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and desire is that my wife have the care and tuition of all
my Children till they arrive to following years Viz. the boys
to the age of Twenty and one years and the Girls to the age
of Sixteen years, and they to be brought up at her discretion
and She to have the Several parts of my Estate in her Care
untill they arrive to the ages above, I do hereby Revoke
and make Void all wills by me formerly made and ordain this
to be my last will & Testament and do hereby Constitute and
appoint my beloved Wife Catherine my full Executrix in
Execution thereof In witness whereof I have hereunto put
my hand and Seal this 6^th day of March Anno Domini
1748/9
Solomon Jones

Signed Sealed and delivered in the Presence of James
Egerton, Robert Holton, John Jones, James Burne. On the
back of the foregoing Will was thus written Viz.

S^t Marys County ss. April the 24^th 1749 Then James
Egerton, John Jones and James Burn three of the Subscribing
Witnesses to the foregoing Will being duly and Solemnly
Sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God Depose and
Say that they Saw the Testator Solomon Jones Sign the fore-
going Will and heard him Publish and declare the same to be
his last Will and Testament. That at the same time of his so

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doing he was to the best of their Apprehension of Sound and
disposing mind and Memory and that they Subscribed their
Respective names as Witnesses to the said Will in the Presence
of the said Testator and at his request, Sworn to before me
Tho: Asquith Dep^ty Com^ry of S^t Marys County.

In Testimony that the aforegoing is a True
[Seale] Copy from Liber D D N^o 5 folio 16 the Seal of the
Prerogative office at the City of Annapolis is
hereunto affixed this I^st day of December Anno Domini 1750.
p Richard Dorsey Reg^r Cur. Prer.

In the Name of God Amen I Catherine Jones of S^t Marys
County in the Province of Maryland being Weak but of Sound
and Perfect Memory thanks be to God and being willing to
Settle what worldly Estate it hath pleased God to bestow
upon me, do make & ordain this my last will and Testament,
first I give my Soul to Almighty God who gave it hoping by
the Merits of my blessed Savior to Obtain full Remission of
my Sins, and my body to be buried at the discretion of my
Executors hereafter named. I give and bequeath unto my
Son Solomon Jones a young Horse Saddle and Bridle to the
worth of five Pounds to be delivered him when he arrives to
the age of Eighteen years.

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