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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