Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameCharles Hendrick 
[317, Wolfe family, p. 727]
[317, Wolfe family, p. 727]Deathca Mar 1765
GeneralOf Tully, co. Kildare. Merchant.
Notes for Charles Hendrick
It sounds very likely to me that he was of the family of Tully of co Kildare of whom two members had previously married Hamilton relatives of ours. And then his wife’s daughter by her second marriage then married a third Hamilton and to which couple I am also related.
He must have d. bef. 1767 as his widow remarried in that year.
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From his will he had the following children:
1st son Edward
Thomas
Margaret
Charlotte (posthumous)
He must have d. bef. 1767 as his widow remarried in that year.
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From his will he had the following children:
1st son Edward
Thomas
Margaret
Charlotte (posthumous)
Will notes for Charles Hendrick
Janis Hendrick provided this account of his will to me on 11th July 2013:
The signed date was August 4 1764 and proven date was April 6 1765. He lists his wife as Mary Hendrick, children Thomas, Edward and Margaret but does not list all younger children. His wife is pregnant in August 1764 [child is female Charlotte]. To transcribe:
In the Name of God Amen
I Charles Hendrick of the City of Dublin Merchant being of sound mind and memory thanks to Almighty God and minding to settle that temporal estate God of his Goodwills? hath been pleased to bestow me do declare this my last [will] and Testament First my will is that all my just debts be fully paid as soon as possible after my decease, and I do hereby ratify and confirm unto my dear wife Mary Hendrick whatever she is entitled to according to our marriage articles and do further bequeath her the sum of three thousand pounds during her natural life and after her decease my will is that the said three thousand pounds shall be equally divided share and share alike among my younger children I bequeath unto my second Thomas the sum of three thousand pounds I bequeath unto my daughter Margaret the sum of three thousand pounds and as my dear wife is now with child do leave the sum of three thousand pounds for the said child and do order that they all shall have interest for their respective sums of three thousand pounds at the rate of five pounds for every hundred per annum over immediately after my decease I bequeath unto my nurse Jane Morris the sum of ten pounds a year during her natural life and in case she shall die before her daughter Graine Morris I then bequeath the sum of ten pounds a year to Graine Morris during her natural life- - James Jacob is in my service at my decease I then bequeath him the sum of ten pounds All the rest and residue of my real and personal estates who and whatsoever this shall be I devise and bequeath unto my eldest son Edward and his heirs forever but if he should not live to the age of twenty one years then my will is that my next surviving son shall have whatever my said son Edward shall be entitled by this will and that he then eldest son shall then pay unto ?? of my then surviving children the sum of one thousand pounds a piece and that they shall have interest thereon at the rate of five pounds for every hundred per annum immediately after my said son Edward decease I nominate and appoint Thomas Wolfe Esquire and his son Theobald Wolfe both of Blackhall in the County of Kildare to be my executors of this my last will and testament and to be guardians of my children I do hereby revoke all former wills by me at any time made or spoken and I do declare this my last will and testament or or August the fourth one thousand seven hundred and sixty four before the signing of this my last will and testament I do hereby Impower my above mentioned executors to make leases for any part of my real or personal estate for any number of years not exceeding the term of thirty-one years
Chas Hendrick signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us the word [have] in the eighteen line the word [Jacob] in the twenty six line and the word [not] in the thirty-first line being first underlined and acknowledged by the above signed Charles Hendrick
JA Robinson Peter Lombard Thomas Brown
This Will was proved at London before the right worshipful George Gray Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative court of Canterbury lawfully constituted on the sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty five by the oath of Thomas Wolfe and Theobald Wolfe, Esquires the executors named in the said will to whom admons [administration] was granted of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased they having been first sworn by commission only to Administer
Note: JA Robinson is James Robinson, Minister, St. Michaels Parish, also mentioned in Will of his brother Edward Hendrick in 1762-1763. Peter Lombard is his brother-in-law [Mary Hendrick].
The signed date was August 4 1764 and proven date was April 6 1765. He lists his wife as Mary Hendrick, children Thomas, Edward and Margaret but does not list all younger children. His wife is pregnant in August 1764 [child is female Charlotte]. To transcribe:
In the Name of God Amen
I Charles Hendrick of the City of Dublin Merchant being of sound mind and memory thanks to Almighty God and minding to settle that temporal estate God of his Goodwills? hath been pleased to bestow me do declare this my last [will] and Testament First my will is that all my just debts be fully paid as soon as possible after my decease, and I do hereby ratify and confirm unto my dear wife Mary Hendrick whatever she is entitled to according to our marriage articles and do further bequeath her the sum of three thousand pounds during her natural life and after her decease my will is that the said three thousand pounds shall be equally divided share and share alike among my younger children I bequeath unto my second Thomas the sum of three thousand pounds I bequeath unto my daughter Margaret the sum of three thousand pounds and as my dear wife is now with child do leave the sum of three thousand pounds for the said child and do order that they all shall have interest for their respective sums of three thousand pounds at the rate of five pounds for every hundred per annum over immediately after my decease I bequeath unto my nurse Jane Morris the sum of ten pounds a year during her natural life and in case she shall die before her daughter Graine Morris I then bequeath the sum of ten pounds a year to Graine Morris during her natural life- - James Jacob is in my service at my decease I then bequeath him the sum of ten pounds All the rest and residue of my real and personal estates who and whatsoever this shall be I devise and bequeath unto my eldest son Edward and his heirs forever but if he should not live to the age of twenty one years then my will is that my next surviving son shall have whatever my said son Edward shall be entitled by this will and that he then eldest son shall then pay unto ?? of my then surviving children the sum of one thousand pounds a piece and that they shall have interest thereon at the rate of five pounds for every hundred per annum immediately after my said son Edward decease I nominate and appoint Thomas Wolfe Esquire and his son Theobald Wolfe both of Blackhall in the County of Kildare to be my executors of this my last will and testament and to be guardians of my children I do hereby revoke all former wills by me at any time made or spoken and I do declare this my last will and testament or or August the fourth one thousand seven hundred and sixty four before the signing of this my last will and testament I do hereby Impower my above mentioned executors to make leases for any part of my real or personal estate for any number of years not exceeding the term of thirty-one years
Chas Hendrick signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us the word [have] in the eighteen line the word [Jacob] in the twenty six line and the word [not] in the thirty-first line being first underlined and acknowledged by the above signed Charles Hendrick
JA Robinson Peter Lombard Thomas Brown
This Will was proved at London before the right worshipful George Gray Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative court of Canterbury lawfully constituted on the sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty five by the oath of Thomas Wolfe and Theobald Wolfe, Esquires the executors named in the said will to whom admons [administration] was granted of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased they having been first sworn by commission only to Administer
Note: JA Robinson is James Robinson, Minister, St. Michaels Parish, also mentioned in Will of his brother Edward Hendrick in 1762-1763. Peter Lombard is his brother-in-law [Mary Hendrick].
Notes for Charles & Mary (Family)
In the index of Ireland Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage Licence Bonds (from FindmyPast), there is this entry:
1758: Hendrick Charles and Woulfe Mary M.L. 213
The next step is to find where the marriage actually occurred. The Wolfes came from Kildare.
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1758: Hendrick Charles and Woulfe Mary M.L. 213
The next step is to find where the marriage actually occurred. The Wolfes came from Kildare.
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