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Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835

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Reference8460
Family NameLAWTON
Given NamesFrances
Was there a Will? Yes
Date of Will1818-05-28
Date Will was proved1818-10-03
Was an inventory completed? No
CountySaint John
ParishCity of Saint John
Probate is for a woman? Yes
Abstract references a vessel? No
Abstract City of Saint John, St. John County, Widow of Thomas LAWTON, merchant, of the same place. Will dated 28 May 1818, proved 3 October 1818. To be buried beside husband according to the rites of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Euphemia Elizabeth LONGMUIR, Bartholemew Crannel LONGMUIR and Catherine Mary LONGMUIR, children of my late sister Mary LONGMUIR, wife of Capt. Richard LONGMUIR, one-half of the house and lot at the corner of Prince William Street and the Market Square which I am at present seized of as tenant in common with the said three children. Three lots on Charlotte Street, Lot 163 to Euphemia Elizabeth LONGMUIR; Lot 164 to Bartholemew Crannel LONGMUIR; and Lot 165 to Catherine Mary LONGMUIR. To Jane LONGMUIR, daughter of Capt. Richard LONGMUIR by a second marriage, Lot 166 on Charlotte Street. To Frances Lawton SCOTT, my adopted child, a lot of ground at the head of Kings Square. Residue of real estate to Euphemia Elizabeth, Bartholemew Crannel and Catherine Mary LONGMUIR. Residue of personal estate to Euphemia Elizabeth LONGMUIR. Thomas MILLIDGE, Charles SIMONDS, George MATTHEWS Junr. and Euphemia Elizabeth LONGMUIR executors. Witnesses: Robert EGGAR, Benjamin L. PETERS, William Tyng PETERS.
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