Cork - O'Keeffe, Keeffe April 15, 1845 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Cork Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosalind Dunning ros.dunning@outlook.com January 18, 2018, 2:51 pm O'KEEFFE, KEEFFE APRIL 15, 1845 Source: National Archives Kew England Written: April 15, 1815 Recorded: January 18, 2017 Extracted from the Registry of the Dioceses of Cork and Ross I Keeffe O'Keeffe do hereby make this my last Will and Testament I leave and bequeath to my beloved Wife Mary Elizabeth All property of which I am now or hereafter may become possessed of regretting for her sake the various inroads made upon & alteration in my fortune I regret my inability now to leave my dearly beloved brothers William Joseph and Francis any property had it pleased the Almighty to leave me the means I had and was likely to possess they should amply share in its distribution I forgive all my enemies & those who mistook & persecuted me through life & hope to obtain forgiveness myself thro' the merits of my divine Redeemer I have suffered more than was imagined privation and mental agony & torment I freely and fully forgive those who caused such directly or indirectly I desire a small sum to be given yearly to the Revd Mr Mathew to pray for the repose of my Soul & the Souls of my beloved father & mother Daniel & Mary O'Keeffe & my dearly beloved brothers Arthur & Cornelius O'Keeffe I regret especially my inability to bequeath my beloved brother Francis some property I always did and do still most sincerely love him and all my brothers The Almighty will in his merciful providence provide for them here & hereafter I desire to be buried alongside my darling mother at Kilnmurray Keeffe O'Keeffe Sunday 15 April 1845 & for the repose of the Soul of my beloved Wife Mary should she die before me which God forbid (Attestation Clause) Daniel Lehane _ Timothy O'Connor 1 February 1851 Will proved and execution granted to Mary Elizabeth O'Keeffe of the South Mall Cork Widow of the Testator 7 April 1854 Administration with Will annexed of Goods of Keeffe O'Keeffe late of the City of Cork to Mary Elizabeth O'Keeffe PCC Prob11/2190