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Will of Henry G. Colles In re This is the last will and Testament of me Henry G. Colles of St. John's Shopkeeper after the payment of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses I give devise and bequeath to my dear wife Dorcas all the property both real and personal which I may die possessed of. I appoint my said wife Dorcas Executrix of this my will St. John's Jany 8th, 1909. - Henry G. Colles - Signed published and declared by the said Testator as and for his last will and Testament in our presence who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses Allan B. Williams M. P. Gibbs. Certified correct. (Listed in the margin next to this will the following)
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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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