John Torriano

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  • Name John Torriano 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 16 Apr 1778 
    Person ID I76  DeJute
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2021 

    Father Charles Torriano,   b. 9 Nov 1660,   d. Aug-Oct 1723, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Paravicini,   b. 1667, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1754, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Family ID F32  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    1723 Will of Charles Torriano
    1723 Will of Charles Torriano
    London, England

    Will dated 17 August 1723, (9 pages in length)
    Probated 3 Oct 1723 in London

    I, Charles Torriano of London, Merchant

    Wife Rebecca Torriano
    dau Rebecca, wife of Collet Mawhood
    son George
    dau Mary, wife of Richard Gilham
    dau Elizabeth
    dau Anne, wife of Edmund Clarke
    dau Charlotte
    son John
    dau Jane
    dau Susan
    son Samuel

    -brother Nathaniel Torriano and his wife, Elizabeth [Reneu]
    -nephews George, Hillary, Peter and Nathaniel, children of Nathaniel
    -late, dear brother Doctor Alexander Torriano, deceased
    -sister [in-law] Mary Paravicine
    -friend and father Peter Reneu [father-in-law of brother Nathaniel]

    “most dear tender obliging and excellent wife Rebecca Torriano”

    “I give and bequeath unto my said daughters Mary Gilham and Anne Clarke the sume of one hundred guineas each because, that of all those my children who are come to any maturity, they have given me the least trouble and have shown me the greatest love and regard”

    “Unto my said son George Torriano the sum of ten pounds... he having all his life time given me great trouble, for which I forgive him and heartily pray God would be pleased to do so to, and not being satisfied that he is yet fit to manage what the custom of London will entitle him to much less any additional sum”

    The National Archives (Kew, England), Charles Torriano, PROB 11/593/268
    full Will also digitized at:
    Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
    https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5111/images/40611_310267-00563?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kzt451&_phstart=successSource&pId=696449

    1778 Will of Elizabeth Torriano
    1778 Will of Elizabeth Torriano
    London, England

    5 pages
    Dated 16 Apr 1778
    Probated 16 Jun 1782 in London

    I, Elizabeth Torriano of Kensington, Middlesex, Spinster [daughter of Charles Torriano and Rebecca Paravicini]

    brother Samuel Torriano
    brother John Torriano, deceased, his wife Lady Torriano and son John, his wife Angelica
    sister Jane Dobson
    sister Ann Clark, deceased, and 6 surviving children
    sister Rebecca Collett
    nephew Thomas Kynaston
    nephew Charles Torriano
    niece Sarah Torriano
    nephew Peter Gilham [son of sister, Mary Torriano Gilham]
    great-niece Elizabeth Torriano Weaver [dau of niece Eleanor Gilham Weaver]

    “And apply the dividends and interest thereof for and towards the maintenance and education of my great niece Elizabeth Torriano Weaver until she shall attain her age of twenty one years and when and so soon as she should attain her age…to transfer the said five hundred pounds…unto the said Elizabeth Torriano Weaver.”

    Note: Peter Gilham was the son of Richard Gilham and Mary Torriano.
    Elizabeth Torriano Weaver was the daughter of Samuel Weaver and Eleanor Gilham, the daughter of Richard Gilham and Mary Torriano.
    Peter Gilham and Eleanor Gilham were siblings.

    The National Archives (Kew, England), Elizabeth Torriano, PROB 11/1092/157
    full Will also digitized at:
    Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
    https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5111/images/40611_310235-00546?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kzt485&_phstart=successSource&pId=269957
    1724 Will of Maria Parravicini
    1724 Will of Maria Parravicini
    London, England

    3 pages
    Dated 3 Apr 1724
    Probated 6 May 1725

    I, Mary Parravicin of the Parish of Saint Clements Danos in the County of Middlesex, Spinster

    sister Rebecca Torriano
    nephews and Nieces, the children of Mr. Charles Torriano, deceased, by my sister Rebecca Torriano, his wife:
    Nephew George Torriano
    niece Elizabeth Torriano
    niece Charlott Torriano
    nephew John Torriano
    niece Jane Torriano
    niece Susan Torriano
    nephew Samuel Torriano
    niece Rebecca Mawhood
    niece Mary Gilham
    niece Ann Clark

    "to be interred as followeth... to be placed in the Vault by me lately made for my late honoured father Sir Peter Parravicin, deceased, in the Parish Church of Saint Dunston in the East in the City of London…that my executor do cause my name age and the time of my decease to be Incerted (sic) in the vacant place of the Stone or Monument put up and erected by me in the said Church of Saint Dunstans in the East in memory of my said honoured father which vacancy I caused to be left for that purpose."

