[or-roots] dummy me

[E V Barnes]

Men ruled the world. but finally a woman could come into
possesion a of third of her husbands estate by dower right.

Sometimes the division reached rather obtuse results. 
The is the spouse might have uses of a room, her bedroom, the kitchen and 1/3 of the barn, and so on.

The term Last Will and Testament means just that, its
his or her last or most current.  When a new will is 
properly executed it succeeds the old will.  whatever
you do, if a change to the will is comtemplated, do not
write on it.  Have a new Will drawn.  You can by such
writing on a will destroy a gift, or even the Will, but you cannot add any new gift in that manner.  I have only 
had one known instance, that that was an uncle who
wrote on his well.  As a result he aced out his intended
beneficiary, and all who were not intended shared the
gift by default.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Leslie Chapman 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 4:09 PM
  Subject: [or-roots] dummy me


  Sheesh, that interpretation never occured to me, I'm sure you're exactly
  right. Now if I could just get my hands on the document itself. Sigh. It is
  the first concrete evidence I have ever seen that the Melvin name might
  actually have come from Scotland. I stumbled across a fellow in either that
  parish, or in Fifeshire a few years back and asked him if he could tell me
  if they had anything that a person might look in and he drew a complete
  blank, but I think the oldest info they had was 18th century or some such,
  which doesn't do much good since the third brother supposedly died without
  heirs shortly after the younger two came to the colonies in 1662 or
  whatever.

  Thanks Carla.

  Les C


  -----Original Message-----
  From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
  [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of
  CKlooster at aol.com
  Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 3:14 PM
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
  Subject: Re: [or-roots] what the heck is this


  Les...
  I KNOW that you know that answer to this.  Does the phrase "Last Will and
  TESTAMENT" ring a bell?  It's the Scot's version of Probate Register...sort
  of.  Possibly the cross reference you mention would be to a previous death
  of a relative from which the decedant had inherited.

  Carla
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