DEANE, KEENE
OTHER SURNAMES MENTIONED: BARRELL, BROTHERTON, BUMFORD, CARLTON, CLARK, COX, DAWSON, EVANS, GARDNER, GWILLIAM, HALE, HOLTHAM, JELFE, KEENE, LEACH, PARSLOE, PINNELLS, PRICE, REA, SABORNE, SMITH, USHER, WILKINS, WOODWARD, WRIGHT

WILLIAM DEANE, died 1802.
Innkeeper of The Ram, Gloucester.
Estate and effects to my dear and loving wife, Elizabeth for her natural life, after the following bequests:
To my son William one tenth of my personal monies.
To my son, John the sum of £10.00
I withhold the sum of £300 in trust for my grandson, William HOLTHAM until he reaches the age of 21.
Executors: William and wife Elizabeth.
Witnesses/: Ephraim HALE, Thos. PINNELLS (?the cartographer) and Jno. GARDNER.

WILLIAM DEANE died 1850.
Master and inmate of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Gloucester.
Estate to be divided fairly after meeting my funereal expenses, between my children: Horatio DEANE, Maria USHER and Mary Ann GWILLIAM. The monies to Maria to be independent of her husband. Body in oak coffin and laid to rest in the family vault in St. Mary de Crypt, Gloucester with the least possible expense.
Executor and Trustee: John DEANE.
Other Executor: Charles DEANE.
Witnesses: Thos. WOODWARD and ??G. H…..

JOHN DEANE died 1856.
John Paulson REA and Edwin CARLTON to be Trustees. I charge them to collect all monies owing to my estate from rents and other sources, and to convert all my properties and personal effects into money as soon as convenient after my death, and to put these monies into Trusts for my Grandchildren, Charles Henry and Catherine Ellen until they are 21. For all the work therein entailed I bequeath them the sum of £10.00 each. To my wheelchairman, John LEACH of Nailsworth I leave the sum of £10.00.
Witnesses: Thos. BROTHERTON, Solicitor and illegible signature of his clerk.

CHARLES HENRY DEANE died 1855.
Admon., only to wife Sarah nee KEENE.

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 Thomas KEENE died 1.1.1848.
Victualler of Gloucester. To my loving and dear wife all my freehold, leasehold and copyhold estate for her natural life together with the rents they produce, and also the household goods, furniture, my personal effects and the ale in the stores for her use or for sale. Upon her death a trust to be set up by my good friends and executors,Thomas GARDNER, maltster of Horse Pools, Painswick and Henry WRIGHT, Maltster of Gloucester, and all my goods and possessions to be sold at public auction for the benefit of my living Grandchildren share and share alike.
Witnesses: C.W. BARRELL and Richard PRICE.

William DEANE died 1727
of Barton Street, South Hamlet. All my possessions to my dear wife, Tamar.
Witnesses: John Jelfe CLARK; Humphrey COX; Elizabeth JELFE.

Elizabeth DEANE (widow) of Frocester. (Widow of Wm. DEANE of Frocester) died 1830.
Entire estate to dear friend Ann EVANS, widow and her children, Ann EVANS the younger, Edward EVANS, William EVANS and Mary EVANS of Frocester. Bed and bedding, wearing apparel, 4 large boxes, armchair, 3 silver tablespoons, 5 silver teaspoons, 1 silver sugar tongues, two silver salt cellars and one veneered tea chest and all my available monies and securities to be given to Ann EVANS the elder immediately on my death. All my other monies and securities to be made available to Ann EVANS the elder for her use for her life and thereafter to be divided share and share alike between her children or their heirs. I also bequeath the sum of £15 to Ann PARSLOE wife of Robert PARSLOE for her kindness in looking after me. Sundry personal bequests of silver spoons, bedding etc. to Ann EVANS children.
Executor: Ann EVANS the elder.
Witnesses: John WILKINS; David SMITH: James DAWSON

William DEANE of Sandhurst, died 1724.
To my wife Elizabeth £100 and as much of the household goods as were hers at the time we married. To my daughter Mary JELFE, son William, and daughters Esther and Elinor the sum of £20.00 each. To William the son of my son and to William son of my daughter ? BUMFORD the sum of 10s. 6d. To my Grandsons, Thomas, John and William DEANE the remainder of my monies and possessions to be divided share and share alike.
Witnesses: ? SABORNE and ?ink blots

Above wills courtesy of Sybil Farrell