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{244} so doing he was to the Best of their Apprehensions of Sound and dispo= = sing Mind memory and Understanding, and that they Respectively 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 Before Jn.o Nicholson Regr Wills for Kent County In the Name of God Amen I Dorcas Moore of Kent County in the State of Maryland being Sick and weak of Body, but of sound and disposing mind & Memory, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following| to Wit | I give my Soul to Almighty God my Creator and blessed Redeemer, and my Body to be Buried in a Plain decent manner and my Worldly Goods which God that been Pleased to bless me with I give and dispose of as followeth 1.st My Will and desire is that my beloved Cousin Thomas Jervis James, do [written in perpendicular to text: left off here] collect from those who are Indebted to me as much Money as will Pay my Just debts, and Pay them as soon as he Possiably can 2.ndly I give and bequeath unto my beloved Sister Closia Sudley one Negro woman Named Silvia, one other Negro Woman named Francis till she shall be Twenty one years old, One hundred Pounds Current Money, be paid her by my Cousin James James, all my Plate and my Part of a Chase 3.dly I give and bequeath unto my beloved Cousins Isabella Hynson, Frances Hynson and Rebecca Hynson, Twenty five Pounds Current money each to be Paid to them by the aforesaid James James 4.thly I Give and bequeath unto my beloved Cousin Ann James Twenty Pounds Current money to be Paid to her by my Cousin James James 5.thly I give and bequeath unto my beloved Cousin James Hynson Twenty Pounds current Money to be Paid to him by my Cousin James James 6.thly I Give and bequeath unto my beloved Cousin Thomas Jervis James my silver Watch Carr.d over |
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