Wills 1858-1889

List of Wills, Letters of Administration and Other Probate Material

The following are listed chronologically.

  1. 1870 - Elizabeth Trevan
    Will proved at Bodmin 17 Aug 1870
    Address: late of Port Isaac in the county of Cornwall
    Description: Spinster
    Proved by: Matthew Trevan of Padstow in the said county Surgeon Adolphus Trevan of Camelford in the said county Currier and Henry Trevan of Padstow aforesaid Staff Surgeon in the Royal Navy the brothers the Universal Legatees in Trust named in the said Will they having been first sworn duly to administer. No Executor being named in the said Will
    Surety: Alfred Jago of Bodmin in the said county Accountant
    Effects: under 20 pounds, no leaseholds
    Date of death: 31 Aug 1868
    Solicitor: John R. Collins, Bodmin
    Beneficiaries: ... {everything to 3 brothers Matthew Trevan, Adolphus Trevan, Henry Trevan ... in trust all my lands Goods Chattels Money or Securities for money ... for the use and benefit of my 2 sisters Jane Watts Trevan and Susanna Trevan ... for their sole and separate use and benefit and not subject to the debts or control of any husband ...
    Executors: none named
    Witnesses: Edward Brown, Thomas Brown 29 Sep 1867

  2. 1880 - Henry Trevan
    Will proved at Bodmin 21 Aug 1880
    Address: late of Padstow in the county of Cornwall
    Description: Staff Surgeon R.N.
    Proved by: Frederick Trevan of Port Isaac in the said county, Surgeon and Adolphus Trevan of Camelford in the said county Gentleman the brothers two of the executors named in the said will they having been first sworn duly to administer. Power reserved of making the like grant to Matthew Trevan and Isaac Trevan the brothers also the other executors named in the said will
    Personal Estate: under 12000 pounds, no leaseholds; resworn March 1882 under 16000 pounds
    Date of death: 19 Jul 1880
    Solicitors: Male & Creber Solrs, Camelford, Cornwall
    Beneficiaries: ... all my real and personal estate ... to the use of my brothers and sisters namely Matthew Trevan, Frederick Trevan, Adolphus Trevan, Isaac Trevan, Jane Watts Trevan, and Susanna Trevan ...
    Executors: my brothers Matthew, Frederick, Adolphus and Isaac executors of my will and Trustees over my sisters as hereinafter mentioned ...
    Witnesses: Thomas W. Blake, James Vivian 17 Sept 1870

  3. 1881 - Matthew Trevan
    Will proved at Bodmin 24 March 1881
    Address: late of Padstow in the county of Cornwall
    Description: Surgeon
    Proved by: Adolphus Trevan of Camelford in the county of Cornwall, Currier the brother surviving executor named in the said will
    Personal Estate: under 14000 pounds, no leaseholds
    Date of death: 28 Feb 1881
    Solicitors: Thos Creber Solr, Camelford, Cornwall
    Beneficiaries: ... all my personal estate ... unto my brothers Adolphus Trevan of Camelford Currier and Henry Trevan of Padstow Surgeon .... annuity to my brother Isaac Trevan the annuity or yearly sum of 25 pounds for and during the term of his natural life to my sister Jane Trevan the annuity or yearly sum of 25 pounds for and during the term of her natural life to my sister Susan Trevan the annuity or yearly sum of 25 pounds for and during the term of her natural life and to Fanny Biddick the wife of John Warne Biddick of the parish of Saint Merryn in the said county Farmer the annuity of yearly sum of 25 pounds for and during the term of her natural life all which said several annuities I direct shall be paid by equal quarterly payments ...
    Executors: ... two brothers Adolphus Trevan and Henry Trevan joint executors.
    Witnesses: W.E.Taylor and Ellen Symons, 13 Aug 1876
    (Note: Henry died in 1880, leaving Adolphus as the sole surviving executor)

  4. 1882 - Jane Watts Trevan
    Will proved: Bodmin 11 Sep 1882
    Address: late of Port Isaac in the county of Cornwall
    Description: Spinster
    Proved by: Matthew Trevan of Port Isaac aforesaid, Staff Surgeon in the Royal Navy the nephew the sole executor named in the said will
    Personal Estate: gross 4139 pounds 0 shillings 7 pence, net 4115 pounds 18 shillings 4 pence, no leaseholds
    Date of death: 15 Apr 1882
    Solicitors: Kelly & Wolferstan Solr, Plymouth, Devon
    Beneficiaries: ... I devise and give to my said nephew ... all my property estate and effects upon trust ... the said Matthew Trevan the sum of 400 pounds free of legacy duty To retain in trust for or pay to my great nephew Edmund Hambly son of my niece Ann Michell formerly Hambly the sum of 100 pounds free of duty ... To pay Rebecca wife of Francis Couch of Port Isaac aforesaid the sum of 30 pounds free of duty and for her separate use provided that she shall continue in attendance on me from the date of this my Will until my death To pay over or transfer all the residue and remainder of my property estate and effects to my sister Susanna Trevan of Port Isaac aforesaid Spinster ...
    Executors: nephew Matthew Trevan Staff Surgeon in the Royal Navy to be the sole executor
    Witnesses: Edwin Kellow, Builder, St.Kew and James Pinch, Builder, St.Kew 6 May 1881

