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Will of John Plowman In re In the name of God Amen. I John Plowman Planter of Brigus
in Conception Bay Newfoundland of sound mind and memory considering that all
men are mortal and from a weak and afflicted state of body have reason to expect
my mortality is not distant and being desirous all my temporal affairs as well
for my own peace of mind as to obviate my difficulties which may arise hereafter
my discease do make and ordain this as my my last will and testament that is
to say First I give my soul to God who gave it in hope of a glorious immortality
and my body to the dust and as for my wordly possessions I give and bequeath
them in manner following as my fishing property is small, not sufficient to
be divided amongst my children I give and bequeath to Philip Plowman my
only son and his children after after him all that fishing room house gardens
that I now enjoy and all my moving property that is to say cattle skiffs or
boats that I now enjoy to hold in his possession from this day forward for
ever except that spot of ground on which Patience Wilcox my
daughters house stands with a small garden joining to it that I give and bequeath
to John Wilcox her son I give
and bequeath to my daughter Virtue that spot of ground on
which her house stands as for my daughter Elizabeth Catherine and Mary & Susan I
give and bequeath one shilling to each of them & I do hereby revoke and
annul all my will or wills or dedy gifts or anything that do appear hereafter
and I make this my last will sole & testament and appointing William
Keating of Cupids
as one of my executors & Willm Taylor the second. Signed
sealed and delivered in presence of those undermentioned persons and we for
our parts sign this in presence of the above John Plowman his
X mark (LS) Wm. Keating, William Taylor,
John Ledrow his X mark, Abraham Ledrow his X mark. Decem. 15th 1821. In
the name of God Amen. this is to certify that I John
Plowman do make this
my last will & testament bearing date December 15th 1821. Certified correct,
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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 and also no paragraphs. 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. However, in some of the very long wills, we have tried to insert paragraphs to make it easier for the researcher to read the document. |
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