{"id":38,"date":"2008-04-26T08:47:54","date_gmt":"2008-04-26T08:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adupree.com\/wp\/?p=38"},"modified":"2026-01-22T18:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:08:42","slug":"william-truro-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adupree.com\/wp\/archives\/38","title":{"rendered":"William Truro Will"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will of William Truro<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

February 3, 1836<\/p>\n

I William Truro<\/span> being
\nvery ill in body do now declare this to be my last will and testament.
\nI do appoint the aforementioned names to be with my wife the are to
\ndisposition of all my goods and chattels for the benefit of my wife
\nand children who are to pay so that as all my just debts is paid out
\nof the property that is left my beloved wife that is left my beloved
\nwife is ** to have any of the property sold while she remains single
\nbut should she marry again then my trustees is to take my property into
\ntheir own hands for the sole benefit of my children til the youngest
\none living shall be 21 years old then as they are to share and share
\nalike but if my beloved wife should remain single at how the property
\nis not to be divided or sold during her life but at her death the children
\nis to share and share alike their names is Lavinia Mary Howe Joseph
\nPeter William Anthony Catherine Richard Elizabeth Johanna as the youngest
\nmy beloved wife will do her best for their maintenance Joseph Peter
\nand William Anthony is to be brought to trades which my wife and trustees
\nwill agree amongst themselves none of my property is to be pledged or
\nsold whilst my wife remains single the house in the Moor is to be one
\n*** trustees is to put up Elizabeth Johanna and William Anthony lifes
\nif the *** on the best terms the will be able if my wife should have
\nat any time 20 lbs then put it out of interest witness my hand this
\n3 day of February 1836 I\u2014I William Truro I\u2014I The names of
\nmy trustees Mr. W. Carvofso to hold deeds note of hand Mr. J. Mayre
\nMr. J. Odyers Mr. M. Sloudea of Redruth Mr. R B. Stephens<\/p>\n

Codicil<\/span> If any of my
\nchildren come old enuff to work and will not work to assist their mother
\nbut will stay at home to abuse their mother and family then my wife
\nwith trustees is t o *** them put in the poor house and to pay the same
\nper head to the parish as the cost in the house cost the parish till
\nthey are 21 years old February 19 1836 I\u2014I William Truro<\/p>\n

In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
\nIn the Goods of William Truro Deceased<\/p>\n

Appeared Personally<\/span> John
\nBrewer of the village of Flushing in the parish of Mylor in the Country
\nof Cornwall ***n and James Julian of the same place and made Oath that
\nthey knew and were well acquainted with the said William Truro late
\nof Flushing in the parish of Mylor in the County of Cornwell deceased
\nfor several years before and up to the time of his death and also with
\nhis manor and *** of handwriting and in the subscription having personally
\nseen him write and write and subscribe his name and the *** having now
\nwith care and attention perused and inspected the paper writing ***
\npurporting to be and ** the last will and Testament and Codicil thereto
\nof the said deceased the said will beginning as thus \u201cI William
\nTruro being very ill in body do now declare this to be my last will
\nand testament *** thus whereto my hand this 3rd day of February 1836
\nand being thus subscribed William Truro and having an addition thereto
\nin the words following The names of my trustees Mr. W. Carvofso to hold
\ndeeds note of hand Mr. J. Mayre Mr. J. Odyers Mr. M. Sloudea of Redruth
\nMr. R B. Stephens and the said Codicil beginning thus Codicil if any
\nof my children come old enuff to work away thus as the cost ** the house
\ncost the parish til they are 21 years old and ** my thus subscribed
\nand dated William Truro February 19 1836 They have made an hasth made
\noath that they verily and in their *** believe the whole body sakes
\nand contents of the said will and Codicil beginning and ending as aforesaid
\ntogether with the said subscriptions severally set thereto as aforesaid
\nand also the addition appearing at the foot of the said will in the
\nwords heretofore *** to be all of the proper handwriting and subscription
\nof the said William Truro deceased I\u2014I John Brewer I\u2014I F.
\nJulian on the 15th day of June 1836 the said John Brewer and Flavius
\nJulian were in duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit by the ***
\nof the *** heretofore *** before Edward Hoblyn Commissioner.<\/p>\n

Proved<\/span> at London with
\na Codicil 11 July 1836 before the Judge by the oath of Mary Truro Widow
\nthe Robert William Carvofso Jonathon Maye James Odyero and Richard Baker
\nStephenson of the Executors according to the tenor of the will to whom
\nadmon ??? was granted having *** first sworn by **** duly to administer
\npower of making the like grant to Richolson Isandra the other Executor
\naccording to the tenor of the said will when he shall apply for the
\nsame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Will of William Truro February 3, 1836 I William Truro being very ill in body do now declare this to be my last will and testament. I do appoint the aforementioned names to be with my wife the are to disposition of all my goods and chattels for the benefit of my wife and children […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trfabl","category-25-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adupree.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adupree.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adupree.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adupree.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adupree.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/adupree.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3920,"href":"https:\/\/adupree.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/3920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adupree.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adupree.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adupree.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}