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(1710 - 1783)
The following is the will of Elizabeth (Pyne) Morshead, Widow of
East Looe, as transcribed from such record by her 6th Great Grandson
Don R. Hender.
The following color codings will be used to identify known relationships
in the will.
Red - Direct line
ancestor
Cyan -
Aunt/Uncle
Magenta -
Cousin
Green - Other
(Step parent,
Inlaw, Relation unsure)
ELIZABETH (PYNE) MORSHEAD WILL
Elizabeth MORSHEAD nee PYNE(6th Great Grandmother)
Born: abt 1710 - Cornwall, England
Baptism: 4 Jul 1710 - Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Married: Nicholas Morshead (6th Great Grandfather)
11 Jul 1737 - Liskeard, Corn., Eng.
Bur: 23 October 1783 (age 73) Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Will Dated: 27 February 1784 (written-6 May 1782)
Parents: Denzill PYNE and Jane _________
In the Name of God Amen. I Elizabeth Morshead
of ***Treween of East Looe in the County of Cornwall Widow being weak in Body but of
Sound and disposing Mind and Memory, Thanks be to God, Do make and ordain this my last Will and
Testament in Manner and form following,
First I Give unto Hugh Snell of the Parish of Mehheniot in the said county of Cornwall Yeoman
and William Stephens of Bu[e]ndon in the Parish of Liskeard in the said county Yeoman their
Executors and Administrators the Sum of One Hundred and fifty Pounds of Lawful Money of Great
Britain to be raised and paid within Three Months next after my Decease Upon Trust nevertheless
and to and for the Sole and Separate use and Benefit of my Daughter Mary Snell Wife of Samuel
Snell of the Parish of Menheniot aforesaid yeoman Exclusive of Her said Husband
and to the Intent and Purpose that the said Hugh Snell and William Stephens and the Survivor of
them his Exec & Admin to Do and shall from time to time pay apply and dispence of the said Sum
of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds and all of the Interest and Profits that Shall or may Accrue
or araise therefrom to such Person and Persons and to and for such Uses Intents and Purposes
and in such Parts Proportions and Manners as my said Daughter Mary
Snell without any Controul
or directions of the said Samuel Snell her Husband shall by any Writing or Writings under her
hand to be Signed in the Presence of one or more credible Witness or Witnesses nominate direct
and appoint It being my Will that the Same shall not be liable or Subject to the intermed ?ing
or to the Debts or Engagements of her said Husband and for Want of Such Nomination Directon of
appointment by my said Daughter Snell as aforesaid of the said One Hundred and Fifty Pounds and
Interest or of any Part thereof in Manner aforesaid that then the said Hugh Snell and William
Stephens and the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shal pay and dispose of the
same or part thereof whereof no such appointment is made unto and amongst all and every the
Child and Children of my said Daughter Snell that shall be living at the time of her Decease
to be Equally divided Between them.
Also I Give and Bequeath unto Denzil Snell Son of my said Daughter the Sum of Six Pounds and
unto Mary Snell Daughter of my said Daughter
I Give the Sum of Fifty Pounds and unto every
other of the Children of my said Daughter Snell that shall be living at the time of my Decease
the Several Sums of three Pounds and three Shillings a Piece.
Also I five and Bequeath unto Nicholas Moon Son of my
Daughter Jenny Moon Wife of
Edward Moon
the Sum of Six Pounds and unto every other of her Children that shall be living at the time of
my decease the Several Sums of Three Pounds and Three shillings a Piece and it is my Will that
the said Several Legacies to the Children of the said Mary
Snell and Jenny Moon shall be
paid within Three Months next after my Decease.
Also I give and Bequeath all my Clouthes and wearing Apparel unto my said Daughter
Jenny Moon
Also I give unto unto each of my Sons in law Edward
Moon and
Samuel Snell One Guinea of Gold a
piece for Mourning Rings.
Also I Give unto Elizabeth Little the Wife
of Thomas Little and unto
Catherine Snell Daughters
of my Son in law Samuel Snell five Shillings
a Piece.
Also I Give my Good Friend Mrs Elizabeth Fangan of East Looe Ten Shillings and Six pence.
Also I give and devise all my Lands Tenements and Heredilame unto whereof or wherein I am
served of any Estate of Inheritance or Freehold unto my said Daughter
Jenny Moon for and
during the Term of her natural Life and from and after her Decease I Give and devise the same
unto all and every the Child and Children of the said Jenny
Moon and their Heirs equally
between them as Tenents in Common all the Neat and Residue of my Goods Chattles Money and
Personal Estate whatsoever after Payment of my Debts and Legacies I Give Devise and Bequeath
unto the said Hugh Snell and William Stephens their Exe'rs and Admin's upon Trust nevertheless
and to and for the Sole and Separate Use and Benefit of my said Daughter
Jenny Moon exclusive
of her Husband and to the Intent and Purpose that the said Hugh Snell and William Stephens
and the Survivor of them his Exec'rs and admin's Do and shall from time to time pay apply
and and dispose of my said Residuary Goods Chattles Money and Personal Estate and all the
Interest and Profits that shall or may accrue or arise therefrom to such Person and Persons
and to and for such use and uses Intents and Purposes and in such Parts Proportions and Manners
as my said Daughter Jenny Moon without any
Controul or direction of her said Husband shall by
any Writing or Writings under her hand to be Signed in the Presence of One or more credible
Witness or Witnesses nominate direct or Subject to the Intermeddtory or to the Debts or
Engagements of Her said Husband and for and of such nomination direction or appointment by my
said Daughter Moon as afore said of my Said Residuary Estate or any Part there of in manner as
aforesaid that then the said Hugh Snell and William Stephens and the Survivor of them his
Exec'rs and Admin's shall pay and dispose of the same as of such part thereof whereof no such
appointment in made unto and amoungst all and every Child and Children of my said Daughter
Moon that Shall be living at the time of her Decease equally to be Divided between them.
And I do here by make and appoint the said Hugh Snell and William Stephens Executors in Trust
of this my last Will and Testabment to See the Same duly Performed and it is my Will that my
said Executors Snall not be charged or chargable with or for any part of what is given or
Bequeathed to them to or for the Trusts aforesaid otherwise or further than for Such Only and
so much thereof as shall become to their Hands and disposals respectively nor for any Loss
that shall Happen therein without their wilfull Fault and that it shall and may be Lawfull to
and for the said Hugh Snell and William Stephens their Exec'rs and Admin's by and out of the
Money and Personal Estate bequeathed to them for the Several and respective Trusts aforesaid
to reimburseas themselves for Such Expenses Charges Costs and Damages which they or either of
them shall lay out sustain or be put to for or by Reason of the undertaking or Execution of
the Several Trusts hereby reposed in them or any way relating thereunto , and I do hereby
revoke all former Wills by me at any time hereto fore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto
Set my Hand and Seal this Sixth Day of May in the Year of Our Lord one Thousand and Seven
Hundred and Eighty Two ——
Signed Sealed Published and Declared}
by the said Elizabeth Morshead ~ ~ } Elizabeth Morshead (Seal)
Testatrix in the Presence of us - - }
Wm Edey
Eliz'th Edey
Thos. Ball
The before Written Will of the before named Elizabeth
Morshead Dece'd is a true Copy Compared
and Examined with the Original this Fifteenth Day of March . . 1784 By us
John Wallis
Jam's Webb
The before Written Will of the before named Elizabeth
Morshead Dec'd was Proved in Common form
27th February 1784 before the Rev'd Mr. John Fisher Clerk Bachalor of Arts, Surrogate & so
forth, and Admion of all and Singular the Goods & so forth of the said Dec'd of all things
howsoever Concerning her said Will was Granted to the Executors in Trust therein named being
first in due form of Law Sworn Saving & so forth ~
No Inventory
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*** The older significance of land descriptions and titles is pretty much lost today. There are a
few names that have survived but not in the recognizable ways they were spoken of back in the 1700s.
