Jony Fargher als Martin, 1712

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24     KK Andrews
This is affirmed to be the last will of Jony 
Fargher als Martin who departed this life the 
14th of March 1712, being in perfect memory 
at the making thereof.  
First, she committed her soul to God and 
her body to Christian burial.  
Item, she left her part of the Lands to 
her son John with the crop of corn sown, 
and what remained after seeding of the 
corn to be expended on the children without 
prizing of it.  I
tem, she left to her other child three quarters 
of all her other goods whatever, and 
appointed him Executor.  
Item, she left to the witnesses of the will 
6d apiece, and to her sister Catherine 6d.  
Item, she left her part of the big chest to 
her husband; and with his consent she left 
her second chest to her youngest son, and 
the other small chest being the worst to 
her oldest son.  And she left to her husband 
the children and goods, and if her said 
children die under age, he was to enjoy 
all their goods whatever.  She declared that 
the eldest son had a sheep.  
Testes: 
Bessie Martin, 
Joney Kneale, jurata.        T

he husband who refuses to take the  children 
and goods has relinquished his interest in 
their effects, whereupon the children’s 
aunt on the mother’s side is sworn supervisor 
in form of Law.  
Probatum est et solvit.            

The Inventory given in by the Sumner: 
The dead’s part of immoveables  01:06:10;    
The dead’s part of moveables  01:14:08;     
The dead’s clothes and wearing linen  00:16:06.    
The sheep to the eldest son & chest prized to  00:02:04;     
due from Don:Lace on the dead’s part  00:04:01;    
[Total]   04:04:05.   

The children and goods in the father’s hands 
who hath given pledges in form of Law John 
Saile and Philip Fargher.    

February 2nd 1714/15: 
More the dead’s part of small things  5-1/2 d;     
more the crop of corn prized to 1s 0d.           
Debts to be deducted on the other xxxx:  
funeral charges: 
for a sheet to wind her 0:04:06 (pd);  
for fish and candles 0:00:04;    
for half of 8s due to Philip Fargher for xxxx  00:04:0;    
for half of a debt due to John Martin 
for lent moneys and due corn  00:06:08;    
To Will: Curlet for work  0:00:03;     
To Catherine Cowle for xxxxx cloth for spinning  00:00:10;    
To John Garrett for mending sheds  0:00:02;    
To Quilliam the walker  0:00;03;    
To John Saile for lent moneys  0:07:09, 
more to him for work 0:xx:10; 
more to him for hay 0:01:00; 
more to him for money lent the dead’s part 0:00:01; 
more for linen yarn 0:00:0x; 
for mending the plow the dead’s part 00:00:0d,  (pd to John Saile);     
To the Archdeacon for buying moneys 
writing & prizing the will &c  0:03:00;  
more to him for tythes  00:09:0x;     
To John Kneale mxxxx for xxxx 0:01:00;     
To Will Saile for xxxx of a beast  0:00:0x;    

Feb 24th 1714/15:  
To John Lace Moar for rent 8s 10d half 0:04:05;     
To Thomas Cowle Moar for rend 1s 10d, half 0:00:11;    
 For reaping and securing the crop of 
 corn on the Dead’s part  0:04:00;     
 To James Tear for dry corn 3s, half  0:01:06;     
 Clerk fees & Sumner’s fees 10s   0:00:10;     
 [TOTAL] 2:12:10.            
 
 February 2nd 1733: 
 John Faragher the only surviving child of his 
 mother Joney Faragher als Martin acknowledges 
 to have received the sum of £1 12s 6d from 
 the hands at his father James Faragher in 
 part of the goods due unto him by his mother 
 & xxxx  01:12:0x.  
 Before me E:Moore.            
 
 Feb 2, 1739: 
 John Fargher aforesaid acknowledges to be now 
 fully paid and satisfied by his father James 
 Faragher for the whole goods due unto him by 
 his mother & brother.  
 Before me, Edw:Moore.             
 
 Feb 28, 1713/14: 
 Patrick Cowle and his mother enter a claim 
 against Joney Fargher’s Execugtors for 7s 6d and craves trial