Last Wills and Testaments of
John Landrigan
and his son
James Landrigan


This is the last will and Testament of me John LANDRIGAN of Township No
34, Farmer. I give devise and bequeath to my sons James and Dennis the
leasehold farm of eighty acres or thereabouts in which I now live also
and the leasehold farm of fifty acres or thereabout on the West side of
the Covehead Road to have and to hold both the said farms unto them and
their assign during any term(?) therein respectively as tenants in
common. I also give them my stock, debts, farming implements and all
personal property but(?) liable and subject to the devise hereinafter
mentioned. To my son John I hereby give and my son John the sum of sixty
(?) pounds currency. Thirty pounds thereof to be paid him within six
month after my death and the remainder within one year and a half after
my decease and to be paid to him personally by my executors or to the
commitee or guardians of his person for the time being as the case may
be for his use and support. I hereby require that said sum to be raised
by my Executors out of my personal and Real property. I nominate and
appoint Edward MULLENS and Simon POWER Executors of this my will and I
hereby revoke all former and other wills heretofore made by me.

                         John Landrigan

signed, published and declared by the said John LANDRIGAN as his last
will in our presence who in his presence at his request and in the
presence of each other have inscribed our names as witnesses (The words
my will being first in******)

(sgd) John FITZPATRICK
      John HUGHES

This will was proved on the 1st Sept 1863


I James Landrigan being desirous to settle my worldly affairs, do hereby
make my last will and Testament as follows:

To my wife Mary Ann McAULAY or LANDRIGAN, I leave and bequeath all my
goods and property whether in B***, stock or money, or possessions to
which I have any claim to be employed by here in the support and
maintenance of herself and my and her childran. And I further appoint my
brother David LANDRIGAN as Trustee to see the porvisions of this will
carried out, and I further instruct him that should the said Mary Ann
McAULAY or Landrigan my wife re-0marry that then my property and estate
be wholly devoted to the maintenance of my children. This is my last
will and Testament signed by me this Eighth day of February Eighteen
hundred and seventy four year in the presence of witnesses

Laughlain J. McDONALD
John L. McDONALD                            James Landrigan

This will was proved on 17 February 1874


(Transcription by Marge Reid, who maintains excellent genealogy pages.)

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