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- Source, D. Hogge, does not have this Ricard D. as son of Richard H. He has him with a father.
Plantation Records
Entry 1051 for Harbour Grace refers to "4 Brothers" and names them as owning land in Harbour Grace. Names given are Richard, William, Basill & Henry TAYLOR
INDENTURE - RichardD TAYLOR with John CLARK/John OSMOND Carbonear - 1795
This indenture made the twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety five & in the 35th year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, King of Great Britain, France & Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc. Between John CLARK & John OSMOND, both of Crokers Cove in the Island of Newfoundland & Richard TAYLOR of Carbonear in the same Island of Newfoundland. Witnesseth that the said John CLARK & John OSMOND, for & in consideration of the sum of thirty pounds of British money, one half to be paid in hand on or before the Sealing & delivery of these present, & the other half to be paid the following year, hath assigned & set over unto the said Richard TAYLOR & his Heirs, Executors, Administrators & Assigns all that Room or Plantation situated & lying in Carbonear in the Island of Newfoundland, bounded on the west by the said Richard TAYLOR's Room & on the east by Hugh PENNY's Room together with all ways, paths, passages & appurtenances thereto belonging, to have & to hold the said plantation unto himself, his heirs & assigns forever; also all the right, title, Estate, property & claim whatever, both in Law & Equity, & it shall & may be lawful for the said Richard TAYLOR, his Executors, administrators & assigns from time to time, & at all times, to enter, enjoy, possess, have & hold the said Room & Plantation & appurtenances hereby intended to be assigned to his & their use & benefit, to receive & take the Rents & profits thereof without the less hindrance or interruption of the said Jn CLARK & John OSMOND, their Executors & administrators or any person or persons whatever. In witness whereof, we the said John CLARK & Jn OSMOND have hereunto set our hands & seals the day & year above written. Sealed & delivered in the presence of as where no stamps are to be had.
Jn PIKE, John CLARK, Jn OSMOND
It is also agreed between the said parties that the said Richd TAYLOR is not to enjoy that part of said Room now occupied by Laurence KEON, until his present lease is expired, which will be in the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety eight, & then the said Richard TAYLOR & his assigns shall enjoy the entire of the said Room & Plantation without any less hindrance or molestation from said Jn CLARK & John OSMOND, their executors & administrators, or any person or persons whatever, & the said Laurence KEON on his quitting the premises is not to pull down or remove any building or erection which is now on the said Room.
Received the twenty seventh day of April 1795 of Richd TAYLOR, Fifteen Pounds, being the half of the consideration above mentioned.
The foregoing is a true copy of the original deed of assignment exhibited by Richard TAYLOR, & at his request, registered in this Book of Records.
Harbour Grace, 25 Nov. 1795.
AGREEMENT RE: Land Division (Wm, Henry & Richard TAYLOR) Carbonear - March 31, 1809
This is to certify to all whom it may concern that we have this day agreed to divide the plantation belonging to us in Carbonear & on which we now reside, in the following manner, viz. after being measured, in the three equal parts from the fence which separates it from the room or plantation lately belonging to Henry KNIGHT to the limits on the west by a plantation belonging to Mrs Elizabeth PIKE; Henry TAYLOR to have the eastern part, Wm TAYLOR the middle, & Richard TAYLOR the western part, each party having an equal interest in the dwelling house.
Witness our hand - Wm TAYLOR, Henry TAYLOR, Richard TAYLOR
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (William TAYLOR & Richard TAYLOR) Port-de-Grave - 1809
Memorandum of agreement by & between William TAYLOR & his brother, Richard TAYLOR, the said Richard TAYLOR doth bargain & sell Wm TAYLOR his Fishing Room together with a Garden to the back of the Hill, & a small dwelling on the premises together with all pathways, passages, & other buildings thereto belonging, which the said Richard TAYLOR formerly possessed, for the sum of four pounds sterling or that amount in goods as agreed to by us therein.
Given under our hands in Port-de-Grave the 13th day of November, 1809.
Signed - Richard TAYLOR, Wm TAYLOR
Will of Richard Taylor of Carbonear - 1815
Vol 1 page 15-18
In the Name of God, Amen.
I, Richard TAYLOR of Carbonear, Conception Bay in the Island of Newfoundland, Planter, being through the abundant mercy & goodness of God of a sound & perfect understanding & memory do constitute this my last Will & Testament & desire it may be received by all as such. First, I most humbly bequeath my Soul to God, my Maker, beseeching his most gracious acceptance of it through the all sufficient merits & mediation of my most compassionate Redeemer Jesus Christ who gave himself to be an atonement for my Sins in this hope & confidence I render up my Soul with comfort humbly beseeching the most blessed & Glorious Trinity, One God, most Holy, most merciful & Gracious to prepare me for the time of my dissolution & then to take me to himself into that Peace & Rest which he has prepared for all that love & fear his Holy Name. Amen.
Blessed be God, I give my Body to the Earth from whence it was taken in full assurance of its resurrection from thence at the last day. As to my Worldly Estate, I will give & bequeath them as follows.
