Mary, wife of William Harbar
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Burial: 17 October 1680.
Place of Burial: Lighthorne, Warwickshire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: William Harbert.
William names his wife Mary in his will. Mary names her children in her will.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
John Harbert (baptized 2 October 1618 in Lighthorne - died 1696) married Sarah.
Alice Harbert (baptized 8 April 1621 in Lighthorne) married John Mason.
Margaret Harbert (baptized 28 September 1623 in Lighthorne) married someone surnamed Morton.
Thomas Harbert (baptized 19 March 1625/6 in Lighthorne)
William Harbert (baptized 15 June 1628 in Lighthorne - buried 21 October 1719 in Harbury) probably married Sarah Webb.
Maria Harbert (baptized 5 September 1630 in Lighthorne)
Elizabeth Harbert (baptized 19 February 1631/2 in Lighthorne) married William Smith 1 May 1654 in Lighthorne.
Richard Harbert (baptized 28 September 1634 in Lighthorne)
Henry Harbert (baptized February 1637/8 in Lighthorne)
Evidence
from the Lighthorne parish register:
[1680] October 17 Mary Harbut widdow buryed in Woollen;
Mary’s will:
In the Name of God Amen the tenth day of February in the five and Twentyth year of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of god king of England Scotland France and Ireland defender of the faith etc: Anno Domini 1672 I Mary Harbart of Lighthorne in the County of Warwick widdow being being in p[er]fect minde and memory god bee praysed for the same doe make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in maner and form following: first I commit my Soul into the hands of the blessed Trinyty God the Father. god the sonn. and god the holy Ghost. my maker and Redeemer and sanctifier. and my body to Christian buriall there to rest in certaine hope of resurrection to everlasting life. also I give unto my Sonn William Harbars Children the summe of tenn pounds to bee equally proporcioned to bee payde by Executor heareafter named immediately after my decease. I give unto my Sonne Henry Harbars Children the summe of tenn pounds to bee equally proportioned to be paide by my saide Executor immediatly after my decease: I give unto my Sonn in law William Smiths Children the summ of five pounds to bee equally proporconed to bee payde by me saide Executor immediatly after my decease. I give unto my Sonn Richard Harbar the summ of Six pounds to be payde by my saide Executor immediatly after my decease I give unto my Sonn John Harbar one shilling. I give unto my Daughter Margret Morton one shilling: I give unto William Harbar my Sonn John Harbars Sonn the Chaffern one in the kitchin. I give unto Sarah Harbar my Sonn Johns Daughter two shillings six pence: I make and ordayne my Sonn Thomas Harbar Executor of this my last will and Testament to whome I give all my goods Catle and Chattells unbequeathed my debts being paide and funerall expences discharged. I give also unto my saide Executor my deadyeare in my Living in Lighthorne aforesaid: I make and ordaine my loving frend Robert Archer. and my Sonn William Harbar to bee overseers of this my Will and I give to each of them one shilling in witness hereof I have here to sett my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written ---
the marke of III Mary Harbar [seal]
Read sealed and published in the presence of us, --
John Mason
Thomas Mason
[Proved 19 April 1681]
An Inventory indented of all the goods and Chattells of Mary Harbart late of Lighthorne in the County of Warwick widdow deceased taken and appraised the sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and eighty by John Mason William Harbert and Henry Smith Appraisors
Imprimis her wearing apparell and mony in her purse -- 1 18 6
One Bedstead four wooll beds five wooll pillows two hillings four blankets -- 1 10 4
Five pair of sheets -- 1 9 6
One brasse pott one Kettle one pewter dish two dishes six Spoones and six trenchers -- 0 6 8
One Barrell one Cowle one Dough Kiver one pale -- 0 10 2
One Chaffern -- 0 6 8
One fatt one Bollingwitch Two chaires two Coffers one moulding board -- 0 7 6
Other Lumber and brass -- 0 4 6
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6 10 10
References
Lighthorne parish register. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 25 December 2019.
Will of Mary Harbert, widow of Lighthorne, proved 1681 in the Consistory Court of Worceter. Digital images on FamilySearch.org.
Will of William Herbert yeoman of Lighthorne, Warwickshire. Proved 1666 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 25 December 2019.