Died June 10th 1849 Con 4 lot 17 E 74 yrs Beckwith Lanark Ontario Franktown Cemetery
Married Lydia bron 1776 died Dec 22 1872 Beckwith Lanark Ontario buried Franktown Cem Beckwith Lanark Ontario Peter Arrived According to records at the Public Archives in Ottawa Peter Jones arrived at the Richmond Settlement Office on the 12 of July 1819. He was a military emigrant and was issued 100 acres of land, that being N.E.1/2 Lot 17 Con 4 Beckwith Township. He received the title to this land once it was cleared and a building was erected. This took place in 1824. The census record for Beckwith Township for 1821 indicates 1 male, 1 female, 2 male children, 2 female children. However, in Peter Jones' will of 1849 he states "my oldest son Peter Jones of Montague, my youngest son John and my daughter Dinah Scott." There is no mention of a fourth A Copy of Peter Jones' Will:
Written along the side of the will is the following notation "Registered on Friday the eighth day of March 1850 at four of the clock in the afternoon Liber a Beckwith Folios 95 and 96. Memorial No. 75.
James Bell
Reg. County of Lanark"
Folio 95 Memorial No. 75 17-4
A Memorial to be registered pursuant to the statute of the last Will and Testament of Peter Jones Senior, of the Township of Beckwith in the County of Lanark yeoman, bearing date the ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, and whereby the said Peter Jones Senior willed in the words following:
I give and devise to my beloved wife Lydia all my household goods and furniture, and all my moveable property of every kind including that portion of the stock now on my farm, consisting of two cows, two three year old steers, two year old steers, two calves, three pigs, twelve sheep, and one horse, each and all to be at her own choice, together with my cutter, one set of harness and one saddle likewise at her own choice for her own sole use and benefit to do with and dispose of as to how the said Lydia may seem best; and I also give and devise unto her one bedroom and one sitting room of her own choice in the dwelling house wherein I now dwell, situate and being on lot number seventeen in the fourth concession of the said Township of Beckwith: also the use of the kitchen, yard, garden and out buildings, and a good and sufficient supply of firewood ready prepared for her use in common with my youngest son John hereinafter mentioned; Also I give and devise to my said wife an annuity or clear yearly sum of 10 pounds to be paid to her in lieu of dower half yearly out of my real estate in the proportions hereinafter mentioned:
and I give and devise to my youngest son John the homestead and farm on which I now reside, being the lot above mentioned to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever subject nevertheless to the abovementioned devise of one bedroom and one sitting room and the use of the kitchen, yard, garden and outbuildings and firewood to my wife; and subject also to the payment of the yearly sum of ten pounds to my wife in part of the annuity above mentioned; the same to be paid in equal half yearly payments, namely on or before the first day of March and on or before the first day of September in each and every year during her natural life, and further subject nevertheless to the further payment of the sum of twenty pounds of lawful money of this province to my daughter Dinah Scott to be paid to her by my said son John in four equal yearly payments of five pounds each; the first payment to be made within one year after my decease, and the succeeding payments to be made within the lapse of one year each the one from the other, until the whole sum of twenty pounds be so paid to my daughter Dinah as aforesaid; and further subject nevertheless to this condition in particular that the above mentioned homestead and farm herein before devised to my son John his heirs and assigns forever, is not to be by him or them or any of them mortgaged or sold at any time, or on any condition or plea whatsoever; and my will further is, that in case the said annuity given to my wife as above said shall at any time be behind and unpaid in the parts and proportions aforesaid for the space of thirty days after any such part or portion shall become due it shall be lawful for her to enter upon the premises chargeable with such part or proportion, and distain for such part and proportion and all costs and charges incurred by nonpayment thereof. And my will further is that my said executors shall have the like power to enter and distain upon the aforesaid premises for the sum of twenty pounds as hereinbefore bequeathed to my daughter Dinah in case the same shall been arrear, and my aforesaid Estate prove insufficient for payment thereof as aforesaid.
