Hi folks Shirley, I mentioned this to you when we met in Dublin but have not got around to posting it to you. It is one of 5 references to Arabins in the Wagner Wills which is a synthesis of Huguenot Wills from the Canterbury CC, dealing with Huguenot names registered in London until approx 1810. John Arabin, will dated 1720, book E page 83. >From Riez Province, inhabitant of Geneva, beneficiaries wife Margaret Maurice, nephews Charles and Francis Chaix???, nephew Anthony Maurice. John's sister Margaret married to Reynat Gouriner, leaving them all that he has left in France, 2000 livres. Executor his uncle, Alexander Gaudemar. Wagner did not wholly transcribe the wills, just the bits that he thought were relevant, which means that amounts of bequests were frequently missed out. Shirley, the other four are for Bartholomew, 1713, Lt Col John A, 1757, John 1758 and Jane Mary 1780. If you want the details of those, happy to send them on to you via HWE. Guys, please don't send speculative requests for look ups on the wills to the Library, things there are very busy at the moment and the Librarian, who only works 15 hours per week, is just rushed of his feet with the volume of people using the library, one of the reasons I'm trying to help him. Regards Tony Fuller

Thank you Tony re wills. This John is a mystery to me - another stray Arabin that I cannot fit on our tree. 1720 is too early for the Johns in our family to have died. The other names connected to him are new to me as well. Our line came from Riez so there must be some connection. There are Arabin families in Germany who speak of a 'Jean' who went to Ireland. It is another puzzle. I have the full will of Bartelemy from documentsonline and the other 3 are also available there as well, thanks. Shirley Mount Maunganui, New Zealand . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Fuller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 7 November 2003 00:15 Subject: [HWE] John Arabin's will 1720 - One for Shirley > Hi folks > > Shirley, I mentioned this to you when we met in Dublin but have not got around to posting it to you. It is one of 5 references to Arabins in the Wagner Wills which is a synthesis of Huguenot Wills from the Canterbury CC, dealing with Huguenot names registered in London until approx 1810. > > John Arabin, will dated 1720, book E page 83. > > >From Riez Province, inhabitant of Geneva, beneficiaries wife Margaret Maurice, nephews Charles and Francis Chaix???, nephew Anthony Maurice. John's sister Margaret married to Reynat Gouriner, leaving them all that he has left in France, 2000 livres. > Executor his uncle, Alexander Gaudemar. > > Wagner did not wholly transcribe the wills, just the bits that he thought were relevant, which means that amounts of bequests were frequently missed out. > > Shirley, the other four are for Bartholomew, 1713, Lt Col John A, 1757, John 1758 and Jane Mary 1780. If you want the details of those, happy to send them on to you via HWE. > > Guys, please don't send speculative requests for look ups on the wills to the Library, things there are very busy at the moment and the Librarian, who only works 15 hours per week, is just rushed of his feet with the volume of people using the library, one of the reasons I'm trying to help him. > > Regards > > Tony Fuller > > > > > ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== > Messages posted to this (or any)list are the property of their writers. > Therefore, if you want to forward or use info seen on a mailing list, > first obtain the permission of the person who wrote it. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >