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Page 104, Will, James Watson, 20 June 1705, page 1

In the Name of God Amen I James Watson of
Hexham in ye County of Northumberland Dyer being sick & weak
in body but of sound & perfect memory praise be God for it, Doe
make this my last Will & Testamt in mann & forme followeing
Revokeing & hereby annulling all former & other Wills & Testamts
by me made either by word or writeing And first I comend my
soul into ye hands of Almighty God my Creat hopeing assuredly
through ye merritts Death & passion of Jesus Christ my savio
& Redeem to obtaine full pardon & remission of all my sinns
& to inherit eternall life And my body to ye earth from whence
it came to be buried in such Decent & christian mann as by
my Exec.ix hereafter named shall be thought fitt and
convenient And as for such worldly Estate as it hath
pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and
Dispose thereof as followeth; Item I give & Devise unto
my loveing Sone John Watson his Exec Adms & Ass
All my right Title interest & forme of yeares wch I have
yet to come & unexpired of in & to all ye Dye house scituate
standing & being near Hexham Tyne Mills; Item I give
& bequeath unto my loveing Daughter Elizabeth Watson
the sume of Two hundred pounds of lawfull English
money to be pd by my Exec hereafter named within Six
Monthes next after my sd Daughter shall attaine to
ye Age of one & twenty yeares or be married whether shall
first happen for her filial porcon; Item I give legate &
bequeath unto my loveing Daughter Jane Watson the
sume of one hundred pounds of lawfull English money
to be paid by my Exec. hereafter named within Six
Monthes next after my sd Daught shall attaine the
Age of One & twenty yeares or be married wheth
shall first happen; Item I give Legate & bequeath
unto my Sister Anne Oliver of Hexham Widdw for
& During the terme of her nrall life the sume of
Twenty

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