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103 and after my Mothers death if she leaves any thing Remaining. – my Will and desire is that a Child I own namely Francis Newnam ~ to have all she leaves of my Estate, 3dly. Item my Will & desire is that my beloved Mother Margaret Jones shall be my Whole & Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament, Revoking & Annulling all former Wills by me heretofore made, Ratifying this & none other to be my last Will and Testament. In hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this Witness present Peter Jones {seal} Acquila Page, Wm. Merritt. February 8th. 1785 Then came Acquilla Page and William Merritt the two Subscribing Witnesses to the within last Will & Testament of Peter Jones late of Kent County deceased, and made oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God, that they did See the Testator herein named Sign and Seal this Will, and heard him publish pronounce & declare the same to be his last Will and Testament, And that he was to the best of their Understanding of Sound disposing mind Memory and Undestanding, And that they Severally Subscribed their names as Witnesses to this Will, in the presence, and at the Request of the Testator, and in the presence of each other JNicholson Regr The last Will and Testament of James Laurance late of Kent County deced declared by him by word of Mouth on the ninth day of January 1785 ~ being then sick of the Sickness whereof he died, in the presence of us the Subscribers ^who Signed our names as Witnesses thereof Which words so Spoken ware as follows, That his wife should have the whole of his Estate. In Witness – whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 10. day of January 1785 her mark Sarah x Nicoson, William Briscoe, William Ford Febry 8. 1785 Then came the within named Witness and proved the within Will Before me JNicholson Regr |
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