(Handwritten)
Estate of William Tupper late of West River, Farmer, deceased, Testate
Copy of Will for the Registrar of Deeds
Province of Nova Scotia
County of Pictou. In the County of Pictou, 1881.
In the matter of the estate of William Tupper, late of West River, in the County of Pictou, Farmer, deceased, Testate.
At a Court of Pictou held at the Probate Office, in the town of Pictou, on the 31st.day of August A.D. 1881.
I, Wm. Tupper of the Head of the West river in the County of Pictou, Province of Nova Scotia, being at present in an infirm state of health but of sound & memory & reflecting on my mortality it being appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament.
Also all my stock without exception, faring implements , utensils, grain, hay & root crops, household furniture, barn, house, etc. & all & everything else of property now owned by me. I will to & bestow upon my grandson aforesaid, John W. Tupper, conditionally however to my said grandson providing a home & all the necessary comforts & requirements of a home to & for my beloved wife Margaret Tupper during her natural life and providing & paying for all things necessary against her respectful internment at death.
Lastly, I do hereby appoint as my true & lawful Executors for duly fulfilling and carrying into effect the disposition of this my last Will and testament, Mr. Robert Anderson Merchant of West river Station Pictou County, and S. Archibald Esqr. of Watervale West River of said County, giving & granting unto them all such power & Authority as Executors may by law possess or exercise.
In witness whereof I have hereto Set my hand & Seal at West river aforesaid this the fourth day of November in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred & Seventy three. revoking and annulling all other and former wills by me made, ratifying and confirming this as my last Will and Testament.
Signed X his mark William Tupper L.S.
Signed, Sealed pronounced and declared by the said Wm. Tupper as his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who in his presence & in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names.
Signed ---- James Matheson
" ---- James Anderson
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 Tupper late of West river, in the County of Pictou, Farmer, 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 31st.day of August A.D. 1881.
John H. Lane Registrar
To John Ferguson Esqr.
Registrar of Deeds
for the County of Pictou
No Stamp
Province of Nova Scotia,
Registrar of Deeds Office, County of Pictou, 19th. April 1882 I certify that the within instrument was duly registered at 10 AM of the above day in the Registry of Wills Book No. 1, pages 114 & 115 on the certificate of John H. Lane Rgr. of Probate.
John Ferguson Registrar
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Tags: | William Tupper of West River, Farmer, John W. Tupper, Deed 1858, John Anderson, Effie Tupper, Margaret Tupper, Robert Anderson of West River Station (Merchant), S. Archibald Esquire of Watervale, 1873, James Matheson, James Anderson, 1881, 1882 |
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