THEOPHILUS MOON, of LISKEARD

(abt 1650 - 1720)



THEOPHILUS MOON WILL

Theophilus MOON (Kinsman)
Christened: ABT 1650 - Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Married: Dorothy ________
Bur: 1720
Will Dated: 19 July 1720
Parents: _______ MOON and ?Ann? _________


In the Name of God Amen. I Theophilus Moon of the . . .

body to the earth to be decently buried . . .

Item I give & bequeath unto Charles Moon my third son . . . halfe whereof to be paid unto him within one

Item I give unto William Moon my fourth Son the Sume of fourty pounds whereof twenty . . .

Item I give unto my daughter Joan Moon . . .

Item I give unto my daughter Mary Moon the like Sum of . . .

Item I give unto my Nephew Willm Moon the Son of my Brother Willm Moon late of Liskeard the sum of three pounds to be paid unto him by my Execrs. within Six Months after my decease.

Item I give unto Robert Moon his Brother the like Sume of three pounds to be paid unto him Six Month after my decease.

Item I give & bequeath unto ?Charles? Moone Son of my Brother John Moone ten Shillings to be paid unto him within Six Months after my Deced.

Item I give unto Henry Moone Son of my Brother George Moone ten Shillings to be paid unto him Six Months after my decease.

Item I give unto Joane the daughter of William Moone & Grandchild of the Said George Moone the like Sume of tenn Shillings to be paid unto her Six Months after my decease.

Item I give & bequeath unto Isabell Parkyn the Widow of James Parkyn the like Sume of tenn Shillings to be paid unto her within Six months after my deced

Item I give & bequeath unto Cornelius Moone of Gormellink twenty Shillings to be paid unto him within Six Months after my decease, but if he happen to dye before the Same becomes due or payable, then my Will is that the Sume goo & fall & is paid unto John Moone of Gormellink aforesd Butcher.

Item I give unto the poor people that shall be present at my Buriall five Shillings to be . . .

Item I give unto the poor of the South ?___? of the Parish of Liskeard . .

Item I give unto Richard Stephens of the said Parish of Liskeard & Dorothy my Wife & Theophilus Moone my eldest Son the Sume of three....pounds to be paid them within three Months after my decease for the Sole . . . use of my daughter Dorothy Ede the Wife of Dinzell Ede of Luxullyan. . .

Item I give & bequeath unto my Sd Son Theophilus Moone all that Chattell Estate which I lately bought of Mr Harris. . .

Item I give & bequeath unto Dorothy my Sd Wife all that Estate which I lately bought of Francis Dingle, being part of the . . . of Cornwall, and lyiing within the ..... of Liskeard for & during the term of her natural life, and after her decease I give & bequeath the Same unto Robert Moone my . . . & his heirs To hold the same to him & his heirs affording to the . . . of the Sd. Mannor.

Item I give & bequeath unto my Sd Son Theophilus fower [four] of my best . . . that I shall . . .

Item I (unreadable?). . .within one halfe year. . . . . . . . . . . . . unto William Trehano? & Mary Trehano? Son & daughter of William Tre

Item all the rest of my goods Chatalls not herein before given or bequeathed I I give and bequeath the Same unto my sd. Son Theophilus Moone and Robert Moone who I make my whole & sole Execrs. of this my Last Will & Testament desiring them faithfully to . . . the same according to the true intent & meaning thereof. In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale this nineteenth day of July one Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty 1720.

Theophilus Moone (seal)



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