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{240} In the Name of God Amen I. James Wilson of Kent County and Province of Maryland do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form Following to Wit Imprimis I give bequeath and devise unto my beloved Wife Ann Wilson her choise of one of my Plantations during her natural life and no longer Item I give Bequeath and devise unto my beloved Son James Wilson my other Plantation to him and his heirs for= =ever Item I give Bequeath and devise unto my Son James the Plan= =tation which my Wife cuses |after her Natural life| to him and his Heires forever Item I give Bequeath and devise unto Charles Haley twenty pounds in good and lawfull Current money to be paid to said Charles by my Executors Item I Will bequeath and devise the Residue of my Estate to be equally divided among all my Children except Mary and Sarah, each of which is to have forty Pounds less than any other Child Lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my beloved Wife Ann Wilson and my beloved Son James Wilson Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and Testament and Testamentary Guardians to my two Daughters Darcus Mary Quinny Wilson and Fanny Wilson. In Testimony where= = of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this 3.d day of March Anno Domi 1786. Jm.s Wilson Sen. {Seal} Signed sealed Published and delivered by James Wilson the above named Testator as and for his his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who at his Request and in his Presence have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto Test. Campbell S. St Clair, William Stuart. William Gay May 10,th 1788, then Came Ja.s Wilson and Ann Wilson the Ex.r and Ex.x herein mentioned and made Oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God that the above Instrument of Writing is the true and whole Will and Testament of James Wilson Sen.r late of Kent County deced, that hath come to their hands or Possession, and that they doth not know of any other. Before Jn.o Nicholson Regr Wills for K.t County |
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