Location: Oxford County, Ontario, Canada

WILL OF NANCY MOYER, WIFE OF PETER MOYER[1]
#1 1 46, SURROGATE COURT OF THE COUNTY OF OXFORD, 27 SEPTEMBER 1881
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF NANCY MOYER, LATE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF DEREHAM IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD, WIDOW, WHO DIED ON OR ABOUT THE 13TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1881.
IN HER MAJESTY'S SURROGATE COURT OF THE COUNTY OF OXFORD
BE IT KNOWN THAT ON THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT AND CODICILS THERETO OF NANCY MOYER LATE THE THE TOWNSHIP OF DEREHAM IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD WIDOW WHO DIED ON OR ABOUT THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHTY HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE AT THE SAID TOWNSHIP OF DEREHAM AND WHO AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH HAD A FIXED PLACE OF ABODE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF DEREHAM IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD WERE PROVED AND REGISTERED IN THE SAID SURROGATE COURT TRUE COPIES OF WHICH SAID LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT AND CODICILS ARE HERETO ANNEX ED AND THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OF ALL AND SINGULAR AS THE PERSONAL ESTATE AND EFFECTS RIGHTS AND CREDITS OF THE SAID DECEASED AND ANYWAY CONCERNING HER WILL AND CODICILS WAS GRANTED BY THE AFORESAID COURT TO WILLIAM FEWSTER OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH NORWICH IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD YEOMAN SURVIVING EXECUTOR NAMED IN THE SAID WILL AND CODICILS THEY HAVING BEEN FIRST SWORN AND FAITHFULLY TO ADMINISTER THE SAME BY PAYING THE JUST DEBTS OF THE DECEASED AND THE LEGACIES CONTAINED IN HER WILL AND CODICLS SO FAR AS HE IS THEREUNDER BOUND BY LAW AND TO EXHIBIT A TRUE AND PERFECT INVENTORY OF ALL AND SINGULAR THE SAID ESTATE AND EFFECTS RIGHTS AND CREDITS AND TO RENDER A JUST AND TRUE ACCOUNT OF THIS EXECUTORSHIP WHEREVER REQUIRED BY LAW SO TO DO.
(SG.) 1AL CANFIELD REGISTRAR OF THE SAID COURT
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ONE NANCY MOYER OF THE TOWNSHIP OF DEREHAM IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD AND PROVINCE OF CANADA, WIDOW OF THE LATE PETER MOYER.
I WILL AND BEQUEST TO MY EXECUTORS HEREINAFTER NAMED ALL THE PERSONAL ESTATE AND EFFECTS WHICH I SHALL DIE SEIZED POSSESSED OF OR ENTITLED TO IN TRUST TO PAY THE TAXES (?) AND FOR THE PURPOSES HEREINAFTER EXPRESSED.
FIRST MY WISH IS THAT ALL MY JUST DEBTS FUNERAL AND TESTAMENTARY EXPENSES SHALL BE PAID BY SUCH EXECUTORS AS SOON AS CONVENIENTLY MAY BE AFTER MY DECEASE.
SECOND I WISH MY EXECUTORS TO PAY THE FOLLOWING LEGACIES NAMELY TO CATHARINE BOYER WIFE OF ROBERT BOYER OF DEREHAM THE SUM OF FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS. TO MARY MOYER OF DEREHAM WIDOW OF THE LATE NORMAN MOYER THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ALL THE FLOUR AND PROVISIONS OF EVERY KIND LEFT IN MY HOUSE AFTER MY FUNERAL. TO SUSAN SPONBERG, WIFE OF GEORGE SPONBERG OF DEREHAM THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS. TO TEMPERANCE R. MOYER THE WIFE OF MY BROTHER JOHN MOYER OF DEREHAM THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. TO MY BROTHER CHRISTIAN MOYER OF DEREHAM THE SUM OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS. TO MY FRIEND ROBERT ADAMSON OF DEREHAM FOR HIS KINDNESS AND SERVICES IN ATTENDING TO MY BUSINESS THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. To ISIAC HADCOCK OF DEREHAM THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
THIRD, I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO LUCY MAYBERRY WIFE OF WILLIAM MAYBERRY OF DEREHAM THE BUREAU SOFA CHAIRS(?) SMALL ROCKING CHAIR MIRROR SIX CANE BOTTOM CHAIRS AND THE STOVE OUT OF MY PARLOR FURNITURE AND ALL OF BLACK HANDLED KNIVES AND FORKS.
