abstracted from
PREROGATIVE COURT
(Wills)
MSA
S538
Liber 31
1760-1764
Introduction and abbreviations
list
Liber 31, folio 1
13 Aug. 1758
SUMMERS, JOHN, Somerset Co.
To David Summers, eldest son, part of Marsh Pasture.
To dau. Mary Ward, son Benjamin Summers, & [son?]
Lazarus Summers, 1 sh. apiece.
To grdson Isaac Summers, at age 16, a heifer.
To dau. Deborah Sterling, a linen wheel.
To grddau. Grace Sterling, at age 10, a yearling
heifer.
To son Richard Summers, a yoke of oxen & part
of land & marsh, & if he d. s. p., to son Isaac Summers.
To wife, Joannah Summers, for life, all my g. &
c., & on her d., equ. div. among Richard, Isaac, & Betty Summers,
my sons & dau.
Witn: Cornelius Ward, George Summers, Jonathan Martin.
--- Nov. 1760, sworn to by Ward & Martin.
Extrs: Richard & Isaac Summers.
Liber 31, folio 2
1 Jan. 1760
GARDINER, JEANE, St. Mary's Co., d. o. Elinor Gardiner.
To my godchild Catharine Boarman, d. o., Richard
Boarman, negro girl Miniy about 8 old.
To my mother & extrx., Elinor Gardiner, the
rest of my e.
Witn: Richard Boarman, Elizabeth Connell.
6 June 1760, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 2
6 Sept. 1759
THOMPSON, GRACE, [St. Mary's Co.]
To dau. Susannah Thompson, my white or gray mare
known as Finns & a saddle & bridle & the residue of my p. e.
To son & extr., Mathew Herbert, 1 sh.
sterl.
To dau. Elizabeth Thompson, clothes & 1 sh.
sterl.
Witn: Robert Cole, John Johnson.
8 Aug. 1760, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 3
5 Jan. 1759
FORBES, DRYDEN, St. Mary's Co.
To son & extr., James Forbes, negroes Hercules,
Ben, Yellow Tom, Moll, Sarah, Abraham, Frank, & all Sarah's chldn.but
Nell, & the residue.
To grdson Charles Samuel Forbes, negro girl Nell.
To grdson John Forbes, negro girl Hannar.
To dau. Rebecca Jowles, 10,000 lb. tob. & these
negroes: Jack, Jem, Charles, Bess, Terry, Juno, & Doll, & my cattle
are to be div. betw. my son & dau.
To Clarrissa Sothoron, L 30.
Witn: K[enelm] T[rueman] Greenfield, John Blany,
Sarah Blany.
--- Aug. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 4
30 Nov. 1758
HAMMETT, ROBERT, St. Mary's Co.
To son McKelvie Hammett, 1 sh. sterl. & 69a
of Wildcat Neck, where he lives, on the S side of the line betw. him &
my son Richard run by John Edwards.
To son Robert Hammett, 1 sh. sterl. & the 35a
remaining of Wildcat Neck, on the N side afsd. line & 34 1/2a of Hammetts
Beginning.
To son John Hammett, 1 sh. sterl. & the plntn.
where my mother lives & the land adj. it, in His Lordships Mill Manner,
86a.
To son William Hamett, Kings Puurchase, 100a in
Hanwoy Forrest.
To son Cartwright Hammett, the 75a of The Berch
Spring I live on, Hammetts Chance 69a, & Hickery Flatt, 17 1/2a by
T. B. Bregg.
To my wife & extrx., Eliza. Hammett, for life,
negro woman Dina & negro boys Will & Harry
To dau. Mary Hammett, negro woman Judy.
To dau. Ann Hammett, negro girl Fillis & negro
boy Dick.
To dau. Eliza. Hammett, negro boy Parremore &
negro girl Rose.
Of the residue of my p. e., 1/3 to sd. wife &
the rest, equ. div., among my 5 chldn: Mary, William, Ann, Eliza., &
Cartwright Hammett.
Witn: James Greenwell, Edward Greenwell, Martha
Greenwell.
8 Sept. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 7
28 Jan. 1760
GARDINER, ELINER, St. Mary's Co.
To dau. Monica Queen, negro wench Bess & her
2 chldn, Nace & Clare.
To dau. Ann Boarman, these negroes: Charles, William,
Peter, Tom, Moll, Patrick, & Cloe, & to sd. Ann's first child after
this date, chld Sroes.
To dau. Mary Boarman, these negroes: James, Garard,
Sook, Nane, Jane, & Lydia, & to sd. Mary's first child after this
date, Sook's youngest child, Winnia.
To Sarah Mages, 1000 lb. tob.
The residue to be equ. div. among my 3 daus.
Extr: Richard Boarman.
Witn: Mary Sewall, Jane Gardiner.
15 Oct. 1760, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 8
8 Sept. 1760
PEAKE, BAZIL, St. Mary's Co.
To bro. John Bapt. Peake, Pleasant Levells that
I lately purchased of Ignatius Jarboe.
To dau.-in-law Elizabeth Medley, negro girl Hanney
or negro boy Sam, a bed, plates, a pot to weigh 20 lb., a weavers loom
& harness, & my young bay horse.
To son-in-law Joseph Medley, livestock, a bed, a
gun, & 1000 lb. crop tob.
To father, William Peake, my clothes & my saddle
& bridle.
To wife, Elizabeth Peake, for life, the residue,
& on her d., equ. div., to my 5 bros. & sisters: Philip,
Bennet, Ignatius, Dorothy, & Rebecca Peake.
Extrs: sd. wife & her son Joseph Medley.
Witn: Mary Ann Medley, Jere[mia]h Edwards, [Hentn?]
Edwards.
13 Oct. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn., & 4 Nov.
1760, the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 9
24 Sept. 1750
PRISE, RAFEL, St. Mary's Co.
To the poor, the residue of my e.
Extrs: Peter Pain, Henry Sherckliff.
Witn: John Sheircliff, Richard Sheircliff.
13 Oct. 1760. sworn to by boh witn.
16 Oct. 1760, Henry Shiercliffe resigned the extrship
to Peter Pain. Witn: Joseph Acwy.
Liber 31, folio 10
--- ----- 1760
COMTON, FAIRFAX, St. Mary's Co.
To son James Compton, all my wearing appl. &
my gun.
To wife, Sarah, for widhood, the residue, &if
she mar., to my chldn.
On the d. of sd. wife, the residue, equ. div., to
my chldn: James, Mary Ann Knott (or Mary Ann, Knott), Ignatius, Joseph,
& John Baptist.
Extrx: wife, Sarah Compton.
Witn: John Shiercliff, Peter Payne, Jr.
13 Oct. 1760, sworn to by both witn., & the
widow elected her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 11
19 Oct. 1760
FERGUSON, WILLIAM, [Cecil Co.]
To my wife, Elizabeth, the residue of my m. e.,
but if she have a child, to sd. child, except L 10 to my grddau. Gennet
Carruthers.
To dau. Margret Hain, 5 sh.
If there be no child, my land is to be sold &
1/3 the money, with my p. e., to sd. wife & the rest to be div. into
6 parts, 2 of which to sd. grddau. & the other 4
equ. div. among my grdchldn. Agness, William, Margret, & John Hain.
Extrs: friends Theophilus Alexander & Moses
Scott.
Witn: John Caldwell, Thomas Mason, John Simonton.
3 Nov. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 12
9 July 1760
GEORGE, SAMSON, St. Mary Anns Parish, Cecil Co.
The plntn. I live on & the plntn. Bryan McSwine
lives on to my wife until my eldest son is 21.
My plntn. Samsons Adventure, now rented to Matthias
Johnson, is to be sold & [the money] div. equ. among my 3 daus.,Mary,
Rachel, & Ann at age 16.
My p. e. is to be equ. div. my son John & 3
daus. as soon as theycome to age.
Extrs: my wife, Sara George, my bro. Nicholas George,
& my wife's bro. Samson Currier.
Witn: Jno. Hamilton, Thos. Hughes, John Ricketts,
coop.
13 Oct. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 13
18 June 1759
RULEY, MICHAEL, Cecil Co., Gent.
To wife & extrx.[not named], negro man Sampson
& 2 beds.
To sons Michael & Seth, negro wench Rose.
To daus. Rebecca, Mary, Rachel, & Ann, L 5 apiece.
To dau. Priscilla, negro woman Jone, & to the
care of son Anthony, dau. Priscilla.
The residue of my m. e., equ. div., to son Anthony,
dau. Priscilla, & sons Michael & Seth.
To son Anthony, negro boy Sampson b. 1756.
Witn: Sarah Price, Jno. Winterbury, Jean Nicholas.
6 Oct. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of Anthony Ruley, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 14
16 July 1760
GEORGE, NICHOLAS, Cecil Co., planter.
To grdson John George, s. o. Sampson George, The
Hylands 100a, & if he d. s. p., to grdson Jesse Mainley.
To son Nicholas George, my dw. plntn. & land
adj.
The bal. of my e. is to continue in the hands of
son Nicholas George & wife, Mare, during her life, but if she mar.,
to son Nicholas, & she is to be put to her 1/3.
To dau. Elizabeth Loman, a cow & calf.
To dau. Rebecca Mainly, 1/2-lot 11 in Charles Town
& L 20 Pennsylvania money.
Extr: son Nicholas George.
Witn: Nicho. Hyland, Isaac Hyland, Nicho. Hyland,
Jr.
6 Oct. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of Nicholas George, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 15
2 Sept. 1760
JONES, HUGH, Rector of Augustine Parish, Cecil Co.
To godson Edward Pryce Wilmer, Lot 144 in Charles
Town, my best bed, silver ware, an easy chair, & my 4 hunting pictures
in the parleur.
To my nephew & extr., the Revd. William Barrell
of St. Stephen's Parish, Cecil Co., the residue of my e. r. & p.
Witn: John Jackson, Jno. Stockton, Barth[olome]w
Etherington.
9 Oct. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio17
14 July 1760
WRATH, THOMAS, Cecil Co.
To Hugh Oneale, L 5.
To my wife, Mary, for life, my e. r. & p., &
on her d., to my dau. Tamer.
Extrs: my father, James Wrath, & sd. wife.
Witn: Charles Ford, John Latham, Edwad Price Wilmer.
1 Oct. 1760, sworn to by Ford & Latham.
Liber31, folio 17
5 Feb. 1759
PENINGTON, HENRY, Cecil Co., farmer.
To wife & extrx., Anna Pennington, for life
all my e. r. & p., & if she mar., 2/3 of my e. aforesd. to my sons
Stephen, Ephraim, Isaac, Abraham, & Barth. Pen-
nington & dau. Marian Pennington.
Witn: Richard Canter, Canter McCoy, John McCoy.
12 May 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 18
5th day of 3d mo., called March, 1760
UNDERHILL, JOHN, Cecil Co.
To wife, the best bed, 2 chests that were hers when
we mar., L 30.10, & L 15/annum for life in lieu of her rt. of dower.
To son Thomas Underhill, the 300a plntn. where I
live & L 80.
To grdson John Underhill, s. o. my son Joseph decd.,
L 150, & to his 3 sisters [not named], L 50, provided they be 22 yrs.
of age.
To my 6 grdchldn, [not named], chldn of Caleb &
Esther Edmiston, each L 50.
To my 4 grdchldn.[not named], chldn of my son &
dau. Samuel & Isabel Edmiston decd., equ. div., the 250a I bought of
their father.
To my 2 grdchldn. [not named], chldn of my son &
dau. Henry & Elizabeth Clark, each L 90.
The residue to my grdson William Edmonson,
s. o. Caleb & Esther Edmonson.
All legacies to my grdchldn. are to be paid at age
22.
Extr: son Thomas Underhill, & my friend Samuel
England is to see my will performed.
Any diferences betw. any of the legatees shall be
determined in a friendly way by 4 men chosen by the Quakers.
The widow, Anna Underhill, said she was satisfied
with the will.
Witn: John Gartril, Charles Carty, Mary Kelly.
12 May 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn. in the presence
of ThomasUnderhill, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 21
12 June 1760
SCOTT, WALTER, Cecil Co.
To my wife & extrx., Catharine Scott, my parts
of Clifton & Askmore, the lands I hold under lease, & my p. e.
To my eldest dau., Hester Gibbs, my part of Clifton,
all my leased lands, & a lot in George Town.
To my dau. Sarah Nail, Askmore, & if she d.
s. p., to my grddau. Mary Gibbs; also to sd. Sarah, a lot in George Town.
To grddau. Mary Gibbs, negro boys Adam & Abraham.
To my niece Sarah Hanley, 20 sh./yr. for 5 yrs.
after my d.
To my nephew George Scott, 5 sh.
To my dau. Hester Gibbs, on my wfe's d., these negroes:
Bob, Tom, Jack, Mirhilla, & Moll.
To my dau. Sarah Nail, on my wife's d., these negroes:
Ned, Will, & Betty.
Witn: Wm. Pearce, Robert Marcer, Sarah Marcer.
19 Aug. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 23
29 May 1760
NOWLAND, THOMAS, Cecil Co.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth Nowland, a dark
roan mare, a bed, 6 head of sheep, a cow, & the residue.
To Alexander Beard, a small smooth-barreled gun.
Witn: Mary Lowe, Wm. Bordley, Wm. Pearce.
23 Aug. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 24
9 June 1760
STEVENSON, EDWARD, Baltimore Co.
To sons Henry & Joshua Stevenson, equ, div.,
Fellowship, where my plntn. is.
To son John Stevenson, my part of Clinmalira, leased
land near Gunpowder Falls.
My 2 tracts, Cannan & Addition to Bucks Range
372a, are to be sold.
To dau. Mary Stevenson, negro boy Peter & her
bed.
As my father, Edward Stevenson, in his will dated
25 Jan. 1715/16 devised all his land, Edward & Wills Valleys &
Hills & The Enlargement, about 1030a on Joannesser Falls, equ.
to his chldn. & the divisions among my bros. Richard King Stevenson
& Jno. Stevenson & my sister Mary, wife of George Brown, are un-
settled [this will undertakes to settle them].
Extr: my son Henry Stevenson.
Witn: Joseph Taylor, Henry Stevenson, Charles Stevenson.
30 June 1760, affirmed by Joseph Taylor (Quaker)
& sworn to by Henry & Charles Stevenson.
Liber 31, folio 26
23 July 1760
LYNCH, ELINER, Baltimore Co.
To my son William Lynch, Harlestone, 81a I bought
of Thos. Sleigh.
To my son Joshua Lynch, my parts of 2 lots
in the First Addition to Baltimore Town, on the E side Jones Falls, &
if he d. befor age 21, to my daus.Sarah, Deb-
orah, Nelly, & Ann Linch; also to son Joshua, L 100.
To dau. Sarah Linch, negro girl Bathenas; to dau.
Deborah Lynch, negro girl Island Nan; to dau. Nelly Linch, 2 negro girls,
Priss & Daphany; to dau. Ann Linch, negro girl Nan.
To my son Thomas Todd & my daus. Elizabeth Cromwell,
Elenor Ensor, Frances Risteau, & Mary Worthington, each L 10 to buy
mourning.
To my grddau Elenor Cromwell, negro boy Sam, which
came from that negro woman I lent John Cromwell.
The residue is to be equ. div. betw. my last 2 sons
& my 4 daus: William, Joshua, Sarah, Deborah, Nelly, & Ann Lynch.
Extr: son-in-law John Ensor, Jr.
Witn: Philip Jones, Roebuck Lynch, Will Rowles.
16 Oct. 1760, sworn to by Lynch & Rowles.
Liber 31, folio 28
27 July 1760
RALSTON, GUYAN, Baltimore Co., farmer.
To my wife, Elizabeth Ralston, 1/2 my e., &
to my dau. Elizabeth Ralston, the other 1/2, & if sd. wife wishes to
go to Scotland with sd. dau., she may do so.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my bro. John Ralston
Witn: James Brice, Manasses Finney, William Hutchinson.
15 Sept. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 29
2 Sept. 1760
SCOTT, ELIZABETH, Baltimore Co.
To my dau. Martha Scott, Prestons Luex 200a.
To my sons Daniel Scott & Aquila Scott, each
1 sh. sterl.
To my son James Scott & my daus. Elizabeth,
Rebecca, & Sarah Scott, equ. div., the residue.
Witn: Josa. Bond, Thomas Thurston, William Deal,
Jr., Ann Wright, Ann Bond.
10 Nov. 1760, affirmed by Bond (Quaker) & sworn
to by Thurston.
Liber 31, folio 30
3 April 1760
WILLSON, ARRAMINTA, Kent Co.
To my mother & extrx., Mary Willson, negro boy
Dick & the residue of my e.
To my bro. George Wilson, L 50, for the land, which
my father [not named] bequeathed to be paid to me after my mother's d.
To my sister Mary Heynson & my cousins Henry
Augustons Bodein & William Woodland, s. o. Thomas Woodland, each 1
sh. sterl.
To my sister Rachel Downs L 20 in hhold goods as
apprd. in my fathers e.
To my sister Milleson Willson, my clothes except
my best suit, which I give to Ann Prowl.
Witn: John Wilson, Wm. Husbands, Elizabeth Stanton.
10 June 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio31
24 Sept. 1759
BALL, PETER, Chester Town, Kent Co., joiner.
To my 2 sons, John Ball & Benjamin Ball, equ.
div., all 3/4 of Lot 91 in Chester Town ( the other 1/4 having been purchased
by John Richardson decd.) & all my p. e., & if sd. sons d. s. p.,
to any son of Nicholas Lynch of Kent Co., who, with Joseph Dark, is to
be my extr.
Witn: Abraham Wood, Thomas Bickersteth, Anthony
Nutley.
22 May 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 33
7 July 1760
SMYTHERS, WILLIAM, Kent Co.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth Smythers, for
life, the plntn. I live on & The Plains, on the Straight Br., negro
man Molatto Jack, negro woman Reny (to be free 7 yrs. after my d.), molota
boy Roky (to be free at age 31), & negro child Dick, a riding chair,
horse Buck, 2 beds, & 1/3 the residue.
To my grddau. Rebcca Smythers, d. o. my son William
Smythers, 5 sh. sterl.
To grdson William Woodle, on sd. wife's d., the
plntn. I live on, he paying to James, Thomas, Edward, Martha, & Rebecca
Woodle, L 10 apiece.
To my grdson James Woodle, The Plains, & he
is to give Grdson Edward Woodle L 15.
To Thomas Woodle, 1/2 lot in George Town adj. that
1/2 lot of George Halls decd.
To the chldn. of my dau. Elizabeth Woodle, equ.
div., 2/3 my p. e.
Witn: Wm. Boots, Joseph Boots, John Eglin.
10 Sept. 1760, sworn to by Wm. & Joseph Boots.
Liber 31, folio 34
10 Dec. 1759
HILL, THOMAS, Kent Co., farmer.
To my wife [not named], 1/3 my e.
To my oldest son & extr., Charles, all my land
& an equ. part of my m. e.
My daus. Elizabeth, Rebakar, Sarah, Susanna, &
Rachel are to have equ. parts of my m. e.
To younger son William, 1 sh. sterl. at age 21.
Witn: Jacob Vanhorn, Elizabeth Ann Vanhorn.
27 May 1760, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 36
20 Oct. 1759
WIATT, JAMES, Kent Co., farmer.
To my son James Wyatt, my dw. plntn., part of Wyatts
Chance.
To my son Wm. Wyatt, a plntn. where I formerly lived,
the other 1/2 sd. tract, bounded by Wards Crk. & adj. Perkins's Mistake
& 1/2 Wyatts Addition,marsh.
The residue of my p. e., after my wife's 1/3, is
to be equ. div. among my chldn. [not named].
Extrx: my sd. wife [not named].
Witn: John Eccleston, Ebenezer Perkins, Wm.
Beck.
17 June 1760, sworn to by Eccleston & Perkins
& affirmed by Beck (Quaker)
Liber 31, folio 37
4 March 1760
COLE, DANIEL, Kent Co., weaver.
To my friend & extr., John Shawhan, Sr., my
whole e. r. & p.
Witn: Grace Kitts, Danl. Shawn, Jno. March.
24 May 1760, sworn to by March & Shawn.
Liber 31, folio 38
13 March 1760
KNIGHT, RICHARD, Kent Co.
To my 3 daus., Isabella, Martha, & Mary Wright,
equ. div., all the tob. on my e., to be disposed of by William Ealy.
The residue is to be equ. div. among all my chldn.
Extrx: my dau Isabella.
Witn: C[harles] Hynson, Vincent Hutcheson, John
Cleaver, Jr.
24 April 1760, sworn to by Hynson.
Liber 31, folio 39
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WILLIAMSON, ALEXANDER, Kent Co.
To my son Alexander Williamson, my late dw. plntn.
in the Eastern Neck, provided he convey to his bro. James Williamson Piney
Grove, on Rock Hall near the
mouth of Swan Crk.
To my nephew John Williamson, my lands on the Eastern
Neck W of the lines by my father's will betw. my late bro. James Williamson
& myself, on the head of the Oyster Cove, adj. a plntn. formerly settled
by Abraham Taylor & the land of David Jones.
My p. e. is to be disposed of to my chldn. [not
named].
My friend & bro. Thomas Ringgold is to have
the care of my sons James & my daus. Ann & Henrietta; Mrs. Rebecca
Frisby the care of my dau. Rebecca; & my
friend William Ringgold, Sr., & his spouse the care of my dau.
Sarah.
Extrs: my friends & relatives, James Ringgold,
Sr., Thomas Ringgold, his bro., William Ringgold, Sr., & my son Alexander
Williamson.
Witn: James Frisby, Charles Tilden, John Smith.
11 Aug., 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 40
11 June 1760
CLEMENTS, FRANCIS, Charles Co.
To my bros. Thomas & Henry Clements, equ. div.,
the land bequeathed me by my father, Francis Clements decd.
To my mother, Elizabeth Clements, , for life, negro
Ned, & on her d., to my bro. George Clements; also to sd. George, 1000
lb. crop tob.
To my bro. John Clements, all he owes me.
To my sister Mary Clements, my riding horse &
a gold ring.
To my sister Martha Clements, 1000 lb. crop tob.,
my colt, & a gold ring.
To Eleanor Edelen, a gold ring.
To my sisters Henny Dyar, Benedita Mudd, Priscilla
Edelen, & Elizabeth Mudd, equ. div., the residue.
Extrx: my mother, Elizabeth Clements, who
is to have the use of the land beqeathed to bros. Thos. & Henry till
they are 21.
Witn: Thos.McPherson, James Hawkins, Danl. McPherson.
20 Aug. 1760, sworn to by Thos. & Danl. McPherson;
sd. Elizabeth having accepted the execution of the will; Geo. Clements,
heir at law did not object.
Liber 31, folio 42
21 Feb. 1760
HAMILL, JOHN, Jr., Charlesa Co
To my bros. Nail & William Hamill, equ. div.,
Ashbrooks Rest, 150a in Durham Parish, & if both d. s. p., to my godson
William Groves Smoot.
To my sister Sarah Hamill, negro boy Will.
To my sister Katherine Hamill, negro woman Jane.
The residue to my bros. Hugh Hamill & Stephen
Hamill.
Extrs: my 2 uncles John Chandler & Stephen Chandler.
Witn: John Fendall, Robt. Yates, Jane Shaw.
19 ----- 1760, sworn to by Yates & Shaw in presence
of Hugh Hamill, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 43
31 Jan. 1759
LANCASTER, JOHN, Charles Co.
To the poor, L 30.
To Mr. James Ashby, a young negro boy or L 20.
I confirm the mar. agrmt. with my present wife,
Mary Lancaster, & if she outlives me, she has carpender Harry &
his wife to work for her for 12 mo.
To my dau. Mary Bradford, a guinea to buy a mourning
ring & a cow & calf.
To grdson John Holmes, if he live to age 21, 2 young
negroes.
To my son Raphael Lancaster, the land I bought of
Bowling Speek, & for want of heirs, to my son John Lancaster; also
to sd. Raphael, Anthony, his wife, Jane,
& their 2 sons, Anthony & Nasey, a bed, 5 head of cattle, &
10 hogs.
To my son Joseph Lancaster, the lands that belonged
to my bro. Joseph Lancaster.
To sons John & Joseph Lancaster & my dau.
Katherine Combs, enough of my p. e. to make their shares equ., then the
rest equ. div. by Mr. George Sly & Mr.
Henry Oneal.
Extrs: sons John & Joseph Lancaster.
Witn: John Scrogin, Ann Scrogin, Willm. Tyere.
24 May 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of the heir at law [not named].
Liber 31, folio 44
21 Aug. 1758
DOLTON, WILLIAM, Charles Co.
To my wife, Jane Dolton, for life, the plntn.
where I dw., & on her d., to my son-in-law Steven Mankin, & for
want of heirs, to son-in-law Josias Mankon.
To my friend John Dolton, negro man Harry.
To sd. wife & extrx., Jeane Dolton, the residue
of my p. e.
Witn: Charles Courts (who wrote the will), Mary
Cox, Charity Courts.
18 June 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 45
11 June 1760
DOYNE, ROBERT, Charles Co.
To Mary Livons, for life, 1/3 of part of Greens
Inheritance.
To Clowtilder Green, d. o. Francis Green (of whom
I purchased sd. land), part of Greens Inheritance, & if she d. s. p.,
equ. div. betw. my son Rober Doyne &
Benedict Green, s. o. Francis.
To my wife [not named], 200a of Pointing Manner,
where my dw. house is, negro man William, negro man [sic] Katharine, negro
boy Thomas, & one of my best beds.
To my eldest son & extr., Jesse Doyne, the land
where Mary Lives lives & the land where I live on the d. of his mother,
all parts of Pointing Manner; also Timnashara, in Dorchester Co. &
the residue of my p. e.
To my youngest son, Robt. Doyne, the 181a of Pointers
Manner where my bro. dwelt, his widow to have use of the part adj. the
land where Barton Stone dw.
To my dau. Sarah, my young rone horse.
To my dau. Jane, a dun horse.
To my chldn., a bed apiece, except my dau Simes,
who has had one.
To my dau. Elizabeth Brent Doyne, negro girl Doll
& negro boy Harry, s. o. Kate.
To son Robert Doyne, negro woman Moll.
Beaches Land, 520a in Stafford Co., Virginia, is
to be sold by Roger Smith & Joshua Sanders, & the money div. among
5 of my eldest daus: Mary Simes & Sarah, Jane, Mary Ann, & Elenor
Doyne.
To my grdson Robert Dorsie Simes, negro boy Roger,
s. o. Moll.
To my wife, for widhood, negro lad Henry, &
on her d., to my 2 daus., Sarah & Jane Doyne.
Witn: Mungo Muschett, Charle Sanders, Mary Smith.
8 July 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of the heir at law [not named].
Liber 31, folio 48
9 Feb. 1760
GRAY, JOHN, Sr., Charles Co., planter.
To my wife & extrx., Juday, for life,
the land I dw. on except the part to my son John, but if she mar., only
the 50 Emost a, incl. the house I dw. in, & on her d.,
to son James; also to sd. wife, negro woman Hannow & felice, her
child, & 1/2 my p. e.
To my son Samuel, 1 sh. & my currying knife
To my son James, all my coopers & shoemakers
tools & the residue of my land on my wife's d. or mar.
To my dau. Susannah's heirs 1 sh.
The other 1/2 my p. e., equ. div., to my chldn:
my son Benjamin & my daus. Jane, Ann, Charity, Elizabeth, & Elenor.
To my son John, the part of a tract S of my mill
dam adj. Mr. Price's land & adj. my bro. Edward.
Witn: John Gray, Adam Clinkscales, William Hatchinson.
22 July 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn., the heir
at law [not named] having no objection.
Liber 31, folio 50
27 Aug. 1760
GRINDAL, JOHN, Prince George's Co.
To my wife, Catherine Grindal, for life, the plntn.
where I dw. & all my land, & on her d., div. equ. betw my 2 sons,
William & John Grindal, Wm. to have choice.
To my son Wm. Grindal, my gun & a horse colt
Fawn.
To my son [John?] Grindal, horse colt Ball.
The residue, equ. div., to my sd. wife & children
of hers & mine, on her d.
Witn: Geo. Venables. Theodore Venables, Laurence
Venables.
28 Nov. 1760, sworn to by Theodore & Laurence
Venables.
Liber 31, folio 51
16 Sept. 1760
CLARVOE, HENRY, Prince George's Co.
To my cousins Elizabeth Clarvoe & Martha Clarvoe,
Markett Overton, in Charles Co.
To my extr., Sarah Clarvoe, my negro man Joseph
to be disposed of as soon as possible, the money to be put out at interest
till sd. Elizth. & Martha are 16.
Witn: Henry Davidson, Sarah Abigail, Mary Davidson.
24 Nov. 1760, sworn to by Henry & Mary Davidson.
Liber 13, folio 52
22 Sept. 1755
YOUNG, WILLIAM, Prince George's Co., planter.
To son Wm. Young, gray horse Button.
To son & extr., John Young, bay horse Blaze.
To son Hugh Young, black horse Dukes.
To dau. Margaret Young, young mare Tibb & her
colt & Good Luck that I bought from Samuel Magruder & now live
on.
To my 2 sons, John Young & Hugh Young, equ.
div., Dukes Wood, 530a in Frederick Co. I bought of Samuel Collard &
his wife.
The residue of my p. e., equ. div., to my 4 chldn:
William, John, Hugh, & Margaret Young.
As my son William is not capable to get a living,
his bro. John is to assist him.
Witn: William Willett, John Clagett, James Gibson.
8 Sept. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 53
10 May 1760
EDELEN, COMFORT, Prince George's Co., widow.
To my son Edward Dyar, negro girl Sarah & my
hand mill & stones.
To my dau. Penelope Howard, negro man Tom, my best
bed, & all my clothes.
To my grdson Thomas Dyar, s. o. Edward Dyar, these
negroes - Joe & his wife, Sarah, & girl Nell - & a bed.
To my grddau. Ann Dyer, d. o. my son Edward Dyar,
negro child Mary.
To my grdson Thomas Edelen Green, s. o. James Green,
negro boy Joe.
To my son Thomas Dyar, a crop hogshead of tob.
To grtgrdchild Ann Spaulding, d. o. Bazil Spaulding,
my chest of drawers & 2 cane-back chairs.
To to grddau. Elizabeth Dyar, d. o. my son Thomas
Dyar, my large looking glass.
To my daus. Elizabeth Green & Rebecca Sanders
& the chldn. of my son William Dyar decd., 20 sh. equ. div.
The residue to my son Edward Dyar, dau. Penelope
Howard, & grdson Thomas Dyar, s. o. Edward Dyar, equ. div.
Extrs: son Edward Dyar & dau. Penelope Howard.
Witn: Jos[iah] Beall, Jr., Josiah Wynn, Rebecca
Stevens.
22 Sept. 1760, sworn to by Wynn & Stevens, &
20 Sept. 1760, Penelope Howard resigned the extrship.
Liber 31, folio 55
9 June 1756
WIGHTT, JONATHAN, Prince George's Co.
To my wife, Mary Wightt, 4 negroes: man Ignatius
& wenches Juno, Mary, & Margaret.
To my son John Wightt, my dw. house with 1/2 my
land & 4 negroes: boys Anthony, Abraham, & Ned & wench Rebccah.
To my son Truman Wightt, the other 1/2 my land &
4 negroes: boys Seelam, Fortune, & Baker & girl Jane.
To my dau. Elizabeth Wightt, 3 negroes - boys David
& Isaac & girl Juno - but if she d. s. p., to her 2 bros., John
& Trueman Wightt.
All my other e., equ. div., to sd. wife, sons John
& Trueman Wightt, & dau. Elizabeth Wightt.
Witn: Robert Wall, Thomas Wall, Thos. Harrison.
11 Aug. 1760, sworn to by Rbt. & Thos. Wall,
& the widow renounced the will & claimed what the law allows.
Liber 31, folio 56
2-- June 1758
SEEGAR, Capt. JOHN, Queen Anns Co.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth Seegar, for life
2 negro women, both named Lydia & the benefit of all my lands till
my chldn. are of age to inherit them.
To my son John Seager, 120a of Seagers Hazard, adj.
Gwinns Hazard & Greshams land, & the 50a of Woodhouse & Woodhouse
Addition I bought of Thos.
Nicholson, & for want of heirs, to dau. Rebecca Seegar.
To my son George Seegar, Ferculett & that part
of Seegars Hazard betw. Gwinns bd. tree & that part of sd. tract I
sold to James Meanor, in all 120a.
To my son Benjamin Seegar, 230a of Seegars Hazard
adj. Tilbury's Addition.
To my son Samuel Seegar, 130a of Seegars Hazard,
S of the part bequeathed to son Benjamin & Hogs Norton107a.
To my son Thomas Seegar, my dw. plntn. Newnams Portion
241 1/2a, & after my wife's widhood, Johnsons Adventure.
To my nephew John Seager, the 142a of Seagars Hazard
betw. James Meanors land & the land bequeathed to my son Benja. Seager,
but for want of heirs, to my dau. Elizabeth Seegar.
To my dau. Rebeca Seegar, negro boy Oliver, negro
woman Belinda, & mare Lemon.
To my dau. Elizabeth Seegar, negro boy Charles &
negro girl Peg.
To my dau. Pamelia Seegar, negro boy Jerry &
negro girl Letitia.
To the child my wife is pregnant with, the 175a
I bought of John Sullivan, & for want of heirs, to my dau. Pamelia.
My mother is to have a comfortable maintenance in
my family for life.
Witn: Geo. Wells, Jonathan Hall, John Newell.
26 June 1760, sworn to by Well &Hall in the
preesence of John Seegar, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 59
19 March 1760
CONNSIL, HENRY, Queen Anns Co.
To my son John Connsil, my dw. plntn., 160a of Hawkins
Pharsalia, & he is to make over to Joseph Connsil Hogpen Ridge, 100a
in Choptank Forest, & pay him L 50.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth Connsel, for
widhood, sd. plntn & the residue of my p. e., & on her d. equ.
div. among my chldn.
To my dau. Cathron Council, a bed & a loom &
1/2 the gears.
To my dau. Martha Baggs, a cow & calf.
To my dau. Mary Wright, a bed, a loom, & a cow
& calf.
To my dau. Anna Stashey, a new bed.
To my friend John Malerfoal, if he stay with my
wife till he is 21, L 10.
To my friend Nathan Kyrean, if he stay where I order
him till he is 21, L 10.
Witn: Peter Covinton, Thos. Rogers, Richd. Hynson.
25 June 1760, sworn to by Hynson & Rogers, &
the extrx. refused to admin., alleging the chldn are all of age & but
few debts.
14 April 1760, John Council, heir at law, certified
that he was content with the will.
Liber 31, folio 61
11 March 1760
HARRIS, THOMAS, Queen Anns Co.
To my wife, Elizabeth, on condition she accept it
as her dower & accept an equ. part of my p. e., for life, my dw. plntn,
on Coursey Upon Wye.
To my son William, Welch Point Resurveyed, in Cecil
Co., & on my wife's d., my sd. dw. plntn.
To my son Thomas, my lands on the N side of a br.
out of the Unicorn Br. & adj. the plntn. where James Dudley lives,
being part of Harris's Plains & part of The
Addition & Harris's Hazard.
To my son Edward, Stanford & my lands adj.,
part of Ditteridge Mountmill Middle Plntn. & Reason & 300a of Harris's
Rambles.
To my dau. Elizabeth, 2 tracts, Laurences Delight
& Johnsons Addition, & all other lands in Kent Co.- Snowhill, Mill
Hill, Philips Chance, & Posternhole - & a
warrant to resurv. Chance, in Kent Co.
To my daus. Sarah, Margaret, & Mary, equ. div.,
The Beginning, Steads Go Between, Harris's Hazard 81a, the remaining part
of another Harris's Hazard, part of The Addition not already given to my
son Thomas, part of Friendship & enough of Harris's Rambles to make
up 1500a.
To the child my wife goes with, 700a of Harris's
Rambles, but if my wife refuses to stand to this will, equ. div., to my
other 7 chldn..
If any of my sons d. s. p. before age 21 . . . .
if any of my daus. d. s. p. before age 21 . . . .
To my dau. Elizabeth, enough of my p. e. (with what
she has had & is charged to her husb., Geo. Garnett, Jr.) to make her
share equ. the others.
To my dau. Margaret son Thomas & the child my
wife goes with (if my wife stand to the will & accept 1/9 my p. e.),
equ. div. 1/3 my p. e.
The rresidue of my p. e. to my 4 chldn. William,
Edward, Sarah, & Mary.
To my son-in-law Geo. Garnett, Jr., my 3 sons William,
Thomas, & Edward till they are 21, to be kept at school till they are
of age to be bound out, & my daus. to age 16 or mar.
I leave L 80 to carry on a suit to recover Harris's
Plains & part of Harris's Rambles.
Extrs: my wife, Elizabeth, & my son-in-law George
Garnett, Jr.
Witn: Jonathan Roberts, John Bracco, Clem[en]t Sewell.
Codicil, 18 March 1760.
To Col Edwd. Lloyd, the care of my son Edwd. Harris
till he is 21, & to sd. son, Chance, 250a in Kent Co., for which my
friend Wm Rasin bought an adtl.right;
also to sd. Col. Lloyd, a cask of my best cider & to him, his lady,
& 3 chldn. each a mourning ring.
To my dau. Elizabeth, Welch Point Resurveyed, 216a
in Cecil Co., for I devised too large a portion of land to my son William.
To friends Charles Goldsborough & Jacob Hindman,
each a mourning ring.
I leave my servant man Henry Buckingham free.
To my friend Vincent Benton, all debts due to me.
Overseers: Col. Edward Lloyd & Mr. Jacob Hindman.
Witn: Jonathan Roberts, Charles Smith, Elizabeth
Smith.
18 July 1760, the will & codicil were sworn
to by all witn.
26 Aug. 1760, the widow elected 1/3 the p. e. &
her dower in the r. e.
Liber 31, folio 67
27 Jan. 1760
GRIFFITH, SUSANNA, Kent Island, [Queen Anns Co.]
To my sister-in-law Rebecca Brown, all my land on
Kent Island now in possn of my father-in-law & extr., Edward
Brown.
To my aunt Rebecca Sudler, my saddle.
To Mary Sudler, a pr. of gold bobs.
To Ann Smith, d. o. Dr. Jno. Smith, a piece of silk
taffeta in possn of Mr. Patrick Hamilton.
To George Hamilton, s. o. Mr. Patrick Hamilton,
negro girl Nancy or Anne to be kept by his father till he is of age, but
if my extr. refuse to deliver her up, to sd. George, negro girl Diana.
The residue, equ. div., to my 2 bros. Morgan Brown
& James Brown.
Witn: [Dr.] Jo[hn] Smyth, Elizabeth Smith, Joanna
Davis.
24 July 1760, sworn to by Elizabeth Smith &
Joanna Davis, & Edward Brown refused to take letters testamentary on
sd. e.
Liber 31, folio 68
17 July 1759
ETHERINGTON, ROBERT, Patuxent River, mariner.
To nephew & extr., Robert Etherington, s. o.
my bro. Thomas Etherington, the residue of my e. r. & p. in England
& Maryland.
Witn: Judson Coolidge, John Slater, Richard Lane,
Philn.Young, David Arnold.
Calvert Co., 25 June 1760, sworn to by Lane, Young,
& Arnold
Liber 31, folio 69
12 Sept. 1758
PARRAN, NATHL., Calvert Co.
To my father Alexander Parran, who has this day
put me in possn of it, if I d. s. p., the lower part of Point Patience
with Sandy Point.
Witn: Thos. Ireland, Wm. Fitzhugh, Mary Ireland.
3 May 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 70
18 Oct. 1757
SKINNER, REBECCA, Calvert Co.
To my dau. Sarah Skinner, negro Lucy.
To my son Major Skinner, negro Jacob.
The residue of my 1/3 to my chldn. Dorcas, Maryland,
& Major Skinner.
Witn: John Talbott, Joseph Talbott.
25 April 1760, affirmed by both witn. (Quakers).
Liber 31, folio 70
26 Oct. 1753
BOWEN, JAMES, Calvert Co.
To my 2 sons William Bowen & James Bowen, all
my land div. by a line from a bounded gum betw. my uncle Abraham Bowen
& myself to the head of Thorns
Spring Br. to the line betw. uncle Davids land & mine, this part
whereon I dw. to my son William, provided he give up his part of the m.
e. I received by his mother & her friends; otherwise to my son James
Bowen, & the upper end to my 3d son, Thomas Bowen.
If either of my sons d. s. p., his part to my son
Thomas Bowen.
All my p. e. is to be disposedof according to law.
Extrx: my wife, Mary Bowen.
Witn: Parker Young, Isaac Bowen, Bazil Bowen.
25 Dec. 1759, about 4:00 p. m., Jacob Bowen, Abrm.
Bowen, Jr., & Benja. Hall swore that, as they were told, the testator,
who d. about 4 or 5 o'clock this morning, on Sunday the 23d
instant desired sd. Jacob Bowen to copy the foregoing & to make the
following alteration only: the land he gave to his son Wm. he gives to
his son James & vice versa.
18 June 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 72
22 Feb. 1759
KIDD, WILLIAM, Calvert Co.
To my son Jno. Kidd, 5 sh.
To my dau. Margaret Smith, L 3.
To my dau. Elizabeth Guiten, 5 sh. sterl.
To my friend Anthony Lynch, a gun.
To William Morsell (s. o. James), negro boy Abraham,
& if he d. before age 21, to his father, James Morsell.
