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

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Reference9139
Family NameSEAMAN
Given NamesBenjamin
Was there a Will? Yes
Date of Will1785-08-04
Date Will was proved1785-09-26
Was an inventory completed? No
CountySaint John
ParishCity of Saint John
Abstract references Blacks, Freemen,
Servants and/or Slaves?
Yes
Probate is for a woman? No
Abstract references a vessel? No
Abstract City of Saint John, St. John County. Will dated 4 August 1785, proved 26 September 1785. Son William £50 New York currency, my Negro boy called Will, my watch, cane, gun and sword. Son Henry £50 N.Y. currency and the bond I have against him for £500 N.Y. currency. Son John my Negro boy called Tom and the bond I have against him for £1,000 N.Y. currency. Son Benjamin bond I have against him for £1,000 N.Y. currency. Son Richard my clock. Each of my grandsons that bear my name £20 N.Y. currency, excepting my grandson Benjamin MICHEAU, as I have already given him a horse of full that value. Grand-daughters Catharine BILLOPP and Jane BILLOPP each £10 N.Y. currency. Residue of estate in New York, Staten Island, Long Island, Great Britain, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to be divided among my children, Mary, wife of Paul MICHEAU, Edmund, Richard, Jane, wife of Christopher BILLOPP, Benjamin, John, Elizabeth, wife of Robert STEWART, Henry and William. The portion for daughter Elizabeth to remain in the hands of the executors and be given to her as her necessities require, at discretion of executors. Sons Edmund and Henry of City of New York and Richard and William of City of Saint John executors. Witnesses: Israel BEDELL, James HAYT, Paul BEDELL.
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