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A Collection of Newfoundland Wills
(B)
John Aloysius Blake

 

Will of John Aloysius Blake, from Newfoundland will books volume 15 pages 472 to 476 probate year 1931

IN RE.
                              DECEASED
John Aloysius Blake.

The last will and testament of me John Aloysius Blake formerly in the City of Waterford and now of Humber fourty four Westland Row in the City of Dublin I hereby revoke all former or other wills by me at any time heretofore made I hereby bequeath to my wife Adelaide Mary Blake the sum of ten thousand pounds sterling together with the use during her lifetime of all property I possess or may hereafter become possessed of I request of her during her lifetime should it not be inconsistent with her own feelings to give effect so far as may be convenient to her and practicable to the written paper addressed to hereby me which shall accompany and be enclosed with this will on the death of the said Adelaide Power supposing that she survives me I bequeath to my brother Francis Augustus Blake now of Sydney New South Wales my landed property of Ballinacourty in the County of Waterford together with my property of Ballytruckle in the said County and also my share arising out of rents in the city of Waterford.
I bequeath to Hubert Power son of Patrick J. Power now of Faithlegg County Waterford and to his heirs male my landed property at Kilmeaden in the County of Waterford and request that neither he or they will sell or part with it as it forms part of the original property of the Powers of Kilmeaden from whom the said Hubert Power is descended I bequeath to my nephew John Green the son of my sister Grace Green my rent charge on the lands of Knockallna in the County of West Meath paid to me by Sir Benjamin Chapman together with a sum of five hundred pounds I bequeath my lands at St John's Newfoundland to my sister Grace Green now residing at Sydney New South Wales and I also bequeath to her the sum of one thousand pounds I bequeath to my cousin Mary Foley wife of James Foley M.D. now of Middleton County Cork the sum of five hundred pounds sterling I bequeath to my cousin Patrick Golway now residing in some part of Australia the sum of five hundred pounds I bequeath to Thomas F Strange Solicitor of the City of Waterford five hundred pounds I bequeath to John H. Doyle of 16 Piccadily London five hundred pounds should there not be sufficient assets to meet the foregoing bequests then I direct that they shall all be paid in proportion and should my assets exceed the foregoing bequests then I desire that the several foregoing bequests shall be proportionately increased should my wife Adelaide Mary Blake not survive me then I devise and bequeath in addition to what I have already bequeathed him two fortieth parts of my property to my brother Francis Augustus Blake and two fortieth to be divided amongst his daughters I bequeath one fortieth of my said property to my sister Grace Green in addition to the legacy already left her and one fortieth of my said property to her son John Green in addition to the legacy already left him I bequeath to Thomas F Strange one fortieth of my said property in addition to the legacy already left him I bequeath to the daughters of Patrick J. Power of Faithlegg County Waterford two fortieth each of my said property to my cousin Mary Foley one fortieth part of my said property in addition to the legacy already left her I bequeath one fortieth part of my said property to be disposed of at the discretion of my executors for the purpose of technical instruction to poor boys and girls in the City of Waterford I bequeath one fortieth of my said property for the promotion of the Sea Fisheries of Ireland to be disposed of at the discretion of my executors I bequeath one eightieth part of my said property to Thomas Francis Brady Inspector of Irish Fisheries I bequeath one eightieth part of my said property to John Allingham now Mayor of Waterford and one eightieth part of my said property to his son John Allingham Secretary to the Harbour Commissioners for