FOURTH, I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MARY ESTHER NELLIS MY WARD WHOM I HAVE BROUGHT UP IN MY HOUSE THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES IN ADDITION TO WHAT WAS GIVEN TO HER BY THE WILL OF MY LATE HUSBAND NAMELY THIS BUREAUS UPSTAIRS, SIX CANE BOTTOMED CHAIRS, THE LARGE ROCKING CHAIR SIX WOODEN CHAIRS, ONE BED AND BEDDING INCLUDING TWO FLANNEL SHEETS, TWO COTTON SHEETS AND FOUR PILLOW SLIPS THE KITCHEN STOVE AND ALL THE OTHER HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE WHICH I SHALL DIED POSSESSED OF AND WHICH WAS NOT HEREIN BEFORE GIVEN TO LUCY MAYBERRY.
FIFTH, IT IS MY WILL THAT THE FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS WHICH IS DIRECTED BY MY LATE HUSBAND'S WILL TO BE PAID BY LORENZO Dow NELLIS SHALL BE DIVIDED EXACTLY BETWEEN THE FOUR FOLLOWING PERSONS NAMELY-JOSEPH MOYER, BROTHER OF MY LATE HUSBAND , SARAH HARVEY SISTER OF MY LATE HUSBAND AND WIFE OF GATES HARVEY, BETSEY MOYER SISTER OF MY LATE HUSBAND AND WIFE OF ANTHONY MEYER, AND AARON SUITZ/ LINTZ?
SIXTH. I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY BROTHER JOHN MOYER DEREHAM THE SOUP PAN AND ALL THE DRIP BUCKETS NOW OWNED BY ME.
SEVENTH, I DIRECT MY EXECUTORS TO PAY THE FOLLOWING LEGACIES IN UNITED STATES CURRENCE NAMELY TO MY BOTHER HENRY MOYER OF HERKIMER COUNTY, NEW YORK STATE THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. To NANCY MOYER, WIFE OF MY BROTHER JOSEPH MOYER OF BLACK LAKE NEW YORK STATE THE SUM OF FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS. To MY SISTER SARAH YOUNGLOVE, WIFE OF SIDNEY YOUNGLOVE OF LAWRENCEBERG NEW YORK STATE THE SUM OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS. To MY SISTER BETSY MONK WIDOW OF THE LATE NICHOLAS MONK OF SYRACUSE NEW YORK STATE THE SUM OF EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS TO MY HALF BROTHER PETER MOYER OF HERKIMER COUNTY NEW YORK STATE THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. To MY SISTER MARY DAVIS NOW LIVING IN ONEIDA NEW YORK STATE THE WIDOW OF THE LATE CHRISTIAN DAVIS THE SUM OF Two HUNDRED DOLLARS.
EIGHTH, I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY BROTHER CHRISTIAN MOYER OF DEREHAM IN ADDITION TO THE LEGACY GIVEN BEFORE BEQUEATHED TO HIM ALL THE REST AND RESIDUE OF ANY ESTATE WHICH I SHALL DIE SEIZED POSSESSED OF OR ENTITLED TO.
NINTH. AS TO THE INDEBTEDNESS OF SALENUS (?) DAVIS OF HERKIMER COUNTY NEW YORK STATE NOW DUE, IT IS MY WISH THAT MY EXECUTORS SHALL NOT PRESS HER TOO HARD FOR PAYMENT BUT ALLOW HER SUCH HEREIN LATE TIME AS THEY CAN CONSISTENTLY WITH THE KEEPING GOOD OF THE SECURITIES I HOLD OF HER AND THE PROVISIONS OF THIS MY WILL.
TENTH, I DIRECT THAT THE MANY LEGACIES THEREIN BEFORE BEQUEATHED SHALL BE PAID BY MY EXECUTORS WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER MY DECEASE IF POSSIBLE AND SHALL BEAR NO INTEREST.