  5. 1883 - Susanna Trevan
    Will proved at Bodmin 27 Jul 1883
    Address: late of Port Isaac in the county of Cornwall
    Description: spinster
    Proved by: Matthew Trevan of Port Isaac aforesaid Staff Surgeon Royal Navy the nephew the executor named in the Will and John Stranger Pethybridge of the East Cornwall Bank Bodmin in the said county Bank Manager the executor named in the codicil.
    Gross personal estate: 7729 pounds 1 shilling 1 penny
    Net personal estate: 7709 pounds 14 shillings 8 pence
    No leaseholds
    Date of death: 24 Apr 1883
    Solicitor: Kelly & Wolferstan, Plymouth, Devon
    Beneficiaries: ... I appoint my Nephew Matthew Trevan Staff Surgeon R.N. to be the sole executor. I give to my said executor Matthew Trevan 400 pounds for his own use and to my said executor Matthew Trevan 100 pounds to be expended by him in any way which he may think desirable or to be invested and the income applied at his discretion for my Great Nephew Edmund Hambly.
    I give to Mary Lobb of Camelford spinster 100 pounds and to Rebecca the wife of Francis Couch of Port Isaac 40 pounds all the said legacies to be paid free from duty.
    All the remainder of my estate and effects ... to be realized and divided equally between himself and the other children of my brother Frederick Trevan of Port Isaac Surgeon namely Frederick Adolphus Trevan, Ann Michell, Frances Copland Pearse and Elizabeth Hingston Scott ...
    Codicil: ... John S. Pethybridge Esqr of the East Cornwall Bank Bodmin to act ... as joint executor ... and I hereby devise to the said Jno S Pethybridge the sum of 25 pounds
    Witnesses to the Codicil: Elizth M Trevan wife of Fredk Trevan Surgeon Port Isaac and Francis Couch mariner, Port Isaac on 5 Apr 1883
    Witnesses: Ralph H Lark, Builder of Port Isaac and Thomas Mitchell, Tailor of Port Isaac on 25 Apr 1882

  6. 1883 - Isaac Trevan
    Will proved at Bodmin 2 Aug 1883
    Address: late of West Looe in the county of Cornwall
    Description: Gentleman
    Proved by: Adolphus Trevan of Camelford in the said county Gentleman the Brother and William Blank of the same place Currier
    Gross personal estate: 5533 pounds 8 shillings 10 pence
    Net personal estate: 5468 pounds 16 shillings 10 pence
    No leaseholds
    Date of death: 27 Jun 1883
    Solicitor: P.T.Pearce, Camelford, Cornwall
    Internment wishes: I desire to be interred by the side of my late dear wife in the vault at Talland Churchyard.
    Beneficiaries: ... I give and bequeath all my Furniture Plate Linen China Glass Books Pictures Prints Jewellery Wearing Apparel and household effects unto the said Adolphus Trevan and William Blank ...
    I give and bequeath unto my servant Maria Victoria Hancock in case she shall have continued in my service to the time of my death 19 pounds and 199 shillings
    I also give and bequeath to each of the domestic servants who shall be in my service at the time of my decease mournings which shall in the opinion of my executors be suitable to their station in life.
    I give devise and bequeath unto my said brother Adolphus Trevan all my Estate and Interest of and in all and every the messuages or dwelling houses Fields or Closes of land Gardens Workshops, Hereditaments, Freehold and Leasehold property to which I might be entitled under the last Will and testament of my late Uncle Richard Watts deceased
    I direct my said executors (in case my housekeeper Ann Maria Little widow shall have continued to reside with me as such housekeeper up to the time of my decease but not otherwise) to raise set apart hold upon trust ... and to pay yhe said sum of 30 pounds to the said Ann Maria Little yearly and every year during her life by equal half yearly payments ... after the decease of the said Ann Maria Little I direct that the said sum ... and be paid and divided in equal share between my Brother Adolphus Trevan and my Nephew Cornelius Moon Olver for their own absolute use and benefit
    I give all the rest residue and remainder ... unto the said Adolphus Trevan and Cornelius Moon Olver in equal shares and proportions as tenants in common ... {clause about if either is dead at the time Isaac died}
    Witnesses: Joseph Angear, East Looe builder and James Hooper, West Looe carpenter on 16 Dec 1880

