{"id":4085,"date":"2019-07-07T17:25:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T21:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valcartiergenealogy.com\/?p=4085"},"modified":"2019-07-07T17:25:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T21:25:42","slug":"conway-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valcartiergenealogy.com\/family-collections\/wills\/conway-john\/","title":{"rendered":"Conway, John"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
20th<\/sup> August 1869
Last Will of John Conway<\/strong>
Husband of Catherine O\u2019Sullivan <\/td>		 From records of Notary Charles Henry Andrews
No. 1252
Quebec Archives Film Online <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

\nOn the twentieth day of August\nabout eleven o’clock in the fore noon in the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nhundred and sixty nine,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAt the request of John Conway of\nthe Parish of St. Catherine de Fossambault, Teacher, I the undersigned Notary\nPublic duly commissioned and sworn and residing at the city of Quebec in the\nProvince of Quebec and Dominion of Canada went to the house and residence of the\nsaid John Conway in the Parish of St. Catherine de Fossambault at the place\nknown as Lake St. Joseph where being I found the said John Conway of sound mind,\nmemory, judgment and understanding and who requested me the said Notary in the\npresence of Patrick White and John Griffin both of the said Parish of St.\nCatherine of Fossambault, farmers, witnesses requested to be present to write\ndown and receive his last will and testament which he instantly made, declared\nand named in manner and form following that is to say, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nI will and direct that all my just\ndebts and funeral expenses be paid and satisfied with all due diligence after my\ndecease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nI give, devise and bequeath the\nwhole of my property moveable and immoveable real and personal debts obligations\nready money or wearing apparel which I may die possessed of without any\nexception or reserve whatsoever unto my son James Conway whom I do hereby\ninstitute my universal legatee of all my property moveable and immoveable real\nand personal to have and to hold the same after my decease in full and absolute\nproperty. And I do hereby nominate and appoint the said James Conway sole\nexecutor of this my present last will and testament in whose hands I do deseize\nand disect myself of all my said property moveable and immoveable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nI give, devise and bequeath unto my\ndaughter Mary Conway the sum of two hundred dollars to be paid to her by her\nsaid brother James in full equal annual installments of the sum of forty dollars\neach the first to be made in one year after my decease the whole to be made\nwithout interest, and I hereby revoke and make null and void all other wills at\nany time heretofore by me made declaring the present to be my only true last\nwill and testament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIt was thus made, dictated and\nnamed by the said Testator unto me the said Notary and  witnesses and the\npresent last will and testament having been read over and over again to the said\nJohn Conway by me the said Notary in the presence of the said witnesses the said\nJohn Conway declared to have perfectly heard and understood the same and\npresented herein declaring that it contained his last will and testament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nDone and executed at the Parish\naforesaid at the residence of the said Testator on the day and year first above\nwritten under the number one thousand two hundred and fifty two the said John\nConway having signed these presents first twice duly read as aforesaid together\nwith said witnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\nJohn Griffin, his signature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nJohn Conway, his signature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nC.H. Andrews, Notary, his signature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transcribed by Gerald Neville, April 2011<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes by Patricia Balkcom:\u00a0 John died 2 and a half years later, 11 January 1872.\u00a0 His wife, Margaret, had died in 1866.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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