Henry Costean 1740-41

Submitted by:Joyce M Oates
Date: 25 July 2009
Original: LDS : 0106216

 
COSTEAN, Henry  1740-1  Arb   A  17  0106216

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This is affirmed to be the last will & testament of Henry Costain of
Balla KillPatrick, who departed this life about the 30th of March
being of sound mind & perfect Memory at the making & declaring hereof.
  1st, He commended his soul to God & his body to Christian burial.
   2ndly, He willed & bequeathed to his daughter Elizabeth Costain his
half of the ----- commonly known & distinguish'd by the name of
Creggans Hiatten[?].
   Item, He left and bequeathed to his sd daughter Elizabeth a cow to
satisfy a legacy of ten shillings left her by the will of her
grandfather Wm Costein & the overplus he left as a further legacy by
himself;
 He also left to the sd Elizabeth three or four sheep.
   Lastly He left his Lands & other goods to his wife during her
natural life, & the Lands afterwards to descend to his only son Wm
Costain if he was able to manage it, and in case he was not, the sd
lands to be then at his mother's disposal, & ------ed to the due
maintenance & support of the sd son during his natural life, & Lastly,
he constituted his wife Katharine Costain Executrix of all the rest of
his effects moveable & immoveable whatsoever & if his wife should
remarry he debarr'd her from having any right to or part of his goods
with 6d Legacy.

Witnesses present:
  William Corrin my mrk X
  William Bridson my mrk X,  jurati.

The Testator having bequeathed no Legacy to his daughter Margt a
minor, she is therefore decreed co:Exectrx wth her mother Cath:
Costain.
   Elizabeth the daughter at age together wth the mother are sworn
supervisors of the orphan as also of Wm the other, and are sworn for
paymt of the Debts and Legacys, to wch end they have given pledges
vizt: the Witnesses of the will.

Solvit 2s 0d,  Decretum & probatum est.  Evd: Moore.

A true and perfect Inventory of the goods of Henry Costain of KK
Arbory as the --- aprized by four sworn me viz: John Clague, Wm
Cowley,Tho Costain, Wm Clugas
Itm  a cow and a stear of three quarters old  ...  £ 2 - 0s - 0d
Itm  three horses                                .   3 - 0 - 0
Itm,  two pair of harrows.                           0 - 4 - 0
Itm,  six geese                                      0 - 2 - 0
Itm,  a five of timber                            .  0 - 0 - 6
Itm,  three straddles and a latter                .  0 - 1 - 7
Itm,  a kare[?, ?kave] and an old vessel  ........   0 - 1 - 2
Itm,  too old whiles and a tub                       0 - 1 - 4
Itm,  three cares and a latter                 ..    0 - 2 - 4
Itm,  a plow                                         0 - 2 - 4
Itm,  small vessels                             .    0 - 3 - 0
Itm  spouns                                          0 -10 - 0
Itm,  a calfe                                        0 - 6 - 0
Itm,  spades                                         0 - 3 - 6
Itm,  plow gears                              .      0 - 2 - 4
Itm,  a pott and a griddle                           0 - 2 - 6
Itm,  a churn and an old vessel                ..    0 - 2 - 4
Itm,  a little chist                                 0 - 2 - 2
Itm,  a smoothin iorn                            .   0 - 0 - 6
Itm,  a Heckle and clipping shears               .   0 - 0 - 9
Itm,  a latter                                       0 - 2 - 4
Itm,  earthen wear                             ..    0 - 1 - 0
Itm,  wool and woolen yearn                 ..       0 - 6 - 2
Itm,  linnen cloth and yarn                  ..      0 -12 - 9
Itm,  a wooden vessel                            .   0 - 1 - 0
Itm,  pecks and wights                               0 - 0 - 8
Itm,  a little feather bed                   ..      0 -10 - 8
Itm,  a cubbert                                      0 - 2 - 4
Itm,  old sacks and sheets                  ..       0 - 4 - xx
Itm,  bed cloathes                                   1 - 5 - xx
Itm,  ropes                                ..        0 - 1 - xx
Itm,  a chist                                .       0 - 3 - xx
Itm,  the deads cloaths                              0 -18 - xx
Itm,  half the crop of corn                  ..      2 - 0 - xx
Itm,  a bullock                                      1 -1x - xx
Itm,  the fift part of a boat                  ..    0 - xx - xx
             [subtotal]                     ..      15 - 18 - 00
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Itm,  the coffin                                     0 - 6 - 6
Itm,  ale                                 ...        0 - 7 - 2
Itm,  court ffees                              ...   0 - 2 - 4
Itm,  clark ffees                              ...   0 - 1 - 9
Itm,  candles                                        0 - 0 - 5
Itm,  the Sumner ffees                            .  0 - 0 - 4
Itm,  writting ffees                             ..  0 - 1 - 2
    Funeral Charges &c  .                           £0 -19 - 8

    Total                                           15 - 18 - 0
              The Deceadts half       ..            £7 - 19 - 0

Burial charges                                       0 - 1 - 8
    The Deceadts: part claim     .                  £6 -10 -10
Itm,  Debts paid the Deceadts: part       .             7s - 6d


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