Individual Details

Will

Phillip Torrey of Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, husbandman. To be buried in the church yard of Combe. To the relief of the poor of Combe three shillings four pence. Anne Torrey mine eldest daughter shall have three score pounds when she shall accomplish the age of sixteen, to be paid my overseers who shall take the government of it until she shall accomplish the age of one and twenty years. To her the biggest brass pan to be delivered unto her at the time of her marriage and not before. To Mary Torrey my daughter twenty pounds at sixteen to be held (as before) until she is twenty one and the second brass pan. To Sarah Torrey my daughter three and thirty pounds six shillings eight pence at sixteen (as before), and the second best brazen pot. To James Torrey my son thirty pounds at 16 (as before) , and one silver spoon when he is one and twenty. To Phillip Torrey my son twenty pounds, at 16 (as before) and he shall be put an apprentice unto some trade as soon as he is able, and also I do give him one silver spoon to be delivered unto him when he sis one and twenty years old. I do give unto William Torrey my son the biggest brazen pot, the furnace kettle, the best table board, the cupboard with this condition that his mother shall have the use of it so long as she doth keep herself widow and dwelling in the house. To Joseph my son ten pounds. All the rest to my wife whom I make sole executrix. My father William Torrey, my cousin John Fry, John Richards, Robert Sellecke, and Thomas Lumbert to be overseers, and I give them five shillings apiece.