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Will of John Jeans In re In the name of God Amen. I John Jeans of
Change Islands in the District of Twillingate and Fogo being of sound mind
and memory though in great weakness of body, do make publish and declare this
my last will and testament. That is to say,
first, I recommend my soul to God who gave it and desire that my body be decently
buried in the new cemetery of the Church of England, Change Islands. With regard to my worldly estate I give bequeath and dispose of it in the following
manner, after all my lawful debts are paid and discharged. 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 and also no paragraphs. 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. However, in some of the very long wills, we have tried to insert paragraphs to make it easier for the researcher to read the document. |
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