John Handy, Gent.
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John Handy, Gent., whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), died before 28 April 1682, when he was buried at St. Michael's Parish, Barbados.1
John left a will dated at St. Michael's Parish, Barbados, 24 April 1682, and proved 4 May 1682. Of St. Michael's Parish, Barbados, gentleman, he mentioned:
Whoever his wife was, she wasted no time after John's death: as "Mrs Handy," she married Edmund Ford at an unknown place , 12 September 1682.4
John left a will dated at St. Michael's Parish, Barbados, 24 April 1682, and proved 4 May 1682. Of St. Michael's Parish, Barbados, gentleman, he mentioned:
To have a Christian burial
To William Handy, son of Samuel Handy in the Kingdom of england, £100 two years after my decease;
To Edmund and Frances, son and daughter of Francis Turton £10 each at 18
To Godson John Fowler, son of John Fowler, deceased, £10;
To the parish of St. Michael, £20 "for the putting forth of some 'prentices at the discretion of my executors."
To Richard Guyton, Thomas Watson, a gold ring each of 20/ value and a mourning scarfe, and these to bear up the pall at my funeral;
Estate real and personal to my granddaughter, Susan Mackey (Susanna Mackee), at 18
Wife Lardi [?] [/ Cardi?] Handy to be executrix during widowhood until my granddaughter is 18, but if she marries again to have one-third of the estate and no more.
Friends Capt Thomas Watson, Thomas Peers "gouldsmith" to be executors;
If granddaughter should die under 18 then whole estate to William son of Samuel Handy of England, after the decease of wife;
Witnesses Edmund Stafford, Nicholas Mortimer, Phillis Mahon, Ellinor Paddison.2,3
To William Handy, son of Samuel Handy in the Kingdom of england, £100 two years after my decease;
To Edmund and Frances, son and daughter of Francis Turton £10 each at 18
To Godson John Fowler, son of John Fowler, deceased, £10;
To the parish of St. Michael, £20 "for the putting forth of some 'prentices at the discretion of my executors."
To Richard Guyton, Thomas Watson, a gold ring each of 20/ value and a mourning scarfe, and these to bear up the pall at my funeral;
Estate real and personal to my granddaughter, Susan Mackey (Susanna Mackee), at 18
Wife Lardi [?] [/ Cardi?] Handy to be executrix during widowhood until my granddaughter is 18, but if she marries again to have one-third of the estate and no more.
Friends Capt Thomas Watson, Thomas Peers "gouldsmith" to be executors;
If granddaughter should die under 18 then whole estate to William son of Samuel Handy of England, after the decease of wife;
Witnesses Edmund Stafford, Nicholas Mortimer, Phillis Mahon, Ellinor Paddison.2,3
Whoever his wife was, she wasted no time after John's death: as "Mrs Handy," she married Edmund Ford at an unknown place , 12 September 1682.4
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Citations
- [S2616] "Barbados, Church Records, 1637-1849," database and images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry.com, Lehi, Utah), St Michael, Baptisms, marriages, burials 1648-1702, 271, img 143; citing Barbados parochial registers, Series A, 1637-1850 (Anglican)
Department of Archives, Blackrock, Barbados. - [S410] Joanne McRee Sanders, compiler, Barbados Records: Wills and Administrations (3 vols., Houston, Texas: Sanders Historical Publications, 1979-1981), 1:151, further cited as Sanders, Barbados Wills.
- [S2651] "Readers' Queries: Dubois," Genealogies of Barbados Families From Caribbeana and The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, James C. Brandow, editor (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1983, 649-650, at 650; originally published, The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society XXI (1954):148-151, further cited as "Handy Notes."
- [S413] Joanne McRee Sanders, Barbados Records: Marriages 1643-1800 (2 vols., Houston, Texas: Sanders Historical Publications, 1982), 2:52, further cited as Sanders, Barbados Marriages.