To my wife, Mary Kidd, for life, the residue of
my p. e, & on her d., to my friend James Morsell, whom I leave all
my land & the other 1/2 of my p. e.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my friend James Morsell.
Witn: Daniel Fibbons, Benja. Hunt, William Hickman.
18 June 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 73
5 March 1753
BOZMAN, GEORGE, Somerset Co.
To my daus. Sarah Airs, Ann Scofield, Betty Layfield,
& Mary Laws, 5 sh. apiece.
To my wife, Sarah Bozman, for widhood, & on
her d., to my son George Bozman.
Extrs sd. wife & son George Bozman.
Witn: Thomas Dixon, Ambrose Dixon, William Fordred
.
30 Aug. 1760, sworn to by Thos. & Ambrose Dixon,
only surviving witn., & Sarah Bozman resigned her extrxship & stood
to the will.
Liber 31, folio 75
15 May 1750
GOLDSBOROUGH, WILLIAM, Talbot Co., Gent.
To my wife & extrx., Henrietta Maria Goldsborough,
for life, my plntn. on Island Crk., & on hr d., to my nephew Greenbury
Goldsborough (s. o. my bro. John Goldsborough), but if I leave issue, to
my sd. wife & such issue.
To each of my 2 nieces, Mary Money & Ann Money
(daus. of my late sister Mary Money), L 20 sterl.
To my 2 bros., Robert Nicholas Charles & John
Goldsborough, a mourning ring.
To my niece Caroline Goldsborough (d. o. my bro.
Howes Goldsborough decd), L 20 sterl. at age 16..
To sd. nephew Greenbury Goldsborough, negro men
Cato, Liverpool, & Sparrow, negro women Leonora & Sabina, &
mulatto girl Flora (d. o. Sabina), but if I
leave issue, to my sd. wife & such issue.
To my son-in-law Thomas Robins, Goldsboroughs Range,
671a in Dorchester Co. near Choptank Bridge lately resurv. by me.
To my daus.-in-law Ann Maria Holiday, Margaret Robins,
Henrietta Maria Robins, & Susanna Robins, L 10 sterl. apiece.
To my dau.-in-law & goddau., Elizabeth Robins,
L 100 at age 21.
Witn: Wm. Thomas, Robert Harwood, Jac[o]b Hindman,
Tris[tra]m Thomas. Edwd. Knott.
5 Nov. 1760, affirmed by Rbt. Harwood (Quaker) &
sworn to by Wm. & Tristram Thomas, & Jacob Hindman in presence
of Rbt. Goldsborough, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 77
15 Jan. 1760
MOORE, RICHARD, Anne Arundel Co.
My body is to buried at the Quakers Meeting at West
River.
My p. e. is to be sold,but if my wife wishes the
use of 1/3 for life, to her for life 1/3 my e. r. & p., & the income
from the remaining 2/3 of my p. e. be used for the education of my 4 chldn:
Richard, Hannah, Stephen, & Samuel Preston Moore.
My 1/5 of the lands held by virtue of my father
Richard Moors will, now undivided betw. my bros. Samuel Preston, Mordecai,
Thomas, & Charles Moore, & myself, to my sd. 3 sons at age
21, provided each pay my sd. dau. Hannah L 50.
Extrs: & grdns. to my sd. 4 chldn. my bros.
Samuel Preston Moore, Thomas Moore, & Charles Moore.
Witn: John Jacobs, Chas. Stewart, Richd. Burgess.
4 Dec. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
19 Dec. 1760, the widow elects her 1/3 the p. e.
& her dower in the land. Witn:
Chas. Moore, Step. West.
11 Nov. 1760 at Philadelphia, Saml. Preston Moore
renounces the extrship. Eitn: Morda. Moore, Thomas
Moore.
Liber 31, folio 80
5 May 1760
DORSEY, EDWARD, Annapolis, [Anne Arundel Co.], Attorney at Law, about
to journey to the north for my health
To my wife, for life, my houses & lots in Annapolis,
Dorsey, my land near Annapolis, most of my p. e., & an annuity of L
150 sterl.
To my sister Sophia Gough, for life, the plntn.
she lives on.
To my nephew Bazil Dorsey, all my law books, &
if all my chldn. d. s. p., my lands in Frederick Co.
To my 2 daus. Henrietta Maria Dorsey & Eleanor
Dorsey, equ. div., the rest of my e. r. & p., but if I have a son living
at my d., all to him, & each of sd. 2 daus.
is to have, at age of 21 or mar., L 1200 sterl.
Extr., grdn, & trustee: my bro. Richard Dorsey,
& if necessary he is to be replaced by my nephew Basil Dorsey.
My extr. shall pay all necessary to complete my
share of the ironworks I am concerned in with Alexr. Lawson & Caleb
Dorsey.
If all my chldn. d. s. p., my share of Chews Resolution
Manor, Chew's Vineyard, part of Long Tract, The Gore, & the lands I
hold with Alexr. Lawson & Caleb
Dorsey, to my bro. Caleb Dorsey., he paying my sd. wife, for life,
L 100 sterl./annum.
All my other lands in Arundell Co. to my bro. Richard
Dorsey.
All my lands in Baltimore Co. to my sister Mary
Ridgley..
If my last surviving child d. s. p., my remaining
e. is to be div. 1/3 to my wife, 1/3 equ. div. betw. the chldn. of my sisters
Deborah Dorsey & Mary Ridgly, & 1/3
to the chldn. of my bros. Ricd. Dorsey & Thomas Beal Dorsey.
Witn: Wm. Woodward, Reverdy Ghiselin, William Steuart,
George Camm.
16 Oct. 1760, sworn to by Woodward, Ghiselin, &
Stewart.
1 Nov. 1760, Henrietta Maria Dorsey, the widow,
demanded her 1/3 of the p. e. & her dower in the r. e.
Witn: Philen. Lloyd Chew
Liber 31, folio 85
4 Jan. 1760
WATTS, THOMAS, Town of Perth, Perthshire, [Scotland], Great Britain,
merchant.
To Elizabeth Inch, d. o. John Inch of Annapolis,
silversmith, at age21 or mar., as an acknowledgement of my paternal care,
I name my friend Jno. Inch my extr.
Witn: John Thompson, Thos. Williamson.
16 Jan. 1760, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 85
10 Aug. 1760
GALWITH, IGNATIUS, [Anne Arundel Co.]
To my mother & extrx., Elizabeth Galwith, all
my e. & what part of the effects of my father, John Galwith, she is
to have her 1/3 of.
Witn: Elizabeth Badds, Thomas Caney.
22 Sept. 1760, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31,folio 86
3 Feb. 1752
PHIPS, NATHANLL, [Anne Arundel Co.]
To my wife & extr., Sarah, 1/3 my e., &
the remaining part to my chldn.[not named] as they come to age.
Witn: Geor. Chocke, Thos. Medcalf.
1 April 1760, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 87
12 Aug. 1760
PHELPS, BASIL, South River, Anne Arundel Co., planter.
To my 3 sons, Edward, Basil, & Gather, equ.
div., all my lands.
To my wife & extrx., Leah, her 1/3 & the
rest equ. div. among my chldn. [not named] & the babe begotten but
not yet born.
Witn: Richd. Poole, George Phelps, William Beard.
Sworn to by Phelps & Beard 10 Oct. 1760 &
by Poole 31 Oct, 1760.
Liber 31, folio 88
6 Sept. 1759
BARNES, NATHAN, Anne Arundel Co.
To my chldn. [not named], equ. div., the land I
live on & the residue of my p. e.
Extrx: my wife, Elizabeth Barnes.
Witn: John Hood, Mordecai Selby, Elizabeth Hood.
12 March 1760, Swrn to by Selby & John Hood.
Liber 31, folio 89
23 Nov. 1759
SPENCER, ARCHIBALD, Rector of Alhallows Parish, Anne Arundel Co.
Extr: Mr. Robert Swan of Annapolis, merchant.
All my e. - except my books & papers, which
I give to Daniel Dulany, Esq. - is to be sold & the income from the
money paid to my nearest relation, Ann Brown,
now living with Mrs. Jennings, wid. of Thomas Jennings decd., until
she mar. or is 21 (on 1 May 1766), when I give her the principal, but if
she d. before, all to sd.
Daniel Dulany.
Witn: Wm. Reynolds, William Stewart, Reverdy Ghiselin.
23 April 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 90
5 Oct. 1760
TASKER, BENJAMIN, Jr., of Annapolis, Esq.
To my father, the Hon. Benjamin Tasker, Esq., all
my e., to be sold & the preceeds used as follows: 1/3 to my sister
Ann Ogle, widow, for life, & then to be equ. div. among her chldn.
[not named]; 1/3 to my sister Elizabeth Lowndes, wife of Christopher Lowndes,
for life, & then to be equ. div. among her chldn. [not named],
but nothing is to be paid to sd. Christopher; & the remaining 1/3
to my sister Frances Carter, wife of the Hon. Robert Carter, Esq., of Virginia,
for life, & then to be
equ. div. among her chldn. [not named].
Extr: my sd. father.
Witn: Geo. Steuart, U[pton] Scott, Ths. Johnson,
Jr.
25 Oct. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
20 Oct. 1760, Sarah Myers of Anne Arunel Co., spinster,
swore that on 11 Oct. instant the testator told her to tell his father
that his library in general in Annap-
olis & at Belleair was for Dr. Upton Scott.
Liber 31, folio 92
6 June 1753
HAMOND, PHILIP, Anne Arundel Co., Gent.
To my wife, Rachel Hamond, my dw. house on Howards
Adventure with Shepherds Grove, Shepherds Chance, The Intervention, Green
Spring, & Poplar Angle.
To my son & extr., Charles Hamond, 2 tracts,
Hannover & Iron Hill & all the cargoes in the store at New Town,
& my bro. John Hamond to be pd. L 50 sterl./annum for assisting him.
To my son John Hammond, L 500 sterl. for his support
in his education.
To my dau. Ann Hammond, L 500 sterl.at age 21 or
mar. & L 500 sterl. 2 yrs. later.
After deducting 1/6 of my p. e. for my sd. wife,
the rest of my e. r. & p. to my 6 sons: Charles, John, Philip, Denton,
Resin, & Mathias.
All my daus. & sons (except John & Charles)
are to be maintained till they arrive at age.
Witn: Edm. Jennings, Jerard Hopkins, Salle Reynolds.
Affirmed by Gerrard Hopkins (Quaker) 24 May 1760
& sworn to by Sarah Reynolds 26 May 1760.
Liber 31, folio 95
19 May 1760
BOONE, RICHARD, Arundel Co., mariner.
Some yrs. ago sd. Boone undertook a voyage from
Annapolis to Bermudas in sloop Neptune, & as he never was heard from,
it is presumed that his sd. vessel perished at sea, & his wife, Hamutel,
lately mar. Benjamin Fowler, the younger, but no admin. of sd. Boone's
e. has been made & Philip Pettibone, as security for
sd. Boone's bond, has paid over L 200; therefore, sd. Fowler &
Hamutel, his wife, ought to have the admin of sd. e., & they request
that letters be granted to sd.
Pettibone.
Benjamin Fowler
Witn: Ben. Fowler, Sr., John Fowler
Hamutel Fowler
Liber 31, folio 95
10 Nov. 1759, Mary Watkins, wid. of John Watkins, late of Anne Arundel
Co., decd., assigned her right of admin.to her husband's e.to Henry Hall.
Witn: Gas[saway?] Watkins, Thos. Watkins.
Liber 31, folio 96
26 Aug. 1760
HARDCASTLE, ROBERT, Tuckahoe Neck, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my son Robt. Hardcastle, parts of Renewall &
Mount Hope & Renewall Addition adj. Branfield & Thomas Hardcastle's
first gates where he lives.
To my son John Hardcastle, at age 20, a roan colt
& negro Cato.
To my dau. Ann Bell, negroboy Jacob.
To my son Solomon Hardcastle, at age 20, negro woman
Moll & a horse worth L 8.
To my dau. Elizabeth Hardcastle, negro woman Hannah
Hawkins, a good bed with blue-&-white curtains, & a 3-yr.-old mare.
To my son Peter Hardcastle, at age 20, negro man
Caesar & 15 lb. negro flesh [sic].
To my son James Hardcastle, at age 20, negro man
Sampson.
To my son William Hardcastle, negro woman Violet,
& if he d. under age, equ. div. betw. John, Solomon, Elizth., Peter,
& James Hardcastle & Ann Bell.
To my son Thomas Hardcastle, the rest of my land,
he paying L 10 sterl.
The residue to be equ. div. betw. John, Solomon,
Elizabeth, Peter, William Hardcastle & Ann Bell, provided Wm. Bell,
her husb., return what he has.
Extrs: sons Thomas & Robert Hardcastle.
Witn: Jere Colston, Thomas Meeds, John Meeds, Nathaniel
King.
6 Nov. 1760, sworn to by Thos. & John Meeds
& Nathaniel King in presence of Thos. Hardcastle, eldest son &
heir at law, & Robert Hardcastle resigns the
admin. to his bro. Thos. Hardcastle.
Liber 31, folio 98
27 Aug. 1760
ROSS, RICHARD, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my wife, Easter Ross, 1/3 my p. e., & for
life, 1/3 my lands.
To the heirs of my eldest son, John Ross, 1 sh.
sterl.
To my 2 only sons & extrs., Richard & Samuel
Ross, each 1/3 my clear e. after my wife's 1/3.
To the chldn of my dau. Mary Tumblestone, the remaining
1/3 my e.
To my grdson Richard Tumblestone, gray mare Chance.
To Andrew Jordan (an orphan boy), s. o. James Jordan
decd., L 10 to be paid to Jno. Fisher for his schooling.
To my grdson Richard Ross, s. o. Richard, all my
lands, part of Colerain, 2/3 at my d. & 1/3 at the d. of his grdmother-in-law
Easter Ross.
Witn: Vaughan Jumpe, Mary Long, John Fisher.
23 Sept. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.; the heir
at law, who it is said, lives in the Jerseys, was absent.
16 Oct. 1760, the widow elected what the law gives
her of the r. & p. e.
Liber 31, folio 100
4 Aug. 1760
SUDLER, REBECCA, Kent Island, Queen Anns Co.
To my grdchild Elizth. Elliot, 5 silver spoons.
To my dau. Elizth. Ringgold, a walnut table.
To my son Benjamin Sudler, his father's chest &
stand, other hhold furn., mulatto girl Amey, all my cider casks & 1/2
my cider mill, livestock, & a large still on condition Thos. Ringgold,
Rebecca Sudler, & my grdchild James Sudler have liberty to still when
they think proper.
To my dau.& extr., Rebekah Sudler, negro fellow
Frank, mulatto woman Hannah, negro boy Stephen, & the residueof my
e., my dau. Susanna Elliotto have the
use of my riding chair for life.
Witn: Benja. Tolson, Henry Eliot, Ruth Thomas.
21 Nov. 1760, sworn to by Tolson & Elliot.
Liber 31, folio 101
26 March 1760
STEVENS, JOHN, Kent Island, Queen Anns Co.
To my bro. James Stevens, all my land& a gold
ring which was my father's.
To my sister & extrx., Mary Ann Stevens,
my riding horse.
The rest of my p. e.(except my coat & breeches
to Lisby Simes) is to be equ. div. betw. my 3 sisters: Mary Ann Stephens,
Susannah Stephens, & Ann Stivens.
Witn: Wm. Kirby, Joana Davis, Elizabeth Smyth.
18 Sept 1760, sworn to by Kirby & Davis.
Liber 31, folio 102
13 Oct. 1759
COMEGYS, ESTHER, Queen Anns Co.
To my cousin Joseph Walley, Sr., & his
wife [not named], negro fellow Peter.
To William Heath & his wife [not named], negro
wench Phillis.
To Sarah Heath, d. o. Wm. Heath, negro boy Abram.
To Abraham Waley, s.o. Jos. Waley, negro boy Joseph,
& if Abraham d. s. p., sd. negro to Daniel Waley.
To Sarah Waley, d. o. Jos. Waley, negro girl Rebecca.
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. betw.the
chldn. of the sd. Joseph Whaley: Jos. Waley, Jr., Daniel, Abraham, Mary,
Esther, Rachel, Hannah, & Sarah.
Extr: cousin Joseph Whaley, Sr.
Witn: John Watson, Hugh Tully.
23 Sept. 1760, both witn. swore they saw the testatrix
Elizth. Comegys sign the will.
Liber 31, folio103
17 April 1760
BROWN, JOHN, Kent Co.
To my bro. Mathew Brown, the N part of Trumpintown
in the Eastern Neck according to the will of my decd. bro. Thomas Coursey
Brown, & if sd. Mathew
d. s. p., to my bro. Joseph Brown.
To my mother, Jane Brown, my riding chair &
mare Sue.
To my sister Dorothy Brown, negro boy Jack.
The residue to be equ. div. betw. my 2 bros., William
& Joseph, & my 2 sisters, Rachel Smith & Dorothy Brown.
To my niece Mary Gibbens, negro girl Lydia.
Extr: Alexr. Williamson.
Witn: Draper Lusby, John Hynson, Willm. Hynson.
11 Sept. 1760, Jams. Ringgold & Thos. Ringgold,
extrs. to Alexander Williamson, extr. of above will, renounced the extrship,
& said that as Mathew as the next eldest bro., is entitled, no
doubt you will grant him the admin.
27 Sept 1760, sworn to by Draper Lusby & John
Hynson (E[astern] Neck). See probate of Wm. Hynson folio 725.
Liber 31, folio 104
6 Feb. 1760
SAUNDERS, ANDREW, Sr., Worcester Co., planter.
To my son & extr., John Neal Sanders,
Bears Den 205a on the head of the br. of Broad Crk.
To my 2 sons, Richard Sanders & Andrew Sanders,
each 5 sh.
To my son John Neal Sanders & my 2 daus., Keziah
Sanders & Jemima Sanders, equ. div., all the rest of my e.
Witn: JohnWilliams, George Williams, Elizabeth Williams.
Sworn to by George Williams 6 Aug. 1760 & by
John Williams 6 Nov. 1760.
Liber 31, folio 106
28 Nov. 1749
CLAYWELL, SHADRECK, Worcester Co., seaman.
To my dau. Mary Claywell, at age 18 or mar., L 50
Virginia money & negro man Ben, but till then, Joakim White is to enjoy
his labor.
To the chldn. of my sister Elizabeth, equ. div.,
the residue of my e.
Extr: Joakim White.
Witn: Joseph Mitchell, Solomon Claywell, Joyce Mitchell.
7 Nov. 1760, sworn to by Joshua Mitchel & Solomon
Claywell.
3 Nov. 1760, Mary Clearidill assigned her right
to the admin. to Argel Rillum.
Liber 31, folio 107
15 Oct. 1760
PORTER, WILLIAM, Worcester Co.
To my wife & extrx., Mary, for life, & to
be disposed of as she sees fit, except a yr.-old heifer equ. div., to Elizabeth
& Leah Patrick, d. o. Danl. Patrick.
Witn: Lemuel Purnell, Jos[eph] Bishop, Thos. Purnell.
28 Nov. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 107
30 Jan. 1760
HUMPHREY, HENRY, Prince George's Co.
To my wife & extrx.[not named], 1/8 my m. e.,
the other 7 parts to my 7 chldn.
To my son Henry, at age 18, the 100a adj. this plntn.&
1 equ, part of my m. e.
To my son John at age 18, 100a I bought of Thos.
Tenaly & 1 equ. partof my m. e.
To my son Thomas Talburt at age 18, L 50 to buy
land & 1 equ. part of my m. e.
To each of my daus - Eleoner, Sarah Ann, Elizabeth,
& Deborah - at age 16 or mar., 1 equ. psrt of my m. e.
Witn: Will. Marbury, Jno. Marlow, Mat[he]w Smallwood.
28 Nov. 1760, sworn to by Marbury & Marlow.
Liber 31, folio 109
31 May 1752
DAVIS, JOHN, Prince George's Co., planter,
To my wife & extrx., Catherine, for widhood,
my part of The Forest, negro man Caesar, & the rest of my m. e.
To my son John, 50a of Davis's Range.
To my son William, the remainder of Davis's Range
& a cow & calf.
The rest of the 122a of The Forest I live on, equ.
div., to my sons James & Nicholas.
My negro man Cesar, on my wife's d., equ. div.,
to my son Robert & my daus. Elinor & Katherine, & he is not
to be sold out of the family.
The residue is to be equ. div. betw. my son Robert
& my daus. Sophania, Elenor,& Katherine.
Witn: John Adams, David Davis, George Gibbons.
12 Dec. 1760, sworn to by David Davis.
Liber 31, folio 110
FORREST, RICHARD, St. Mary's Co.
His will, exhibited 20 Dec. 1760, was so torn it
could not be recorded, as may be seen by the original wills in the bunch
betw. Nov. & Jan. Courts 1760.
Liber 31, folio 110
27 Sept. 1760
WALTER, JOHN, St. Mary's Co.
To my eldest son, William, my plntn. in Chaptico
Forrest, my young horse Prince & saddle, great coat & boots, my
watch, & tradesmens tools, the bed in The Forrest, a basket of feathers
& 1/2 those from the next plucking of the geese for the sd. bed.
To my dau. Rebecca, negro girl Suke, horse Silver,
a womans saddle & bridle, my wives wedding ring, a pr. silver shoe
clasps, & the bed she lies on.
To my son Lawrence, my negroes Dinah & Clem,
the lap-eared mare, & the bed I lie on.
To my son Richard, negro Abraham, horse Grey, the
bed John Burch lies on, & a basket of feathers & 1/2 those from
the next plucking of geese for sd. bed.
To my youngest son, James, negro girl Moll, my colt
by the lap-eared mare, & the bed called Willey's bed.
My servant man John Burch is to be free on 5 April
1762, & I give him my German serge waistcoat & breeches, my best
coat & fine hat, a pr. new stockings
knit by Mrs. Musgrove, a pr. new shoes, & my fine hat.
Instead of the wages that shall be due her at Christmas
next, my hireling woman Jane McMullen is to be pd. 600 lb. crop tob.
My 3 sons, Lawrence, Richard, & James, are to
be kept at school till they are 16 & then bound out to age 21, when
they be entitled to their shares.
My dau. Rebecca is to be entitled to her share at
age 16.
Extrs: my son William & dau. Rebecca (until
she mar.).
Witn: Henry Jernegan, George Reeves, Owen Allen.
10 Nov. 1760, sworn to by Reeves & Allen.
Liber 31, folio 113
30 June 1760
NEWTON, CLEMENT, St. Mary's Co.
To my son & extr., Joseph Newton, all my lands
& the heifer left in my care by Thomas Newton.
To my son Clement, a young gray gelding & the
heifer left in my care by Thomas Newton.
To my dau. Ann, a large black-walnut table made
for her & left in my care by Walter Davis.
To my son Alban, my writing desk.
To my son Barnard, a gray stone colt & a pr.
silver clasps.
To my son Gabriel, a hanging-leaf square walnut
table.
To my dau. Mary, a bed of the value of my 2d-best
bed.
To my dau. Bibian, a black-walnut oval table.
To my son Adelbert, grey horse Jack.
To my dau. Immaranchaanner, a linen wheel.
To the child my wife is with, a chest.
Witn: Saml. Abell, Jr., Leonard Brown.
4 Nov. 1760, sworn to by both witn., & the widow
[not named] elected her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 115
18 Aug. 1760
SANDERS, WILLIAM, Charles Co., planter.
To my wife [not named], for life, the 100a of Cains
Purchase I live on, Sanders Addition 25a, Nappin 100a, & York 40a,
& if Nappin & York be redeemed,
1/3 the money they are redeemed with; also to her, negro men Ramol
& Ralph & negro women Ann, Bess, & Peg, 2 of my best beds,
other hhold furn. & stock.
To my dau. Sarah Thompson, a saddle & bridle
worth about L 4 & no more.
To my dau. Catherine, negro boy George & the
green saddle & bridle.
To my son William Sanders, 100a of St. Mathews my
bro. Thos. Sanders left in his will, to be sold, my black horse Prince,
my chest of drawers, & 3 new chairs.
To my son Edward Sanders, Wilkersons Throne 170a,
the desk, & 3 new leather chairs, 950 lb. tob. to buy a horse, my saddle
& bridle, & 4 brls. corn.
To my dau. Elizabeth, negro man Henry & a bed.
To my dau. Ann, the price Josa. Sanders gets for
negro woman Agness & a bed.
To my dau. Jane, negro boy Mike & a bed.
To my dau. Henrietta, negro boy Jack & a bed.
To my son Joseph Sanders, who is to be of age at
18, on my sd. wife's d., the lands devised her, my bay horse, & hhold
furn.
To Joshua Sanders, who is to bring up my son Joseph
till he is 18, all my church furniture on his paying the priest who buries
me 500 lb. tob.
To the poor, 6 brls. corn.
Extrs: my sons William & Edward Sanders.
Witn: Jno. Sanders, Sarah Doyne, Jessee Doyne.
13 Oct. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of the heir at law [not named].
Liber 31, folio 118
16 May 1759
TARVIN, ELIZTH., Charles Co.
To my daus. Elzabeth, Ann, & Rebecca, all my
land as long as they are unmar., & if one dau. mar., the others are
to have sd. land & pay her l000 lb. tob & L 6
sterl., & if another mar., the one unmar. is to pay her 1500 lb.
tob. & L 9 sterl. & have all the land.
To my dau. Martha Noble & my son William Tarvin,
each a young heifer.
To my dau. & extrx., Elizabeth Tarvin, negro
boy Nacey & negro girl Martha & a silver tumbler.
To my dau. Ann Tarvin, negro woman Moll, negro girl
Peggy, 2 large silver spoons, & 3 small ones.
To my dau. Rebecca Tarvin, negro boy Harry, negro
woman Nell, negro girl Averella, & 3 large silver spoons.
The resiidue is to be equ. div. among sd. 3 daus.
Witn: Saml. Hanson, Danl. Hodgkin, Charles Gates.
13 Nov. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn., the heir
at law being absconded, & the extrx. apptd. refused to take letters
testamentary.
Liber 31, folio 120
7 Sept. 1760
JENKINS, EDWARD, Charles Co.
To my son Edwd. Jenkins, Pore Chance 225a, 4 negroes
- James, Jeremy, Agness, & Monaca - & a bed.
To my dau. Mary Ann Jenkins, negro woman Margret,
3 other negroes [not named], & a bed.
To my wife, Mary Jenkins, for life, my dw. house
& all lands but sd. Pore Chance, & on her d., to son Edwd.; also
the residue of my p. e., & on her d., equ. div.,
to all my chldn.
To my sd. wife, my son Edwd., & my dau. Mary
Ann, the profit of my water mill, & on sd. wife's d., to my son Edwd.
Extrs: sd. wife, Mary Jenkins, & sd. son Edwd.
Jenkins.
Witn: James Montgomory, John Speak, George Harley.
19 Nov. 1760, sworn to by Montgomory & Speak
in presence of the heir at law [not named], & the extrs. accepted the
execution of the will.
Liber 31, folio 121
30 Sept. 1760
COURTS, CHARLES, [Charles Co.]
To my son & extr. William Courts, Rich Hill
383a & negro man Jack.
To my son Joseph Courts, part of Bam Hill &
Courts Discovery 60a, & negro boy Tom.
To my son John Courts, 1/2 my land not willed &
negro woman Nan.
To my son Robert Henly Courts, the other 1/2 my
land not willed & negro girl Beck; if any of my 3 youngest sons d.
s. p., their land to the 2 youngest survivors.
To my dau. Elenor Huck, a young heifer.
To my dau. Charity Courts, negro girls Sall &
Celia & my riding horse Silver.
The residue is to be equ. div. among my 6 chldn.
Witn: Geo. Elgin, George Keech, Jane Howard.
1 Nov. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn. before the
heir at law, who accepts the extr.
Liber 31, folio 122
25 May 1760
MONROE, ANDREW, Charles Co., planter.
To Scotch Daniel Macpherson, shoemaker, a heifer
& calf & one big with calf.
To Sarah Monroe, d. o. Willm. Monroe decd., all
the residue of my other e..
Extr: Malcum Macbayne.
Witn: Zephaniah Turner, Elizabeth Monroe, Ignatius
Adams.
25 Nov. 1760, sworn to by Adams & Monroe, the
heir at law not being in this country.
Liber 31, folio 123
--- Aug. 1760
PRATT, WILLIAM, Queen Anns Co.
To my wife, Mary Pratt, for widhood, my dw. plntn.(Bucks
Forrest) & Chairs Addition adj. it & my p. e., incl. negroes [not
named].
To my son Solomon Pratt, on the d. or mar. of his
mother, the 70a of Bucks Forrest adj. the lower end of Pickerins
Swamp.
To my son Henry Wright Pratt, my dw. plntn. with
the last 117a of Buicks Forrest & 54a of Chairs Addtn.& negro man
Dick on the d. or mar. of his mother.
To my dau. Rachel Pratt, on the d. or mar. of her
mother, negro woman Ibb.
To my dau. Hannah Pratt, on the d. or mar. of her
mother, negro boy Ned.
To my dau., Henney Pratt, on the d. or mar. of her
mother,
negro girl Priscilla & L 5.
To my 2 sons, William & Nathan Pratt, equ. div.,
Abington 250a, but if either or both d. s. p., to son Solomon.
To my son Wm., L 10, & to my son Nathan L 15,
on the d. or mar. of their mother.
To my dau. Mary Ann, wife of Robert Jarman, on the
mar. or d. of her mother, a ewe & lamb.
On the d. or mar. of my sd. wife, the residue of
my p. e. to my 7 chldn: Henry, William, Nathan, Solomon, Rachel, Hannah,
& Henney.
Extr: my son Henry Wright Pratt.
Witn: John Davis, James Cannon, James Wilkins.
12 Nov. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of Henry Wright Pratt. eldest son & heir at law, & 27 Nov. 1760,
the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 125
22 Nov. 1759
FRIEND, GABRIEL, Frederick Co., gunsmith.
To my bro. Jacob Friend all my lands & wearing
appl.
To my bro. Charles Friend, all my p. e., & until
he is of age of maturity, my cash & smiths tools to my bro. Jacob.
Extrs: Col. Thomas Prather & Mr. Van Swearingen,
Jr.
Witn: Edm. Moran, Chas. Prather, Thos. Hogg.
14 May 1760, sworn to by Prather & Hogg, &
the extrs. refused to act.
Liber 31, folio 127
19 April 1760
RAY, WILLIAM, Sr., Frederick Co.
One sh. sterl. apiece to my sons Wm. & John
Ray, my daus. Margret Pritchet, Elizabeth Pritchet, Elenor Bussey, &
Rebecca & Ruth Ray, & son Thos. Ray
To my dau. & extr., Marey Ray, the rest of my
e. r. & p., incl. 70a of Charles & Thomas, where I & my son
Wm. Ray live.
Witn: Thomas Grieves, Josiah Jones, James White,
Jr.
15 May [1790], sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 128
7 April 1760
BRAWNER, EDWARD, Frederick Co., farmer.
To my 3 eldest sons, Thomas, Richard, & Henry
[respectively 2d, 1st, & 3d sons], equ. div., all my lands, & sd.Richard
is to bring up the others.
To my sons Edward & William, at age 21, each
L 15.
To each of my daus., at age 16, a bed & a heifer,
& my wife's body clothes, equ. div. to my 2 youngest, but a gown to
Elizabeth.
To my son John, at age 21, L 10/yr., each of sd.
3 eldest sons to pay L 3.6.8.
Extr: my eldest son, Richard.
Witn: Saml. Carrick, James Patterson, Willm. Shields.
15 May 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn
Liber 31, folio 130
13 Aug. 1760
ALEXANDER, FRANCIS, Carroll's Delight, Frederick Co.
To my wife, Jane Alexander, for life, & then
to my dau. Emie Alexander, 1/2 the land I dw. on & houses, my gray
natural-[paced?] horse Prince, 2 cows, Star-
ry & Sturdy, chestnut horse Jolley, 2 cows, Gentle & Young
Starrey.
To my son John Alexander, 1/2 the plntn. I dw. on
immediately & the other 1/2 later, 1/2 the money illegally [sic] in
the hands of James Mattinly respecting the
land Carrolls Delight & the other 1/2 to my dau. Emmy.
Extrs: my sd. wife, my son John Alexander, &
my son-in-law William Blair.
To my daus. Mary Bolden, Phebe Patten, & Hannah
Blair, respectively, the Saints Everlasting Rest by Mr. Rd. Baxter, the
Works of Bishop Hopkins, & the
Right Observation of a Sacramental Sabbbath by Mr. Willison; to my
dau. Emmie, Mr. Vincents Catechism, & to my wife, Mr. Guthry's Saving
Interest in Christ.
Witn: John Ralston, John Hart, John Agners.
22 Aug. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 132
2 Dec. 1759
ONAIL, WILLIAM, Frederick Co., planter.
To my sons William, John, Henry, & David, equ.
div. by seniority, 410a, part The Wheel of Fortune & the other part
Come by Chance.
To my son Laurence Onail, horse Prince.
To my wife & extrx., Elenor, for lfe, 50a for
which a warrant is taken out & the rest of my e., & on her d, to
my several daus: Joanna, Ann, Mary, Elinor, & Elizabeth.
Witn: N. W. G. Cornish, William Fee, Elizth. Accerson.
17 Dec. 1759, sworn to by Fee & Accerson, &
the widow chose her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 133
20 Sept. 1760
GRAVE, VALENTINE, Frederick Co.
To each of my daus., Mary & Barbara, 200a of
the land where my dw. house stands, L 60, a colt, a bed, 2 cows & calves,
& an equ. share with all my chldn.
To my wife, Elizabeth, for widhood, 1/3 my e. r.
& p., 2 cows & calves, & a dw. in my dw. house.
Extr: Henry Funk.
Witn: Jacob Baiuman, David Jones, Wm. Postlewaite.
13 Oct. 1760, sworn to by Jones & Postlewaite
& affirmed by Baiuman (Protestant Dissenter).
Liber 31, folio 135
11 Aug. 1760
VANDIVER, JOHN, [Jr.], Frederick Co., innholder.
To my sister Rachel Vandiver, the 50a dw. plntn.
of me, John Vandiver, Jr., & my father, John Vandiver, Sr., on Potomac
R., & 30a to be joined to it out of 100a where John Badham lives, 3
parts of the wheat & corn on sd. 50a, the other 1/4 being property
of Thos. Badham, & my riding mare Bonny.
To my sister Mary Badham, the remaining 70 of sd.
100a & 1/4 of the apples.
To my sd. 2 sisters, the residue of my p. e. equ.
div.
Witn: William Lyon, John Hearn, Wm. Newell.
24 Aug. 1760, sworn to by Lyon & Hearn.
Liber 31, folio 136
7 Nov. 1758
CULVER, THOMAS, Frederick Co.
To my mother, Francis Culver, for life, Bachelors
Forrest, the 200a she lives on, & on her d., to my sister Drusilla
Culver.
Six yrs. after my mother's d., sd. sister Drusilla
is to pay to Drusilla, eldest dau. of my sister Ann Davis, L 10; to Elenor
& Nancy, d. o. my sister Rebecca Quirk,
each L 5; to my sister Elizabeth Culver, L 10; & to my sister Cassandra
Culver, L 10.
Witn: Archd. Edmonston, Dorothy Edmondston, Mary
Ann March.
14 May 1760, sworn to by Dorothy Edmondston &
Mary Ann March.
Liber 31, folio 137
16 July 1758
CONN, THOMAS, Frederick Co., planter.
To my son Thomas, all my r. e., but he is not to
have my dw. plntn. until his mother d. or give leave; also to sd. son,
negro boy Ned, negro girl Lucey, & stock.
To my wife, Martha, for life, the rest of my p.
e., & on her d., equ. div., to my son James & my several daus.
or their heirs.
Extrs: wife, Martha, & son Thomas.
Witn: Andrew Heugh, Willm. Tannehall, Joseph Miles.
30 Jan. 1760, sworn to by Heugh & Tannehall.
Liber 31, folio 138
14 Sept. 1760
JONES, JOHN, Frederick Co., planter.
To my wife, Hannah Jones, for life, William &
John Resurveyed 124a, & on her d., to be equ.div. among my chldn: John,
Jessey, Priscilla, Nicholas, Mary, &
Margaret Jones.
To sd. wife, negro woman Alice, mulatto woman
Lucy, negro man Caesar, & the rest of my p. e. for widhood, but if
she mar. only 1/3 & the other 2 parts to my sd. chldn. as they come
to age or mar.
Witn: Even Jones, Beckitt Nicholls, Simon Nicholls.
5 Nov. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 140
25 Oct. 1760
WITTINGTON, BENJAMIN, Queen Anns Co.
To my son Benjamin Whittington, my dw. plntn., 180
1/2a of Whittington's Lott, & if he d. with[out?] issue, to my son
Joseph Wittington.
To my son Joseph Whittington, my 186a of Poplar
Hill.
To my dau. Mary Whittington, Lloyds Freshes, I purchased
of Dr. Edward Knott & Frances, his wife, & if she d. s. p., to
my dau. Elizabeth, & if both d. s. p., to
my son William Whitting [sic].
To my dau. Elizabeth Whittington, part of Wolverhampton
80a & 33 1/3a of Nevills Delight 50a, belonging to me on the d. of
Mary Ann Money, but if she d. s. p., to my son Joseph.
To my son Benjamin Whittington, 2 negro boys, Jem
& Robb, & if he d. s. p., to my son Joseph; also to Joseph, negro
boy Jo & L 70.
To my son William Whittington, negro boy Phill.
To my dau. Mary Whittington, negro boy Sam &
negro girl Ruth.
To my dau. Elizabeth Whittington, negro girl Grace
& L 70.
The residue of my p. e., after my wife's 1/3, equ.
div., to my sd. 5 chldn.
Extrx. & grdn: my wife, Jane, & my sons
are to be of age at 21 & my daus. at 16.
Witn: John Brown, Elizth. Hackett, Elizth. Haman.
20 Jan 1761, sworn to by Brown & Hackett.
[26 Feb. 1761, the widow refused to stand to the
will.] See folios 164 & 725.
Liber 31, folio 142
21 Oct. 1760
COSTIN, RICHARD, Queen Anns Co.
To my son Henry Costin, my dw. plntn.
To my son Richard Costin, Jr., Toms Fancy Enlarged
100a & negro woman Juda.
To my son James Costin, Broomby Lambeth, 164a I
bought of Wm. Price, & if sd. Jas. never return, 100a to my son John
Costin & the other 64a to my dau. Ann Costin; also to sd. James, if
he return, negro woman Sall.
To my dau.Ann Costin, negro girl Rachell, a good
bed, & if sd. James not return, negro woman Sall.
To my dau. Henrietta Maria Carradine, negro girl
Margaret.
To my dau. Elzabeth Wrench, 20 sh.
To my kinswoman Rachel Callaghan, L 3.
Extrs: my 2 sons Richard Costin, Jr., & John
Costin.
The residue to my chldn. Richard Costin, Jr., John
Costin, James Costin, & Elizth. Wrench.
Witn: John Emerson, Edward Downes, James Callahane.
22 Jan. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of Henry Costin, eldest son & heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 143
11 Nov. 1760
ELLIOTT, SUSANNAH, widow of the late Joseph Elliott of Queen Anns Co.
To my son William, a horse colt Rogue.
To my son Benjamin, my mulatto man James & a
young horse Brandy.
To my dau. Elizabeth, my best bed, 5 silver spoons,
& my clothes.
The residue to my son Joseph.
My extr., Henry Elliott, nephew to my late husb.,
is to have the care o my sd. 3 sons.
Witn: John Seale, Elizth. Davison, Johathan Hall.
26 Jan. 1761, sworn to by Seal & Hall.
Liber 31, folio 144
1 Feb. 1760
HACKETT, THOMAS, Queen Anns Co.
To my wife, Mary Hackett, for life, 100a of Providence,
to include 1/3 the cultivated land where my son Thomas Hackett lives, &
on her d., to him.
To sd. wife, negro woman Beck, negro girl Jude,
negro boy Tom, & a tea chest with 6 teaspoons, tongs, & strainer.
To my son William Hackett, negro woman Pegg.
To my dau. Elizabeth Green, wife of Philemon Green,
L 2.
To my son Thos. Hackett, all of Providence on the
N side of the main rd. from Collins Mill to Kings Town, negro woman Jude,
negro man Bob, & horse Jack.
To my dau. Hannah, wife of George Primrose, L 2.
To my son John Hackett, 150a of Shephards Fortin,
Shutland 50a, negro boys Sampson & Charles, & negro man Phill.
To my dau. Margaret, negro girl Nann, negro boy
Jack, & 6 large silver spoons marked MG.
To my grdson George Primrose, a 3-yr.-old heifer.
The residue, equ. div., betw. my sd. wife, my sons
Thos. Hackett & John Hackett, & my dau. Margarett Hackett.
Extrs: sd. wife & son William Hackett.
Witn: John Brown, Joel Brown, Jas. Hackett.
20 Jan 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of William Hackett, eldest son & heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 146
8 Dec. 1760
HAMAR, ELIZABETH, Queen Anns Co., widow.
To my 3 daus., Mary, Hannah, & Elizabeth Hamar,
equ. div., my dw. plntn. & all my wearing appl.
Extrs: James Benson & Andrew Hall.
Witn: Nathaniel Moore, John Seney, Jr., Joel Brown.
