William Graham

Trust Disposition and Deed of Settlement

Written at Glasgow, 19 October 1848

William Graham Farmer late in Ballewan in the parish of Strathblane now at Washington Farm Kirkintilloch

Nominates Trustees brother Reverend Doctor John Graham Minister of the parish of Killearn, James Reid Secretary to the Union Bank of Scotland Glasgow, and Thomas Graham younger of Balfunning son of the said Reverend Doctor John Graham

To trustees the entire estate including “the westmost part of the tenement of land sometime ago erected on the north side of Oxford Street of Laurieston consisting of a sunk ground and two upper flats or stories and garrets with the liberty of fitting up said garrets and making improvements thereon as may be thought proper not injurious to the adjoining premises. Together also with the liberty and privilege in common with the other proprietors or tenants of the adjoining tenements of land either already built or which may hereafter be erected on the lot of ground hereinafter described not only of the necessary houses and dung pit erected in the court or area behind the same for depositing the Dung ashes and fulzie [manure] of the said subjects therein but also of the well formed & of the Washinghouse erected in the said back court or area together likewise with free ish [exit] and entry to and from the said subjects by Oxford Street aforesaid and by the Common close and stair leading therefrom and also by the Meuse Lane behind the said tenement of land entering from Nicholson Street, and by the foresaid back court which Meuse Lane is and shall be a carriage or cart entry; and which court or area extends from east to west forty four feet or thereby and from North to South thirty one feet or thereby, but excepting and reserving always from the said subjects the seven cellars in the under or sunk flat of the said westmost part or division of the said tenement of land marked numbers one two three four five six & seven which were disponed to the purchasers of the eastmost part or division of the said tenement of land and free is and entry to and from the said cellars by the common stair and passage leading thereto, which said westmost part or division of the said tenement of land is bounded by Oxford Street aforesaid on the South by ground now or formerly belonging to John Hamilton and Thomas Nisbet on the west by the foresaid Court and back buildings belonging now or formerly to the said John Hamilton and Thomas Nisbet on the North and by the eastmost part or division of the said tenement on the east parts and is built on part and portion of All and Whole that piece of ground extending to [blank] square yards or thereby, including therein the space to be occupied by a pavement ten feet broad in Nicholson and Oxford streets and the one half of the Meuse lane aftermentioned bounded on the east by Nicholson Street, on the west part by the property now or formerly belonging to the said John Hamilton and Thomas Nisbet and partly by a four feet passage to remain open and unbuilt upon in all time coming between the piece of ground before described and the property of James Laurie of Laurieston and upon the North by the centre of the Meuse Lane of fifteen feet wide leading from Nicholson Street to the offices belonging to number seven of Carlton place which piece of ground before described is part and portion of the lands of Kirkcroft now forming part of the lands of Laurieston lying betwixt the old and new Bridges of Glasgow on the South Side of the river Clyde sometime possessed by William Walker and James Salmond being part of the Preceptor and Patrons of Hutchison’s Hospital their part and portion of the Barony of Gorbals lying within the Parish of Govan and shire of Lanark, but always with and under the real liens and whole other burdens, declarations, servitudes, conditions, restrictions, limitations, reservations prohibitions, provisions and obligations specified in an Instrument of Sasine in the said lands and others in my favor registered in the Particular Register of Sasines at Glasgow the 20 April 1825;”

Trustees also to be tutors and curators to children under age

To pay sickbed and funeral expenses and debts

To spouse Mrs Catherine McAra or Graham £10 for mournings and also fulfilling the provisions contained in the Post Nuptial Contract of marriage dated 29 July 1819 and £3 per month interim support and aliment until the first term of Whitsunday or Martinmas

To eldest son Thomas £170 over and above his eventual right of succession to the heritage his mother may leave

To “five of my younger children” Catherine, Agnes, William, Mary, and John £120 each; the reason for not leaving a like legacy to son James is that about £200 has already been invested in price and repairs on purchasing a property in the High Street of Paisley in James’ name

Residue of trust estate to be divided into as many shares as lawful children, excluding son Thomas, with the shares liferented to younger children Catherine, Agnes, William, James, Mary, and John. As the children die, their portion to be paid to their children.³

On 21 April 1856, compeared James Reid, one of the executors of William Graham sometime Farmer in Ballewan in the parish of Strathblane afterwards at Washington near Kirkintillock and thereafter residing at Menstrie in the County of Clackmannan, and produced the Inventory and the Trust Disposition and Deed of Settlement and codicil.

Inventory of William Graham who died at Menstrie 14 January 1856 was given up by Reverend Doctor John Graham Minister of the parish of Killearn, James Reid sometime Secretary now Cashier to the Union Bank of Scotland Glasgow, and Thomas Graham Younger of Balfunning, the Trustees and executors named in the Trust Disposition and Deed of Settlement dated 19 October 1848 and codicil dated 7 January 1853.

Cash £17
Furniture and other effects including a Pony and Gig sold by Public roup on 19 Feb 1856 £90.19.6
At Union Bank of Scotland at Stirling £360.0.4
Promissory Note by Hugh Barclay Esquire Perth dated 28 August 1855 £69.13.3
Sum due from Mr Philp, Bridge of Allan 15 shillings
Sum due from Mr McCaull, Alva 15 shillings
Balance of bill due from Walter Guy and James Guy, farmers at Ring, Parish of Bonhill, drawn 12 February 1847 £5.8.0 . This debt is so old and doubtful that it cannot be valued at anything
Proportion from Martinmas 1855 until William Graham’s decease
     1 of a ground annual of £21 payable from subjects at Sandyford Glasgow £3.10
     2 of the rents of a property which belonged to the deceased at #4 Oxford Street Glasgow £9.10
     3 of the rents of a property which belonged to the deceased at Wellbrae and Well Meadow Street Paisley £4.7.4

Total amount of personal estate £556.10.5.³