Thank you Judy and Kay. That makes sense as other bits of land he described as 'some short time since purchased of Mr. ' Farmers seem to have used closes of land scattered all over the place then. Margaret _____ From: k morris [mailto:morrisk32002@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:40 AM To: M. Major; SFHG-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SFHG] wording in will Hello Margaret, I agree with Judy that the wording usually means that the 'holding' the land is the tenant. The owner is the person he holds it 'of'. Kathleen "M. Major" <joyesmaj@xtra.co.nz> wrote: Hello Listers I have a will written in 1787 with wording ' I bequeath unto my son Joseph all my estate term and interest in the law of the two farms situate aforesaid which I hold of Mr . and Mr . Am I right in thinking that 'hold to' meant that these farms were leased to the two men named? Margaret Major #5836 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _____ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51734/*http:/tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/ca tegory.php?category=shopping> them fast with Yahoo! Search.