First I give my Dear & loving Wife, Ann TAYLOR, for the Term of her life this House in which I now dwell with all the Furniture & likewise the Lands & Tenements which lie about it with all & every thing appertaining thereto & at her Death to be divided amongst her Children as follows.
Item, I give & bequeath to my eldest son, William TAYLOR, a Room which is situated as follows: Eastern part bounded on the East by Mr Henry C WATTS, by the West from the Westward corner of the Store now belonging to him up to the Westward side of the mare's House & from thence up to the bound stone as far as the Public Path, Southerly with this exception that if he should die without issue & his Widow in after time marry any one otherwise named than Taylor by surname, it shall devolve to the surviving Brothers to be equally shar'd North & South by them or who they may appoint.
Second, Westerly from the Westward Corner of William TAYLOR, my Son's Store, to the bound Stone further westward & as far back northerly as my bounds goes, the same breadth in back as front (excluding a Cellar & Fish House now there wich shall be the property of my son, Jonathan) I bequeath to my son Richard TAYLOR.
Third, westerly from the bound stone of Richard's to the bound stone of Joseph's westward (excluding the spot now in the possession of my son John to say from the back of his House to Waterside & from the path way to the fence parting Joseph's from Jonathan's) the Kitchen Gardens to stand & be kept fenc'd in the same place as they now are, the Dwelling House with all the Furniture, the Cow House & the bounds as far Northward as it extends the same breadth in back as front, I bequeath to my Son, Jonathan, the path way up & down to be kept the same breadth as it now is, the ground to be the property of Jonathan, tho' to be as free to one as the other for the use & benefit of the several sons, viz. Richard, John, Joseph & Jonathan.
Fourth, Westerly part from the Path way westward as far as my Son Joseph's fence or bound stone, & from the back of my Son, John's, House to the Waters edge same in front as back, also Fifteen Yards westerly from the Eastward bounds viz. Mr. H. C. Watts from the Street northerly as far as my bounds extends which is to my Son Richards Garden the same in back as front I bequeath to my Son John.
Fifth, Westerly from Robert HOWELLs bounds Eastward as far as the bound stone in the little Garden put by me the same breadth in back as front (excepting the Gardens which are to be left as they now are as mentioned before) I give & bequeath to my Son, Joseph. Item, the Eastward part allotted for my Son William in case of his Death without male issue, not liking it should go out of the Family name, I ordain to be separated equally between the surviving Brothers North & South, his Widow being allowed the use & privilege of it as long as she may live, each to have a Regular share of Flake Room from the westward corner of William's Store as far Westward as the extreme bounds to be divided as follows: the Eastward for Richard, next Westerly for Jonathan, next Westerly for John & next Westerly for Joseph.
...Executors, Administrators or Assigns for ever (excepting the case stated in Williams). I do hereby constitute & appoint William HOWELL Jun, son of William of Carbonear, & Samuel RUMSON of Carbonear my true & lawful Executors & doubting not but they will if God spares them, see this my last Will & Testament fully executed according to my desire.
In Witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand & Seal in Carbonear this Twenty third day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & fifteen. Signed & sealed by Richard TAYLOR.
Witness present: Samuel RUMSON, Wm HOWELL of Wm & Wm W BEMISTER
CODICIL to the before Will & Testament
Whereas I the within mentioned Richard TAYLOR do think fit & proper to adjoin this Codicil to my within mentioned Will & Testament, I do hereby wish all Persons concerned to accept it as the same, viz. I further give & bequeath to my son, John, the full & sole possession of the Pew now my property in the Methodist Chapel in this place whilst he lives & his heirs hereafter.
Further to my Daughter, Ann, who is now a Widow, I give & bequeath the Room I now occupy as a bed Room to her to occupy with free toleration to & from, without molestation as long as she Remains in a Widowhood state with all the furniture therein under the same restrictions. Signed & sealed by Richard TAYLOR.
Witness: S.C RUMSON, W W BEMISTER & Wm HOWELL on the 2nd day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & twenty two.
CODICIL to the before Codicil & Will & Testament.
Whereas I the before mention'd Richard TAYLOR do hereby think fit & proper to adjoin this Codicil to the one before mentioned & to my last Will & Testament adjoined hereunto, I do hereby wish all Persons concerned to accept it as the same, viz. I further give & bequeath out of the sum & sums of money now laying due to me & in my possession, that is to say in the hands of Messrs. Gosse Pack & Fryer, Merchants of Carbonear, the sum of Three hundred thirty six pounds, two shillings & one penny due me as to & furnished since December the Thirty first, One thousand eight hundred & twenty six, & One hundred & fifty pounds in cash now in my possession in form & manner as follows.
First, I desire my Executors to take from the above Sums the sum of Thirty six pounds two Shillings & one penny to defray my Funeral expenses or other charges necessary thereunto.
Second, to my Son Richard I bequeath the Sum of Seventy Pounds.
Thirdly, to my Son John, Ninety Pounds.
Fourthly, to my Daughter, Mary NOEL, the sum of Fifty Pounds,
Fifthly, to my Daughter, Ann BEST, the sum of Sixty Pounds.
