William Keruish, 1637

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K Maghold
the testament of Wm Keruish wch depted the 15 day of 7ber 1637.  
He bequeathed his soule into hands of almightie God and 
his bodie to Christian buriall.  
It, he bequeathed to the poore one boule mault halfe ferlet 
wheat half ferlet oat meale 2 sheepe.  
It, he bequeathed to Robt Keruish 2 sheep 1 kines and halfe 
a ferlet barly.  
It he bequeathed to his wyfe the third pte of his crop of 
corne and hay and the one halfe of the corne wch is beyond 
and his pt of the flax and a brood goose and 3 yong geese.   
It, he bequeathed to his brother Wm Keruish the one halfe 
of the corne wch is sowen in his one land and 5 sackes of 
turfe and a sut of clothes wch he did weare everie Day and 
the Clarkes dutie for the p---ce.   
It, to his brother John Keruish his cloke.   
It, to his brother Danald Keruish a paire of breeches.   
To Robt Callow his best jerkin.  
It, he bequeathed to John Christine one crop of the smithes 
----- and one mutton.   
It, to his wyfe and his dauhter a peece of new cloth and 
they to give my sone a shirt of the sayd cloth.   
It, he bequeathed the same to his brother Wm and his wyfe 
until the right heire come and if the farme be taken from 
them then it was my will that they shall sat------- first 
and second crop of my -------[dark spot bottom of page]   
Itm, it is my will that my brother John and my sister 
Mrgaret shall not have my children nor there goods,  
also it is my will that if it please God to call for my 
children befor they come to lawfull yeres then the goods 
to be given to my brethren and sisters Danold, Wm, Katherine 
and Isabell Keruish & no other[?or & mother]  It is my will 
that my sisters Katherine and Isabell shall have the 
tuition of my sonn and his goods also it is my will that my 
sonne shall have my corbes and Wm Cottingam to have the 
keeping of them til my sonne come to lawfull yeres and if 
it please God to call for my sd sonn befor he come to lawfull 
yeres then the corbes to be given to my daughter as goods 
because I bought them wth my money.   
It, he constituted and ordained his children John and Isabell 
Keruish my true and lawfull executr ofall my goods movable 
and unmovable.   
& by the oath of the witnesses, the testator ---- Jo Christian 
-- ------ supervisor overseer of his children above all 
others ----- no  ---  ther did the children wronge:     
Wittnesses: 
Wm Cottingam, 
John Woods, 
Wm Keruish, jurati.    
Invent at the next Chapt subpoena 10s. performed.

Debts due unto careditors s----- the sd testator.
It, to the executr of Callum Keruish      		25s 3d
To the executr of George Callow      			20s
It, to Robt Kerwin a boul of meal corn
It,  John Woods      					16d
It, to his wyfe one cow one calfe in lue of 20s
To Malowine Quarke a yaire of nets and 10 sheafes of barly in lue of 8s.

Corbes due to his sonn John Kerish:
Itt, one table  1 pot  a rackentree  1 chiest   one chaire   
1 sword   1 dagger   1 pickcolters   praised to 19s 4d.
The corbes in the hands of Wm Cottingam as dothe appeare by his will.


Inventorie of Willim Keruishe disceased as followeth, praised by foure sworne men, 
Christopher Callowe, ---- Christin, John Keruish and robrtt Callow:
First  6 barelles  1 firkin  2 tubes     				5s
Itt,  one cruik  2 wooden blatters  1 churne, two carres  4 pigines  1 dish     2s 6d
Itt,  2 comes of iron  draughtes  1 grape  1 gridle, one paire of tunges, 3 sickles, 1 spit     2s
Itt,  one spade  other brocken irones     			8d
Itt,  2 pewter dishes certain fishing lines     			3s 6d
Itt,  6 traisses,  6 sradles,  1 brass candlestik,  3 paike    	2s 6d
Itt,  4 stooles  3 old boards  4 weeles  1 chaire  2 barowes    	20d
Itt,  1 paire nete corbes & ropes  1 plow and 1 spad     	4s
Itt,  1 plowe  1 carre, 6 harowes[?]  1 poule, 1 sicle, 1 rupe   5s
Itt,  1 pot, 1 pichforke, 2 old boards, a smal paire weightes     5s
Itt,  2 bedstockes, 1 sorme, 1 ch------ ten pounds old pitchers     7s
Itt,  1 whit blankit, 2 old fledges, 2 old blankets, an old sheet, 2 old sackes, one flecke     10s
Itt,  five muttons, 7 sheepe, 6 yearlings     			33s
Itt,  halfe an oxen half a steere     				19s
Itt,  one oxe 6 yere old  one horse     				38s
Itt,  two ould horses  1 ould maire and foal     		40s
Itt,  halfe a quart of woolen yearn  5 pound of woole     	2d
Itt,  there part of the ba--- ---d wh--     			33s
Itt,  there part of ye oates     					4s
Itt,  one later a little hempe a f--- st-----     			2d
Itt,  there part of the pair of tr------     				10s
Itt,  two brood geese     					4s
Itt,  one wheele and ca----- one chest  1 s-----			5s 6d
		Summa totalis  36 pounds 7 shillings 4pence
Deabtes due from the diseadent to be ---- out of the Inventorie
Itt,  due to his five children by the d----th --- ----- as doth apeere more at large by his will ----
Itt,  to George Callow his executors     			---[too dark to read]
Itt,  to the executors of Calin Keruish       			---
More to Gilbert Cal-----     					---
More to Mrgarett Keruish     					----
Itt  more invent     						3s
Itt, to Richard Cottingam     					12d
It,  to John Woode     						22d
More Willim Cottingam     					12d
More to James Colvish and Willim Keruish his servante     	14s
Itt  his funerall charges     					14s
More the rentes of his last yer     				9s
It,  the rent of the yere followinge     				19s 4d
More ye rente of the intacke     				4s 6d
More to Evan Knakill     					6d
Itt for church dues and probation     				3s 2d
More to his servant John Crhistin     				2s
For certaine herringe ye s------ for     				20d
		Totalis  22 pounds 16 shillings 3 pence
Corne due from the executors
It  one boule of barrly for a tiethe beater

More to Robrtt Keruishe half a firlet barly
Itt,  to Gilbrtt Calist--  1 firlet, half firlet drie corne
More to the executors of George Callow  half fir: drie corne
Itt, to Robertt Curin  1 bo: half firlet dri cornemore 
to Wm Keruish and Richard Cottingam for making the stokes of drie corne
Itt,  Wm Cottingam and Isabell Christian 2 pottles 
more to Malo: Quarke ten sheves of barly
Itt to Patoone Goldsmith half barell oats
All the above menconed corne is priced to 22s 4d.

All the ------- goods yt remaines due to the execr: doth amount to     15[?]s : 1d
This Invent is brought in by Robt Chrastine Leauage for theer halfe, 
& by Isable & Kathrine Keruish for the other halfe
Pledge Donald Xtin Donald Corkill for Xtin Leauage halfe of ye Inventory.  
Jo: Xtin & Gilpatrick Corkill for ye other halfe to secure ye 
office subpoena double ye Inventory ad --- domi as also 
for ye forth coming of ye goods according to law