Thomas Cowin 1670

Archdeacon Will 1670A #015 Lonan, of Thomas Cowin, died 28 March 1669[sic, 1670]:
Summary: wife Marriad remarried by March 1670/71 to William Cannon; sister: Ellin Fargher alias Cowin, also: William Cowin, James Stole/Stowell, William 
Stole/Stowell & his wife & son James Stole/Stowell, Marriad Cowin, Margaret Cannell, Jane Cannell, Hugh Corcan, William Cowin, Gilbert Teare, Ann Cubbon

		Lonnan

The last will and testament of Tho: Cowine whoe 
departed this life March 6 28th 1669
First He bequeathed his soule to Almightie God and his body 
    to christian buriall
Item: To ye poor to be distributed at Alhallowtide a boule 
    of malt, halfe a firlett of wheate, 2 muttons and 
    a sheep, and further his executrixe to distribute of 
    oate meale as there would be poore to receive it
Item: To his sister Elin Ffargher alis Cowine a tenn=
    shillinge peec of gould
Item: To Wm Soile his wife & his son James Stoile 
    3 oxen equally between them
Item: To Wm Cowine & James Stoile equally between 
    them 6 goates & 8 young sheep 2 yeares ould 
Item:  To Marriott Cowine 4 sheep & 2 goates 
Item: To Margarett Cannell 2 sheep
Item: To Jane Cannell a sheep
Item: To Hu: Corcan a steere 
Item: To Wm Cowine a red petticoate his best hatt his 
    shoes and stockings & a new shoot of black russett 
Item: To Gilb: Tear a mutton, To Ann Kubbon a sheep
Item: To ye miniser of ye pish a mutton 
Item: He constututed & ordained his wife Mariott Cowine 
    his lawfull executrix of all ye rest of his goods 
    moveable and immoveable.    He being admonished 
    by ye witnesses further to consider if he had any 
    more to doe, he made answer yt he had not, and yt 
    this will should be his last will; & though he 
    made seven wills as one will; yett this is ye will 
    that he would have to stand;  and further being 
    asked who he would have his wife to leave -----[dark]  
    goods to at ye last day, made answer that to them 
    that she best findes
						  Gilbert Tear
debts due to him from Jane Moore 20s        Testes { Margarett Cannell
--- Phi: Brew 30s  from Dan Cowine 20s      jurati { Ann Kubbon
--- Dan Qualteraugh 10s

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The names of ye defuncts
  Katherin Cannell  ffeb: 18th
  John Christian  March 19th
  Tho: Cowine   March 28th 

The executrix within named sworne in Court in forme 
of Law
		ptabum est et solvit xijd

The Inventory of ye within named Tho: Cowine
given in and praised by 4 sworne men vid Pat: 
Quine, Gilb: Teare, Dan Xtian, & James Corrin
as followeth
Halfe a fedder bed & a buster    }
   praised to ...................}.......... 00 - 05 - ----[fold]    
3 blanketts  2 sheets  2 canvass      }
   2 pewter dishes & halfe a barrell  }..... 00 - 19 - ----[fold]    
   praised to ........................}
smale vessells praised to .................. 00 - 02 - ----[fold]    
Halfe a ladder with creeles and carres...... 00 - 02 - ----[fold]    
other smale vessells ....................... 00 - 00 - ----[fold]    
halfe of ye plowing geares ................. 00 - 00 - ----[fold]    
The catle sheep goates & horses ............ 06 - 06 - ----[fold]    
In monies .................................. 01 - 10 - ----[fold]    
besides ye monies wthin mentioned wch is     04 - -- ----[fold]    

Mar ye 6th    More added by Willm Cannon her now husband .....0 - xjs - ----[fold]    
1670	        yet its deford till his wife come to make it good; assented to by ye wife 

The goods in the custody of ye execut: 
& have given pledges secundum forman legis 
Tho: Brew & Joh: Creer

Last Modified 1 November 2017