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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND &c. PROBATE COURT OF THE
COUNTY OF PROVIDENCE CITY OF PROVIDENCE
Office of the Clerk
- - CERTIFICATE - -
I, J. Henry Griffin, Clerk of said Court, having by law the custody of the seal, and all the records
books, documents and papers of or appertaining to said Court, hereby certify the annexed to be true copies
of papers appertaining to said Court, and on file and of record in this office.
In attestation whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed the seal of said Court, this
5th day of April, A. D. 1961
J. HENRY A. GRIFFIN (L.S.)
Clerk
WILL OF MARGARET A. HAYDEN
I, MARGARET A. HAYDEN, of Providence, Rhode Island, hereby revoke any former wills and declares this will.
to be my last will.
FIRST: I give and bequeath the following cash bequests to the persons hereafter named:
(a) To my grandchildren, JAMES L. TAFT, JR., and DAVID W. TAFT, the sum of ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($1000.00) each.
(b) To my granddaughters, ELIZABETH E. TAFT, MARITIENNE TAFT, and KATHERINE TAFT, the sum of
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1000.00) each.
(c) To my granddaughter, ROSLYN F. TAFT, if she is not a member of the Society of Jesus or of
any other religious order subject to the vow of poverty, the sum of ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($1000.00).
SECOND: I give and bequeath to my Executor, hereinafter named, the sum of SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
FIFTY DOLLARS ($7650.00), and I request that he distribute the same in the manner which I will indicate in
a memorandum which will be found with my personal effects, or which I will turn over to my Executor prior to
my death. I hereby expressly state that it is not my intention to impose any trust with respect to these
bequests.
THIRD: All the rest, residue and remainder of the property which I shall own at my death, I give,
devise and bequeath in three equal shares to my niece, ANNA BROTHER, of West Kingston, Rhode Island, if she
survives me, and to my nephew, WALTER J. TAFT, of Washington, D. C., and JAMES L. TAFT, of Cranston, Rhode
Island, if they survive me. If my niece does not survive me, her share shall be added to the other two
shares given to my nephew males. If either of my said nephews do not survive me, I rive and bequeath their
shares to their children per stirpes. In giving the residue of my estate to my niece and nephews, I do so
with the confidence that their children will never suffer my sister, Alice, and my brother James, to want for
adequate care, comfort and support. But I feel so assured that each of them will respect my wishes in this
regard that I do NOT intend to impose any trust with respect to said residue to the genian or to their
children.
FOURTH: If anyone to whom this will is under a will is a minor without a Legal guardian, it shall be a
sufficient discharge for my Executor to deposit the legacy in some bank or trust company and deliver the
bequest deposit book to the parent of the minor. The absent of such payment to the Executor's account shall be a
complete discharge without further notice of the appointment of a guardian ad litem.
FIFTH: I appoint my said nephew, JAMES L. TAFT, JR., to be the EXECUTOR of this will, but if he shall fail
to qualify or cease to act as Executor, I appoint his wife, Katherine M. Taft, as Executrix, but if she
fail to qualify or cease to act as Executrix, I appoint my said grandfather, James L. Taft, Jr., and request
that none of them be required to furnish surety on any official bond. I hereby authorize and empower my
Executor to sell any of my property without the necessity of obtaining the approval or license of any court
if he deems such sale to be advisable.
This will was signed by me on the 2nd day of December A. D. 1954, at Providence, Rhode Island.
MARGARET A. HAYDEN
The foregoing instrument consisting of two (2) typewritten pages was signed, published and declared
by the testatrix to be her last will in the presence of us, who, at her request, in her presence, and in
the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Estelle F. Tyrell Comset, R. I.
Bernard F. Campbell Providence, R. I.
Received for record April 12th, A. D. 1961 at 10:00 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by Town Clerk
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