And I now nominate and appoint my trusty and worthy friend Robert Davis Esquire one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, of the above named Township of Beckwith, and my eldest son Peter Jones of the Township of Montague to be the executors of this my will hereby revoking all former wills- Which said will is witnessed by William Davis of the Township of Beckwith in the county of Lanark, in the Province of Canada yeoman, Daniel Douglas of the Township of Montague in the county and province aforesaid, Labourer- and Thomas Davis of the said Township of Beckwith, yeoman, and this memorial thereof is hereby required to be registered by me, John Jones one of the Devisees therein named--As witness my hand and seal this eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Signed and sealed
in presence of
Thomas Davis
Robert Moffatt John Jones (LS)
Married Lydia bron 1776 died Dec 22 1872 Beckwith Lanark Ontario buried Franktown Cem Beckwith Lanark Ontario Peter Arrived According to records at the Public Archives in Ottawa Peter Jones arrived at the Richmond Settlement Office on the 12 of July 1819. He was a military emigrant and was issued 100 acres of land, that being N.E.1/2 Lot 17 Con 4 Beckwith Township. He received the title to this land once it was cleared and a building was erected. This took place in 1824. The census record for Beckwith Township for 1821 indicates 1 male, 1 female, 2 male children, 2 female children. However, in Peter Jones' will of 1849 he states "my oldest son Peter Jones of Montague, my youngest son John and my daughter Dinah Scott." There is no mention of a fourth A Copy of Peter Jones' Will:
Written along the side of the will is the following notation "Registered on Friday the eighth day of March 1850 at four of the clock in the afternoon Liber a Beckwith Folios 95 and 96. Memorial No. 75.
James Bell
Reg. County of Lanark"
Folio 95 Memorial No. 75 17-4
A Memorial to be registered pursuant to the statute of the last Will and Testament of Peter Jones Senior, of the Township of Beckwith in the County of Lanark yeoman, bearing date the ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, and whereby the said Peter Jones Senior willed in the words following:
I give and devise to my beloved wife Lydia all my household goods and furniture, and all my moveable property of every kind including that portion of the stock now on my farm, consisting of two cows, two three year old steers, two year old steers, two calves, three pigs, twelve sheep, and one horse, each and all to be at her own choice, together with my cutter, one set of harness and one saddle likewise at her own choice for her own sole use and benefit to do with and dispose of as to how the said Lydia may seem best; and I also give and devise unto her one bedroom and one sitting room of her own choice in the dwelling house wherein I now dwell, situate and being on lot number seventeen in the fourth concession of the said Township of Beckwith: also the use of the kitchen, yard, garden and out buildings, and a good and sufficient supply of firewood ready prepared for her use in common with my youngest son John hereinafter mentioned; Also I give and devise to my said wife an annuity or clear yearly sum of 10 pounds to be paid to her in lieu of dower half yearly out of my real estate in the proportions hereinafter mentioned:
and I give and devise to my youngest son John the homestead and farm on which I now reside, being the lot above mentioned to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever subject nevertheless to the abovementioned devise of one bedroom and one sitting room and the use of the kitchen, yard, garden and outbuildings and firewood to my wife; and subject also to the payment of the yearly sum of ten pounds to my wife in part of the annuity above mentioned; the same to be paid in equal half yearly payments, namely on or before the first day of March and on or before the first day of September in each and every year during her natural life, and further subject nevertheless to the further payment of the sum of twenty pounds of lawful money of this province to my daughter Dinah Scott to be paid to her by my said son John in four equal yearly payments of five pounds each; the first payment to be made within one year after my decease, and the succeeding payments to be made within the lapse of one year each the one from the other, until the whole sum of twenty pounds be so paid to my daughter Dinah as aforesaid; and further subject nevertheless to this condition in particular that the above mentioned homestead and farm herein before devised to my son John his heirs and assigns forever, is not to be by him or them or any of them mortgaged or sold at any time, or on any condition or plea whatsoever; and my will further is, that in case the said annuity given to my wife as above said shall at any time be behind and unpaid in the parts and proportions aforesaid for the space of thirty days after any such part or portion shall become due it shall be lawful for her to enter upon the premises chargeable with such part or proportion, and distain for such part and proportion and all costs and charges incurred by nonpayment thereof. And my will further is that my said executors shall have the like power to enter and distain upon the aforesaid premises for the sum of twenty pounds as hereinbefore bequeathed to my daughter Dinah in case the same shall been arrear, and my aforesaid Estate prove insufficient for payment thereof as aforesaid.
