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Will of John Davis In re John Davis deceased In the name of God Amen. I John Davis of Collinett in St. Mary's Bay Newfoundland Planter being in sound and disposing mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say I give to Joseph Brien one cow with the use of one half of all my nets and boats with their craft &c as long as he shall remain in Collinett with my nephew William Davis. And I allso give to my nephew William Davis 4 cows with the other half of all my netts boats &c with all my right and title to the Salmon Fishery in Collinett Arm after all my just debts and funeral expences are paid. Lastly I do make and constitute J.W. Martin and Geo. Coles my executors of this my last will and testament dated this first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, John Davis [LS] Certified correct D.M. Browning
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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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