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Disclaimer: The wills for volumes 1 and 2 are not made from the original will books, but rather from a set of books written up from the originals about 100 years later. The 1846 hand written will book that we are putting up along with the wills from the volume 1 will book, is not the original will book. It was made, probably within a decade of the death of the testators, but it is not an exact replication from the original will book. |
Will of Richard MacKay In re In the name of God Amen, I Richard Mackay of Holy Rood Conception Bay in the Island of Newfoundland native of Ireland in the Barony of Imokilly, County Cork, being of sound mind and good health of body yet ignorant how long these blessings may be indulged me, do make this my last will and testament revoking all other will and wills heretofore made by me, Impremis, I give and bequeath to Francess my dearly beloved wife the sum of one hundred pounds sterling money to be paid her by Messrs. Boyle, Low, Pim & Co. my brokers in Dublin to be raised out of the Consolidated Funds now standing in my name in the Bank of Ireland together with all the Cash and Provisions in the house and all my household goods and the use of my premises untill such time as my son John Mackay becomes of age,
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twelveth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and forty seven 1847.
Richard Mackay. Certified correct Will of Richard MacKay from Newfoundland will book labeled, "REGISTRY OF WILLS 1846," pages 142 to 145 probate year 1848. In the name of God, Amen, I Richard Mackay of Holy Rood, Conception Bay, in the Island of Newfoundland ~ Native of Ireland in the Barony of Imokilly, County Cork, being of sound mind and good health of body. Yet ignorant how long these blessings may be indulged me, do make this my last Will and Testament revoking all other will and wills heretofore made by me. Imprimis, I give and bequeath to Frances my dearly beloved wife the sum of one hundred pounds sterling money, to be paid her by Messrs. Boyle, Low, Pim & Co. my brokers in Dublin to be raised out of the Consolidated Funds now standing in my name in the Bank of Ireland together with all the Cash and Provisions in the house and all my household goods and the use of my premises until such time as my son John Mackay becomes of age. Say Twenty One years. And it is my wish and desire that my wife and children will live together until such time as my son comes of age. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and forty seven. Richard Mackay. (LS) Newfoundland ~ In the Supreme Court Sworn before me at Saint Johns this 1st day of April A.D. 1848 Charles Simms, Commiss.
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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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