the Port of Waterford I bequeath one eightieth part of my said property to Lieutenant Colonel Henry Meagher now of Royal Terrace Kingstown in the Count of - I bequeath to Charles Ambrose Solicitor of the city of Waterford one fortieth part of my said property in consideration of the faithful manner he has served me and for the trouble which he will have in setting as one of my executors I bequeath to Joseph Ambrose one eightieth part of my said property in recognition of the friendship he has shown for me and the important services he has rendered me I bequeath to John Henry Doyle of Humber Sixteen Piccadilly London one eightieth part of my said property in addition to the legacy I have already left him I bequeath to my nephew Blake Green now residing in New Zealand five hundred pounds I bequeath to Alan Hornsby secretary to the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries five hundred pounds I bequeath to Martin Daly Messenger at the Office of Irish Fisheries two hundred pounds I bequeath to Catherine Hart formerly servant to my Aunt Mrs Grace Power two hundred pounds I bequeath to John Cashel Hoey Secretary to the Commission of the Colony of Victoria and now residing at seventeen Compden Hill Road Kensington one eightieth of my said property I bequeath to Elizabeth Crilly Catherine Phelan and Mary O'Donnell of the Convent of the Good Sheppard in the City of Waterford the sum of five hundred pounds for the benefit of the Penitents of the said Convent I bequeath five hundred pounds for the establishment of Schools at Waterford for Boys to be carried out under the National System of Education I bequeath to Charles Stuart Parnell Member of Parliament for the City of Cork the sum of five hundred pounds in consideration of the Handsome manner he acted towards me on my retirement from Parliament I bequeath to Timothy M. Healy M.P. for Monahan T.P. O'Connor Member for Galway Borough Arthur O'Connor Member for Queen's County James O'Kelly member for Roscommon and Matthew Kenney Member for Ennis the sum of five hundred pounds each in recognition of the kindness they showed me while I was in Parliament and to my executors five hundred pounds each I bequeath for their trouble in addition to my bequest I have previously left them and my will is that in addition to the ordinary indemnity and right of reimbursement given by law to trustees my trustees shall be at liberty to dispense wholly or partially with the production of title and shall not be answerable for any loss thereby occasioned and whereas my brother Andrew has by a codicil to his last will directed that a certain fund therein specified should be paid over and transferred to me and invested by me for the purposes therein stated subject to my discretion as therein and I may be unable during my life to exercise such discretion in respect of the application of the said fund Now I do hereby vest the said fund in and bequeath the same to the Governors of the Leper Hospital and the trustees of the Shee Charity of the City of Waterford all for the time being together with my nearest male heir and the nearest male heir of Patrick J. Power of Faithlegg County of Waterford upon trust to administer the fund in such manner as the majority of them shall consider most accordant with the intentions of the testator and with the provisions of the said will and codicil with all and singular the powers provisions authorities and discretions on the mode of its administration which are by the said will and codicil conferred upon me I hereby appoint Hurbert Power of Faithlegg County Waterford John Cashel Hoey of seventeen Campden Hill Road Kensington London and Charles Ambrose Solicitor of Waterford Executors of this my will and I direct that the said Charles Ambrose notwithstanding his being named or acting as one of my executors shall be entitled as a solicitor to be paid the usual professional charges & expenses for all services which he may render in connection with this my will or my assets or estate
GIVEN UNDER my hand this third day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighty four

