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A Collection of Newfoundland Wills
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James Lethbridge Senior

 

 

Will of James Lethbridge Senior
from Newfoundland will books volume 11 page 566

In re James Lethbridge Senior       deceased

This is the last Will and Testament of me James Lethbridge Senior at Brooklyn, Bonavista Bay in the Island of Newfoundland Planter. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Jane Lethbridge all property of every description of which I may die possessed for and during the term of her natural life and after her death to my adopted son James Lethbridge. I appoint my wife the said Jane Lethbridge to be the Executrix of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness Whereof I the said Testator have hereunto subscribed my name at St. John's in the Island aforesaid this 2nd day of June A.D. 1920. James his X mark Lethbridge
Signed by the said Testator (by making his mark) as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who, at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses - the said last Will and Testament being first read over and explained to the said Testator who thoroughly understood the contents of the same. Charles H. Emerson     Winifred Gamberg

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

(Listed in the margin next to this will the following)
Fiat Feb 5/21
Kent J.
Probate granted
to Jane Lethbridge
Feb 7/21
Estate Sworn
at $1709.67

 

 

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, Wendy Weller and Ivy Benoit

REVISED BY: Ivy F. Benoit April 25, 2002

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