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In the name of God Amen I William Colborne of the Town and County of Poole Trader to Newfoundland do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following First I Will that all my just Debts and Funeral expences be paid and discharged and after such my Debts and Funeral expences are paid I do give and bequeath unto my Wife Martha Colborne all and singular my Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Gardens, Outhouses and premises with the Appurtenances situate in Poole aforesaid Also I give and bequeath unto my said Wife Martha Colborne all that my Leashold Tenement with the appurtenances situate in Hiley's Orchard in the said Town and County of Poole during the remainder of my Term and Interest therein Also I give and bequeath untto my said Wife Martha Colborne all my ready Money, security and securities for Money, Plate, Houshold Goods and Furniture, Books, Cloaths, Credits, Effects and personal Estate whatsoever wheresoever and of what kind and nature so ever which I Die possessed of, Interested in, and Intitled unto at the time of my Decease. To hold the same and every part of the above during the Term of her natural Life. And from and after her Decease to the Heirs of her Body Lawfully begotten by me the said William Colborne equal share and share alike to be ???? for ever but in case she should not have any Children by me Then I Will that after her Decease every part shall devolve to my Mother Susanna Colborne during the Term of her natural Life and from and after her Decease to my Three Sisters Susanna Hayward, Hannah Pike Colborne and Mary Colborne to be divided equally amongst them or the survivor or survivors of them. And lastly I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the said Martha Colborne Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this to stand and be as and for my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said William Colborne the Testator have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Thirtieth day of March One Thousand and Seven Hundred and Ninety Three Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said William Colborne the Testator Wm Colborne as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who (in his presence at his request & in the presence of each other) have signed our Names as Witnesses Mary Mill Rob Miller John Miller Martha Colborne the sole Executrix named in the within Will was duly sworn to the same as usual before me this Third day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty ???? Jolliffe Surrogate Proctor Thos Parr Effects sworn to be under L200 The Testator was late as within described trading at Saint Johns in the Island of Newfoundland in North America and died on the twentieth day of February 1803
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