The instrument's own words
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Sheriff's Office of the Probate Court of the Town of
Richmond and the County of Washington and State
to wit: Ocean E. Barber Clerk of said Court having
by law the custody of the seal and all the records
books, documents and papers of appertaining to
said Court hereby certify the papers hereunto annexed
to be true copies of papers appertaining to said
court, and filed and of record in said office
To wit: the last will and testament of Nathan
E. Jeffs late of Richmond, deceased
In witness whereof I Ocean Barber have set my
hand and have affixed the seal of said Court this
9th day of February, A.D. 1921
Ocean E. Barber, Clerk S.S.
I, William E. Jeffs, of the Town of Richmond in
the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island
do make and publish this my last will and
testament as follows following that is to say:
First. I do want my executor hereafter named
to pay out of my estate all my debts funeral
expenses and the expenses of administering my estate.
Second. I hereby give and bequeath unto
my daughter Flora L. Service the sum of one
thousand 100 dollars.
Third. I hereby give and bequeath unto
my daughter Mary E. Dewand the sum of one
thousand (100) dollars.
Fourth. I hereby give and bequeath unto
my daughter Mabel Torregian wife of
S. Torregian the sum of one hundred (100)
dollars.
Fifth. I hereby give devise and bequeath
unto my son S. Jeffs of Scituate in the Town of Richmond
late of State of Rhode Island Delaware & Maryland her
after naming her natural life the following
of my real estate and personal property of mine
viz. All that piece of land situated in the Town of Richmond
in the State of Rhode Island known as Deway my
residence with its buildings improvements garages gardens
and other appurtenances there number and
conveniences on the same with house which is furnished
lamps furniture range stove other appliances and
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my interest in house number two between the two roads, village
with its furnishings, equipment garage and other appurtenances,
and the lot of land on which said house, furnace and garage
are located; & also give, devise and bequeath
and said Rachel E. Gough to have and to hold in fee
for and during her natural life only, all real personal
property located in the Town of Smithfield and other similarly
located in the State of New Hampshire. It is my intention
to make this within these devise and bequest to "Rachel
E. Gough" to give her full use and control of the said
devised property during her life without cost, and private
thereof for and during her natural life; she is to pay all
taxes, assessments and charges thereon and cannot
sell or mortgage such properties except as regulated in
from time to time as shall be necessary, but she shall not
receive compensation for any waste.
Fifth: I give away and bequeath unto she
said Rachel E. Gough the sum of five thousand dollars
dollars to be given to her during her life, year by year, every
Seventh: I hereby give, devise and bequeath
unto my daughter Harriet E. Browning, wife of
C. E. Browning all the rest and residue and remainder,
my estate of every kind, real, personal whatever nature,
and wherever situated, including shares, including
real estate which I may hereafter acquire, to be any
to permute since and her heirs forever, to be pure
from her to her heirs, and my will’s corrective, except
the sum of five hundred (500) dollars to be paid every
year during the natural life of said Rachel --- Fifth vi-
movably installments of equivalents cash, monthly and
I hereby give and bequeath unto my said wife
Emeline D. Liff and to be paid to her as above
said in lieu of her dower right, enough to be fully
satisfied and compensated in compensation and as a full bar
for and for all other rights and claims while
she might in cognizance have, claim or demand
lawfully and from my estate.
Eighth: I hereby nominate and appoint
my said daughter Harriet E. Browning to be ex-
ecutrix of this my last will and testament and
decree that she be not required to furnish surety
or post her office bond, and I hereby revoke all other
wills former wills by me made and published
and declare this and this only as my last will.
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--- will - testament.
and " bequeathing - Therefore, I have hereunto set my
hand at Providence, Rhode Island, this 21st day of
June A. D. 1920. William E. Leffts.
signed, published and declared by the above
named William E. Leffts as and for his last will
and testament, as our presence, who have, as his
witnesses, in his presence and in the presence of each
other present, and of our own accord as witnesses
subscribed our names.
James Loved
Harry J. Loved
Recorded November 11, 1931 at 11:50 o'clock
by Arthur L. Simmons
Return Clerk
D. N.
Jesseat L. McKinney has this Present, that
whereas I in the city of Smithfield,
the hole I forming, one of the said - Laws of
mentioned incumbents deceased and certainly of the
county of Kent others (viz) that W. S. B. C.
the court of Statehouse, in the State of Rhode
Island the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, to
hereby release release and forever quitclaim unto
my heirs his heirs and their successors,
all the real estate, contracts, property, shares and
common interests, land rights, or right ought is
contained, situated on world to a certain bound of land
situated in said Statehouse and bounded and
described as follows:
Beginning - At the North east corner of this
land a hand of north Eastward; thence north westerly
one quarter mile, by bound of Statehouse corner
to the Company and Home Standard Text to the
land bound of persons Savage; Thence Southwesterly
boundary, by edge of road or formerly of Lodge
and said and above, I Connecticut to the
then the road which is the line between lands of
me with lands bound of persons Columbia Thorne
lab. Company County of New G. Goods and etcetera;
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recorded in vol 11 p 418 et seq