Submitted by: | Joyce M Oates |
Date: | 17 November 2007 |
Original: | LDS: 0106203 |
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Nominie die amen I Donald Cowle sicke in body and whole in mynd & perfect memory praised be God, make my last will & testamt as followeth &c. Imprimis I committee my sould to God and my body to Xtian buryall &c. It, I leave to my eldest son my pte of the crop of the corne and geares belonging to the husbandry, and also the lands which I bought to him yt shall inherit the farme as heire succeeding mee in the tenement. It, I leave legasy to my second son Donald Cowle one sheep and lambe, It, I leave to my eldest daughter Isabell Cowle 6d legasy. It, I leave to my daughter Ellin Cowle legasie a yew lambe, It, I leave to my wife for legasye my pte of the choice horse It, I constitute & ordayne my 3 children viz: John, Donald and Wm Cowle my true and lawfull execrs of all the rest of my goods moveable and unmoveable whatsoever and ordayne & appoing my beloved wife Katherin Cowle supervisor of my children and themselves and goods to her tuition with all th---- else during there minority and if my wife refuse to stand to the children and goods then I appoint my two daughters Supervisors and to have themselves & goods as before. It, I take one my chardge yt I have pd John Kneale all his wives portion I promised to the utmost peny saving 5s yt is yet unpd him, lastly I leave to the poore at hallowtyde a firlt of corne to bee given them and to the witnesses 6d to bee given ----- in drinke. Testes: Donald Crenilt, Margt: Key, jurati. Probat: est et Solvit 12d The wife is swarne and hath ye tuition of --- children wth their goods and hath ----- security John Cowle and Dan Christian. The cropp of Corn wth ye goods is reserved & is the heyre and the wife is obliedged th---- cropp shall be according to ye usuall course of the ground. The whole Invent: is ---------- 07 pounds 16 shillings 10 pence. Deduction 05 : 09 : 01 Cleare 02 : 07 : 09 The money is left to the Corts discrecon The sheepe are yet to be added and some other things wch are to be brought in within a month subpoena 10s Invent priced by Do: Xtin Wm Cotter, Donald Xtin Junr, Jo: Cow--- Imprimis Corbs priced to 11s ------------------------------- 00 : 11 : 00 It, the heires pte of all husbandry gears priced ----------- 0 : 2 : 10 It, the summe of all the rest of the goods priced --------- 7 : 3 : 0 It, the heires pte of the crope of corne is to bee priced It, in monyes -------------------------------------------------- 7 : 0 : 0 ---- yt complaint is made to this Court that ye seven pounds above Inventoried --- -----se the Court day Debts due to ye testatr as himselfe nominated To Margt Gouldsmyth -------------------- 4s To Jo: Cowle Cubon ---------------------- 4s To Xtian Cowle Ramsay ----------------- 14d More to be deducted as due by Ellin Cowle daughter to ye above Dan: Cowle ----[dark crumpled edge of page] of her mother (the deceadnts first wife) of 04 : 06 --- More to ----------irah[?] ---------------------- 00 : 0----- ---- after Tyth --------------------------------- ------- [left side of this page is hard to read on the film copy] ---- 12th 77: Wm[?] Cott---[?] enters his claime in behalf of his wife Ellin: Coule ------ of Donold Coule for the summe of six pounds & a bo----- ------- in her hands of the Deods due to the sd Ellin ------- --ath of her & ------- ------[?oblige] for ye sum of 20s wch was deposeth ----- ye ----- ------ hands ---- the use of the Clamier by her grandmother[?] w--- ------ 6 due to her by the death of either of ym of -----------ge
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