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Disclaimer: The wills for volumes 1 and 2 are not made from the original will books, but rather from a set of books written up from the originals about 100 years later. The 1846 hand written will book that we are putting up along with the wills from the volume 1 will book, is not the original will book. It was made, probably within a decade of the death of the testators, but it is not an exact replication from the original will book. |
Will of Lee George Bayly In re George Bayly deceased. This is the last will and testament of me George Bayly of Saint John's in the Island of Newfoundland Landing Surveyor in the service of Her Majesty's Customs. In the first place I give and bequeath all and singular the household furniture plate linen and monies lands houses or interest therein and all and singular the rest residue and remainder of the property estate or effects of every kind of which I shall be possessed or entitled to at the time of my decease or over which I have disposing power unto my dearly beloved wife Mary after my funeral expenses just debts shall have been paid and discharged from my estate for her the said Mary Bayly's maintenance and support during her natural life it being my will and pleasure likewise that my beloved daughter Miriam shall be supported and maintained out of my said estate as heretofore in conjunction and in the same manner as my said wife whilst a spinster or until my said unmarried daughter shall contract matrimony when the residue of my then remaining estate shall revert to my said beloved wife. And lastly I do nominate and appoint my said dear wife and my son John executrix and executor of this my will. Certified correct Will of Lee George Bayly This is the last will and testament of me George Bayley of St Johns in the Island of Newfoundland Landing Surveyor in the service of Her Majesty's Customs. In the first place I give and bequeath all and singular the household furniture, plate, linen, and monies, lands, houses or interest therein and all and singular the rest, residue, and remainder of the property, estate, or effects of every kind of which I shall be possessed or entitled to at the time of my decease or over which I have disposing power unto my dearly beloved wife Mary after my funeral expenses just debts shall have been paid and discharged from my estate for her the said Mary Bayly's maintenance and support during her natural life it being my will and pleasure likewise that my beloved daughter Miriam shall be supported and maintained out of my said Estate as heretofore in conjunction and in the same manner as my said wife whilst a spinster or until my said unmarried daughter shall contract matrimony when the residue of my then remaining estate shall revert to my said beloved wife. And lastly I do nominate and appoint my said dear wife and my son John executrix and executor of this my will. In the Supreme Court Newfoundland, St. Johns
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Note: The wills in those will books are NOT actual wills. They are hand-written copies of a, "last will and testament," written by the court clerk, after the death of the testator, when the executor presented them to the court for probate. The court clerk didn't list the signatures at the bottom, he (or she) just put them in the book in whatever order they were in, on the original document, no spacing most of the time, no punctuation. The originals were kept by the executor. We who have typed these wills, have made every effort to include all the errors that were on the microfilm, in order to avoid destroying the integrity of the originals, where ever they may be. |
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