| Description | Bequeaths all his estate to his wife Catherine [daughter of Robert Nanney of Cefndeuddwr by Trawsfynydd], on condition that she pays £200 to his daughter Lucy by a former wife, and acts as her guardian til she arrives at the age of 21 years. Several points to note: according to the wording of this document his first wife's name was Lucy, and not Rebecca, as in Pedigrees, 213; here the surname is Hiorne, and not Hearn, as in Pedigrees; the Pedigrees also suggest, by the use of dotted line of descent, that there was a bar sinister to the first marriage, for which there is no ground whatsoever in the will. There are references to losses Dr. Knight had received by the death of a Dissenting minister names Norris, and to journeys to and from Dublin regarding his late wife's dispositions, which seem to imply she was an Irish lady. Codicil dated 20 January 1745-1746; proved in London, 8 August 1760.
The above provisions led to difficulties and disagreements. Lucy married a William WIlliams, M.D. of Caernarvon, and presented a petition to the Court of Chancery that the executrix Catherine Knight should be ordered to pay the sums mentioned in the Will of 1730; the Court issued such a decree on 7 November, 1765 (CYN/474). |