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Bahee Looney als Lawson, 1703 |
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| Submitted by: | Brian Lawson |
| Date: | 18 November 2006 |
| Original: | LDS: 0106208 |
3 Lonan
In ye name of God Amen. I Bahee Looney [als]
Lawson being sick in body but of perfect [mind and]
memoir praysd be god do make & ordaine this my
last will & testament in manner & form following.
First I bequeath & comitt my Soul unto God, &
my body unto Xtian burial etc.
For my goods I ord: in legaceys as thus, unto
my daughter Mary Looney als Clarke I leave so
much new camlett as will make her two pettycoates.
To my youngest daughter Margtt Clakre one cloth
petty coat, & a hood, & yt ... of Money glulliagn in
legacy, Itt to my eldest daughter Bahye Clarke
one new pettycoate. Unto my son in law Dan:
Looney 2 sheepe. To ye midwife a mutton. To
ye wittnesses of my Will 6d a piece. Itt to my
step daughter Janie Looney 2 yards of lin=
=nen cloath; & one yard of linnen cloath & a
coate of cinsey woollen to Ellinor Looney my
husbands youngest daughter. Itm to my son Wm
Looney (being a poor orphan) I leave him ye ....
of fourty shill: legacy, himself wholly to ye [goberentt] &
tuition of his father. And lastly I apppoint
my dearly beloved husband Dan: Looney whole
executor of all ye rest of my goods moveable
& immoveable, paying all debts, & legacys, &
in testameny hereof I confess this to be my
last Will & Testament ye 27th Decembr 1703
as witness my subscription & mk.
Witnesses Th Exr sworn in Court in form of Law
Dan: Looney } jurati & prbum est Solvit 1s
James Callow } Pledges in form of law
the witnesses of ye will Bahey Looney
als Lawson X
Moreover she declared on her death bed that ... lieular ...
more due to her. Before us ye wittnsses of [ye]
Will etc.
Itm from her father Richard Lawson ...
Itm from Robt Coole weaver in Xt Lezare ....
Itm from son in law Wm Cleator ye sum of 1 : 07
wch was due to her for some gears she ... him
Itm from ye aforesdh William Cleator 1l -05
For some mortgagd parcel yt is in his
possession being her due`right &
besides all this she declared to them
yt .... was 5th on Wm: Cleator & his
wife being .. heiffer to br responsable for
the same so the rest of ye children
accuring to ym by the Father's death &
now in ye hands & possession of Wm: Cleator
Wittness
Dan Looney }
James Callow } jurati
Febry 2nd 1704/5
Wm Cleator enters agt ye Execrs of Bahy Looney for ye
sum of 10l 6s 4d
April 9th 1705 Dan: Looney doe acknowledge to have rceived from
Wm Cleator 25s being his part of ye above debt of 2L 12s As ...
witness my mark Dan Looney mrk X
Before me Sam: Wattleworth