Rebecca Paravicini

Female 1667 - 1754  (87 years)


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  • Name Rebecca Paravicini 
    Born 1667  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 3 Aug 1754  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I69  DeJute
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2021 

    Father Sir Peter Paravicini,   b. 1637, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1 Mar 1697, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Fountain 
    Family ID F40  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles Torriano,   b. 9 Nov 1660,   d. Aug-Oct 1723, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Children 
     1. Rebecca Torriano,   d. 2 Apr 1762, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. George Torriano
    +3. Mary Torriano,   b. 30 Nov 1695
     4. Elizabeth Torriano
     5. Anne Torriano,   d. Bef 16 Apr 1778
     6. Charlotte Torriano
     7. John Torriano,   d. Bef 16 Apr 1778
     8. Jane Torriano
     9. Susan Torriano
     10. Samuel Torriano
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2021 
    Family ID F32  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Documents
    1694 Will of Sir Peter Paravicin
    1694 Will of Sir Peter Paravicin
    London, England

    Will dated 16 Nov 1694 (3 pages)
    Codicil dated 28 Jan 1696
    Probated 1 Mar 1697 in London

    I, Sir Peter Parravicin of London, Knight

    two daughters: Rebecca and Mary
    “my daughter Rebecca having disposed herself in marriage without my consent and contrary to my good likeing, I do desire there may be some provision made out of her said customary part for herself and children”

    -sister-in-law Mrs [ ] Harker
    -cousin Mr Alexander Torriano
    -cousin and godson Mr Nathaniel Torriano
    -cousin Mrs Mary Coward [dau of John Capell, also named in George Torriano's Will]

    The National Archives (Kew, England), Peter Parravicin, PROB-11-437-9
    full Will also digitized at:
    Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
    (indexed as Dni Petri Pararitin)
    https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5111/images/40611_310625-00461?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kzt464&_phstart=successSource&pId=769458
    1695 Baptism of Mary Toriano
    1695 Baptism of Mary Toriano
    3 December 1695, St Peter le Poer, London

    Mary daughter of Charles and Rebeckah Toriano, born November the 30, baptized December 3 1695

    Ancestry.com, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
    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

    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

    Headstones
    Torriano Family Vault Stone
    Torriano Family Vault Stone
    St. Andrew Undershaft Churchyard
    Bishopsgate, City of London, England

    This Vault made
    For the Burial Place of
    Mr CHARLES TORRIANO
    And His Family
    At the Sole Charge of
    Mrs REBEKAH TORRIANO
    His Widdow
    7 October 1723
    Who died Aug 3 1754 Aged 87 Years
    and hes Buried by the Roman
    of H[unreadable]
    ?ordin? D???? of Her will
    Within this vault are also depofited the
    remains of Mrs Jane Dobfon one of the
    Daughters of the above named Mr Cha.
    Torriano Widow of John James Dob???
    Of the Inner ????? She died ??
    Of March 179? Aged 85 Years
    Within this Vault are the ? depofited
    the remains of Mrs Elizabeth Dobson
    Daughter of Robert the eldest Son of the
    above named John James Dobfon S??
    died the 22d of Oct. 1799 Aged 21 Years

    note: all that remains of the original churchyard is a small public garden on the North side of the Church. This enclosed space is paved with some surviving headstones. The Torriano Family Vault stone is one of the surviving stones cemented into the paving.

    source: FindaGrave.com