Sworn to18 Dec. 1760 by Brown & 20 Jan 1761
by Moore & Seney, who said Richd. Gould wrote the will.
Liber 31, folio 148
12 Jan. 1761
EMORY, JNO., Jr., Queen Anns Co.
To my nephew Arthur Emory, s. o. my [eldest] bro.
Arthur, my large looking glass, L 50, & Emorys Fortune 190a, my dw.
plntn., not to disturb my wife.
To my sd. wife, Sarah Emory, negro man Bristol,
negro lad Stepney, & nego woman Congego.
To my nese Mary Emory, d. o. my bro. Thomas Emory,
a negro boy & a negro girl [not named] & a bed worth L 10.
To my bro. Gideon Emery, L 100 current gold.
To my sister Juliana Kemp, L 50 current gold.
To my nes Tiley Kemp, a negro girl [not named].
To Henry Carter, s. o. Richard Carter, L 50 current
gold.
To my bro. James Emory, L 50 current gold.
To my bro. Thomas Emory, on my sd. wife's d., the
residue of my p. e.
Extrs: sd. wife & sd. bro. Thomas Emory.
Witn: Arthur Emory 3d, Abia Uell, John Emory 3d.
Sworn to by John Emory of Queen Anns Co., surveyor,
who wrote it, 15 Jan. 1761, by Arthur Emory 3d, John Emory 3d, Abia Yewell,
& Thomas Emory 3d 14 Jan. 1761, & the widow stood to the
will 22 Jan. 1761.
Liber 31, folio 151
31 Dec. 1760
NEALE, ELIZABETH, Queen Anns Co.
To my cousin & extrx., Sarah Emory, wife of
John Emory, all my e. r. & p.
Witn: Mary Evans, Mary Emory.
22 Jan. 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 152
31 Oct. 1760
COMBS, JOHN, Dorchester Co.
To my wife & extrx, Elizth. Combs, Macgraw Chance
& Addition to Macgraw Chance, 2 negroes, Daffeny & Jenney, &
the rest of my e. r. & p.
Witn: William Phillips, Susanna Macgraw, Mary button.
20 Nov. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 153
21 April 1760
LAKE, HENRY, Dorchester Co.
To my dau. Sarah Lake, a cow & calf, 3-yr.-old
heifer, a ewe & lamb, a bed, a pewter dish, & 6 pewter plates.
To my dau. Rachel Williams, a cow & calf &
a 2-yr.-old heifer.
To my dau. Arana Hooper, L 5 cash.
To my dau. Elizabeth Pritchett, a barren cow or
a 4-yr.-old steer.
To my dau. Mary Pritchett, a pistole.
To my dau. Ann Grimes, 1 sh. sterl.
To my grddau. Mary Woodland, a 2-yr.-old heifer.
To my wife, Mary, for widhood, my e. r. & p.,
& if she d. unmar., all to my son Henry Lake.
Extrs: wife, Mary Lake, & son Henry Lake.
Witn: William Dean, Jr., David Todd, Henry Wingate.
7 July 1760, sworn to by Dean & Todd.
11 Aug. 1760, Mary Lake desired that letters of
admin. be granted to her son Henry Lake to himself.
Liber 31, folio 154
12 Aug. 1760, Dorchester Co., Elizabeth Fallen desired
that letters of admin. be granted to her son Daniel Fallen to himself in
regard to her husb., Daniel Fallen, who d. intestate.
Liber 31, folio 155
8 Sept. 1760
ENNALLS, HENRY, Jr., Dorchester Co., son of Thomas Ennalls &Ann,
his wife.
To my son Thomas Ennalls, these lands bequeathed
by my grdfather Henry Ennalls, decd., to my uncle Henry Ennalls, &
for want of heirs, to my father, Thomas Ennalls decd.: Bartholomew Neck,
Friendship, Ennalls Forrest; also to sd. son, Ennalls Privelidge, pat to
me for 25a.
To my wife, Mary Ennalls, negro man slave King.
To my son Henry Ennalls, the rest of my lands.
The residue of my p. e., equ. div., to my sd. wife,
my sons Henry & Thomas Ennalls & my daus. Ann, Catherine, &
Mary Ennalls.
Extr: my bro. Joseph Ennalls, who is to care for
my sd. 5 chldn till the boys are 21 & the girls 18 & to be assisted
by John Caile & Hall Caile.
Codicil. To my sd. wife, my riding chair & horse
Pleasure. Witn: Ann Crompton, Ann Green.
Witn: Charles Leith, Moses Allen, Ann Green.
20 Oct. 1760, will & codicil sworn to by all
witn., & the widow electd her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 157
15 Feb. 1750
MYERS, JOHN, Gent. & Rector of St. Mary White Chapple Parish, Dorchester
Co.
To my dau. Sophia, all my e. r. & p. in Maryland,
Grt. Britain, & elsewhere, incl. the rent from r. e. due to me
on the d. of my father & mother, John & Catherine Myers of Langton
upon Swale (of which my father is rector) York Co., Grt. Britain, when
my bros. Anthony & William Myers are to pay me L 300 sterl., &
if sd.
Sophia d. s. p., to my wife, Rebecca Myers.
Extrs: my father-in-law Charles Dinckinson &
my sd. wife.
Witn: William Sergent Kitteridge, Thomas Andrew,
William Dawson.
13 Aug. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow elected her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 159
28 April 1760
MOUBRAY, WILLIAM, Dorchester Co., planter.
To my wife & extrx., Mary Moubray, for widhood,
all my e. r. & p.
To Charles Hubbard, my dau. Clare Beckwith, &
my son Wm. Mobrey,1 sh. apiece.
To my sons Aaron & Thomas Moubray, equ. div.,
a tract on the br. of Wattses Crk. & to each 1 sh.
To my son Willm. Moubray, my dw. plntn., & if
he d. s. p., to my son Thomas
To my daus. Anna & Milcah Moubray, equ. div.
after my wife's widhood, my p. e.
Witn: Joseph Payn, Jno. Spedding, Edwd. Willowby.
8 Dec. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 161
5 Nov. 1755
CUBBAGE, PHILEMON. Dorchester Co., planter.
To my daus. Sarah & Anne, equ. div., the best
100a of my land.
To my wife & extr., Elizabeth Cubbage, for life,
my e. r. & p., & then to be div. to my 2 daus.
To my son Thomas Cubbage & my dau. Mary Edwards,
each 1 sh. sterl.
Witn: Roger Rogers, Ricd. Morgan, Ann Brady.
[Codicil.] To my dau. Mary Edwards, 125a.
25 Aug. 1760, Roger Rogers swore to the will &
swore that he wrote the codicil.
Liber 31, folio 162
5 Sept. 1760
RAVEN, LUKE, Baltimore Co.
To my dau. Sarah Hayman, negro girl Hagar, worth
L 50, & other things, worth L 64.5.
To my dau. Mary Briant, negro girl Juda, worth L
40, & other things, worth L 49.9.6.
To my dau. Avereller Maryman, negro boy Toney, worth
L 40, & other things, worth L 42.13.6.
To my son Luke Raven, The Tryangle 100a, Lukes Adventure
317a, & Ravens Outlet 125a, & if he d. s. p., my dau. Sarah Haryman
is to have, for life, my dw. plntn. & land to Horse Path Run, &
on her d., to my grddau. Rachel Haryman; my dau. Mary Briant is to have,
for life, sd. Ravens Outlet, & on her d., to my grd-
dau Sarah Briant; Averillar Meryman is to have, for life, the rest
of my land betw. Horse Path Run & Col Spring Run, called Short Neck,
& on her d., to my grd- dau. Ceturah Meryman.
To my son Luke Raven, negro man Shadwer, worth L
50, & negro boy Bob, worth L 40.
The residue is to be equ. div. among my 4 chldn.
Sarah Haryman, Mary Briant, Averillar Meryman, & Luke Raven.
To my wife [not named], negro girl Diner, worth
L 40, in her 1/3 of my e.
Extr: my son Luke Raven.
Witn: [Capt.] W[m.] Bond, Nath[an] Nicholson, Geo.
Gould[smith] Presbury.
Codicil, 12 Sept. 1760. To my son Luke Raven, negro
boy Pompey, the bed in the porch chamber, a buccaneer gun, a little gun,
& other p. p.
Witn. W. Bond, William Bond, Jr., Thos. Davis.
19 July 1761, Presbury swore to the will, &
all 3 witn swore to the codicil.
Liber 31, folio 164
26 Feb. 1761, Jane Whittington, widow of Benja. Whittington, refused
to stand to the will [folio 140].
Liber 31, folio 165
22 Dec. 1760
NEALE, EDWARD, Queen Anns Co.
To my dau. Martha Hall, wife of Mr. Francis Hall,
all my r. e.
To my dau. Eleanor Rosier, wife of Mr. Henry Rosier,
my sd. dau. Martha Hall, & my grddau. Miss Eleanor Diggs, equ. div.,
my p. e. except mulatto fellow Tom, to my dau. Martha.
Extrts: sd. Henry Rosier & Francis Hall.
To Mr. John Lewis of Cecil Co., L 50 towards purchasing
land in Queen Anns Co. to live convenient to the congregation of Catholics
there, but if he refuse to
come here but should procure any other priest to do so, he is to have
sd. L50.
Witn: J[oseph] Nicholson, Jr., [Dr.] Jno. Jackson,
James Tuite.
6 Feb. 1761, sworn to by Nicholson & Tuite.
Liber 31, folio 166
13 Jan. 1753
BLAKE, PHILEMON CHARLES, Queen Anns Co.
To my wife & extrx., Sarah Blake, for life,
her choice of my lands, & my wearing appl. & linens.
To my son Philemon Charles Blake, my dw. plantn.
& lands adj., lately resurv. by my decd. father, Charles Blake, as
Blakeford, & the part of Lloyds Meadows & Lloyds Meadows Addition,
near the head of Wye, given me by my aunt Alice Lloyd, but if he
fail within 18 mo. of my d., if he is 21, to convey Bennetts Regula-
tion, on Corsica Crk., to my son Charles Blake, I give all abovesd.
lands to sd. son Charles.
To the Revd. Mr. James Bednall, a suit of mourning
& L10.
The residue of my p. e. equ. div., to my 4 childn:
Henrietta Maria, Philemon Charles, Elizabeth, & Charles.Susanna
Witn: Susanna Tilghman, Julianna Carrol, Edward
Neale [who d. by 6 Feb. 1761 (folio 165, above)].
6 Feb. 1761, sworn to by Susanna Tilghman &
Juliana Tilghman (late Carroll); 16 Feb. 1761, sworn to by Francis Hall
of Cecil Co., Gent., in presence of Phile-
mon Charles Blake, heir at law; & by Christopher Wilkinson, Gent.;
5 March 1761, sworn to by James Tuite of Queen Anns Co.
Liber 31, folio 169
14 Nov. 1760
PARROTT, ABNER, Talbot Co..
To my wife, Margaret, 2 negroes: woman Nell &
boy Ben.
To my dau. Mary, negro woman Rachel & 6 silver
teaspoons & tongs.
To my dau., Elizabeth negro woman Sal big with child.
To my son Abner, negro boy Dick.
To my son William, negro boy Peter.
To my dau. Hannah, negro boy Jem.
To my chldn. Abner, William, & Hannah &
my wife's son Mark, a good suit of clothes for the present season.
To my 5 chldn. beforementioned, equ. div., the residue
of my p. e.
Extrs: my wife, Margaret, & Mathew Jenkins.
Witn: D. Dickinson, James Berry, Peter Cox.
23 Nov. 1760, affirmed by Berry (Quaker) & sworn
to by Cox.
Liber 31, folio 170
30 Dec. 1760
BONNETT, JOHN, Talbot Co., planter.
To my wife, Ann Bonnett, for widhood, all my p.
e., & if she mar., to my son-in-law David Nailor, for life, the
1/2 in his possn., & if he d. s. p., to the 3 chldn. - Thomas, Ann,
& Rebecca - my dau.-in-law Rebecca Porter had by James Roberts.
My sd. son-in-law is to see that I am bur. in a
decent like manner.
To William Jones, a cow big with calf & a sow
big with pig.
Witn: Peter Blake, Isaac Pammor.
17 Feb. 1761, sworn to by Blake & Palmer.
Liber 31, folio 172
25 March 1760
KENNEMONT, ANDREW, Talbot Co.
Extrs: my son Richard Kinnemont & Solomon Horney.
To sd. son Richard, negro man Brandy, negro woman
Sue, horse Snipp, the saddle& bridle he has, my gun, my clothes, &
he is to be of age at my d.
To my son Solomon Kinnemont, negro boy Jacob, horse
Blaze, my saddle & bridle, & a cow & calf.
To my son Joshua Kinnemont, negro girl Bett, mare
Frollick & her colt, & a cow & calf.
If my sd. extr. Solomon Horney d. before my sons
Solomon & Joshua are of age, my son Richard is to have their care.
Witn: P[eter] Comerforde, Jona. Gibson.
3 Feb. 1761, sworn to by both witn. & Richard
Kinnemont renounced is right to extrship [folio 176].
Liber 31, folio 173
25 Nov. 1760
COX, JOHN, Talbot Co.
To my wife & extrx., Elzabeth Cox, L 20.
To my son John Cox, for life, part of Spring Close
& all Coxes Venture, & then to my son Moses Cox.
The residue of my e. is to be div betw. my sd. wife
& my chldn: John, Moses, William, Susanna, Elizabeth, Ann, & Sarah
Cox by my friends Wm. Thomas, Thomas Stevens, Thomas Jenkins, & Edward
Oldham.
Witn: Edward Oldham, John Sheppard, Nath[aniel]
Cox, Patrick Mullikin.
17 Feb. 1761, sworn to by Mullikin, Cox, & Oldham.
Liber 31, folio 174
3 Dec. 1760
McCALLUM, JOHN, Talbot Co., innholder.
To my wife & extrx., Ann McCullam, until my
dau. Elizth. McCallum is 16, all my e., & then div. equ. betw.
the two.
Witn: George Parrott, Thomas Barrow, Letitia Picking.
3 Feb. 1761, sworn to by Parrott & Picking.
Liber 31, folio 175
13 Dec. 1760
ELDRICK, JAEMS, [Talbot Co.]
To [my] son Moses, a colt at home in Dosit [Dorchester]
Co.
To Joseph Hardin of Talbot Co., a horse, a mare,
2 cows & a yearling, a bed, a chest, an iron pot, a pair of hand mill
stones at George Neale, for it is my de-
sire that he bury me, & he does promise to take care of my childing.
Witn: William Holms, Abegirle Scot.
3 Feb. 1761, sworn to by Willim Holmes & Abigail
Scot in Talbot Co.
Liber 31, folio 176.
3 Feb. 1761, Richard Kinnemont renounces his right
to the execution of the will of Andrew Kinnemont [folio 172].
Liber 31, folio 176
31 Aug. 1760
[DUNN, JOHN, Baltimore Co.]
To my wife [not named], for widhood, 1/3 my e.
To my son Robert Dunn, all my lands.
To my dau. Martha Ray, L 50.
To my dau. Elizabeth Dunn, negro girl Hagar &
a horse bridle & saddle.
To my grdsons John McBrid & David McBrid, each
L 10 when they come to age.
Extrs: sons William Ray & Robert Dunn.
Witn: William Jenkins, Peter Laughlin, Lydy Dunn.
16 Feb. 1761, sworn to by Laughlin, Jenkins being
d. & Lydy Dunn out of the province.
Liber 31, folio 177
3 Jan. 1760
KIMBLE, WILLIAM, [Baltimore Co.]
To my son Rowland Kimble, the lands left me by my
father, Rowland Kimble, only his mother is to have the benefits till he
is 21
To my wife & extrx [not named], my sd. son,
& my daus. Martha & Frances Kimble, & the child my wife goes
with, the residue equ. div.
Witn: Dan. Johnson, Absalom Brown, John Macmahon.
2 March 1761, sworn to by Johnson & Brown.
Liber 31, folio 178
6 Oct. 1751
HAMMOND, THOMAS, of Deal, Kent Co., commander of the ship Neptune
To Elizabeth, my wife & extrx., all my e.
Witn: Charles Grahame, John Chesley, Philip Key,
Jr.
2 March 1761, sworn to by Grahame.
Liber 31, folio 179
18 Oct. 1760
MACCOMAS, ALEXANDER, Baltimore Co., planter.
To my wife, Hannah Maccomas, for life, all my e.
except a cow & calf to my dau. Mary Whitaker.
To my son Aquila Maccomas, my dw. plntn. 85a.
To my son Alexander Maccomas, 100a of Horse Range.
To my son Daniel Maccomas, Daniels Chance 75a.
When Hannah, my sd. wife, mar., the residue, equ.
div., to my chldn: Sarah Rhods, Elizabeth Norris, Alexander Maccomas, Mary
Whitaker, Hannah Miles, Aquila Maccomas, Priscilla Simmins, & Daniel
Maccomas.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my bro. Daniel Maccomas.
Witn: Thomas Elledge, Daniel Maccomas, s. o. Daniel,
John Poteet.
4 Feb. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn, & the widow
stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 181
8 Jan. 1761
MITCHELL, HUGH, Charles Co.
To my eldest dau. Katherine Mitchell, the 2 adj.
tracts on Port Tobacco Crk. I lately purchased of Leonard Mitchell.
To my wife, Ann Mitchell, the part of Canes Purchase
I live on & the right of dower I purchased of Priscilla, wid. of Chas.
Sanders decd., for life & 1/3 my p. e.
To my 3 chldn., Katherine, John, & Jacob, equ.
div., the remaining 2/3 my p. e.
Extrs: my bro. John Mitchell, my sd. wife, Walter
Herman [Hanson?], & Danl. Jenifer
Witn: Richard Rider, Elenor Jessy, Baker Brook,
Margaret Hanson.
[n. d.], sworn to by Rider & Brook.
16 Feb. 1761, Walter Hanson & John Mitchell
renounced the execution of sd. will; the widow stood to the will &
assigned the execution to Danl. Jenifer.
14 March 1761, letters testamentary ordered issued
to Mr. Danl. Jenifer.
Liber 31, folio 183
24 Feb. 1760
BIGGS, JOHN, Frederick Co.
To my sons Benjamin & William Biggs & my
daus. Elizabeth Pittinger, Hendricha Barton, Mary Dodderidge, & Catherine
Julien, the part of Monocacy Manor I
live on, allowing my wife the houses & plantn. 1 yr. after my d.
To my wife, Mary Biggs, much p. p., 2 lots in Frederick
Town, & my land Good Luck till my dau. Sarah Biggs is 16, & then
1/2 for life.
To James Stell, my wife's son before I mar. her,
a 3-yr.-old bay mare
Extrs: my sd. wifr & my friend Stephen Ramsburg.
Witn: Jos[eph] Wood, Stephen Julien, Robt. Whitnal.
10 March 1761, sworn to by Julian & Whitnal;
11 March 1761, Joseph Wood, who wrote the will, swore in the presence of
the heir at law that as the testator, just before making this will,
made a will quite different, he thinks he was not in his perefect senses.
Liber 31, folio 185
11 Dec. 1759
DICKINSON, SAMUEL, Kent Co., on Delaware, in Pennsylvania, Gent.
To my eldest son, Henry Dickenson, for life, the
adj. lands where he dw. in Talbot Co., Maryland - Crosiadore, Crosiadore
Adtn., Crosiadore Marsh, Samuels Lott, Heredire Lloyd Part, Powells Island,
Sutton Part, Compton Part, Wales Part, Lows Good Luck Part, & Edmondsons
Cove Part - 1200a adj. his dw. plntn., & on his d., to my grdson Samuel
Dickenson, & in default of heirs, to my son John Dickinson, & for
want of heirs, to my son Philemon.
T my sd. son Henry, 2 tracts in Talbot Co., Mount
Hope & part of Darlington, & 3 tracts in Dorchester Co., Maryland,
MountAndrew, Plowyard, & Holbourn Part, about 1800a; also L 5 &
all the g. & c. I have possd. him of.
To my grddau. Mary Dickinson, Reids Point, 180a
of Rudley in sd. Talbot Co.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Dickenson, 2 tracts in Talbot
Co., Dickensons Lot & Dickensons Lot Adtn., 250a together.
To my grddau. Joannah Dickinson, 3 tracts in Talbot
Co., Hobsons Choice (bought of Price), White Philips, & Hunting Hill
(alias Security), 350a together.
Whereas my grdfather Walter Dickinson held 800a
which had been pat. to Thomas Merrit & Walter Wharton & I now hold,
part by purchase of my kinsman Walter Dickinson & part by the will
of my sd. grdfather . . .[legal tangle].
To my 2d son John Dickinson, 1000a incl. Whartons
& Merrits Tracts, part of Berrys & Younges (or Levicks) Tract,
& the marsh betw. sd. tracts & Jones's Crk.with a white oak
div. the lands of sd. John, to the E from those of my son Philemon to the
W; also to son John, 380a of Brothers Portion adj. Dover Town, 2 tracts
in Dorchester Co., Darby 400a & Hampstead 600a, 800a in Queen Anns
Co., Poplar Ridge & Poplar Ridge Addtn., Yowhall, Tuttlefields, &
Triangle, 3 lots in Dover Town adj Benja. Chew's lots, late John Houseman's,
& a moiety of a lot in Philadelphia convd. to me by Thos. Cadwallader.
To my 3d son Philemon Dickenson, 1000a to the W
of sd. div., part of Youngs (or Levicks) Tract, part of Burtons Delight,
Part of Wrixom, & part of Merits,
300a of The Cave I bought of Daniel Stevens & his wife; also 1000a
in Talbot Co., Evans's Point, Littlecreek, Salem, Quillin, Cornelius's
Garden Part, Harberts
Choice, Hermitage, Millars Hope, Hobsons Choice, & Millars Chance,
all bought of JohnMillar; also Nomine Part 350a, & Canterbury Part
300a, & the other moiety of sd. lot in Philadelphia.
To my grdson Charles Goldsborough, L 10 sterl.,
having given my dau. Elizabeth & her husb. Charles Goldsborough all
I think proper.
To my wife, Mary Dickinson, Lisbon Part (or Whitehill)
50a.
To my sd. wife, Mary, & my 2 sons John &
Philemon, my extrs., equ. div., all my p. e. in England or America
Witn: Walter Dickinson, Thomas Willson, Will Kellin,
Margaret Jones.
26 July 1760, Kent Co. upon Delaware, sworn to by
Willson. Dickenson, & Killen
Annapolis, 6 May 1761, sworn to by Willson, Killen,
& Jones.
[Other depositions follow.]
Liber 31, folio 191
2 Sept. 1760
VEAZEY, GEORGE, Cecil Co.
To my wife, Catherine Veazey, L 100 over her 1/3.
To my dau. Elinor Price, wife of Thomas Price, 1/2
the residue of my p. e.
To my dau. Elizabeth Lynch, wife of Anthony Lynch,
a good bed.
To my friends & extrs., John Veazey, Sr.,
& Edward Veazey, each L 10.
To my grdson Wm. Lynch, s. o. Anthony Lynch, the
residue of my p. e.
Witn: Benjamin Price, Thomas Price, John Ward.
22 Dec. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 192
12 April 1760
MAULDIN, BENJAMIN, Cecil Co., farmer.
To my wife & extrx., [Ann], 1/2 my p. e.
To the child my wife, Ann Mauldin, is big with,
all my r. e. & the other 1/2 my p. e., & if he d. before he is
of age, all to sd. wife.
Witn: James Wroth, Ephraim Price, John Armstorng,
Robert Walmsley.
1 Dec. 1760, sworn to by Wrath, Price, & Walmsley.
Liber 31, folio 192
8 Oct. 1760
PENINGTON, EDWARD, Cecil Co., planter.
To Samuel Penington, s. o. Samuel Penington &
Jane, his wife, part of Hazell Branch devised me by my father, where Richd.
Wallace lives & my negro boy
Haniball.
To Elizabeth Penington, d. o. Thomas Penington,
the money due me in Ephraim Price's hands.
To Hyland Beedle, my horse bridle & saddle &
my best clothes.
Extr: my bro. Samuel Penington.
Witn: Alice Quin, Elizabeth Price, Robert Walmsley.
1 Dec. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 193
5 Feb. 1761
RUMSEY, CHARLES, Cecil Co.
To my wife & extrx., Sarah, the residue of my
e.
Witn: John Ebinson, Joseph Hatry, John Harper, Sr.
23 Feb. 1761, sworn to by John Eliason, Hatry, &
Harper.
Liber 31, folio 194
8 Sept. 1760
CARMAN, CALEB, Cecil Co.
To my wife & extrx. [not named], 1/3 my e. r.
& p.
To my eldest dau., Ann Carman, a bed.
To my eldest son, Jo[s]hua Carman, my gun &
saddle & bridle.
To my 3 daus., Ann, Rachell, &Mary Carman &
my son Joshua Carman, equ. div. betw. them & betw. all my chldn., the
residue of my e., & my wife is not to be
disturbed on the land until my youngest child is 8 ys. old.
Witn: Andrew Ryon, Martha Ryon.
21 Feb. 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 195
4 Oct. 1760
JOHNSON, EDWARD, [Cecil Co.]
To my 3 daus., Sarah, Ann, &Rebecca Johnson,
equ. div., my e. r. & p., & if all 3 d. s. p., to the next male
heir named Johnson.
To my dau. Rachell, wife of Jacob Rudolph, L 60
Pennsylvania money.
To my dau. Elizabeth Stockton, wife of John Stockton,
L 20 Pennsylvania Money.
To Mary Hyland, wife of John Hyland, a pr. pistols
& holsters.
To Anne Brum, d. o. Sarah Johnson, at age 16, L
10 Pennsylvania money.
My mulatto boy Siras Heukalough is to be set free
at age 24 & be taughtreading & writing & the trade of shoemaker.
Extrs: my daus. Sarah, Ann, & Rebecca Johnson.
Witn: Nathan Baker, Joseph Hickman, William Stankup.
24 Dec. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 196
24 Jan. 1756
WHITE, JAMES, St. Mary's Co.
To my kinsman & extr., Joseoh Bennett, all my
e. r. & p.
Witn: John Neal, Thomas Doxey, Thomas Biscoe.
18 Feb. 1761, sworn to ny Doxey & Biscoe.
Liber 31, folio 196
1 Jan. 1761
THOMAS, JAMES, St. Mary's Co., planter.
To my son Robert Thomas, Prinamsey 75a, where Anne
Wheeler & myself dw.
To my dau. Jemima Thomas, Browns Wardhouse 50a &
Lukes Hardship 7a.
Extr: bro.-in-law John Edwards.
The residue, equ. div., to my 2 chldn. Robert Thomas
& Jemmina Thomas.
Witn: John Thomas, Herbert Thomas, James Pike.
7 April 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 197
10 Nov. 1760
SPALDING, ANN, St. Mary's Co., widow.
To my sons Thomas & Henry 5 sh. sterl each.
To my dau. Mary Seale, a bed, a cow & calf,
all my sheep, & a chest.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Badford, a heifer &
a chest.
To the several chldn. of my dau. Ann Joseph decd.,
each 1 sh. sterl.
To my son John Baptist, a largest looking glass.
The residue of my e. r. & p. to be equ. div.
betw. my 3 sons & extrs., William, Benedick, & John Baptist.
Witn: Leaving or Levin Craycroft, John B[aptist]
Dant, Thomas Craycroft.
7 Feb. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 198
18 Dec. 1760
ASQUITH, THOMAS, St. Mary's Co.
To my son John Asquith, 400 or 500a of St. Richds.
Manner.
To my son George Asquith, Hunting Neck & The
Addition to Hunting Neck & Hiccory Hills, where John Newton & Wm.
Wise live.
To the child my wife is big with, if a boy, the
land where my quarter is & The Addition to Hamstead, but if a girl,
sd. land to my sons John & George Asquith.
To my wife, Elinor Asquith, 1/3 of the whole land
for life, & the residue of my p. e. is to be div. as the law directs.
To my nephew Thomas Asquith, Jr., L 6.
Extrs: my sd. wife & John Attaway Clarke.
Witn: N[icholas] Lewis Sewall, Mathew Dezedru, Thomas
Asquith, Jr.
5 March 1761, sworn to by N. Lewis Sewall &
Thomas Asquith, Jr.
Liber 31, folio 199
13 Nov. 1760
BURCHMORE, WILLIAM, St. Mary's Co., planter.
To my wife, Margarett, all my e. r. & p. until
my 2 daus., Rebecca & Ann Burchmore, come of age, & then to pay
them their shares.
Witn: Cyrus Vowles, William Fletcher.
March 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 200
8 Dec. 1760
PEAKE, WILLIAM, St. Mary's Co.
To my bro. Peter Peake, what land he used to own
of his side of the br.
To my sons William & Philip Peake, equ. div.,
all my land.
To my sons Ignatius & Bennet Peake, my water
mill, & to my son Ignatius, my gun.
To my 2 daus. Dorothy & Rebecca, the first 2
chldn my negro Kate bears that live.
To my wife, Mary Peake, negro woman Kate, &
for life, the rest of my e., & on her d., to be equ. div. among all
my chldn.
Extrs: my wife, Mary, & son William.
Witn: Bennet Greenwell, James, Herd, Zacharias Greenwell.
7 April 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 201
25 Feb. 1758
LEE, SARAH, St. Mary's Co.
To my grddau. Henrietta Hammett, 1 sh.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Bean, a cow & calf.
To [Katherine] Forrest, a bed, other hhold furn.,
2 cows & calves, a gold ring, a young mare Judath, & a smoothing
iron.
The residue to Sarah & George Chilton, on condition
sd. Chilton buy [Katherine] Forrest a young negro or recover negro girl
Rose of Richd. Forrest at his own expense, & I leave him whole &
sole extr.
Witn: David Downey, William Morris, John Allison.
4 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 201
31 Dec. 1759
JOWLES, REBECCA, St. Mary's Co.
To my mother, Dryden Forbes, for life, all my e.,
& on her d., to Henry Greenfield Sothoron, negro man Titus, negro wench
Moll, & negro boy Bob; to Sacha-
riah Sotheron, negro boy Sam; to my niece Clarissa, negro girl Priscilla;
to Harriet, negro girl Annica; to Mary Sothoron, Moll's youngest child;
to my nephew John Forbes, negro girls Dido, Parthania, & Rachell &
boy Guy; to Charles Somerset Forbes, negro Sue & boys Dick & Tom;
& to my bro. & extr., James Forbes, the
rest of my p. e., & he is to give 5000 lb. tob. to those in need;
& to Mary McWilliams & Susanna Tuman Greenfield, equ. div., my
clothes.
Witn: K[enelm] T[ruman] Greenfield, John Blaney.
[n. d.], sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 202
30 Oct. 1760
HAYDEN, ELIZABETH, [St. Mary's Co.]
One sh. sterl. apiece to the heirs of my son Francis
Hayden, my sons James Hayden, John Hayden, & Richard Hayden.
To my dau Susanna Drury & my grdson William
Drury, each a cow or yearling.
To my son Clement Hayden, the 100a of Roaches Discovery
with Addition where Sebaston Thompson lives, provided he pay to my grdson
George Hayden 4700 lb. tob. & to my grdson James Hayden 3000 lb. tob.,
both being sons of Francis Hayden.
To my 2 grdsons, William & Bassell Hayden, sons
to Geo. Hayden, equ. div., the 102a of Shankes Wrisque where Wm. Morgan
Lives.
To Joseph Clark, s. o. James Clark, 62a of Roaches
Discovery with Addition & Haydens Risque where Richd. Hayden lived,
provided he pay my son Clement
Hayden 562 1/2 lb. tob.
To my sd. son & extr., Clement Hayden, the residue.
Witn: Robert Cole, William Morgan, Stephen Davis.
4 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 303
30 Sept. 1760
GOSLIN, ELIZABETH, St. Mary's Co.
To Roger Copsey, Jr., 44a he lives on & has
paid me 2200 lb. tob.for, with which I am satisfied.
To my cousins Wm. Faitor, Wm. Tycor, & Ann Robertson,
1 sh. apiece.
All my e., with the exceptions below, to Roger Copsey
& his wife, Martha, for their lives, & on their d., to the poor
of All Faith Parish.
To Roger Copsey, Sr., liberty to dispose of my negro
woman Sue if he be in straits.
To Usaham Hall, a bed & other hold furn.
To Enoch Jones Bridget, the cow Brownie & her
increase except the calf she has now, which I give to Mary Copsey.
The cow Boungor I give to Betty Copsey, d. o. Roger
Copsey, Jr.
Roger Copsey, Sr., is to be my extr. provided he
embezzle not what is designed for the poor.
Witn: Thomas Hayes, Benjn. Buckler, Bennet Hutchinson,
George
Dixon, Sr.
10 March 1761, sworn to by Hays & Dixon.
Liber 31, folio 204
5 Jan. 1761
TAYLOR, IGNATIOUS, St. Mary's Co., planter.
To my wife, Ann, for life, Governors Gift, my dw.
plntn., & on her d., to my son Ignatius; also to sd. wife, negro fellow
Jack, old negro Harry, negro wench Venus, & all hhold goods.
To my son Ignatius, negro fellow Pompey, negro boy
Cesar, & negro wench Lucy.
To my son Junifer, negro boys Harry & Joseph,
negro wench Priscilla, negro girls Sukey & Graes, L 84 sterl. in the
hands of Mr. Hugh Hopewell, & L 16 sterl.
To my dau. Ann, a damask table cloth & 4 napkins.
Extrs: my sd. wife, Ann, & my son Ignatius.
Witn: Richard Milbourn, Charles Sewall, John Gibbings.
7 April 1761, sworn to by Milbourn & Gibbings.
Liber 31, folio 206
9 Dec. 1760
HORN, EDWARD, St. Mary's Co.
To my dau. Mary, a desk & the negro my wench
Jane is bearing.
To my dau. Ann, Halfheads Folly, my dw. plntn.,
a bed, a desk, other hhold furn., & negro boy Bob.
To my dau. Elizabeth, a desk, a bed, & an iron
pot.
To my wife & extrx., Steasey, 1/3 my e., &
for life, my great negro fellow Phill, my little negro fellow James, my
negro wench Jane, & on her d., sd. negroes to my 3 chldn.
Witn: Richard Milburn, Thomas Creaghill, Bazill
Roads.
4 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 207
9 Dec. 1760
THOMAS, JAMES, Kent Co.
To my dau. Sarah, negro man Adam & mare Peggy.
To my dau. Rebecca, negro man Cubers & gelding
colt Forrester.
To my son Philip, negro men Simon & Tobias,
mare Starr, my saddle, & clothes, & Daniel Ferell, my extr., is
to hold his e. & keep him to the Latin school.
To Elinor Cowarding, L 8 Pennsylvania currency for
the wages I owe her.
Witn: Thomas Thomas, Willm. Smith.
25 July 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 207
28 Dec. 1760
FREEMAN, JACOB, Kent Co.
To my wife & extrx., Jemimah Freeman, negro
girl Lett, bay horse Spark, & a riding chair worth L 24.
To my son Jacob, all my e. r. & p., & if
he d. s. p., sd. r. e. to my bro. Wm. Freeman, who, when he comes to age,
is to pay my sister Mary Freeman L 50, & if
sd. Wm. d. s. p., to Isaac , eldest s. o. my bro Isaac Freeman, &
if sd. Isaac d. s. p., to Edward, 2d s. o. my bro. Isaac.
Witn: Elizabeth Watkinson, John Eglin, Willm. Rasin.
25 March 1761, sworn to by Eglin & Rasin, &
the widow elected her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 208
11 8th mo.(Aug.) 1756
COMEGYS, EDWARD, Kent Co., advanced in years.
To my eldest son & extr., Edward Comegys, Utrick,
the land I dw. on, & as I have given him all my land, he is to pay
each of his bros L 10 - Jesse, Bartus, Gideon, & Joseph Comegys - as
they reach age 25; also to sd. Edward, 2 negro men, Will & Cartow.
The rest of my p. e. to my other 7 chldn: Mary,
Martha, Bartus, Gideon, Rebecca, Joseph, & Jesse Comegys
Witn: Southy Mifflin, Joseph Milton, Abm. Milton,
9 April 1761, affirmed by Joseph & Abraham Milton.
Liber 31, folio 209
27 March 1761
BUSWELL, THOMAS, Kent Co., planter.
To my son-in-law George Chambly, a bed, a coat in
the hands of Hugh Morrison, tailor, in Chester Town, a saddle, a cow &
calf, & a pr. black plush breeches.
To my servt. Bridgett Agin, all my movables, incl.
my servt. Joseph Jackson, whom I leave 2 basrrels of Indian corn., to the
end of his time.
To my friend Thomas Allum - if dead, to Joseph Leatherlum
in Baltimore Co. about 3 miles from Carrolls works, all accts. with a bond
pertaining to me.
One hgshd. tob. at Mr. Abrm. Milton's in security
of a bond of Capt. John Carvill of 800wt. tob. & 8 lb. for the use
of Mr. Auther Miller, the surplus to be de- lvd. to sd. Bridgett Aginn,
who is to move to Duck Crk. & whom I leave L 30 recovered by law from
John Andrews.
To the poor who are English born a bond of L 12
of Henry Evans & the proved acct. of Geo. Daws, also L 11 in the hands
of Mr. John Bolton
The note of L 10 of Mr. John Rolph is to be delvd.
to Mr. Arthur Miller, my extr.
Witn: John Higgins, John Temple Parsons.
6 April 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 211
14 Nov. 1760
PINER, EDWARD, Kent Co.
To my bro. Bartus Piner, all my e. r. & p.
Witn: Richd. Norris, David Castataugh, John Eglin.
2 April 1761, sworn to by Castataugh & Eglin.
Liber 31, folio 211
22 Feb. 1761
BIRK, HANNAH, Kent Co., widow.
To my eldest son, Abraham Truman, my 2d son, Isaac
Truman, & my grdson Jacob Truman, 1 sh. sterl. apiece.
To my 4th son, William Truman, a pr. gold sleevebuttons
& a gold ring.
To my dau. Mary Truman, the residue.
Extr: my son IsaacTruman.
Witn: John Eglin, John Wilson, Lawrance Trayner.
2 April 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio212
22 Oct. 1754
BORDLEY, JOHN, Kent Co., merchant.
To my wife & extrx., Isabella Bordley, for widhood,
Francey, Bordleys Beginning, Partnership, The Grumble, what remains of
The Adventure Resurveyed, & the
part of Providence I bought of Geo. Grifith, & on her mar. or d.,
& if no heir of the whole blood be living, to Mathius Bordley of Cecil
Co., & if he be d., to Beal Bordley of Baltimore Co.; to sd. wife,
all my other lands & the residue of my p. e.
One guinea apiece to my bros. Stephen & William,
my sister Elizabeth, & my half-brothers Mathias & Beal Bordley.
My sd. wife is to confirm to James Nichols the house
& lot in Chester Town he has purchased of me.
Witn: Richard Porter, Thomas Garnett, George Garnett.
31 March 1761, sworn to by Geo. & Thos. Garnett.
Liber 31, folio 214
17 Nov. 1760
HURT, JOHN, Kent Co.
To my son John Hurt, Walnut Neck, on the E side
Grazen Crk., L 40 sterl., & nagro boy Jacob.
The rest of my p. e. is to be equ. div. among all
my chldn..
Extr: my wife, Mary Hurt.
Witn: Thomas Slipper, Charles Hynson, Jr., William
Worrell.
30 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 215
26 Sept. 1756
REDGRAVE, WILLIAM, Kent Co.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth Redgrave, all
my p. e. until my chldn. - Jacob & Mary Redgave - come of age 21, &
then to be equ. div. betw. them.
To the heirs of Mathew Howard all I owe them.
My extrx. is to make over Walners Marsh, lately
purchased of William Razin, Esq., to my son Jacob if he lives to age 21.
Witn: Edward Drugan, John Duyer, James Greenwood.
27 March 1761, sworn to by Drugan & Duyer.
Liber 31, folio 216
9 Feb. 1761
WILKINS, WILLIAM, of Annapolis, [Anne Arundel Co.]
To my wife & extrx., Deborah Wilkins, all the
ready money, & for life, the houses & lots where I dw., & on
her d., to be sold & the money equ. div. among my 5 chldn: Sarah, William,
Mary, Henry, & Joseph Wilkins.
Witn: John Davidge, [Mr.] Jonathan Pinkney, [Mr.]
William Rind.
30 March 1761, sworn to by Pinkney & Rind.
Liber 31, folio 216
29 Dec. 1760
[SCOTT, ANN, Kent Co.]
Extr: my dau. Martha Scott.
I resign the care of my son Charles Scott to his
cousin John Williamson & the care of my son John Scott to his uncle
John Williamson.
Witn: Ann Sterling, John Williamson, Jr.
16 Jan. 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Memo. B. Hands, Depy. Commy. Kent Co., declared
that the above John Williamson, Jr., & Martha Scott declared that testatrix
intended Martha to have all.
Liber 31, folio 217
11 Nov. 1760
SPENCER, JERVIS, Kent Co., farmer.
To my son Isau Spencer L 150 incl. 2 negroes [not
named], 2 horses, & my surveying instruments.
To my dau. Hannah Spencer, L 150 incl. 2 negroes
[not named].
To my dau. Ann Blakiston, L 70 incl. 1 negro [not
named].
To my dau. Sarah Comegys, L 70 incl. 1 negro [not
named].
The rest of my p. e. is to be equ. div. among my
chldn: my son Isaac Spencer, & my daus. Elizabeth Maxwell, Ann Blackiston,
Sarah Comegys, & Hannah Spencer.
