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In the name of God Amen I Gerard Raws / of Orton Co. Westmorland do / make and publish this my last Will and
Testament / in manner following that is to say, I give and / bequeath to my Daughter Margaret Barnes my / Clock
and Dresser[?] during her natural life and / from and after her Decease I give and bequeath / the same to her
natural son Thomas Hughs / Also I give and bequeath to my house keeper Isabel / Harrison One Chaff Bed, one linen
sheet, two / woollen Blankets, two Happings[?], and one Rug one / Brass Pan and one Iron Pan, a Copper Tea kettle
/ and an Iron Tea kettle, three Plates, two pot Doublers / four Porringer Pots, two good Chairs, a Whitish
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Chest which we commonly put Bread in, and a bottle[?] / which we generally use and I will that all the above /
Legacies shall be delivered to the above legatees / immediately after my Decease Also I give and bequeath / to my
son William Raws the sum of fforty pounds / out of the sixty which he owes me, and I will that / he shall pay the
remaining twenty pounds and / interest to my Executor hereinafter named within / twelve calender months next after
my Decease / Also I give and bequeath to my two sons Gerard / Raws and Lancelot Raws and to my Daughter / Elizabeth
Kolet each the sum of forty pounds. Also / I give and bequeath to the children of my Daughter / Mary Morland the
sum of fforty pounds to be equally / divided amongst them share and share alike. And / I will that my Executor
hereinafter named shall pay / all the above Sums of Money to the said respective / Legatees and also make the
above Division amongst / the said children within twelve calender months / next after my Decease. Also I give and
bequeath / to my son Lancelot Raws the sum of forty pounds / in Trust nevertheless that my said son shall / place
the same out at interest on good or / apparently good security and pay all the interest / thence arising yearly &
every year as he shall / receive the same to my said Daughter Margaret / Barnes during her natural life And at her
/ Decease I will that he my said son his Executors / or Administrators shall call in the said forty pounds / &
divide the same equally share & share alike amongst / her three children namely John Hughs and Mary / Clark, whom
she had to her former husband and
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her natural son Thomas Hughs, and[?] if any of the said / children die before the said Division shall take place /
leaving lawful issue I will that the share will / that the receipts of Parents or Guardians of children / Under
Age and of Women under Coverture shall / be a sufficient Discharge to my Executor And as to / All the rest residue
and remainder of my Personal / Estate Goods and Chattels whatsoever and wheresoever / I give and bequeath the same
to my said son / Lancelot Raws whom I do hereby appoint sole Executor / of this my last Will and Testament he
paying my just / Debts and ffuneral expences. In Witness whereof I have / hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty
second / Day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight / hundred and four / Gerard Raws (ls) signed
sealed / declared & Published by the said Testator as and for / his last Will & Testament in the presence of us
who in / his presence at his request & in the presence of each / other have subscribed our names as Witnesses to
the / due Execution thereof Thos: Holme sworn William Raws sworn.
Proved by Com. Novr 29th 1804.
Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe, 2002
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