{"id":3275,"date":"2019-05-20T13:06:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T17:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valcartiergenealogy.com\/?p=3275"},"modified":"2019-05-20T13:06:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T17:06:41","slug":"sheehan-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valcartiergenealogy.com\/family-collections\/wills\/sheehan-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheehan, James"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

17th April 1895
Will of James Sheehan
Husband of Mary Carroll <\/td>
\u00a0
From records of Notary Edouard Antill Panet
No. 4841
Transcribed from the Original at the Quebec Archives <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

\nOn the seventeenth day of October one\nthousand eight hundred and ninety five, at the special insistence and request of\nJames Sheehan of the Parish of Sainte Catherine, Farmer, I, \u00c9douard Antill Panet,\nthe undersigned Notary Public duly commissioned and sworn in and residing and\npractising in the Parish of Saint Raymond in the Province of Quebec and Dominion\nof Canada personally repaired to the residence in the said Parish of Sainte\nCatherine of the said James Sheehan and there finding him very ill in bed but of\nsound and disposing mind, memory, judgment and understanding as it appeared unto\nus Notary and witnesses hereinafter named, from his words and actions, yet\nknowing and considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time\nthereof, and being desirous of regulating his worldly affairs whilst yet he hath\nthe strength left to do so, hath named, dictated and nominated, \nfait dict\u00e9 et nomm\u00e9<\/em>,\nunto us said Notary in presence of said undersigned witnesses his last will and\ntestament in the manner and form following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n1\u00ba I recommend my soul to Almighty God my\nCreator in the humble hope that he will receive the same to his favor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n2\u00ba I will and order that my body be\ncommitted to the grave to be buried in a manner suitable to my station in life\nand according to the rites and solemnities of the Holy Roman Catholic Church and\nfaith of which I am a member with a funeral service sung over my remains and\nanother funeral service at the end of the year with two high masses and twenty\nfive low masses for the repose of my soul as soon as possible after my death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n3\u00ba I give, devise and bequeath to my\ngrandson James Sheehan, son of John Sheehan and Mary Ellen Donohue, his wife:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1- Three lots of land situate, lying and being in the said Parish of Sainte Catherine, being lots Numbers Seven, Eight an Nine of the Fifth Range in the Seigniory of Fossambault and containing each lot two arpents of land in front by forty five arpents in depth, with the buildings thereon erected, circumstances and dependencies, said lots now known and distinguished upon the official plan and Books of Reference for the County of Portneuf and Parish of Sainte Catherine, as lots official numbers one hundred and seventy seven, one hundred and seventy eight, and one hundred and seventy nine (Nos. 177-178-179).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2- The following moveable effects: seven milch cows, five heiffers, three horses, five spring calves, four young pigs, twenty turkeys, twenty five fowl, two ploughs, two barrows, one wagon, one express wagon, two hay carts, one cariole, two cordwood sleighs, four logging sleighs, three sets of harnesses of which two are working and one light, one hay rake, one reaper, one threshing mill, and the whole of this season’s crops consisting of hay, grain, roots and vegetables. The product of the above said three lots of land to be by my grandson, used, enjoyed and disposed after full property and ownership from and after the moment of my decease, hereby instituting him my legatee under particular title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And during the minority of my said grandson, I will and desire that my son John Sheehan do have the use, usufruct and enjoyment of the said three lots of land, as also the whole of the moveables, goods, chattels and effects above mentioned for his own use, benefit and behoof until such time as my said grandson shall have attained the age of majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I desire that the fruits and revenues arising out of the said usufruct to my said son shall not be liable to seizure for any debts contracted by my said son as the same is given as an alimentary support for himself and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n4\u00ba I give and bequeath to my other grandson\nJohn Sheehan, son of James Sheehan and Catherine Maher, his wife:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1- A lot of land situate, lying and being in the Parish of Sainte Catherine, being lot number four of the Little Range in the Seigniory of Fossambault and containing said lot two arpents of land in breadth by forty five arpents in depth, with the buildings thereon erected and now known as lot number one hundred and eighty two (No. 182) on the official plan and book of reference for the County of Portneuf and Parish of Sainte Catherine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2- A lot of land situate in the said Parish of Sainte Catherine in the Little Range of the Seigniory of Fossambault containing three arpents of land in breadth by fifteen in depth also one and a quarter arpents of land in breadth by thirty arpents in depth to be taken and detached from a lot in the third concession of the Seigniory of Fossambault and now known upon the official plan and book of reference of the County of Portneuf and Parish of Ste. Catherine as Nos. 82 & 84.