Will - MacIsaac, John (Lot 46)
WILL
John Mac Isaac (Lot 46)
I, John Mac Isaac of Lot number 46, PEI, British North America, farmer, the weak of body, yet of sound mind and judgement do make this my last will and testament in manner of the following.
- When it will please the Almighty to call my soul to himself, I order that my body be interred in a Christian decent manner.
- If at the time of my demise, I should owe any debts, I order that they be paid out of my personal property.
- I dispose of such means as God has been pleased to bless me with in manner and ways following. That is to say, I leave and bequeath to my loving wife Joanna Mac Isaac one third of my personal property and one third of my real property during her natural lifetime.
- I leave and bequeath unto my son Angus Mac Isaac and my son Neil Mac Isaac three hundred acres of land which I own on lot 47 to be divided between my said two sons. Should not my son said Neil Mac Isaac com to settle and live on his share of the above mentioned three hundred acres, then my grandson Barabos Mac Isaac, son of my son Angus Mac Isaac will occupy and freely hold said Neil Mac Isaac’s share with this proviso that neither of my aforesaid sons Angus and Neil Mac Isaac shall have any power to sell any part of or even lease them out of my family, or alienate them in gift, or any other way.
- I leave and bequeath unto my beloved daughters Flora, and Catherine Mac Isaac two hundred acres of land which I own on lot 45 with this restricting condition that if married the husband of each must be a Catholic Scotsman and should either of my said daughters or both die without issue, then the land of one, or both without an heir revert to my sons.
- I leave and bequeath unto my loving son Ronald Mac Isaac now in Rome, the sum of 40 pounds currency
- I leave and bequeath unto my son Donald Mac Isaac that lot of land which I own between Ronald MacDonald on the east and John Gillis on the west Lot 45.
- I leave and bequeath to my son Roderick Mac Isaac under the control of his mother, the lands on which I live and occupy.
- My sons Angus Mac Isaac, Neil Mac Isaac, Donald Mac Isaac and Roderick Mac Isaac will pay or cause to be paid to the Catholic clergyman who may officiate at St. Margaret’s, annually, the sum of 2 pounds—one at Easter and the other at Christmas for forty years. That is to say each of them my beloved sons will for himself pay 40 shillings each year as above specified.
- I leave and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Mary Mac Donald of Lot 47 besides what she has had as her marriage portion a cow and a stirk (yearling bullock or heifer).
- I leave and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Teresa MacPhee of Lot 46 who is now a widow, besides what I formerly gave her a cow and a stirk.
And lastly, I appoint my loving wife, Joanna Mac Isaac, sole executrix of this my last will and testament.
Signed, sealed and executed in the presence of the subscribing witnesses and in the presence of each other.
John Mac Isaac
Witnesses
Angus McDonald R B Senior
Archibald Mac Isaac
Angus McDonald