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At Dunblane the Twenty third day of June Eighteen hundred and fifty five. ... Appeared Thomas Reid Farmer at Hillsideof Row one of the executors ... appointed by ... John Reid Farmer at Hillside ofRow & residing at Park of Keir ... John Reiddied upon the fourteenth day of May Eighteen hundred & fifty five ... the Deponent along with WalterReid Farmer at Hillside of Row ... Executors nominated & appointed by him by his assignation & Deed of Settlement dated thetwenty first day of April Eighteen hundred & forty nine
I John Reid Farmer at Hillside of Row in the County of Perth with consent of Mrs Elizabeth graham orReid my wife Considering that I am desirous to settle my affairs during my life so as to prevent all disputesregarding them after my death. ... I have already made various settlements & provisions upondifferent members of my family but have not yet made any provision for my two sons Thomas & Walterand my daughter Lillias who have continued to live in family with me, and have served me withoutremuneration. Therefore I ... give ... to ... the said Thomas Reid and Walter Reid my sons in the proportionsaftermentioned all and whole the Leases or Missives or Minutes of Lease ... of the farmsof Hillside East Row, Braehead and Cambushinie all in the County of Perth and ... anyother farms that may be held by me at the time of my death ... also ... all debts & sums of money, crop, farms stock implements of husbandryhousehold furniture books lying money and in general, my whole ... estate ... together with all contracts bonds, bills ...
I hereby nominate and appoint the said Thomas Reid &Walter Reid ... to be my ... executors & universal legatees... to pay all my just & lawful debts together with my death bed andfuneral charges.
Secondly ... to the said Elizabeth grahamor Reid their mother a ... yearly annuity of thirty Pounds Sterling payable by equal instalments atWhitsunday & Martinmas ... during the whole period of her life after my death ...with a suitable sum for mournings & for aliment until her first half years annuity becomes due and theyshall ... provide ... to her the dwelling house & garden at Braehead suitablyfurnished or ... similar house as may be found most proper & convenient ... during all thedays of her life.
Thirdly ... make payment of the following legacieswithin the period of Three years after my death ... vizt:
To William Reid my eldest son for whom I have already provided, forty pounds Sterling
To my son, Robert Reid one hundred pounds Sterling subject to the provisions and regulations aftermentioned
To my son John Reid Sixty pounds Sterling
To my son James Reid forty Pounds Sterling
To my daughter Mary wife of James Stirling Farmer at Craighead one hundred pounds Sterling, and
To my daughter Lillias if she shall have been married before the expiry of the said three years after my death the sum of onehundred & fifty Pounds Sterling and if she shall then remain unmarried the sum of three hundred PoundsSterling and farther that so long as she shall remain unmarried during the said three years my saidExecutors shall be bound either to maintain her in family with themselves or to pay a suitable board for herto her mother
...although the legacy to the said Robert Reid is made payable at the sametime as the rest ... my said Executors withthe advice ... of their mother ... to pay the same to him only in such instalments andproportions and at such periods as they may think proper ...
... the leases hereby assigned and in the residue and remainder ofmy means & estate ... two thirds to the said Thomas Reidhis heirs and successors and one third to the said Walter Reid his heirs & successors and farther that at theexpiry of the respective leases the whole crop & stocking upon each farm shall be valued by arbitersmutually chosen and the value divided between my said Executors in the foresaid proportions. ...
... written uponthis & the two preceding pages of stamped paper by William Reid Writer in Dundee are subscribed by me& the said Elizabeth Graham or Reid at Hillside the twenty first day of April Eighteen hundred and fortynine before these Witnesses the said William Reid & Peter Wells my servant
(Signed) John Reid, Elizabeth Reid
William Reid Witness, Peter Wells Witness
Extracted furth of the Books of Council and Sessionupon these twelve pages ...(Signed) James Kilgour Dunblane 23d June 1855