Unclaimed Estates in Essex: People with these surnames could inherit a fortune

Residents across Essex could be entitled to a fortune from an unclaimed estate in the county.

Government records updated on December 20, 2021, have revealed that there are more than 140 unclaimed estates belonging to people from Essex.

When someone dies without leaving a will, their assets are left unclaimed. The government monitors these estates in the hope that the lawful heirs will claim them.

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However, if no claim is made the money could make its way into the government’s accounts.

You are able to identify if you are eligible to inherit an estate by checking if you share a last name with the deceased.

Who is entitled to collect an unclaimed estate?

If an individual dies without leaving a will, the following people are able to claim the estate:

• Husband, wife or civil partner

• Children, grandchildren, great grandchildren etc.

• Mother or father

• Brothers or sister who share both the same parents, or their children (nieces and nephews)

• Half sisters or brothers or their children

• Uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins or their descendants)

How can I secure and unclaimed estate?

When an individual dies without leaving a will, relatives have 12 years to apply to claim the estate in the interest of money or 30 years without that interest, from the day of death.

If you are eligible to inherit an unclaimed estate, you must provide a family tree that shows how you are related to the individual and whose estate you wish to claim.

To make a claim click here.

The list is frequently updated, so be sure to check regularly.

The surnames (and what town the estate was in):

Barking

Barkingside

Basildon

• Barrett

• Doyle

• Ferrer Soles

• Foad

• Hinds

• McGrenaghan

• Verschoyle

Benfleet

Braintree

• Cassar

• Clarkson

• Elsdon

• Levey

• Succamore

• Theinert

• Varella

Brentwood

Broomfield

Canvey Island

Chadwell Heath

Chelmsford

• Ford

• Hansell

• Harper

• Heath

• Higgs

• McIntyre

• Roarty

• Slusarczyk

Clacton on Sea

• Ashton

• Brown

• Fitzpatrick

• Franklin

• Hamori

• Overhill

• Ryan

• Windard

Colchester

• Barritt

• Braybrook

• Campbell

• Clausing

• Comi

• Da-Assuncao

• Doughty

• Gould

• Hallinan

• Hudson

• Hunter

• Kelly

• Lennon

• McGhee

• Molloy

• Nevard

• Orrin

• Palmer

• Pettitt

• Rose

• Scott

• Soames

• Stemp

• Strzalka

• Taylor

• Tran

• Watson

• Whelan

Dagenham

• Elley

• Hockley

• O’Connor

• Parker

• Pyne

• Taylor

Danbury

Epping

Frinton-on-Sea

• Fenwick- Clennell

• Meadows

Goodmayes

• Barrall

• Jones

• Savage

• Sullivan

• White

Grays

Great Dunmow

Halstead

Harwich

Harlow

• Brindley

• Brown

• Chapman

• Crook

• Daly

• Darvill

• Dunbar

• Hall

• Harris

• Haymer

• Kemenesi

• Lisci

• Louis

• Maseling

• Reeder

• Ulla

Havering

• Crowley

• Lord

• Saxon

• Smith

• Taylor

Heybridge

Hornchurch

• Chapman

• Holland

• Robinson

• Scott

• Walsh

• White

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