Newfoundland Wills
Volume 2, Pages 332 to 333
In re
William Stares deceased.
Know all mem by these presents that I william Stares the elder being
weak in body but sound in mind and intellect do make and ordain this my last will and testament.
First I bequeath my body to the ground to be interred in Christian burial, Second I bequeath to
my daughters Mary Brace and Susanna Wiseman and to my granddaughter Emiline Smowball Knight one
fourth portion each of that part of Cherry Garden lying to the eastward of the Brook east of my
present dwelling house the remaining fourth portion to be for my son William Stares the western
boundary of the said portion so given and bequeath as above to my children William Mary and
Susanna and my granddaughter Emiline to be the aforesaid brook and and a line running in a
straight line therefrom to the River. Second, I give and bequeath to my son Meshach Stares and
to my two daughters Sarah Lyon and Charlotte Rhodes one half acre each at the West end of this my
estate of Cherry Garden and be it known unto all men that I hereby give and bequeath the
aforementioned property to my daughters and granddaughter in their own right And last all the
remaining portion of my personal and real estate I give and bequeath to my son William Stares
In witness whereof I hereby set my hand and seal this (21st) twenty first day of September one
thousand eight hundred and fifty eight (1858) William Stares (LS) Signed sealed
and executed in presence of us and of each other who are subscribing witnesses hereunto, Tho.
Bennett, John Dakins.
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