Genealogy Chat

I've no idea the son shares his surname with the father so it doesn't Look illegitimate and the wife has died and is not metioned in the will. I just think he may have been too young. Kim

Was this son from his marriage or could it be that he was an illegitemate son that he wanted to provide for.

Wills often make mention of trusteeship up to a certain age, or marriage for females. If a beneficiary is badly disabled in any way, they may need more than monetary provision and there is sometimes a reference to this. I have a will of a similar period, with similar provisions to yours. When the major trustee made his own will a generation later, he built in all sorts of protections for the trustees named in his own will. I suspect that he had found trusteeship a very onerous task! Brenda

All the rest of the estate was split amongst his children and their heirs but this one son only received £5 ayear for the rest of his natural life , I wonder whether this is because he was disabled or too young to run his own affairs. Kim

Possibly, but it might also mean that their parents do not regard them as competent to manage their own affairs: either because they are female (!) or as they are spendthrifts. Brenda

if someone leaves money to one of their children in an annuity in trust , would it be likely this child is under the age of 21 ? This will was dated 1824