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'% IJrtttJWn MATTHKW PENHALE, \sv f'htiiitljf'. 'M^ 'iEoKiJK Thomas Clakis, Jamks Hrrj,, Makv Mili,ku, ami Andrew Milleu, lier Imslwuid. Ann Colk, lunl Ja.mes CV)LE, her husbiuid, .t own I' KWWAhw, Thomas Penhale, hikI Mary Penhale, De^tiuhnt.- (f ttv Of fondoa. YiiniiDutli. ill flic To flic Honorable the Jnclyes of the Court oj Chancery. Tlii'^Hill of Complaint of Matthew Pcnhiilc, oi' the Towiisliiii t'ouiity oF Eijfiii, yuoinan, tin? ahovc-niuncd PluiutiH', MIMBIT .SHEWKTH: I. Ill, or iiltout the year of our Lord 184:}, Kirhard Pcidudc of tlic said Towiishij) of 'arnioutli, ycoiuaii, tlii' father of your (.•omiijainant. purchased fiuni mie ('liarle.s E. ('iLsomiii, wIki a.s the owner thereof in fee, for tlie sum of .^.>00, the West Half of Lot Number 8ixteeii, in tin- evenlh Coiie.ession of the said Township of Yarmoutii, paying one hidf of tlie pureiiiise-niuiii'v )Wii lit the timt! of the pureliase. anil agieeiu"- to j)ay the reniiiiiider in tw o years there;iftrj'. 1. At the time of the said jiurchase the said Riehard Penhale iidormed your comidainiint lat he was purehiising the said lot intending that your complainant should have the same aj: me future time. ;). At the time of the said purchase ;ind down to the yeai' of nur Lord 185(1, the s;ii(l Kichnrd Penhale was possessed in fee siinph; of a ct^rtain farm of 100 acres or theri'alMjiits. situtite in the siiid Township of Yarmouth, cidled liy him "The Homestead," lieing Lot Numlicr 10, south of the Edgeware Road, in the said Township of Varmouih, situato. and began ehcippingiind clejiiing find otlierwise itujiroving the same, which, until then, was entirely wild and uncultivated. .'>. ''' 'ur ('omplainant att.dned the :ige of :2I yc;irs in t,he month of Dccemiier. in the \c;ir 'f our i-o.. 14. Ii. Ill or altout the mouth oi' (Jctolier, in the year of our Lord IS4.'), your Coiniilainanr wii.s idiout to leave, his father's iioiise to work for himself, whereupon the sidd I'ieliiird Penhale, '•eing inllrm ami unidilc to do miy iiard work, iiromised and agreed with your ( 'oinpiaina'it. that i'ynur Complainant would remain with him upon the .said llomesiead. and iielp him to build a new house whi(di he was about Lo erect thereon, ami ti> wmk th>' said llomesiead until the said iiou.se vviis erected, and until certain debts which lie then owed ^including the lialance of tiie purchase money of the said west half of [.ot Numlier ItJ) were paid, that he, the said Hit^liard Penlude, would, ai his death, give to him by his Will the southerly 7.) acres of the said west half of Lot Number !(!, and that during the life of the said Kichard Penhale, your ('•dnplainaiit might occupy the .said 7.") aci'c.-,, and jiroceed with the clearing and improving of tin- same. 7. No written menioraiulum of the said agreement was entered iolu betwei'n ymu Comphiinant and the said Richard Penhale, liut your ('omjilainanl in [lursuaiiie of tlie sai^i agreement, remained with the .said Richard Penhale ui>oii the said Homestead, and helped the said Kichard Penhale to work tin." .same until the month of .lanuary, in the year of i«ur Lord IS.'XI, when the said debts were all paid ; and in the years 184(), I.S47, and 1.S4S did a large portion ot the Work in the erection of the said new iiouse upon the saiil Homestead, for the said Richard i'euhale, being a house almut :{G feet by 44 teet, with a stone foundation ; and collected the stone for the said foundation ; and felled upon a certain lot of land, then belonging to your Complainant, in the .said Town.ship of Vaimouth, being tlie south half of Lot Numl)er lo, in the fSeventh / .'f Coucession of the saifl TdwuhIup of Yarmoutli, tiie large timbei-M reijuired for the huildinfr of the i^aid house, ami hewed the same, and drew them to the said Homestead, and coiniih'ted the creetioii of the said house. 8. Your Coniitlaiiifiiit, in further imrsuaiife of the said agreement and relyiuj; upon tlie uHsuranee that the sanio wouhl l»e carried out by tiiu said Rittiuird Peniiale, ent»Med into |)(mse,sMi(in and proceeded with the clearing of tlie said 7.) acres of the west half of the said Lot Number !(!, and by the end of the year 1849, had chopped about 3 or 4 acrits there<)t. !