North East Inheritance database (pre-1858 Durham Probate Records)
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Gerard SELBY, commander of the ship the George and Eleanor, anchored in Barcelona Port, of Holy Island in the County Palatine of Durham, Britain [Holy Island, Northumberland].
Date of death: 10 December 1738
Date of probate: 1739
Document dated according to new style conventions: Thursday 20 Nov 1738 in Spain was Thursday 9 Nov 1738 in England.
- copy will, 9 November 1738 (DPR/I/1/1739/S4/1-2)
copy will, on Spanish stamped paper (sello tercero), made 13 Dec 1738 in Barcelona by Miguel Cabrer, notary public, and countersigned 14 Dec 1738 by Antonio Duran y Cuatracasas and Raimundo Alier, notaries public - wrapper (DPR/I/1/1739/S4/3)
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