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Will of John H. Gillam In re John H. Gillam deceased I John Henry Gillam of Robinsons Head in St Georges Bay in the Island of Newfoundland being of sound mind do hereby make my last will and testament revoking all the wills and Codicils. I John Henry Gillam do hereby bequeath at my death to my son Solomon and his heirs and assigns, all my property real and personal and all other possessions of what ever kind and wheresoever situated that I may die possessed of, on the condition that he and they until my death pay me proper attention and treat me as kindly as a loving son should treat his father. And I John Henry Gillam do hereby appoint my son Solomon as sole executor of this my last will and testament. This will was signed this twenty-eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred & eleven. Witness my signature. John Henry Gillam X his mark. Witnessed by Charles Jeffrey. Thomas Gale. Correct William F. Lloyd (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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