Will of Mary Mitchell
from Newfoundland will books volume 2 pages 485-486 probate year 1862

In re
Mary Mitchell deceased.
This is the last Will and Testament of me Mary Mitchell of Harbor Grace in the Island of Newfoundland Widow being of sound mind and disposing memory I will and desire that my funeral expenses and just debts be paid out of my estate by my Executors hereinafter named.    I give and devise all that piece and parcel of land with three houses thereon described in a grant from the Crown thereof to me bearing date the first day of July One thousand eight hundred and fifty seven as “all that piece and parcel of land situate and being on the point of Beach Harbor Grace abutted and bounded as follows that is to say by a line commencing at a point near the north and west angle of Thomas Ridley’s ground close to the east side of Cochrane Street thence running with Cochrane Street by the magnet in eighteen hundred and fifty seven north fifty eight feet ten inches more or less thence bounded on the north by Patrick Butler running east thirty feat seven inches, thence bounded on the east by Robert Lee Whiting running south fifty six feet four inches thence bounded on the south by Thomas Ridley running South eight five degrees thirty west thirty feet six inches more or less to the place of commencement saving and reserving to the public use Cochrane Street its present width with the appurtenances as follows that is to say, I give and devise the said land hereinbefore recited and described and two of the houses thereon, that is to say, the house I now live in and the house to the south of the said house with all and every the appurtenances unto Thomas Mitchell Mary Mitchell and Sarah Mitchell my son and daughters and their heirs forever     I give and devise the other house upon the said land unto John Mitchell my eldest son and his heirs for ever provided that he live in Newfoundland, otherwise the house shall then go to the said Thomas Mitchell, Mary Mitchell and Sarah Mitchell and their heirs.     I give devise and dispose of the sum of three hundred and eighty pounds belonging to me and now in the hands of Messrs. Brooking & Son of Saint Johns Newfoundland, as follows, that I give and devise the sum of two hundred and eighty pounds part thereof unto Thomas Mitchell Mary Mitchell and Sarah Mitchell aforesaid their executors administrators and assigns to be equally divided amongst them.    I give and devise the sum of one hundred pounds, the remainding portion of the said sum of three hundred and eighty pounds unto Ellen Mary Donovan my granddaughter on her attaining the age of twenty one years provided she act according to her uncle’s wishes.     I appoint John Mitchell and Thomas Mitchell my said sons to be executors of this my last will and testament.    I revoke all other and former wills codicils and testamentary dispositions ever made by me and declare them null and void and that this alone shall stand as my last will and testament.    In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand and seal at Harbor Grace aforesaid this fifth day of February one thousand eight hundred and sixty two.    Mary her X mark Mitchell (LS)     Signed and sealed by the above named testatrix Mary Mitchell as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses, the word ‘south’ interlined on the second page and the words ‘provided she act according to her uncles wishes’ being interlined on the third page having been first read and explained to said testatrix, Michael Hartry, Matthew Cripps.
Certified correct,
D. M. Browning
Registrar