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Will of Lucy Simmonds In re Lucy Simmonds deceased This is the last will and Testament of me Lucy Simmonds of St. John's widow. I revoke all wills heretofore by me made. I appoint my son George Simmonds the executor of this my last will and testament. I give devise and bequeath everything of which I shall die possessed whether real, personal or chattels real to my said son George Simmonds provided he properly feeds clothes boards lodges and properly maintains and supports me during the remainder of my life and decently buries me and provides a headstone for my grave. Should the said George Simmonds fail to properly maintain and support me so that I am obliged to leave his home I direct that all my property shall be divided equally between all my children. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand at St. John's this 22nd day of August 1918. Lucy her X mark Simmonds. Signed published and declared by the Testatrix by making her mark as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us who in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto at her request signed our names as witnesses the same been first read over and explained to Testatrix who appeared fully to understand the same John Dodd Jaww(?) McNeily of St. John's Solicitor Correct Charles H. Emerson (Listed in the margin next to this will the following)
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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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