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Offline Carawa

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Help deciphering will
« on: Wednesday 11 January 17 04:49 GMT (UK) »
Hello

I am trying to read the references to "his daughter Elizabeth" in the will of Robert Newman. I have attached 2 snippets.

Many thanks

Carawa
Begbie, March East Lothian, Scotland
Taylor, Bain, Templeton, Lanark, Scotland
Mitchell Ayrshire, Scotland, United States
Parker, Morton Ayrshire Scotland
Wilson, McKie, Millhench, Blackstock Wigtownshire Scotland
Alderdice, Gordon Northern Ireland
Millhench, McKie Bolton, England
Boxall, Parks, Hugkulstone, Smith London, England
Parks, Channel Islands
Marshall, Lovering, Hartnoll Devon, England
Ewans, Woolwright Gloucestershire, England
Cowie, Callam Morayshire, Scotland

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Re: Help deciphering will
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 11 January 17 05:35 GMT (UK) »
Hi Carawa,

Can you please give a date, place & country as this can help.

Annie
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie

Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)

Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling

Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon

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Re: Help deciphering will
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 11 January 17 06:46 GMT (UK) »
Hi Annie

The will is dated 1728 and is from the Hampshire Record office. Robert was from Neatham, Holybourne. Hope this helps

Carawa
Begbie, March East Lothian, Scotland
Taylor, Bain, Templeton, Lanark, Scotland
Mitchell Ayrshire, Scotland, United States
Parker, Morton Ayrshire Scotland
Wilson, McKie, Millhench, Blackstock Wigtownshire Scotland
Alderdice, Gordon Northern Ireland
Millhench, McKie Bolton, England
Boxall, Parks, Hugkulstone, Smith London, England
Parks, Channel Islands
Marshall, Lovering, Hartnoll Devon, England
Ewans, Woolwright Gloucestershire, England
Cowie, Callam Morayshire, Scotland

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Re: Help deciphering will
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 11 January 17 09:39 GMT (UK) »
Some text is missing from the left edge of the first excerpt.

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... (give) and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Porter Widow All that

... (situ)ate and being in the parish of Benstead (= Binsted?) in the County of South(amp)ton

together with all my Lands tenem(ents) and hereditam(ents) thereto belonging now in the possession of one John Warner

To have and to hold the same unto my said Daughter Elizabeth Porter for and dureing the terme of

her Naturall life And imediately from and after her decease Then I give and bequeath the same unto her sonn

William Porter his heires and assignes for ever, Item I also give and bequeath unto my said Daughter

Elizabeth the Sum(m)e of thirty pounds of lawfull money of Greate Britaine to bee paid to her by my

Executors herein after named in two Months next after my decease, Item I give to every one of my Grand(children?)

Sonns and Daughters of my Sonns Robert and Joseph and Daughter Elizabeth the Sum(m)e of twenty ...


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Re: Help deciphering will
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 11 January 17 19:25 GMT (UK) »
Hello Bookbox

Thank you very much. I guessed it would be Elizabeth's surname but could not read it in either place.

I really appreciate your help.

Carawa
Begbie, March East Lothian, Scotland
Taylor, Bain, Templeton, Lanark, Scotland
Mitchell Ayrshire, Scotland, United States
Parker, Morton Ayrshire Scotland
Wilson, McKie, Millhench, Blackstock Wigtownshire Scotland
Alderdice, Gordon Northern Ireland
Millhench, McKie Bolton, England
Boxall, Parks, Hugkulstone, Smith London, England
Parks, Channel Islands
Marshall, Lovering, Hartnoll Devon, England
Ewans, Woolwright Gloucestershire, England
Cowie, Callam Morayshire, Scotland