Page 3, Will, John Nevin, 20 October 1694; Will, William Johnson, 25 September 1694
| In the name of God Amen The Twentyeth day of October Annoq Dni 1694 | ||||
| John } | I John Nevin of Sipton Sheile* in ye parish of Allandaile & County of Northumberland Yeom | |||
| Nevin} | being sick in body but of good & pfect memory thanks be to Almighty God & calling to | |||
| remembrance the uncertain |
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| unto death when it shall please God to call Doe make constitute & Declare this my | ||||
| last Will & Testament in manner & form following revokeing & annulling by these | ||||
| psents all & every Testament & Testaments Will & Wills heretofore by me made | ||||
| & Declared either by Word or Writeing & this to be taken for my last Will & Testamt | ||||
| & none other : and first being penitent & Sorry from ye bottome of my heart for | ||||
| my Sinns past most humbly desireing forgivenesse for ye same I give & committ | ||||
| my Soul unto Almighty God my Saviour & Redeemer in whom & by ye merritts | ||||
| of Jesus Christ I trust & beleive assuredly to be saved & to have full remission | ||||
| & forgivenesse of all my Sinns, & that my Soul with my body at ye generall day of | ||||
| Resurrection shall rise againe with Joy & through ye merritts of Christs death & passion | ||||
| possesse & Inheritt ye Kingdome of heaven ppaired for his Elect & chosen, & my body | ||||
| to be burryed in ye Church or Church Yard where now I dwell, And now for the | ||||
| settling of my Temporall Estate & such Goods & Chattells & debts as it hath pleased | ||||
| God farr above my desarts to bestow upon me I Doe order give & dispose the same | ||||
| in manner & form following ( |
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| & dueties as I owe in right or conscience to any manner of pson or psons shall | ||||
| be contented & payd within convenient time after my Decease by my Executrix | ||||
| hereafter named Item I give unto my Cozen Thomas Nevin Tenn pounds Item | ||||
| I give unto my Brother John Sheild Two pounds Item I give unto my Brother | ||||
| John Sheild Chilldren each of them tenn Shillings : Item I give unto my | ||||
| Mother Ann Ridley Two pounds : Item I give unto Joseph Hetheringtons Sonn | ||||
| Thomas Hetherington Two pounds Item I give unto Cuthbert Roddam five pounds | ||||
| Item I give unto my father in law Cuthbert Robinson five pounds | ||||
| Item I give unto ye poor of ye Park & Forrest Tenn pounds ye Yearly | ||||
| Interest to be equally divided amongst them by ye Churchwardens : Item I give | ||||
| unto my man Cuthbert Peirson Two pounds Tenn Shillings & my Cloths* | ||||
| Item I give unto El |
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| my Sister Margery Robinson Tenn Shillings Item I give unto my Wife | ||||
| Mary Nevin all ye rest of my Goods moveable & immoveable whereby I | ||||
| make her sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testamt In Witnesse | ||||
| whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & Seale ye Day & Year above | ||||
| written : Signed Sealed & Delivered In ye psence of Us Gerrard Vickers | ||||
| Cuthbert Robinson Leonard Wilson. | ||||
| John Nevin | ||||
| In the name of God Amen The Twenty fifth day of September 1694 | ||||
| Wm } | I William Johnson of Hexham in the County of Northumberland Tanner being | |||
| Johnson} | sick in body but of good & pfect memory praised be God Doe make my last | |||
| Will & Testamt in manner & form following First I bequeath my Soul unto | ||||
| Almighty God my Creator being heartily penitent for all my Sinns & humbly | ||||
| begging pardon at his hands for ye same for the merritts of his Sonn Jesus Christ | ||||
| in whom alone I beleive to be saved & my body to be burryed in Hexham | ||||
| Church Yard in such decent manner as shall be thought fitt by my Execu[tor?] | ||||
| hereafter menconed Item I give unto my daughter Jane Lowes Five poun[ds?] | ||||
| to be payd by my Executor Twelve months next after my decease Item I gi[ve?] | ||||
| unto my daughter Elizabeth Johnson five pounds to be payd her Twelve | ||||
| months next after my decease Item I give to my Daughter Margaret Johnson | ||||
| five pounds to be payd her Twelve months next after my decease Item | ||||
| I give unto my Daughter |
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| Cow to be Delivered imediately after my decease with half an Acre of Stra[w?] | ||||
| & parcell of Hay in ye Barne : Lastly of all other my Estate & Goods whatsoev[er?] | ||||
| moveable & immoveable excepted ye Goods wch belonged to my Wife Jane | ||||
| which I leave to my said Daughter Barbary : I make my Sonn Thomas | ||||
| Johnson sole Executor In Witnesse whereof I Doe hereunto sett my | ||||
| hand & Seale ye day & Year first above written : Signed Sealed and | ||||
| Delivered in ye psence of Us William Gardiner, John Johnson, Tho Jones | ||||
| Henry Lambert. | ||||
| Wm Johnson | ||||
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