    "to my dear sister, Rebecca Torriano, 5 thousand pounds, Coach and Charriott and harnesses and furniture of them, all my plate jewells pictures and furniture of my house"

    full will digitized at:
    Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
    https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5111/images/40611_310274-00079?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kzt703&_phstart=successSource&pId=1016584
    1754 Will & Probate of Rebecca (Paravicini) Torriano
    1754 Will & Probate of Rebecca (Paravicini) Torriano
    London, England

    18 pages
    Dated 17 Apr 1745
    Proved 7 Aug 1754

    I, Rebecca Torriano of Putney in the county of Surry, Widow

    son John Torriano
    son Samuel Torriano
    son[in-law] Collet Mawhood
    daughter Elizabeth Torriano
    son George Torriano
    daughter-in-law Dorothy Torriano, wife of son George Torriano
    granddaughter Dorothy Torriano
    daughter Rebecca Mawhood
    daughter Elizabeth Torriano
    daughter Anne Clarke, husband Edmund Clarke, Esquire
    children of Anne Clarke [unnamed]
    daughter Charlot Cossins
    son Samuel Torriano
    daughter Jane Dobson
    son-in-law John James Dobson
    granddaughter Rebecca Dobson
    grandchildren Jane Dobson, Eliza Dobson, John James Dobson, and Judith Dobson
    son-in-law Reverend Mr Thomas Kinaston
    grandson Peter Gilham
    grandchildren Rebecca Gilham and Elianor Gilham (under age 24)

    "to daughter Elizabeth Torriano, the diamond ring left to me by my dear sister with one rose diamond"
    "to daughter Jane Dobson, the pictures of mine and my husbands and my sister"

    codicil dated 8 Jan 1754 – “the legacy that I have bequeathed in my will to my granddaughter Rebecca Gilham upon her decease I [now] give to my grandchildren Peter and Eleanor Gilham to be equally divided between them share and share alike”

    [page 17] 6 Aug 1754
    "Appeared personally Thomas Hammond of Putney in the county of Surry... maketh oath that he well knew and was acquainted with Rebecca Torriano who died on Saturday last..."

    The National Archives (Kew, England), PROB-11-810-204
    full Will also digitized at:
    Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
    https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5111/images/40611_309919-00158?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kzt705&_phstart=successSource&pId=673828
    1774 Will of Anne (Torriano) Clarke
    1774 Will of Anne (Torriano) Clarke
    London, England

    4 pages
    Dated 6 Feb 1774
    Probated 14 Feb 1776 at London

    Anne Clarke, late of the parish of Kensington of Middlesex, Widow

    daughter Rebecca Collett
    daughter Charlotte Bracken
    daughter Jane Holland
    son Thomas Clark
    brothers and sisters

    Executors: daughter Rebecca Collett and Mr Bracken
    Witness: John Torriano

    The National Archives (Kew, England), Anne Clarke, PROB 11/1016/__
    full Will also digitized at:
    Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
    https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5111/images/40611_309979-00195?usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kzt1504&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=302869
    1776 Will of Sir John Torriano, Knight
    1776 Will of Sir John Torriano, Knight
    London, England

    7 pages
    Dated 1 Dec 1776
    Probated 6 April 1778 in London

    I, Sir John Torriano of Camberwell, Surry, Knight

    wife Dame Eleanor Torriano
    son Charles Torriano
    daughter Eleanor Martin, wife of Joseph Martin, late of Downing Street Westminster, Esquire, deceased
    daughter Rebecca Herring, wife of Reverend Thomas Herring, late Rector of [] in the county of Kent, deceased
    daughter Mary Twells, wife of Reverend Leonard Twells, rector of Thakeham, Sussex
    son John Torriano
    daughter-in-law Angelica, wife of John Torriano

    Executors: wife, daughter Eleanor Martin, son Charles Torriano, son-in-law Leonard Twells

    Codicil dated 1778:
    Executors: son-in-law Leonard Twells, daughter Rebecca Herring as joint executors with my wife Eleanor and daughter Eleanor Martin, my son Charles being lately deceased


    "to be buried in St Andrew Undershaft, London, constructed by my late mother for my father, herself, and family"

    The National Archives (Kew, England), Sir John Torriano, PROB 11/1041-69
    full Will also digitized at:
    Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
    https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5111/images/40611_310184-00570?usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kzt1508&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=604656