loveing Wife Dorothy Johnson And my Will & pleasure is | ||||
that my dear & loveing Wife shall have & receive the | ||||
pduct ariseing thereby or thereout untill ye same shall | ||||
become soe due & payable as aforesd And my Will [&] | ||||
pleasure is that my Debts & Funerall expences be full[y] | ||||
pd And my further Will is |
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constitute & appoint my sd dear & loveing Wife | ||||
Dorothy Johnson Sole Execix of this my last Will | ||||
& Testamt And I doe hereby Revoke all former & | ||||
other Wills In Witness whereof I have to this my | ||||
sd last Will & Testamt set my hand & Seale this Sixth | ||||
day of April in ye yeare of our Lord 1705: Signed | ||||
Sealed Published & Declared to be ye last Will & | ||||
Testamt of ye sd Timothy Johnson in ye psence of us | ||||
Jo Heron, Jo Cooke, Rich Heron. | ||||
Timothy Johnson | ||||
In the name of God Amen ye Ninetenth day of March 1700 | ||||
I Nicholas Walker of Hexham in ye County of Northumberland | ||||
being sick in body but of perfect memory blessed be God doe mak[e] | ||||
& ordain this my last Will & Testament in manner & forme | ||||
following First I give my soule to Almighty God firmly beleiveing | ||||
through ye mercy laid up in Jesus Christ to have a free & perfect | ||||
remisson of all my sins for which I am from ye bottom of my heart | ||||
penitent And as for my worldly Estate which God hath been | ||||
pleased to bestow upon me I give & bequeath as follows First | ||||
I give unto my son Edward my now dwelling house with all my | ||||
Tanning fats* & that close or parcell of ground called ye Burridge | ||||
with ye barn thereunto belonging, Item I give unto my son Joseph | ||||
ye close called ye Loaning dikes Item I give to each of my Sons | ||||
children Edward & Joseph five shillings apeice to be paid by my |
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