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While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there could be
some typographical errors
Newfoundland will books volume 2 pages 139-140 probate year 1853
| Will of Charles Blackman |
In re CHARLES BLACKMAN. DECEASED. By this my last will and testament I Charles Blackman M.A. Minister of St. Thomas*s Church in the town of St. John*s Newfoundland do give and bequeath to my wife Julia Sarah Blackman all and everything that I possess or hereafter by any right I may by law or otherwise possess to be for her use and behoof & hereby setting aside any claim that may be made to the contrary by any one or more of my children or any other of my relations and finally I leave my wife aforesaid my sole executrix but at the same time giving my gold watch after my wife*s death to my son Charles & all my books and manuscripts to my son Thomas to my two daughters Julia and Louisa I give to the former my likeness painted by Valentine & to the latter the picture of her mother painted also by Valentine The larger picture of Sir Charles Hamilton I give to my son Charles & the smaller one to my son Thomas after the death of their mother. All and everything that I am possessed of or may hereafter by any right or inheritance whatsoever I give unreservedly & for her own especial use & disposal to my beloved wife Julia BlackmanGiven under my hand & seal this fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two. Charles Blackman M.A. Minister of St. Thomas*s Church, St. John*s Newfdland (LS) Witness Henry Alsop, James Garrett. Codicil to the aforesaid will, If my widow marries again without the consent of the majority of her children all her interest in the aforesaid will is entirely forfeited & any emoluments she might otherwise have derived will and are to be respectively & equally divided between our children. Charles Blackman, M.A., Minister of St. Thomas*s Church St. John*s Newfdland. Witness Henry Alsop, James Garrett. Certified correct, D. M. Browning Registrar |