Named as a beneficiary in the Will of his paternal grandfather Morris Lewis Anwyl (1648), wherein he is called Thomas Ellis, base son of his son Ellis Anwill.
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Abstract of the Will of Thomas Ellis of Portynllaen in the County of Carnarvon, Gent., written 4 Feb 1702/3, inventory taken 20 May 1704, proved 27 Jun 1704. 2
Gives & bequeaths £50 to his son John Ellis.
Gives & bequeaths £50 to his son Henry Ellis.
Gives & bequeaths £5 to his daughter Jane Ellis.
Gives & bequeaths £10 to his grandson Thomas Ellis the son of Richard Ellis.
Gives & bequeaths £10 to his granddaughter Jane Ellis.
Directs that the above three legacies of £25 be paid by his son-in-law Richard Ellis by bond or otherwise.
Gives & bequeaths £30 to his granddaughter Mary Ellis.
Gives & bequeaths £30 to his grandson Thomas Nanney, then under the age of twenty-one.
Gives & bequeaths £30 to his granddaughter Jane Nanney, to be paid to her when she reaches of the age of fifteen years.
Gives & bequeaths £30 to his grandson Mark Nanney, to be paid to him when he reaches the age of fifteen years.
Gives & bequeaths an additional legacy of £50 each to his sons John and Henry.
Gives & bequeaths a further legacy of £90 to be divided equally between the four children of Lewis Nanney.
Directs that the above additional legacies be paid out of the money owed to him from William Lewis Anwill Esqr now deceased.
Gives & bequeaths £4 to his maidservant Martha Griffith.
Gives & bequeaths 30 shillings to his manservant Thomas William.
Constitutes and ordains his son Ellis Anwill to be the executor of his last will and testament, to whom he gives & bequeaths all the rest of his personal estate.
(Signed)
Witnesses: John Wiggin, Ellis Prichard
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