Description | Includes: Copy will of Francis Borthwick of Rawcliffe, gentleman Executor: nephew, Patrick Borthwick Beneficiaries: wife, Priscilla; brother, David; nephews, Patrick Borthwick and Alexander Christie Witnesses: John Haworth, Henry Carter and Thomas Simpson Date of will: 25 Nov 1768 Date of probate: 4 Nov 1769; Copy will of David Borthwick, Burgess of Haddington Executrix: wife Mary Selby Borthwick Beneficiaries: wife Mary and son David Witnesses: Hay Donaldson, Town Clerk of Haddington and James Cunningham, watchmaker in Haddington Dated: 7 Mar 1778. Also includes: copy of Instrument of Sasine for the Burgh of Haddington investing land in the Burgh in Patrick Borthwick, master mariner in London as lawful heir of his father David Borthwick, deceased, 12 Jul 1778; pedigree of the Borthwicks; copy certificates from registers; declarations in elucidation of pedigree; declaration and copy of the title to Rawcliffe Bridge Farm; extract from plan of Rawcliffe to show Rawcliffe Bridge Farm, c.1754 [1839] and parcel marked 'Mr John Eastwood to Ralph Creyke, esquire, Conveyance of Leasehold property at Rawcliffe Bridge.' |