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Ref	Abridgement	In Brief	Registered
1844.01649	Ann Forest, spouse of Kenneth Gibson, saddler, Newport, seised 17 falls grnd pt of a pce of grnd in park immediately behind village of Maryton on feu disp by John Kidd, wright	John Kidd to Ann Forest / Gibson	13 Aug 1844

Plots:
156	south of Maryton	lot 20	1 acre 34 falls [244 pol]		2-10 Queen St; 29-39 Gowrie St; 2 Woodbine Tce	view plot details
189	south of Maryton		17 falls (21 pol 13 yd)		29 Gowrie St	view plot details

Extract from full sasine:
Registered at Edinburgh 13 Aug 1844 …. On 3 Aug 1844 appeared personally Kenneth Gibson saddler Newport procurator & attorney for Ann Forrest or Gibson his wife, & William Duncan labourer Newport, bailie, procurator, having a feu disp by John Kidd wright, then residing in Dundee … proprietor of the subjects … who sold to Ann Forrest or Gibson all & whole 17 falls Scotch measure or 21 pol 13 yd imperial, part of all & whole pce of grnd in park … lot 20 … [description of lot 20] … which whole pce grnd was feued by late John Kidd sometime residing Strathkinness, the said John Kidd's grandfather. [The subjects] bounded partly on W by said W-most approach from Maryton & partly by a common green in which there is a well; bounded S by a road running eastwards through the said whole piece of ground; bounded E partly by a road or passage 6' wide & partly by John Kidd's own property, said road or passage separating the house presently upon said whole piece of ground from that thereby disponed & which passage should extend 6' N from the front wall & in a line with the gavel [gable] of said house & the same should be mutual between John Kidd & Ann Forrest; bounded N partly by said common green and partly by a road leading E-wards from said W-most approach … marked off by march stones fixed at the sight of said John Kidd & Ann Rattray or Forrest, residing Dundee, widow of deceased David Forrest sometime gardener in Dundee … privilege of use of roads presently or to be opened up by John Kidd through the whole lot; privilege of taking water out of the mutual well betwixt said whole piece of ground & lot 19 the property of - Landsman in so far as John Kidd has the right thereto… [on these subjects] Ann Rattray or Forrest is to erect a dwellingh ouse of value at least £100 sterling … [to be her property, not her husband's Kenneth Gibson] written 12 Jul 1844 … on the ground on date first written in presence of Andrew McLeish & Alexander Andrews both masons at Newport RS3/2241/52

Extract from full sasine:

Registered at Edinburgh 13 Aug 1844 …. On 3 Aug 1844 appeared personally Kenneth Gibson saddler Newport procurator & attorney for Ann Forrest or Gibson his wife, & William Duncan labourer Newport, bailie, procurator, having a feu disp by John Kidd wright, then residing in Dundee … proprietor of the subjects … who sold to Ann Forrest or Gibson all & whole 17 falls Scotch measure or 21 pol 13 yd imperial, part of all & whole pce of grnd in park … lot 20 … [description of lot 20] … which whole pce grnd was feued by late John Kidd sometime residing Strathkinness, the said John Kidd's grandfather. [The subjects] bounded partly on W by said W-most approach from Maryton & partly by a common green in which there is a well; bounded S by a road running eastwards through the said whole piece of ground; bounded E partly by a road or passage 6' wide & partly by John Kidd's own property, said road or passage separating the house presently upon said whole piece of ground from that thereby disponed & which passage should extend 6' N from the front wall & in a line with the gavel [gable] of said house & the same should be mutual between John Kidd & Ann Forrest; bounded N partly by said common green and partly by a road leading E-wards from said W-most approach … marked off by march stones fixed at the sight of said John Kidd & Ann Rattray or Forrest, residing Dundee, widow of deceased David Forrest sometime gardener in Dundee … privilege of use of roads presently or to be opened up by John Kidd through the whole lot; privilege of taking water out of the mutual well betwixt said whole piece of ground & lot 19 the property of - Landsman in so far as John Kidd has the right thereto… [on these subjects] Ann Rattray or Forrest is to erect a dwellingh ouse of value at least £100 sterling … [to be her property, not her husband's Kenneth Gibson] written 12 Jul 1844 … on the ground on date first written in presence of Andrew McLeish & Alexander Andrews both masons at Newport RS3/2241/52

Names:
1844.01649	Forest, Ann
1844.01649	Gibson, Ann
1844.01649	Gibson, Kenneth
1844.01649	Kidd, John

Abbreviations in the notes
t/on - thereon; t/p - turnpike; dw - dwelling; ho - house; pt - part; pce - piece; grnd - ground; bldg - building; Tr/Trs - Trustee/Trustees; dec - deceased; ... - words omitted; pol - poles; yd - square yards; : - bounded; rd - road; ' - feet; " - inches;

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