| Description | Probate of Will (dated 30 June 1843) of Thomas Houghton of Liverpool co. Lanc., surgeon. Devises 2 mews, and premises in Upton (23 c.a. or 49a.) in occ. of William Webster jun. referred in DRO 12/1, to nephew Thomas Houghton of Liverpool, gentleman, and his children in tail general; and premises in Kent St., Liverpool, to Jeremiah Chaffers of Liverpool, banker, sister-in-law Mary Houghton, widow, and said Thomas Houghton to various trusts. Makes various bequests, including to god-daughter Sophia, daughter of John Highfield of Liverpool, merc., Liverpool Infirmary and Bluecoat Hospital to nephews and neices John and Thomas Houghton, Mary, wife of Benjamin Wright formerly of Liverpool, gentleman, and Ann, wife of Thomas Simon of Liverpool surgeon. Exors: Jeremiah Chaffers, Mary Houghton and Thomas Houghton. Codicil: 18 March 1844. |