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163 John or the Survivor of the to their sister Fanny the Sum of three thousand pounds out of the said estate so obtained by the death of their said Sisters Anne, Elizabeth and Maria And my will is and my Executors are hereby directed and authorized to keep a sufficient Number of Negroes and stock and farming utensils on my said farm in Kent County on Sassafrass river aforesaid in Maryland as will be necessary and Sufficient to work and stock the farm so as to produce the best income from said farm And whereas I have lately purchased a piece of land with the Improvements on the same, Containing about Twelve acres be the same more or less of Joseph Wood now residing at Reading in the State of Pennsylvania: which piece of Land and improvements are situated in the Northern Liberties a little distance North of Qurners Lane, the deed for which from Joseph Wood and wife to me is now in the hands of Mr. John Nixon to Get the acknowledgement made on said Deed as soon as Joseph Wood and his Wife comes to Town. Now my will is and I hereby Give & devise the said picece of land with all the improvements thereon, conveyed to me by said Joseph Wood, to my daughters Anne, Elizabeth and Maria Cadwalader and to the survivor or Survivors of them provided the person or persons so dying shall not leave issue_ and the said devise is to descend, in case all my sd. daughters shall die before they arrive at age and without issue of either, in the same manner as is directed with respect to all the other devises heretofore made, or such property as they may possess, either real or personal, as residuary Legatees. Also I Give and devise to my wife Williamina Cadwalader, my double phaeton with the harness belonging to the same And I do hereby Constitute and appoint my Brother Lambert Cadwalader and my Brother in law Philemon Dickinson to be my whole and sole Executors to this my last will and Testament, And as I have considerable demands against the estate of |
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