Cork - Collins, John, 15 Dec 1839 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Cork Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com December 11, 2019, COLLINS, JOHN, 15 DEC 1839 Source: National Archives London Written: December 15, 1839 Recorded: March 2, 1840 Extracted from the Registry of Her Majestys Court of Prerogative in Ireland In the Name of God Amen This is the Will of me John Collins of Taureen Lodge in the County of Cork Doctor in Divinity of the Sacred faculty of Paris etc. Being thro' the mercy of God in Possession of my sound senses and all my intellectual faculties I declare this to be my last Will and Testament having by a legal Deed of Settlement made over to my nephew Edward John Collins Preparatory to his marriage with Sarah Ann Roche daughter of James Roche Esqr of the City of Cork all my lands houses & other property at my disposal & having engaged at the same time to leave to him either by Deed or Will all my furniture Books Pictures and Engravings and also all my Plate he first Paying All my just debts I now confirm the said Assignments and bequeath to him the above stated property in manner following I give and bequeath to my Sister Anne Collins a Breakfast Service a Silver Tea Pot a Silver Cream eyer a Silver Goblet a small plated waiter and Plated Muffineer as a testimonial of my everlasting affection I also bequeath to my nephew John Philip Collins all the articles of plate of which I made him a present without any legal assignment as a mark of my affection towards him and his amiable Wife And as to the remaining part of my plate I give & bequeath it to my said nephew Edward John Collins and I do so not only as an impulse of my natural affection for him but also as an approbation of his unremitting attentions and those of his excellent Wife which have endeared her to my love and affection And I hereby appoint my said nephew Edward John Collins my Residuary Legatee and Executor In Witness whereof I have to this my Will subscribed my name & affixed my Seal this fifteenth day December one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine John Collins (Attestation Clause) Denis Murphy RCC _ James Roche Director of the National Bank of Ireland in Cork Proved at London 2 March 1841 PCC Prob11/1942