Will of Uriah Harrisson
2nd July 2025Will of Uriah Harrisson. No. 120, Wills and Legacies (Staff). Drawn up in English.
In the name of God. Amen.
I, Uriah Harrisson, son of Richard Harrisson of the parish of Amesbury in Wiltshire in ... England, yeoman, servant of the worshipful William Sheldon, late Lieutenant-Governor of this Island of Guernsey, being sik (sic) and ill of my body in the said Island, but of perfect and good memory ... First. To the poor of St Peter Port 10 shillings. Item. To my said father £5 sterling and my new grey coat. Item. To my mother 20 shillings, to make her a ring for my remembrance. Item.To Alice (Alix) and Catherine Shephard and to Richard Shephard son of the said Alice Shephard my godson, each of them £5 sterling. Item. To my brother Richard Harrisson, all my wearing apparels except 20 ells of doulas which I give to my sister Joyce Harrisson, and one piece of kintin (quinqtin, cambric). Item. To mistress Alice Child (Alix), widow of Mr John Chipp, 20 shillings. Item. To Mistress Richardson, the widow of Mr Thomas Richardson, 15 shillings to buy her a Ring. Item. To my beloved friend Mr John Priestman² [Pristman] 15 shillings to buy him a Ring. Item. To John Shephard, the husband of my sister Alice Harrisson (Alice), 20 shillings. Item. To the Minister that shall make my funeral sermon, 10 shillings. Item. I do desire that the Minister and the Bearers to my Body to the grave and the Scrivener of this my Will, have everyone of them one scarf of Ceepers¹ and one pair of gloves which I do leave to the discretion of the said Mr Pritman (sic) and Mistress Child. And for the rest, I do leave them to my brother Richard Harrisson and Joyce Harrisson my sister who I do desire to be Executors. And by reason my said brother and sister are absent of this place I do desire the said Mr Pristman and Mistress Child to sequester them into a sure place and to make an Inventory of them.
Dated at Guernsey this 19th March 1681/2.
Signed Uri: Harrisson. Joshue Tramalier witness. John Pristman witness.
Registered 3rd June 1682.
¹ Edith Carey suggests 'Crepe'. 'Ceepers' normally would be read as equivalent to 'Keepers' and refer to [hooks and] 'eyes'.
² John Priestman married Joan Bourgaize [Burgesse] of St Peter Port on 26 September 1667. The witnesses were John Chipp, Henry Hawkins 'and the majority of the douzeniers of [St Peter Port]'.