ELEVENTH, I APPOINT MY FRIEND ROBERT ADAMSON OF DEREHAM TO BE GUARDIAN OF MY WARD MARY ESTHER NELLIS DURING HER MINORITY.
LASTLY, I APPOINT BROTHER CHRISTIAN MOYER OF THE TOWN SHIP OF DEREHAM YEOMAN, ISAAC HADCOCK OF THE SAME PLACE YEOMAN AND ROBERT ADAMSON OF THE SAME PLACE YEOMAN TO BE THE EXECUTORS OF THIS MY WILL HEREBY REVOKING AND MAKING NULL AND VOID ALL FORMER AND OTHER LAST WILLS AND TESTAMENTS OR WRITING OF THIS NATURE OF LAST WILLS AND TESTAMENTS BY ME AT ANY KIND HERETOFORE MADE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HERUNTO SET MY HAND AND SEAL THIS TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE. SIGNED SEALED PUBLISHED AND DECLARED BY THE SAID TESTATRIX AS AND FOR HER LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT (THE SAME HAVING BEEN PRESENT ...AND APPROVED TO HER IN OUR PRESENCE THE PRESENCE OF US PRESENT AT THE SAME TIME AT HER REQUEST IN HER PRESENCE AND SEE THE PRESENCE OF EACH OTHER HAVE HEREUNTO ASCRIBED OUR NAMES AS WITNESSES.
(SG . ) JOHN MC DONALD (SG.) JAMES F. MCDONALD
THIS IS A CODICIL TO THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ME NANCY MOYER OF THE TOWNSHIP OF DEREHAM IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD AND PROVINCE OF ONTARIO WIDOW OF THE LATE PETER MOYER BEARING DATE THE TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE. I DO HEREBY REVOKE EIGHTY HUNDRED DOLLARS TO MY SISTER BETSY MONK WIDOW OF NICHOLAS MONK OF SYRACUSE NEW YORK STATE. I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO NORMOND HAMMOND SON OF STEPHEN HAMMOND AND MY LATE SISTER BETSY MONK FORMERLY BETSY HAMMOND.
SIGNED THE EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE. THIS IS A CODICIL TO THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ME NANCY MOYER OF THE TOWNSHIP OF DEREHAM IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD AND PROVINCE OF CANADA WIDOW OF THE LATE PETER MOYER WHICH WILL BEARS DATE THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE. I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY WARD MARY ESTHER ALLISON OF YARE HILL COUNTY IN THE STATE OF OREGON OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FORMERLY MARY ESTHER NELLIS THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS I HAVE SIGNED MY HAND AND SEAL THIS EIGHTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVEN. WITNESSES: WILLIAM HARRIS WILLIAM L. ANDREWS
THIS IS THE THIRD CODICIL TO THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ME NANCY MOYER I THEREBY REVOKE THE EIGHTH CLAUSE OF ANMY SAID WILL BEQUEATHING THE REMAINED AND RESIDUE OF MY ESTATE TO MY BROTHER CHRISTIAN MOYER AND REVOKE MY APPOINTMENT OF MY BROTHER CHRISTIAN MOYER AS EXECUTOR I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO HORACE MOYER THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MRS. SCOTT DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ROBERT BOYER/SOFER ? THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS UNTO MARY ADAMSON WIDOW THE LATE ROBERT ADAMSON THE SUM OF 200 HUNDRED DOLLARDS AND TO JOHN SPONENBERG SON OF THE LATE GEORGE SPONENBERG AND THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS TO LUCY MAYBERRY IN ADDITION TO WHAT I HAVE BEFORE BEQUEATHED TO HER.... I WILL THE REAL RESIDUE AND REMAINDER OF THE REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE WHICH I MAY DIE SEIZED POSSESS OF OR ENTITLED TO TO MY BROTHER JOHN MOYER AND JOHN SPONENBERG SON OF THE LATE GEORGE SPONENBERG
- ↑ Retrieved by Wendy Moyer, London Ontario, 2000.
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