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Jane Torriano
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Name Jane Torriano Gender Female Person ID I77 DeJute Last Modified 5 Jan 2021
Father Charles Torriano, b. 9 Nov 1660, d. Aug-Oct 1723, London, England 
(Age 62 years) Mother Rebecca Paravicini, b. 1667, England , d. 3 Aug 1754, London, England (Age 87 years) Family ID F32 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents 
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
1778 Will of Elizabeth Torriano
London, England
5 pages
Dated 16 Apr 1778
Probated 16 Jun 1782 in London
I, Elizabeth Torriano of Kensington, Middlesex, Spinster [daughter of Charles Torriano and Rebecca Paravicini]
brother Samuel Torriano
brother John Torriano, deceased, his wife Lady Torriano and son John, his wife Angelica
sister Jane Dobson
sister Ann Clark, deceased, and 6 surviving children
sister Rebecca Collett
nephew Thomas Kynaston
nephew Charles Torriano
niece Sarah Torriano
nephew Peter Gilham [son of sister, Mary Torriano Gilham]
great-niece Elizabeth Torriano Weaver [dau of niece Eleanor Gilham Weaver]
“And apply the dividends and interest thereof for and towards the maintenance and education of my great niece Elizabeth Torriano Weaver until she shall attain her age of twenty one years and when and so soon as she should attain her age…to transfer the said five hundred pounds…unto the said Elizabeth Torriano Weaver.”
Note: Peter Gilham was the son of Richard Gilham and Mary Torriano.
Elizabeth Torriano Weaver was the daughter of Samuel Weaver and Eleanor Gilham, the daughter of Richard Gilham and Mary Torriano.
Peter Gilham and Eleanor Gilham were siblings.
The National Archives (Kew, England), Elizabeth Torriano, PROB 11/1092/157
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_310235-00546?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kzt485&_phstart=successSource&pId=269957
1724 Will of Maria Parravicini
London, England
3 pages
Dated 3 Apr 1724
Probated 6 May 1725
I, Mary Parravicin of the Parish of Saint Clements Danos in the County of Middlesex, Spinster
sister Rebecca Torriano
nephews and Nieces, the children of Mr. Charles Torriano, deceased, by my sister Rebecca Torriano, his wife:
Nephew George Torriano
niece Elizabeth Torriano
niece Charlott Torriano
nephew John Torriano
niece Jane Torriano
niece Susan Torriano
nephew Samuel Torriano
niece Rebecca Mawhood
niece Mary Gilham
niece Ann Clark
"to be interred as followeth... to be placed in the Vault by me lately made for my late honoured father Sir Peter Parravicin, deceased, in the Parish Church of Saint Dunston in the East in the City of London…that my executor do cause my name age and the time of my decease to be Incerted (sic) in the vacant place of the Stone or Monument put up and erected by me in the said Church of Saint Dunstans in the East in memory of my said honoured father which vacancy I caused to be left for that purpose."
"to my dear sister, Rebecca Torriano, 5 thousand pounds, Coach and Charriott and harnesses and furniture of them, all my plate jewells pictures and furniture of my house"
full will digitized at:
Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5111/images/40611_310274-00079?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kzt703&_phstart=successSource&pId=1016584
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
Headstones 
Torriano Family Vault Stone
St. Andrew Undershaft Churchyard
Bishopsgate, City of London, England
This Vault made
For the Burial Place of
Mr CHARLES TORRIANO
And His Family
At the Sole Charge of
Mrs REBEKAH TORRIANO
His Widdow
7 October 1723
Who died Aug 3 1754 Aged 87 Years
and hes Buried by the Roman
of H[unreadable]
?ordin? D???? of Her will
Within this vault are also depofited the
remains of Mrs Jane Dobfon one of the
Daughters of the above named Mr Cha.
Torriano Widow of John James Dob???
Of the Inner ????? She died ??
Of March 179? Aged 85 Years
Within this Vault are the ? depofited
the remains of Mrs Elizabeth Dobson
Daughter of Robert the eldest Son of the
above named John James Dobfon S??
died the 22d of Oct. 1799 Aged 21 Years
note: all that remains of the original churchyard is a small public garden on the North side of the Church. This enclosed space is paved with some surviving headstones. The Torriano Family Vault stone is one of the surviving stones cemented into the paving.
source: FindaGrave.com