Carlisle Patriot February 6, 1880 Thoughtful Bequest

Thoughtful Bequest

The Cumberland Pacquet of September 30, 1777, the following notice occurs in the obituary column: -   “Died. - At St. Nicholas, near Carlisle, Miss. Betty CREIGHTON, a maiden lady, aged 70. A few days before her death, she deputed six old servants in town to convey her body to the church, and ordered their dress at her expence which was every article new. She has left £20 a year for the maintenance of a little horse, which she rode during its life, which is to be spent without any further labour.”

 

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