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Part 1 - Contributed by Judy Benson - wills project Will of Sarah Lay In re
Signed Mrs. X Lay. Certified correct, Part 2 - Contributed by Marylyn D. Adams & Donald R. McCreary WITNESSED WILL SIGNED BY SARAH LAY ....ACTUAL WILL FOLLOWS: Newfoundland The Testatrix therein named duly Sign publish and declare the same as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence as well of this Deponent As of Susanna Foote the other Witness to the execution of the same. And this Deponent further saith that the said paper writing was distinctly read over to the said Testatrix previous to her affixing her mark thereto; and lastly that the said Sarah Lay was at the time of executing her said Will of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding to the best of Deponent's Judgement and belief. Sworn before me This 26. day of May AD 1853 George Schofield Geo. Anderson
Petition of Richard Knight for Letters of Administration
- for: To the Honorable the Chief Justice and the Assistant Judges of the Supreme Court &&& The petition of Richard Knight of St John's carpenter That Sarah Lay late of St John's widow departed this life
in or about the Month of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty three... leaving
two sons Richard and William, and two Daughters
That previous to the death of the said Deceased she only made and Executed her Last Will and Testament, which was only proven, and (can't read word "caged?") in the Office of the Chief Clerk and Registrar and hereunto annexed That in and by the said Last Will of the same Testator from Petitioner was
authorized and Directed to hold the lease of Said Testator's property consisting
of a leasehold interest in a House, tenements, and premises Situate in St John's,
and also deceased died possessed of chattels and furniture, which together
will said Leasehold interest amounted to the value of about That under said annexed will Petitioner was impounded to Receive the rents of said Estate and after payment of expenses to dispose of them as is by said will directed, all which your Petitioner has performed and carried out from year to year as the said rents became due and paid. Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that Your Lordship will be pleased to grant him Letters of Administration (cum testamento annexo) to the Estate of the said Deceased and as in duty bound your Petitioner will ever pray. Richard Knight Newfoundland To wit Richard Knight of Saint Johns' in the Central District
Sworn to before me At St John's the 14th Day of April AD 1858 Richard
Knight
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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. |
Part 1 - Contributed by Judy Benson & Ivy F. Benoit
Part 2 - Contributed by Marylyn D. Adams & Donald R. McCreary, Florida
Page Revised by Ivy F. Benoit (Wednesday February 20, 2013 AST)
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