The Document Chest
1690 Will of Charles Harbin
Esquire
In the Name of God Amen
the twenty
[seventh?] day
of December in
the second yeare
of the reigne of
our Sovereigne
Lord and Lady
William and Mary
by the grace of
God of England
Scotland France
and Ireland King
and Queene
Defenders of the
Faith and in the
yeare of our
Lord God One
Thousand six
hundred and
Ninety I Charles
Harbin of the
parish of
Yeovill in the
County of
Somersett Esq[uire]
being in
reasonable
health of body
and of sound
good and perfect
mind and memory
(Almighty God be
therefore
praised) calling
to mind the
certainty of
Death and the
time thereof is
most uncertain
doe make ordaine
and declare this
my last will and
testament in
manner and forme
following
wherein I
principally
com[m]end my
soule into the
hands of
Almighty God my
Creator the Holy
and blessed
indevided
Trinity in unity
the Father Sonne
and Holy Goste
trusting by the
merits of my
Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ and
by the
assistance of
the Holy
Spirritt to have
full p[ar]don
and free
remission of all
my sinns and to
inheritt
Everlasting life
my body I
com[m]it to the
Earth from
whence it came
to be decently
buried and as
concerning such
temporall estate
as God of the
infinite mercy
hath made me
Steward of in
this life I give
grant bequeath
limit dispose
devise direct
order and
appoint the same
as hereafter
followeth (that
is to say) Imp[rimi]s
I give and
bequeath unto
the poore of the
said parish of
Yeovilll tenn
pounds to be
paid within six
months after my
decease Item I
give and
bequeath unto my
dearely beloved
Brother John
Harbin one
hundred and
fifty pounds of
good and lawful
money of England
to be paid
within six
months after my
decease Item I
give and
bequeath unto my
Sister in Law
Elizabeth Harbin
the now wife of
my brother
William Harbin
the sume of One
hundred pounds
of like lawful
money of England
Item I give and
bequeath to my
Neece and
Goddaughter
Katherine Harbin
one of the
daughters of my
brother William
Harbin aforesid
the sume of One
hundred pounds
Item I give and
bequeath to my
Nephew Wyndham
Harbin and to my
three Neeces Ann
Harbin Elizabeth
Harbin and
Frances Harbin
sonne and
daughters of the
said William
Harbin Twenty
Ginneys apeece
to every and
either of them
Item I give and
bequeath unto my
Uncle Samuel
Harbin and my
Aunt his now
wife the sume of
twenty pounds
Item I give and
bequeath unto my
Cozen Sarah
Harbin daughter
of my Uncle
Samuel Harbin
aforesaid the
sume of twenty
pounds Item I
give and
bequeath to my
poore Relations
at Trent in the
County aforesaid
Tenn pounds to
be distributed
amongst them
within six
months after my
decease by my
Executor
hereafter named
as he in his
good discretion
shall think fitt
Item I give and
bequeath unto
Thomas Wallis of
Yeovill tenn
Ginneys Item I
give and
bequeath unto
Hugh [Hurenett?]
the Elder of
Trent aforesaid
tenn Ginneys And
whereas I have
hereinabove by
these presents
given and
bequeathed to my
said brother
John Harbin One
hundred and
fifty pounds my
will is that if
he dyes before
me or before he
returnes from
beyond sea or
before it become
due and payable
by vertue hereof
that then I give
and bequeath the
said One hundred
and fifty pounds
unto my said
brother William
Harbin of Newton
S[ur]mavill in
the parish of
Yeovill
aforesaid Esq[uire]
whom I make and
ordaine my whole
and sole
Executor of this
my last Will and
Testament and
unto him my said
dearely beloved
brother William
Harbin my
Executor I give
and bequeath all
other my estate
bills bonds
goods chattles
debts dues
claimes and
demands
whatsoever and
wheresoever and
I utterly revoke
and adnull all
and every other
former
Testaments wills
legacyes
bequests
Executors or
Executrix by me
in any wise
before this time
made named
willed
bequeathed and
given In
witnesse whereof
to this my last
Will and
testament I the
said Charles
Harbin have
hereunto put my
hand and seale
the day and
yeare above
written
Charles Harbin
SSigned sealed
published and
declared as the
last Will and
Testament of the
above named
Charles Harbin
in the presence
of us
William Powell
[Kinett?]
Powell
Thomas
Clarke
William
Luckes
Proved at London in 1691
Transcribed by Bob Osborn
