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Will of Right Reverend Dr. Thomas Scallon In re To all the Faithful in Christ unto whom these presents shall come Greeting; Know ye that I Thomas Scallon, Doctor of Divinity, late of the County of Wexford, in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, but at present residing in the Town of Saint John's in the Island of Newfoundland, being in the City of Dublin in Ireland aforesaid in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four and in the month of August in said year, did then and there make order and declare an Instrument in writing signed with my name, the same being my last will and testament, and did thereby constitute and appoint (as well as I can now recollect not having a copy of said will by me) my beloved cousin the Reverend John Scallon of Taghnow in the County of Wexford aforesaid to be my executor. And being now weakly in body but of perfect sound mind thanks be given unto God; and being desirous of preventing any disputes arising after my decease do now by this Codicil give, bequeath and dispose of such worldly goods, chattels and personal property of every description as I now have or may hereafter be possessed of in and after the following manner that is to say
In the first place I fully confirm ratify and approve the Will beforementioned, made and executed in the City of Dublin aforesaid, as far as the same regards all and any goods, chattels, Monies, Specie, Bonds and so forth which I then had, have now or hereafter may have, and which were, are, or shall be in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland And I do hereby declare that it is my will and desire that the whole and every part thereof be subject to the aforesaid will in that full and ample manner then and there contemplated and to and for the uses and purposes therein declared. Certified Correct
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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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