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Will of Michael Power In re I Michael Power of Saint John's Fisherman make and ordain the following as and for my last will and testament, that is to say First after the payment of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses I will and desire that my executor hereinafter named shall distribute my money goods chattels and effects as follows To Mary Driscoll I will and bequeath the sum of One hundred pounds currency. To the Orphanage of St. Michael's at St. John's I bequeath the sum of ten pounds, To the Sisters of Mercy of St. John's I bequeath the sum of ten pounds currency. To the Reverend Father Veriker of st. John's, I bequeath the sum of five pounds currency for Masses for the repose of my soul. 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. 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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