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Joseph Cooney
Will of Joseph Cooney In re In the name of God Amen. I Joseph Cooney of Burin in the Island of Newfoundland, Cooper, being very sick and weak but of perfect mind and memory and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament That is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I commend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executors; nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God- And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form: I give to my wel-beloved daughter Mary Cooney whom I likewise constitute make and ordain the sole executor of this my last will and testament, all and singular my lands, messuages and tenements by her freely to be possessed and enjoyed. And situated at Harbor Grace in Conception Bay in the aforesaid Island of Newfoundland and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments, wills, legacies bequests and executors by me in any wise before named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament and I further bequeath to my daughter Mary Cooney all monies that may be due me from the Savings Bank at St. John’s in Newfoundland aforesaid. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred seventy-three- Joseph his X mark Cooney (LS) Signed, sealed published pronounced and declared by the said Joseph Cooney as his last will and testament in presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses, Thomas Winter J.P. (LS), Hugh Reddy (LS) Louis S. Butler (LS) Certified correct,
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Note: The wills in those will books are NOT actual wills. They are either hand-written copies or in later years typed copies of a, "last will and testament," written or typed 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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