To my grdson Christopher Williams, s. o. my dau.
Mary decd., at age 21, negro man Jim, the Agrament, 80a near the head of
Prickly Pair Br. occupied by Geo.
Saunders, The Landing, 30a near the mouth of Unicorn Crk. in Queen
Anns Co. I bought of Dr. Humphry Wells, & a grist mill, & he to
be under the care of my son Isaac.
To sd. son & extr., Isaac, Marrow Bone,
the 400a I live on, & Darby 500a near Pricklepair Mill
Witn: Samuell Thompson, William Comegys, Mary Comegys,
Nichs. Smith.
1 Jan. 1761, sworn to by Thompson & Smith.
Liber 31, folio 219
3 May 1758
BLACKISTON, BENJAMIN, Kent Co.
To my wife, Sarah Blackiston, for life, Reserve,
the plntn. I live on & a brown horse Nobb.
To my son John Blackiston, Illises Industry, which
he lives on.
To my son Wm. Blackiston, my part of Benjaman Park,
in Queen Anns Co., on the d. of my wife, Reserve, & 170a of Deer Park,
on the main rd. to Duck Crk
To my dau. Sarah Comegys, 300a on the W line of
Deer Park, where John Beck lived.
To my dau. Ann Spearman, 300a of Deer Park, on the
S side the land where John Layton lives.
To my dau. Priscillah Blackiston, 300a on the E
line of Deer Park, where William Heath lives.
To my son George Blackiston, 400a of Deer Park near
the rd. to Duck Crk. at a place called My New Design, my part of Williams
Virtue, & the lands I lately
took up.
To my grdson Benjn. Blackiston, s. o. John Blackiston,
200a of Deer Park.
To my 2 grdsons, Richard & Ebenezer Blackiston,
s. o. John Blackiston, the rest of Deer Park.
If John Beck or Jean, his wife, d. & the survivor
mar., it will be at the discretion of my heir or extrs. whether to turn
he or she from their place.
Upper Landing, in Queen Anns Co., is to be sold
& the money equ. div. betw. my 2 sons, William & George, George
to have his share at age 18.
If the money for the 200a of Deer Park I have sold
to Jacob & Isaac Hurlik is pd. after my d., it is to be equ. div. among
my 3 sons John, William, & George.
To my son William, a bed, & he is to be grdn.
to my son George till he is 18
To my dau. Priscillah Blackiston, a bed, L 5, a
cow & calf, & a roan mare called hers.
To my son George, 3 negroes - a boy Jem & 2
girls, Rachell & Cate - a horse worth L 10, a bed, a cow & calf,
& L 5.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son William Blackiston.
Witn: Jeremiah Semans, Daniel Semans, Samuell Davis.
23 Dec. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 222
27 Dec. 1760
WHITE, JOHN, Worcester Co.
To my wife, [Mary], the use of my plntn for widhood,
negro fellow Sharp, & a bed, & if she mar., sd. negro to my son
William.
To my son Major White, the plntn. I live on, a bed,
a young horse Pleasure, & an iron pot.
To my son Ioakim White, white horse Roger, saddle
& bridle, a bed, a desk, & a pot.
To son John White, negro boy Abner, a bed, &
an iron pot.
To my son William, a black walnut oval table &
chairs, a horse Jack, a mare Roan, & an iron pot.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son Major.
Witn: William Sturgis, Jr., Mary Ennis, Arthur Mackallan,
Jr.
30 Jan. 1761, sworn to by Sturgis & Mackallan,
& Mary White renounced the legacies & elected her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 223
12 Nov. 1760
HUDSON, GEORGE, Worcester Co.
To my son David Hudson, the plntn. I live on, part
of 3 tracts - Winter Quarter, The Slip, Powell's Lott - & a cow &
calf.
To my wife, Liddy, for widhood, all my land.
The residue of my m. e., equ. div., to my 6 chldn:
Amy Ennis, Sarah Hudson, Joseph Schoolfield Hudson, Scot Hudson, Mary Hudson,
& Major Hudson.
Extrs: my wife, Liddy, & my son David Hudson.
Witn: William Hudson, David Hudson, Absolum Hudson.
12 Dec. 1760, sworn to by William & David Hudson,
& Liddy Hudson, the widow, elected her 1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 223
2 Oct. 1760
JARMAN, JOHN, Worcester Co., planter.
To my wife & extrx., Sarah Jarman, negro man
Watt & negro woman Grace, & for widhood, all my land.
To my son William Jarman, Boton, in Anameseck, negro
woman Tabb, & a lad Jesper..
To my son James Jarman, Discovery 150a, negro boy
George, & negro girl Liddy.
To my dau. Mary Jarman, 2 negro women, Sarah &
Leaeh.
To my dau. Sarah Jarman, negro girl Nancy &
negro boy Abell.
To my dau. Zeporah Jarman, negro girl Hannah.
Witn: William Smock, William Jarman, George Parker.
23 Jan. 1761, sworn to by Smock, who wrote it, &
Jarman.
Liber 31, folio 225
4 Feb. 1760
DAVIS, ISHMAEL, Worcester Co.
To my wife & extrx., Patience Davis, my plantn.
& all land until my son Benjamin is 18, [when she shall have part for
widhood. & he the rest].
To my dau. Martha Davis, the cow known as
hers, a bed, & 2 sheep.
To my dau. Rachell Davis, a cow & calf, 2 sheep,
a bed, & 2 chairs
To my dau. Mary Davis, a cow & calf, 2 sheep,
a bed, & my smallest 2 pots, & to each of my 3 daus. on my wife's
d., L 8.
To my son Benja. Davis, part of Hogs Den, a cow
& calf, & a yoke of oxen.
To my son James Davis, the rest of the land where
I live, a cow & calf, & my gun.
To my son Shadrick, negro fellow Peter, a cow &
calf, & 2 sheep.
Witn: Joseph Jones, Sr., Savory Wing, Robert Nilson.
23 Feb. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow elected 1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 226
14 June 1759
WEST, THOMAS. Worcester Co.
To my son John West, my dw. house & part of
my plntn.
To my son & extr., Ezekiell West, the
rest of my plntn., the bed I lie on, the still, plow, harrow, hoes, &
carpenters tools.
To my dau.-in-law Mary Brewerton, a 2-yr.-old heifer.
The residue is to be equ. div. among my 4 chldn:
John, Agnes, Cesiah, & Ezeekill.
Witn: Joseph Massey, Jr., William Smythits (dead),
Michaell Goodwin, Jr.
Codicil, 4 Jan. 1761. To my wife, for widhood, the
service of negro wench Comfort.
Witn: Michael Goodwin, Jr., Levi West, Joseph Massey,
Jr.
23 Jan 1761, both will & codicil sworn to by
Goodwin & Massey, & the widow elected her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 227
2 March 1759
HAYMAN, JOHN, Worcester Co., stgricken in years.
To my wife & extr., Rachell Hayman, my dw. house
& 1/3 my land & negro woman Sue & Dudah & Dinah, 32a in
the W end of Fatt Arse Quarter, & 1/3 the m. e.
To my son James Hayman, my clothes.
To my son Marthue Dormon Hayman, 40 sh.
To my son John Hayman, my dw. plntn. & what
land lies betw. that & Pollits Chance.
To my son David Hayman, Pollits Chance, & to
John & David, equ. div., my part of Haymans Purchase, & if either
d. before age 21, to sons Isaac & Nehemiah.
The residue is to be equ. div. among Sarah, Charity,
Francis, Rachell, Mary, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Isaac, & Nehemiah Hayman.
Sarah & Charity are to claim no right to bedding.
Witn: John Griffin, Sarah Towdall, Xpher Dowdall.
26 Jan. 1761, sworn to by Dowdall & Griffin,
& the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 229
2 Jan. 1761
TINDELL, CHARLES, Worcester Co.
To my wife & extr., Sarah, 1/3 my m. e.
To my son Charles Tindell, my plntn. Round Poll
100a, Industry 100a, & Discovery 22a.
To my son Elijah Tindell, Choice 100a & Stones
50a & certain movables already delvd.
To my daus. Betty & Mary, each such movables
as she already has.
To my son Samuel Tindell, Conclusion 50a, Libert
50a, & certain movables he has.
To my son John Tindell, Chance 50a, L 6, & black
horse Jolly.
The residue is to be equ. div. among my 5 youngest
chldn: John, Vilater, Ann, Sarah, & Charles Tindell, my 3 yoiung daus.
to have their part at age 16.
I lend my nego wench [not named] to my wife for
her widhood.
Witn: John Wrathbone, John Smith, John Dolbe.
17 Feb. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 230
21 Jan. 1759
MERRILL, JOHN, Worcester Co.
To my son John Morrill, 2/3 of my land, houses,
& orchard, & to my son Jacob Morrill, 1/3 of same.
To sd. son & extr., John, 1/2 a whip saw &
a pr. fire tongs.
To sd. son Jacob, a white horse & a sow &
5 pigs.
To my dau. Rachel Crawfort, a cow & calf, &
2 ewes & lanbs, & an iron skillet.
To my dau. Levinah Morrill, the bed she lies on,
my black horse, bridle & saddle, 2 cows & a calf, a chest, a loom,
the largest iron pot, & other hhold furn.
To my dau. Margret Scandlen, 2 ewes & lambs.
To my son Levin Morrill, negro fellow Jack, a yoke
of oxen & chain, a bed, a hand mill, an iron pot, a chest, 1/3 my pewter,
& all my clothes.
To my son William Morrill, negro girl Pegg, a bed,
a warming pan, 1/3 my pewter, & a cow, & he & Levin are to
be bound out to a trade..
To my grddau. Sophia Slocombe, a 2-yr.-old heifer.
To my grddau. Margret Slocombe, a 2-yr.-old heifer
& a small kettle.
Witn: Joshua Morrill, Thomaas Morrill, Scabrough
Morrill.
23 Jan. 1761, sworn to by Thomas & Scabrough
Morrill.
Liber 31, folio 231
10 Jan. 1761
WILLISTER, NATHANIEL, Worcester Co., planter.
To my son JohnWillis, Prosperity, 50a where he lives,
a cow calf, & 2 sheep.
To my son Nathaniel Willis, Hobsons Choice, 50a
where he lives.
To my son James Willis, Lost 100a.
To my son Abel Willis, a 2-yr.-old mare colt &
a certain number of hogs I have verbally given him.
To my son Elijah Willis, Tett-for-tat 50a.
To my son Benjamin Willis, my dw. plntn. 75a.
To my dau. Ann Mary Willis, 2 of the choiceest cows
& calves, & for her single life, a room & privilege in my dw.
house.
To my wife & extrx., Mary, for widhood, my dw.
plntn. & m. e., & on her d. or mar., to be equ. div. among my 7
chldn: John, Nathaniel, James, Able, Elijah,
Benjn., & Ann Mary Willis.
Witn: Jonathan Cathell, Thomas Butler, Jr.
3 March 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 233
19 March 1761
WHITE, ELIZABETH, [Worcester Co.]
To my 3 youngest chldn. - Luchreshe, Peter, &
James White - all my e. after the debts of my decd. husb. are paid.
Extrx: my son-in-law Josiah Mitchell & my own
son Levin Hill.
Witn: Parker Selby, Jr., Mary Murray, Jr., Elizibeth
McHendry.
3 April 1761, all 3 witn. swore they saw Elizabeth
Hill, the testator, sign the will.
Liber 31, folio 234
15 Aug. 1749
WHITE, JOAKIM, Worcester Co. house right.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth, all my e.
Witn: Joshua Mitchell, Jr., Ruth Willit, Mary Willit.
3 April 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 235
18 Dec. 1760
IRELAND, THOMAS, Calvert Co., merchant.
To my wife & extrx., Mary Ireland, for widhood,
Agreement, the land I bought of James Hooper & wife & now live
on, & on her d. or mar., equ. div. to my 2
sons, Richard & Gideon Ireland; also to sd. wife, negro man Joe
& his wife, Hagar, negro woman Paw, & negro girl Peg.
To my son Thomas Ireland, negro man Jem & L
50 sterl.
To my son John Ireland, the land where my father
dwelled, Tillington, which I purchased of my bro., negro woman Venus &
her son Jem, & 3 cows & calves.
To sd. son Richard, negro girl Sall, negro boy Tom,
my lots in Lower Malborough with store & warehouse purchased of Roger
Boyce, my lot in St. Leonards Creek Town purchased of Mr. John Johnson,
& Irelands Hope, given me by my father, & he is to stay with Mr.
Charles Grahame till he is 21.
To my son Gideon Ireland, negro girl Hannah &
negro boy Jack (son to Paw).
To my son George Ireland negro boy George &
L 100 sterl.
To the child my wife goes with, negro girls Sue
& Beck.
To my wife's dau. Sarah Johnson, negro boys Will
& Len.
Witn: George Bourne, David Hellen (s. o. Peter),
James Somerwell.
25 April 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 236
1 Nov. 1760
ELTT, BENJAMIN, Calvert Co.
To my wife & extrx., Ann Eltt, negro man Tom
& negro women Jane & Nan.
To my son Benjamin Ellt, the plntn. I bought of
Jacob Bourne, where I dw., negro woman Hannah, negro boy Gregg, & my
watch & silver shoe buckles.
To my son William Ellt, negro boy Davey & negro
girl Lucy.
To my dau. Elinor Ellt, negro Bob (& my riding
horse, provided she give her mother her riding mare in its place).
To my dau. Mary Ellt, negro girl Suckey.
To my dau. Ann, negro man Daniel.
To my dau. Rebecca, negro boy Peter & negro
girl Doll.
The bal. of my mother Eleanor Doramsall e. is to
be made up out of the residue of my p. e., & then the residue is to
be equ. div. among 5 of chldn: Benjamin,
William, Mary, Ann, & Rebecca Ellts.
Witn: Thomas Ireland, D[avid] Hellen, Margaret Card.
25 April 1761, sworn to by Hellen.
Liber 31, folio 237
21 April 1756
ADAMS, WILLIAM, Somerset Co., Gent.
To my son William Adams, part of 2 tracts, Whitely
& Adams Conclusion, starting on the S side of the road from the glebe
of Coventry Parish to Stevenses Fer- ry to the NE corner of the Doner dw.
plntn.
To my son Philip Adams, part of 3 tracts,The Adventure,
Adams Conclusion, & Whitely.
To my son Dennis Adams, all the rest of my lands
except Haphazard, 25a of marsh to the w. side of the mouth of Murrumsco
Crk., which to my sd. 3 sons.
To my wife, Margrate, for widhood, her choice
of a negro, beds, horses, the part of my plntn. I give to my son Denis.
To my 2 daus. Elizabeth Adams & Leah Schoolfield
& my 3 sons, Dennis, William, & Philip, each L 15.
My 3 sons are to find necessaries for my dau. Margrate.
Extr: my son William Adams.
Witn: Samuell Adams, Sarah Adams, Cathrine Adams,
Ann Adams.
8 Dec. 1760, sworn to by Saml., Sarah, & Ann
Adams.
Liber 31, folio 240
22 Dec. 1751
MEZICK, JACOB, Somerset Co., planter.
To my wife, Elizabeth Mezick, for life, 1/3 my p.
e. & dw. plntn
Extrs: sd. wife & son Jacob Mezick.
To my son Jacob Mezick, my handmill & desk,
all my land & marsh except 17a of the lower part of James Lot, which
I give to my grdson James Mezick, eldest
s. o. Elcha Mezick, & if sd. Jacob d. s. p., the whole to Aron
Mezick.
To my 7 chldn - Elihu, Joshua, Aron, Covington,
& Jacob Mezick, Dinah Nelseon, Rachel Elingsworth - equ. div. my m.
e., but all the cattle without [certain marks] & a bed go to my son
Jacob Mezick.
Witn: Thomas Mitchell, Morgan Sanders, James Larramur.
9 Feb. 1761, sworn to by Mitchell & Sanders
Liber 31, folio 242
19 Feb. 1759, further probate of Peter Barnes's will [in Liber 30,
folio 631]. Adam Barnes swore to the will.
Liber 31, folio 242
19 Nov. 1756
MILES, HENRY, Somerset Co., planter.
To my son William Miles, for life, Hearts Ease &
Hog Pen Swamp, & if he not let my son Henry Miles enjoy an entailed
tract, Henry shall have as much of Hearts Ease, & on the d. of sd.
son Wm., sd. land to my grdsons Henry & Wm. Miles, s. o. sd. Wm.; also
to sd. son Wm., 75a of marsh adj. Dixons Hammock, & on his
d., equ. div. to his 2 sd. sons; also to sd. son Wm., mulatto man Frank,
negro
woman Philis, a table, & a yoke of oxen.
To my grdson Wm. Miles, s. o. Saml. Miles &
Rebecca, his wife, Hazard & the 4a of Neglect adj. Hazard.
To my son Henry Miles, these tracts - White Oak,
Security, Farthers Cane, & Hopewell - & if he d. s. p. & my
son Wm. have another son & name him Saml., sd. tracts to Saml. &
30a to Wm. Miles, s. o. Rebecca Miles; also to sd. Henry, negro woman Lilley,
negro man Robin, & sd. Henry must pay Anie Wheatly L 5.
To Mary Revel Bedsworth, negro man Whatt until her
son Henry Bedsworth is 13, when, with payment of L 6, sd. Whatt is to be
his; also to him, anvel & vice.
To my dau. Mary Revel Bedsworth, my chest, &
on her d., to her son Wm. Bedsworth.
To my dau. Rebecca Miles, negro woman Dinah &
L 8.
To my grddau. Rebecca Miles, d. o. Rebecca Miles,
6 sheep.
To my dau. Wineford, negro boy Ceasor, a horse colt,
4 sheep, a cow calf, & she is to pay L 8 to my dau. Alice Wheatly.
To sd. dau. Alice Wheatly, L 11, along with other
gifts, to buy a negro, which on her d. goes to her son Michael Wheatly.
To my grdchldn.d. o. Rachell Moore, L 12 & 1
sh. sterl.
To Ann Frazier, a cow calf.
Extrs: sd. sons Wm. Miles & Henry Miles.
Witn: John Haw, Daniel Cullin, Revel Horsey.
4 Feb. 1761, sworn to by Culling & Horsey
Liber 31, folio 244
2 Nov. 1760
HOBS, STEPHEN, Somerset Co.
To my bro. Benjn. Hobbs, Hobs Adventure on the N
side the main br. of Muny provided he pay a bond passed by me to Thos.
Jones of Menokin with Benjn.
Hobbs & David Magraw sureties.
To sd. bro. & extr., Benjn. Hobbs, the care
of my son Josiah till he is 21, & he is to learn him the trade of a
saddler
Witn: Philip Covington, Robert Austen, [Henry] Waggamon.
12 Dec. 1760, sworn to by Covington & Austin.
Liber 31, folio 245
3 Sept. 1760
CLUFF, EDWD., Somerset Co.
To my son & extr., Michael Cluff, my manor plntn.
I dw. on, 1/2 my cypress swamp, 1/2 my marsh, being part of Timber Grove,
& the rest of my p. e.
To my son Jonathan Cluff, my blacksmiths tools,
a cow, 2 sheep, a bed, 2 dishes, & 6 pewter plates.
To my dau. Sarah Merrill, 1 sh. sterl.
To Scaborough Merrill, my leather breeches.
To my grddau. Sarah Merill, a new spinning wheel.
To Rachell Wait, a cow Cherry & the rest of
my p. e.
Witn: John Peden, William Broughton, Noble Dreden.
3 Jan. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 247
29 Nov. 1760
WILLIAMS, JOHN, Sr., [Somerset Co.]
To my eldest son, John Williams, all my lands on
the E side Turkey Br.: Williams Lott 200a, Capes Mouth 12 1/2a, North Border
100a, 21a of First Choice, which I bought of Edmund Beauchamp, & The
Conclusion 20a, & if he d. s. p., to my son Josiah Wlliams, & if
he d. s. p., to my son Benjamin Williams.
To my son Josiah Williams, Middle Strand, 85a betw.
the new road & Turkey Br.
To my dau. Mary Polk, negro boy Dick & 6 sheep.
To my son Jacob Williams, all my clothes (except
linen).
To my dau. Hannah Hermerson, a Spanish pistall [coin].
To my son Samuel Williams, an English giunea.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth Williams, 1/3
my m.e., to be equ. dev. betw. my sons John, Josiah, & Benjn. Williams
& my dau. Priscilla Williams; neither son
Jacob, son Samuel, dau. Hannah Hermison, nor dau Mary Polk shall
have any share above what this will gives them.
Witn: S[tephen] Garland, James Curtis, Levin Williams.
27 Dec. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn, & the
extrx. her 1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 249
1 Nov. 1759
MEARS, JOHN, Somerset Co.
To the heirs of my son Robert Mears, to my son Ezekiel
Mears, & to my daus. Mary Mitchell, Sarah Bartlet, Esther Piper, &
Grace Sisman, 1 sh. sterl. apiece.
To my dau. Betty Mears, a cow & calf.
To my wife & extrx., Dorothy Mears, for life
my plntn. & land & my p. e., & on her d., to my dau. Nelly
Mealy.
Witn: Louther Dashiel, Clement Christopher, George
Balley.
19 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 250
19 Jan. 1760
MARSHALL, THOMAS, Northampton Co., [Virginia].
To my 2 sons Esme Marshall & Thomas John Marshall,
equ. div., all my land in Nasswadox Neck betw. Accohaneck & Nasswadox
Crks. on the Bay side, incl. the 100a I gave each, sd. Esme to have the
part adj. the land of Hollaway Bunting & the 100a I bought of Marshall
Stakes on the sea side, bounded on the land of John Brickhouse & Mathew
Harmanson; also to sd. 2 sons, equ. div., Brickhouses Marsh, 500a
on the sea side I bought of Abner Brickhouse.
My 133a of marsh & hammocks on the mouth of
Muddy Crk. are to be sold.
To my sd. son Esme, negro man slave Ipsey &
all g. & c. he has received of me, & to sd. son Thomas John, negro
man slave Stephen & what e. he has already.
To my dau. Patience Allen, wife of Mr. Wm. Allen
in Somerset Co., the negroes & g. & c. she has already.
To my grdson Hezekiah Tilney, at age 21, L 50 in
goods.
To my wife, Patience Marshall, unless she d. before
me, negro woman Candace, & for life my whole e., & then to my sd.
2 sons, who are to be my extrs.
Witn: Geo. Dashiell, Rose. Fisher, Margaret Dusmuir.
10 March 1761, Northampton Co., proved to be in
testator's hand by Mitchel Scarburgh & Azel Benthall, & a certificate
to obtain probate given the sd. 2 extrs.
Liber 31, folio 252
30 Sept. 1756
LAWSON, THOMAS, Prince George's Co.,[planter].
To my dau. Letis Nailor, my dw. house & plntn.,
in Stokes Forest, & on her d. to her son John Lawson Naylor.
To sd. dau., negro men Ben & Baker, negro girl
Lucy, & the residue.
Extr: son-in-law George Naylor.
Witn: John Tycer, John Jaco, Mary Jaco, & Mary
Williams.
25 March 1761, sworn to by John Trycer, John Jaco,
& Mary Williams.
Liber 31, folio 253
14 June 1760 or 14 May 1760
MURDOCK, GEORGE, Prince George's Co., [Clerk].
To my son William Murdock, my dw, plntn. & land,
negro man Hercules, negro woman Joice, & 4 negro chldn: Dianna, Casse,
John, & Martha.
To my gdson George Murdock, 124a ( 1/2) of William
& Charles & 2 negro girls, Poll & Rachel.
To my grdson George Beall, the other 1/2 of William
& Charles.
To my grddau. Precilla Murdock, negro boy James.
To my grddau. Elianor Murdock, negro girl Amelia.
To my grddau. Martha Murdock, negro boy Harry.
To my dau. Anne Beall, negro women Cate & Lucy.
To my grdson George Beall, 2 negro girls, Cate &
Seba.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Beall, negro oy Bob.
To my grdson William Murdock Beall, negro boy Jack.
To my grdson Elisha Beall, negro girl Peggy.
To my grddau. Mary Beall, negro boy Caesar.
To my dau. Ann Beall, a chest of drawers.
To my son Wm. Murdock & my dau. Ann Beall, equ.
div., the residue.
Extrs: my son Wm Murdock & my grdson George
Murdock.
Witn: Jonathan Nixon, Robt. Buchan, Thomas Chittam.
14 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 254
17 Dec. 1759
ADDISON, ELEANOR, Prince George's Co., [widow].
To my son John Addison, negro men Herculas, Towerhill,
Isaac, & Abraham, mulatto men Old Dick & Jack Bruce, mulatto wenches
Beck, Bess, Moll, Pa-
tience, & Lydia, & old mulatto wench Nan, a silver cup &
coffee pot, my wain, 2 yoke of oldest oxen, & hhold furn.
To my son Thomas Addison, these slaves - mulatto
Jemmy Jack (s. o. Grace), Peter, Grace, & Sue - 4 beds, a best
pier glass, 6 chairs, & the oxen last broke.
To my son Henry Addison, these slaves: Will, Tom
Bruce, Betty, & Joan.
To my grdson Addison Murdock, mulatto girl Flora
To my grdson John Murdock, mulatto girl Nan.
To my grddau. Eeanor Hall, negro girl Nell, d. o.
Towerhill & Beck.
To my grddaus. Catherine Sim & Mary Murdock,
each a mourning ring worth a guinea.
To my grdau. Ann Murdocka silver teapot stand &
a silver milk mug.
To my grson Thomas Addison, mulatto lad Dick, s.
o. Peter, his father's carpeter.
To my grdson John Addison, negro man Jacob, bro.
to Abraham.
To my grdson Henry Addison, negro man Jacob, s.
o. Towerhill.
To my grddau. Eleanor Addison, negro wench Mary
& negro boy Tom.
To my grddau. Ann Addison, negro wench Cate &
mulatto boy Jack Hicted [?].
Tomy grdson Anthony Addison, negro boy Davy.
To my grdson Daniel Dulany Addison, a mourning ring
worth a guinea.
To my grddau. Eleanor Addison, d. o. my son Henry,
negro girl Charity, d. o. Towerhill & Beck.
To my sister Elizabeth Batt, my chair & horses,
young bay horse Pompey, & 3000 lb. crop tob. in cash.
To my 3 sons & extrs., John, Thomas, & Henry,
equ. div. the residue of my p. e.
Witn: Wm. Lumley, Peter Green.
13 Feb. 1761, sworn to by both witn.
13 Feb. 1761, deposition of m. Lumley, who wrote
the will, concerning the disposition of the plate.
Codicil, 17 Jan. 1761. To my grddau. Eleanor Addison,
d. o. my son John, 2 young negro wenches the above will gives to sd. son:
Lydia & her dau. Valinda, a
child, & Patence. Witn: Richd. Brooke, Peter Green.
Liber 31, folio 257
6 July 1760
ALDRIGE, ELEANOR, Prince George's Co., [widow].
To my son John Aldridge, negroboy Ozburn & negro
girl Sarah.
To my son Jacob Aldridge, negro boy Valentine &
negro girl Led.
To my son Thomas Aldridge, negro woman Cate, her
child Judah, & negro woman Jane.
To my grddau. Ann Prather, negro boy Dick, a bed,
& young heifer.
To my grdsons William Prather & John Prather,
each a bed & a houng heifer.
To my 3 sons & extrs., John, Jacob, & Thomas
Aldridge, equ. div., the reside.
Witn: [Dr.] Joshua Warfield, Thomas Snowden.
11 Feb. 1761, affirmed by Snowfen (Quaker).
Liber 31, folio 257
5 Oct. 1756
WILSON, [Capt.] JOSIAH, Prince George's Co.
To my sister Martha Megruder, wife of Mr. Hezekiah
Megruder, negro fellow Robbin.
To my bro. William Wilson, negro fellow Tom &
a cow & calf.
To my bro. James Wilson, negro fellow Tom Taylor
& negro lad George.
Te residue to my bro. Lingan Wilson at age 21.
Extr: Mr. John Hawkins.
Witn: Thomas Beech, Jacob Bromwill, Jr., John Stone
Hawkins.
17 Feb. 1761, sworn to by Hawkins, & John Stone
Hawkins resigned the extrship to James Wilson, bro. to the decd.
Liber 31, folio 258
27 Oct. 1760
GREAR, ANANIAS, Prince George's Co.
To my wife & extrx., Margaret Grear, 1/3 the
residue of my p. e.
To my chldn - Hezekiah, James, Elizabeth, Benjamin,
Ananias, & William Johnson, the other 2/3 equ. div. & all my land.
Witn: Francis Lang, James Nutwell, Robert Mahue.
25 March 1761, sworn to by Lang & Nutwell, &
the widow elected her 1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 259
9 March 1761
WALLINGFORD, JOHN, Prince George's Co.
To my nephew James Wallingford, s. o. James, a mare.
To my bo. James Wallingford, all my e. r. &
p.
Witn: Zacha. Lyles, John Marrick.
25 March 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 260
1 Feb. 176[1?]
ATHEY, THOMAS, [Prince George's Co.]
To my dau. Mary Athey, 80a of Atheys Choice which
I dw. on in the part where Daniel Hoskins lives, & a cow, a sow, &
a small desk.
To my daus. Sarah & Lucy Athey, the other part
of the land I dw. on equ. div., & to each a cow & a sow, &
to sd. 3 daus., the residue equ. div.
Extrx: wife, Sarah Athey.
Witn: Daniel Hodgkins, Bennedictt Hodgkins, Peter
Dent, [Gent.]
25 March 1761, Dent swore the heir at law [not named]
had due notice, he & Daniel Hodgkins swore to the will, & the widow
elected her 1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 261
8 Jan. 1761
SUMMERS, JAMES, Prince George's Co.
To my wife, Mary Summers, all my p. e. till she
mar., & then to be equ. div. among my 5 chldn.
To my dau. Sebina Summers, the 70a where Wm. Locker
settled.
To my dau. Mary Summers, 70a next Philip Evans.
To my dau, Velinda Summers, 70a next Philop Evans.
To my dau. Rebecca Summers, 70a on Barnabas Br.
If my wife bear a son, he is to have 110 1/2 a,
& my dau. Anne Summers is to have the value of 70a in p. p., &
if she bear a dau., sd. 110 1/2 a is to be equ. div.
betw. sd. dau. & it.
Witn: John Summers, Jr., Josiah Wilcoxon, Robert
St. Clair.
14 Feb. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow elected her 1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 262
20 Jan. 1761
BROOKE, [Mrs.] JANE, Prince George's Co.[widow].
To my son Joseph Brooke, negro man Phill.
To my son Charles Brooke, negro lad Clem.
To my dau. Susanna Hoxton, L 30 sterl.
To Mr. Charles Neall, L 9 I owe him.
To Mr. Henry Darnall of Portland Manor, [Anne Arundel
Co.], & to Mr. Saml. Roundell, each a hhd. of tob.
To my 3 chldn., Joseph & Charles Brooke &
Eleanor Harrison, equ. div., all my hhold furn.
To my 5 chldn., Joseph & Charles Brooke, Susanna
Hoxton, Elizabeth Carroll, & Eleanor Harrison, equ. div., the residue
from the sale of my p. e.
Extrs: my sons Joseph & Charles Brooke.
Witn: Jno. Cooke, Rachel Cooke, Ann Cooke.
20 Feb.1761, sworn to by John Cooke.
Liber 31, folio 263
17 Oct. 1760
GRIFFITH, JAMES, Queen Anns Co.
To my bro. John Griffith, for life, Wright's Square
100a where Benja. Meridith lives that I purchased of Nathl. Reed, then
to my nephew Thomas Griffith, s. o.
John Griffith, & if sd. Thomas d. s. p., to the next male heir
of sd. John Griffith.
Extr: my sd. bro. John Griffith, to whom I give
the residue of my e. r. & p.
Witn: Robert Kent, Thomas Baker, Wm. Merchant.
27 March 1761, sworn to by Kent, Baker, & Christopher
Wilkinson, the last having written the will.
Liber 31, folio 265
16 Feb. 1754
SEWARD, THOMAS, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my wife& extrx., Rebecca, for widhood, the
plntn. I live on, Out Range 174a, but the 50a where my son Wm. Seward lives
& the 50a where my son John Seward lives are to be to sd. sons for
their lives, & on their d., their parts to my sons Daniel Seward &
Isaac Seward, respectively.
To my grdson John Dempster, on the d. of all these
sd. persons, all sd.174a, & in default of issue, to my dau. Rachel
Dempster's next issue, & in default of issue, to my dau. Rebecca Seward,
& in default of issue, to my dau. Rhoda Seward, & in default of
issue, to my dau. Susanna Seward, & in default of issue, to my dau.
Ruth Seward.
Lovely's Neck, 100a at Easter Neck in Kent Co.,
near Elexander Williamson, to my son Thomas Seward.
Seward's Hope, 150a near Horn Bridge in Kent Co.,
to my son Wm. Seward, & if he d. s. p., to my son George Seward.
To my dau. Mary Horsly, the 50a. she lives on.
To my daus. Ann Jackson & Sarah Ford, each a
ewe & lamb.
Witn: James Roseberry, James Vanderford, Jno. Dempster..
2 April1761, sworn to by Roseberry& Dempster;
Thos. Seward, heir at law, did not attend; the widow stood to the will
but refused to take out letters of admin.
Liber 31, folio 267
29 [sic] Feb. 1761
POLLARD, JOHN, Baltimore Co.
To my wife & extrx., Sarah Pollard, for life,
1/3 of 175a, part of 300a of Broom's Bloom I purchased of Wm. Smith, &
on her d., for life, to son Wm. & dau. Rebecca, & son Wm.'s part
on his d., to his son Benja. Pollard, & dau. Rebecca's part adj. Moses
Ruth.
To my 4 daus. - Sarah, Susanna, Elizabeth, &Rozanna
- each, 1 sh. sterl.
To my wife, Sarah, for life, negro woman Leah, &
on her d., to my dau. Rebecca.
Witn: Hugh Kirkpatrick, Moses Byfut, Victor Crege.
31 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 269
26 Dec. 1757
NORRIS, THOMAS, Winters Run, Baltimore Co.
To my son John Norris, 1/2 of Macedon on the part
where he great hollow rock lies.
To my son Equilla Norris, the other 1/2 of Macedon
on the part where my dw. house is.
To my son Thomas Norris, Turkey Range, 54a in his
Lordships reserve.
To my son Elexander Norris, Hills & Dales, 47a
in his Lordships reserve.
To my son James Norris, negro girl Phillis.
The residue is to be equ. div. among all my chldn.
[not named].
Extrx: wife, Elizabeth Norris.
Witn: Daniel Macomas, s. o. Wm., Solomon Macomas,
Moses Macomas.
24 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow abode by her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 270
17 Jan. 1761
EVERHART, PAUL, Baltimore Co.
To my son George Everhart, at age 21, all my lands;
at age 22, he is to pay to my dau. Catherine Hake L 5 & a cow; a year
later to pay to my dau. Katerwood
Matthews L 5; & the next year to my dau. Barbara L 5 & a cow;
the next year to my dau. Ketherine Margaret L 5 & a cow; & the
next year to my dau. Anna
Marie L 5 & 2 cows.
Extrx: my wife Anna Margaret.
If my son George, who is 16 yrs. old, will not live
with his mother, he is to have 1 sh. sterl., & the lands are to go
to my other chldn.
Witn: Redulph Ducker, Peter Lassley, John Shrimplin.
27 March 1761, sworn to by Shrimplin & Lessley.
Liber 31, folio 271
11 Feb. 1761
HUNGERFORD, WILLIAM, Jr., Charles Co.
All my land to my bro. Charles Hungerford, but if
he not pay to my bro. Barton Hungerford 12,000 lb. tob., sd. land to sd.
Barton.
To sd. Barton, negro boy Pompey, negro girl Letty,
my riding horse & saddle, a draught horse, a mare & colt, &
the residue of my p. e.
To my sister Elizabeth Hungerford, negro wench Ruth,
negro girl Chloe, a dark mare with foal, other livestock, a bed, &
other hhold furn.
To my cousin Mrs. Ann Gwinn, a suit of mourning.
My acct. with John Gwinn at Cedar Point is to be
paid.
My bro. & extr., Barton is to care for Mr. Henry
Thompson's plntn. & people.
To my bro. Thomas Hungerford, 1 sh. sterl.
Witn: [Revd. Mr.] John Macpherson, Baker Howard,
Theof[ol]os Yates.
21 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 273
8 Sept. 1760
FRANKLIN, JOHN, Charles Co.
To my wife [not named] for life, the 70a of Moles
Venture where I dw., & on her d., to my son Thomas Franklin.
To my son Wm. Franklin, 6 or 7a of Moles Venture.
To my son Joseph Franklin, the 59a of Moles Venture
he dw. on.
To my wife, 1/2 my p. e., & on her d., equ.
div. betw. my sons Thomas & JosephFranklin.
To the heirs of my son Robt. Franklin, my dau. Elizabeth
Davis, & my dau. [not named], 1 sh. sterl. apiece.
The residue of my p. e. to Rebecca Brown.
Extrs: my wife & my son Thomas Franklin.
Witn: Richd. Barnes, James Provin, Thomas Evans.
24 Dec. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of the heir at law [not named].
Liber 31, folio 274
26 April 1759
HUDSON, ELIZABETH, Charles Co.
To my son Philip Hudson, negro woman Slin, the bed
he lays in, & a small square table Thomas Thompson made for me.
To my son Richard Hudson, my hand mill & money
scales.
To my son Wm. Hudson, my rum case & whole bottles
& a bed.
To my dau. Elizabeth Davis, 5 sh.
To my dau. & extr., Johanna Hudghson, my 3 negro
boys Robbin, Harry, & Jo Mason, & the residue.
Witn: Robert Doyne, Jane Doyne, youngest.
--- Jan. 1761, sworn to by Jane Doyne.
Liber 31, folio 275
25 Oct. 1758
KINSMAN, JOHN, Charles Co., innholder.
To my wife & extrx., Jennet Kinsman, my whole
e. to dispose of to her chldn. or grdchldn.
Witn: John Goddy, William Smallwood, Jr., Notley
Luckett.
19 Dec. 1760, sworn to by Gody & Luckett
Liber 31, folio 276
29 Nov. 1760
MINITREE, JACOB ANDREW, Charles Co.
To my son Andew Minitree, Minitrees Garden, 5 1/2a
on Cuckolds Crk., my clock, & a large looking glass.
To my dau. Elizabeth, a ewe & lamb.
To my son Jacob Minitree, a young gilt [sic] big
with pig.
To my dau. Anne, a large looking glass & negro
girl Jane.
To my dau. Rosemond, negro child Clarissa.
To my dau. Mary, a bed.
To my dau. Hanna, a large looking glass & 6
silver teaspoons.
To my son Gilford, 6 large silver tablespoons.
The residue of my p. e. to my wife, Rosamond Minitree,
for widhood, & if she mar., be div. betw. my 6 chldn: Ann, Rosamond,
Hannah, Gilford, Paul, & David
Minitree.
Extrs: my wife, Rosamond, & my dau. Ann Minitree.
Witn: Wm. Brown, Wm Turner, Thomas Harris.
Sworn to by Brown 12 March 1761 & by Turner
& Harris 1 April 1761; the heir at law is out of the Province.
Liber 31, folio 277
14 Sept. 1760
SYMPSON, THOMAS, Charles Co.
To my wife, Mary Simpson, 3 negroes: Ned, Cate,
& Sarah.
To my son Andrew Sympson, the part of my plntn.
he dw. on no further than the main rd. from Piles Warehouse to Chapll,
adj. the land John Russell dw. on, &
negro fellow Ralph.
To my son James Sympson, the rest of the land I
dw. on, called Thomas, & negro fellow Stephen.
To my [dau.?] Mary Ann Thompson & my sons Thomas
& Ignatius Sympson, an English sh. apiece.
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. betw.
my wife, Mary, & my sons Andrew & James Sympson.
Extrs: my wife, Mary, & my son James Sympson.
Witn: John Winter, James Campbell, John Urquhart.
21 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.; the heir
at law, living at the back woods, was notified but not present; the widow
renounced the devise of land but accepted the chattels.
Liber 31, folio 278
13 March 1761
HAWKINS, THOMAS MARSHALL, Charles Co.
To my wife & extrx., Ann Hawkins, the residue
of my e. except 3000 lb. crop tob. to my bro. Randolph Hawkins.
Witn: J. Hawkins, Josias Hanson.
30 April 1761, sworn to by Henry Hawkins & Josias
Hanson in presence of Randolph Hawkina, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 279
16 July 1760
EDELEN, RICHARD, Charles Co.
To my wife, Anne Edelen, for life, the dw. house
& office where I live with my plntn. Askington S of the house to Zachaiah
Swamp, 4 negroes - Sarah, Nan, Lo-
cust, & Sam - plate, negro girl Monaca, Edelen's Amendment 104a
, negro wench Moll, 1/2 the livestock, her riding horse & 3 horses,
3 beds, & other hhold furn.
To my son Edward Edelen, the rest of my dw. plntn.
(except 200a) & another tract. adj. on the S side Gerards Run I bought
of Kenelm Chiseldine, Freemans Hunting Quarter 200a I bought of Adley
Davis in St. Mary's Co., Askington 630a, Westwood Lodge 100a, 3 negroes
Edward, Old Nan (wife of his negro Ned),
& Loucy, a young wench, & after my wife's d., negro man Locust
To my grdson Richard Edelen, s. o. Philip Edelen,
the upper 150a of Ham's I bought of John Baptist Boarman, negro wench Monacha
on my wife's d, negro boy Joe, a bed & other hhold furn., livestock,
& plate.
