Source: TNA, PROB 11/784
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In the Name of God Amen I James Collins of Bonavista being in good Health of Body and of a sound and perfect Understanding mind and memory praised be to the Almighty God therefore do make and ordain this my present last Will and Testament in form and manner following (that is to say) first of all and principally I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God who gave it and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Friends or Executor and as touching all such temporal Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth First I will that my Debts and Funeral Charges shall be paid Item I give unto my Brother Edward Collins of Bonavista the sum of twenty pound likewise I give unto my Sister Catreine Hayward five and twenty pound likewise I give to my Sister Mary Stuckels twenty pounds likewise I give to my God Son John Sims junior Son of John Sims (or or now) belonging to Christ Church Twenty pound likewise I give to my Sister Rose Tizard twenty pound likewise I give to my Sister Tabitha Ames ten pound likewise I give to my Kinswoman Elizabeth Sims Wife of the above named John Sims of Christ Church one shilling And I give to my Cousin Katherine Balsum Wife of John Balsum Cooper one shilling all the above Legacys are to be paid by my Executor Item I give and demise to my Brother John Gooby of Christ Church whom I make my whole and sole Executor twenty pounds and for what ever may be found more belonging to me afterwards to be parted between my Brothers and Sisters except my Apparel Cloathing or such like to be parted only between my Brother Edward Collins above said John Gooby above said my sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I the said James Collins has hereunto set my Hand and Seal this seventh Day of February in the Year of our Lord God one Thousand seven Hundred and forty nine the Mark of James Collins Witness John Ames the Mark of James Kitch dated in Bonavista in the Year one Thousand seven Hundred and forty nine This Will was proved at London before the Right Worshipful John Bettesworth Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted on the thirteenth Day of December in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and fifty by the Oath of John Gooby the sole Executor named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased being first sworn by Commission duly to administer
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