Description Will of Elizabeth (Betty) McGillivray of Pictou, NS

(Handwritten)

Estate of Elizabeth McGillivray late of Pictou, Widow, deceased, Testate

Certified Copy of Will for the Registrar of Deeds

In the name of God, Amen

I, Elizabeth (Betty) McGillivray, widow of the late Ronald McGillivray of Pictou, in the County of Pictou and Province of Nova Scotia, being of sound mind and memory and mindful of the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do therefore make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, That is to say after all my lawful debts are paid and discharged, I give and bequeath the sum of forty dollars to Sarah McDonald, wife of my brother Alexander McDonald,

I give and bequeath James and Angus McDonald sons of my said brother Alexander McDonald, each, the sum of ten dollars.

I give and bequeath to the Rev. John J. Chisholm pastor of the Roman Catholic Church, Pictou, the sum of twenty dollars for his own benefit.

I give and bequeath to the said Rev. John J. Chisholm the sum of forty dollars for spiritual purposes.

The residue of my estate, real and personal I give and bequeath to my said brother Alexander McDonald, my brother Roderick McDonald and my sister Ann McDonald, share and share alike.

I appoint and constitute my said brothers Alexander and Roderick McDonald the Executors and administrators of this my last Will and testament and I hereby revoke and annul all former wills by me made.
In witness whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my hand and affixed my Seal, on this twenty first day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety six, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses, in the presence of each other.

Signed X her mark Elizabeth (Betty) McGillivray

Signed ---- I. F. Kelly
" ---- W. R. Brownrigg

County of Pictou Sf
In the Court of Probate of Wills

I do hereby certify that the foregoing instrument consisting of one page, is an exact and literal copy of the last Will and Testament of Elizabeth (Betty) McGillivray late of Pictou, in the County of Pictou, Widow, deceased, Testate, which has been duly filed and admitted to Probate in accordance with the practice of the Court.

Given under my hand at Pictou this 1st. day of September A.D. 1896.
John H. Lane Registrar

To the Registrar of Deeds for the County of Pictou

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Province of Nova Scotia, Registrar of Deeds
Office, County of Pictou, 25th Septr 1896 I certify that the within instrument was duly registered at 11 AM of the above day in Will Book 3, pages 40 on the certificate of John H. Lane Reg.

John Yorston Registrar