Wills.
Found in 144 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of and concerning the Holden family of Baldovie; with a document concerning Thomas Greig, and with genealogical notes on the Guthries of Guthrie.
Papers of Charles Baxter, Writer to the Signet, relating to his role as executor of members of the Stevenson family.
Concerning Baxter's work as executor of Thomas Stevenson, his wife Margaret, and their son, Robert Louis Stevenson, with additional material relating to the literary estate of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Papers of Colonel George Graeme (died 1840)., 1779-1841.
The contents are as follows.
(i) Military papers relating to the Perthshire Light Dragoons, 1795-1799 (folio 1);
(ii) Legal papers, 1800-1841 (folio 32) (including Colonel George Graeme’s will, 1841 (folio 82));
(iii) Estate papers, 1796-1840 (folio 86).
Papers of Hercules Ross.
Papers include copies of letters sent to Lord Nelson and letters sent by Ross during his time as a merchant at Kingston, Jamaica.
Papers of Sir James Stewart Lockhart, including papers concerning his daughter Mary (Mrs Betty Joel).
Papers of the 9th, 10th and 11th Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1865-1915, undated.
Papers of transactions and lawsuits between the Tweeddale and Lauderdale families, deriving chiefly from the marriage between the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale and Lady Mary Maitland, daughter of the Duke of Lauderdale., 1632-early 18th century, undated.
Papers on family trusts and marriage settlements of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1819-1858.
Papers relating to Glendessary, 1737-1749, also containing marriage contract of Isobel Cameron, 1767, and testament of Cameron of Drimnasallie, 1759., 1737-1749, 1759, 1767.
Papers relating to the life and work of Thomas Telford., [1757-1834], 1834-1835.
The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous papers relating to Thomas Telford's life and work, including a list of his major works in his own hand, undated (folio 1); (ii) Papers of John Rickman: notes on a tide survey, 1834-1835, and material relating to his preparation of ‘Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer, written by himself’ for the press (folio 34).
'Parte of the life of Lady Margaret Cunningham, Daughter to the Earle of Glencairn yt she had wt her first husband the master of Evandale. The just and true account yrof as it was first written wt her oun hand’, 1608, with letters and her will, 1607, 1622., 1607-1622.
This may be the manuscript belonging to Sir Walter Scott on which Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe partly based his edition (1827; see Preface, page i, and page 1, note 1), but the spelling is different.
Personal papers of James Leslie Mitchell., 1901-1935, undated.
Photocopy of the last will and testament, 1809, of Alexander MacDonell of Keppoch, the resident in Prince Edward Island.
With associated extract, 1810, from the minutes of the PEI Court of Probate.
Photographs of the will of James Balfour, and a valuation of his property.
Photostat of the last will and testament of Colonel George Mathesoune in the Czar's service., 1633.
Includes a list of Colonel George Mathesoune’s clothes.
Photostat of 'The wills of John Armstrong, poet, essayist and doctor of physic', 1779, and of Patrick Murdoch, Doctor of Divinity, rector of Stradishall and vicar of Great Thurlow, Suffolk, mathematician and geographer, 1773., 1773, 1779.
A certificate, authenticating the will of Patrick Murdoch is also included.
Probate copy of the will of Alexander Geddes, coffee planter, Hannagalla, Ceylon., 1855.
Probate copy of the will of George John Richards of Ryde., 1870.
Probate copy of the will of Richard George Richards, Vicar of Hambledon., 1841.
Probate copy of the will of Thomas Omond, physician, Crieff., 1837.
Probate copy of will of Sarah Morgan, mother of William Morgan, actuary, London., 1803.
Probate of the will of Edward Stratton, whose daughter Sarah married Arthur Forbes 7th of Culloden., 12 January 1764.
Probate of the will of Samuel Ashburner, civil engineer, Boston, Massachusetts., 1892.
Six letters, 1785-1788, of Henry P Wilsone.
Concerning life in India.
With his will and other papers, 1779-1792.