Last Will of Mary Sheridan wife of
Michael Hurley
N° 1049
On this first day of the month
of September, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy.
At the request o Mary Sheridan
wife of Michael Hurley, living
with her husband at the town-
ship of Wolfstown, County of
Wolfe, province of Quebec,
We the undersigned Notary Pu-
blic duly admitted and sworn in
and for that part of Canada
actually province of Quebec re-
siding in the district of Artha-
baska and the witnesses hereafter
named went to the dwelling house
Edward Carey, farmer in
the township of Halifax south
County of Megantic, said province
where we found her the said
Mary Sheridan, sitted on a chaid
in a good health, sound of mind,
memory and understanding as to
us said Notary and witnesses
appeared by her manner and
conservation and the said Mary
Sheridan considering the certainty
of death and the uncertainty of the
hour thereof hath declare unto
us the said Notary and witnesses
that she desires to ... her
last will and testament ...
she hath requested us said Notary
to receive and reduce to writing
and which A. Schambier, Notary, in
the presence of André Gosselin
shoemaker

shoemaker, and Louis Beland, Mer-
chant both of them of the township
of Halifax said province
to have taken down as dictated to
us by her the sad Mary
Sheridan word for word mots à
mots as follows.
Firstly in the name of God
Amen
Secondly I do hereby will and
direct that all my lawfull
debts and funeral expences be
paid and acquietted and that
my body+ +after my decease be interred decently
as the fashion is in the coun-
try and that six low masses
of requiem be said as soons as
possible after my decease for
the peace of my soul.
Thirdly For and in considera-
tion of the love esteem and
affection that i bear to Tho-
mas Hurley, my son, farmer of
the said township of Wolfstown
I give him the full propoerty of
all the moveable and immo-
veable things that I now havec
or may have or be entitled to at the
time of my decease. I hereby consti-
tute my said son Thomas Hurley
my universal and residuary legatte
Subject by my said
son Thomas Hurley to support
me and have a good care of me
for and the rest of my last days
For the due execution of
This

this present Will and testament I do
hereby nominate and appoint my
said son Thomas Hurley executor
of this my will hereby revoking
and ... void all former and
other wills by me at any time
heretofore made and declare this
only to be my last will and testa-
ment
Thus done and dictated word for
word mot à mot by the said
testetrix in the prensence of the said
witnesses and after these
presents having been read over and
over again lu et relu by the said
Notary in the prensence of the said
witnesses, do declare this to contain
her last will and testament
Thus passed in the dwelling
house of the said Edward
Carey in the said township of
Halifax south on the day month
and year first abovec written
under the number one thou-
sand and forty nine,
and the said Louis Beland, have
signed his names and the said
testetrix and the said André
Gosselin have declared that they
can not write nor sign,
Three words erased are null
one marginale note approved good
the name and residence of the said
testetrix is well ... by
said Notary
Mary X Sheridan - Hurley
André X Gosselin Louis Béland
A. Schamber