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'''PROB 11/324/309 Will of Abraham Sayon of Merchant 26 June 1667'''

PROB 11/324 Carr 59-116 Will of Abraham Sayon of Merchant 26 June 1667

'''Editorial history'''

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==Abstract & context==

Abraham Sayon was a London merchant and a ''SVJS'' subscriber.<ref>[[Tools: Smirna Venture Joint Stock subscriber list|Smirna Venture Joint Stock subscriber list]]</ref>  He was the son of the overseas born merchant Francis Sayon (b. ?, d. 1656), and husband of Judith Sayon (b. ?, d. 1677), who outlived him.  An inventory survives for his widow, but not for him.
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==Suggested links==

See [[Tools: PROB 4/18073 (scroll) Inventory of Judith Sayon, 1676 or 1679|PROB 4/18073 (scroll) Inventory of Judith Sayon, 1676 or 1679]]

See [[Tools: PROB 11/258/527 Will of Francis Sayon, Merchant of London 29 October 1656|PROB 11/258/527 Will of Francis Sayon, Merchant of London 29 October 1656]] (father of Abraham Sayon)
See [[Tools: Nathaniel Letten will|Nathaniel Letten will]] (friend of father of Francis Sayon, Abraham Sayon's father)
See [[Tools: PROB 11/355/335 Will of Judith Sayon, Widow of London 01 December 1677|PROB 11/355/335 Will of Judith Sayon, Widow of London 01 December 1677]]  (wife of Abraham Sayon & cousin of Nathaniell Letten)

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==To do==

(1) Check this transcription
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==Transcription==

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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN this Eleveanth day of July Anno Domini one Thousand Six hundred Sixty ffour And in the Seveanteenth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God King of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland defender of the ffaith xx  I Abraham Sayon of London Merchant being in good health and of perfect mind and memory (Thanks be therefore given to Almighty God) Doe Considering the frailty of this mortall life make and declare this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following (That is to say)

FIRST and principally I Comend my Soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator most assuredly Trusting and beleiving to be saved surly by the precious death and passion of my Saviour and redeemer Jesus Christ And my body to the  earth to be decently and Christianlike buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named  Privately rather than with any great expence

And as touching the disposition of that personall estate wherewith Almighty God in great mercy hath blessed me I give and bequeath the same as followeth

IMPRIMIS I give and bequeath unto my Loving wife Judith Two Thousand pounds with all my Plate and Jewells  And alsoe her dwelling and abode in my dwelling house in Leaden Hall Streete in London  during her widowhood together with the use of all my Lynnen Bedding and other my Householde Stuffe during That tyme onely  And if my said wife happen to marry  Then I give her my said wife all the Goods therein  And the Rest of all my Lynnen Bedding and Householdstuffe I give to be indifferently parted shared and divided unto and amongst all my Children part and part alike Together with the Lease of my Said House  And my tearme of yeares therein to be sold or otherwise disposed of for their sake (?) XXXX

ITEM (over and above what I have given

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And & Setled in trust with my good ffreinds M.r Nicholas Vanacker and Nathaniell Letten for the respective uses of my ffoure sonnes ffrances Simon Abraham and Vincent Sayon I give to each of my said sonnes one hundred pounds a peece  And I allow and appoint moderate allowances for each of my said sonnes maintenances out of their respective portions or the proffitts of the same respectively att my Executors discretions untill their respective ages of One and Twentye yeares attained

ITEM to my Two Daughters Judith and Mary Sayon I give and bequeath Seaven hundred Pounds a peece to be paid unto them severally Att their severall ages of one and Twenty yeares or on the dayes of their respective Marriages ffirst happening with moderate allowances for theri maintenances in the meane tyme to the likeing of my Executors  And if one of my said saughters shall depart this life before such age or marriage Then I give the porcon of her soe dyeing unto her surviving sister  And if they both dye before their porcons shall grow due Then I give both their portions to be parted and divided and paid unto and amongst my said ffoure Sonnes part and part álike as to them is aforesaid  The rest and residue of all my goods and Chattells and personall estate whatsoever sobequeathed (my debts Legacies and funeralls first paid and discharged) I give to be equally  parted shared and divided unto and amongst my said ffoure sonnes and Two daughters part and part alike  And if by reason of Losses my Estate shall not be sufficient to pay all the said  Legacies by this my Testament given away  Then I appoint all my Sonnes and Daughters proporconably out of their respective portions  And for álsoe my said wife out of what I have given and intended to her to beare álike proporconably alsoe such losse and want of Estate to pay Legacies

ITEM I give Twenty pounds a peece unto my said fffreinds M:r Nicholas Vanacker and M:r Nathaniel Letten  And Twenty pounds I give to be given by my Executors unto and amongst poore householders att their discretions  And of this my last will and Testament I make name and áppoint my said loveing wife Judith and my said good ffreinds M:r Nicholas Vanacker and M:r Nathaniel Letten   Executors desireing them to see the same duly and truely performed as my trust is in them

IN WITNES whereof to this my last will and Testament I the said Abraham Sayon have put my hand and seale the day and year abovesaid

ABRAHAM SAYON

Read Signed Sealed and published by the said Abraham Sayon as and for his last will and  Testament the day and yeare abovesaid in the pr:sence of Henry Shelberry Scr Henry Shelbery Jun:r

ITEM I further will and bequeath what bad or desperate debts shall happen to come in or be hereafter recovered To be equally devided amongst my said Children part and part alike  And if any of them should happen to dye To the remaining partes Sonnes or Daughters x Abraham Sayon

PROBATUM fuit Testamentum suprascriptum apud xxxx Exor in le Strand in Com Middx viresimo Sexto die Mensis Junij Anno Domini mill uno Sexcentesimo Sexagesimo Septuno  Coram ven:bli viro Thomas Read legum doctore Surrogato venerabilis et egregy vivi Domini Guililmus Mxxxx Militis Legum XXX Doctores Curae Praerogativa carte Magna Custodis sui Comissary xxxx Constitute Juramente Judith Sayon Relicta dicti defuncti Nicholas Vanacker et Nathaniell Letten Ex:torum in  hunoi Testo xxxxx xxxx Comissa fuit xxxxxxxxx omnium singularum bonor um Juram et Creditorum debte defuncti de bene et fideliter  Administrando ead:m As sancta Dei jurebus et Codicil dicti defuncti xxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxx date Sexto Die Mensis May Anno Domini Millimo Sexcentesimo Quadragesimo Sexte Factorum et legitime executorum interdictum defunctum fuit tempore ex una et Simonem Delboe time tempore Civitas London Mercator ex altera in Consideratone Matrimony inter dictum defunctun et prafatam Juditham past hatsoxxxxx matrimonae xxxx xxxx postea xxxxx et qualux de jure xx

NOTE NAME OF SIMON DELBOE IN THE PROBATE STATEMENT, THOUGH HE IS NOT AN EXECUTOR.

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==Notes==

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==Possible primary sources==

'''TNA'''

[[Tools: HCA 23/19|HCA 23/19]] 'ex Parte Thoma Breton Abrahami Sayon Johis Godschall Edidy Thomas, Interrogatoria' (ADD DATE), & 'Charterparty for Opporto Merchant of London, 25th Feb. 1661/62'

PROB 11/258 Berkeley 313-362 Will of Francis Sayon, Merchant of London 29 October 1656
PROB 11/324 Carr 59-116 Will of Abraham Sayon of Merchant 26 June 1667
PROB 11/355 Hale 96-141 Will of Judith Sayon, Widow of London 01 December 1677