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A Collection of Newfoundland Wills
(D)
Richard Drake

 

 

Will of Richard Drake
from Newfoundland will books volume 12 page 341 probate year 1923

In re RICHARD DRAKE.      DECEASED.

This is the last Will and Testament of me Richard Drake of St. John's in the Island of Newfoundland, Master Mariner.
FIRST: I give and bequeath all my property to my son John Drake and my daughter Maria Drake in equal shares as tenants in common and I appoint my said daughter sole executrix of this my will.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF: I have hereunto subscribed and set my hand this 31st day of January, Anno Domini, One thousand nine hundred and twenty two. RICHARD DRAKE.
SIGNED by the said Richard Drake as his last Will in the presence of us, who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. Jas P. Blackwood.     A.C. Blackwood.

CORRECT.
William F. Lloyd
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland

(Listed in the Margin next to this will the following)
Fiat March 31/23
Kent J.
Probate granted
to Maria Drake
March 31/23.
Estate sworn
at $3000.00

 

 

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.

Page Contributed by Judy Benson and Ivy F. Benoit

REVISED BY: Ivy F. Benoit June 24, 2002

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