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At Aberdeen the twentieth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and Six In presence of Arthur Dingwall Fordyce of Culsh Doctor of Laws Commifsary of Aberdeen Compeared Andrew Jopp advocate in Aberdeen as Pro’r and gave in the Last Will and Testament under written desiring the same might be insert & registered in the Commifsary Court Books of Aberdeen in terms of the clause of Registration therein contained which aquest the Commifsary foresaid finding reasonable ordained the same to be done accordingly whereof the tenor follows viz. I Margaret Gordon residing in Aberdeen relict of the deceased John Lindsay late of Madras, in order to settle my affairs do hereby constitute & appoint Peter Wemyss residing at Gibston and George Catanach at bridge of Mosset, my brothers in law to be my Executors, administrators, and intromitters with the whole moveable and personal Estate that shall belong to me at the time of my death ; with full power to them to intromit with my whole moveables and Executry of every description ; to give up Inventories thereof ; to confirm the same; and generally, to do every thing in the in the premises competent to Executors. Declaring always that the said Peter Wemyfs and George Catanach, shall hold the said subjects in trust only to be disposed of by them in the following manner vizt. In the first place in payment of all my lawful debts and funeral charges, and of such necessary expences (sic) as may be laid out in Confirming and recovering my effects ; and next, in payment of the following legacies which I do hereby give & bequeath to the persons after mentioned namely, to Margaret Wemyss, daughter of the said Peter Wemyss, and spouse to John Umphray merchant in Fochabers, the sum of Sixty pounds sterling; To Alexander and Mary Umphray children of the said Margaret Wemyss and John Umphray, the sum of Ten pounds sterlg: each ; and to the said Mary Umphray my metal watch to Elizabeth Catanach daughter of the said George Catanach, the sum of Thirty four pounds sterling, together with all my clothes, and whole household furniture ; except my mulberry striped satin gown which I hereby bequeath to Margaret Catanach daughter of the said George Catanach and Relict of the Reverend George Gibb late Episcopal Clergyman in Turriff, To whom I further give and bequeath the sum of Twenty pounds sterling ; To Isobel Catanach, daughter of the said George Catanach, and spouse to William Mellis Manufacturer in Huntly the sum of Twenty pounds sterling ; To Charlotte Catanach daughter of the said George Catanach, and spouse to John Stewart in Newmill the sum of Twenty pounds sterling ; To Mrs. Catharine Gordon, relict of the deceased Mr John Leslie late Merchant in Aberdeen, the sum of Twenty pounds sterling ; To Roger, Elizabeth, Anne and Isabella Catharine Aitkens, Children of the Reverend Roger Aitken residing at Broadford, near Aberdeen, the sum of Five pounds sterling each ; To the said Reverend Roger Aitken my Gold ring containing some of the hair of his deceased wife ; and Miss Joan Wilson daughter of the deceased James Wilson Esqr. of Finzeach the sum of Five pounds sterling. And I ordain my said Executors to make payment of the foresaid legacies at the first term of Whitsunday or martinmas after my death, with interest of the same from that time, while the same shall remain unpaid, except the Legacies bequeathed the said Margaret Wemyss and her children, and to the said Isobel and Charlotte Catanachs which shall be laid out at interest by my said Executors and the interest thereof be paid to the said George Catanach and his present wife my sister during their lives and to the survivor of them, and at the first term of Whitsunday or martinmas after the death of the longest liver of them, the said Legacys reserved as above mentioned shall be paid to the persons to whom they are bequeathed as aforesaid, or to their heirs respectively ; and I further ordain that my said Executors shall deliver the articles before mentioned, other than the pecuniary legacies, within one month after my death ; and if there shall be any residue, after paying the foresaid legacies, falling under this Testament, I do hereby give and bequeath to my said Executors equally between them. And this I declare to be my last will & Testament Reserving always full power to my self to revoke the same at pleasure ; dispensing with the delivery hereof and Declaring, that these presents shall be valid and effectual, though found in my custody undelivered at the time of my death. And I consent to the Registration hereof in the books of Council and Session or others competent, therein to remain for preservation, and for that purpose constitute                          My Pro’rs + In witnefs whereof these presents, written on this and the two preceding pages by the said Reverend Roger Aitken are subscribed by me at Aberdeen the twenty ninth day of June in the year Eighteen hundred and five before these witnefses, Thomas Spark bookseller in Aberdeen, and James Forsyth apprentice to Mefsrs. Angus and Son booksellers also in Aberdeen (signed) Margt. Lindsay, Thos. Spark witnefs, James Forsyth witnefs Extracted on this and the three preceding pages by                                                  Chas. Gordon

Last Will and Testament of Margaret Lindsay MS Gordon