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(from MM / LDS 0106206 ) - courtesy of Averil Roper
In ye name of God Amen I Margt. Black sick & [weak] [corner torn off]
of Good & pfect memory praised be God do make my last Will
in form and maner following. ffirst I comend my precious Soul unto
hands of my Blessed Creator *
..* through the merits of my blessed
Saviour Jesus Christ to obtain part of that *
* purchased by him for
& [bequeath]
all *
.* as love, & foar ^ him my Body to Xtian buriall in hopes of
a Joyfull resurection in the day of *
* Jesus, and as for my worldly
goods whersoth it has pleased God to bless me I leave & bequeath the [same]
in maner following. ffirst I leave & bequeath unto the poor of Ramsey
ten Shillings to be bestowed at ye descretion of my Exer. hereafter mentioned
wth the advise of ye minister of the Parish. Itt. to ye poor of Peeltown
*..* to be bestowed & disposed in like maner. Itt. I leave to my three
youngest Children (towit) Jane, Katherin & Allexander *
* A parcell of
purchased Land in ye parish of KK Andrews Called Close ne Cally wth a parcell
of mortgaged land in KK Christ Lezayr Called the Royn, in leiw of twenty four
pounds, *
.* 10th I compute to be worth Sixty Pounds and this *
.* in full
Satisfaction of all their part of goods houses or lands due by their deceased
ffathers death, also I leave to my sd three children, five pounds and a furnished
ffeather bed a peise, and to my sd two daughters all my Apparell both
linin & woolen, equally ; Itt. I leave to my Son Hugh twenty pounds wth what
wth *
*
merchant wares are in the shopp, ^ and a furnished feather bed and the use
of the shopp for ten years, if he have occation for it, his part goods, lands,
& houses due by his ffathers death also included, also Six yards of linin to be [him]
two shirts. Itt. I leave to my two daughters all [webbs] of linin & stuffs in the house, towards
their cloathing, and the woolen towards Cloathing of my three Sons, Allexander
having two shirts out of ye [piece] of linin of 12 yards. Itt. I leave to my Son John
to [descend] as *
..*
all my houses wholy ^ & ordain and appoint him Sole Execr. of all the rest
of my goods & Chattles moveable & unmoveable w'soever as witness my hand
this 9th day of May 1692
Margt. Black X
Itt. To my two daughters the big firr chist
two trunks And also it is my will that if my sd Son John Black
Witnesses hereof } jurati shall be able at any time wthin ten years, (or *
..*
Jon Christian } my younger Children shall have occation for the Same
Nich: Christian } to pay the [consulason] money to ye sd Children to whom
*
* *
*, that then the lands is [lawfull] *
..*
him
The Execr. of age is sworn in form of Law
Probatum est & Solvit
Ramsey 1692
[corner missing]
Black son of Hugh Black orphan depted this
[15th] of June intestate whereof the Church having
.. hath decreed his 2 Brothers Jon & Hugh, & Sisters
Catherin sole & joynt Admrs. Of all his goods wtsoever and the
.. supersors of the child underage vitz Catherin and the *
..*
.. mothers appointmt declared by Capn Nicholas Christian
Salvo tamen *
.* *
* Decretum est & solvit
Juo juro
The Inventory included in ye ffather & Mothers
& Inventories & secured wth pledges [there]
March the 24th 92
3
The Inventory of Margaret Bl
[corner missing]
by 4 sworn men viz Jon Casmt Jon C
*
.* & dishes in weight 45lb at 8d *
* 01
flagons & candlesticks wth [potingers] in
weight 25lb
2 brass candlesticks 5lb weight 00 06
20lb of old brass 00 05
3 potts 00 10
smoothing iron [tosteing] iron wth 2 earthen dihes 00 02 00
6 chairs 6lb table & frame form & *
.*
9sh 6d 00 15 06
a table & frame wth forms 00 08 06
anothr table frame & 2 forms 00 03 0
a *
.* & 2 old [cask] 00 03 0
an old [brewing] pan 00 15 [piece torn]
11 old cask 00 16 00
8 *
* 00 08 00
3 cows 03 10 00
5 othr beast 04 00 00
a *
* 00 10 00
3 tubs [basson] & 3 wheeles 01 07 06
16 trenches 1lb *
* & a dish 1 shill 00 02 00
5 old cask & [runlad] 00 05 06
2 old pewtr dishes [skelad] & tong
00 02 08
18 sheep at 20 * p sheep 01 10 00
a cubard 00 15 00
3 paire of sheets 01 00 00
1 dossin of napkins 00 08 00
halfe doss of [coars] napkins 00 01 06
1 doss of napkins 00 04 00
a *
.* 00 12 00
In money in the house 25 00 00
In Debtors hands 16 00 00
[corner torn off] March ye 24th 1692
[Bro] John Black *
..* of the portion left me by
of ten pounds *
..* I [say] [received]
Jon Christian by me Hugh Black
Novr 30 1714
This day Mr. James Knipe & Mr. Hugh Black came to me in
the *
..* & acknowledged that they were fully paid & satisyd
in & for all things [Due] & [demand] & belonging unto them
by the death of their ffather & mother Hugh & Margaret
Black, according to ye Will of their sd mother ; from
their Brother John Black, whereof they did aquit him
& his [Heirs] & [Exrs] for ever. And therefore I have
made this [memorandum] ; & by virtue of my Oath as Regr.
*
..* [true], As witness my Subscription.
Charles Wattleworth Regr.
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