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

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Reference9531
Family NameWIGGINS
Given NamesJohn
Was there a Will? Yes
Date of Will1813-03-11
Date Will was proved1815-05-07
Was an inventory completed? No
Date administration granted1815-05-25
CountySaint John
ParishPortland
Probate is for a woman? No
Abstract references a vessel? No
Abstract Parish of Portland, St. John County, Yeoman. Will dated 11 March 1813, proved 7 May 1815. Wife Martha her maintenance. Son Benjamin £10 for mourning. Eldest daughter Elizabeth SMITH £50. Second daughter Martha SHIVES £10. Son Thomas £100. Daughter Mary £50. Residue of estate divided among Elizabeth, Martha, Thomas and Mary. Brother Jacob WIGGINS of the Grand Lake, Robert SHIVES, merchant, Saint John, and John WATERBURY, merchant, Saint John (although not stated, presumably these three were intended to be executors). Witnesses: Peter LUGRIN, Hannah LUGRIN, James WHITE. Administration granted 25 May 1815 to Stephen WIGGINS, one of the named executors, Jacob WIGGINS, being dead, John WATERBURY having refused to act, and Robert SHIVES being absent in England.
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