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Will - JOHN SCOTT of Urney
Extracted from the
Registry of the Diocese of Derry.
In the Name of God; Amen.
This first day of July
one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine. The
last Will and Testament of me John Scott of Ballycolman Parish of Urney and
County of Tyrone who being sick and weak of body yet of perfect mind and memory
[thanks to God for the same] and calling to mind the mortality of my body do
make and appoint this my last Will and Testament Principally and fist of all I give my soul to
God who gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in such manner as my
Executors shall think fit and I touching such worldly effects as it hath
pleased the Lord to bless me with I order and dispose of them in the following
manner To my dearly beloved Brother
William Scott I leave the house that I have in Strabane with one third of
whatever Cash or Property I have in the Stocks and in my Agents hands also my Mare
watch and wearing apparel To my dearly
beloved Sister Sarah Scott I leave one third of what Cash or Property I have in
the Stocks or in my Agents hands
Likewise the other one third to my Sister Elinor Scott of same Stocks
and what is in my Agents hands. To my dearly beloved Sister Jane Cuthbertson I
bequeath the sum of Fifty pounds Likewise to my Sister Nancy Ramsay the
sum of Fifty pounds likewise to my Sister Mary Gilfillan the sum of Fifty
pounds and to my Sister Margaret Patton the like sum of Fifty pounds and to my
dearly beloved Brother Robt. Scott the like sum of Fifty pounds for his
generosity in giving the one half of the Turf Bogg to his Mother during the
present Lease Likewise
to my Nephew William Cuthbertson the sum of thirty Guineas and what remains of Cash
and Bonds I leave to my dearly beloved Mother to dispose of as she shall think
proper she paying all and Funeral Expenses and I do hereby constitute and
appoint Robt. Mitchell mercht. of Strabane and Robert
Cuthbertson of Ballycolman to be my sole and lawful Executors of this my last
Will and Testament and I do hereby revoke disallow and disannul all former Will
or Wills Testament or Testaments and so do constitute and appoint this and this
only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto put
my hand this year and day above written – John
Scott – Seal’d present John
Scott - William McClene - Samuel Cuthbertson -//-
A
true Copy which I attest
James Galbraith Rgt. N P
[ie Registrar & Notary Public]-//-
Proved and probate granted to the
Exors. 18th July
1799 – James Knox -
This
Will was proved at London the ninth day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine before the
Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the
oaths of Robert Mitchell and Robert Cuthbertson the Executors named in the said
Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels
and Credits of the Deceased having first sworn (by
Commission) Duly to administer -//-
Source – PUBLIC RECORDS
OFFICE. THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Catalogue Reference: Prob 11/1331