And I now nominate and appoint my trusty and worthy friend Robert Davis Esquire one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, of the above named Township of Beckwith, and my eldest son Peter Jones of the Township of Montague to be the executors of this my will hereby revoking all former wills- Which said will is witnessed by William Davis of the Township of Beckwith in the county of Lanark, in the Province of Canada yeoman, Daniel Douglas of the Township of Montague in the county and province aforesaid, Labourer- and Thomas Davis of the said Township of Beckwith, yeoman, and this memorial thereof is hereby required to be registered by me, John Jones one of the Devisees therein named--As witness my hand and seal this eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Signed and sealed
in presence of
Thomas Davis
Robert Moffatt John Jones (LS)
Died June 10th 1849 Con 4 lot 17 E 74 yrs Beckwith Lanark Ontario Franktown Cemetery
Married Lydia bron 1776 died Dec 22 1872 Beckwith Lanark Ontario buried Franktown Cem Beckwith Lanark Ontario Peter Arrived According to records at the Public Archives in Ottawa Peter Jones arrived at the Richmond Settlement Office on the 12 of July 1819. He was a military emigrant and was issued 100 acres of land, that being N.E.1/2 Lot 17 Con 4 Beckwith Township. He received the title to this land once it was cleared and a building was erected. This took place in 1824. The census record for Beckwith Township for 1821 indicates 1 male, 1 female, 2 male children, 2 female children. However, in Peter Jones' will of 1849 he states "my oldest son Peter Jones of Montague, my youngest son John and my daughter Dinah Scott." There is no mention of a fourth A Copy of Peter Jones' Will:
Written along the side of the will is the following notation "Registered on Friday the eighth day of March 1850 at four of the clock in the afternoon Liber a Beckwith Folios 95 and 96. Memorial No. 75.
James Bell
Reg. County of Lanark"
Folio 95 Memorial No. 75 17-4
A Memorial to be registered pursuant to the statute of the last Will and Testament of Peter Jones Senior, of the Township of Beckwith in the County of Lanark yeoman, bearing date the ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, and whereby the said Peter Jones Senior willed in the words following:
I give and devise to my beloved wife Lydia all my household goods and furniture, and all my moveable property of every kind including that portion of the stock now on my farm, consisting of two cows, two three year old steers, two year old steers, two calves, three pigs, twelve sheep, and one horse, each and all to be at her own choice, together with my cutter, one set of harness and one saddle likewise at her own choice for her own sole use and benefit to do with and dispose of as to how the said Lydia may seem best; and I also give and devise unto her one bedroom and one sitting room of her own choice in the dwelling house wherein I now dwell, situate and being on lot number seventeen in the fourth concession of the said Township of Beckwith: also the use of the kitchen, yard, garden and out buildings, and a good and sufficient supply of firewood ready prepared for her use in common with my youngest son John hereinafter mentioned; Also I give and devise to my said wife an annuity or clear yearly sum of 10 pounds to be paid to her in lieu of dower half yearly out of my real estate in the proportions hereinafter mentioned:
and I give and devise to my youngest son John the homestead and farm on which I now reside, being the lot above mentioned to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever subject nevertheless to the abovementioned devise of one bedroom and one sitting room and the use of the kitchen, yard, garden and outbuildings and firewood to my wife; and subject also to the payment of the yearly sum of ten pounds to my wife in part of the annuity above mentioned; the same to be paid in equal half yearly payments, namely on or before the first day of March and on or before the first day of September in each and every year during her natural life, and further subject nevertheless to the further payment of the sum of twenty pounds of lawful money of this province to my daughter Dinah Scott to be paid to her by my said son John in four equal yearly payments of five pounds each; the first payment to be made within one year after my decease, and the succeeding payments to be made within the lapse of one year each the one from the other, until the whole sum of twenty pounds be so paid to my daughter Dinah as aforesaid; and further subject nevertheless to this condition in particular that the above mentioned homestead and farm herein before devised to my son John his heirs and assigns forever, is not to be by him or them or any of them mortgaged or sold at any time, or on any condition or plea whatsoever; and my will further is, that in case the said annuity given to my wife as above said shall at any time be behind and unpaid in the parts and proportions aforesaid for the space of thirty days after any such part or portion shall become due it shall be lawful for her to enter upon the premises chargeable with such part or proportion, and distain for such part and proportion and all costs and charges incurred by nonpayment thereof. And my will further is that my said executors shall have the like power to enter and distain upon the aforesaid premises for the sum of twenty pounds as hereinbefore bequeathed to my daughter Dinah in case the same shall been arrear, and my aforesaid Estate prove insufficient for payment thereof as aforesaid.
