Hello all We have a bit of a strange situation where a son who is only 5 years old is made the sole executor of a will. The following is the text of the will. "I Give & Devise to my son John whom I make full & sole Executor of this my Will hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made. And I do appoint my brother Coney Tunnard & Mr John Robertson junr to be Trustees and Guardians for all my said children and their estates untill their respective ages of one & twenty years & desire them to take upon them ye said Trust and for their trouble in the management thereof I give them forty shillings for every year they shall act therein" Was this a normal situation where all children were minors. John was the only living son. regards Chris Bartlett

That seems to be OK. The guardians will, in effect, be carrying out the son's duties and estate maintenance until his son reaches the stipulated age when he can exercise his full executive powers. It is in their interest to look after the children properly as 40 shillings a year would have been a good reward for their guardianship. Who was in charge of the purse strings and handing out the 40 shillings? Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Bartlett" <woodcom@ihug.co.nz> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 11:49 AM Subject: [OEL] Executor who is a minor in 1719 will > > Hello all > > We have a bit of a strange situation where a son who is only 5 years old > is > made the sole executor of a will. The following is the text of the will. > > "I Give & Devise to my son John whom I make full & sole Executor of this > my Will hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made. And I do > appoint my brother Coney Tunnard & Mr John Robertson junr to be Trustees > and Guardians for all my said children and their estates untill their > respective ages of one & twenty years & desire them to take upon them ye > said Trust and for their trouble in the management thereof I give them > forty > shillings for every year they shall act therein" > > Was this a normal situation where all children were minors. John was the > only living son. > > regards > Chris Bartlett > > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: - Release Date: <unknown> > >

Hi Chris This happened to me Audrey, my Dad's estate was put in the hands of two Trustees until I was 21. Not quite so long ago though!!!!! Cheers Roy -----Original Message----- From: old-english-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:old-english-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of A Lee Sent: 02 July 2009 12:26 To: Chris Bartlett; OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OEL] Executor who is a minor in 1719 will That seems to be OK. The guardians will, in effect, be carrying out the son's duties and estate maintenance until his son reaches the stipulated age when he can exercise his full executive powers. It is in their interest to look after the children properly as 40 shillings a year would have been a good reward for their guardianship. Who was in charge of the purse strings and handing out the 40 shillings? Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Bartlett" <woodcom@ihug.co.nz> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 11:49 AM Subject: [OEL] Executor who is a minor in 1719 will > > Hello all > > We have a bit of a strange situation where a son who is only 5 years old > is > made the sole executor of a will. The following is the text of the will. > > "I Give & Devise to my son John whom I make full & sole Executor of this > my Will hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made. And I do > appoint my brother Coney Tunnard & Mr John Robertson junr to be Trustees > and Guardians for all my said children and their estates untill their > respective ages of one & twenty years & desire them to take upon them ye > said Trust and for their trouble in the management thereof I give them > forty > shillings for every year they shall act therein" > > Was this a normal situation where all children were minors. John was the > only living son. > > regards > Chris Bartlett > > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: - Release Date: <unknown> > > ==================================== WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message