Rebecca Gilham

Female - Bef 1754


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  • Name Rebecca Gilham 
    Gender Female 
    Died Bef 8 Jan 1754 
    Person ID I124  DeJute
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2021 

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

  • Documents
    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