Will: William Benbow
To John Talbot of
Rangatira Flat near Temuka aforesaid Farmer and Elijah Brown of Temuka
aforesaid Merchant the executors in the said will and Testament named
being first sworn faithfully to execute the said Will by paying the debts
and legacies of the deceased as far as the property will extend and the
law binds.
Given under the Seal of
the Supreme Court of New Zealand Canterbury District at Timaru this fifth
day of August one thousand nine hundred and nine.
W
Taylor
Deputy
Registrar
I William Benbow of
Ladymore Farm Waitohi near Temuka in the Provincial District of Canterbury
and Dominion of New Zealand Farmer do hereby revoke all former Wills and
Testamentary dispositions heretofore made by me and declare this to be my
last Will and Testament. I appoint John Talbot of Rangatira Flat near
Temuka aforesaid Farmer and Elijah Brown of Temuka aforesaid Merchant
(hereinafter called my Trustees) to be executors and trustees of this my
Will. I give my son William Charles Benbow my shares in the Timaru Farmers
Co-operative Association and also the sum of one hundred and twenty
pounds. I give all my other property to my Trustees in trust for my son
James Benbow subject to the payment of my funeral and testamentary
expenses and debts and to the payment of one hundred pounds apiece to each
of my daughters Anne Guilford, Sarah Mattingley, Elizabeth Trumper, Mary
Cross and Lucy McInnes within six calendar months from the date of my
death and I declare that if any of my said sons or daughters shall die
during my lifetime leaving a child or children live or surviving them in
every such case such child or children shall take and if more than one,
equally between them the share or interest which his or her parent would
have taken under this my Will if such parents had survived
me.
In Witness whereof I have
set my hand to this my will the twelfth day of May one thousand nine
hundred and nine.
Signed by the said William
Benbow as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us both being present at the same
time who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto
subscribed our names as Witnesses
William
Benbow
W G Aspinal Solicitor
Temuka
J M Adeven M.A. Clerk in
Holy Orders Temuka
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