Sixthly, to my son, Jonathan, the sum of One hundred Pounds.
Seventhly, to my Grand daughter, Patience RUMSON, the sum of Twenty five Pounds.
Eighthly, to the Widow of my Son Joseph, Mary TAYLOR, the sum of Twenty five pounds.
Further, to my son, John, I bequeath a black spfine coat, Waistcoat, & Trousers; to my Grandchild, George BEST, a purple coat; my Watch I give to Benoni TAYLOR, son of Mary Taylor; to my daughter, Ann BEST, I give the Cow now in my possession & sole property of myself, the Rent of that part of the Room held by Lease now by Mr William BENNETT Merchant. I do hereby beg to be equally separated between my son William & my Daughter Ann BEST, & after my Son William's death, the whole of said Rent as long as the Lease holds to come to my Daughter, Ann Best; my Bed which I now occupy I give to Joseph, the son of my son Jonathan. Signed & sealed by Richard TAYLOR.
Signed & sealed the Nineteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty seven in the presence of Samuel Rumson, W. W. Bemister & Wm. Howell.
CODICIL to the before Codicil & Will & Testament
Whereas I the before mentioned Richard TAYLOR do hereby think fit & proper to adjoin this Codicil to those before mentioned & to my last Will & Testament adjoining hereunto, I do hereby wish all Persons concerned to accept it as the same, viz. I further give to my Daughter, Ann BEST, as long as she lives in a Widowhood state, a Garden to the westward of the Dwelling House I now reside in & a small Bed Room she now occupies in the Dwelling House, to have free resource to & from said premises without any molestation; also to my Grand Daughter, Patience RUMSON, I give & bequeath the use of the Dwelling House she now resides in as long as she lives with all appurtenances & Paths thereto as it now stands, & I do hereby deny any Buildings to be erected by Henry ROGERS or his Heirs on any part of the land my property before the expiration of a Lease now held by William BENNETT. Signed & sealed by Richard TAYLOR.
Signed & sealed the Seventeenth day of November in the year of Our Lord One Thousand eight hundred & twenty seven in the presence of Samuel RUMSON, John RORK & Joseph TAYLOR.
Personally appeared before me this day, William Wills BEMISTER & William HOWELL of William of Carbonear in the Island of Newfoundland, Merchants, & maketh Oath & saith that they were present & actually saw Richard TAYLOR execute the Within Will dated the 23rd August 1815 as well as a Codicil thereto dated the 2nd December 1822 as well as another Codicil thereto dated the 19th June 1827; deponents further swear that at the time the said Richard TAYLOR executed the Within Will & the Two Codicils thereto before mentioned, he was of sound mind & memory; deponents verily believe that the said Richard TAYLOR died at Carbonear on the Nineteenth day of December, One Thousand eight hundred & twenty seven.
Sworn to at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, this Fifth day of January One thousand eight hundred & twenty eight before me by Willm W BEMISTER & Wm HOWELL. Signed by John Stark, Clerk, Northern Circuit Court.
Personally appeared before me this day, John RORK of Carbonear, Book Keeper & Joseph TAYLOR, Fisherman, both of Carbonear & maketh Oath & saith that they were present & actually saw Richard TAYLOR execute a Codicil to his Will dated the 17th day of November One Thousand eight hundred & twenty seven at which time the said Richard TAYLOR was of sound mind & memory - deponents swear that Richard TAYLOR departed this life on the Nineteenth day of December One Thousand eight hundred & twenty seven.
Sworn to at Harbor Grace on the Fifth January, 1828 by J RORK & Joseph TAYLOR. Signed by John Stark, Clerk, Northern Circuit Court.
I hereby Certify that the Will of Richard TAYLOR (who departed this life at Carbonear on the Nineteenth day of December, One thousand eight hundred & twenty seven) dated the Twenty third day of August, One thousand eight hundred & fifteen as well as a Codicil thereto dated the Second day of December One Thousand eight hundred & twenty two together with another Codicil thereto dated the Nineteenth day of June, One thousand eight hundred & twenty seven, was proved before me by the Oaths of William Wills BEMISTER & William HOWELL subscribing Witnesses thereto, on the Fifth Day of January, One thousand eight hundred & twenty eight. I also Certify that the execution of a Codicil to the said Will by Richard TAYLOR dated the Seventeenth day of November, One thousand eight hundred & twenty seven was proved before me by the Oaths of John RORK & Joseph TAYLOR subscribing Witnesses thereto on the Fifth day of January, One thousand eight hundred & twenty eight. I also certify that the foregoing pages Twenty nine - Thirty - Thirty one - Thirty two - Thirty three & Thirty four contain a true & correct copy of the last Will & Testament of Richard TAYLOR as well as of the several codicils thereto, & the same is hereby actually Registered by me this day.
Given under my hand as the Registrar of Deeds Office, Harbor Grace, Newfoundland this Eighth day of January One Thousand Eight hundred & twenty eight (1828). Signed by John Stark, Registrar.
Headstone on Stonepics might be him:
NF121 : CBN11 TAYLOR, Richard Sr (1827) - 4 photos
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