To my son Philip Edelen, Lantumham 200a I bought
of John Batt & the rest of the land I bought of John Baptist Boarman,
negro Long Jack, & plate.
To my grdson James Edelen, s. o. Thomas Edelen,
120a at the N end of Sympsons Supply where Richd. Higdon lives & negro
man Stephen.
To my grdson Edward Edelen, the rest of sd. Sympsons
Supply, & on my wife's d., negro boy George & negro wench Sarah.
To Richd. Edelen, s. o. Thos. Edelen, 100a I bought
of Luke Gardiner in Prince George's Co. near the N br. of Piscattaway.
To the Revd.George Hunter & his successors 1a
of Saint Thomas near Newport, our burying place where our chapel stands.
To Mary Ann Boarman, d. o. Wm. Boarman & by
my dau. Winefred, & in default of heirs, to the next heir of sd. Wm,
Ye Hope, 250a I purchased of John & James Hills.
To my grdson Philip Edelen, s. o. Thmas Edelen,
200a of Calvertin Manner which Thos. Holly & Joseph Crown live on &
negro boy Lawrence.
To my grdson Thos. Edelen, s. o. Thos. Edelen, the
plntn. Elexander Steel lives on & negro man Charles.
To my grddaus. Henrietta Thompson & Susanna
Edelen, d. o. my son Thos. Edelen, equ. div., Thornby 200a.
To my grdson Edward Edelen, s. o. Edwd. Edelen,
on my wife's d., 200a of Askington adj. Westwood Lodge & on Stanfords
Run, & negro man Aron.
To my grdson Francis Edelen, s. o. Edwd. Edelen,
on my wife's d., Edelens Amendment,104a where my lower quarter stands.
To Eleanor Boarman, d. o. Bennett Boarman, negro
man Ben.
To each of my grddaus. Elizabeth Corry & Mary
Lancaster, 200a, parts of Lawrel's Br., Run at a Venture, & Friendship,
on Mattawoman Run.
To Anne Neal, my grddau. & dau. of Benja. Neal,
& to my grddau. Charity Edelen, dau. of Thomas Edelen, equ. div., the
rest of the sd. 3 tracs.
To my grdson Philip Edelen, s. o. Thomas Edelen,
all of sd. 3 tracts on the N side Mattawoman Run.
To my grdson Raphael Boarman, 2 cows & calves
from my upper quarter.
To my grddau. Susanna Edelen, d. o. Thomas Edelen,
nego boy Gustee.
To my grddau. Ann Edelen, d. o. Philip Edelen, negro
boy Little Stephen.
To my grddau. wife of Charles Boon & d. o. Thos.
James Boarman, 180a of Boarman's Manner.
To my son Edward Edelen & grdson Richd. Edelen,
equ. div., my surveying instruments.
To my grddau. Mary Edelen, d. o. Philip Edelen,
negro girl Poll
To my grddau. Charity Edelen, d. o. Thomas Edelen,
negro man Little Jack.
To my grddau. the youngest dau. of my son Philip
Edelen, on my wife's d., negro wench Nan.
To my grdson James Neale, s. o. Bennet Neale, on
my wife's d., negro man Sam.
Extrs: sons Philip & Edward Edelen, who are
to have the residue equ. div.
Witn: James Campbell, John Urquhart, Bennett Simms,
Randolph Brandt.
17 Dec. 1761, sworn to by all 4 witn; the heir at
law refused to be present; the widow renounced the will as to the p. e.
but accepted it as to the land.
Liber 31, folio 283
26 Aug. 1756
THOM, ELIZABETH, Charles Co., widow.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Hanson, negro wench Hannah
(to serve her 10 yrs. & then be discharged), old negro wench Flora,
kitchenware, & my large Bible.
To my grdau. Mary Musket, negro man Dick (in place
of Jesse, whom I give to Elizabeth Cunningham, & if she d. s. p., to
sd. Mary's mother, Mary Musket), negro wench Shandel, kitchenware, other
hhold furn., & livestock.
To my grddau. Sarah Fowke, negro wench Phillis (to
serve her 10 yrs. & be discharged), a bed, & a chest that stands
in the hall.
To my grddau. Violater Hanson, negro girl Judith,
negro child Ben, my horse Skip, a bed, livestock, 6 deep plates, 6 shallow
plates, an 8-gal. pot, & a table.
To my grdson Robert Hanson, negro boy Jim, a bed,
& if Violater d. before mar. or Rbt. d. before he is of age, all to
the survivor.
To my grtgrddau. Hellose Hanson, negro girl Precilla
& negro child Elijah.
To my grtgrddau. Margaret Hanson, negro girl Flora
& 2 cows.
To my grtgrdson Walter Hanson, negro boy Harry,
s. o. negro Hannah.
To my grtgrdson Hoskin Hanson, negro girl
Charity.
To my grtgrddau. Mary Hanson, negro girl Nan.
To my grtgrddau. Grace Hanson, negro boy Dick, s.
o. Hannah.
To my grtdgrddau. Catherine Fowke, negro Chloe.
To my grtgrdson Roger Fowke, negro boy Jonathan.
To my grtgrdson, Gerard Fowke, negro boy Harry,
s. o. negro Phillis.
To Mary Boye, d. o. Elizabeth & & Abram
Boye, 2 cows & calves & all my clothes.
To Anne Miller, formerly Anne White, a bed, 2 cows,
& a pewter dish.
To Thomas Hanson, whole natural born son of Ann
White, 2 whole year old [sic] schooling & a heifer.
Extr: Walter Hanson.
Witn: Sam. Jones, Ann Price, Mary Anderss[on].
26 March 1761, sworn to by Jones & Price.
Liber 31, folio285
11 Feb. 1748/9
NOE, ELEANOR, Charles Co., widow.
To my cousin Eleanor Fearson, widow of Wolter Fearson
decd., for life, 3 adj. tracts on Potomac R. in William & Mary Parish
- one taken up by Robert Sim- kins, another by John Shingsby, & another
by Humphry Howell - all in possn. of John Hamwell, John Corry, & myself,
& then to Wolter Fearson, her eldest son.
To Wolter Fearson, s. o. Eleanor Fearson, a heifer,
a horse, & a chest with lock & key.
To my cousin & extrx., Eleanor Fearson, all
the rest of my e.
Witn: James Neale, Wm. Bruce, John Tomers.
27 Dec. 1761, sworn to by Wm Brown, one of the witn.
with James Neale & John Towus.
Liber 31, folio 286
30 Nov. 1760
BRYAN, WILLIAM, Charles Co.
To my wife, Frances, for life, 1/2 the residue of
my e., & on her d., to my son William.
To my son Wm. Bryan, 1/2 my e., & on the d.
of my sd. wife, the other 1/2.
To my dau. Philester Chesher, a English sh.
To William Grey, a suit of my wearing appl., that
is, coat, jacket, & breeches.
Extrs: Frances, my wife, & William, my son.
Wtn: Charles Love, Robert Gill.
17 Dec. 1760, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 287
24 Dec. 1760
COLE, EDWARD, Jr., Charles Co.
To my eldest son, James Cole, all my lands in Prince
George's Co. & Partnership, in Charles Co. near Zechiah Manner.
To my son Edward Coile, all my lands in Pamunkey
Neck & 2 tracts mtgd. to me by Robert Cato.
To my dau.-in-law Sarah Tany, 2 negro girls, Precilla
& Rachel.
To charitable uses L 20 sterl.
Extrx: my wife, Sarah
Witn: James Leiper, Geo. Barker, Andrew Gibbs.
1 April 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.; the heir
at law being a minor & therefore not present.
Liber 31, folio 288.
21 Jan. [1761]
ELEXANDER HANNAH, Talbot Co.
3 March 1761, Aron Paratt, aged 24 yrs, & Benjamin
Paratt, aged 30 yrs, both planters & Quakers, made identical depositions:
that on 21 Jan., Hannah Elex- ander sent for them to witn. this will: to
my dau. Rebecca, my white mare, bridle & saddle; to my dau. Mary, a
young black horse; to my dau. Nancy, a couple of
gowns & petticoats, & my son Howel Powel is to be my extr.
Liber 31, folio 289
30 Nov. 1760
BALL, JOHN, Talbot Co.
To my wife, [Mary Ball], & her 4 chldn., Jonathan,
Samuel, Mary, & Ruth & my son William, the residue of my e. equ.
div.
To my sons Thomas Ball, Benjamin Ball, & John
Ball, 1 sh. sterl. apiece.
` To my dau. Susanna Haddaway, a cow & calf & 2
ewes & 1 sh. sterl.
To my son James Ball, a young cow & 1 sh. sterl.
The residue, after my wife's 1/3, is to be equ.
div. among my younger chldn.
Extrs: my wife & my son Wm. Ball, & he is
to keep my chldn. & my e. together till my dau. Ruth is 16.
Witn: Joseph Toope, Thomas Fairbanks, James Carroll.
17 March 1761, affirmed by Fairbank (Quaker) &
sworn to by Carroll & Mary Ball, the widow, elected her 1/3 of the
p. e.
4 Feb. 1761, Wm. Ball renounced the extrship.
Liber 31, folio 290
12 Nov. 1760
LOCKERMAN, JOHN, Sr., Talbot Co., Gent.
To my son John Lockerman's 3 chldn.- Richard, Jacob,
& Elizabeth Lockerman - equ. div., 2/3 my p. e.
To Mary Spencer, for her services, a bed of which
she owns part.
Extr: nephew Jacob Kindman.
Witn: Nichs. Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer.
17 March 1761, sworn to by both witn. in presence
of John Lockerman, s. o. testator.
Liber 31, folio 291
12 Feb. 1761
FITZPATRICK, DAVID, Talbot co.
Extrx: my wife, Eleanor.
To my son David FitzPatrick, all my land, &
for want of heirs, to the next heir at law.
To my dau. Eleanor FitzPatrick, 500 lb. tob.
Benjamin Sheald shall have the use of the house
he is building & the land it is on for 4 yrs.
My negro man Phill may be sold to Mr. Robert Lloyd
or John Clayland, & nobody else, for L 60.
To my 5 chldn. - Fair Cloe FitzPatrick, David FitzPatrick,
Wm. Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth FitzPatrick, & Eleanor FitzPatrick - equ.
div., the residue of my p. e., &
my wife is to retain the boys' parts till they are 21 & the girls'
till they are 16.
Witn: Jacob Gibson, Solomon Yewell, John King Parr.
18 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 wit.
Liber 31, folio 292
18 Dec. 1760
WARD, JACOB, Somerset Co.
To my wife, Mary Ward, for widhood, my dw. plntn.
To my son Stephen Ward, my dw. plntn. on the m.
or d. of his mother, Mary Ward, a young black horse, & a bed.
To my son Isaac Ward, at age 21 or mar., L 100,
a sorrel colt, & a bed.
To my son Benjamin Ward, at age 21 or mar., L 100
& a young mare.
To my son Joseph Ward, at age 16 or mar., L 100.
To my dau. Jemima Ward, a case of drawers, a sorrel
mare, 2 cows & calves, & a bed.
To my dau. Mary Ward, a desk, a bed, & a young
mare.
My dau. Betty shall have 2 cows & calves, a
mare colt, & a bed.
On the d. or mar. of my wife, my p. e. is to be
div. among my chldn: Stephen, Isaac, Benjamin, Joseph, Jemima, Mary, &
Betty.
Extrs: my wife, Mary, & my son Stephen Ward.
Witn: Wm. Miles, Wm. Juit, Jonathan Summers.
2 May1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 294
27 May 1760
WHITE, STEPHENS, Somerset Co.
To my wife, Betty White, a case of drawers that
came by her, a bed, 1/2 my livestock, & all my China & earthen
ware.
To my bro. & extr., Elias White, my 500a, part
Rehoboth & part Caldcut.
To my sd. wife & my son Wm. Stevens White, equ.
div., the residue of my p. e.
To my friend Col. Robert Jenkins Henry, grdnship
of my sd. son til he is of age.
Witn: Robt. Taylor, David Boston, Solomon Boston.
6 May 1761, sworn to by Taylor, the only witn in
the county to be had, & the widow elected her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 295
27 March 1760
WATERS, JOHN, Somerset Co.
To my wife, Mary Elizth. Waters, for life, these
negroes - Sam, Charles, Dick, Mark, Jack, Caesar, & Sarah - & on
her d., to be equ. div. among my 5 young-
est chldn: George, William, Edward, Littleton, & Peter Waters;
also to my sd. wife for life, the plntn. I live on, & on her d., to
my son John Waters.
To my son John Waters, negro man Berry, 6 silver
spoons, a chair, 2 hgshds. tob., my copper stillhead provided he pay 1/2
the value to my son Spencer.
To my son Spencer Waters, negroes Will & Ned,
my silver can, 1 hgshd. tob., & 1/2 the value of my copper stillhead
& worm.
To my son Geo. Nicholas Severn Waters, Hogg Yard,
on the NW Br. of Nanticoke R. in Dorchester Co. & these negroes: woman
Virginia Sarah, girls Tamar & Rachel, & boy Peter.
To my son Wm. Waters, these negroes: Adam, Jane,
Hagar, & Ellick.
To my son Edwd. Waters, these negroes: Esther, James,
Sue, & Andrew.
To my son Littleton Waters, these negroes: Daniel,
Winney, Palace, & Jefrey.
To my son Peters Waters, these negroes: Hannah,
Jonathan, Robert, Steven, & Jude.
To John Teague of Worcester Co., ---------, in Worcester
Co., where he lives.
To John Denwood, son Levin Denwood, negro girl Nanny.
To Esabel Selby, wife of Ezekiel Selby, negro woman
Abigail, but if she & her husb. not release to my sons Spencer &
Geo. the land on the NW Fork of Nanticoke R. I purchased of Levin Denwood,
sd. negro woman to my son Geo. Waters.
To my sd. 5 youngest chldn. my marshes down Potatoe
Neck until my son Peter is 21.
To my son Edwd. Waters, the tuition of my son Littleton
till he is 21.
Extrs: sons John, Geo., & Edwd. Waters.
Witn: Henry Lowes, Wm. Waters, Jr., Geo. Waters,
Jr.
28 April 1761, sworn to by Wm., Jr., & Geo.,
Jr., & the widow, by letter, stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 298
7 Jan. 1761
RICHARDSON, RICHARD, Frederick Co., farmer.
All my lands not excepted, after notice by ads in
the Pennsylvania & Maryland Gazettes, are to be sold, & of the
money therefrom, to my dau. Sophia Mathews,
L 20 & the rest equ. div. among my 5 sons - Saml., Richd., Thos.,
John, & Wm. Richardson - & the shares of my 2 young sons are to
be invested till they are 21.
The 100a of Josiah purchased by me from Henry Clagett,
where my son-in-law Edwd. Mathews lives, are to be sold.
To my son Samuel, negro boy Ellick.
To my son Richard, negro boy West River.
To my son Thomas, negro boy Bob.
To my son William, negro boy Nich.
To my son John, negro boy Sam.
To my dau. Milcah, negro woman Sall, a black walnut
cupboard, all my china, silver pint cup, & a cotton counterpin.
To my dau. Lucretia, little negro girl Phebe, a
set of silver teaspoons, tongs & strainer, & 3 large silver spoons.
To my dau. Sophia Mathews, negro girl Jenny.
To my dau. Margaret Peddycourt, negro girl Esther,
as many feathers as will make a bed bolster & 2 pillows, 3 ewes, &
a sow & pigs.
The esidue is to be equ. div. among my 6 youngest
chldn: Richard, Thomas, Milcah, John, William, & Lucretia.
Extrs: my cousins Samuel Richardson & Richard
Thomas of Frederick Co.
Witn: John Darnall, Henry Darnall, Jr., Edward Tamey.
7 Feb. 1761, the extrs. renounce extrship.
27 May 1761, sworn to by Mr. Henry Darnall &
Edward Tansey.
Liber 31, folio 300
20 April 1761
GRIFFITH, GEORGE, [Dorchester Co.]
To each of my sister Mary Gowtees chldn. a cow calf
or yearling.
To my bro. John Griffith, all my negroes [not named],
horses, & cattle.
Witn: John Trippe, Jr., William Whit, William Lewis.
28 April 1761, all 3 witn. depose that on 20 April
1761 they heard Geo. Grifith, then sick, now d., say all his sister's chldn.
should have a cow calf or yearling &
then sd. John Trippe said I suppose you'll leave your negroes, horses,
& cattle to your bro. Jonny, to which he answered yes.
The aforegoing dep. were taken in the presence of
Joseph Gowtee, who mar. decd.'s sister.
Liber 31, folio 301
21 Oct. 1760
PRICHET, EDWARD, Dorcester Co.
To my bro. Lot Prichet, 8 pistoles, & to Edward
Prichet, his son, an English guinea.
To Edward, s. o. Phunback Prichet, 8 pistoles.
To Evans Prichet, s. o. John Prichet decd., a 4-pistole
piece.
To Henry Fisher, s. o. Hery Fisher, a 4-pistole
piece.
To John Macnemara, Sr., a 4-pistole piece.
To William Prichet, s. o. Zebulon Prichet, 3 English
guineas & a buccaneer gun.
To Jabus Prichet & Thomas Prichet, s. o. Phunback
Prichet, 1 pistole each.
To Mary Prichet, d. o. Phunback Prichet, an English
guinea.
To Benja. Todd, s. o. Benjamin Todd, an English
guinea.
To Levin Prichet, s. o. Phunback Prichet, my lands
on the strates: The Hope 70a & part of The Addition to Hope.
To Arthur Prichet, s. o. Phunback Prichet, Ringwood
(part of my dw. plntn.), Prichet's Meadows 40a, & part of The Addition
to The Hope, & if Levin or Ar-
thur d. without male issue, sd. lands to Thomas Prichet, s. o. Phunback
Prichet.
To Edward Prichet, s. o. Edward Prichet, at age
16, 2 guineas.
The residue to my bro. Phunback Prichet & his
2 sons Levin & Arthur, equ. div., & if either d., Jabus is to have
an equ. share.
Extrs: sd. bro. Phunback Pritchet & hs sons
Arthur & Levin.
Witn: Robert Scott, Shadrack Fallen, Levin Fallin.
6 Feb. 1761, sworn to by Shadrack & Levin Fallin.
Liber 31, folio 202
10 Dec. 1760
BERWICK, EDWARD, the elder, Dorchester Co., planter.
To my wife, Alice, for life, the 200a of Taunton
Dean where I live & 44a of Forest Range adj., negro man Yorkshire,
negro woman Pat, & negro girl Silva.
To my son William, 84a of Chance, in the head of
Dorchester Co. & negro man Pompey.
To my son James, 109a of the E 1/2 of Chance, negro
man Harry, negro boy Kent, & 2 cows & yearlings.
To my son Nathan, 122a of Chearing Cross, the whole
containing 148 1/2a & negro man Adam.
To my son Edward, 26 1/2a (or 20 1/2 a) of Chearing
Cross on the E side of the rd. from Choptank Bridgeto Marshope Bridge &
96a of Forest Range.
To my son John, negroes Jack & Pegg & L
10.
To sd. son Edward, negro woman Ledya.
To my son Joshua, negro girl Beck.
To my son Solomon, negro boy Cylas & negro girl
Grace.
The residue is o be equ. div. among my 4 youngest
chldn: Edward, Nathan, Joshua, & Solomon & my sd. wife.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my sd. son James.
Witn: Thos. White, Edward White, John Chaffin.
10 March 1761, sworn to by Edwd. White & John
Chaffin.
Liber 31, folio 304
11 Aug. 1760
POTTER, ZABDIEL, Dorchester Co., mariner, bound on a voyage to sea.
To my son Nathaniel Potter, my dw. plntn. Phillips
Range & Moor's Chance adj., both containing 300a.
To my son Zabdiel Potter, Couakus Firlds 200a, Lazy
Hill 58a, & L 50 at age 21, as his land is not equivalent to his bro.
Nathaniel's.
Some trusty person in Newport, Rhode Island, is
to be sent a pwr. of atty to settle my father's state, of which I was an
extr.
The residue is to be equ. div. betw. my 2 sons Nathaniel
& Zabdiel.
Extrs: my wife, Sarah Potter, & my 2 sd. sons
Nathaniel & Zabdiel.
Witn: Samuel Fountain, Mathew Driver, Nichs. Price.
10 March 1761, sworn to by Fountain.
Liber 31, folio 305
24 March 1759
ADAMS, ROGER, Dorchester Co., planter.
To my dau. Mary, negro woman New Jude & her
child Cudger, 5 head of cattle, horse & saddle.
To my dau. Nisse, negro woman Fan & her child
Sarah, a bed, 5 head of cattle, horse & saddle, & 2 sow & pigs.
To my son Charles, negro boys Levi, Harry, &
Will, bed, horse & saddle, 5 head of cattle, & 2 sows pigs.
To my dau. Nancy Sterling, negro boy John, girl
Rose, bed, 5 head of cattle, horse & saddle, & 2 sows & pigs.
To my son Charles Addams, my dw. plntn. &still,
Lynkhorn 50a, Chifon Delight 29a, Addition to Linkhorn 41a, Part of Adams
Fairdealing 26a, Addition to Buckleys 77a, Goodluck 130a, Bachelors Corter
23a, part ------- 22 1/2a, Nutter's Addition 100a, & the land of Thomas
Murray, Sr.
To my cousin Czera Adams, The Folly 100a & a
cow& calf.
To my cousin Boze Adams, a cow & calf.
To my cousin Mary Adams, d. o. Wm. Adams, 2 cows
& calves.
Witn: Thomas Nutter, Thos. Royall, Richard Shockley.
11 March 1761, sworn to by Royal & Shockley.
Liber 31, folio 306
28 Jan. 1761
CAIL, HALL, Dorchester Co.
To my sister Ann Crompton & Robert Harrison,
each L 50 sterl.
To Jane Harmer, L 20 sterl.
To my bro. John Caile, the land conveyed to me by
Richard B[r]yan.
I empower my extrs. to sell the land for the conveying
of which Richd. Glover of this county has given me his bond . . .
To my wife, Elizabeth, my 2 chldn. Mary &
Margaret Hall, & the child my wife is big with, equ. div., the rest
of my p. e.
Extrs: my wife, Elizabeth, & my bro. John Cail.
Witn: John Anderson, Charles Goldsboroug, Moses
Allen.
27 March 1761, sworn to by Anderson & Allen.
Liber 31, folio 307
5 Feb. 1761
NICOLLS, MARK, Dorchester Co.
To my son Daniel Nicolls, at age 21, negro girl
Thamar, a good bed, & L 20.
To my wife & extrx., Mary, & my 3 daus.,
Margaret, Rhoda, & Rachel Nicolls, equ. div., the rest of my
p. e.
Witn: James Anderson, Alice Anderson.
13 April 1761, sworn to by both witn., & the
widow refused to stand to the will.
Liber 31, folio 308
16 Sept. 1760
SMITH, WILLIAM, Dorchester Co., planter.
To my son Thomas Smith, 4 head of black cattle &
a white sow usually called Tommy's
To my dau. Nancy Smith, a small brindle cow yearling
& my large Bible.
To my dau. Phissillah Smith, a small pewter dish
& Blossom's heifer.
To my [son?] Whitand Smith, a black & white
pied heifer.
To my dau. Betty Whitand Smith, 2-yr.-old heifer
Stately.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth Smith, the residue
of my p. e., & on her d. equ. div. betw. my afsd. 5 chldn.
Witn: Wieland, Gregory Woodward, Betty Smith.
11 March 1761, sworn to by Betty Smith & William
Wheland.
Liber 31, folio 309
8 Oct. 1760
SIMBS, THOMAS, Dorchester Co.
To my wife, Ann Simbs, for life, all my e. r. &
p., & then to Charles Hamilton.
Witn: Jos. Alford, Edward Billiter, Joseph Billiter.
16 Dec. 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 310
20 Oct. 1760
PHILIPS, WILLIAM, Sr., Dorchester Co.
To my 2 cousins, Philemon Philips & Thomas Phillips,
equ. div., Thompsons Range.
Extr: my bro. Philemon Philips
Witn: John Mail, Thomas Meddes, Wm. Philips.
15 Jan. 1761, sworn to by Meddes & Philips.
Liber 31, folio 311
2 Jan. 1750
WILLOBY, MARTIN, Dorchester Co.
To my wife, Rebecca, 1/3 my m. e.
To my sons Titus & Samuel Willoby & the
child my wife is big with, all my other m. e.
To sd. son Saml., Willobys Adventure, the 100a I
live on, but if my sd. son Titus not get Skinners Folly, Willobys Adventure
equ. div. betw. my 2 sd. sons.
Sd. son Titus is to be brought up by my bro. Job
Willoby, & sd. son Saml. by my wife, Rebecca.
Extrs: my wife, Rebecca, & my bro. Job Willoby.
Witn: Pat Bysn, James Edge, Aaron Chance, William
Draper.
5 Jan. 1761, sworn to by Chance & Draper.
Liber 31, folio 312
26 March 1760
BOHANNAN, ANN, Queen Anns Co.
To my friend & extr., William Carmichal, all
the residue of my e.
Witn: John Brown, Elizabeth Nabb.
18 May 1760, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 312
22 March 1761
WHITE, MARY, Kent Island, Queen Anns Co.
To my son James White, negro man Titus, negro lad
Stepenny, negro woman Young Mareer, her son Tom, a best bed, a good desk,
& all crops in house & field.
To my dau. Elizabeth White, negro woman Old Mareer,
mulatto boy John, my riding mare, side saddle, & a good bed.
To my dau. Ann Bright, my double gown.
To my dau. Rachel Banford, my velvet mantle &
a pattern for a gown of black silk crape.
The residue, equ. div., to 7 of my chldn - James,
Mary, Lettitia, Alice,Susanna, Ann, & Elizabeth - & my grdson Samual
White.
Extrs: my son James White & Emory Sudler.
Witn: Marmad[uke] Goodhand, John Jeffers, Peter
Davis.
16 April 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 313
5 March 1761
McCAULL, JANE, Cumberland Co., Pnnsylvania.
To my son John McCaull, what of my e. is in his
hands.
To my son & extr., William McCaull, all my other
g. & c.
Witn: John Munn, Roger McKendley, Mary McKendley.
14 March & 30 March 1761, Baltimore Co., sworn
to by John Munn & Roger McKendley.
Liber 31, folio 314
26 March 1760
NORRIS, JOHN, [Baltimore Co.]
To my wife & extrx., Ann, for widhood, all my
p. e., & on her d., equ. div., among my 7 chldn: Thomas, James, William,
AnnGreer, Sarah Hitchcock, Rebecca
Ellets, & Mary Lowe.
To my son James Norris, 2 tracts, Expectation &
Rebecca's Lot, where he dw.
Witn: Philip Jackson, William Robinson, Peter Miles.
18 May 1761, sworn to by Jackson & Robinson
& affirmed by Miles (Quaker).
Liber 31, folio 315
19 Dec. 1760
THOMPSON, ANDREW, Baltimore Co.
To my son Andrew Thompson, on his mother's d., all
my land.
To my daus. Sarah Durham, wife of John Durham, &
Elizabeth Bush, wife of Isaac Bush, each 1 sh. sterl.
To my dau. Hannah Thompson, the bed she lies on
& a 2-yr.-old heifer.
To my wife, Elizabeth Thompson, for widhood, the
rest of my e. r. & p., & if she mar., all is to be sold by Equilla
Thompson & my son Andrew Thompson & the
money put at interest until my 3 [sic]sons & 2 daus. are of age
- Andrew, Elexander, Martha, & Precilla Thompson.
Witn: William Rigdon, James Thompson, Andrew Martin.
8 June 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 316
4 Sept. 1760
JENKINS, WILLIAM, Baltimore Co.
To my son William Jemkins, 50a of Irelands Mount.
To my son Francis Jenkins, 100a on the Barrons adj.
Richard Dever's, & on his mother's d., James's Place (a small piece),
& at age 21, L 25 & my clothes
To my son Samuel Jenkins, my dw. plntn., part of
Arabia Patrias to Coulai 166a on his mother's d., L 25 at age 21, &
his father's saddle at his father's d.
To my dau. Rachel Jenkins, negro girl Nann &
L 3, but if sd. girl d. before my e. is div., L 50 in her place.
To my dau. Martha, negro girl Hannah & L 3,
but if sd. girl d. before my e. is div., L 50 in her place.
To my dau. Margaret Jenkins, negro boy Peter &
L 8, but if sd. boy d. before my e. is div., L 45 in his place.
To my dau. Sarah Wells, negro girl Lucy, but if
sd. girl d. before my e. is div., L 20 in her place.
To my dau. Elizabeth Clark, L 10.
To my dau. Mary Emmitt, a small trunk & a set
of Chaney teaware.
To my wife & extrx., Rachell Jenkins, negro
woman Jane.
Witn: Wm. Fisher, Jos. Renshaw, William Wilkinson,
James Lee.
12 Dec. 1760, sworn to by Fisher & Wilkinson.
Liber 31, folio 317
8 Sept. 1760
LAWSON, ALEXANDER, Baltimore Co., merchant.
To Mr. Andrew Buchannan & Susanna, his wife,
L 500 sterl., negro girls Lidia & Melia, & iron backs from Nottingham
Furnace.
To my dau. Isabella, L 500 sterl. at age 21 or mar.
& negro girl Lucy.
To my dau. Mary, L 500 sterl. at age 21 or mar.
& negro girl Jenny.
To my dau. Rebecca, L 500 sterl. at age 21 or mar.
& negro girl Hannah.
If either of my daus. Isabella, Mary, & Rebecca,
d. before mar. or age 21, their money to my 2 sisters, Mrs. Laga &
Mrs. Robinson, & if more than one dau. d.
their money to my grddau. Eleanor Buchannan, & if she d. before
mar. of age 21, her money to my son Elexr.
To my mother [not named], L 15 sterl. per annum
for life.
To my bro. James Lawson, L 250 sterl.
To my servant boy Henry Shields, L 5 sterl. to be
laid out in land warrants & a horse now called his.
My clothes are to be div. betw. Walter Smith, who
lives in my family, & sd. Henry Shields.
To my wife, Dorothy Lawson, for life, the house
& lot where I live, 5 [?] slaves, firewood delivered to her door in
town, 20 tunns of pig iron yearly.
To my son Elexander Lawson, now in England, the
residue of my e. r. & p., & he is to stay in England until he has
completed his studies.
Extrs: my wife, Dorothy Lawson, & my son Elexander
Lawson.
Witn: N[ichoilas] Ruxton Gay, William Rogers, [Dr.]
William Lyon.
5 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 319
11 June 1758
WILMOT, RACHEL, Baltimore Co.
To my dau. Rachel Willmot, negro manmoses, a large
Ironpot, a water pale, & all the food & drink in my house.
Tomy grddau. Rachel Moore, negro boy Jim.
To my grddau. Ruth Cromwell, negro girl Frank.
To my grdson William Cromwell, the bed with the
newest tick.
To my rdson James Franklin, negro boy will &
a bed.
To my grddau. Ruth Wilmot, negro girl Lucy.
To my grddau. Ruth Towson, negro girl Pethamar.
To Ann Cartill, wife of Peter Cartill, negro woman
Sarah, an iron pot, & a suit of bed curtains.
The residue to my 6 chldn - John, Richard, Robert,
& Rachel Wilmot, Dinah Towson, wife of Wm. Towson, & Hannah Moore,
wife of James Moore, Jr. - div.
by my neighbors Edward Stevenson & Joseph Taylor.
Extr: my son Richard Willmot.
Witn: Joseph Taylor, Richd. Chenworth, Edward Parish.
8 June 1761, affirmed by Taylor & Parish (Quakers?)
& sworn to by Chenworth.
Liber 31, folio 320
30 May 1752
BORING, THOMAS, Baltimore Co.
To my son James Boreing, 1 sh. sterl.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth Boreing, for
life, Cuomas Point 50a, & on her d., to my son Rubin Boring.
Witn: Joseph Taylor, Edwd. Stevenson, Jr., Richd.
Daughaday.
11 May 1761, affirmed by Taylor & Daughaday
(Quakers?).
Liber 31, folio 321
8 Nov. 1760
PURNELL, MATHEW, Worcester Co., Gent.
To my grdson Thomas Purnell, s. o. Levi Purnell,
part of 2 tracts, Purnells Securety & Addition to Sherborn near Ninepin
Br. & a causaway.
To my grdson Levi Purnell, s. o. Levi Purnell, the
NW part of Purnells Security on the river & Ninepin Br., partly on
the plntn. my son Levi lived on.
To my son Azariah Purnell, for life, part of Purnells
Securety & Addition to Sherborn adj. my grdson Levi Purnell & the
plntn. where Wm. Hancock lived.
To my son John Purnell, part of Purnells Securety
& Addition to Sherbourn's, to a white oak & a gum in Coopers Pond,
to the corner of John Hammond's fence.
To my son Thomas Purnell, for life, part of Purnells
Securety on the County Road.
To my grdson Mathew Purnell, s. o. Thomas, on the
d. of his father, the land I gave him, & if Mathew d. s. p., to the
4th son of Thomas if there be one.
To my son Elisha Purnell, a part of Purnells Securety
beginning at the River Swamp adj. son Thomas down the Coty Road to Mill
Lot, & if he d. before age 21...
To my son Jeptha Purnell, part of Purnells Securety
beg. on Copongow Br.
To my son Benjamin Purnell, part of Purnells Securety
& the right to make ditches thro. my land to draw the water of his
land.
To my friend John Hammond, 108a of Purnells Securety
provided he quit all claim to Ravenstone.
To my son Wm. Purnell, for life, the plntn I live
on beg. at Mill Lot, on the d. of his mother, my wife Martha Purnell, &
if he d. s. p., to my sons Benja. & Elisha.
To my sons Elisha & William, equ. div., Addition.
To my son Thomas, for life, part of Addition to
Sherbourn adj. Sherbourn, & then to my grdson Mathew Purnell, s. o.
Thomas.
To my son William Purnell, who is to be free at
age 18, Mill Lott, the water mill thereon, & negro man James, &
the earnings thereof are to keep him at school.
To my son Mathew Purnell, L 100, provided he arrive
home before my son William is 18.
To my 3 [sic] grdchldn. Thomas & Levi Purnell,
equ. div., L 40 when they come to age [18?].
To my dau. Catherine Purnell, negro girl Tab.
To my dau. Mary Purnell, negro girl Judah.
The rest of my m. e., after my wife's d., is to
be equ. div. among 6 of my chldn: John, Catherine, Elisha, Benjamin, Mary,
& William.
Extrs: my wife, Martha Purnell, & my son John
Purnell.
Witn: James Noble, Macclamy Jones, Jr., Joshua Jones,
Jr., John Hammond, Jr.
29 May 1761, sworn to by all 4 witn., & the
widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 325
24 Sept. 1760
SMITH, ARCHIBALD, Worcester Co.
To my son Solomon Smith, Murtle Grove 50a.
To my sons Archibald & John Smith, 200a of Plumpton
Soltash.
To my son Samuel Smith, 68a of James Choice.
To my 4 chldn.- Abigail, Mary, Betty, & George
Smith - L 4 apiece.
To my son George Smith, a gun called the Trench
Buckanier.
The residue is to be equ. div. among my 8 chldn.,
& my sons are to be of age at 18 & my daus. at 16.
Extrs: my wife, Tamer Smith, & my bro. George
Smith.
Witn: Benjamin Handy, Jr., Rebecca Smith, Jr., James
Methvin.
3 June 1761, sworn to by Handy & Smith.
Liber 31, folio 326
26 Aug. 1760
HUDSON, DENNIS, Worcester Co.
To my 3 sons - Jekuish, Levin, & Seth Hudson
- 200a of St. Laurences Neck & 250a of Deal, both on the seaboard side,
& my land adj. John Marshall's land to the extent of my land to Thos.
Purnells land & Isaac Marshall's land.
To my son Denis Hudson, 200a of Edwards Lott &
my old Buchanear gun.
To my son Jakuish Hudson, my long gun, & to
my son Levin Hudson, my other gun, called The Indian.
To my dau. Eleanor Hudson, the [best?] desk &
2 cows & calves.
To my son Truatt Hudson, a ewe & 1 sh. sterl.
The residue is to b div. among my chldn. Jakuish,
Dennis, Levin, Seth, & Eleanor Hudson.
Extrs: wife, Sarah Hudson, & son Jakuish Hudson.
Witn: Samuel Collings, Hugh Heather, James Porter.
22 May 1761, sworn to by Porter & Collings.
Liber 31, folio 328
29 Oct. 1760
STEVENSON, ROBERT, [Worcester Co.], wheelwright.
To my wife, Hannah Stevenson, negro girl Dina, &
for widhood, my dw. plntn., & on her d., equ. dv. as the br. runs,
to my sons Samuel & James.
On my wife's d., negro Peter to my son Robert, negro
Derry to my son James, 2 negro girls Nanny & Pleasant to my dau. Polly,
negro Cesar to my son Samuel.
To my dau. Polly, a bed, a chest of drawers, a mare
& saddle, plates &dishes, & 2 basins.
To my son Robert, a desk, a case of bottles, young
horse Lightfoot, bridle & saddle, & all my tools div. betw. my
2 sons Robert & Samuel.
The residue is to be div. equ. among my 4 chldn:
Robert, Samuel, Polly, & James
Extrs: my sd. wife, Hannah Stevenson, &
my son Robert Stevenson.
Witn: William East, Elexr. Mills, Joseph Stevenson.
3 June 1761, sworn to by Stevenson, East having
moved to Virginia & Mills being d.
Liber 31, folio 329
6 Nov. 1761
TIMMONS, ARON, Worcester Co.
To my dau. Edy Timmons, a 3-yr.-old pyed cow.
To my dau. Drictor Timmons, a pide cow with calf.
To my dau. Rhoda Timmons, a cow with calf.
To my son William Timmons, a 2-yr.-old heifer.
To my dau. Elizabeth Timmons, 1 sh. sterl.
To my wife & extrx., [Susannah Timmons], the
rest of my e.
Witn: Mullington Bowen, Levina Bowen, Elizabeth
Hall.
3 April 1761, sworn to by Hall, & 4 April 1762
[sic] Susannah Timmons, widow of Aaron, gave up the admin. to her dau.
Ede Timmons.
Liber 31, folio 330
4 May 1761
RUSSEL, ANDREW, Worcester Co.
To my son & extr., John Russell, a cow &
calf, a 2-gallon & a 4-gallon pot, a small iron kettle, 2 chests, a
smoothing iron, a linen wheel & a wooling wheel, a plough & harrow
& 3 chains, a frying pan, a cypress powdering tub, a barrel, &
mare Jenn.
Witn: Rouse Fassit, Reuben Crapper.
3 June 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 331
2 Dec. 1760
HALL, WILLIAM, Bockingham Hundred, Worcester Co., shoemaker.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth Hall, for life,
all my e. r. & p., & on her d., my eldest son, Elijah, is to have
all my lands, but if he is undutiful to his mother, she is to
dispose of my r. e. to one or more chldn., as also my p. e.
Witn: Nathl. Ramsey, Wm. Franklin.
3 June 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Lier 31, folio 332
27 May 1761
HOLTON, MARTHEW or MARTHA, Talbot Co., widow.
To my son Joseph Harding, a bay mare Doe.
To my son John Harding, negro man Pompy.
The residue is to be equ. div. betw. my son &
extr., John Harding, & my grddau. Cornelia Harding.
Witn: William Brinn, Joseph Harding, Jr.
9 June 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 332
27 March 1760
ROBINS, WILLIAM, Talbot Co., Gent.
To my nephew Hanley Robins, at age 21, Smiths Clifts
& part of Holm Hill, 235a I bought of Jacob Wooters, Rich Range, Rich
Range Addition Fragment, &
Holm Hill which fell to me by the death of my bro. John Robins, 200a
of Coalen I bought of Abner Dudley, & several tracts on Tuckahod Crk.,
the N Br. of Chop-
tank R., & in default of heirs, to my nephew Thomas Robins, s.
o. my bro. George Robins; also to sd. nephew, negroes Harry, Jamey, Solomon,
Dick, James, Vi-
olet, Lidia, & Nan, & the residue of my e [By the end of the
will, Hanley has turned into Stanley.].
To my niece Margaret Robins, my chaise & harness.
Extr: my kinsman John Goldsborough.
Witn: John Sylvester, George Thompson, Elizabeth
Ray, Michael Ryen.
9 June 1761, sworn to by all 4 witn.
See folio 625 [formerly 725] for codicil & probate.
Liber 31, folio 334
9 June 1761
PARROTT, FRANCIS, Talbot Co., planter.
To my son John Parrott, negro woman Pegg.
To my son Abner Parrott, negro boy Jame.
My negro man Brister & a bay mare to my dau.
Mary Parrott, who is to give sd. mare's first colt to sd John & her
second to son Abner.
The residue is to be equ. div. among the rest of
my chldn: James & George Parrott, Hannah, wife of Henry Elaxander,
& Elizabeth, wife of Nicholas Holms.
Extrs: my son James & George Jenkins.
Witn; Sarah Woolcott, Thomas Martin, Jr., James
Martin.
23 June 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn, & James
Parrott refused to be involved in the execution of the will.
Liber 31, folio 335
6 Feb. 1761
HAINS, REBECCA, Talbot Co.
