Peter Gilham

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  • Name Peter Gilham 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I80  DeJute
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2021 

    Father Richard Gilham 
    Mother Mary Torriano,   b. 30 Nov 1695 
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    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
    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
    1789 Will of Peter Gilham, Esquire
    1789 Will of Peter Gilham, Esquire
    London, England

    3 pages
    Dated 12 Aug 1789
    Proved 21 Oct 1793 in London

    I, Peter Gilham of Bath in Somerset, Gentleman

    Thomas Kynaston, late of Gros[venor] Place, London, Esquire

    [First Cousins, children of Sir John Torriano]:
    Mrs Eleanor Martin, widow
    Mrs Rebecca Green
    Mr John Torriano of Drs Commons

    [First Cousins, children of Anne (Torriano) Clarke]:
    Mrs Charlotte Braken
    Mrs Rebecca Collett

    [First Cousins, children of Jane (Torriano) Dobson]:
    cousin Miss Jane Dobson
    Mrs Rebecca Boyce

    [First Cousins, children of Rebecca (Torriano) Mawhood]:
    Mrs Howard of Hamstead
    Mrs Russell of Kensington Square, London

    [Niece, dau of sister Eleanor (Gilham) Weaver]:
    Mrs Elizabeth Torriano Bull, wife of John Bull, of the city of London, wine merchant

    Mrs Sarah Torriano
    Mr Bolton Kutson
    Philip Turner of Bath

    executor: Thomas Kynaston

    National Archives (Kew, England) PROB-11-1237-230
    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_310085-00586?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kzt1513&_phstart=successSource&pId=311763