Thanks Marc. There was no mention of what should happen to the other two-thirds of these movable goods. Mike Boyd From: MARC ARCHER Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 10:40 AM To: Mike Boyd Subject: Re: [AYR] One Family of Boyd of Portincross, Ayrshire. Mike, Movahill guides = movable goods. Marc On Monday, January 11, 2016 6:34 PM, Mike Boyd via <ayrshire@rootsweb.com> wrote: In the book History of the County of Ayr: with Genealogical Account of the Families of Ayrshire. By James Paterson, Vol II, 1852, pages 136-137 it says: “IV. Robert Boyd of Portincross succeeded, as we have seen, before 1610. His name repeatedly occurs in testamentary documents. He married Jean Montgomery, sister of Sir Robert Montgomery of Skelmorlie, who died in December 1621, and from whose testament and latterwill it appears that besides Robert his heir, he had several sons and daughters. … “Legacie “At Portincross, the xix day of December, the zeir of God jai vi c, and twentie ane zeiris, the quhilk day Jeane Montgomerie nominat Robert Boyd of Portincross, hir husband, executour. Item, my will, and I ordane my husband, to help our bairns, Nans, Elspeth, and Barbara Boyds, eftir this maner, viz, to Nans viii c. merks, to Elspeth vii c merkis, and to Barbara five hundrith merks. And to our eldest sone Robert, ane hundred merks, and ane brone naig, to George, thrie hundrith merkis, to Archibald thrie hundrith merkis, to Gavin thrie hundrith merks, and James thrie hundrith merks. And farder, I request my husband, for the love that has been betwixt my husband and me, and for the favour he beiris to our bairns abonewritin, to give the third part of the movahill guides and geir that appertains to ws, to be equallie devydit amangis our four zongest sones, George Archibald, Williame and James, and our thrie doctors, Nans, Elspeth, and Barbara Boydis. And I leif my brother, Sir Robert Monrgomerie of Skelmorlie, and George Montgomerie, our brother, to be overseers to my bairns; and ordanes thame, with my husband, to gif the portion that is left to ony of my dochteris to the rest of our bairns, incais, as God forbid, ony of thame abuis their bodeys in harlotrie,” &c”