To my friends, the memb ers of Tuckahoe Meeting,
L 5 toward building a meeting huse.
To my sister Mary Fleetwood, , for life, my bed,
& on her d., to her dau. Margaret.
To my cousin Rebecca Dawson, my horse & saddle,
a teakettle, a trunk, my pewter & earthen ware, chairs, & largest
chest.
To my cousin Foster Taylor, my box iron & heater,
an iron pot & pothooks, a table, 2 chests, weavers loom, slays, &
harness.
To my cousin Rebecca Taylor, my frying pan &
calamanco quilt.
To my sisters Mary Fleetwood & Neomy Dauson,
equ. div., the best of my clothes.
To my friend & extr., Aaron Atkinson, the residue.
Witn: John Walker, Thomas Russell.
Aaron Atkinson denied bein extr., & 3 June 1761,
sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 336
5 June 1747
CREAGH, PATRIARCH, Annapolis, [Anne Arundel Co.,] merchant.
To my wife & extrx., Frances Creagh, Lot 95
in town where I live & 1/4 of Lot 96, 80a of Brushy Neck near Spaw
Bridge, & 2 nehro me, Phill & Will, for life,
& on her d., to my dau. Elizabeth; also to my sd. wife, negro woman
Chloe & her son James, mulatto boy Jack Cooke till he is 21, the rents
from a house & lot where Geore Downy lives & I hold by lease from
Charles Crooke.
To my son James Creagh, Swann Neck 250a near Yeakleys
Hole, the lots I purchased of the extrs. of James Donaldson decd., &
4 negro men: Tom, Oatam,
Anthony, & David.
To my dau. Elizabeth Creagh, Lots 98 & 99 in
Annapolis, part of Covells Folly, at the head of South River, Todds Range,
near Annapolis, 3 young negroes -
Nacey, Jacob, & Phillis - & negro woman Nan.
The residue to my sd. wife, my sd. son James, &
my sd. dau. Elizabeth.
Witn; Jonas Green, Thos. Smith, Richd. Burdus.
12 Jan. 1761, sworn to by Jonas Green, the only
surviving witn.
Liber 31, folio 338
1 Feb. 1761
HAMMOND, WILLIAM, Anne Arundel Co.
To my dau. Frances Hammond, negro woman Hagar &
negro girl Flora.
To my son Lemuel Hammond, 1 sh. sterl.
To my dau. Sarah Hammond, negro boys Solomon &
Tom, at the age of 20 or mar., & if she d. before then, sd. Solomon
to my wife, Mary Ann Hammond, & sd. Tom to my dau. Francis Hammond.
To my wife & extrx., Mary Ann Hammond, negro
man James & the residue of my p. e.
Witn: John Davis, Daniel Lark, Wm. Nelson.
23 Feb. 1761, sworn to by Davis & Lark.
Liber 31, folio 338
20 Oct. 1758
PHILPOT, BRYAN, London, merchant.
To my son & extr., Thomas Philpot, in
Maryland or on a voyage thence to London, all my e. r. & p., &
I recommend to him the care of his bro. Philip Philpott, my other son,
who also is in Maryland or on a voyage thence to London, but if sd. son
Thomas d. before me, all to sd. son Philip.
The date first being altered from 5 September to
20 October.
Witn: Abram Ogier, John Clement, John Burnham.
Examined & abstracted by Roger Altham, Proctor
in Doctors Commons.
24 March 1759 at London, the will of Bryan Philpot,
late of St. James Clerkenwell Parish of Middlesex Co. was proved.
3 April 1759 in London, Mr. Thos. Philpot of London,
Merchant, appeared in quality of extr. of the above will & declared
that he apptd. John Gassaway of South River, Esq., attorney to admin. sd.
will. Witn: Hancock Lee, John Slater.
18 Sept. 1759, sworn to by Slater.
24 May 1760, another letter of attorney to sd. Gassaway.
Witn: James Henrich, Jas. Houston. 25 Sept. 1760, sworn to
by Henrich.
Liber 31, folio 343
6 Aug. 1754
HARRISON. RICHARD, Anne Arundel Co.
To my wife & extrrx., Rachel Harrison, for life,
my landson the N side Morleys Lott Br.that leads into Halls Crk.beg. at
a cornerstone in a little br. that comes from Thos. Wells spring &
on Tuckers Br. to a bounded gum near to rd. to Saml. Robertsons & 2
adj, tracts I bought of Scot &Wilson, & on her d., to the
child she is big with if a boy; also to sd. wife, for widhood, my carpenter
James, my dw. house & 300a adj. it, 1/2 my water mill, & on her
d., to my son Sam.
To my son Sam Harrison, the land where my dw. stands,
my mill & a pr. millstones, & all my books.
If the child my wife is big with be a girl &
my son Sam. d. before age 21, my lands are to be equ. div. among my surviving
daus.
To my dau. Sarah Harrison, young negro wench Jenny
& he dau. Beck.
To my dau. Susanna, young negro wench Masons Nelly.
To my dau. Awamyn, negro Sookey (d. o. Ciss).
To my dau. Rachel, negro girl Jenny (d. o. Priss).
To my dau. Margaret, negro girl Dinah.
To my son Saml. negro boy Will (s. o. Scott), sd.
negroes to be delivered to my chldn. as they come to age.
The bond I owe to Mrs. Susanna Hoxton, is to be
paid.
My wife may educate my daus. in any religion agreeable
to her, but my son(s) are not to be educated in Roman Catholic principles.
Witn: Philip Darnall, Wm. Thornton, Wa[lter] Murray.
Sworn to by Thornton 18 May 1761 & by Murray
24 Aug. 1761.
Liber 31, folio 345
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SMITH, JOHN STEVENS, Dorchester Co.
To my nephew Wm. Smith, s. o. my bro. Wm. Smith
decd., the plntn. I liveon with lands adj.
My p. e. is to be equ. div.among my 3 cousins, Thomas,
Ann, & William Smith, chldn. of my decd. bro. Wm. Smith.
On Teusday, 11 Nov. 1760 about one o'clock, Bartholomew
Ennals, Mary Pratus, & Benjamin Gibson swore that on Sunday last, 9
Nov. inst.about sunsetting
d. John Stevens Smith, that some small time before his d.this paper
was read to him & he declared it agreeable to his will, & afterward,
asked whether he would
appt. an extr., made no intelligible answer, & soon after, expired.
11 Nov. 1760, George Middleton, swore that in conversation
sd. Smith said he intended the plntn. he lived on for Wm., s. o. his bro.
Wm. & his p. e. to be equ.
div. among the chldn. of sd. bro.
Liber 31, folio 346
20 Feb. 1761
MASLIN, JAMES, Kent Co., planter.
To my wife, Hannah Masling, for life, all my plntn.
& land, & on her d., to Thomas Masling, s. o. Thomas Masling, &
if he d. s. p., to the next heir.
To my bro. Thomas Masling, all my wearing appl.
To James Masling, s. o. Thomas Masling, L 15 paid
in pieces of 8 of pistoles.
To my cousin Frances Masling, when he comes of age,
L 25 in pieces of 8 or pistoles.
To the rest of my bro. Thos. Masking's chldn., each
L 15 in pieces of 8 or pistoles as they come of age.
To Ann Hance, L 5 to buy a saddle & bridle &
L 3.10 to buy a pair of stays, paid at the discretion of her aunt Masling
To Frances Blackiston, d. o. Wm. & Ann Blackiston,
L 5 cash to buy a side saddle & L 5 cash paid in dollars or pistoles.
To Hezekian Dunn, s. o. James & Elizaeth Dunn,
L 3 to buy a pair of silver shoe buckles & knee buckles.
To my sd. wife, for life, my 1/2 pew in church,
& on her d., to my cousin Thomas Masling, s. o. my bro. Thomas Masling.
To James Dunn, s. o. James Dunn, L 3 to buy a set
of silver buckles.
Extrs: my cousin Thomas Masling & my wife, Hannah
Masling.
Witn: Jas. Dunn, Ephram Glenn, Frogett Tillard.
23 May 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 347
25 Dec. 1760
GARY, CHARLES, living in Chester Town, Kent Co.
To my friend & extr., James Barron of Chester
Town, L 4.2.6 lent to Rachel Newill decd., then wife of James Newell now
of Queen Anns Co., a gray horse
branded with 2 GG in the
hands of Elizabeth Huitt, widoe, of Wye R.
Witn: John Temple Parsons, James Claypoole, Ann
Wells.
31 Dec. 1760, sworn to by Parsons & Claypoole.
Liber 31, folio348
23 March 1755
JONES, WILLIAM, Kent Co., bricklayer.
To my son William Jones of N E, at age 20, Levenham
130a, where Thos. Owner dw., & if he d. s. p. to the next heir.
To my son Henry Jones, at age 20, the rest of Levenham,
& if he d. s. p., to the next heir.
To Mary Jones, my wife, all my p. e.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my brothers [sic] Blackledgs
Nowland.
Witn: Daniel Pearce, John Crage, John Yokley.
6 June 1761, sworn to by Crage & Yoakley.
Liber31, folio 349
3 Feb. 1761
WALLAS, JOHN Kent Co., farmer.
To my eldest son, John Wallis, my dw. plntn., part
of Partnership, with all the land S of a main rd. from Thos. Pearkin to
the head of Chester R.
To my son Francis Wallis, my part of The Agreement,
which I purchased of the heirs of Capt. Wm. Gaitskill, the land I hold
in His Lordships Manner, & all of Partnership N of sd. main rd.
To my wife, Hannah Wallis, 4 negroes - Cesar, George,
Ruth, & Lucie - & the bringing up of my sd. 2 sons.
To my dau. Susanna Rasin, 2 negroes: Jacob &
Phillis.
To my dau. Ann Wallis, 2 negroes: Darcus & Anthony
& L 20.
To my son John Wallace, negro boy Joe.
To my son Francis Wallis, 2 negroes: James &
Ben.
To my dau. Margaret, 2 negroes: Sarah & Daniel
& L 20.
To my dau. Hannah Wallace, 2 negroes: Jam &
Fanny & L 20.
To my dau. Elizabeth Wallace, 2 negroes: Jonas &
Kate & L 20.
To Ruth McDaniel, d. o. Hannah McDaniel, L 25.
To Hugh Wallis of Kent Co., 200a of Boothlys Fortune
laid out by John Wilson & sold to him for L 160 in accordance with
the will of Wm. Wallis of Queen Anns Co.
The residue is to be equ. div. among my 7 chldn:
Susanna Rasin & Ann, John, Francis, Margaret, Hannah, & Elizabeth
Wallis.
Extrs: my sd. wife & Joseph Rasin.
Witn: Thomas Bowers, Jr., Philip Warner, William
Lecount.
2 May 1761, sworn to by Warner & Lecount &
affirmed by Bowers (Quaker).
Libere 31, folio 351
9 May 1760
ST. CLAIR, JAMES, Baltimore Co., planter.
To Mary, my wife & extrx., for life, all my
e. r. & p. with the exceptions below.
To my oldest son, Lester Sinkler, 50a beyond Winters
Run, 50a adj. on this side sd. Run, & a sorrel mare with colt (to be
given to my son James), & if sd. son d.
s. p., sd. 100a are to be equ. div. betw. my other 2 sons, George St.
Clair & William Sinkler.
On my wife's d., my sd. dw. plntn. to my son James
Sinkler, & if he d. s. p., to my sd. sons George & William.
Robert & Thomas Bryarly are to value my e.,
& when they arrive at proper yrs., the sum to be equ. div. betw. my
daus. Elizabeth & Mary, my sd. sons Geo. & Wm., my other dau.,
Martha, & my son John Sinkler, being the youngest.
Witn: William How[ard], William Sinkler, Jr., Donn
Connally.
5 May 1761, sworn to by Howard & Connally.
Liber 31, folio 352
2 April 1761
DOWNES, CHARLES, Jr., Queen Anns Co.
To my sister Margaret Tillotson, a mourning gold
ring.
To my wife &extrx., Margaret Downes, the residue
of my p. e.
Witn: William Dockey, Jr.,Mathew Dockery.
11 June 1761, sworn to by William & Mathew Dockery.
Liber 31, folio 353
9 Nov. 1754
SMITH, WILLIAM, Charles Co.
To my son John Smith, a ewe & lamb & th
part of Smiths Purchase he dw. on.
To my grddau. Jane Muncaster Smith, after the d.
of my wife, Catherine, the 20a of Smiths Purchase my son William, her father,
lived on, an old bed, an old dish, an old fiddle, 3 old pltes, & 2
pigoins.
To my sd. wife & extrx., Katherine Smith, for
life, the 20a willed to my sd. grddau. Jane & all my livestock &
hhold goods.
Witn: Jo. N. Harrison, Thomas Beech, Catherine Wooten.
12 May 1761, Sworn to by Joseph Hanson Harrison
& Catherine Wooten.
Liber 31, folio 354
15 March 1761
CRAWFORD, MARY, [Charles Co.]
To my son John Clenkseales, a bed & a chest.
To my dau. Agniss Word, a looking glass & all
my clothes.
To my sons Adam Klenkseales & Quinton &
David Crawford, equ. div., my 9 head of cattle, & to my sd. sons Quinton
& David, my 13 head of sheep & 5 lambs.
To my sd. son Adam Clenkseales, my Bible & a
book called Practice of Piety, & to my grddau., his dau.[not named],
a spice mortar & pestle.
To Youresin Crawford, d. o David Crawford, a silk
rug & 40 lb. feathers.
To Mary Clenkseales, a gray mare.
To my son & extr., sd. David Crawford, al my
hogs.
Witn: John Powell, John Speakes.
2 May 1761, sworn to by Speakes in presence of Quinton
Crawford, heir at law, & the extr. accepted the execution of the will.
Liber 31, folio 355
4 June 1761
GRIGG, WILLIAM, Charles Co.
To my extr., George Young, all my e.
Witn: John Woodward, Susan Ninsbett, Catherine Woodward.
27 June 1761, sworn to by John Woodward & Susanna
Nisbutt.
Liber 31, folio 356
2 Feb. 1757
NAIL, JOHN, [Charles Co.]
To negro Duno, slave of John Fendall, all my e.
r. & p. except my clothes, which are to be div. among my chldn. John,
Will, & Bess, & after my debts are paid
& sd. Duno is freed, the residue to her.
Extr: Mr. John Fendall.
Witn: Henry Davis, Judah Chapman,
13 June 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 356
24 May 1761
SEWELL, MARY, Charles Co.
To my son Henry Sewell, my 6 leather chairs &
a small oval table.
To my grdson Clemment Sewell, negro Fran.
To my 2 daus. Dorothy & Susanna Boarman, equ.
div., the rest of my hhold furn, all my kitchen furn., & my clothes,
& to sd. Dorothy, a gold ring.
To my grdson Clemment Boarman, 3500 lb. tob. to
buy a negro girl as good as my son-in-law Gerrard Boarman can get, who
is to have her till sd, Clemment
comes of age.
To my grddau. Mary Smith Boarman, a bed & my
writing desk.
To my grddau, Ann Boarman, a corner cupboard, a
striped bolster & pillow, a linen quilt, & a blanket.
To my grdson Basel Smith Boarman, a pyed cow &
yearling.
To my grdson Henry Boarman, a brown cow & yearling.
To my grdson Ignatius Boarman, a young mare to be
bought out of the part of my e. I leave to my son Henry Sewell.
To my son & extr., Henry Sewell, the rest of
my e.
Witn: Grace Ann Pelkington, Benjn. Smith.
10 June 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 357
16 June 1761
WOODEN, WILLIAM, Baltimore Co.
To my 2 bros. Solomon & Stephen Wooden, equ.
div., my part of Parishes Range, where I dw.
To my bro. John Wooden & sisters Eleanor Frasor,
Mary Wooden, Sophiah Chapman, Cassah Wooden, & Jemimah Wooden, the
residue of my p. e. incl. a
debt from my father, John Wooden & allowing my servant Peter Crow
to go free a yr. after my d.
Extr: my bro. Solomon Wooden.
Witn: Joseph Taylor, [Dr.] Henry Stevenson, Benjamin
Rogers.
11 July 1761, sworn to by Stevenson &Rogers.
Liber 31, folio 358
5 June 1761
ROGERS, WILLIAM, Baltimore Co.
To my son Benjamin Rogers, Parkers Haven, Kemps
Addition, part of Copasses Harbour, Hogs Range, & all the parts of
3 tracts - Gallow Barrow, Rogers Inspection, & Coles Harbour or Todd's
Range - on or near the NW Br. of Patapsco R., & 8 tracts near the Great
Falls of Gunpowder & the W Run - Addtn. to
Bachelors Neck, Addtn to the Addtn.to Bachelors Neck, Richards Beginning,
Rogers Range, Rogers Spot, Hursts Marsh, Rogers Reserve, & Susanna
& Mary -
& Lot 14 in Baltimore Town, & 4 negroes: Jacob, Pompey, Great
Cato, & Little Cato; & if he d. s. p., to my son Char;les Rogers.
To my son Charles Rogers, all these parts of Morgans
Delight except the part bequeathed by me to my dau. Sarah, all of Bosleys
Range I bought of Charles Bosley, all those partsof 3 tracts - Gallow Barrow,
Rogers Inspection, & Todds Range or Coles Harbour - on the great road
from Baltimore Town to Britain Bridge, Lot 10 in Baltimore Town, 3 negroes
- George, Salisbury, & Perry; but if he possess by sd. Benjamin's d.
the lands bequeathed to sd. Benjamin or if he d. before age 21, these lands
descend to my daus. Sarah & Eleanor, & if either of them d. s.
p. before age 21, to the surviving dau.
To my dau. Sarah Rogers, part of Morgan's Delight,
a tract near Beaver Dam Run, which descends into Patapsco Falls, 3 adj.
lots on The First Addition to Balti- more Town on the E side Jones Falls,
4a of Coles Harbour or Todds Range I lately bought of Thos. Sligh, 2 negroes,
Frank & Pegg, 3 mulatto chldn. b. of Sophia
Wilson, & a mulatto girl I bought of Lloyd Buchanan.
Parishes Oversight & Rogers Addition, both on
Gwins Falls, & Resurvey on Rogers Inlargement (unless Edwd. Lewis,
s. o. Henry, pay L 25 for 40a) are to be sold.
To my dau. Eleanor Rogers, my land near Patapsco
Falls & the old Indian Road, part of 2 lotts in Baltimore Town on the
E side Jones Falls which formerly be
longed to Patrick Gray, negro girl Dido, & 3 mulatto boys George,
Nero, & Roger.
To the heir or heirs of John Stoxdale late decd.,
the plntn. he lived on.
My mother [not named] is to have sufficient maintenance
for life.
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. among
my 4 chldn.
Nathaniel Young & his wife & childn. [not
named] may live rent free on the plntn. they live on for 3 yrs after my
d.
Extrs: Richard Croxall, Joseph Taylor.
To my niece Ann Rogers, youngest d. o. my bro. Nicholas
Rogers decd., Nathan's Forest, but if she d. s. p. under 21, to my nephew
Nicholas Rogers.
Witn: N[icholas] Ruxton Gay, John Merriman, Jr.,
Charles Wells, Jr., Edward Hanson.
Codicil, 8 June 1761. Witn: N. Ruxton Gay,
Edward Hanson, Chas. Wells, Jr.
11 July 1761, sworn to by Gay, Wells, & Hanson.
Liber 31, folio 363
20 June 1761
NICHOLSON, WILLIAM, Baltimore Town, Baltimore Co.
To Elizabeth Connell, d. o. John & Mary Connell,
late of this County, Lot 40 in the First Addition to Baltimore Town on
the E side Jones Falls, where a cellar has been dug, & 5a of Coles
Harbour or Todds Range if Thomas Sligh make it over, (but if not, L 50
Pennsylvania currency), & negro lad Lynn age 18 yrs.
If sd. Elizabeth d. s. p., sd. Lot 40 to my bro.
John Nicholson of Northumberland Co., Great Britain.
To Mrs. Dorothy Elton of Annapolis, L 10.
To my wife, Mary Nicholson, the residue of my e.
r. & p., but if she d. s. p., to sd. bro. John.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my friend John Carnan of
Baltimore Town, merchant.
Witn: James Hanrick, Charles Ridgley, Jr., Daniel
Chamier, Jr.
18 July 1761, sworn to by Ridgley & Chamier.
Liber 31, folio 365
14 Oct. 1760
PERRY, IGNATIUS, Frederick Co., planter
To my wife, Ann Perry, 1/3 my p. e.
To my son Joseph Perry, negro man Nero.
To my son Samuel Perry, negro boy Jack.
To my son & extr., Benjamin Perry, negro man
Peter & the plntn. & lands belonging & 200a in possn. of Mr.
Richard Snowden.
To my dau. Esther Perry, negro boy Herculus &
one of the best beds upstairs.
To my dau. Rebecca Gatrel, negro boy Will.
Witn: Robert Lazenby, Rebecca Perry, James Perry.
[n. d.]Sworn to by Rebecca & James Perry, &
2 Jan. 1761, the widow had recourse to her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 366
12 Dec. 1760
STEYLEY, JACOB, Frederick Co., farmer.
To my wife & extrx., Margaretha, 1/3 my m. e.,
a good bed & spinning wheel & a good cow.
To my dau. Phillibina, a good bed, a new suit of
black cloth, 2 cows, & L 60..
To my dau. Maria Shoub, L 60 cash.
The residue is to be equ. div. nto 5 parts for my
5 chldn: Jacob, Henry, Joseph, Mary, & Philibina.
To my son Joseph, the plntn. where I live, Swizerland,
but if he d. under age, to be equ. div. betw. sd. Jacob & Henry.
To my son Henry, part of the Resurvey on Ottershaim
To my son Jacob, part of a Resurveyon Ottershaim
& part of Swizerland
My land is to be div. into 3 equ. parts so each
of my sd. 3 sons has 167 1/2a.
Witn: Thomas Schley, Stephen Ransburg, Gilbert Kemp.
12 Jan. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn., & 26
Jan. 1761, the widow had recourse to her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 367
11 April 1761
STALEY, MARGARETHA, widow of Jacob Staley, Frederick Co.
To my dau. Catherine Funk & Ann Mary Hildebrand,
each1a of the wheat growing on the plntn. where I live.
My son Joseph Staley is to be sent to an English
school to learn to read & write English.
To my daus. Catherine Funk, Ann Mary Hilderbran,
my son Jacob Staley, my dau. Philipina Staley, & my sons Henry &
Joseph Staley, equ. div., the residue.
Extr: my friend Stephen Ransberg, & he is to
see to the execution of the will of my husb. Jacob Staley, of which I am
extrx.
Witn: Simon Burkett, Melcor Staley, Adam Hilderbrand.
22 April 1761, sworn to by Staley & Hilderbrand.
Liber 31, folio 368
5 April 1761
SHAVER, PETER, Frederick Co.
To my wife & extrx., Ann Shaver, the bed I lie
on, a bay mare branded PH, a cow of her choice, & for life, 1/3 of
2 tracts, Valentine100a & Wolfholme 50a, & on her d. to be equ.
div. betw my 2 sons Henry & Peter Shaver.
To my eldest son, Henry Shaver, 90a of Valentine,
100a in all.
To my son Peter Shaver, the 10a of sd. Valentine
most convenient to Wolfshome 50a, which also I give him.
To my sons Christian, Martin, Jacob, David, &
Moses, equ. div., Crostanight 62 1/2a & Paulsburgh 62 1/2a.
To my dau. Catherine Shaver, L 30 Pennsylvania money.
The residue to be sold & the money equ. div.
among my sd. 5 sons, & if any d. before they are of age . . .
Witn: Robert Wood, ;Peter Kemp, Martin Shoab.
7 May 1761, sworn to by Wood & Kemp & affirmed
by Shoab (Protestant Dissenter) in presence of the heir at law [not named].
21 May 1761, the widow claimed her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 370
28 July 1760
JENKINS, JOSIAH, Frederick Co., planter
To my wife & extrx., Ann, my hogs, a horse Jumper,
hhold goods & plntn. utensils, the first child b. of my negro girl
Pegg, & the rest of my livestock.
To my son Edward, negro girl Pegg & a year-old
heifer.
To my son Philip, a ewe & lamb.
Witn: Thomas Veach, Bedder Phillps.
16 May 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 370
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GARTRELL, JOHN, Frederick Co.
To my wife, Rachel Gartrell, for widhood, all I
have - land, negroes, stock, hhold goods, & white servants - &
if she mar., all to be div. among her & chldn. ac.cording to law.
My sons Francis, Joseph, & John Gartrell are
to be free men at age 18.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my father, Francis Gartrell.
Witn: John Homes, Samuel Israel Godman, Willioam
Gartrell.
11 May 1761, sworn to by Godman & Gartrell.
Liber 31, folio 371
12 Jan. 1701 [sic]
JACKSON, JOHN, Frederick Co.
To my son & extr., Elexander, the part of Necessity
he lives on.
To Ruth, my wife, my negroes [not named], cattle,
& hhold furn.
To all my chldn. 1 sh. sterl. apiece.
Witn: Jonathan Nixon, Robert Buchan, James Pearre,
Jr.
27 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folo 372
4 May 1761
OFFUTT, SAMUEL, Frederick Co., Gent.
To my wife, & extrx., Elizabeth, negro girl
Bess, 1/3 my p. e., & for life, 6 tracts: my dw. plntn. Offut's Pasture
613a, Adtn. to Offut's Pasture 19a, Offutt's Adventure 93a, Outlet 8a,
Hop Yard 17a, & Offut's Lot 33a, & on her d., to be equ. div. among
my 3 youngest sons: Mordecai Burgess, Hezekiah, & Zephamiah.
To my son Nathaniel Offutt, 203 1/3a of Younger
Brother adj. my bro. Nathaniel Offutt's part, & in default of heirs,
to my son Nathan.
To my son Nathan, Newton 310a & negro fellow
Duglop.
To my dau. Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel Magruder,
a gold ring worth 20 sh.
To my 8 youngest chldn., the rest of my p. e. equ.
div: Mordecai Burgess, Hezekiah, Zephaniah, Mary, Hannah, Deborah, Ursula,
& Cassandra.
Witn: Henry Clagett, Ninian Tannehill, Jr., Thomas
Pack.
29 May 1761, sworn to by all 3witn.
Liber 31, folio 374
1 May 1761
OWEN, LAWRENCE, Frederick Co., innholder.
Extrs: bro. Edward Owen & wife, Sarah Owen.
To my daus. Elizabeth Offutt & Ann Hoult, each
5 sh. sterl.
To my daus. Mary, Barbara, & Rachel & my
son & heir at law, Robert Owen, L 20 apiece.
To sd. son Robert Owen, the plntn. where my son-in-law
Nathaniel Offutt dw. & William & Mary, 56a on Middle Seneca.
Seneca Landing, which I have agreed with James Pelly
for L 105 is to be sold.
Witn: Wm. Williams, son of Thos., Nich[ola]s Haymond,
Bazil Adamson.
8 June 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow claimed her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 376
29 April 1760
PRUETT, SAMUEL, Frederick Co.
To my wife & extr., Elizabeth Pruthe, for life,
all my e. [no r. e. mentioned], & on her d., Henry Dolton, if he is
still under 31, to my son Samuel Prutte, & the rest of my e. is to
be equ. div. betw. my daus. Prescilla Devaile & Sarah Boilstone.
Witn: Barton Harriss, Ann Harris.
3 Jan. 1760, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 376
23 Dec. 1756
CHARLTON, ALICE, Frederick Co., widow.
To my dau. Lettice Ferguson, the benefit of my lot
in Frederick Town for 2 yrs., which then is to be sold & the money
equ. div. among my sons Thomas & Arthur
Charlton & my daus. Jane Charlton, Lettice Ferguson, & Alice
Fleming, wife to Saml. Fleming.
My son Thos. Charlton is to get from my cousin Thos.
Charlton, 2 moidores he owes me & to pay himself out of it what I owe
him & buy as good a Bible as he
can & give it to my son John Charlton's son Thos.
Of the L 10 my dau. Jane Charlton has, part is to
pay my funl. expenses & the rest, equ. div., to my daus. Isabella &
Mary.
Extr: my son Arthur Charlton.
Before signing this, I give to my dau. Ann Gattenby's
heirs & my son JohnCharlton's heirs, each 5 sh. sterl.
Witn: Jas. Dickson, Samuel Finby, John Ferguson.
21 March 1761, sworn to by Dixon & Finley.
Liber 31, folio 378
26 April 1761
BURCH, EDWARD, Prince George's Co., [planter].
To my [son?] Edward Burch, Burches Venture &
Discovery, except 40a of Discovery to William Jenkins.
To my son Jestinion Burch, Friends Advise &
Content.
To my wife & extrx., Stacy Burch, for life,
Dickensons Parke, & on her d., to my son Jestinion Burch; also to sd.
wife, the residue.
To my 2 daus. Ann& Mary Burch, equ. div., part
of Donn & part of Scythe.
To my 2 daus. Stacy & Wineford Burch, equ. div.,
Weavers Prospect.
To my dau. Ann Burch, negro woman Bose, a cow &
calf, a bed, a sow & 4 pigs, & an iron pot.
To my dau. Mary Burch, negro girl Nell, a bed, a
cow & calf, a sow, 4 pigs, & an iron pot.
To my dau. Stacy Burch, negro girl Flower, a bed,
a cow & calf, a sow & 4 pigs, & an iron pot.
To my dau. Wineford Burch, negro girl Sall, a bed,
a cow & calf, a sow & 4 pigs, & an iron pot.
To my son Edward Burch, negro men George & Watt,
sd. Watt to be sold & the money put outat interest till sd. Edwd. comes
to age.
To my son Jestinion Burch, negro boy Sam, a bed,
a cow & calf, a sow & 4 pigs, & an iron pot.
Witn:Thomas Gurton, William Albert, Robert Wade.
22 June 1761, sworn to by Gurton & Albert.
Liber 31, folio 379
18 Sept. 1759
WAGGAMAN, HENRY, Somerset Co.
To my wife, Mary Waggaman, these negro slaves -
Mingoe, Bigg Jack, Munday Bess, Sarah, Nell, Jenny, & Samson - L 200,
1/3 my hhold furn & stock, my chaise & for widhood, the use of
my lands.
To my son John [Elliott?]Waggaman, all my land on
Great Meny - Waggaman's Purchase & part of Abington & Carneys Chance
- & on Broad Crk. which issues out of Monokin R., with liberty for
each of his bros., Wm. Elliott Waggaman & Geo. Waggaman, to pasture
15 head of cattle, but if my sd. son John Elliott Waggaman d. s. p. under
age 21, sd. lands to my son Henry Waggaman; my sd. son John Elliott Waggaman
is to be kept at school to the Revd. Mr. Fenly to age 18, & if sd.
Mr. Fenly d., sd. son is to be put under another person as Mr. Levin Gale
think fit.
To my son Wm. Elliott Waggaman, Waggaman's Lot,
on the S side Monokin R.& L 300, & Mr. Levin Gale is to have his
tuition till he is 21.
To my son Henry Waggaman, L 200 & my lands on
the N side Wicomico R. - Calcutta & parts of Vulcans Vineyard &
Nicolsons Lott, which I purchased of Charles Nicholson - also any lands
on the N side Wicomico R.; but if he d. s. p. before age 21, to my son
Geo. Waggaman.
To my son Geo. Waggaman, L 250, & I leave him
under the care of Col. Geo. Gale until he is 21.
To my dau. Sarah Waggaman, L 300 to be put out at
interest till she is 16 or mar.
To my dau. Elizabeth Waggaman, L 310 to be put out
at interest till she is 16 or mar.
To my dau. Mary Waggaman, L 300 to be put out at
interest till she is 16 or mar.
If any of my sons Elliott Waggaman, William Elliott
Waggaman, or Henry Waggaman d. before age 21, & if any of my sd. daus
d. before age 16 or mar. . . .
Extrs: my sd. wife & my friend Mr. Living Gale.
Witn: Mary Brown, Wm. Hayward, Henry Jackson, John
Jenner.
Codicil, 18 Sept. 1759. To my son George, 1/2 my
lot in Princess Anne Town which I purchased of Nehemiah Denmam & where
Thos. Bond lives, & to my son
Wm. Elliott Waggaman, the remaining 1/2 sd. lot.
Witn: ---- Jackson, John Jenner.
Second codicil, 11 Dec. 1760. Of the L 300 gven
my dau. Mary Waggaman, now decd., L 150 each to my daus. Sarah & Elizabeth
Waggaman; also to my sd. 2 daus.equ. div., my slaves Cloe & her son
Charles. Witn: Ralph Pomeroy, Ephraim Wilson, James Baird.
Sworn to by Wilson 25 June 1761 & by Pomeroy
on the day following.
25 June 1761, Bown, Jackson, & Jenner swore
to the will & first codicil; Levin Gale relinquished his right of extr.;
& the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 384
31 Dec. 1758
LOWES, TUBMAN, Somerset Co., merchant, about to go to sea.
To my friend Edward Waters, L 36 sterl. per annum,
from 1 Jan. 1759 to the day of my d., in consideration of his service to
my business, & L 50 for settling my books, all my printed books, best
fiddle & music books, & my riding horse & saddle.
To my aunt Sarah Waters, what she owes me &
L 20 as a token of my regard.
To Elizabeth Waters of Philadelphia, L 50 as an
earnest of my regard.
To Eleanor Stevens, enough cash to purchase a 12-yr.-old
negro girl in the West Indies & L 10 per annum for keeping my house
& family from 1 Jan. 1759.
To each of my cousins - Elizabeth Waters, Martha
Esther Waters, Dolly Waters, Eliza. & Frances Windor, Hodgen, Elizabeth,
Holl, & Frame - L 5.
Dr. Andrew Francis Cheney's bond may be 2 yrs. free
of interest, & out of sd. bond be reserved 6 guineas for each of his
sons, my godsons.
To each of these persons, a full suit of mourning
with crape & gloves: my father & mother, Henry & Esther Lowes,
my brother Henry Lowes, Sarah Waters, E-
lizabeth Waters, Philadelphia Ann Waters, Eleanor Stevens, Edwd. Waters,
Jr., Dr. Andrew Francis Cheney; also a gold ring with gloves & a cravat
each to Wm.
Allen & Wm. Hayward; also a gold ring to each of my friends Mr.
James Dickson, James Allen, & John Gibson of Philadelphia.
To my mother, Catherine Lowes, L 100 & to 10
poor persons, L 20.
The residue to my father, Henry Lowes, & my
bro. Henry Lowes, & they & my friend Edward Waters are to be my
extrs.
Witn: Joseph Dashiell, Mathew Wallace, Littleton
Waters.
28 April 1761, sworn to by Dashiell & Waters.
Liber 31, folio 386
26 Oct. 1760
WOOD, WILLIAM, Somerset Co., planter.
To my son Levi Wood, the plntn. I dw. on & Dublin,
negro boy Glasco & negro girl Sike.
To my son William Wood, negro boy Dearum, &
if sd. Levi d. s. p., abovesd. land to son William, & if both Levi
& Wm. d. s. p, to my 3 daus: Leah, Sarah, & Martha Wood equ.
div.
To my dau. Leah Wood, negro woman Lucy.
To my dau. Sarah Wood, negro woman Let & her
child Phillis.
To my dau. Martha Wood, my 2 negro girls, Dark &
Beck.
To my son Elijah Wood, 1 sh. sterl.
If God take any of my 5 chldn. - Levi, William,
Leah, Sarah, & Martha . . .
Extr: my son William Wood.
Witn: Purnell Outten, James Dakes, Elias Taylor.
25 July 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 387
7 Jan. 1761
WARD, SAMEL, Somerset Co.
To my son John Ward, all my land to the E of Cow
Dame Run.
To my son Joseph Ward, all my land N from the NE
corner of John Ward's orchard.
To my dau. Keziah Faws, a parcel beg.at the marsh
& running as the fence goes to the corner of my young orchard.
To my dau. Martha Dougherty, a parcel beg. at a
slash at the NE corner of my old orchard . . . adj. Keziah Faws.
To my son Samuel Ward, all my lands S of the crk.
adj. my dau. Martha, & if he d. s. p., from the mulberry stump to Nurmis
Landing S to my son Joseph Ward
& the other side to my dau. Martha.
To my sons John, Samuel, & Joseph Ward &
my daus. Keziah Faws & Martha Dougherty, a free privilege in my marsh
& a parcel White Oak, & at the N end
a small parcel to my dau. Mary Paremor for a house.
To my wife, Mary Ward, all my hhold goods &
movables.
Extrs: son John Ward & Isaac Dougherty.
Witn: William Riggin, Mathias Ward, Potter Lord.
4 July 1761, by her letter of 6 June 1761 Mary Ward
elected her 1/3.
6 June 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 389
23 Nov. 1760
MATHEWS, TEAGUE, Somerset Co., planter.
To my grdson Benjamin Halland Mathews, Worthless
100a, & if he d. s. p., to my son David Mathews, who is to maintain
sd. land till my sd. grdson is 21, when
he is to give my extr. a receipt for L 30, which became his right of
the e. of his decd. father Philip Mathews; also to sd. grdson, 1/2 the
marsh HapHazard on the W
side the mouth of Marumsco Crk.
To my son David Mathews, after the widhood of my
wife, Elizabeth, the rest of my land, & if he d. s. p., equ. div.,
to my 2 daus. Tabitha & Betty Mathews.
To my dau. Tabitha Mathews, a cow & calf, a
bed, & 2 pewter dishes & 6 pewter plates.
To my dau. Betty Mathews, a cow & calf, a bed,
& 2 pewter dishes & 6 pewter plates.
To my sd. wife, the residue of my p. e., & after
her widhood, equ. div., to my 4 daus: Sarah, Rebecca, Tabitha, & Betty
Mathews.
Extr: my son David Mathews.
Witn: Teague Riggin, John Mathews, John Riggin,
Jr., Samuel Addams.
31 Jan. 1761, sworn to by Teague & John Riggin
& John Mathews.
Liber 31, folio 390
1 May 1761
SHANNAHAN, JONATHAN, Talbot Co.
To my wife & extrx., Margaret Shanahan, for
life, negro men Potter & Adam, & negro woman Kell, & on her
d., to be equ. div. betw. my son James & my dau. Susanna, & if
either d. before they come of age, to the survivor, but all the negro money
due to Francis Seale's son Francis is to be paid; also to my sd. wife,
a mare
Moll Bows, 6 silver teaspoons, tongs & strainer in a shagreen case.
Negro man Preston is to be sold by Mr. John Harrison,
& he is to div. the money equ. betw. my daus. Mary & Margaret Shanahan,
but if either d. before age 16
To my dau. Elizabeth Shanahan, mulatto girl Moll.
To Mr. John Blackbourn that was mate of ship Betsey,
commanded by John Brooks, my riding horse Bird as soon as he come into
the country.
To James Hickey if he ever return, a bed & other
hhold furn., but if he not return, to be equ. div. among my son-in-law
Francis Seale, my son James Shannahan, & my dau. Susanna Shannahan.
Witn: John Dickinson, Rebecca Davis, Thomas Work.
23 June 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn., & 29
July 1761, the widow elected her 1/3 of her husband's e.
Liber 31, folio 392
6 Jan. 1757
WATTS, JOHN, Talbot Co., well stricken in years.
To my son William Watts, negro girl Cloe, sorrel
stone horse Rock, other livestock, a bed, & other hhold furn.
To my son John Watts, negro woman Bess, bay mare
Pleasure with a blaze on her face, & other livestock.
To my son George Wats, negro man Peter & the
best coat & 2 jackets I have.
To my son Thomas Watts, negro boy Sam.
After the 1/3 of my spouse, Mary Watts, are taken
out, the rest to my 3 daus. Sarah Hopkins, Mary Mills, & Susanna Hopkins.
Witn: Samuel Abbott, Sr., Edward Harrison.
5 Aug. 1761, sworn to by both witn., & the widow
elected her 1/3 of her husband's p. e.
Liber 31, folio 393
8 May 1758
HOPKINS, JAMES, Talbot Co.
To my grdson & extr., Thomas Esgate, my dw.
plntn., but for want of issue, to my grdson Jonathan Hopkins
To my wife, Sarah Hopkins, for life, my e. r. &
p., & on her d., equ. div. , to my daus. Sarah Bartlet & Mary Spry
& my 2 grdsons Thos. Esgate & Jonathan Hopkins, & my extr.
is to keep the part of sd. Jonathan till he is 21 & give him sufficient
schooling for country business.
Witn: Jo[seph] Hopkins, Benjamin Hopkins, John Stocker.
5 Aug. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn. Jonathan Hopkins,
heir at law, is within age.
Liber 31, folio 394
20 April 1761
HEATHER, HUGH, Worcester Co.
To my wife & extrx., Comfort Heather, all my
p. e., & for life, the 142a of Struggle, where I live.
To my bro. Isaac Heather, on her d., 100a of sd.
land at the end where I live.
Witn: John Burbagge, Thomas Burbbage, Thomas Porter.
3 June 1761, sworn to by Porter & John Burbbagge.
Liber 31, folio 395
15 Aug. 1757
MORRISS, JOSEPH, [Worcester Co.]
To my ife & extrx., Elizabeth Morris, for widhood,
all my g. & c., & on her d. or mar., all but my hand millstones,
equ. div. among all my chldn.
To my son Elijah Morris, my hand millstones &
74a of Issaman, now Morrises Purchase.
Witn: Edward Hammond, Sr., James Porter, John Panewell,
Jr.
