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Will of Matthew Slade from Newfoundland will books volume 5 pages 27-28 probate year 1886 Last Will and Testament of Matthew Slade In the name of God Amen.
I Matthew Slade of Chamberlains Conception Bay Farmer being
very sick and weak but of perfect mind and memory and knowing that it is appointed
for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament,
that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul unto
the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I commend to the earth to
be buried in decent Christian burial according to the rites of the Church of
England nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the
same again by the mighty power of God. First I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Sarah Slade my dwelling house stable and all household furniture debts and moveable effects also my cow. I also leave to my wife all my granted land for her support during her life with the exception that my sons James Slade and Edward Slade shall still hold and occupy the gardens on which their houses are built and at their mothers decease they shall each receive a part of the land then in possession of their mother when her funeral expences headstone and all other debts dues and demands are paid. And lastly it is my will that should my two daughters Elizabeth and
Ina desire
and need it they shall have a part of my land after the death of their mother
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