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This is the Last Will and Testament of me George Watson af Ling Riggs in the Parish of Stanhope and County of Durham I give devise and bequeath to my three sons Thomas John and Nicholas Watson all my Customary Freehold Estate Situate at Ling Riggs in the Parish of Stanhope and County of Durham aforesaid Consisting of about sixteen acres of Meadow and Pasture Land Three Houses and out houses also Three stints[?] of Grass on Ireshope Fell and all apurtenances Belonging to my said Estate to be Equal Amongst them Share and Share alike Subject to the Mortgage debt and Interest on my Estate my three sons has to pay to my daughter Ann Ten pounds to my daughter Sarah Ten pounds to my daughter Phoebe Ten pounds and to my daughter Mary Ten pounds

the expenses of my burial and proving my will together with whatsoever lawful debts I may be owing at my decease has to be paid out of my personal property after all my debts are paid whatever Remains whether money Goods Horse Cattle Farming Stock Crops Implements of Husbandry Household Furniture Beas Bedding China Potts Books and whatever else Belongs to me at my decease to be Equally divided Amongst my three sons and Five daughters Share and Share alike Should any of my sons die before Coming to possession Leaving no Lawful issue his Share of my Real estate has to Remain with the other two sons Equal between them and his share of my personal property to be Equal amongst my two Sons and five daughters Should any of my sons die before me Leaving Lawful issue then such issue are entitled to their fathers Share of my property both Real and personal to be equal amongst them when the youngest is Twenty one Receiving Interest from one year after my decease Should my son Thomas die before me my other two sons John and Nicholas has to pay to his son William Morley the sum of Twenty pounds when he arrived at the age of Twenty one Receiving Interest from one year after my decease at four pounds per cent In case any of my daughters die before my decease Leaving no Lawful issue then the Legacy and Share of my personal property has to be Equaly divided Amongst my sons and daughters Should any of my daughters die before Coming to possession Leaving Lawful issue then such issue are entitled to there Mothers Share of my personal property and Legacy to be equaly amongst them when the youngest is Twenty one Receiving Interest from the time the other daughter Receives there Legacies the Legacies has to be paid to my daughters one year after my decease

I do hereby appoint nominate and Constitute my son Nicholas Sole Executor of this my last will and Testament all travelling Expences and whatever else in Executing this my last will and Testament and also connected with my effects has to be paid him out of my personal effects and he has not to be accountable for Involuntary Loses and as A Reward for his Labours I appoint him one Guinea or Tenty one Shillings to paid out of my personal property and I do hereby Revoke any former will that I may have made and Leave this as my last will and Testament in Witnefs whereof I hereby set and Subscribe my hand and seal this Eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Sixty three.

Sealed and Signed by the said Testator George Watson of Ling Riggs fix his Last Will and Testament	George Watson
in the presence of us who at his Request and in the presence of each other do here subscribe our names as Witness	William Robinson   Joseph Dawson