Description Will of William Rae of Dalhousie Mountain, Pictou Co., NS

(Handwritten)

Estate of William Rae late of Dalhousie Mountain, Farmer, deceased, Testate

Copy of Will for the Registrar of Deeds

I William Rae of Dalhousie Mountain in the County of Pictou, Farmer, do make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and making null and void all other wills by me heretofore made.

First,  I will devise and bequeath to the executors of this my last will and testament to be hereinafter named all my Real Estate wheresoever situate and all my personal property (excepting the household furniture), In Trust for the following uses and purposes, that is to say, that they shall as soon after my decease as is convenient convert the said Real and personal estate so Willed, devised and bequeathed, as aforesaid, into money and out of the proceeds thereof to first Pay and settle all just demands against my estate.

2nd.  To pay to my beloved wife Jemma Rae the sum of Seven Hundred dollars, which amount I hereby will and bequeath to her.

3rd.  To pay my daughter Elizabeth R. Rae the sum of one Hundred Dollars, which amount I hereby will and bequeath to her.

4. And the residue of such proceeds my said executors shall invest on good and safe security, and disburse the same for the care in support of my son John D. Ray.

Second, I will and bequeath to my said wife all my household furniture and furnishings.

Third, I hereby nominate constitute and appoint my brother James Rae, of Dalhousie Mountain aforesaid, and  George Young of Millsville, Blacksmith, the executors of this my said last Will and Testament.

Witness my hand and seal this Eighteenth day of August A.D. 1885.

Signed            William Rae            LS

Witnesses

Signed       Charles W. Lane
  "          John D. McLeod

I William Rae of Dalhousie Mountain County of Pictou, Farmer,  the Testator in the foregoing Will and Testament to hear by add thereto this Codicil that is to say - I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Jemma Rae, the sum of Four hundred dollars in place of the sum of Seven hundred dollars as mentioned in the second clause of the said will.

Witness my hand and seal this twenty first day of April A.D. 1886 signed.

Signed       William Rae      LS

Witnesses

Signed      James Rae
    "       Cyrus McKean

I William Rae of Dalhousie Mountain in the County of Pictou up the testator in the foregoing Will and Testament do hereby Will and bequeath to my daughter Mary B. wife of John D. Fullerton the sum of one hundred dollars.

Witness my hand and seal the sixth day of July 1886.

Signed           William Rae            LS 

Signed       James Rae
  "          Annie M. Rae 

County of Pictou Sf
In the Court of Probate of Wills ie.

I do hereby certify that the foregoing instrument consisting of two pages, is an exact and literal copy of the last Will and Testament of William Rae late of Dalhousie Mountain, in the County of Pictou, Famer, 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 third day of May A.D. 1887.
John H. Lane  Registrar

To the Registrar of Deeds
for the County of Pictou

No Stamp

Province of Nova Scotia,
Registrar of Deeds Office, County of Pictou, 18th January  1888  I certify that the within instrument was duly registered at 3:30 PM of the above day in the Registry of Wills Book No. 2, pages 23 & 24  on the certificate of John H. Lane Rgr. of Probate.

John Ferguson   Registrar