The following is an Inventory and Appraisment of the Estate of William Pearson decd. taken this 13th. day of March 1777 Vizt.
| 1 book Case £15 - 1 Corner Cupboard £4..10/ | 19..10..- |
| 1 Clock £15 - 1 dozen Chairs £12 - 1 Tea table 26/ 1 looking Glass 50/ | 30..16..- |
| 12 large Pictures £7..10/. 12 small Do. 10/ 1 Candle Stand 15/ | 8..15..- |
| 1 pr. hand-irons fender tongs 55/. 1 Carpet 40/ 1 Beaufet £5 | 9..15..- |
| 1 Corner Table 25/ 1 dressing Drawers £3..10/. 11 Chairs £7 | 11..15..- |
| 1 small pair hand-irons Tongs Shovel and Poker 10/. 1 easie Chair 60/ | 3..10..- |
| 1 Gun £4. 1 Bedstead Bed 1 pr. Blankets 1 pr. Sheets 1 Counterpane Bolster 2 Pillows and Curtains £16 | 20..-..- |
| 1 small bed and bedstead 60/ 2 small Pictures 15/ | 3..15..- |
| 2 large Pictures 10/ 6 Windsor Chairs 72/ | 4..2..- |
| 1 Couch 30/ 1 small corner Cupboard 10/ 1 Table 25/ | 3..5..- |
| 2 small looking Glasses 60/ 2 Chiidrens Chairs 2/6 | 3..2..6 |
| 12 silver table Spoons £12.. 1 Soup Do. 70/ 1 silver Cream bucket & Ladle 70/ | 19..-..- |
| 1 pr. Silver sugar Tongs 25/. 10 silver tea Spoons & 1 Childs Do. 65/ | 4..10..- |
| 4 Queens China Salt Cellars and 4 butter boats | 0..5..- |
| 7 Tart moulds and 3 Pickle leaves | 0..4..- |
| 1 large China bowl and 2 small Do. | 1..-..- |
| 13 China Plates 1 stone fruit Do. 30/. 12 Wine Glasses and 2 Tumblers 15/ | 2..5..- |
| 11 Cups and Saucers 15/ 5 Coffee Cups and 6 Saucers 10/ | 1..5..- |
| 4 Tea Pots 5/ 3 Coffee Pots 6/ 1 Silver Ladle 15/ | 1..6..- |
| 2 Japaned Waiters 7/6 1 Stand and Crewitts 7/6 | 0..15..- |
| 12 Knives & forks 60/ 2 bread baskets 2/6 | 3..2..6 |
| 1 pr. Glass Salt Cellars 1/3 1 Tureen and Dish 7/6 | 0..8..9 |
| 12 Soup Plates 10/ 15 Shallow Do. 10/ 5 breakfast Plates 2/6 6 Dishes 15/ | 1..17..6 |
| 1 Candle box 2/ 1 Sugar Dish 1/ 1 small Mug 1/ | 0..4..- |
| 5 Knives and forks 7/6 1 Case and Bottles 40/ | 2..7..6 |
| 1 small fender and trivet 10/ 1 pr. Tongs and Poker 2/6 | 0..12..6 |
| 3 pr. Sheets £4 5 Counterpanes £5 8 table Coths £4 6 Napkins £3 | 16..-..- |
| 7 Diaper Towels 10/ blankets £4 3 Window Curtains 10/ | 5..-..- |
| 6 pillow Cases 1 Bolster 25/ 1 warming Pan & Lanthorn 15/ | 2..-..- |
| 3 Beds Bedsteads & furniture £30 2 Tables 17/6 2 Chests 15/ 2 Trunks 40/ | 33..12..6 |
| 1 Close stool Chair 40/ 3 Chairs 25/ sundry Books £5 | 8..5..- |
| 2 Mattrasses £6 2 Venitian blinds 40/ 1 Water Jug 2/6 | 8..2..6 |
| 1 Passage Cloth 20/ 1 Copper Kettle 90/ 2 washing Tubs 3/ | 5..13..- |
| 1 wooden Pestle and Morter 2/6 1 small tray & Bowl 1/3 8 butter Potts 25/ | 1..8..9 |
| 6 small butter Pots 6/ 2 Tea Kettles 7/6 1 Chafing dish & trivet 2/6 | 0..16..- |
| 7 Pewter Plates & 4 dishes 12/ 1 tin Dutch Oven & Cheesetoaster 1/3 | 0..13..3 |
| 14 Patty pans and 1 Cullender 7/6 2 Coffee pots 7/6 | 0..15..- |
| 1 Bell metal Skillet 20/ 6 Milk Pans 6/ 1 Grid-iron flesh fork and Spitt 12/6 | 1..18..6 |
| 1 pair Scales and Weights 15/ 1 Meal Binn 7/6 | 1..2..6 |
| 1 pewter Soup Spoon 1/3 1 Iron Stand & 2 Candle Moulds 1/3 | 0..2..6 |
