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PROBATE COURT OF THE
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND &c.
OFFICE OF THE CLERK
Town of South Kingstown
County of Washington
CERTIFICATE
I, Foster R. Sheldon, 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, viz: the Last Will and Testament of Howard B. Perry. Admitted to probate on November 11, 1947.
In attestation hereof I have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed the seal of said Court, this 4th day of December A. D. 1947.
(L. S.)
FOSTER R. SHELDON, Clerk
I, HOWARD B. PERRY, of the Town of South Kingstown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this as my first and by my last will and testament, in manner and form following, that is to say:
FIRST. I direct my executrix hereinafter named to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses as soon as convenient after my decease. I also direct my executrix to pay all state and federal estate, inheritance, succession and legacy taxes from my residuary estate.
SECOND: I give and bequeath and bequeath all Millard Fillmore Perry Jr., of Caldwell, New Jersey, Blanche I. Whalen, of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, and John G. Perry, of Los Angeles, California, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) each.
THIRD. I give, devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate, both real and personal, wherever the same may be located and of whatever it may consist, of which I shall die seized and possessed, or to which I may in any way be entitled at the time of my decease, to my niece Harriet E. P. Bauer, to her, her heirs and assign for- ever. I am giving all of my estate to my said niece not only because of her assistance to me but because I believe that she is in greater need thereof than my other relatives.
FOURTH. I nominate, constitute and appoint Ada L. Sawyer, of Providence, Rhode Island, executrix of this my last will and testament, and I request that she be required to furnish no surety upon any bond which she may have to give conditioned upon the faithful performance of her duties as said executrix.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto subscribed my name at South Kingstown, Rhode Island, this 11th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-three.
HOWARD B. PERRY
Signed, published and declared by the above named Howard B. Perry as for his last will and testament in our presence who at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other hereunto set our names as witnesses.
PERCY W. GARDNER
ADA L. SAWYER
Received for record February 7th, A. D. 1948 at 9:00 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by
[Seal]
Town Clerk
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