Person:Tristram Stevens (1)

Abstract of The Will of Trustram Stevens

"30 March 1643 Trustram Stevens of the town and port of Dover, county of Kent, mariner, being ready to go on a voyage to sea.

Bequests

to Poor of the parishe of St. Maries in town & port of Dover £5

to Poor of parish of Brickston in Devonsheire, the pariah wherein I was born £5

to Master and wardens of Trinitie House of Dover £5 to be paid for reliefe and maintenance of poor mariners and seamen

to eldest son Robert Stevens and male heirs my messuage lands in parish of Petham, co. Kent, and for default to 2nd son Trustram Stevens, to 3rd son Richard Stevens, to 4th son Trustram Stevens, and for default of such heirs to the 'right heires of me the said Trustram Stevens'

to Trustram Stevens my 2nd son and male heirs my 4 messuages in said town and port [Dover] without Cowgate which I lately purchased of William Chalke and his wife Sarah and all my messuage called Flower de Luce in Dover, now occupied by Edward Pinny[?] and my messuage now occupied by John Pensay and by default of heirs to Richard Stevens, then Trustram my 4th son

to 2nd son Trustram messuage [blank] Stopgate a Dutchman doth now inhabit near the pier, held by lease from the warden and assts of Dover Harbour

to my son Richard Stevens a messuage occupied by Mildred Streeting in said town [Dover] near the pier, leased from wardens and assts, when Richard is 20

to son Richard messuage in Dover near pier or harbour occupied by John Hooker shipwright

to son Richard £150 at 20

to 2nd son Trustram after the death of Deunce [Dionis] Stevens my mother, a messuage in Brickston called Slowe given me by the last will of my father Robert Stevens during term of lives in lease

to sons Richard and Trustram my youngest, land near pier in Dover adjoining William Lucas containing 60 feet square held by lease of wardens & assts

to second son Trustram goods, chattels, and household stuff in my messuage called Flower de Luce

to son Robert house I now dwell in with 'key' [quay?] and buildings thereunto belonging being at pier of Dover near the sign of the Falcon and which I hold of warden and assts

to Frances my wife goods of my father-in-law John Marten deceased he gave me upon marriage with his daughter my said wife, being half of his estate after his decease &[?] Katherine his wife who is yet living

to my wife Frances as full dower an annuity of £8 a year to be paid out of my lands at Petham & £7 a year from lands outside Cowgate and messuage flower de Luce, to be paid quarterly. Also £40 within 3 mos. of my decease and all her wearing apparel. She loses legacies if she claims dower

to youngest son Trustram £200 at age 21. To be allowed £22 a year up to that age

All my plate to be divided between the 4 children.

If any son die without issue before age 18, his share of estate to be divided among the survivors. If all should die before 18, to heirs male of brother William Stevens or falling those, of brother John Stevens

All my brothers and sisters surviving at my death £5 between them

All my godchildren surviving at my death 10s each

If wife should be with child, £100 to child

son Robert and 2nd son Trustram execs

well-beloved friends Bartholomew Winsor gent of said port [Dover] Nicholas Roberta of Dover jurat, and Richard Jacob of Dover mariner appointed supervisors or overseers. Winsor to have £10, Roberts £5, and Jacob £5 for special care of the children in their minorities.

to my cousin John Stent (Steut?) £5

\s\ Trustram Stevens

Wits: John Whetstone; Will Stratfold; Bartho Quested"^[2]

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Holman, Mary Lovering. Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury. (Concord, New Hampshire: Privately Printed at The Rumford Press, 1938)
   2:624.

   Tristram (Stevens), b. about 1588, living 1627.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Millett, Stephen Caldwell. The Will of Trustram Stevens, Brother of Dionis, Wife Of Tristram Coffin. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jul/Oct 1985)
   61:77-78.