| 1 Metal Pestle and Morter 12/6 1 Soap Jar 10/ | 1..2..6 |
| 1 flour Machine 60/ 1 water Pail 2/. 3 washing Tubs 2/ | 3..4..- |
| 1 large Tray 1/3 2 large Iron Pots & 1 small Do. 20/ | 1..1..3 |
| 2 Dutch Ovens 10/ 2 frying Pans 10/ 2 Pot-racks & 3 Pot hooks 20/ | 2..-..- |
| 2 pr. flat Irons 20/ 2 Ironing Tables 5/ | 1..5..- |
| 1 Coffee Mill & 2 Scrubing Brushes 10/. 2 pr. Candlesticks 25/ | 1..15..- |
| 1 pr. Snuffers 2/6 3 Clothes baskets 3/. 1 Noggin 1/ 1 Desk 20/ | 1..6..6 |
| 4 Chairs 5/ 1 Cradle 7/6 2 pr. Cotton and 1 pr. Wool Cards 20/ | 1..12..- |
| 1 Spining Wheel 10/ 1 Table 5/ 7 Jugs 29/ | 2..4..- |
| 1 Jar 10/ 1 pr. Kitchen Hand-irons 20/ 32 lb brown Sugar 40/ | 3..10..- |
| 7 lb Coffee 14/ 20 lb cotton 55/ 2 Riddels 6/ 1 funnel 1/ | 3..16..- |
| 1 twist Rope 2/6 75 Gallons train Oyl £37..10/ | 37..12..6 |
| 1 Plate Warmer 7/6 54 pr. Shoes £20..5/ 25 lb feathers 3..2..6 | 23..7..6 |
| 25 & Wool £3..2..6 1 pr. Steelyards 10/ 1 Footman 2/6 1 butter Pot 5/ | 4..-..- |
| Bottles Boxes and Barrels 20/ Hops & 2 Tubs 10/ | 1..10..- |
| 1 Cart &c. £12..10/ 4 Horses £90 | 102..10..- |
| 1 Riding Chair & Harness £25 1 Plow & 2 Harrow Hoes 40/ | 27..-..- |
| 3 Axes 2 Hoes & 2 Spades 30/ Carpenters tools & bark Chiessels 10/ | 2. .-. .0 |
| Shoe Makers tools and Lasts 20/ 5 Currying Knives & 1 fleshing Do. 30/ | 2..10..- |
| 6 Cows & 3 Calves £21.. sundry Currying Instruments 2/6 | 21..2..6 |
| 1 Oyl Cloth 20/ 2 Decanters 1 Tea Board 10/ 1 pr. old Cart Wheels 50/ | 4..-..- |
| 1 Pepper box 1 bread and nutmeg Grater | 0..1..3 |
| 1 Tea Chest and Canister 10/ 4 bottles of Tea 30/ | 2..-..- |
| 264 lb Bacon £8..5/ 75 lb Beef 31/3 | 9..16..3 |
| 1 Hearth broom 2/6 8 Shoe Knives 5/ 1 Currying & 1 fleshing Knife 25/ | 1..12..6 |
| 65 lb Copper as 97/6 - 81 lb Lamp black 7/6 pr lb | 8..1..3 |
| 5 bushels Salt 75/- 9 Gallons Rum 112/6 | 9..7..6 |
| 1 Gallon Linseed Oyl 10/ 1 large Rope 12/4 | 1..2..4 |
| 8 barrels of Corn £7..8/ - 24 bushels Oats £3 | 10..8..- |
| Old Iron 20/ 5 Jars 50/ | 3..10..- |
| 224 Hides in the Tan yard at 23/ | 257..12..- |
| 223 Do. in the Lime at 16/8 | 185..16..8 |
| 36 Do. in the yard 28/4 | 51..-..- |
| 220 Calf Skins 10/6 | 115..10..- |
| 105 Do 4/ | 21..-..- |
| 120 bushels of Hair £6 115 4 Tallow £5 15/ | 11..5..- |
| 2 Wheel barrows 30/ Spouts 8/ 2 Ladles 9/ | 2..7..- |
| 109 Sheep Skins 136/3 - 9 Dogs Skins 11/3 - 2 Horses Do. 10/ | 7..17..6 |
| Negros | |
|---|---|
| Sam £150 - Will £150 - Jemmy £100 - Ben £100 | 500..-..- |
| Lenn..90 - Molly - 40 Old Sarah..5/. Sarah 80 | 210..5..- |
| Betty - 80 - Kate - 80 Milly..30 - Harry 25 | 215..-..- |
| £2115..16..9 |
In Obedience to an Order of York Court We the Subscribers being first Sworn have appraised the
Estate of William Pearson decd. as shown us by Mary Pearson Admx. an Inventory of which is contained in the within
Ben: Powell
James Taylor
John Fergusson
Returned into York County Court the 15th. day of June 1778 and ordered to be recorded.
Examd.
Teste
Thos. Everard Cl Cur: