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I Colin
Campbell of the parish of Westmoreland…doe make this my last will and
testament…
I give
to my dear and loving wife Mary Campbell twelve Negroes such as she
shall chuse…during her natural life, one half of my household furniture, plate,
gold watch & chain, chaise, two chaise horses, riding horses, sadle and
furniture with two riding mules such as she shall chuse…
It is my
will that my two sons Tomlin[1]
and James[2]
Campbell are not to be allowed to return to this island till they arrive at the
age of twenty four years at least under the forfeiture of his fortune hereafter
mentioned unless it be with the approbation of my executors and their
guardians…
I give
and bequeath to each of my two sons Tomlin and James Campbell
£4,000 current money of this island to be paid at their respective ages of 21
years…and in case of the death of both it is my will that £5,000 of their
fortune devolve on Sarah, Mary[3],
Henrietta,[4]
Elizabeth[5]
& Margaret[6]
Campbells their sisters…
It is my
will that the said £4,000 bequeathed as above to each of my two sons shall be
put out at interest on good security and the yearly interest to be duly
collected every year and put to interest for the use of my two sons’ use but
only when my executors have got such sums from the produce of my estates real
and personal or as it can allow of yearly and when they are of proper age and
as each of their capacities allows of to be bred to such professions as my
executors shall judge fittest for their geniuses
I give
an bequeath to my daughters Sarah, Mary, Henrietta Elizabeth & Margaret
Campbells £1,500 currency each at their respective ages of twenty one years
or day of marriage…and in case of the death of all my said daughters before
they attain the age of twenty one it is my will that their fortunes devolve on
their two brothers Tomlin and James…
In case
of the death of my two sons and five daughters it is my will that it reverts to
my eldest son John Campbell.
I give and
bequeath to my sisters Henrietta, Janet and Mary in Scotland,
North Britain, the sum of £100 Sterling each in a year after all my lawful
debts are discharged.
I give
and bequeath to my loving father-in-law Doctor William Graham[7]
my gold watch, silver mounted pistols and one of my best riding horses
I give
and bequeath to my cousin Robert Campbell nephew of the late Sheriff
Clerk of Argyleshire £100
I give
and bequeath to my loving brother Capt. John Campbell[8]
a case of my silver mounted pistols, my gold watch and seal left me by my uncle
Col. John Campbell,[9] my
silver mounted gun, best riding horse and furniture.
I give
to my nephew Alexander McLachlan[10]
£50, all my wearing apparel & body linnen.
It is my
will that whatever such sums may appear due by accompt or otherwise from my
nephew Dugald McLachlan[11]
are not to be demanded till in good circumstances.
I give
to my mother-in-law Sarah Graham £50 to buy mournings
I give
to my father-in-law Doctor William Graham £50 to buy mournings
I give
to my brother Capt. John Campbell £50 to buy mournings
I give
to my nephew John Campbell[12]
£50 to buy mournings
I give
to my cousin John
I give
to my Godson Charles Graves £100 to buy him two Negro girls
I give
devise and bequeath to my loving son John Campbell[14]
[and heirs] all the rest and remainder of my estate real and personal here and
elsewhere not already devised
In case
of [his] death to Tomlin [then] to James…and in case of their deaths it is my
will that my five daughters be paid £1,000 currency each as an addition to
their fortune already mentioned…
In case
of all my sons’ death without lawful issue it is my will that my loving wife
shall have the use of one half of the produce of my estate in full lieu of
dower during her natural life, the other half I give and bequeath equally
between my brother John Campbell and my nephew John Campbell my
brother James’ son and to their heirs male, and after the death of my
wife I give and bequeath the other half to my said brother and nephew…
Failing
lawful male issue of their bodies I give and bequeath my estate to my nephew Peter
Campbell, son to my brother Peter and heirs male…
It is my
will that my waiting man Cako be well used and kept to bring in runaways or
such easy offices as my executors shall judge proper and that he shall be
allowed a third of white man’s allowances as by the law of the island directed.
It is my
will and desire that my son John Campbell be brought up to the law
either as a barrister or attorney[15]
if his genius will permit or to some other profession…at the direction of my
executors and guardians
And it
is my will that in case my executors are obliged to go off this island through
sickness or other worldly affairs that they shall appoint such in their place
as they shall judge proper…
I make
my loving wife executrix during her widowhood and no longer, joint with my son John,
my brother Capt. John Campbell, Doctor William Graham, nephew John
Campbell of Orange Bay & cousin John Campbell of
Salt Spring executors
Colin
Campbell, 27 August 1759
Witnesses,
Charles McArthur, John Elling, Archibald Campbell[16]
Proved
before Alexander Crawford [magistrate] 26 February 1761
[Colin
Campbell was buried at
[1] Tomlin Campbell baptised in
Westmoreland 26 December 1743, died before 1801; named after his mother, Mary Tomlin
[2] James Campbell baptised in
Westmoreland 23 January 1746. From about 1772 he lived at Kendal in
[3] Mary Campbell baptised in
Westmoreland 20 August 1750. She married Peter Campbell II of
[4] Henrietta Campbell baptised in
Westmoreland 20 March 1753
[5] Elizabeth Campbell baptised in
Westmoreland 17 September 1754. In 1769 she married, in Westmoreland, Colin
Campbell of
[6] Margaret Campbell baptised in
Westmoreland 17 September 1757. Widowed as Lady Margaret Hay by 1800, she died
at
[7] Colin Campbell had first married
in
[8] Capt. John Campbell had retired
from the sea and lived at
[9] Colonel John Campbell of
[10] Alexander McLachlan, son of
Colin Campbell’s sister Elizabeth and Lachlan McLachlan of
Fassfern. Alexander lived on the North side of
[11] Dugald McLachlan, a doctor,
brother of Alexander. In a letter of 1757 to his cousin James Campbell of
Kaims, Colin Campbell mentions the problems that Dugald McLachlan was having in
collecting debts owed to him. Dugald retired to
[12] John Campbell of
[13] John Campbell, only son of Dugald
Campbell of Salt Spring [d.1744]
[14] John Campbell baptised in Westmoreland
13 May 1742.
[15] John Campbell was sent to a
school at
[16] Assumed to be Archibald Campbell
the younger of Knockbuy who had recently arrived in
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