I William Stokoe of Acomb in the County of Northumberland Gentleman do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say ffirst I will and order that all my just debts and funeral expences shall be fully paid and discharged as soon as may be after my decease And I give and devise all my houses and gardens and parcels of land with their and every of their appurtenances in the Town and Township of Acomb aforesaid unto my dear Wife Elizabeth Stokoe and her assigns for and dureing the term of her natural life And from and after her decease I give and devise the same unto my eldest son Alexander Stokoe his heirs and assigns for ever And I give and bequeath to my said son Alexander Stokoe the sum of one hundred pounds in full satisfaction and discharge of the like sum which I borrowed of him Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Macklood the sum of forty pounds To my daughter Jane Baley the sum of fifty pounds To my Grandaughter Margery Rawford the sum of forty pounds To my daughter Eleanor Stokoe for her many years attention and long services the sum of one hundred pounds and to my Grandaughter Margery Bartram Wife of William Bartram the sum of five pounds to be paid them severally by my Executor hereafter named at the end of six calendar months next after my decease and the decease of my said Wife Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Isabel Stokoe the sum of fifty pounds to be paid to her by my said son Alexander Stokoe at his discretion after the death of my said Wife Also I give and bequeath all my linen to my said Daughter Eleanor Stokoe save any little articles she may choose to give to her Sisters Also I give and bequeath all my linen to my said Daughter Eleanor a bed and table commonly called her own and any little odd things she may choose to keep Also I give and bequeath all my linen to my said Daughter Isabel Stokoe the bed she lies on with the bedding belonging thereto And as to all my Goods Chattels and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature quality or kind soever not hereinbefore otherwise disposed of I give and bequeath the same to my dear Wife Elizabeth Stokoe for her life and after her decease I give and bequeath the same to my said son Alexander Stokoe subject to the payment of my debts legacies and funeral expences and I appoint him my said son Alexander Stokoe sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament And it is my will and desire that if my personal Estate and Effects hereby given will answer that he will give to each of his Brothers the sum of five pounds to put them into mourning And I desire that my household goods save what I have otherwise disposed of by this my Will shall be sold in order to defray expences And it is my earnest wish that if my said son Alexander Stokoe shall be minded to sell and dispose of the houses gardens and parcels of land in the Town and Township of Acomb to which he will become intitled upon the death of my said dear Wife that he shall dispose of the same to any of his Brothers that may choose to become purchaser or purchasers thereof And I do hereby revoke all former and other Wills at any time heretofore by me made either by word or writing In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six_ Wm Stokoe

(Attestation Clause)

Jno Bell
Jno Bell Junr
Mattw Leadbitter

On the 15th Novr 1848 Admon (with the Will annexed) of the goods chattels and credits of William Stokoe late of West Acomb in the County of Northumberland Gentleman deceased was granted to Ann Maria McLeod (in the Will writen Macklood) Widow a legatee named in the said Will having been first sworn duly to administer. Alexander Stokoe the Son of the said deceased the sole Executor named in the said Will survived the said deceased but died without having taken upon him the Probate and Execution thereof. Elizabeth Stokoe the Wife of the said deceased the Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will having died in his lifetime the said Alexander Stokoe being also the Residuary Legatee substituted in the said Will and Ann Stokoe Widow the Relict the sole Executrix named in the Will of the said Alexander Stokoe deceased having duly renounced the Letters of Admon (with the said Will annexed) of the goods of the said deceased

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