Last Will & Testament of Jane Roose 1744
I have just been transcribing the Last Will & Testament of Jane ROOSE, widow, of Trelash / Trelarsh Park in Warbstow, written on the 20th of January 1744. [Jane was buried on the 30th of March 30, 1746]
In it she mentions the following -
-- Mary HARVEY [dau]
-- William HARVEY [son in law]
Grandchildren - all under age 21
-- John HARVEY
-- William HARVEY
-- Hugh HARVEY
-- Elizabeth HARVEY
Executors & *well beloved friends* -
-- John FRENCH, yeoman, Warbstow
-- Abel FRENCH, cordwainer, Warbstow
Property mentioned -
-- Parsons Parke
-- Trelash / Trelarsh
-- Trelash / Trelarsh Parks
In it she mentions the following -
-- Mary HARVEY [dau]
-- William HARVEY [son in law]
Grandchildren - all under age 21
-- John HARVEY
-- William HARVEY
-- Hugh HARVEY
-- Elizabeth HARVEY
Executors & *well beloved friends* -
-- John FRENCH, yeoman, Warbstow
-- Abel FRENCH, cordwainer, Warbstow
Property mentioned -
-- Parsons Parke
-- Trelash / Trelarsh
-- Trelash / Trelarsh Parks
After transcribing Jane's will, my interest was piqued because of some of the stipulations in it regarding her son-in-law Wiiliam HARVEY, so I did a search via google to see if I could find anything.
I came across this brief outline of the will of her uncle Hugh ISAAC written in 1729 -- http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CORNISH-GEN/20...
Hugh states -- "... Niece Jane ROOSE of Warbstow, widow, ... my meaning is that my said niece Jane ROOSE's son-in-law
William HARVEY shall not intermeddle, shall be barred & excluded from any right, title, ...
Same as above paragraph for tenement called Trelash Park, als Parkes or Broad Close in Warbstow (to wife Thomasin, then to niece Jane Roose, Wm Harvey shall not claim...) "
In her own will, Jane also wants to ensure her daughter Mary's inheritance is protected and NOT able to be touched by her husband William HARVEY.
Jane also protects the inheritance of her grandchildren should their mother Mary HARVEY die before they attain One and Twenty years ~ she leaves it all in the hands of her well beloved friends [the executors John FRENCH and Abel FRENCH] and their survivors to keep rather than let it fall into the hands of her son-in-law William HARVEY.
It does makes one wonder what Jane and her uncle knew about William HARVEY to make them be this careful.
I came across this brief outline of the will of her uncle Hugh ISAAC written in 1729 -- http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CORNISH-GEN/20...
Hugh states -- "... Niece Jane ROOSE of Warbstow, widow, ... my meaning is that my said niece Jane ROOSE's son-in-law
William HARVEY shall not intermeddle, shall be barred & excluded from any right, title, ...
Same as above paragraph for tenement called Trelash Park, als Parkes or Broad Close in Warbstow (to wife Thomasin, then to niece Jane Roose, Wm Harvey shall not claim...) "
In her own will, Jane also wants to ensure her daughter Mary's inheritance is protected and NOT able to be touched by her husband William HARVEY.
Jane also protects the inheritance of her grandchildren should their mother Mary HARVEY die before they attain One and Twenty years ~ she leaves it all in the hands of her well beloved friends [the executors John FRENCH and Abel FRENCH] and their survivors to keep rather than let it fall into the hands of her son-in-law William HARVEY.
It does makes one wonder what Jane and her uncle knew about William HARVEY to make them be this careful.