5 June 1761, sworn to by Porter & Hammond.
Liber 31, folio 396
4 Jan. 1761
BROME, THOMAS, St. Mary's Co.
To my son John Hooper Broome, 3 tracts in Calvert
Co. where Thos. Bromes lives: Alliant, Horse Range, & Hap at a Venture.
To my son Hooper Broome, the 3 tracts in Calvert
Co. where John Evans & John Cullember live.
To my son Thomas Broome, the land where I live.
To my son-in-law John Hooper, what he owes me.
To my son-in-law Mathew Travers, a gold ring worth
20 sh.
To my son John Hooper Broome, L 150 sterl. Mr. George
Maxwell owes me, negro man Jack, negro woman Bess, 6 cows & calves,
& 10 sheep.
To my wife & extrx., Dorcas Brome, 1/3 my other
e., & the residue is to be equ. div. among my 6 chldn: Sarah, Mary,
Elizabeth, Thomas, Hooper, & Nancy
Witn: George Boarman, N[athaniel] T[ruman] Greenfield,
Eliz. Brown.
15 June 1761, sworn to by Boarman & Brown, &
the widow renounced the will & abided by what the law allows.
Liber 31, folio 397
19 March 1753
SMITH, JOHN, St. Mary's Co.
To my son George Smith, Round Pond, where he lives.
To my son Thomas Smith, the 140a of Piney Hills
I bought of Nicholas Lewis Sawell.
To my son Edward Smith, another part of the land
I bought of sd. Sawell.
To my sons Simmoins, Solomon, & Job Smith ,
1 sh. sterl. apiece.
To my dau. Mary Saunder, , L 8 paper currency.
To my extrs., my son-in-law Hopewell Adams &
my wife, Mary Smith, equ. div., my p. e.
Witn: John Woodward, John Wiseman.
6 May 1761, sworn to by John Wiseman, & the
widow renounced the will & abided by what the law allows.
Liber 31, folio 398
22 May 1760
MOONEY, MARY, St. Mary's Co., widow,
To my bro.Josias Miles, negro boy Leonard or 6000
lb. tob.
To my nephew Henry Hill, negro child Jerry, but
if he d. before he is 21, to his sister Elizabeth Gardiner Hill.
To my sister Elizabeth, my saddle & bridle.
To my sister Virlinda Miles, a gold ring set with
3 stones.
My e. is to be kept together for 3 yrs. to raise
a negro to pay my debts, & after 3 yrs. 1/2 my e. to my sister &
extrx., Dorothy Miles & the other 1/2 to my mother [not named]
provided my father have no power over it, & on her d., to such of my
bros. & sisters as she name
Witn: Philip Key, Mev[erell] Lock.
I name my bro. John Barton Miles to be jointly extr.
with my sister Dorothy Miles.
Witn: William Joseph, Joseph Thompson.
8 June 1761, sworn to by Lock & Joseph.
Liber 31, folio 399
29 Feb. 1760
BOWLES, GEORGE, St. Mary's Co., Gent.
To my wife & extrx., Lillian Bowles, all my
e. r. & p. in Maryland, Great Britain, or elsewhere.
Witn: John Wilkinson, Jesse More, Stephen Coffert.
6 May 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 399
8 May 1761, came Margaret Jeans & Massy Ward within 24 hrs. after
the d. of George Doran & swore that in his last sickness he bid them
bear witn that he gave
to Joseph Smith, his son-in-law, his p. e. Sworn before
N. T. Greenfield, Dep. Com. [St. Mary's Co.]
Liber 31, folio 400
11 Jan. 1761
MILES, DOROTHY, St. Mary's Co.
To my mother & extrx., Elizabeth Miles, all
my e.
Witn: Wm. Joseph, Sr., Enoch Fenwick.
8 June 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, Folio 400
2 Feb. 1761
DUE, JOHN, Calvert Co., carpenter.
To my son John Daw, all my lands in Calvert Co.,
a pied heifer, a ewe lamb, & my gun.
To my wife & extrx., Lidia Dew, for widhood,
all the rest of my substance, & if she mar. to be equ. div. among all
my chldn.
To my son Richard Dew, my land in Patapsco Neck.
Witn: Joseph Smith, Jr., John Pybus, Wm. Smith.
23 Aug. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 401
22 Nov. 1760
JENKINS, THOMAS, St. Mary's Co., planter.
To my son Wm. Jenkings, negroes Prince & Dinah,
Edenborough, 100a near the Bayside, & if he d. s. p., to my son Thomas
Jenkings, & if he d. s. p., to be equ. div. betw. my daus. Jean, Eleanor,
& Elizabeth Jenkings, & if they d. s. p., to Ann White
To my son Wm. Jenkins, a new bed, kitchen furn.,
a young horse or mare, & 30 sh. to buy a bridle & saddle, at age
18 , when he will be of age.
To my son Thomas Jenkings, Poplar Point 100a, &
if he d. s. p., to my sd. 3 daus.; also to son Thomas, a new bed, kitchen
furn., a young horse or mare worth
L 3.10, & 30 sh. to buy bridle & saddle, at age 18, when he
will be of age.
To my dau. Jean Jenkins, at age 16 or mar., a new
bed, an iron pot, a gold ring inscribed "Friend's Gift," & 20 sh. sterl.
toward her schooling.
To my dau. Eleanor, at age 16 or mar., a new bed,
an iron pot, L 5 sterl., 20 sh. toward her schooling, & negro
boy Ignatius.
To my dau. Elizabeth Jenkins, a new bed, an iron
pot, 20 sh. sterl. toward her schooling, L 5 sterl., & negro
boy Job.
Extrs: my wife, Jean Jenkins, & my son Wm. Jenkins.
Witn: J[ohn] Thomas, John Evans, Mary Evans.
5 Aug. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 402
22 Jan. 1758
DORSEY, JAMES, Calvert Co.
To my son James Dorsey, Dorseys Garden 100a. to
the W.
To my son Daniel Dorsey, 60a of Doirseys Garden
to the E & my part of Robinsons Rest I purchased of the heirs John
Davis Lane.
To my son John Dorsey 1/4 Dear Quarter & Bennetts
Desire, 10a adj. his own land.
To my son Philip Dorsey, 150a of Robinsons Rest
I purchased of Capt. Herde.
To my son Francis Dorsey, 50a of Bennetts Desire.
To my wife, Mary Dorsey, L 40 incl. negro wench
Joan.
The residue of my p. e. is to be div. equ. among
my 11 chldn: James, Mary, Rebecca, John, Sarah, William, Philip, Daniel,
Francis, Banjamin, & Joseph.
Extrs: my 2 sons James & John Dorsey.
Witn: William Allnutt, Josa. Leach, Joseph Strickland.
5 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 404
3 Aug. 1761
PURNELL, ANTHONY, Talbot Co., planter.
To my nephew Thomas Purnell, s. o. my bro. Thomas,
Rich Range, the 200a my dw. plntn. is on & 8a of Hampton adj., &
till he is 21, to my bro.-in-law Richd.
Vickers, who is to be my extr.
To my sister Sarah, that part of Dudley Chance,
in Tuckahoe Neck, Queen Anns Co. left me by my father.
My p. e. is to be equ. div. betw. my sisters Sarah
& Tabitha & my sd. Nephew Thomas.
Witn: Thomas Frampton, James Kemp, Richard Akles.
13 Aug. 1761, Affirmed by Kemp (Quaker) & sworn
to by Frampton & Akles.
Liber 31, folio 405
8 Oct. 1754
HORSEY, STEPHEN, Somerset Co.
To my wife [not named], for widhood, my dw. plntn.,
negro man Robin & the choice of negro wenches Hannah & Sarah, &
on her d., to my extr., Revill Horsey
To my grddau. Mary Elizabeth Fosett, 2 negroes,
Sue & Pokr, & if she d. s. p., to my sons Revill & Stephen
Horsey; also to sd. grddau., 1 sh. sterl..
To my grdson John Horsey, part of Watkins's Point,
& if he d. s. p., to my sd. son Revill; also to sd. grdson, 1 sh. sterl.
To my son Stephen Horsey, 5 negroes: Jenny, Eloy,
Leah, George, & Jacob; also to sd. son, 1 sh. sterl.
To my son Revill, 3 negro boys - Harry, Joshua,
& Wat - a bed, livestock, & till my sd. grdson John is 21, the
land left to him.
To my grddau. Mary Horsey, negro girl Grace &
a cow & calf.
To my sons Stephen & Revill & grdson John
Horsey, 3 parcels equ. div.: Tonnys Vineyard, on Wicomico Crk., The Desart,
betw. Annamessix & Manokin R., & the land of Ann Tost to the E
& N of a patent called Exchange.
To my wife, negro girl Lilly.
To my sd. son Stephen, my part of the land Wm. Outerbridge
has & Hannahs Delight.
To my sd. 2 sons Stephen & Revill & my friend
George MeClastor, Watpqueen on Tip Queen on Nanticoke R., & they shall
make over to Rbt. Colbier a small
part of abovesd. land he now has.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Horsey, negro girl Sarah
& a cow & calf.
To my grdson John Horsey, negro boy Gideon.
To Elizabeth Horsey, wife of my [son?] John Horsey
decd., for widhood, the plantn. she lives on, & then to sd. son Revill.
To my nephew Wm. Wheatley Sr., negro wench Amey
given him by my mother.
To my son & extr., Revill, the residue.
Witn: William Miles, Stephen Moore, Henry Miles,
James Hearn.
9 Sept. 1761, sworn to by Wm. Miles & James
Hearn.
Codicil, 11 Jan.1759. To my grdson Isaac Horsey,
all my land W of the crk. betw. John Davis & my dw. plntn. except 150a
of Old Undua & 45a of Cow
Quarter, which 195a my father, Stephen Horsey sold to Thomas Davis.
To my friend Jonathan Darkuss, the 50a of Watkins's
Point where he dw.
Witn: J[ames] Gunby, Wm. Miles, Aaron Starling.
9 Sept. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
extr. refused the execution of the will.
Liber31, folio 408
10 June 1761
ACWORTH, SAMUEL, Stepney Parish, Somerset Co.
To my dau. Esther Ackworth, negro girls Sinah &
Alice & a bed.
To my son Ephraim Ackworth, negro girl Rose &
negro boy Johnson & a bed & my 375a on the N side Rowastico Crk:
The Addition, Penny Island, & Ackworths Purchase, on which my dw. house
is..
To my daus. Sarah Bounds & Mary Watkins, at
age 16, negro girl Eunice.
The residue s to be equ. div. betw. my wife, Patience
Acworth, dau. Esther Ackworth, & son Ephraim Akcworth.
Extrs: sd. wife, Patience, & dau. Esther.
Witn: Day Given, Mathew Dorman, Geo. Farrington.
11 Sept. 1751, George Farrington, age 23 yrs., swore
that about 10 June last he wrote the will of Saml. Acworth, that 6 or 8
days after the testator's d., about 13 June last, he made 2 copies, one
of which, with the original, he sent to the widow, & the other, the
one now exhibited, he kept, that a few days after testator's d.
John Watkins, son-in-law to the decd., said he would give deponent
L 20 for the copy, adding that if the will was destroyed, it would make
an equal distribution of the e., & that the next night the original
will was stolen from the house where the widow lived.
11 Sept. 1761, Mathew Dorman, age 31 yrs., swore
that about 10 June last, after it was executed, the testator gave him the
will & after testator's d., he gave it to the widow, & a few days
later John Watkins, sd. testator's son-in-law, asked deponent to let him
take a copy, but deponent, suspecting Watkins meant to destroy it, would
not let him have it, that the evening of the day the will was to be taken
to the dep. commisary he saw Watkins at the widow's house & that, going
again to
her house the next morning, he was informed that a chest wherein were
the will, an acct. of the testator's against Watkins, a bond of sd. Watkins
to Stephen Ste- phens, & about L 6 had been stolen in the night, that
the same day he, with the widow & Daniell Henderson examined sd. chest,
found on the bank of a crk. nearby,
but could not find either the will, the bond, the acct., or the money.
Liber 31, folio 410
19 June 1761
BALY, THOMAS, Queen Anns Co.
To my son John Baly, a gray horse, a bay mare, other
livestock, pewterware, my saddle, clothes, 1/3 my crop of wheat, &
on his mother's d., a bed.
To my dau. Anne Vanderford, a chest of drawers.
To Rebecca Harris, a red chest, & on the d.
of her mother, the great iron pot.
To Esther Watson, my handmill & utensils, a
grindstone, & a bull.
To my grddau. Hannah Watson, a heifer.
To my grdson Thomas Baley, a black horse.
To m,y wife & extrx., Esther Baley, the residue
of my p. e.
Witn: George Swanson, Jeremiah Barnicle, John Davis.
2 Sept. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 411
11 Dec. 1752
MURPHY, HELLERN, Queen Anns Co., widow.
To my son Philemon Murphy, negro man Dick for his
share of his father's e. & his div. of my decd. dau. Clementina's share
of the same e.
To my dau. Ruth Murphy, negro woman Nanny, her child
Lucey, & a bed.
To my grdson Charles Guyn, who lives with me, L
5 towards his schooling.
To my sons & extrs., William & Philemon
Murphy, equ. div., the residue.
Witn: C[harles] Browne, Prescilla Browne, Robert
Campbell.
2 July 1761, sworn to by Charles Brown & Rbt.
Campbell.
Liber 31, folio 412
3 March 1758
CARRADINE, ANNE, Queen Anns Co.
To my grddau. Mary Ann Thomas, my riding mare (Jewell)
& my side saddle.
To my son & extr., John Carradine, the residue
of my p. e.
Witn: N[athan] Sam. Turbut Wright, Nathaniel Conner.
18 Aug. 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 412
7 Dec. 1760
BOSTIC, THOMAS, Jr., Queen Anns Co.
To my wife & extr., Abigail Bostic, all the
residue of my p. e.
Witn: [Nathaniel] Cleave, James Trickey, Thomas
Scotten.
6 Aug. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 413
10 Dec. 1754
BROWN, MARGARET, Queen Anns Co., widow.
To my dau. Mary Campbell, 1 sh. sterl.
To my son& extr., Christopher Brown, the residue
of my e. r. & p.
Witn: Thos. Neuton, Thos. Meloyd, Sarah Neuton.
30 July 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
extr. named refused to admin.
Liber 31, folio 414
14 June 1761
BELT, [Col.] JOSEPH, Prince George's Co., having lived to an old age.
To my wife, Margery, for life, 1/2 my dw. plntn.,
negro woman Sarah & her chldn. Jenny & Flora; 5 negro men - Sango,
Bachelor, Wall, Bob, & Nero - 3 ne- gro women - Jenny, Bess, &
Nan & her son Charles; negro boy Juba with the horse he usually rides
& saddle; other livestock & hhold furn.
To my son Humphry Belt, 1/2 my dw. plntn., Chelsea,
& on sd. wife's d., the other 1/2, 2 negro men - Rochester & Tom
- 2 negro boys - Bachelor & Sango -
& livestock & hhold furn.
To my son John Belt, a cow & calf.
To my grdson Joseph Sprigg, for the use of his mother,
Rachel Sprigg, for life, negro man James, negro boy Toby, negro woman Cabb,
negro girl Cabb, & on her d., to her sons Ozburn & Thomas Sprigg.
To my dau. Mary Pindle L 10.
To my dau. Margery Lyles, 5 sh.
To my son Tobias Belt, 2 negro men, Hercules &
Toby, & 1/2 the cattle & hogs at Mitchels Quarter.
To my son Jeremiah Belt, these tracts: Good Luck,
The Addition to Good Luck, Belts Discovery, & Arthus Seat, negro man
Peter, & the other 1/2 the cattle & hogs at Mitchels Quarter.
To my grdson Richd. Belt, s. o. Jeremiah, negro
girl Jenny at Mitchels Quarter.
To the chldn.of my son Joseph Belt: to Thomas Belt,
1/2 Chevy Chace, in Frederick Co., & to Wm. Belt, the other 1/2, div.
by Edwd. Sprigg & Humphry Belt.
Also to sd. Thos. Belt, 10 hogs, 10cattle, 10 brls.
Indian corn, negro girl Pegg, & negro man Shrewsbury.
Also to sd. Wm. Belt, negro woman Jenny, negro boy
Sam, 10 hogs, 10 cattle, 10 brls. Indian corn, & the horses on sd.
land equ. div. to sd. sons Thos. & Wm.
All the other negroes on sd. Chevey Chase, to my
grdchldn. Charles, Elizabeth, Ann, & Joseph Belt, chldn of my son Joseph
Belt.
Also to sd. Thomas Belt, Seneca Hills, in Fredk.
Co., & if my son Humphry d. s. p., sd. Chelsea.
To my grdson Joseph Belt, s. o. my son Joseph, Friendship,
in Fredk. Co.
To my dau.-in-law Ann Belt, late [wife] of my son
Joseph, for life, Thompsons Lott, near the dw. plntn. of Dr. John Sprigg,
& then to Joseph, s. o. my son Jo- seph Belt; also to sd. Ann, negro
man Bristoll for life, & on her d., to my grdson William Belt, s. o.
my son Joseph Belt; also to sd. Ann, relict of my son Joseph, for widhood,
my water mill & land near Marlborough , Prince George's Co., &
on her d. or mar., to my grdsons Wm. & Joseph, s. o. son Joseph Belt.
To my son Humphry Belt, the residue of my e. r.
& p.
Extrs: Edward Sprigg & Humphry Belt.
Witn: [Dr.] J[ohn] Sprigg, Joseph Ray, John Perry.
14Sept. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 416
5 May 1761
WOSLER, ULERUCH, Baltimore Co., well stricken in age.
My plntn. is to be sold & my wife [not named]
to have 1/3 the money, & the other 2/3 to be div. into 5 parts, &
my wife is to have all movables except a horse,
saddle, bridle, & Bible to my son [not named] & L 5 more than
his sisters [not named]; my wife is to give L 10 to the poor.
Extrs: Mikell Biear, James Hendricks.
Witn: Jegep [Joseph] Hopman, Daniel Treigler.
7 Aug. 1761, both witn swear they saw testator,
Ulrich Whistlar, sign the will.
Liber 31, folio 417
10 May 1761
HAWKINS, ROBERT, Baltimore Co., planter.
To my wife, Sarah Hawkins, for life, 50a of the
moiety of my land to be laid off by my son John & my friend Joseph
Henley, & on her d., to my son Robert with the rest of the moiety;
also to sd. wife, my best bed & negro man James.
To my son William, the other moiety, on the side
of the lane he lives on, not to be laid off by sd. son John & sd. friend.
To my son John, negro man Cuff.
To my 3 daus. - Ann Renshaw, Elizabeth Gilbart,
& Sarah Beaver - each L 3.
The rest of my p. e. is to be div. betw. my 4 sons:
Thomas, John, William, & Robert.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son John, & sd.
son & sd. friend Joseph Henley are to see to the execution.
Witn: Joseph Henley, James Crawford, Samuel Litter.
5 Aug. 1761, sworn to by Henley & Samuel Fitter,
& the widow stood to the will.
Further probate Liber CG#2 [34], folio 141.
Liber 31, folio 418
25 March 1761
MOORE, JOHN, Baltimore Town, Baltimore Co.
To my wife, Hannah Moore, & my childn. Elizabeth
& Sarah Moore, equ. div., all my e. r. & p.
Extrs: sd. wife & friend Daniel Chamier, Sr.,
of Baltimore Town, merchant.
Witn: Ab[raha]m Wayne, Chas. Harryman, Jennet Irvin.
5 June 1761, sworn to by Wayne.
Liber 31, folio 418
--- July 1761
WEBSTER, JOHN, son of Michaell of Baltimore Co.
To my wife & extrx., Mary Webster, for life,
1/3 my lands, & then to my son James, & if he d. s. p., to my surviving
chldn.
Witn: Richard Wilmott, Isaac Webster, Michl. Webster,
Jr., Mary Tridway.
24 Aug. 1761, affirmed by Isaac Webster (Quaker)
& sworn to by Wilmot & Treadway.
Liber 31, folio 419
29 Jan. 1756
LITTEN, THOMAS, Baltimore Co., planter.
To my wife, Anne Litten, for life my dw. plntn,
160a of Margaret's Mount, & on her d., to my son Saml. Litten for life,
& to my son James Litten, 40a at the S end of sd.tract, at New Design,
for life, & if either d. s.p., to the survivor; also to sd. wife, 1/3
the residue of my p. e.
Spencer's Neighbour is to fall to my son Michael
for life.
Falling Branch 25a is to fall to my sons Michael
& James for their lives.
If my son Isaac comes back within 3 yrs., he is
to have for life Litten's Fancy whereon is supposed a mine, but if he not
return, this par. is void.
My son John is to have the rest of Arrabea Patria,
which I bought of Isaac Webster & Jacob Giles, & Ann's Delight,
& if he d. s. p., these 2 tracts are to be equ. div. among all my surviving
chldn.
The rest of my p. e. is to be equ. div. among my
chldn. saving John & Isaac & dau. Mary, who have L 12 apiece less
than the rest of my chldn.
Each of my grdchldn. Saml. & Ann Prichard is
to have a cow & calf now in possn. of Dr. Edward Wakemad's extrs.
My grddau. Ann Lotter, d. o. my son Thos. decd.,
is to have a cow & calf, a ewe & lamb, & a sow & pigs.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son Michael Litten.
Witn: Jacob Giles, Willm. Smith, John Rigbie.
21 April 1761, affirmed by Giles (Quaker) &
sworn to by Wm. Smith, surveyor, & 15 July 1761, sworn to by Rigbie.
Liber 31, folio 420
--- ----- ---
PENNINGTON, OTHO, Cecil Co.
The residue of my p. e., is to be equ. div. among
all my chldn., male & female.
My r. e. to my 5 sons: Otho, Wheeler, Abram, Isaac,
& Joseph Pennington, they paying to mtge. due to Evert Everson, equ.
div.
Extrs: wife, Sarah Pennington, friend Benjamin Nowland.
Witn: Hugh Mathews, James Beaird, Thos. Board, Jr.
26 May 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 421
3 July 1761
MERCHAND, DAVID, Frederick Co., Doctor.
To my son David, L 2 Penna.
To my wife, Judith, 2 parts of my e. & the 3d
part, equ. div. to my 2 sons, David & Fredery, & my wife shall
have the 2 chldn. till they come of age.
Extrs: my wife, Judith, & William Fegard.
Witn: Jacob Seller, David Hagar, Lodowick Comerer.
17 Aug. 1761, sworn to by Hagar & Comerer.
Liber 31, folio 422
9 March 1761
ANGLEBERGHER, PHILIP, [Frederick Co.]
To my son Philip Anglebergher, the land, but he
must pay Maria Catharina L 20 & a new suite of clothes when he comes
of age, & Anna Maria Tomer shall have
2 cows, a chest, & a new suite of clothes.
To Michael Tomer, L 11, a mare or horse worth L
6 or L 7, & a new suite of clothes when he comes to age.
Witn: Philip Keence, Frederick Witman, Peter Sheafer.
14 March 1761, sworn to by Keence & Whitman.
5 Aug. 1761, Thomas Schly, who understands both
English & German, swore this was a true translation of the will of
Philip Anglebergher now exhibited by Yotum Shefer, George Tomer, &
Peter Butler
Liber 31, folio 422
3 Feb. 1761
GRAW, ELIZABETH, Frederick Co.
To my daus. Mary Graw & Barbara Graw, each L
5.
The residue is to be equ. div. among my other chldn:
my son Nicholas Sheafer, my dau. Margaret Sheafer (alias Rench), my dau.
Elizabeth Sheafer (alias Snably),
& my dau. Susanna Sheafer (alias Jones).
Extr: Dr. Henry Snably.
Witn: Martin Casner, John Flenner, David Jones.
1 Aug. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 423
14 April 1721
MOBBERLY, EDWARD, Prince George's Co., schoolmaster, my employ requiring
my absence from my family.
To my 3 chldn. - Rebecca, Edward, & Francis
Mobberly - the residue of my movables.
To my sd. 2 sons, equ. div., my 150a of Rencher's
Adventure in the forks of Zaccheah Br. I bought of Henry Franch, &
when the younger of my sd. 2 sons is 21,
they are to pay my sd. dau. L 20 sterl.
To my wife & extrx., Rebecca Mobberly, for widhood,
possn. of my sd. land; if she d. before my chldn. are 16, Mr. Clement Hill
& Mr. William Diggs to be
their grdns.
Witn: Mary Tucker, Thomas Tucker, John Tucker.
24 Aug. 1761, sworn to by John Tucker.
Liber 31, folio 425
19 April 1759
BELT, JOSEPH, Jr., Prince George's Co.
To my son Thomas, a parcel of manor land bought
of Samuel Galloway with the water mill.
The rest of my e. r. & p., for life, to my wife,
& extrx., Ann, & then my dw. house & water mill to my son Joseph,
& if he d. s. p., to my son Charles, & if he d. s. p., to my son
William.
Witn: George Clarke, Benjamin Brookes, John Read
Magruder.
26 Aug. 1761, sworn to by Brookes & Megruder.
27 Aug. 1761, Ann Belt resigned the extrship to
her bro. Edward Sprigg.
Liber 31, folio 426
25 May 1761
SIMMONS, JONATHAN, [Prince George's Co.]
To my 3 sons - Joseph, William, & Richard Simmons
- equ. div., 250a of Conogochique Manor.
To my wife, Elizabeth, my livestock, hhold furn.,
& negro men Coye, Senica, & Banga, negro women Jenny & Esther,
negro boy Jerry, & negro girl Rose, for life, & on her d., to my
chldn.Jonathan, Joseph, William, Ruth, Richard, Isaac, Nan, Jesse, &
Jacob Simmons.
To my son Jesse, negro girl Cate.
To my son Jacob, negro boy Little Coye.
Witn: George Wells, Jacob Shomaker.
26 Aug. 1761, sworn to by nboth witn.
Liber 31, folio 426
24 Feb. 1758
PARKERSON, THOMAS, Cecil Co., farmer.
To my son Christopher Parkerson, 1 sh. sterl.
The residue of my e. to my chldn. b. of Sarah, my
last wife, equ. div., Thomas, John, & William, my 3 sons, & my
2 daus. Elizabeth & Sarah.
Extrs: my wife, Sarah, & my friend Mr. Robert
Mausfiend.
Witn: Rd. Thompson, Jr., Jno. Calvert, Cornelius
Huckill.
20 March 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
17 Jan. 1761, Robert Mansfield resigned the extrship
to sd. Sarah Parkerson.
Liber 31, folio 427
5 Oct. 1761, William Hynson, one of the witn., swears to the will of
John Brown [Liber 31, folio 103].
Liber 31, folio 428
17 Jan. 1760
BROOM, ROBERT, Cecil Co., shipwright.
To my dau. Elizabeth Broom, at age 16, L 50 &
my 2 negro girls Sall &Rachell, d. o. my negro wench Rachel.
To my wife & extrx., Francis Broom, negro wench
Rachell till my son Thomas, now about 1 yr. old, is 21, & any increase
of Rachel by then to be equ. div. betw. my 2 sd. chldn.
To sd. son Thomas, my plntn. Bachelors Hope 460a.
Witn: Jesse Hollingsworth, Samuel Shepherd, J[ames]
Partridge.
27 May 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 428
27 June 1761
HAYS, JOHN, Cecil Co.
To my wife & extrx., Ruth Hays, for widhood,
my dw. plntn. Escoes Lodge to where it joins the 100a formerly belonging
to Charles Rumsey,& on her d. or mar.
to my son William Hays with 12 1/2a of Abram's Promis I bought of William
Price Boson.
To my son Henry Hayes, all the rest of Essex [Escoes?]
Lodge, where he dw., but if he d. without male heir, to his widow for widhood,
& if that happen, the part
I gave to my son Henry I give to my son Richard.
To my 5 chldn. - James, Sarah, John Middleton,
Joseph, & Richard Hayes - equ. div., the residue of my p. e.
Witn: John Stocton, Benjamin Price, John Veazy.
25 Aug. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 430
4 July 1761
HOLY, ANN, Cecil Co., widow, old & weak.
To my dau. Ann Rudolph, 5 sh. sterl.
To my grdson Thomas Taylor, at age 21, L 5 Penna.
money.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Kerr, L 5.
To my grddau. Ann Bristoe, a bed, my chest, a gold
ring, an iron pot, & a large looking glass.
To my grddau. Rachel Bristow, a bed, an oval table,
a tew table, a chest of drawers, an iron pot, 6 silver teaspoons, a bay
mare not broke, & L 30.
To my grddau. Rebecca Bristoe, a cow, a square table,
2 pewter dishes, a large basin, & 4 plates.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Bristow, a cow, 2 butter
dishes, & a large basin.
To my grdson John Bristow, at age 21, the plntn.
I live on with the clock in the house, & if he d. s. p., to my son
William Bristow.
To my grddau. Millicent Bristoe, L 3 shen she's
of age & a small square looking glass.
To my grddau. Ann Corithers, a brass kettle &
a warming pan.
To my cousin Ann Corithers, Jr., a bed.
To my grddau. Isabella Ker, a cow.
To my grddau. Hannah Elexander, L 5 Penna. money.
To my grddau. Mary Veazy, a cow.
To my son & extr., Wm. Bristow, Holy's Expedition,
on the E side of Elk [R.], negro Charles till of age, & he is to maintain
Francis Bishop for life.
Witn: Robert Rowland, Michl. Wallace, David Elder.
24 Aug. 1761, sworn to by Wallace & Elder.
Liber 31, folio 431
8 April 1761
EVERTSON, EVERT, [Cecil Co.], farmer.
To my wife, Elizabeth Evertson, my best horse, her
saddle, my riding chair, her clothes, 1/2 my m. e., & for widhood,
my land.
To my cousin Evert Everson, s. o. my bro. Jacob
Evertson, at my wife's mar., all my land except my wife's dower & 1/2
my m. e.
To my cousin Rebecca Evertson, at age 16 or mar.,
L 50.
To my bro. Jacob Evertson, my clothes & 10 sh.
To my cousin Jacob Evertson, Jr., 10 sh.
To my cousin Elizabeth Evertson, d. o. my bro.Jacob
Evertson, 10 sh.
To my cousins Rachel & Hester Evertson, d. o.
my bro. Jacob Evertson, at age 16 or mar., each 10 sh.
To my cousins Rebecca Farrell & William Smith,
each L 6.
Extrs: my wife, Elizabeth, & my cousin Evert
Evertson.
Witn: Richard Canter, John Harper, Mary Reed.
26 May 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 433
23 Dec. 1760
HOLTHAM, JOHN, Cecil Co., planter.
To my dau. Mary Mills, for life in case she survive
her husb., a small house on my plntn. in Townpoint near Elk Rivershore
with 10a.
To my dau. Ann Holtham & my son Joseph Holtham,
each a young heifer.
To my 3 chldn. - Spencer, Ann, & Joseph Holtham
- equ. div., the residue of my e.
Mr. Jacob Hamm is to bring up my chldn. Ann &
Joseph Holtham.
Extrs: my son Spencer Holtham & John Veazey,
Jr.
Witn: John Getty, Jeremiah Holson, Hyland Pennington.
25 May 1761, sworn to by John Getty & Jeremiah
Polson.
Liber 31, folio 434
17 Jan. 1761
McCLURE, JOHN, Cecil Co.
To my mother [not named] a negro wench [not named],
1/3 the residue of my e., & on her d., to my bro. [not named[.
To John McCraken's eldest son, John, Jr., L 3.
To my 2 bros. William & James, equ. div., the
remaining 2/3.
Extrs: my other & my bros. William & James.
Witn: Edward Justice, William Cather, Anthony Kelly.
8 June 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 434
17 April 1761
LISLE, TOBIAS, late governor of James Fort up the River Gambia in Africa,
Esq.
Gulielma Maria Lisle, of Putney Parish, Surry County,
widow, admx. of Tobias Lisle, apptd. Charles Neilson of London, Esq.,
her atty. as admx. of sd. Tobias in
Virginia, Maryland, & elsewhere in North America
Witn: Henry Southouse, Edwd. Southouse.
London, 13 Sept. 1761, sd. Gulielmo was aptd. admx.
of sd. Tobias.
Deputy Registers: Wm. Legard, Pet. St. Eley, Hen
Stevens.
Liber 31, folio 438
16 May 1761
WORNER, SOLOMON, Talbot Co.
To my dau. Sarah Worner, a bed.
Extrx: my wife, Ann Worner.
Witn: Patrick McLaughlin, Elizth. Nailor.
15 Sept. 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 438
15 Jan. 1753
LAMBDIN, WILLIAM, Talbot Co.
As my father, Wm. Lamdin, in his will entailed on
his son John part of William & Mary's Addition belonging to Groston's
Manor & purchased of John Lowe, & sd. John d. s. p. & it now
belongs to me, I leave it to my son John Lambdin.
To my son & heir at law, Robert Lambdin, Winterton,
which I purchased of my bro. Daniel Lambdin, & the remaining 52a of
William & Mary's Addition.
If any disturbances arise after sd.sons Robert &
John are of age . . .
As The Reviving Springs, in Queen Anns Co., bequeathed
by Mary Wrightson to her grdsons John Breerly, John Camper, & my son
William Lambdin, & in their
minority was div. into 3 equ. parts, the part I purchased of John Breerly
should belong to my son Wm. Lambdin as youngest of sd. Mary Wrightson's
grdsons & he is to make it over to my son Daniel Lambdin when he is
21, & if he d. s. p., to my son Thomas Lambdin, & for want of heirs,
to my son Francis Lambdin, & for want of heirs, to my son Wrightson
Lambdin.
To my sd. son Robert Lambdin, negro man Singo.
Extrx: my wife Catherine Lambdin.
Witn: Thos. Smith, W[illiam] Webb Haddaway, Rachael
Kemp.
21 Sept. 1761, sworn to by Smith & Haddaway,
& 29 of sd. mo., affirmed by Kemp (Quaker).
Liber 31, folio 441
1 Aug. 1761
SIMS, MARY, Baltimore Co.
To Henry Little of Baltimore Town, taylor, with
Mary, his wife, the house & lot in Baltimore Town.
To Alexander Russell of Baltmore Town, joyner, &
Ann, his wife, each 1 sh. sterl.
Extr: my son-in-law, Henry Little.
Witn: Robt. Armstrong, John Simpson, Geo. Markham.
31 Aug. 1761, sworn to by Simpson & Markham.
Liber 31, folio 442
9 Feb. 1761
TRIPPE, HENRY, Dorchester Co.
To my bro. & extr., John Trippe, on the
d. of my father, Mr. William Trippe, negro Sam, & 1/2 my clothes.
To my bro. Edwd. Trippe, my watch, a mare Cartwright,
a bed, & 1/2 my clothes.
To my nephew Edward Noel, negro lad Robin.
To my sisters Jean McCullam & Henrietta Hughs
& my bro. William Trippe, 1 sh. sterl. apiece.
Witn: W[illiam] Wheland, Francis Walker, Eliza.
Covey.
10 June 1761, sworn to by Wheland & Walker.
Liber 31, folio 443
2 April 1761
SHINTON, RAYMOND, Dorchester Co.
To my son Raymond Shinton, Shinton's Neglect &
Staplefort's Advantage, but if he mar. the dau. of William Thompson or
the dau. of James Hays, my nye neigh-
bors, these tracts to my son Joseph Shilton
To my son William Shinton, Shintons Addition &
Stapleforts Good Will.
To my son Joseph Shinton, 50a that fell to me by
the d. of my bro. John Shinton.
To my son Charles Shinton, the lands I bought of
my bro. Wm. Shinton & the land I escheated except what lies in my dw.
plntn.
To my 4 sd. sons, hog range.
To my daus. Elizabeth Deen & Mary Meekins, each
1 sh. sterl
To my wife & extrx., Mary Shenton, negro girl
Ginney.
Witn: John Woollen, Joseph Shinton, Josias Shinton.
11 May 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 444
27 Feb. 1761
GRIFFITH, JOSEPH, Dorchester Co.
To my wife, negro Sary.
To my son Joseph Griffith, negro boy Mehomit.
To my dau. Suffier Griffith, negro girl Led, a black
mare, & 6 horses more.
Tomy dau. Dolly, negro girl Cate.
To my dau. Rebecker Griffith, negro boy Steden.
Toi my dau. Ann Griffith, negro boy Lasher.
Extrs: my wife [AnnGriffith] & son Joseph Griffith.
Witn: John Griffith, William White, George Griffith.
6 July 1761, Ann Griffith, the widow, renounced
the legacy in the will & elected her 1/3; Joseph Griffith refused the
exrship. Witn: James Hodgson, John Stevens.
6 Aug. 1761, sworn to by John Griffith & William
White.
The witn. refusing to take the usual oath at the
time of the signing of the will., James Auld, Dep. Commy., certified it.
Liber 31, folio 445
4 Sept. 1761
MEDFORD, GEORGE, Kent Co., yeoman.
To my son George Medford, Jr., a silver watch, the
least of the 2 looking glasses in the hall, the 320a mtged to me by James
Tippett (250a of Mill Fork & 70a of Tibbetts Adventure), &
if he d. s. p., to my son Marmaduke Medford, & my eldest son, Thomas
Medford, who is settled there, is not to be distrubed till the d.
of my wife, Jane Medford.
To my son Thomas Medford, the largest of the 2 looking
glasses in the hall, 6 sheep. a new gun, & an 8-day clock.
To my dau. Mary Blackistone, wife of Ebenezer Blackistone,
a tortoise-shell silver snuff box.
To my wife, Jane Medford, for widhood, my dw. plntn.
& land, negro woman Dinah, my riding chair, a horse, & the residue
of my p. e.
On sd. wife's mar. or d., to my son, Geo., Jr.,
negroes Jonas & Grace; to my son Marmaduke, negroes Will & Amey;
to my dau. Jane Medford, negroes Poll &
Venus.
To my son Marmaduke, the lot in George Town where
George Stone lived, a small gun, & to him & my sd. dau. Jane, each
a black walnut chest, one in the house & the other at Charles Tildin's.
To my cousin Richard Kennard, negro woman Moll &
negro girl Hannah for life, & on his d., sd. Moll to his dau. Rachel
& sd. Hannah to his dau. Ann.
As my dau. Augustina cannot manage an e., I expect
my chldn. give to her maintenance.
Extrs: my wife, Jane Medford, & my son George
Medford.
Witn: Thos. Chandler, Phebe Gale, Thos. Perkins.
17 Oct. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn., & 30
Oct. 1761, George Medford resigned the extrship to his mother.
Liber 31, folio 448
1st day 4th mo.1761
RASIN, GEORGE, Kent Co., yeoman.
To my dau. Mary Rasin, negro boy Jemmy.
To my dau. Ann Rasin, negro boy Moses.
If the child my wife is big with be a son, the plntn.
& lands I dw. on is to be div. into 3 equ. parts from Churn Br. to
Cabbin Br., my eldest son, William, to have 1st choice & my 2d son,
George, the next, but if either d. before age 21, my part of Draytor &
Hales near the corner of the part Abraham Porter dw. on, to my eldest son
then living & to the youngest surviving son, the part of my plntn.
N of the br. of Churn Br..
To my dau. Sarah Rasin, negro boy John.
To the child my wife is big with, if a girl, negro
boy Henry.
To my wife & extrx., Sarah Rasin, my chaise
& horse Jack & the use of my plntn. for widhood.
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. among
my chldn. Mary, Ann, William, George, & Sarah Rasin & the child
my wife is big with.
Witn: John Morris, Simon Newcomb, Edwd. Dougan.
20 Oct. 1761, sworn to by Morris & Dougan.
Liber 31, folio 449
17 Dec. 1759
RASIN, MARY, Kent Co., widow.
To my son William Rasin, the part of Warners Marsh
devised me by my father, George Warner, adj. Nathaniel Powels neck.
To my son & extrx., Abraham Rasin, Friendship
300a, Pool 200a, 100a of Standleys Hope, & the residue of my p. e.
To my son George Rasin, L 20.
Negroes Toney, Jemmy, Cesar, & Joyce & her
3 chldn [not named] are to be set free.
Witn: John Rasin, Peregrine Brown, Margarett Hall.
1 Sept. 1761, sworn to by Brown & Hall.
Liber 31, folio 450
23 July 1761
HYNSON, JOHN, Eastern Neck Island, [Kent Co.]
My extrx. is to sell the part my land in Esther
Neck Island E of a line drawn S near the main rd. betw. the Trest Pond
& the head of Calf Pasture Crk. & near
where Samuel Munjar lives & div. my bro. Charles & myself.
To my son William, the part of my land in Esther
Neck I. beg. at a large poplar agreed on by Nathl. Hynson & myself
to be at the end of the line betw. us next to
Mr. Wickers & running N to where Elizabeth Collins tends corn.
To my son Benja.all my landin Eastern Neck E of
the main rd. from the narrows to Mr. Wicker's & Mr. Graisers betw.
sd. rd. Mr. Grayser's & my bro. Charles'
& the land I have ordered sold.
The residue of my land to my son John.
To my wife & extrx., Frances Hynson, my iron
gray mare & her colt, my wife's saddle & bridle, & 1/3 the
residue of my p. e., the other 2/3 to my 4 chldn.
To my son Benja. negro boy Charles, & to dau.
Katherine, negro girl Sall.
My 2 eldest sons are to be bound apprentices by
the advice of my friends Thomas & William Ringgold, & my wife is
to find them clothes fit for apprentices till they come to age.
