Estate of Harriet Gill

late of St. John’s

Central District

Spinster deceased

Probate granted to George T. Rendell

of St. John’s

Central District

one of

the Executors named

in the Will the other Executor

having died since the execution

of the said Will

Dated

6th. January 1894

Estate sworn under $38,000

Volume 5

Folio 81

To the Honourable the Supreme Court

of Newfoundland or to one of the Judges

thereof.

The Petition of George T. Rendell of

Saint Johns, Merchant

Respectfully Sheweth as follows-

1. Harriet Gill late of Saint Johns Spinster

died here on the            day of November

last past having previously made and executed

her last Will and Testament and a Codicil

thereto which are hereto annexed marked A

and B respectively.

2. Petitioner is the surviving Executor of said

will. The other Executor named Frederick

J. H. Rendell has died since the making of

said will.

3. The said deceased at the time of her death

was possessed of property of the probable value

of Thirty seven thousand dollars.

Petitioner therefore prays that probate of the

said Will may be granted to him.

Dated at St. John’s this Twenty second day

of December AD 1893.

G. T. Rendell LS

Paper writing marked A referred to in Affidavit

Of Arthur C. F. Wood ?????

Com. ???

This is the last will and testament

Of me Harriet Gill of Saint Johns,

Spinster.

I revoke all former and other

Wills by me made and declare this

to be my true last will and testament.

1. I desire that all my just debts

and funeral and testamentary

expenses shall be first paid out

of my estate.

2. I desire that subject to the

conditions as to death before attaining

the age of twenty one years hereinafter

provided, - the whole of my share

or interest in the property and

estate of the late Nicholas Gill

(now being equal to one fourth of said

estate) shall go to the five children

of my nephew Ernest Gill and Frederick

D. B Gill son of my nephew Leander

N. Gill in equal shares to each per

capita. I desire that no division of

the said property among the legatees

shall take place until the youngest

survivor of them shall attain

the age of Twenty one years, and in

the meantime the yearly income shall

be divided among them, the shares

of the minors being applied to their

support

support and education. In the event

of the death of any of the said legatees

before he or she shall attain the

age of Twenty one years his or her

share shall go to the survivors equally

and subject to the same conditions

as to yearly income and survivorship.

3. I bequeath to Carrie E. Gill daughter

of James D. Gill Three thousand dollars

4. I bequeath to Ida Maxfield

daughter of Adolphus Gill One thousand

dollars.

5. I bequeath to Elsa, daughter of

Ida Maxfield One hundred dollars.

6. I bequeath to the children of

Herbert Gill who shall be alive at

the time of my death One thousand

dollars each.

7. I bequeath to Elizabeth and Maria

A. Anguin daughters of the late Revd.

Thomas Anguin One thousand dollars

each.

8. I bequeath to Mary Rendell

wife of Frederick J. W. Rendell Five

hundred dollars.

9. I bequeath to Emma, widow

of the late Noel Hanmer (provided

she outlives me) Two hundred dollars.

10. I bequeath to my faithful

servant Ann Hearn One hundred

dollars.

11. I bequeath to Mary Ward

wife of Robert Ward Eighty dollars.

11. I bequeath to my Executors in

trust 15 Debentures of Four hundred dollars

each bearing interest at the rate of

four

(numbered 147-161)

four percentum per annum, and direct

that they shall pay the interest thereon

to my brother Frederick M Gill during

his lifetime, and after his decease

the interest of Twelve of said debentures

is to be paid to Frederick D. B. Gill

son of Leander Gill and the five ∝,

children of Ernest Gill until each of

them attains the age of twenty one

years when each of them is to receive

two of said debentures.

12. To the Trustees of the various funds

and purposes below named I bequeath

the following sums and amounts: -

To the Church of England Clergy

Sustenation Fund one debenture number

Thirteen bearing Interest at five per

centum per annum, said debenture

being for the sum of One thousand

dollars.

To the Church of England Clergy

Widows and Orphans Fund, one debenture

Number fourteen, for One thousand dollars

bearing interest at five per centum

per annum. –

To the Church of England Asylum

for Widows and Orphans towards the

erection of the New Orphanage and

fences (or if not required for that

purpose, towards the annual maintenance

of the institution) One thousand five

hundred dollars -

To the fund for the redemption

of the Mortgage on Jersey Lodge, made

on account of Cathedral Completion

Fund One thousand dollars –

For the restoration of Church of

England property destroyed by fire

on

on 8th. July 1892, One thousand dollars –

To the Church Wardens of St. Thomas’s

Church, towards payment of the debt

thereon (or if not required for that pur-

pose then towards ordinary current

expenses of Church) One thousand dollars.

To the Church Wardens of St. Thomas’s

Church towards repairs of Parsonage

Five hundred dollars.

To his Lordship Dr. Power, or his

successor, the sum of Five hundred

dollars for the general purposes of

the Belvedere Orphanage.

13. All the rest residue and remainder

Of my said estate after the decease of

my brother Frederick M Gill I direct

shall be divided equally between

Carrie, Theodore and Herbert children

of late James D. Gill – Ida Maxfield,

Daisy Gill and Ella Street, children

of late Adolphus Gill, share and share

alike per capita.

14. All legacies to married women, or to

those who shall be married at the time

of my death, I direct shall be free

from any control of their respective

husbands,.

15. I appoint the Honourable George

T. Rendell and Frederick J. W. Rendell

of St. Johns Merchants, Executors of

this my will

Signed published and declared by

the said Testatrix 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 hereto

subscribed our names as witnesses Harriet Gill LS

this 25th day of July AD 1892.

(the words and figures (numbered 147-161)

being interlined at top of page 3) and

the word dollars being added to the ????

time but one of ????????

Arthur C.F. Wood LS

G. T Rendell LS

Paper writing marked B referred to in Affidavit

of Drusilla Coffin ???????

Codicil to the last Will and testament

of Harriet Gill of St. Johns Nfld. I direct that

before paying any legacy provided for in this

my will My Executors shall invest in Government

securities out of whatever money shall be in my

possession or due to me at the time of my death

such a sum as will yield an annuity of Forty

dollars annually for the educating or otherwise

offered it at their discretion for the benefit of

Frederick D. B. Gill son of my late nephew Leander

N. Gill until he attains the age of twenty years

or until his death if it occurs before that time

and that they then divide the said invested

sum equally between the said Frederick D. B. Gill

and the children of my late nephew Ernest Gill

or the survivors of them.

Signed published and

declared by the said Testatrix

as and for a Codicil to her last

Will and Testament in the her

presence of us who in her presence Harriet X Gill

and in presence of each other mark

have hereto subscribed our

names as witnesses this sixth

day of November 1893 – being

first read over and explained

to her

G. T. Rendell