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or, Northern Notes and Qiieries. 69
The will proceeds on the narrative of the testator's being resolved to
settle his worldly affairs, and goes on, in the first place, to ratify and confirm
his contract of marriage with his beloved [second] wife, Frances,
dated the i6th of March 1747, in all its parts, and the provisions thereby
made both for his said wife and children [of his former marriage]. Then
for the love and favour he bears to his said wife, and to his children afterwards
mentioned, and considering that his son, William Thomas, inherits
a good estate by the last will of the testator's uncle, Sir James Wishart,
therefore he assigns, etc., to Janet, Ann, Jean, and Margaret, his daughters,
equally among them, and, failing any of them, to the survivor or survivors,
in equal portions, and failing all of them by decease without issue of any
of their bodies, to his dear son, William Thomas, and heirs of his body,
whom failing, to his beloved wife, Frances, his dear brother, Mr. George
Wishart, and his dear sister, Cordelia Wishart alias Moncreiff, and their
heirs and assignees, by equal portions, all his moveable goods and gear of
whatever kind and denomination (heirship moveables included), that
should belong to him at his death, together with all debts and sums of
money that should be due or addebted to him by any person at his death.
The testator next nominates his said daughters to be his sole executors
and universal legatories; but subject to a power to him to alter, etc., and
he at present burdens them 'to give and deliver to my beloved wife,
Frances (besides the snms and other things disponed to her by the con-
tract of marriage above mentioned), her gold watch, her diamond rings,
with all her wearing jewels and ornaments, and all her wearing apparel;
the new
the two pictures of herself, and the large and small pictures of me ;
sewed bed and window curtains, partly her own work ; six silver spoons ;
with all the money or bank-notes, and all the pieces of gold that shall be
in her or my custody at my death ; together with her own collection of
books contained in a catalogue or catalogues, numbered and signed by
Item, to give and deliver to my said son, William Thomas, the old
me :
sewed bed, window curtains, and chair slips, partly his mother's work the
;
walnut-tree bureau, with the model of a ship in the upper part of it, that
stands in my closet set with
;
the picture of the late Emperor of Germany,
of Sir
brilliants ; the pictures of my father and mother ; the oval picture
James Wishart ; the square picture of Sir George Rook, his friend ; the
two large pictures of Sir James, and my Lady Wishart ; the family picture
done by Mr. Alexander ; my gold watch, chain, and seal ; my ring, with
a green emerald in it; my amber-headed cane and ; my Bayle's Dictionary,
in French, left to me by Sir James White, all these to be kept for him by
my beloved wife, Frances, who is to have the use of them till he comes to
the years of majority, or marries and in case of his decease before ; any
of these times, I appoint the bureau in my bed-chamber to be given to
my said beloved wife ; the bureau in my closet, the late Emperor's picture,
my gold watch, chain, and seal, my emerald ring, and my amber-headed
cane, to be given to my dear brother, Mr. George Wishart, and the rest of
the things above left to my son to be given to my eldest daughter, Janet :
Item, my saids executors are to give to my said eldest daughter the large
picture of my first dear wife, her mother, the coloured print of Sir James
Wishart, and the gold watch and chain that belonged to her mother,
in the custody of her aunts, Miss Halyburtons : Item, to my second
daughter, Ann, the small picture of her mother : Item, the several
pieces of gold, and small
pieces
of plate, rings, and other trinkets, an4