>. In the month of January in the year of our Lord ISSO, the said Richard Peidiale, in pni-suance of the said agreement with your Complainant, jtrocured a will to lie drawn, whereby he devised to your Complainant in fee simple tiie said soutlierly 7.1 acres of the said west half of Lot Number 16, in the Seventh Concession of Yarmouth, adding thereto a direction that your Comphiinant should pay !? 100 to the Defendant Mary Miller, a sister (if your Complainant, antl ^100 to the Defi'iidant .\nn Cole, another sister of your Conn>laiiniut, to which your Complainant made no objection. 10. Hefore executing the said will, the said Richard Penlmlc read the same over idond to your Complainant ami other members of tlu' fanuly, and he then duly executed the said will according to law, and he then and afterwards promised your Complainant that he would not revoke the said will, and that it should be as good as a deed of the said land to y.tur ('omplainant. 11. .-Vfter the making of the .said will, and relying upon the s.iid jiromiscs of the said Richard Penhale, in pursuance of the saitl agreement anil with the full knowledge of the said Richard Penhale, your Complainant proceeded with the (clearing and improvement of the saitl land, and at the time of the death of the said Richanl Penhale, hereinafti-r mentioned, your Complainant, in addition to what he had cleared at th.e time of the making of the .saiil will of the said Richard Penhale, hail cleared and fenced about 1 1 acres thereof, and put in upwards of 4(5 rods of drain tiles, and made other valuable and permanent improvements thereon. 12. The said Richard Penhale departed this life on the tenth day of .laiuiary, in the year of our Lord 187:}, leaving a will, being his last will and testament, dated on the twenty-eighth day of .August, in the year of our i>ord 186!), in the words and figures following, that is to say : " This is the last Will and Testament of me, Richard Penhale, of the Town of St. ■Thomas, in the County of El'^rin, and Province of (hitario. yeonuin. "1st. My Will is fir.'Jt that my funend charges .-ind just debts shall i)e paid l)y my e.veeutors • or trustees herein named. ■' "ind. 1 nominate and appoint as Kxeeutors and Trustees of this my Will, .lames Hill, of the ■ Township of Yarmouth, in the (^ounty and Province aforesaid, yeoman, and (ieorge Thomas ( 'laris. ■ of the Town of St. Thomas aforesaid, es(|uire. " :h'd. 1 give and bee pieatli unto my lu'loved wife Mary all my furniture, linen, beilding, " wearing apparel, and other chattel [jropcrty of which I may die posscs.sed of or entitled to, for " her own u.se and benefit. ■'4th. -.Ml uiy real estate iind all the rest and residue iif my personal estate, whatsoever and " wheresoever situate, and not otherwi.se disposeil of by this my Will, of which \ may die seized or ■• pos.sc.ssed, I give, ih vise and bc((ueath unto .lames Hill and (ieorge Thomas Claris, my executors ■ above-named, as joint tenants upon the trusts and for the intents and purpo.ses hereinafter named, ■' ex]iressed and declared of and concerning the same. " .")th. And 1 declaie and direct that my trustees or trustee for the time being undi'r this my '■ Will, .shall stand .seized and pi)s,se.ssed of and interested in my real and personal estate, " so devLsed and beijueathed to them as aforesaid, upon the trusts and for the intents following, ■■ that is to say : "0th. — As to my real estate, that is the west half of Lot Number Sixteen, in the Seventh " (,'oncession of the Township of Yarmouth, in the County and Province aforesaid, I do hereby '■ authorize, empower and direct my said trustees or tru.stee for the time being, at such times and " in such nnmner as they may think Imst, to make sale and dispose of said liOt, either by public " auction or private contract, for the most money and best price tlint can be reasonably olitained n>i' the siinie. and with liborty to my waid tru!Htei« to l»uy in iiml iv-sell thf Mumc iit iliseretion, •'nnd until such hind in sokl it Hhull \>e hiwful for the .siiid tiUHteon ortruntee for tht; time hcinp; of " this my will to grant leases thereof until sudi land is sold. "7th — Out of the [iroet'ods of till' .salt' of the land iiltovc-mt'iitioncil 1 ix'nuc.Mt the followinj; " money legacies to be i)aii that my trustees sliould refrain from eolieeting them, and ■• surrender the same. ■' lOth.