Mystery of the Grieving Patton Heiress

[Gadget]

Shall I use some units, do you think Karen - most of the others died in England post-1857 

Gadget

PS - I think someone else will have to do it - I'm away for a while so won't have time to transcribe it.

[karenlee]

I can get this one Gadget.... you got the last one I think.  Should I get just the Will or just the Inventory or really splash out and get both??

Karenlee

[Gadget]

are they separate entries? If so, it's a bit tricky because the will will have all the interesting bits in it but the inventory will have the value of his estate 


Perhaps we should pass the hat around 

[karenlee]

Yeah they are both separate.... on is about 25 pages the other about 42.  Guess they couldn't put them together... it'd be a huge document to download.

I will start with the Will and see who is named and then worry about the other later.

Karenlee

[Gadget]

Watch your eyes, Karen 

I was lucky with John Paton's but some of them can be awful.


Gadget

[dollylee]

karenlee  How much is this going to cost you?  This is an interesting thread, but isn't the family of any Rootschatter.  The interest here is mainly curiosity to see if the writing on the picture is correct.

I think Gadget has spent enough money on this.  That may just be my opinion though....but it's a strong opinion  

dollylee

[karenlee]

I had one from the UK that I needed a magnifying glass and a crash course in Latin to translate..... good thing that FIL remembers heaps from when he used to work as Office Manager for a large law firm in the City........ lots of the standard phrases are still the same.  Shame he's on holiday in Hong Kong at the moment.

Karenlee

[forthefamily]

I looked on Scotlandspeople just out of curiosity and are there two Hugh Patons or are these documents about the same man  I've never looked at the wills on SP before  None of my lot had money 

1) Paton Hugh 09/06/1864 Carver and Gilder in Edinburgh    Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills   25 pages
2) Paton Hugh 30/10/1877 Printer and Carver and Gilder, Edinburgh, d. 26/02/1864 at Portobello, testate   - Will - Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills   5 pages
3) Paton Hugh 09/06/1864 Printer and Carver and Gilder in Edinburgh - Inventory   - Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories 41 pages
4) Paton Hugh 30/10/1877 Printer and Carver and Gilder, Edinburgh, d. 26/02/1864 at Portobello, testate    Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories 6 pages

....and also "Hugh otherwise Hugo....... sometime Manufacturing Chemist, London, son of the late Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, Edinburgh, d. 13/06/1877 at Stirling, intestate".

Also, do you have to pay to view or can you use credits...I have 13 left.

mab

[Gadget]

Hi mab 

Those are the wills/inventories that karenlee was refering to.

Dont spend any credits - because its's 25 per will/etc.

Gadget

PS - I only managed 3 wills for the whole of my Scottish line - and one of those was an in-law. They did better when they got to Wales and Canada