  7. 1883 - Ellen Trevan nee Prynne
    Will proved at Bodmin 11 Aug 1883
    Address: late of West Looe in the county of Cornwall
    Description: wife of Isaac Trevan
    Proved by: Rosetta Ann Prynne Spinster the lawful Sister and one of the next of kin of the said deceased and the beneficial legatee for life named in the said Will she having been first sworn. The said Isaac Trevan (the husband) and Henry Trevan the executors named in the said Will having survived the deceased but died without having taken upon themselves the Probate and execution thereof
    Gross personal estate: 1486 pounds 6 shillings 3 pence
    Date of death: 17 Dec 1872
    having at the time of death a fixed place of abode at West Looe aforesaid within the county of Cornwall and having during her coverture with the said Isaac Trevan by virtue of certain powers and authorities given to and vested in her by a certain Indenture of Settlement bearing the date 21 Jul 1863 and made between the said Isaac Trevan of West Looe in the county of Cornwall, Gentleman of the 1st part the said Ellen Trevan by her then name and description of Ellen Prynne of the same place, spinster of the second part and Henry Trevan of Padstow in the said county, Doctor of Medicine and George Browne Collins of St Columb Major in the said county, Gentleman of the 3rd part
    Solicitor: Collins & Son, St. Columb Cornwall
    Beneficiaries: ... whereas under and by virtue of the Settlement made on my marriage with my said husband I have a general power by Will or Codicil to appoint certain monies ... which now consist of the several sums of 500 pounds and 400 pounds new 3 percentum Annuities and 575 pounds Indian 5 per cent Stock all of which are now standing in the names of the Trustees of the said Marriage Settlement ... and bequeath the same unto my said husband Isaac Trevan and Henry Trevan Surgeon in the Royal Navy upon trust to permit and suffer my said husband to receive the dividends interest and annual income therof during his life and from and after his decease to to pay the dividends interest and annual income thereof unto Rosetta Ann Prynn spinster during her life and after her decease to sell and convert the same into money and to divide the proceeds thereof equally between my sisters Louisa Hawkes widow of the late Philip Cory Hawkes, Elizabeth Robins Hearle wife of Joseph Hearle, Lucy Collins wife of the Reverend Charles Matthew Edward Collins, Cecilia Scales wife of Edward Scales and my brother John Basset Prynn, Major, Royal Marines ...
    Witnesses: R Hingston Solr Liskeard and Louisa Soady on 11 Oct 1871

  8. 1885 - Elizabeth Moon Trevan nee Hingston
    Will proved at Bodmin 15 Jul 1885 and again 24 Nov 1890
    1st proved by: Matthew Trevan of Port Isaac aforesaid, Staff Surgeon RN and George Arthur Scott of Buckleigh Cottage, Bideford in the county of Devon, Retired Lieutentant Colonel from her Majestys 2nd Queens Regiment two of the executors ... The said Andrew Hingston the other executor named in the said will of the said Elizabeth Moon Trevan having renounced the probate and execution thereof
    Gross personal estate: 1841 pounds 10 shillings, no leaseholds
    Solicitors: Kelly & Wolferstan Solr, Plymouth, Devon
    Beneficiaries: I give and bequeath all my real and personal estate of every description to my children viz:- Matthew Trevan - Anne Michell - Frances Copland Pearse - Elizabeth Hingston Scott and Frederick Adolphus Trevan in equal portions share and share alike ...
    Executors: Andrew Hingston Surgeon Liskeard Matthew Trevan Staff Surgeon R.N. and George Arthur Scott (colonel) Late 2nd Queens
    Witnesses: Thomas Johnson Draper Port Isaac and John Hawken Draper Port Isaac on 24 Nov 1883
    2nd time it was proved in 1890

  9. 1885 - Frederick Trevan
    Will proved at Bodmin 2 Sep 1885
    Address: late of Port Isaac in the county of Cornwall
    Description: Surgeon
    Proved by: Matthew Trevan of Port Isaac aforesaid, Staff Surgeon in the Royal Navy the son and Mountjoy Pearse of Elmwood Hartburn Stockton on Tees in the county of Durham, shipbuilder two of the executors named in the said will they having been first sworn duly to administer. Frederick Adolphus Trevan the son also and Edward Carmynowe (in the Will written Carminnow) Michell, the other executors having renounced the Probate and execution thereof
    Personal Estate: gross 8054 pounds 12 shillings 5 pence, net 8011 pounds 5 shillings 0 pence, no leaseholds
    Date of death: 22 Feb 1885
    Solicitors: Kelly & Wolferstan Solr, Plymouth, Devon
    Beneficiaries: I give to my wife Elizabeth Moon Trevan a sum of 50 pounds ... and I also give to her all my furniture and household effects of evry kind I devise and bequeath to my trustees ... all the residue of my real and personal estate and effects In Trust to pay to my said wife an annuity of 150 pounds a year by equal quarterly payments which annuity my lands at Trelights and Treweatha and Haven Park in the parish of Endellion shall be primarily liable to pay and also to permit my said wife to have the use and enjoyment of the dwelling house and premises which I now occupy for her life and as to all the remainder of my said real and personal estate ... convert the same into money ... and divide the net proceeds thereof between all my children share and share alike ...
    Executors: ... sons Matthew Trevan and Frederick Adolphus Trevan and my sons in law Mountjoy Pearse and Edward Carminnow Michell to be executors and trustees
    Witnesses: Teresa Jeffery of Port Isaac Cornwall Domestic Servant, spinster and Thomas Wolferstan of Plymouth solictor on 11 Feb 1883

