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134 In the name of God Amen I John Ashley Junr of Kent County in the State of Maryland being sick and weak in Body but of Sound and disposing mind memory and Understanding Considering the certainty of death, and the uncertainty of the – time thereof, and being desireous to Settle my worldly affairs – and thereby be the better prepaired to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence, do therefore make & publish – this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to Say . . . . First and principally I commit my Soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the Earth to be decently buryed at the discretion of my Executors herein after named, And after my debts and funeral charges are paid, I devise & bequeath as follows . . . . I give & bequeath to my Sister Milcah Ashley my plantation called & known by the name of Ashleys Green Containing about Eighty Acres more or less to her the said Milcha Ashley and her heirs in fee Simple. . . . . Item I devise and bequeath all my personal Estate of whatsoever kind or name it may be called held or known to my afd Sister Milcah Ashley and her heirs And Lastly I do hereby constitute & appoint my afd Sister Milcah Ashley to be joint Executrix with James Neal Senr. of this my last Will and Testament revoking and annulling all former Wills by me heretofore made Ratifying & Confirming this & none other to be my last Will and Testament In Testimony whereof I have – hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this twelfth day of April Anno domini one thousand Seven hundred & Eighty ~ five John Ashley Jr. {seal} Signed Sealed published and declared by John Ashley Junr. the – within named Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request, and in his presence have Subscribed our names as Witneses thereto . Phil. Reed , John Willis, Ebenezer Neal. |
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