This is the last will and testament of me Eleanor Mary Susan Bonnycastle of the Township of Seymour in the County of Northumberland, wife of Henry William John Bonnycastle of the same place Esquire.

First I hereby revoke all other wills by me heretofore made and executed.

Second I hereby appoint my son Frank Edward Bonnycastle sole executor of this my last will and testament.

Third I hereby will and bequeath and [ ] all my real and personal property whatsoever and wheresoever situate to my two sons Frank Edward Bonnycastle and Richard Henry Bonnycastle and their heirs for ever.

To my son Frank Edward Bonnycastle I give Lot No.5 in the 5th Concession of Seymour

To my son Richard Henry Bonnycastle North half of Lot No 5 in the 4th Concession of Seymour.

That my son Frank Edward Bonnycastle allow his father Henry William John Bonnycastle three hundred dollars a year, if he is not satisfied living with him, after my death, to be paid quarterly and one hundred dollars a year if he remains with him.

That my son Frank Edward Bonnycastle give his brother Richard Henry Bonnycastle five hundred dollars at my death.

I do also appoint and nominate my son Frank Edward Bonnycastle my residuary legatee
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 11th day of June A.D. 1873.
          Eleanor Mary Susan Bonnycastle
Witness:      William Lennox
          Minnie Bonnycastle     
 

Citations

  1. Microfilm of the Parish Register of Walton-upon-Thames, Surrey, 1639-1918 (Family History Library, 814225), Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1639-1796. Baptisms, burials, 1797-1812. Marriages, 1754-1837., Eleanor Mary Susan Rowed baptism, 1811.
  2. Photocopied page of Bonnycastle/Rowed marriage from a family Bible (received from Doris Knox, provenance unknown).
  3. Microfilm of the Parish Register of Walton-upon-Thames, Surrey, 1639-1918 (Family History Library, 814225), Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1639-1796. Baptisms, burials, 1797-1812. Marriages, 1754-1837., baptism register.
  4. The Kingston Chronicle and Gazette, 16 Jan 1839, Page 3 Column 2 & 29 Jan 1839, Page 3 Column 2. digital image viewed on PaperofRecord.com.
  5. Upper Canada land Petitions "J" Bundle 16, 1829-1831, RG1, L3, Vol. 259, East Northumberland County, Seymour Township Abstract Index.
  6. Online image of the 1851/2 Census for Canada (Library and Archives Canada, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020122_e.html), Canada West, Northumberland (24), Seymour (228), Part 1.
  7. Online image of the 1861 Census for Canada (viewed at Ancestry.com), Canada West, Northumberland County, Seymour township (1), page 17.
  8. Online image of the 1871 Census for Canada (viewed at Ancestry.com), Ontario, Northumberland East (55), Seymour (g-2), page 52.
  9. Eleanor Mary Susan Bonnycastle, Probate File Surrogate Court of Ontario (United Counties of Northumberland and Durham), Family History Library, Film #1452202.