WILL of WILLIAM DAVISON

WILL of WILLIAM DAVISON, COUNTY ARMAGH, NORTHERN IRELAND

                 PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND
                                 (13 & 14 Geo.5.,ch20,sec (2) )

                                        CERTIFIED COPY OF:

A Record in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland entitled---T 748, pg. 90, Will Of
William Davison, Legacorry, Parish of Shankill, County Armagh.


       (with official seal and 55p stamps, certified by P. Bottomley 23\4\75)

Dromore Will:
WILLIAM DAVISON  of Legacorry, Parish of Shankill, County Armagh, smith.
My oldest son GEORGE DAVISON to pay the debts I owe to my brother JOHN
DAVISON out of the legacy I hereby bequeath to my said son.
My son JOHN DAVISON to pay  20pd. which I borrowed from Rev. Dr.
PENNEY for him my said son JOHN.


My son GEORGE DAVISON to pay half the debt I owe ROBERT NEWELL
and my beloved wife to pay the other half thereof.
My wife to have the rents due out of my lands hereafter bequeathed to them,
except for 1pd.-10 pence , which my son JOHN  is to allow to his mother
and my son JOHN to have the sorrel mare to make up for the 1pd.-10 pence.
My beloved wife that part and proportion of my land from my dwelling house to
the stony ditch with said dwelling house, excepting my smith's shop, and
also to have a little pasture park joining the stony ditch for grazing JOHN McCULLUM's
cow all to be held by my wife ELIZABETH DAVISON during widowhood, and I order she may bring
up my four youngest daughters. I order that the lane from my dwelling house or from the highway shall be in
common between my wife and my sons GEORGE and JOHN DAVISON.
 

To my son GEORGE DAVISON my whole half of my land & tenements except
as above stated to my wife, with the black filly & smith's tools and shop
& WM. MARSHALL's house & garden.
The low meadow to be equally divided between my sons GEORGE and JOHN.
To my son JOHN DAVISON  the other half, except as above to my wife, with
THOMAS McGOWAN's house and garden.  My sons to pay their respective portions of the landlord's rent & to pay
the rent for their Mother's part as above, also the following legacies.
The division between my two sons shall run: to my son GEORGE his part shall
begin at the stony ditch to ALEX. TOUGH's march (marsh??), straight over
the breadth of the land, and JOHN's part to be at the low end.
To my eldest daughter ANNE DAVISON alias McCOLLUM wife of JOHN McCOLLUM 2/6.
To my daughter ELIZABETH DAVISON 20pd. to be paid to her provided what
money I was bound  for with JOHN McCALL to the Rev. Dr. PENNEY is paid,
then my said daughter to have 15pd.
To my daughter HELEN DAVISON 20pd. on similar condition.
To my daughter JUDITH 20pd. on similar condition when 21.
Each of my wife, my two sons and four daughters to pay their share
equally of my funeral expenses. (This clause interlined (underlined??), P. B. *1
To my daughter MARGARET DAVISON 20pd. on similar condition when she is 21.
If any daughter marry against the will of my wife ELIZABETH or Mr. ROBERT
WILSON of Buckcomary, whom I appt. trustee and overseer with my wife, such
daughter only to get 5 pence.
My wife to have all my moveable goods to help to school and maintain the
children, that is only during her widowhood.
If my exors are obliged to pay that money for which I am bound tor Mr. JOHN
McCALL to Rev. Dr. PENNEY, my wife is to pay a proportional share with my
two sons.
Appoint my two sons exors.
his mark
In witness whereof, 15 January 1721 (-2)   Signed   WILL    X      DAVISON
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Witnesses: THOMAS BINKS      Indorsed:The Will of WILLIAM DAVISON
                     JOHN BINKS  Exhibited 30th Aug 1723
                     THO. GILPIN