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Will of Peter Bennett In the Estate of This is the last will and Testament of me Peter Bennett of Burin in the Southern District of Newfoundland Blacksmith I give, divide and bequeath my estate and property as follows That is to say I give and bequeath to my wife Catherine Bennett all my real and personal estate of every description absolutely for her sole use and benefit and I appoint my said wife to be the Executrix of this my will and revoke all previous wills by me at any time heretofore made by me and declare this writing to be my last will and Testament. I certify the foregoing to be a correct copy of the last will and Testament of Peter Bennett deceased. (Listed in the margin next to this will)
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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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