  10. 1887 - Adolphus Trevan
    Will proved at Bodmin 28 Nov 1887
    Address: late of Camelford
    Description: Gentleman
    Proved by: Mattthew Trevan of Park Villa, Saint Endellion in the said county retired Fleet Surgeon Royal Navy the Nephew William Blank of Camelford aforesaid Currier and Digory Hayne of Camelford aforesaid Merchant 3 of the executors named in the said will they having been first sworn to duly administer. Power reserved of making the like grant to Frederick Adolphus Trevan the nephew also the other executor in the said will
    Personal Estate: gross 29923 pounds 10 shillings 8 pence, resworn 30203 pounds 7 shillings 1 penny, net personal estate 29697 pounds 2 shillings 9 pence, no leaseholds
    Date of death: 1 Aug 1887
    Solicitors: Thomas Wolferstan Solr, Plymouth, Devon
    Beneficiaries: ... I give and bequeath to my fourman William Blank absolutely all the beneficial Interest benefit and goodwill of and in the business of a Currier and Leather Merchant now carried out by me at Camelford aforesaid and also all the book debts which shall at the time of my decease be owing to me on account of the said business and also the stock in made Goods Fixtures Tools books of account untensils articles ... incidental to the business ... Furniture Plate Linen China Glass Books Prints Pictures Wines Liquors Fuel Consumable Provisions and other household effects of which I shall be possessed to the said William Blank absolutely and I also give and bequeath unto the said William Blank all my agricultural and farm stock live and dead including my Horse Carriage Harness and carts.
    I give and devise to my workman Edward Nicholls during his life the Dwellinghouse Garden and premises thereto belonging situate at Tregoodwell in the parish of Lanteglos by Camelford in the said county of Cornwall and now in his occupation
    I give and devise all that messuage or dwellinghouse hereditaments and premises situate lying and being in Camelford aforesaid in which I reside together with the Workshops Gardens and Cocks Meadow thereto belonging and the dwelling houses and gardens now in the several occupations of Thomas Hawken, Mrs. Brock and William Hender Sowden as tenants thereof and with all other their actual and reputed appurtenances to the said William Blank his heirs and assigns for ever
    I give and bequeath unto my executors hereinafter named the sum of 1200 pounds upon trust immediately ... to pay the annual income derived from such investments when and as received to Jane Hicks of St. Teath ... to Clara Hicks daughter of the said Jane Hicks and after such payment to divide the residue between the remaining 3 children of the said Jane Hicks namely Annie Hicks, William Henry Hicks and John Hicks in equal shares and share alike ...
    and I further declare that I have bequeathed the foregoing 1200 pounds and the legacy of 100 pounds hereinafter given to Elizabeth Palmer as tokens of appreciation of the invaluable services rendered to me by my late and deeply lamented housekeeper for more than 40 years service ...
    and to annuities following namely a legacy of 1000 pounds to my nephew Cornelius Moon Olver a legacy of 500 pounds to the said William Blank a legacy of 100 pounds to Elizabeth Palmer of Rockhead St. Teath wife of William Palmer and sister of my late housekeeper Mary Lobb a legacy of 20 pounds
    To John Axworthy of Blisland Cordwainer a legacy of 75 pounds to Digory Hayne of Camelford aforesaid merchant the said legacy of 75 pounds {provided that} ... a legacy of 40 pounds to my journeyman currier William Cock a legacy of 50 pounds to my journeyman currier Edward March Stott ... an annuity of 40 pounds to the said Edward Nicholls for and during the term of his natural life also an annuity of 60 pounds to my servant Elizabeth Smith during her life ...
    Upon trust to pay or transfer the same to my 2 nephews Matthew Trevan and Frederick Adolphus Trevan absolutely share and share alike ...
    Witnesses: John Evelyn, Camelford, Postmaster and Samuel Kellow, Accountant, Camelford on 10 Oct 1885

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