08 May 1750 Will of John Earle of Lance Cove, Bell Island, Newfoundland, planter (proved 03 December 1751)

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In the Name of God Amen
the Eight day of May in the year of our Lord God One thousand
seven hundred and fifty I John Earle Senr Inhabitant and 
Planter at Lance Cove Great Bell Island in Conception Bay
Newfoundland being very Sick and weak in Body but of 
perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God therefore 
calling unto mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that 
it is appointed for all Men once to die Do make and ordain this my
last will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all
I give and recommend my Soul into the hands of God that 
gave it And for my I recommend it to the Earth to be buried 
in a Christianlike and decent manner at the discretion of my
Executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I
shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God
And as touching such World Effects wherewith it hath pleased 
God to bless me in this Life I give devise and dispose of the 
same in the following manner and form Imprimis I give 
and bequeath unto my Eldest Sons Wife now Mary Greely 
all my right of the Stock that is to say Provisions of all
Sorts and all the Fishing Craft as Boats and Skifts and Sails 
Moorings Saines Netts and Lines with all other belonging to the 
Fishery and likewise the Ballance of Captain Henry Pynes Accounts 
and all other that her Husband John Earle has been concerned 
with this year Likewise the money that is in Mr John Pike
and Greens hands in England together with the use of the Plantation 
during her Life and then to fall to her Sons of her first Husband 
only I do reserve to myself the Room that I now lye in and
my dyet the Winter the Room to be my own when I please to
make use of it with the use of the Fire Place and to put up a 
Bed over it if I should have occasion Item I give and 
bequeath unto my Youngest Son William Earle the Sume of 
two hundred and fifty Pounds Sterling Item I give unto bequeath 
unto my Sons Johns Chhildren the Sum of One hundred and 
fifty Pounds Sterling to be equally divided between them
Item I give and bequeath unto Francis Gallashe my Grand
Daughter the Sum of Fifty Pounds Sterling Item I give and 


bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Mary Messer the sum
of fifty Pounds Sterling Item my desire and Will is that after 
the abovesaid are truly and justly paid that is to say Legacies 
are paid as for what Overplus is due to me to be equally 
divided according to proportion to what they have been given 
as above Item I give unto my Youngest Son William Earle 
whom I constitute and ordain my Sole Executor of this my last 
Will and Testament as is mentioned as above All the abovesaid 
Legacies desire you to pay when you have the assureance
of the money in England this being my last Will and Testament 
in Writing whereunto I have set my hand and Seal the 
Day and Date above written Item I give and bequeath to y
Son William Earl twenty Pounds Cash Goods sent for out of 
England ten Pounds from Mr Blake and ten from Mr Farr 
Item I give and bequeath unto my son William one Silver 
Spoon and one ditto to his Wife Item I give and bequeath 
one Silver Spoon to Mrs Frances Gallashe and one each for
John Earles Sons that is to say the two Eldest and one Silver 
Spoon for Mary Messer  John Earle  Signed Sealed and 
Delivered in the Presence of us witnesses Geo Garland Stephen
Hawkins  John Whelan

This Will was Proved at London before the Right
Worshipful George Lee    Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
constituted On the third Day of Decer in the year of our Lord 
One thousand Seven hundred and Fifty One by the Oath of 
William Earle the sole Executor named in the said Will To
whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods 
Chattels and Credits of the deceased being first sworn by Comission 
duly to administer 

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