value to the sum of one hundred pounds.
Under 100L Exchequer Witness my hand Peter Haddon Surrogate 10s stamp passed seal 4 Janry 1808 under 100L
Jonathan’s sister Ann Stoney herself died unmarried, aged
about 74, in 1828. She died intestate, and it seems that her brother’s
direction to transfer his estate to his nephew William Moorhouse Stoney
was not passed on or, perhaps, had diminished too much, as grant of
administration was given to her married sister Hannah Myers, the estate valued
at under £20.
For the sources mentioned in bold, see blogpost: MyRoots: Lesly's family history: Sources and resources: A quick view
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