Individual Details

Will

Nova Scotia Probate Records, 1760-1993, Yarmouth, Will books, 1794-1859, vol 1-2, pp 137-140, accessed through familysearch.org.
The will is downloaded and in the will folder.


In his will written 11 May 1827, Amasa Durkee bequeaths to “true and loving wife Martha” the use of whatever she wants of every kind of the household furniture. As long as she remains a widow, she receives other specific provisions for her support, and she is to be paid £100 yearly by son Lyman Durkee. The bequests to Martha are in lieu of her dower.Son Amasa Durkee receives the lot of land he now occupies and an additional wood lot. Beloved daughter Ruth Bacon receives £40 to be paid by the executor within four years. Beloved son John receives half of a wood land, half of a saltmarsh, and half of the wharf and landing, and a place suitable to set a store if he chooses to do so. Amasa bequeaths 30 acres to his grandson son of James and Phebe Durkee. Granddaughter Mary Jane, also daughter of James and Phebe, receives a feather bed, bedding, and a cow and granddaughter Ruth receives a cow and four sheep. James’s widow Phebe receives £5. Beloved son Lyman receives the homestead, all the farming utensils, all the stock animals, any remainder of the estate, and he is named executor