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3- The whole of the household furniture, goods, chattels, agricultural implements, wagons, sleighs and other moveable effects situate and being on the same lot number four of the Little Range at present in use by my son James, also the whole of the season’s crop of grain, hay, roots and vegetables. The product of said lots of land to be my said grandson, John, used, enjoyed and disposed of in full property and ownership from and after the moment of my decease, hereby instituting him my legatee under particular title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And during the minority of my said grandson John, I will and desire that my son James Sheehan do have the use, usufruct and enjoyment of the said lots of land above described as also the whole of the moveable effects, goods, & chattels bequeathed him for his said son’s own use, benefit and behoof until such time as my said grandson shall have attained the age of majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I desire that the fruits and revenues arising out of the said usufruct to my said son shall not be liable to seizure for any debts contracted by my said son as the same is given as an alimentary support for himself and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nI hereby nominate, constitute and appoint\nmy two sons, John and James Sheehan of the Parish of Sainte Catherine, Farmers,\nExecutors of this my present last will and testament wishing and desiring that\ntheir power and authority as such Executors continue beyond the day and year\nallowed by law and until such time as their two sons, James and John, shall have\nattained their age of majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nI hereby revoke and repeal all other and\nformer last wills and codicils by me heretofore made, wishing and desiring that\nthe present alone be followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIt was thus named, dictated and nominated\nunto us said Notary and witnesses by the said Testator of his own free will and\naccord, and the said Testator persisted hereinafter the reading thereof as fully\nto embody and contain his last will and intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThus done and passed at Sainte Catherine\naforesaid in the residence of the said Testator on the day, month and year first\nabove written, under the number four thousand eight hundred and forty one of the\noriginal deeds remaining of record in the office of the undersigned Notary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIn testimony whereof the said Testator\ndeclaring his inability to write or sign his name hath made his usual mark of a\ncross in the presence of the said undersigned Notary and in the presence of\nJames Cullen and Patrick Coughlin both farmers and both residing in the Parish\nof Ste. Catherine, witnesses requested by law and expressly demanded by the said\nTestator, who have each signed with and in the presence of the said Testator and\nin the presence of each other, these presents having been first duly read by the\nsaid Notary to said Testator in presence of said witnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nTwo marginal notes are good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nJames Sheehan, his mark; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nJames Cullen, his signature; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nPatrick Coughlin, his signature, \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nE.A. Panet, \nN.P<\/em>.,\nhis signature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nTranscribed by Gerald Neville, 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note by Patricia Balkcom:\u00a0 James died 6 months later on the 19<\/em>th<\/em><\/sup> of October at the reported age of 73 years.\u00a0 His two grandchildren who inherited all his property were young children when he died \u2013 James was two years old and John was 10 years old.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

17th April 1895Will of James SheehanHusband of Mary Carroll \u00a0 From records of Notary Edouard Antill Panet No. 4841 Transcribed from the Original at the Quebec Archives On the seventeenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and ninety five, at the special insistence and request of James Sheehan of the Parish of Sainte Catherine, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[44,35],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVLnF-QP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcartiergenealogy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcartiergenealogy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcartiergenealogy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valcartiergenealogy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valcartiergenealogy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valcartiergenealogy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcartiergenealogy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valcartiergenealogy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valcartiergenealogy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}