In the Name of God Amen, I John McDonald, late belonging to his Majesty's Ship Resolution, being of sound and disposing Mind and Memory, do hereby make this my last Will and Testament.
First, and Principally I Commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God, hoping for remission of all my Sins through the Merits of Jesus Christ my blessed Saviour and Redeemer, and my Body to the Earth or Sea as it shall please God. And as and for such Worldly Estate and Effects which I shall be possessed of or intitled unto at the time of my decease, I give and bequeath the same as followeth, that is to say –
I give and bequeath the same unto my Trusty Friend Peter McMullen, Attorney at Law, all such Wages, Sum and Sums of Money as now is, or hereafter shall be due to me for my Service or otherwise on Board the said Ship or any other Ship or Vessel.
And I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the said Peter McMullen his (sic) Executor of this my last Will and Testament. And I do give and bequeath unto my said Executor all the rest and residue of my Estate whatsoever, both real and personal, hereby revoking and making void all other and former Wills by me heretofore made, and I do declare this to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Tenth day of November in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty and in the twenty first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. John McDonald.
Signed, Sealed, Published and declared by the said John McDonald as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses in presence of the said Testator Patt. Whealon James Harding
William Farren.
This Will was proved at London the twenty sixth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty six before the Worshipful George Harris, Doctor of Laws, Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert, Doctor of Laws , Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Peter McMullen the Sole Executor named in the said Will, to whom Administration was granted of all and Singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the deceased having been first Sworn duly to Administer.
Cliff Thornton, June 2003