Connecting with the Robins Family

In the Name of God Amen

I Richard Robins of the parish of Liskeard in the County of Cornwall being Sick of Boddy
but of Perficke mind and Memory Revocking all former and other wills doe make and ordain 
this to be my last Will and Testament in Manner and form folling

First I Resine my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God that Gave it hoping by the Merrits
of Jesus Christ for pardon and forgivnis for all my Sins and my Body to decent Christent
buriel as shall seem Good to my Executrex hereafter named.

Item I Give to my Cozen Jone Moon the sum of Twenty pounds to be paid to her one year
after my decease and one vether Bedd furnest and one Bras Crock and one Sorrel mare.

Item I Give to my Cozen Susanna Moarshead the sum of Twenty pounds to be paid to her one
year after my decease.

Item I Give to my Cozen Richard Vigers the sum of Five pounds to be paid to him one year
after my decease.

Item I Give to my Cozen Edward Vigers and his Wife Five pounds to each of them to be pd.
them one year after my deceas.

Item I Give to my Cozen Petter Vigers his Wife and Children three pounds to each of them
to be paid to them one year after my deceas.

Item I Give to Richard Samils Children two Gunes to each of them to be paid to them one
year after my decease.

Item I Give to William Sweet and to Mary Kinge his Sister and Elizabeth his Sister two
Gunes to each of them to be paid one year after my deceas.

Item I Give to my Cozen Dorety Charlick the sum of Five pounds to be paid to her one year
after my decease.

Item I Give to William Landry son of William Landry of Liskeard One Guney to be paid to
him one year after my deceas.

Item I Give to the poor of the parish of Liskeard the sum of Five pounds to be paid to
them in Twenty Shillings a year in Bread, Ten Shillings on Christmas day and Ten Shillings
on Easter day to be distributed to the poor fammelys that have not weekly pay.

Item I Give to my Cozen John Moon and Richard Moon Sons of John Moon Mason of Liskeard
all my Right in Thorne park Lying in Tremabe* to be Equally devided between them.

Item I Give and Devise unto my Cozen Edward Vigers of the parish of Liskeard and my Good
friend William Landry of the parish of Liskeard whom I make as trusts over my Executrex
hereafter named and doe impower them to demand and Receive all Such Sums of Money as is
Oweing to mee with the Consent of my Executrex and to pay my Depts and Legesses and after
payment of my Depts and Legesses the Rest to be to the Only Yous of my Executrex hereafter
named or to home it may concern.

Item All the Rest of my Goods and Money not formely nor hereby Give I Give and Bequeath
unto my Sister Jone Moorshead home I make and ordain to be my Executrex of this my last
Will and Testament on this Condition that if my Sister Jone doth Survive and out live
her Husband John Moorshead That Then the Effects which I have Given her shall be to her
only use and not before but if the aforesaid John Moorshead doth Survive and outlive
Jone his Wife that then my Sister Jone’s daughter shall have power to demand and Receive
of the Trusts or their Heares or Executors or administrators the whole Efects that Lise
in thare hands and to devide it equally Between them

In Witness whereof I have hereunto put my Hand and Seal this Eighteenth day of October 1749.

Sealed and Signed in the presence of us (signed)                         Richard Robins (LS)
(signed) Phillip Moon (signed) Elizabeth Moon

The Before written Will of the abovenamed Richard Robins deced is a true Copy Examd. &
Compared with the Original this 6th day of September 1750. By us (signed) John Bennett
(signed) John Blight The Before written Will of the abovenamed Richd. Robins deced was
Proved in Common form the 31st of Augt. 1750 Before the Revd. Mr. William Waddon Clerk
Master of Arts Official etc and admion of the Goods etc of the said deced and of all
things howsoever Concerning the said Will was Granted to Jane Moorshead the Executrix
therein named (Being first Sworn etc Saveing etc

No Inventry Exhibited
N.B. Words in italics within brackets inserted by transcriber e.g. (signed)

Source: LDS Film No. 90193 Image Nos. 629-630

Transcribed by John Evans

In his will, Richard will use the
term 'cozen' to denote anyone of
relationship beyond his immediate
family. The Will helps prove the
relationship between the Robins,
Moon and Moorshead families. It 
also marks the end of the male
line continueance of this Robins'
family and the this Moorshead's
family as well.
Cozen Jone Moon is his sister's
daughter Joan Moorshead who has
married William Moon in 1738.
Thus she is Jone Moon at the 
writing of the will. She is 
his niece.
Cozen Susanna Moarshead is also
his niece, daughter of his sister
Jone Moorshead nee Robins. She 
will marry Cornelius Moon in
1751, post the time of the will.
Cozens Richard, Edward and Peter
Vigers are not determinable as
to their exact relationship to
Richard as of yet. There are in
the area candidates but as the
records have become fragmented
at this time and date, further
identifications other than a 
loose determination that they
are some how related is not 
possible. They who are found
are of two Vigers families
and not just one family.
The same is true concerning
Dorety or Dorothy Chrlick(e).
Just what relationship the word
cozen denotes is not known. 
But perhaps they are through
his mother's or father's sides
of the family?
Now the relationship of the 
two Cozens, John and Richard the
sons of John Moon, mason of
Liskeard is that they are two
great nephews. They are also
through his sister Jone and 
his Niece Elizabeth Moreshead,
wife of John Moon, mason, she
must be decease as she is not
named in the will, but Richard
has not forgotten her two sons
Richard and John.
Now after the naming and 
renaming some, we are down to
where Richard finaly does name
his sister and her husband in
his will. His sister is Jone 
Moorshead, the wife of husband
John Moorshead. And John's 
family has no living sons, 
just three living daughters who
have each married someone of 
the Moon family in Liskeard.
But notice the witnesses
of the will. Usually they are
not family members, but where
this seems to be a case where
only the three nieces of his 
sister Jone [Robins] Morshead
are the family's remaining sole
near family survivers, there 
just maybe family information
in that Philip Moon and 
Elizabeth Moon are the two
witnesses to Richard Robins'
last will and testament.
NOTE: I believe the word
'daughter' is 'daughters' as
Richard's sister Jone nee 
Robins has three daughters who
are represented, Elizabeth who
is deceased, and Susanna and 
Joan. The intent seems to be
to invest the matter of the 
paragraph into his sister Joan's
family, her daughters and their 
family as being the remaining 
family representing the family
who remains.