This is the Last Will and Testament of me Michael Gibbons of Wellesley Township in the county of Waterloo and Province of Ontario Canada made this seventeenth day of

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I give, demise and bequeath all my Real and Personal Estate of which I may die possessed in the manner following, that is to say (passage faded, appears to be a description of landed property)

I give and bequeath to my wife Margaret Gibbons in lieu of her share right and interest in the same, One third of the entire sum realized from the estate after the payment of my just debts, funeral charges and testamentary expenses.

Second, I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Gibbons one third of the sum realized by the sale of my farm, independent of all given to him by me before.

Third, I give to my son David Gibbons the sum of one dollar.

Fourth, I give and bequeath to my son James Gibbons five hundred dollars.

Fifth, the remainder if any shall be left after the payment of the above figures I dispose of as follows, that is to say it shall be equally divided between my three daughters, ie, Mary Jane Clark, widow of the late Thomas Clark, Margaret McCarty wife of Joseph McCarty and Sarah Gibbons.

Michael Gibbons (His Mark)

Furniture, bedding, etc. $25.00

Real estate, West half of lot 10, Twelfth concession

West section, Wellesley Township $3500.00

Note: Michael must have distributed his goods and or land before his death - there is no mention of farm implements or animals. This may account for the wide differences in how he treated his sons in his will.