Today if you look for Treween in Cornwall it will place you to the East of Altarnun, between Altarnun
and Launceston. What is left of Treween of Liskeard is but a 'Trewen Cider House' holiday rental. And
if you look for East Looe, it is just down by the Ocean at the mouth of the Looe River. But the Looe
river's beginnings are in the inward locals north and inland of the little East and West Looe of
today. As the east branch of the Looe River heads inland it marks a line into the land that divides
and marks the Looe River lands. ***Treween by East Looe stated by this will is better considered as
being in the "Looe Valley" east of the East Looe River branch as it passes Duloe on it way towards
St Keyne and looks out to the east upon the inland "Looe Valley" were the Treween or Trewen of Liskeard
lies in that inland valley well north into the Liskeard marked out Parish boundry of today. In fact
the two Moon Family Wills stated lands of Treween/Trewen
and Trehere. On the old drawn survey maps both may be seen, Treween as Higher and Lower Treween and
Trehere as Treheer or Trehere. And today, is looked for under the names of
"Trehere Cottage" and "Trewen Cider House",
they still may be found generally where
they were in the 1700s but quite different today.
The significance of this will, combined with all the other source document accumulated, is that
it unquestionably identifies who Elizabeth Moreshead, the mother of Jenny Moon is and which
Morshead family she does belong to. Identified in the will is my 6th great grandmother,
Elizabeth Morshead whose maiden name is Pyne, sometimes written as Pine, which suggests how
the name is pronounced. Also named is my 5th great grandmother Jenny Moon [Moreshead] and my
5th great grandfather Edward Moon, and this set of parent's son Nicholas Moon, who is my
4th great grandfather. This alone settles some lingering wonderments some have had and nails
the facts of the matter down solid as to who these great grands are and how they are certainly
related to each other. Nicholas 'is' the son of Edward Moon and his wife 'Jenny
Moon [Morshead]'
Also by the will identifying Elizabeth's two daughters, Jenny Moon and Mary Snell, and none
others, and with the naming of two of Mary Snell's children, Mary Snell and Denzil Snell we
are able to specifically identify who Elizabeth Morshead [Pyne/Pine] is, who her Morshead
husband was, and the fact that Jenny's name is a 'nickname' for her birth name Jane Morshead,
and that Mary was not a Morshead but a natural born daughter of Elizabeth Pyne and some
other unidentified person. What pieces this all together are the available Christian baptism
parish records available for everybody and their related parish marriage records. To actually
'see' this visually a visit to the Morshead Page and the pedigrees
there which this will and these other records solidify. And also to confirm how the Moon
family fits in the Moon Family Page ought to be opened as well as
the will of Jenny Moon which solidly connects this Jenny Moon to
that Elizabeth Morshead whose will this page has transcribed. In fact to get the big picture
all four pages ought to opened and viewed together in different separate browser windows.
- Sorry you 'pad', 'tablet' and 'smart phone' users can't do that without having four separate
devices. -
Let me just summarize what all the evidence of the wills, baptism, marriages and burial records
do prove. Elizabeth Pyne, the daughter of Denzil Pyne and his wife Jane became pregnant out
of wedlock and had her first daughter Mary Pyne/Pine. A couple of years later, the still
single mother Elizabeth Pyne married an older Nicholas Morshead and they had one daughter named
Jane Morshead. Jane Morshead name would become a 'nickname' name 'Jenny Morshead' likely to
distinguish her from anut Jane Morshead etc. Fast forward to when the two sisters who lived
with the married Nicholas Morshead and Elizabeth Pyne as one family. Mary Pyne married Samuel
Snell of Menheniot where one of the 'higher social' Morshead relative families had also gone
to live. As for now 'Jenny Morshead' she married Edward Moon and they named their first son
'Nicholas' Moon after Jenny's father Nicholas Moreshead. Both sisters and their husbands had
a number of children. Grandmother Elizabeth Morshead who out lived her husband Nicholas
Morshead by about 20 years, played favorites with the grandchildren who where named after
'family' names as evidence by her will. Grandson Nicholas Moon got more that all the other
Moon children and Mary Snell and Denzil Snell named after family members, her father Denzil
Pyne and her daughter Mary Pyne and perhaps even her grandmother another Mary Pyne, and they
both received more than all the other Snell children. To make this long story short you'll
have to watch the 'movie' so to speak and to make it longer you'll have to go to all the
source material and documents available to fully appreciate and put it all together yourself.
One great final statement here is now my Morshead family line goes back 7 generations where
only a half of a generation existed before and those older Morshead ancestors are members of
the Landed Gentry Peerage crew. Not bad for the transcription of one 5 legal page will written
out in quite small longhand and a day's work on OPC and what I had on my Moon family before.
What a difference 24 hours can make!
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