« Reply #3 on: Monday 13 February 23 15:53 GMT (UK) »
Thank you!!! So strange that there are no Dixons receiving anything. Doesn't appear that he has a living wife or children, as he gives the largest sum of money to his niece Marge Taylor, Cuthbert Taylor, and James Hutchison. Also Ellinor Usher(?) gets his household items as well as some other Ushers. Maybe a married daughter and grandchildren? Can't figure it out, but thanks! I will try to post higher-quality copies in pieces when I get a free moment!
‘First I give & Bequeath unto my Neace Margaret Taylor
the sume of foure pounds It(e)m I give & bequeath to
James Hutchison the sume of foure pounds It(e)m I give
& bequeath to Cuthbert Taylor the sume of foure
pounds ^& one ?^ & my standing Bedd It(e)m I give & bequeath to
Elinor usher my Cawell(?) & Cubbert that Richard Taylor
hath contracted for & if he doe p(er)forme & fetch the Cubbert
away according to construct then I give the said Three & Thirty
shillings to the said Elinor usher w(i)th one Great Chare It(e)m I
give & bequeath unto Rob:(ert) Snowbald the sume of Twenty
Shillings It(e)m I give & bequeath to my Coz:(in) John usher the
sume of Twenty Shillings It(e)m I give & bequeath to the s(ai)d
Elinor usher over & above the Cubbert Cawell & Chare the
sume of Twenty Shillings It(e)m I give & bequeath to Isable
Thompson the wife of John Thompson the sume of Twenty
Shillings more to Elizebeth usher Twenty Shillings & for
the rest of my p(er)sonall Estate Moveable & Immoveable
I give & bequeath unto my Cozen John usher of Browhaugh(?)
the son of Thomas usher whom I make my sole
Exe(cuto)r of this my last Will & Testament revokeing all
former Wills acts or Deeds In Witness whereof I have
hereunto Sett my hand & Seale the day & yeare first
above written
Sealed & Delivered
in the p(re)sence of
Thos: Gibson
Paul Erringson
The date the will was written was 1681.
The date of probate will be later than tis after he had died. Not given in this piece.
The image pixalates a little when zooming in to try an make out exactly what letters the scribe has used.
it's always better to post a higher file size image, even if you have to do it in two or three bits.
Dixon family from Northumberland and Durham, then Staffordshire and Shropshire, then Liverpool, then Illinois, USA. Maiden surnames of those married into my direct Dixon family line over in England include Philipson, Marshall, Westgarth, and Keeling.
Frohock family from Cambridgeshire, then USA (PA, NC, TN, KY, then IL).
Horat family from canton Schwyz, Switzerland, then Illinois, USA
Fearno/Fernow/Ferneau family from Germany, then USA (NY, WV, IL).