18th century writing puzzle

[Jonosue]

Hello,
I have just downloaded the Testament Dative of my ancestor Andrew Ramsay. it is dated 1714, and although I have managed to decipher quite a lot of it, the three words I have circled elude me completely. They turn up several times, so I think I need to know. Can anyone help me, please?
Many thanks.

[isobelw]

I think the second one is umquhile which means former or previous or relating to a person now dead ( which may be the meaning in this context).
Isobel

[philipsearching]

The first one looks very like adobted.  Depending on the context this could be a variant of adopted or adoubted (which an unreliable online glossary suggests might mean accounted, settled, paid, repaid)

Philip

[philipsearching]

I think the second one is umquhile which means former or previous or relating to a person now dead ( which may be the meaning in this context).
Isobel

Somewhere in the murkiest recesses of my memory lurks a link between erstwhile and umqwhile (but I can't remember where from!) so I'd go with umquhile if the context fits.

[GR2]

adebted

umqll = umquhile = late, as in deceased

Jajviic & One thousand seven hundred and       Jaj = is a form of M = 1,000    vii c = 700 The month and the rest of the year are left blank as they didn't have that information at the time.

[Jonosue]

THank you very much. i think your translations will fit into the  context. I would never have deciphered the third word - your explanation has enlightened me, I (hope!) about several other obscure bits further on.
My problems are exacerbated by the fact that it looks as though there are two Andrew Ramsays, father (dead) and son (executor). And there is a mention of a John Law of Lauriston - not sure at the moment whether he was creditor or debtor. I looked him up: he was a Scottish banker who was responsible for first central bank in France - and also for the 'Mississippi Bubble, which was the French equivalent of the Southsea Bubble. I am hoping Andrew Ramsay did not lose a lot of money by investing in his bank!
Sue

[goldie61]

This is a great site for all those strange particularly Scottish words you come across in wills and sasines.
http://www.dsl.ac.uk/
Dictionary of the Scottish Language - website hosted by the University of Glasgow.
Very helpful.

[Jonosue]

Hi again,
Thanksto your help I have managed to decipher the majority of the testament, but I ham still having trouble with the numbers. May I ask for a bit more help with the figures in the photos, please?
It seems that john law had lent Andrew Ramsay Sr £60,000 Scots money, which seems a huge amount. I am glad I didn't inherit that debt! One wonders what he had been planning to do with it.
Sue

[GR2]

Liiij Lb   = £54

xij Lb  = £12

1 Lb x s  = £1 10/-

Remember that the pound Scots was worth 1/8d Sterling at that time, so £60,000 Scots = £5,000 Sterling.

The pound Scots was abolished in 1707, but throughout the 18th century it continued to be used in accounting here.