— 1 <_'ive and betnieath to my son .\Iatliew Peidiale the sum of two Ininditd dollars. " Ilth. — 1 give and be([ueatli to my beloved wiftf .Mary all the rest and resjdu" of my personal '' property, whether it should be in money or seetu'ities for money, for her .sole use atid benefit "during her life, with n recpieat that at her decease, what she has not e.xpeniled shall be ecpiallv •'divided among my children's children. " 12th. -T reipicst and will that the above legatnes .-hall be paid to the parties as soon as " (convenient bv my trustees. In witness whereof I, the said Richard Penliale, have hereunto .set " my hand and seal this twenty-eighth day of .Vugust, in tin' year of our L')rd one thousand eight "hundred and sixty-nine." |:<. The Defendants Mary Miller^^.Aiin Cole, . Mnt Pi i »l > a li , Thomas Penhale. ami .Mary Peidiale, are the persons named in tlie said will, wiiojilone are interesti'd in the proceeds of the said land, and the Defendants, .Vndrcw Miller and .lames Cole, are the husbands of the said Defendants Marv Miller and .Vnn Cole respectively. y II. Ciitil after the death of the sai'l Hichard Penhale, your Com[>lainant was ncit aware that llie said Hichaid Penhale had in any way altered or revoked the devise to him of the .sai, but on tin ntrary your <'oin))laiiiant, during the whole period from the making of the said will in the year of our l.ord lS.")(i. down to the time of the death of till' saiil Riehard Penhale, relying upon thc|(romises of the said Hichard Penhale not to revoke his said will, and in pursuance of the sai I agreement eontinned in po.ssession ol' the said 7') ;;cres, i-learing and improving the same, and paying all tin' ta.xes thereon .ind the said iJichard Penhale freipieutly ciiconiaged your Coni)ilainant. to proceed with his impi'ov( incuts thereon, telling your Coni])lainant that the lanil was xour Coni|)lainant"s own a- tully as if he hail a deeil of it. I."), .\fter the death of the saiil Uieliaid Penhale your Complainant leipicsted llie .said Defendants. (leorge T. Claris and James Hill, to convey to him llies.iid 7.') aeres in pursuance of the said agreement of the said Richard Penhale. and otfered to [lay tlie said 2 sums o|' ^100 each mentioned in the said tirst-mentioned will of tlie .said Richard Penhale, to be paid to the said Defenilants, Mary .Miller and .\nn Cole, but the said Defendants refuse( A])i'il, in tlif yi'iir of our Ijonl 187:i, utthe Abhizoh for thf County of El;;iii, iind n verdict wu-* rtnilcrt'd ii^^iiinnt your Compliiiniint in the said Action, and in favor of tin; idiovu-imnu'd I h'fi-ndiintH, (Jcorj^c T. T'lariH and JamcH Hill. 18. The DefondantH, George T. Claris iiud James Hill, threaten and intend to enter u\> judfjnieiit in the wiid Action of Ejeetment, ami threaten and intend t<», and will uniens restrained l»y the order and injunction of this Honorable Court, proceed to execution therein, and will olituin pOHMesHJon of th(! said 75 acres. I!». Your Complaiuaut has always l)een ready and willinj,', and iierchy (itlers, ti» pay the said U sums of .^100 each, which the miid Richard IVidmle, liy his said will, nmde in the year of our Lord 18.'>(>, directed him to pay to the said Defendants, Mary .Miller anl Ann Cide respectively. •20. The Defendant, Mary Penhale, the Testator's Widow, claims dower in tiie said lands "* -J I. The executors named in the said will, and the Defendants hereto, have taken out F'roliate of the said will, and have ausumed the burdun of the execution tlien-of. YOUR COMPLAINANT THKREKOKE I'UAYS : I. That it may 1m' declared that the said agreement by the said Richard Penhale, in the sixth parajfiaph of this Dill of Complaint nieiititined, oujjflit ti' l>e carried into exet;ution, your Complainant hereby submitting to the paymcf.'it <»f the 2 sums of $100 each, mentitmed in the will of the said |{i' haul Penliale, dated in the yeiu; ot our Lord 18.50, as liereinbefore stated. ]!h.>l»\■■^ 2. That the Defendants may Im- ordered to eimvey and release to your Complainant and his heirs, in pursuance of such agreement, the said 7.'> acres of land, being the southerly ".'> a