And I now nominate and appoint my trusty and worthy friend Robert Davis Esquire one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, of the above named Township of Beckwith, and my eldest son Peter Jones of the Township of Montague to be the executors of this my will hereby revoking all former wills- Which said will is witnessed by William Davis of the Township of Beckwith in the county of Lanark, in the Province of Canada yeoman, Daniel Douglas of the Township of Montague in the county and province aforesaid, Labourer- and Thomas Davis of the said Township of Beckwith, yeoman, and this memorial thereof is hereby required to be registered by me, John Jones one of the Devisees therein named--As witness my hand and seal this eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Signed and sealed
in presence of
Thomas Davis
Robert Moffatt John Jones (LS)
Married Lydia bron 1776 died Dec 22 1872 Beckwith Lanark Ontario buried Franktown Cem Beckwith Lanark Ontario Peter Arrived According to records at the Public Archives in Ottawa Peter Jones arrived at the Richmond Settlement Office on the 12 of July 1819. He was a military emigrant and was issued 100 acres of land, that being N.E.1/2 Lot 17 Con 4 Beckwith Township. He received the title to this land once it was cleared and a building was erected. This took place in 1824. The census record for Beckwith Township for 1821 indicates 1 male, 1 female, 2 male children, 2 female children. However, in Peter Jones' will of 1849 he states "my oldest son Peter Jones of Montague, my youngest son John and my daughter Dinah Scott." There is no mention of a fourth A Copy of Peter Jones' Will:
Written along the side of the will is the following notation "Registered on Friday the eighth day of March 1850 at four of the clock in the afternoon Liber a Beckwith Folios 95 and 96. Memorial No. 75.
James Bell
Reg. County of Lanark"
Folio 95 Memorial No. 75 17-4
A Memorial to be registered pursuant to the statute of the last Will and Testament of Peter Jones Senior, of the Township of Beckwith in the County of Lanark yeoman, bearing date the ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, and whereby the said Peter Jones Senior willed in the words following:
I give and devise to my beloved wife Lydia all my household goods and furniture, and all my moveable property of every kind including that portion of the stock now on my farm, consisting of two cows, two three year old steers, two year old steers, two calves, three pigs, twelve sheep, and one horse, each and all to be at her own choice, together with my cutter, one set of harness and one saddle likewise at her own choice for her own sole use and benefit to do with and dispose of as to how the said Lydia may seem best; and I also give and devise unto her one bedroom and one sitting room of her own choice in the dwelling house wherein I now dwell, situate and being on lot number seventeen in the fourth concession of the said Township of Beckwith: also the use of the kitchen, yard, garden and out buildings, and a good and sufficient supply of firewood ready prepared for her use in common with my youngest son John hereinafter mentioned; Also I give and devise to my said wife an annuity or clear yearly sum of 10 pounds to be paid to her in lieu of dower half yearly out of my real estate in the proportions hereinafter mentioned:
and I give and devise to my youngest son John the homestead and farm on which I now reside, being the lot above mentioned to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever subject nevertheless to the abovementioned devise of one bedroom and one sitting room and the use of the kitchen, yard, garden and outbuildings and firewood to my wife; and subject also to the payment of the yearly sum of ten pounds to my wife in part of the annuity above mentioned; the same to be paid in equal half yearly payments, namely on or before the first day of March and on or before the first day of September in each and every year during her natural life, and further subject nevertheless to the further payment of the sum of twenty pounds of lawful money of this province to my daughter Dinah Scott to be paid to her by my said son John in four equal yearly payments of five pounds each; the first payment to be made within one year after my decease, and the succeeding payments to be made within the lapse of one year each the one from the other, until the whole sum of twenty pounds be so paid to my daughter Dinah as aforesaid; and further subject nevertheless to this condition in particular that the above mentioned homestead and farm herein before devised to my son John his heirs and assigns forever, is not to be by him or them or any of them mortgaged or sold at any time, or on any condition or plea whatsoever; and my will further is, that in case the said annuity given to my wife as above said shall at any time be behind and unpaid in the parts and proportions aforesaid for the space of thirty days after any such part or portion shall become due it shall be lawful for her to enter upon the premises chargeable with such part or proportion, and distain for such part and proportion and all costs and charges incurred by nonpayment thereof. And my will further is that my said executors shall have the like power to enter and distain upon the aforesaid premises for the sum of twenty pounds as hereinbefore bequeathed to my daughter Dinah in case the same shall been arrear, and my aforesaid Estate prove insufficient for payment thereof as aforesaid.
And I now nominate and appoint my trusty and worthy friend Robert Davis Esquire one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, of the above named Township of Beckwith, and my eldest son Peter Jones of the Township of Montague to be the executors of this my will hereby revoking all former wills- Which said will is witnessed by William Davis of the Township of Beckwith in the county of Lanark, in the Province of Canada yeoman, Daniel Douglas of the Township of Montague in the county and province aforesaid, Labourer- and Thomas Davis of the said Township of Beckwith, yeoman, and this memorial thereof is hereby required to be registered by me, John Jones one of the Devisees therein named--As witness my hand and seal this eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Signed and sealed
in presence of
Thomas Davis
Robert Moffatt John Jones (LS)
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