Description Will of Nickolas P. Olding, Merigomish, Pictou Co., NS

(Handwritten)

Estate of Nicholas P. Olding late of Merigomish, Farmer, deceased, Testate

Copy of Will for the Registrar of Deeds

I, Nicholas P. Olding of Merigomish in the County of Pictou, Farmer, hereby make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament, at the same time revoking any and all Wills by me at any time heretofore made.

I direct that all my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses, be paid and satisfied by my executors hereinafter named, as soon as conveniently may be after my decease.

I give devise and bequeath to my sons Thomas B. and William D. all my real and all my personal estate, excepting my piano, of whatsoever nature and kind or wheresoever situate, share and share alike.

My said piano I give to my three daughters Nancy G., Sarah J., and Elizabeth E.

I hereby bequeath to my daughter Anna Williams twenty Dollars ($20.00), to my Grandson Nicolas P. Williams Ten Dollars ($10.00) and I make the payment of these said sums a charge upon my real estate hereinbefore devised to my said sons.

I hereby bequeath to my daughters Margaret C. Olding, One hundred and twenty five Dollars ($125.00), to my daughters Nancy G., Sarah J., and Elizabeth E. Fifty Dollars ($50.00) each, the said sums to be paid to each of my said daughters, Margaret C., Nancy G., Sarah J., and Elizabeth E. upon their respective marriages, and I make the payment of the sums herein bequeathed to my said four daughters last named, a charge upon my real estate, hereinbefore devised to my said sons.

And it is my will that so long as my said four daughters last mentioned, and each or any of them shall assist as they have and each has hereinbefore done ion the housework and necessary women’s work about the farm, and in return thereof, I direct that my said daughters, so long as they or each or any of them remain or remains unmarried shall have the right to live in the house which I now live, or which may be built in its stead, and I also direct that my said sons shall provide my said daughters and each or any of them, so long as they or any of them remain unmarried, with suitable food and appropriate clothing, and shall allot them and each or any of them the same privileges as they have heretofore had.

I nominate and appoint my said sons Thomas B. and William D. as executors of this my last Will and testament.

In testimony whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament subscribed and set my Hand and Seal this tenth day of March A.D. 1898.

Signed Nicholas P.Olding L.S.

Signed published and declared by the above named Nicholas P. Olding as and for his last Will and testament in the presence of us both present at the same time, who at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other have heretofore Subscribed our names as witnesses.

Signed ---- W.C. Olding
" ---- Mary I. Olding

County of Pictou Sf
In the Court of Probate of Wills

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 Nicholas P. Olding late of Merigomish 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 4th. day of May A.D. 1898.
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, JUN 8 1898 I certify that the within instrument was duly registered at 11 AM of the above day in the Book 3, pages 158,159 on the certificate of John H. Lane Rgr.

John Yorston, Registrar
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