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64 In the Name of God Amen I Mary Atkinson of Kent being Sick County in the province of Maryland^ weak of Body but of Sound – disposing snece and memory thanks be to God for the same ~ I do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, And ~ first I give and humbly resign my soul into the hands of God who gave it and my Body to the Earth to be buryed in a Christian like and decent manner, Item I give and devise nine pounds Specie to my Son Stephen Bordley Atkinson in the care of my friend ~ Hynson Smyth to be paid to him at the age of Twenty one years Item I give and devise to my Daughter Temperance Atkinson Nine pounds Specie Item I likewise devise to my Daughter Temperance Atkinson my silk Bonet Cloth Cloak three Gounds one Apron ~ and one Peticoat to be in possession of said Hynson Smyth until – she is of proper age to receive the same Item I give & devise all the Residue of my Estate to my friend Hynson Smyth Lastly I do Confirm this to be in my last Will and Testament ~ Revoking and Disanulling all other Will or Wills heretofore made as Witness my Hand and Seal this Twenty fourth day of November Seven hundred and Eighty three Signed Sealed & Acknowledged Mary Atkinson {Seal-} in presence of us. Nathan Smyth, Hannah Lynch, Hynson Smyth. December 22. 1783 Then came Nathan Smyth Hannah Lynch and Hynson Smyth the Subscribing Witnesses to the within last Will and Testament of Mary Atkinson late of Kent County deced And Severally made Oath on the Holy ~ Evangels, That they did See the Testator herein named Sign + Seal this Will and that they heard her publish & pronounce + declare the same to be her last at the same time Will & Testament, And that^ she was to the best of their apprehensions of sound disposing mind+memory their names as Witness thereto in the presence and at the request of the Testator and in the presence of each other JNicholson Regr Recorded pr JNicholson Regr |
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