Will of Robert Ripley (1810-1865)
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Robert Ripley made his will on 2 Nov 1865 and died the next day of paralysis. In his will, he left his well beloved wife Rebecca an income of 25 pounds yearly. His real estate was to be divided by his three well beloved sons William Coates Ripley, James Crosscomb Ripley, and Jonathan Vickery Ripley. He bequeathed 40 pounds each to his well beloved daughters Hannah Elizabeth, Phebe Isabella, Mary Jane, Esther Lavinia and Alice Rebecca. These legacies were to be paid when the youngest son, Jonathan Vickery Ripley born 1858, came of age, each son contributing an equal proportion. He appointed his brother Thomas Ripley and Silas Barnes as executors. Amos Wood and Silas Barnes witnessed the will.
An inventory of the estate was completed 2 Jan 1866. On 12 Feb 1866, the two oldest children, William and Hannah Elizabeth, being minors 14 years of age had a say in choosing Thomas Ripley as guardian for all of the children. On 5 March 1866, Hannah Ripley made a petition to the probate court saying that her husband had left a large amount of real estate and personal property but made no provisions for the support of herself and family for 90 ninety days. She requested 4 barrels of flour, 100 bushels of potatoes, 4 bushels wheat, $18.00 worth of pork and beef, 4 tons broadleaf hay, 18 tons English hay, 1 horse wagon and harness, 1 bed and bedding, 1 table, 6 chairs, 1 clock, 4 pigs, 2 cows, 2 yearlings, 4 sheep, 1 xxxx, 1 pair steers, 3 years, 1 plough yoke and chain, 1 cart, 3 common chairs. On March 9, she was granted most but not all of this request. Incidentally, the English hay was cultivated hay used for feed and the broadleaf hay was the wild marsh hay. I've been told by Robert's great grandson that the marsh hay was used mainly as straw and as to cover the stacks of English hay to protect it from the rain.
In 1878, executor Thomas Ripley requested that Robert's real estate be officially divided between the three sons. Jephthah Harrison, John E. Roach, and David Hoeg performed this service and filed a long report 22 june 1878 outlining exactly how the marsh, wood, and uplands were to be divided. This report mentions a "mud privilege" on the Maccan River owned by Thomas Ripley and a wharf for loading coal on the Maccan River. The estate inventory includes a yearly rent of 11 pounds, 5 shillings from the Chignecto Mining Co.The road to Amherst, the coal railway, and the Intercontinental Railway and properties owned by Lydia Brown and DesBarres are also mentioned.
Robert Ripley made his will on 2 Nov 1865 and died the next day of paralysis. In his will, he left his well beloved wife Rebecca an income of 25 pounds yearly. His real estate was to be divided by his three well beloved sons William Coates Ripley, James Crosscomb Ripley, and Jonathan Vickery Ripley. He bequeathed 40 pounds each to his well beloved daughters Hannah Elizabeth, Phebe Isabella, Mary Jane, Esther Lavinia and Alice Rebecca. These legacies were to be paid when the youngest son, Jonathan Vickery Ripley born 1858, came of age, each son contributing an equal proportion. He appointed his brother Thomas Ripley and Silas Barnes as executors. Amos Wood and Silas Barnes witnessed the will.
An inventory of the estate was completed 2 Jan 1866. On 12 Feb 1866, the two oldest children, William and Hannah Elizabeth, being minors 14 years of age had a say in choosing Thomas Ripley as guardian for all of the children. On 5 March 1866, Hannah Ripley made a petition to the probate court saying that her husband had left a large amount of real estate and personal property but made no provisions for the support of herself and family for 90 ninety days. She requested 4 barrels of flour, 100 bushels of potatoes, 4 bushels wheat, $18.00 worth of pork and beef, 4 tons broadleaf hay, 18 tons English hay, 1 horse wagon and harness, 1 bed and bedding, 1 table, 6 chairs, 1 clock, 4 pigs, 2 cows, 2 yearlings, 4 sheep, 1 xxxx, 1 pair steers, 3 years, 1 plough yoke and chain, 1 cart, 3 common chairs. On March 9, she was granted most but not all of this request. Incidentally, the English hay was cultivated hay used for feed and the broadleaf hay was the wild marsh hay. I've been told by Robert's great grandson that the marsh hay was used mainly as straw and as to cover the stacks of English hay to protect it from the rain.
In 1878, executor Thomas Ripley requested that Robert's real estate be officially divided between the three sons. Jephthah Harrison, John E. Roach, and David Hoeg performed this service and filed a long report 22 june 1878 outlining exactly how the marsh, wood, and uplands were to be divided. This report mentions a "mud privilege" on the Maccan River owned by Thomas Ripley and a wharf for loading coal on the Maccan River. The estate inventory includes a yearly rent of 11 pounds, 5 shillings from the Chignecto Mining Co.The road to Amherst, the coal railway, and the Intercontinental Railway and properties owned by Lydia Brown and DesBarres are also mentioned.