JOHN ALOYSIUS BLAKE

Signed delivered and declared by the said John Aloysius Blake the testator this third day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighty four as his last will and testament in presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses-
H. MYDDLETON Clerk in the office of the Agent General for Victoria & Victoria Chambers Westminster SW
S.A. BRUNNING Clerk in the office of the Agent General for Victoria & Victoria Chambers Westminster SW

 

CODICIL. to the last will and testament of me John Aloysius Blake made this third day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighty four I leave the sum of one thousand pounds to be disposed of at the discretion of my executors for the purpose of promotion the cause of Temperance in Ireland and I desire that when considering as to its disposal they should consult with Mr T. W Russell and Mr Wigan of the Firm of Edmondson and Company of Capel Street Dublin I leave and bequeath the sum of one thousand pounds to be disposed of at the discretion of my executors for the purpose of promoting the emigration of poor persons from Ireland to America or the British Colonies especially young girls and request that my executors will consult Mr Pepe Foster of Belfast on the subject I bequeath to the Carmen Mahon Member of Parliament for the county Clare the sum of five hundred pounds I bequeath to Bertram Lewis Callan five hundred pounds to be disposed of for his benefit at such time and in such manner as my executors may deem fit the said B.L. Callan is the son of Philip Callan member of Parliament for the County of Louth and is my godson I bequeath to Mrs Lee Duff cousin to my wife two hundred and fifty pounds and to her sister Mrs Annie Burgess two hundred and fifty pounds to be disposed of for their benefit in such manner as my executors may deem fit I bequeath to the Public Hospitals in the City of Dublin one thousand pounds to be disposed of in such manner as my executors may deem fit I bequeath a special sum of five hundred pounds to St Marks Hospital Lincoln Place Dublin to be employed in maintaining in good repair the said hospital and in enabling the Governors to receive a greater number of patients from the Country I leave and bequeath to the Earl of Granary or his successor as President and the Lord North or his successor as Treasurer of the association in this County of the Knights of the Order of Malta towards the foundation or endowment of a male hospital in connection with their Church in Great Ground Street London I leave and bequeath to Mrs Francis Hoey wife of my friend John Cashel Hoey the sum of five hundred pounds I leave and bequeath to Mary Masterson formerly in the service of my wife and now in the service of the Longham Hotel Company the sum of one hundred pounds to be disposed of for her benefit at the discretion of my executors I give and bequeath to John Connelly formerly an engineer in the service of my Uncle the late John Power the sum of twenty five pounds I leave and bequeath to James English Superintendant of the Model Loding House Waterford the sum of twenty five pounds I leave and bequeath the sum of five hundred pounds to be employed at the discretion of my executors for the promotion of Art Education in the city of Waterford I leave and bequeath the sum of five hundred pounds for the promotion of the National Gallery of Ireland to be disposed of at the discretion of my executors I give and bequeath the sum of five hundred pounds to be disposed of at the discretion of my executors for the Industrial School at Artane near the City of Dublin I bequeath the sum of five hundred pounds to be disposed of at the discretion of my executors for the establishment of a similar institution in the city of Waterford I leave and bequeath the sum of two hundred pounds to be disposed of at the discretion of my executors for the purpose of encouraging successful Oyster Culture in Ireland in the way of Prizes I give and bequeath to Anne Margisson of Harolds Cross Dublin Spinster and Anastasia Gallway and Mary O'Rorke of Lady Lane Waterford and the survivor and survivor of them the sum of two hundred pounds for the maintenance of Saint Martins Female Orphanage in the City of Waterford I leave and bequeath to William Malcolmson of Portlaw in the County of Waterford the sum of five hundred pounds in remembrance of his many acts of friendship to me I leave and bequeath to Francis Augustus Mahoney and P Kiroon joint Managers of the National Bank Dublin one hundred pounds each in recognition of the obliging manner they have always acted towards me I leave and bequeath to Charles Barry of her Majesty's Judges in Ireland the sum of five hundred pounds in recognition of the manner which he acted on an occasion when I was falsely assailed I leave and bequeath to Joseph O'Donnell of Belvedere Place Dublin the sum of one hundred pounds in recognition of his vindication of me on the same occasion I leave and bequeath to Miss Georgina Lees and to Miss Sophia Lilly Lees or as she is commonly called Lilly Lees the sum of five hundred pounds each it is my will that where in my will I have left bequests stating them to be fortieths or eightieths of my property I meant of my asset property and that it was not my intention that the bequests or legacies made of landed property should be at all interfered with it is my will that in case there should not be sufficient assets to meet the several legacies I have left that the legacies should be appropriated in accordance with the assets and should there be an excess of assets over the legacies then it is my will that such assets should be proportionately divided amongst the parties to whom I have left legacies that is to say in proportion to the amount left to each I will and direct that in the event of my wife Adelaide M Blake surviving me that at her death out of the moneys and other property which I have left her the life use of there should be paid to John Cashel Hoey and Charles Ambrose two of my executors the sum of five hundred pounds each this amount to be independent of the other sums that I have already bequeathed to them as my desire is that they should each have under any circumstances a sum at least one thousand pounds each as a mark of my friendship for them and my appreciation of the kind services they have from time to time rendered to me I do not name my wife as one of my executors in as much as that I leave is dependant on her not surviving me but in all things where it is practicable it is my desire that my executors should consult her and as far as they deem practicable and consistent with my intentions to give effect to her wishes as I am much to her affection and fidelity and desire to record my very deep obligation to her for the sacrifices she has made for me and the solicitude she has exhibited for my temporal and spiritual welfare I believe no woman could possess higher qualities as regards kindness of disposition and unselfishness and deep religious feeling and I commend her most earnestly to the care of my executors.
Given under my hand this third day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighty four

John Aloysius Blake

Signed sealed and delivered by the said John Aloysius Blake the third day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighty four as a codicil to his last will and testament of same date in presence of us who in his presence at this request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
H. MYDDLETON Clerk in the office of the Agent General for Victoria & Victoria Chambers Westminster SW
Samuel Arthur Brunning Clerk in the office of the Agent General for Victoria & Victoria Chambers Westminster SW

Correct.

William F. Lloyd

Registrar of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland

Written in the top right-hand margin:
Fiat
W. J. Higgins
Judge Aug 31/31
Resealed on
the 31st day of
August 1931
Value of Estate
$10,000.00

 

 

Page Contributed by Judy Benson, Sheila Tiberio & Transcribed by Lenora Cooper

Page Revised by Ivy F. Benoit ( Sunday June 30, 2019 )

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