To all people to whom these presented shall come I Hugh Connick of Hanham do send Greetings.

Know ye that I the said Hugh Connick of the parish of Bitton in the County of Gloucester, Farmer for and in consideration of love good will and affection which I have and do bear toward my loving Grandson Hugh Stratton of the said parish and County aforesaid Youth have given and granted And by these present do freely hereby and absolutely give and grant unto the said Hugh Stratton his heirs Executors and Administrators All and Singular my goods and Chattells now being in my present dwelling house and all my goods and Chattells without ___ that are on my premises which I now write or Herewithin.

Item I give my beloved Grandson Hugh Stratton my dwelling house outhouse belonging to my dwelling house piggsty Barton and Garden and all the appurtenances thereunto belonging to him and his heirs forever my said dwelling house being situated in Hanham in the parish and County aforesaid of which these present I have delivered him the said Hugh Stratton an Inventory Signed with my own hand and bearing the date To have and to hold the said dwelling house with Appurtenances and all the goods and Chattells in the said house and on the said premises or ____ that are or shall be properly called mine to him the said Hugh Stratton his heirs Executors and Administrators from henceforth __ __ and their proper goods and chattells absolutely without any manner of condition except what ad under follows

Item if my Grandson Hugh Stratton do chance to dye having no issue my will is that my Grandson John Stratton and Cornelius Stratton shall have my dwelling house and outhousing with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging equally between them and their heirs Executors and Administrators presently after his decease

I give my son William Connick tenn shillings and my Son Obed Connick tenn shillings and my Sonn in law John Stratton tenn shillings All to be paid at the end of one whole years and if money shall not be left after my decease to pay my legacies and funerall expenses I devise that Cornelius Stratton and Richard Williams my sell horse Beast or Cow Beast or what they think proper to pay it and to take care that my Grandson aforesaid be not wronged and do make and ordain them if they chose my Grandson Trustees to lay upp fourty shillings per year for him every year and my said dwelling house shall be lett till he comes to age

Item if William Connick and John Stratton do dwell therein they shall pay the rent between them ad aforesaid and they both (that is to say) William Connick and John Stratton shall have the Estate between them during the terms of my lease after my decease and shall have my Waggon and two ___ and two pairs of Dragge and two putts and one pairs of Spare (choose between them to occupy the Estate with paying all taxes and payments of house and Grounds and thereat and shall keep my Grandson Hugh Stratton to School till he comes to the age of fifteen years and shall maintain him till he comes to age a

And furthermore that Cornelius Stratton and Richard Williams have one Guinea each comes to Age for their care and trouble over him

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of May in the Second year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George the second by the grace of God King over Great Britain etc and in the year of our lord God 1729.

the mark of Hugh Connick

Signed sealed and delivered according to order on Stamp & paprer in the presence of

the mark of Madley Williams
Mary Undrill
William Owen

Item if William Connick and John Stratton do put away the Lad before he comes to age and not allow him sufficient maintenance I do impower the said Trustees to put them out or dispose one of them of the said Estate and puu in one or two that will doo the Lad Justice