To my son John, the gray horse I bought of Dr. Smith;
to my son Wm. the young blazed-face mare; & to my son Benja. &
dau. Catherine each a young colt called theirs.
Witn:John Scott, Charles Hynson, Eliza. Collins.
19 Aug. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 452
12 Nov. 1760
KENNARD, PHILLIP, Kent Co.
To my son John Tilden Kennard, Kennards Farm, my
dw. plntn., & lands adj., but if he d. s. p., sd. land is to be equ.
div. among my 3 daus., Sarah, Katherine, & Mary.
To my wife & extrx. [not named], my riding horse
Gray & my riding chair & harness.
At age 16, my sd. son is to be given up to my friends
Thomas & William Ringgold to be brought up in the mercatital business.
The residue of my p. e. equ. div. to my 4 chldn:
John Tilden Kennard, Sarah, Katherine, & Mary Kennard.
Witn: Ann Carter, Samll. Budd, Robert Buckanan.
5 Aug. 1761, sworn to by Carter & Buckanan.
Liber 31, folio 453
17 July 1761
KNOCK, BENJAMIN, Kent Co.
To my son William Knock, a bed & negro boy Andrew.
To my wife, Elizabeth, negro girl Wethey & a
bed.
Extrs: my sd. wife & John Blacksone.
Witn: Thos Seally, William Howard, John Davison.
25 July 1761, sworn to by Seally & Howard
Liber 31, folio 454
To B. Hand, Dep. Comry [Kent?] Co., 1 Oct. 1761. What right I have
to the extrship of William Davis I resign to John Gleaves.
Healey Pell
Liber 31, folio 454
19 Aug. 1761
HENDERSON, THOMAS, Annapolis, [Anne Arundel Co.], mariner.
To my wife & extrx., Rebeca Henderson, all my
e. in Great Britain & Maryland.
Witn: Robert Bryce, Jno. Davidge.
17 Nov. 1761, sworn to by Capt. Robert Brice &
Mr. John Davidge.
Liber 31, folio 455
20 Oct. 1761
HILL, JOSEPH, Anne Arundel Co.
To Mary Wilkinson, spinster, Daniel Wolstenholm's
bond, livestock , silver tea tongs & teaspoons, the silk & other
goods sent for to England for her, 1/3 my negroes, & for life, Tolleys
Point, Withers Durand, George Stone, & Andrews Rest; also a cart &
horses now at Folleys Plntn.
To my grddau. Henny Margarett Hill, on the d. of
the sd. Mary Wilkinson, the sd. lands left her, Hoin Neck, Piney Point
Addition, Reads Lott included in Joseph Purchase, Yeates Come by Chance,
Yeates Addition, & Hills Forrest, in Baltimore Co., but if she d. s.
p., to my cousin Henry Hill; also to sd. grddau., the rest of my negroes
except negro girl Cassey, which will be given to Priscilla Garretson; but
if sd. grddau. d. before age 16, her part of my p. e. is to be div. thus:
1/5 a-
piece to my sisters Mary Gillis, Pricilla Dorsey, & Milcah Arey
& my cousins Joseph Richardson& Henry Hill.
To my cousin Nathaniel Richardson, 200a at the W
end of Hills Forrest, in Baltimore Co.
To my cousin Joseph Richardson, 200a at the E end
of sd. Hills Forrest, my stallion, & the youngest colt from mare Betty.
To my bro. Richard Hill, his 2 bonds & L 100.
To Elizabeth Hill, a tract Church.
To Priscilla Garretson, wife of Cornelius Garretson,
2 notes of sd. Cornelius, L 100, negro girl Cassey, black horse Hector,
Nurse Mare, a bed, & the goods sent for to England.
To my bro.-in-law Joseph Richardson, L 10 for the
use of the people called Quakers.
To John Ruley, Edwards Neck & Ruleys Search,
he paying to sd. Priscilla Garretson L 30.
To Sophia Galloway, L 10.
To my friends & extrs., Thomas Sprigg &
Robert Pleasant, each L 50.
To old negroes Ellicks, Ned, & Lucy, for life,
50 sh./year.
To Edward Sprigg, brother of Thomas Sprigg, the
oldest mare colt from sd. mare Betty.
Witn: Benja. Beall, Charles Wallace, Joshua Frazier.
10 Nov. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 458
20 Aug. 1759
PUMPRY, EBENEZER, Anne Arundel Co., carpenter.
To my wife, Margaret Pumferey, for life, all my
e. r. & p.
To my son Ebenezer, on sd. wife's d., part of Mill
Dam Supply & Pumphrys Ventuer, on which he lives between br., adj.
Darbys Fancy, & negro man Peter.
To my dau. Mary Moonshaw & her heirs begot by
David Moonshaw, on sd. wife's d., Addition to the sd. Mills Supply 24a
& a good bed.
To my grdshild Margarett Moonshaw, on sd. wife's
d., negro boy Paraway.
To my dau. Massey Toppen, on sd. wife's d., a good
bed.
To my son Walter Pumphrey, on sd. wife's d., my
dw. plntn. & mill & the rest of my lands.
To my 3 chldn. - Walter Pumphery, Massey Toppen,
& Mary Moonshaw - equ. div., the rest of my p. e.
Extrs: my wife Margarett Pumphrey, & my son
Walter Pumphrey.
Witn Absalom Butler, Henry Dorsey, son of Caleb,
Nathan Hughes.
8 July 1761, sworn to by Mr. Henry Dorsey, son of
Caleb, & the extr. accepted the execution of the will.
On the 17th, sworn to by Absolom Butler.
Liber 31, folio 460
15 June 1761
DORSEY, JOHN, Jr., of Elk Ridge in Anne Arundel Co., Gent.
To my son Samuell Dorsey, 456a of Dorseys Search,
125a of Sams Lott, & 25a of Pleasant Valley.
To my son Benjamin Dorsey, 100a of Long Beach, the
land taken by warrant f resurvey adj. Dorseys Search, & 248a of Partnership
laid out by Jos. Plummer.
To my son John Dorsey, 50a of Jnos Goodluck.
To William Hall of Elk Ridge, the residue of Partnership.
To my dau. Rachael Hall, L 10.
To my dau. Lucy Dorsey, mulatto boy James.
To all my childn. but Rachael Hall, equ. div., the
residue.l
Extrs: my wife, Eliza. Dorsey, & my son Basil
Dorsey.
Witn: [Dr.] Joshua Warfield, Capt. Edwd. Dorsey,
John Beall.
8 Sept. 1761, sworn to by Warfield, [who wrote the
will?] & Dorsey.
Liber 31, folio 462
6 Oct. 1761
STEWART, JAMES, Anne Arundel Co.
To Ebenezer Pumphrey & my sister Margaret, his
wife, my son Joshua & my dau. Rebecca to bring up as their own.
To my son Joshua, my mare, a cow Strawberry, a young
steer belonging to sd. cow, my gun, & my best bed.
To my dau. Rebecca, my gold ring, 6 new pewter basons
& pewter plates, cow Corerry, & a yearling heifer Star.
To my bro. Ezekiel Stewart, a cow Good Lack.
To my bro. & extr., David, a barrow, his choice
of all.
To my friend Henry Slack, a breeding sow & her
pigs.
The residue of my m. e. is to be sold & equ.
div. among all my chldn: Rebecca, Joshua, Mary, Ann, Rachel, Dinah, Charles.
Witn: John Rolls, son of Jno., Samuell Yealdhall.
17 Nov. 1761, sworn to by both witn., & the
extr. resigned the execution of the will.
Liber 31, folio 463
31 Jan 1761
WRIGHT, MARY, Anne Arundel Co., spinster, d. o. Thomas Wright.
14 July 1761, Elizabeth Hawkins &Rachel Stewart
swore that they were present about the last day of Jan. 1761, when Mary
Wright d., & she said she gave to her son John Wright, about 5 yrs
old, all she had but her riding mare Phenix, saddle, & clothes, which
she gave to her mother, Ketherine Wright, & within 48 hrs.
they applied to Mr. Warfield, a county majestrate to depose to her
intentions, but he refused to take their dep.
Liber 31, folio 463
30 March 1747
IIAMS, RICHARD, Anne Arundel Co., plantr.
To my wife & extrx., Eliza. Iiams, for widhood,
all my p. e. except the legacies below, & on her mar. or d., to be
equ. div. among my sons John & William & my
daus. Mary & Charity.
To my daus. Sarah & Eliza., each a cow &
calf & 1 sh.
To my sons John & Wm., equ. div., my dw. plntn
100a, Wm. to have my dw. house & orchard.
19 Jan. 1761, my sons John & Wm. shall pay their
mother 40 sh. apiece per annum for her widhood for the use of 2/3 my land.
Witn: Wm. Iiams, Thos. Danilson, Wm. Iiams, Jr.,
Plum[me]r Iams.
--- Aug. 1761, sworn to by Thomas Iiams, Jno. Iiams,
& Rebecca Iiams.
--- Aug. 1761, Thomas Donaldson & Plummer Iiams
swear to the codicil & to the oath of Wm. Iiams, Sr.
Liber 31, folio 465
18 Sept. 1761
WOODWARD, HENRY, Anne Arundel Co., Gent.
I empower my wife, Mary Woodward, to sell these
lands: The Vineyard, which Benja. Tasker, Jr., Esq. decd., conveyed to
me, the lands adj., conveyed to me by my sisters Mary & Elizabeth Woodward,
my house in Annapolis where my uncle Wm. Woodward lives, & the rents
of the lands leased to James Chalmers &
Robert Couden.
My wife is to sell The South River Quarter &
the money therefrom to debts I owe to Benja. Tasker, Esq., Stephen Bordley,
Esq., & Nicholas Maccubbin.
My breed of English horses are to be sold.
If my wife have a son, the lands mtgd. or otherwise
conveyed to me by Charles Homewood shall go to him, & the income from
sd. lands to the support of my chldn. until such son is 21, when it is
to be bound in his hands to the payment of L 400 sterling to each of my
daus. unmar; but if my wife have a dau., it is to have
its share according to law.
I empower my wife to give to Robert Swan of Annapolis,
mercht., the lease of my warehouse & lands . . .
Extrx: my sd. wife, but if she d. or refuse to act,
my mother-in-law Mrs. Rebecca Young, who shd. follow the advice of my friend
Thomas Johnson, Jr.
Witn: John Thesselius, T[homas] Weems, Toms. Beale
Dorsey, Thos. Johnson, Jr.
26 Oct. 1761, sworn to by Thesselius & Johnson.
Liber 31, folio 467
20 April 1761
CRAPPER, HANNAH, Worcester Co., widow.
To my grddau. Martha Rownd, d. o. James & Rody
Rownd, 2 negroes - Tulles & Prue - L 8, 6 silver spoons, hhold furn.,
livestock, & a large iron -----?
To my [grd?]dau. Hannah Rownd, d. o. James &
Rody Rownd, 2 negroes - Ruth & Hager - L 8, hhold furn., & livestock.
To the Revd. Parson Hugh Heneys eldest son, L 8.
The rest of my e., equ. div., to my grdchldn., s.
& d. of Rody Rownd.
Extr: James Rownd.
Witn: Wm. Stevenson, Esther Fassitt, Agnes Taylor.
Sworn to by Esther Fassitt 3 Sept. 1763 & by
Wm. Stevenson 5 Nov.
Liber 31, folio 468
20 June 1761
HOUSTON, JAMES, Worcester Co.
To my wife & extrx., Mary Houston, negro woman
Yellow Joan & all my land in Worcester Co. for widhood, & if she
mar., only 1/3.
To my son Isaac Houston, L 20 & the land I live
on, Treble Purchase, adj. Dull Folly, a tract of Edmund Hough, & the
head of Calleverick, belonging to Hy. Johnson.
If sd. son d. without male heir, sd. land to my
son James Houston; also to son James, negro girls Isabel & Esther.
To my son John Houston, negro girl Leat, L 20, &
Houstons Chance 121a, & if he d. without male heir, to my son James
Houston.
To my dau. Mary Houston, negro girl Rebecca.
The residue r. & p., equ. div., to my wife,
my son James Houston, & my dau. Mary Houston.
Witn: Peter Chaille, John Milbourne, Isaac Kellam.
Codicil, 22 June 1761. The land I bought of Wm.
Taylor is to be sold & the money applied to Edmund Hugh . . .
Witn: Matthew Outten, John Milbourne, James Duffey.
24 July 1761, both the will & the codicil were
sworn to by all 3 witn., & the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 469
15 June 1761
WRIGHT, ANTHONY, Worcester Co.
To my son Zadok Wright, at age 18, all my land &
marsh on Staten Island, New York, & the ferry belonging betw. my bro.
Hezekiah Wright & Bond Slack.
To my wife, Eliza. Wright, negro men Jack &
Ebin, negro woman Dinah, & 1/3 my p. e.
To my son Zadok Wright, negro boys Ned & Milby
& negro girl Cruse, provided he pay his bro. Purnell Wright L 100 York
currency . . .
To my son Hezekiah Wright, negro boy Will.
To my dau. Mary Wright, negro girl Rose & 1/3
my cattle & sheep, & the rest of them to my son Purnell Wright.
To my 4 chldn., equ. div., the rest of my p. e.
Extrs: my sd. wife, my bro. Hezekiah Wright, &
my bro.-in-law Thomas Purnell of Sinepuxon.
Witn: Elixha Purnell, Jr., Thomas Robins, Sr., Ann
Killiam.
17 Sept. 1761, sworn to by Killiam & Purnell,
& the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 471
9 Sept. 1761
SILLEVEN, TIMOTHY, Worcester Co., planter.
To my wife & extrx., Martha Sellivan, my horse
& bridle & side saddle.
To my son William Medley Sellevan, my mare, 2 2-yr.-old
steers, a cow & calf, a pot & frying pan, a large basin, &
a bed.
To my dau-in-law Catherine Lamberton, a small dish
& basin.
To my son William Midgly Sillivan, L 3 & 6 hogs.
Witn: Willm. Smock, Jeptitha Turnell, John Parnell,
Jr.
30 Oct. 1761, sworn to by Smock & Purnell, &
13 Nov. 1761, the widow elected her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 472
16 June 1761
GODENS, CEASAR, Sr., [Worcester Co.]
His desire on his d. bed is that Michael Goden shd.
divide my notes, which I leave my son Ceasar Goden L 18, my son Daniel
Goden L 12, my dau. Ann Morris
L 8, my dau. Esther Cordrie L 3, & I desire my cousin Mikel Goden
to settle my affairs.
A memo of debts: to 4 bu. Indian corn @ 2/
0.8.0; to 5/2 bu. & a half 0.11.0; to
3 yds linen @ 2/ 0.6.0.
William Garmen that lives at William Smocks
Dbr. To 1/4 lent 0.1.4; Joshua
Morris Dbr. To sumptank which
I cant remember but hope you all may
find out; William Hellon
Dbr.; to 2/6
0.2.6.
Worcester, to will. John Selby swore that
sd. Ceasar Godin, in his last sickness, & not above 2or 3 days before
he d., sent for him to put down what is witrhin
contained for his chldn., on which he wrote the within contained.
Taken in presence of the heir at law 5 Nov. 1761
Liber 31, folio 473
10 Sept. 1761
SMITH, WILLIAM, Worcester Co.
To my wife & extr., Elizabeth Smith, for widhood,
my dw. plntn. Prophit, & then to Jacob Tulk.
Witn: James Hayman, George Brown, Sarah Brown.
5 Nov. 1761, sworn to by George & Sarah Brown
Liber 31, folio 473
1 July 1761, Worcester Co., Margit Benson renounced the admin. of the
e. of John Benston, her decd. husb. Witn: William Benston.
[Margit] stood to her 1/3 & not to the will.
[Witn]: Hannah Stevenson. Exd. 25 June 1761. [No
sign of such a will.]
Liber 31, folio 474
15 Sept. 1761
WEATHERLY, JAMES, Somerset Co.
To my son James Weatherly, the plntn. I live on,
W of a line beg. at a white oak near Cedar Landing to the Ridge Path, &
negro man Jacob.
To my son Charles Weatherly, the plntn where Joseph
Tully lives, the land E of sd. line, & negro boy Ben.
To my son Jessey Weatherly, the lands beg. at the
upper wading place on Rewastico Crk. where the main rd. crosses, to Weatherlys
Lott & Weatherlys Lott, &
negro girl Priss.
To my dau. Eleanor, negro girl Pegg & my riding
mare, a good bed, the smallest iron pot, a large dish & a small dish,
a basin, & a dozen earthenware plates.
To my dau. Mary, negro girl Filles.
To my dau. Sarah, negro wench Rose.
To my son-in-law Chas. Hopkins, the use of my negro
wench Tamer till she has done bearing chldn., & then she & her
chldn. to be equ. div. among my 6 chldn.
To Daniel Roder, 1/2 the survey I made on Nanticoke
R.
Extr: my friend Joseph Weatherly, Esq., who is to
have the schooling & binding out of my sons James & Jessey.
To my friend Beacham Hull., the care of my son Charles
& to learn him the trade of a ship carpenter till he is 21.
Witn: Jno. Weatherly, Joseph Husk, Joshua Parremore,
Wm. Nutter.
6 Oct. 1761, sworn to by Weatherly, Husk, &
Parremore.
Liber 31, folio 476
6 Sept. 1761
KING, WHITTINGTON, Somerset Co.
To my son Robert King, negro boy Joe.
I leave my negro woman Frank to breed for all my
chldn., & she& her issue to be equ. div. among them when she has
done breeding.
To my son & extr. (under the direction of my
cousin Jesse King), John King, Webly & Chance.
Witn: Thomas Jones, Jesse King, John Parker.
3 Nov. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 476
28 Jan. 1746/7
SMITH, HENRY, Coventry Parish, Somerset Co.
To my son William Smith, the part of Bald Ridge
I live on, which by deed of 8 Dec. 1742 I gave him.
To my son Henry Smith, the rest of my part of sd.
land & the bond for making over 12a at the upper end of Smiths Lot
given me 10 Dec. 1742 by my son Wm.
But if sd. son Henry d. s. p., to my dau. Sarah
Lankford.
To my grdson Archibald Smith, a brown heifer with
short horns.
Extrs: my son William Smith & my son-in-law
Puzey Lankford.
Witn: Benja. Lankford, Robt. Cragley, Willm. Fordred.
31 Oct. 1761, sworn to by Benja. Lankford, only
surviving witn.
Liber 31, folio 478
13 Sept. 1761
FRANKLIN, RICHARD, Anne Arundel Co.
To my wife, Artridge Franklin, 1/3 my p. e.
To my son John Franklin, negro boy David.
To my dau. Artredg Franklin, negro girl Sarah.
To my dau. Elizabeth Franklin, negro girl Bell.
To my son Richard Franklin & my daus. Mary Norris,
Elizabeth Carr, & Sarah Kemp, all I have given them.
If either of my sd. chldn., John, Artredg, or Elizabeth
d. s. p., their part is to be equ. div. betw. the 2 survivors.
My lands are to be sold & any money left after
my debts are paid is to be equ. div. among my sd. chldn. John, Artredg,
& Elizabeth Franklin.
Trustees: my bros. Jacob Franklin & Benja. Carr.
Witn: Samuell Harriss, John Atwell, Thos. Walton.
24 Nov. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow refused to abide by the will.
Liber 31, folio 479
1 April 1760
DAWS, BENJAMIN, Kent Co., tanner.
To my oldest son, Isaac Daws, & my son Benjamin
Daws, each 1 sh. sterl.
To my son Edward Daws, at age 21, my houses &
land at the head of Sasafras R., but if he d. before then, they are to
be sold (after my wife's d.) & the money div. among my 3 daus. , Mary,
Temperance, & Sarah; also to sd. 3 daus., the residue of my p. e.
Extrs: my wife, Hannah Daws & Lewis Clothier.
Witn: Fredk. Hanson, Solomon Semans, Healey Pell.
18 Nov. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 480
3 Oct. 1760
THOMAS, TRUSTRAM, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my son & extr., Samuell Thomas, my home plntn.
Grubby Neck 50a, Trustrams Adventure 75a, & dark brown horse Scipper.
To my son Joshua Thomas, Trustrams Ridge, 75 of
Trustrams Adventure, & mare colt Tripp.
To my dau. Elizabeth Thomas, a bed, a cow &
calf, & a horse worth L 6.
To my wife, Mary Thomas, for widhood, the home plntn.,
& on her d. or mar., to 2 sd. sons, also negro girl Cloe.
The residue, equ. div., to my 4 chldn: Sarah Meridith,
Samuel Thomas, Joshua Thomas, & Elizabeth Thomas.
Witn: John Cheshire, Thos. Wilkinson, Robt. Pratt.
27 Oct. 1761, sworn to by Pratt & Wilkinson
in presence of Saml. Thomas, oldest son & heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 481
28 March 1761
SHEPPARD, WILLIAM, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my wife & extr., Ann Shepherd, her mare &
saddle & her bed.
To my son John Sheppard, 5 sh.
To my son William Sheppard, on the d. of my sd.
wife, 107a of Hindsleys Plains.
To my son James Shepard, L 10 towards his education.
To my dau. Ann Sheppard, my son Wm. Sheppard, &
my daus. Esther & Elizabeth Sheppard, equ. div., the residue of my
e.
Witn: William Tomas, James Permaro, Thomas Davis.
21Sept. 1761, sworn to by Thomas & Permaro.
Liber 31, folio 482
27 Feb. 1760
MUDD, THOMAS, Charles Co.
To my son & extr., Henry Mudd, a hand mill,
a gun, & part of Boarman's Reserve on the N side the br. Devils Neast.
To my bro. Henry Mudd, for life, the plntn. he dw.
on that side the br. next the sd. plntn.
To my sons Richard & Luke Mudd, equ. div., the
rest of my land on the S side Devils Nest.
To my son Richard, negro man Anthony, a cow &
heifer, & a bed.
To my son Luke, negro man George, a bed, a cow,
& 950 lb. tob.
To my dau. Mary Johnson, negro girl Judith, the
best bed, & a cow.
To these chldn. - Thomas, Ignatious, Joseph, &
Francis Mudd - equ. div., the residue of my p. e.
Witn: Wm. Hagan, Sr., Ignatius Gardner, Richard
Bevin.
12 Aug. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn in the presence
of the heir at law, & the extr. accepted the execution of the will.
Liber 31, folio 483
4 May 1761
ADAMS, RICHARD, Charles Co.
All my land in His Lordship's Manor of Calverton
is to be sold & the money equ. div. among the 6 chldn living with me.
My 6 slaves & my livestock are to be apprd.
& the money equ. div. among my 6 chldn., except a small horse which
I give to my son John Adams.
Margarett Burch may have my riding horse Freeland
for L 20.
To my son John Adams, my best riding saddle &
bridle & the gun he calls his.
Tomy son Samuell Adams, a small gun.
Witn: George Venables, John Moran, Richd. Hall.
Extrs: my bro,. John Adams & my dau. Elizabeth
Adams..
5 Oct. 1761, sworn to by Hall, the heir at law,
being a minor, was not present.
17th of same month, sworn to by Venables.
Liber 31, folio 484
13 June 1761
SMITH, VIOLETTA, Charles Co.
To my son Alias Smith, a bed & my case &
bottles.
To my dau. Elizabeth Wheatly, 1/2 my clothes &
L 0.2.6 sterl.
The other 1/2 my clothes & the rest of my e.to
my 4 sons & extrs: Richd., James, Middleton, & Elias Smith.
Witn: Mev[era]l Lock, Henry Lyon.
13 Aug. 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 485
29 April 1760
MADDOX, SARAH, Charles Co.
To John Maddox, s. o. Notley Maddox of Charles Co.,
decd., all my lands which were the lands of my husb., John Maddox decd:
Maddox's Trouble 236a, Hatch 100a, Hattons Improvement 30a, Bluff Point
7a, & The Goor 1 3/4a, & for want of heirs, to Townley Maddox,
s. o. sd. Notley Maddox decd., & Samuel Maddox of St. Mary's Co., s.
o. John Maddox; also to sd. John, negro girls Letty & Charity, negro
boy William, hhold furn., & livestock.
To Sarah Hatch Maddox, d. o. the sd. John Maddox,
negro girl Milly & negro boy Charles.
To Notley Maddox, s. o. sd. Notley decd., mulatto
girl Dinah.
To Samuell Maddox, s. o. John Maddox, negro girl
Monica.
To Jane Warren, wife to John Warren, mulatto girl
Rose.
Mulatto Ann, now in my possn., is to be free at
my d., & if needed L 70, at most, may be taken from my e. for that
purpose, & I give her the bed she lies on, an
old chest, a stuff gown & petticoat, a pr. of shoes & stockings,
a shift of middling Irish linen, a linen apron, cap, & kerchief, a
linen wheel, & the meanest of my appl.
To Richard Smoot, who served his time with my sd.
husb., a bed & 4 head of cattle.
To Hatch Dent, 6 head of cattle, 9 ewes, & 1
ram.
Catherine a mulatto girl, d. o. mulatto Ann, who
was b. 8 Feb. 1753, is to be free at age 16; she is to live with my extr.,
who is not to make her work at the hoe.
To Ledia Turner, d. o. Edwd. Turner of St. Mary's
Co., a black taffety gown & petticoat & a velvet bonnet & mantle.
To William Vincent, s. o. Wm. Vincent decd., negro
boy Nacy, now at his mother, SarahVincent's.
. To my friend & extr., John Hanson, Jr., s.
o. Samuell Hanson decd., the rest of my e., & he is to have my burying
place paled in.
Witn: Hen[ry] Thompson, Humphrey Warren, Thomas
Hawton.
17 Oct. 1761, sworn to by Warren & Hawton.
Liber 31, folio 487
6 July 1761
DOUGLASS, JOHN, Jr., Charles Co.
To my sister Sarah Thompson, negro man Jack, negro
woman Lydia, & negro boy Sam.
My lands are to be sold & of the money, 1/7
to William & Mary Parish & the rest, equ. div., to my bro. Wm.
Douglass's chldn., my bro. Joseph Douglass, my
sister Elizabeth Douglass, my niece Charity Courts, & if any of
my bro. William's chldn. , my bro. Joseph Douglass, or my sister Elizabeth
Douglass d. before they
are of age, Joseph Thompson is to enjoy their parts & the rest
of my e.
Extr: my friend Joseph Thompson.
Witn: Hen[ry] Thompson, Jane Howard, Margarett Thompson.
9 Dec. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 488
1 Nov. 1761
COX, WILLIAM, Charles Co.
To my son Charles Cox, enough tob. to buy a suit
of clothes.
To my son James Cox, negro boy Ned, 2 cows, 3 sows
& pigs, 2 ewes, & a suit of my wearing appl.
To my son William, the plntn. I live on after my
wide's d., a bed, 3 sows & shoats, 2 ewes, a cow & calf, 2 dishes,
6 plates, & a pot & pan.
To my son Samuell Cox, Cox's Swamp, my saddle &
bridle, a gray mare, & the money for the sale of my dun horse.
To my dau. Marjery Cox, negro boy Jack, a cow &
calf, a sow & pigs, 2 ewes, a sorrel mare, & a new side saddle.
To my dau. Ann Cox, on the day of mar., L 20 sterl.
or 3000 lb. crop tob.
To my wife & extrx., Mary Cox, for widhood,
the land where I live, & for life, the rest of my e., & on her
d., to my 5 chldn. which is not mentioned in my will.
Witn: Jno. Macpherson, James Keech, Jr., John Miller.
14 Dec. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of Charles Cox, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 489
1 Sept1760
FOWKE, ANN, Charles Co.
To my grdau. Catherine Fowke, negro girl Doll, negro
boy James, & a bed, at age 16, but if she d. before, to my grdson Gerrard
Fowke.
To my grdson Roger Fowke, my negroes Will, George,
& Bridget, but if he d. before age 21, to my sd. grdson Gerrard Fowke.
To my grdson Gerrard Fowke, negro girl Diana.
To my grddau. Ann Hutchison, negro girl Little Bridgett,
but if she d. before age 16, to my grdson Roger Fowke.
To my grdson George Hutchison, negro boy Cyrus,
but if he d. before age 21, to my grddau. Catherine Fowke.
To my nieces Chloe Stone & Aurelia Hanson, each
a bed & a cow & calf.
To my nephew William Hanson, s. o. Wm. Hanson, a
cow & calf, 2 sows & piggs, & all the sheep I have.
To Mary Matthews, d. o. Maximillian Matthews, a
cow & calf.
To Jenny Hoskins Hanson, a bed, a cow & calf,
2 new pewter dishes, 6 new pewter plates, & my new tea kettle.
To Samuel Hanson, s. o. Wm. Hanson, a heifer.
The rest of my e. is to be equ. div. betw. my 3
grdchldn. Catherine, Roger, & Gerrard Fowke & my nephew Theophilus
Hanson
Extr: my son Gerard Fowke.
Witn: [to both will & codicil] [Major] W[illiam]
Hanson, Margarett Metland, Penelope MacPherson.
Codicil, 13 Aug. 1761. If my grdson Roger Fowke
have lawful issue, he is to enjoy his legacy even if he is not 21.
19 Oct. 1761, sworn to by Hanson.
Liber 31, folio 490
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PILES, WILLIAM, Prince George's Co., carpenter.
To my son Jonathan Hunter Piles, a bed & the
84a of Hunters Fields where Sarah Lanham lives.
To my dau. Eleanor Piles, 60a of the land where
Sarah Lanham lives.
Lambsbeys, where I live, is to be equ. div. betw.
my 3 chldn. Mary Ann Piles, Jonathan Hunter Piles, & Eleanor Piles.
To Henry Piles Lanham, Hudsons & Bireths [R?]ace
30a.
To my dau. Mary Ann Piles, a pewter dish & 5
plates & a small iron pot.
Extr: Thomas Wilkoxson, Jr.
Witn: Thomas Shearwood, William Mason, Thomas Hunter.
28 Sept. 1761, sworn to by Shearwood & Hunter.
20 Aug. 1761, Thos. Wilcoxon, Jr. resigned the admin.
to decd's bro. Francis Piles.
Liber 31, folio 491
22 May 1755
HASWELL, SARAH, Prince George's Co., [widow].
To my son Joseph Beall, negro man Sam, negro boys
Grate Frank, Little Frank, Natt, & Ben, negro girl Myreer, a bed, other
hhold furn., & livestock.
To my grtgrdchldn. James & Sarah Williams each
a cow & calf.
To my grddau. Charity, d. o. my son James, a young
gray mare.
To my grdson John, s. o. my son John Beall, L 5.
To my grddau. Margarett, d. o. my son John, L 5.
Toy sons John, Nathal, James & my daus. Margarett
& Sarah, 5 sh. apiece.
The residue to my son & extr., Joseph Beall.
Witn: John Smith Prather, Eliza. Prather, Eliza.
Prather.
28 Nov. 1761, sworn to by John Smith Prather &
Elizabeth Prather.
Liber 31, folio 492
24 Oct. 1761
ALLINGHAM, ANN, Prince George's Co., innholder, [widow].
To educating my 3 youngest chldn., Stephren, Joseph,
& Elizabeth Allingham, any residue of my e.
Negro Sarah, given me by my uncle Thomas Jopson
for life & then to my eldest son Benja. Allingham, is to go with my
dau. Elizaeth Allingham for her support to
Mr. Christian Smith, who shall have her care till my sd. son Benja.
is old enough to claim her.
To sd.son Benja., 2 quadrants now in possn.
of Mr. Charles Graham.
The L 6 in the hands of Samuel Roundle left by my
mother, Mary Allcum, for the education of my 3 eldest sons are to be collected
& paid to those who have their care.
Extrs: Thomas Chittam & Andrew Beall.
Witn: Pricella Chittam, Eliza. Prather, Thos. Flint.
13 Dec. 1761, sworn to by Mrs. Elizabeth Prather
& Thomas Flint.
Liber 31, folio 493
25 June 1761
SPAUL, JOHN, [Prince George's Co., planter]
To my wife, Alice Spaul, all my g. & c.
Witn: Thomas Shearwood, Francis Wheat, Robt. Wade.
31 Oct. 1761, sworn to by Wheat & Shearwood.
Liber 31, folio 493
6 Aug. 1761
BELT, JOSEPH, Jr., Prince George's Co.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth, negro girl Cate,
a horse, a mare, & a colt, all my cattle & hogs, 2 beds, a gun,
& the rest of my p. e.
To my father, John Belt, my 2 best suits of clothes.
Witn: Gilbert Sprigg, John Wilson, George Cross.
21 Sept. 1761, sworn to by Wilson & Cross.
Liber 31, folio 494
12 Sept. 1761
HAGAR, ROBERT, Sr., St. Mary's Co., planter.
To my [daus.] Milburn Hagar, Sarah Hilton Hagar,
& the next child my wife brings by me, on the d. of their mother, The
Addition & Wheatleys Neglect & 4 negroes: Sarah, Selva, Jabatha,
& Rachel.
To my wife, Milburn Hagar, all my children till
they come of age, & for life, my riding horse & saddle & best
feather beds.
To my dau. Mary Ann Hagar, negro girl Young Sarah
& Bever Dam, not where the houses are.
To my son William Jenkins Hagar, old negro Tom &
Bever Dam with the houses on it taken up by Wm. Aisquith & the mill
I am now abuilding.
To my son Robert Hagar, at age 21, L 10.
To my dau. Ann Smith, 100a of Truth & Trust.
To my son Matthew Hagar & my dau. Ann Smith,
each 1 sh. sterling.
To my grddau. Mary Smith, at age 16, & to my
grdson Robert Hagar when he comes of age, each 2 cows & calves.
To my sd. wife & the next child by me &
my chldn. Milburn Hagar, Sarah Hilton Hagar, Mary Ann Hagar, & Wm.
Jekins Hagar, all my m. e. equ. div.
Extr: my sd. wife, & if she d. before all my
chldn come of age, my sons Robert Hagar & Matthew Hagar.
Witn: Jno. McKay, Henry Nowel, Johnson Jones.
17 Oct. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 495
5 March 1761
PEAKE, JOHN, St. Mary's Co.
To my son Robert Peake, a bed that belonged to his
mother, my new saddle & bridle, a set of shoemakers tools, a new iron
pot, a brindle cow, a linen wheel, &
3 yards of chect linen.
To my son Augustine Peake, a gun, a fiddle, 6 case
knives & forks, a chest, lock & key, table, a py'd cow, a
small iron pot, a skillet, & 3 yards cotton.
The residue is to be equ. div. betw. my 2 sons Robert
& Augustine Peake.
Extrx: my wife, Elizabeth Peake.
Witn: Henrietta Wimsatt, William Russell.
3 Nov. 1761, sworn to by Russell, & 5 Nov. 1761,
the widow renounced the will..
Liber 31, folio 496
19 Oct. 1761
NORRIS, THOMAS, St. Mary's Co., planter.
To my son Ignatius Norris, the upper 130a of Lugars
Rains.
To my son Rodelphus Norris, my gun & the
lower part of Lugars Rains div. by a straight line from the mouth of Pardise
Br. to the line of St. Margaretts, & if both sons d. s. p., to my son
Thomas Norris.
To my son Clemt. Norris, 1/2 of Wheatleys Content
150a.
To my son John Norris, the other 1/2, John to make
the div. & Clement Norris to take his choice.
To my wife, Jane Norris, a bed called hers &
a desk.
The residue to my 8 chldn: Clement, John, Thomas,
Ignatius, Rodolp, Monica, Pricilla, & Henrietta Norris.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son Rodelphus Norris.
Witn: Henry Hall, Catherine Hall, James Pike.
1 Dec. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 497
4 Oct. 1761
MEDLEY, AUGUSTINE, St. Mary's Co.
To Bennett Medley, s. o. Clemt., my land, &
for want of heirs, to his bro. George Medley.
To my bro.& extr., George Medley, negro man
Ned & negro woman Cate.
To Catrey Medley, a negro child [not named] &
my cropof corn & tob.
To my bros. Bennitt Medley & Clement Medley,
each 1 sh. sterl.
To Jane Medley, 1000 lb. crop tob.
Witn: Thos. James, Strourton Edwards, Jere[mia]h
Edwards.
13 Oct. 1761, sworn to by James & Edwards.
Liber 31, folio 498
10 Sept. 1761
GREENWELL, JOHN BASIL, St. Mary's Co., planter.
To my son Joshua Greenwell, young negro girl Pricella,
& on my wife's d., Evans Quarter 100a, where I dw., & for want
of heirs, to my son James Greenwell, & for want of heirs, to Richd.
Langhorn Clark, my son-in-law.
To my son James Greenwell, young negro girl Rachael
& Piles's Wood Lane 200a, where Wm. Medcalf dw., & if he d. s.
p., to my son Joshua Greenwell.
To my wife & extrx., Eleanor Greenwell, negro
woman Datmah.
To my dau.-in-law [not named], a young dark bay
horse colt.
To my son-in-law Richard Clark, 700 lb. tob. to
buy a horse when he comes of age.
To my 2 chldn. Joshua & James, after my wife
has her 1/3, the residue equ. div.
Witn: Monica Medley, Mary Norris, James Pike.
13 Oct. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 499
4 May 1761
LEE, MARY, St. Mary's Co.
To my son Thomas Lee, negro men Toby & Clem,
negro woman Kate, & boy Joshua.
To my son John Lee, negro man Charles, negro woman
Bess, negro child Judy, & at age 21, 5000 lb. tob.
To my daus. Henrietta Hobson & Susanna
Maddox, equ. div., all the tob. notes burnt in Liewellins ware house in
1759.
To my dau. Jane Tippet, negro woman Winney.
To my dau. Sarah Tippet, 2000 lb. tob. & negro
woman Hannah.
To my dau. Elizabeth Gibson, my riding chair &
harness.
To my dau. Mary Fanning, 2000 lb. tob.
To my son & extr., Thomas Lee, who is
to pay all the tob. legacies (except the burnt tob.), the land I dw. on,
& for want of heirs, to my son John Lee.
My son Thomas Lee is to keep the e. of my son John
Lee till he is 21.
Witn: James Jordan, Thos. McWilliams, Joshua Gibson.
29 Sept. 1761, sworn to by Jordan & Gibson.
Liber 31, folio 500
7 Aug. 1761
HOPEWELL, JOHN, St. Mary's Co.
To my wife, Eleanor Hopewell, 2 negro omen, Frank
& Nan, black mare Lada Legs, & the residue.
To Richard Hopewell, s. o. Joseph, negro boy Cesar.
To George Hopewell,s. o. Joseph, negro boy Charles.
To Mary Hopewell, d. o. Joseph, negro girl Cate.
To Hannah Clark, d. o. Philip Clark, Jr., negro
boy Jore.
To Amey Read, d. o. Clark Read, negro boy James.
To Saml. Jenifer, my saddle & horse Count Dawn.
To John Read Jenifer, a bay horse colt.
To Danl. Jenifer, 3 breeding ewes.
To James Hopewell, s. o. Hugh Hopewell, 6 table
silver spoons.
Hugh Hopewell is to have the negroes given to Joseph
Hopewell's childn. till the boys are 21 & the girl 16.
Extrs: my sd. wife & Hugh Hopewell.
Witn: Geo. McCa[ll] Clark, George Rogers.
20 Oct. 1761, sworn to by Geo. Rogers, & 19
Oct. 1761, the widow renounced the will.
Liber 31, folio 501
23 April 1761
MADDOX, NOTLEY, St. Mary's Co., planter.
To my wife & extrx., Susanna Maddox, for widhood,
the plntn. I live on, but if she mar., to my dau. Judith Warren Maddox,
& in case sd. Susanna is not [sic]
delivered of a son, sd. land to the son & a slip of land on the
S side sd. plntn. willed me by my father, & for want of heirs, to my
bro. Townly Maddox.
To my dau. Judith Warren Maddox, negro boys Jerry
& Ross, negro child Sarah, 6 silver teaspoons, a gold ring, a bed,
2 cows & calves, & 2 ewes & lambs.
To the child my wife goes with, negro woman Great
Nan, negro boy Jo, negro girl Dina, livestock, & a bed, & if it
d. s. p., to sd. Judith, & if both chldn d., to my
sd. wife, Susanna.
Witn: John Edin, James Willson, Josias Fanning.
3 Nov. 1761, sworn to by Wilson & Fanning.
Liber 31, folio 502
19 Oct. 1748
BROME, ANN, Calvert Co.
To my son & extr., Thomas Brome, 4 negroes:
Solomon, Moll, Bess, & Jack.
I leave negro man Sam to be in bar against the debts
due to the e. of my son John Brome.
The residue of my e. is to be equ. div. among all
my chldn.
Witn: James Duke, Jr., Edwd. Wood.
St. Mary's Co., 8 Sept. 1761, sworn to by Duke.
Liber 31, folio 502
26 May 1761, to Mr. Clement Smith, Depy. Commy. Calvert Co: I revoke
my husband's will [folio 235?] & abide by the 1/3 of his e. r. &
p. Mary Ireland
Witn: Jas. Somervell.
Liber 31, folio 502
5 Dec. 1761
MACKALL, BENJAMIN, Calvert Co.
To my wife, [Barbara Mackall], negro girl Bess.
To my grddau. Ann Perry, negro girl Page.
To my grddau. Susanna Wilkson, negro girl
Lid.
To my grddau. Sarah Wilkson, negro girl Fanny.
To my grddau. Mary Wilkson, negro girl Nell.
To my grdson William Mackall Wilkson, negro boy
Nenny boy.
To my grdson Benja, Mackall, negro boy Jemm.
To my grddau. Barbary Mackall, negro giel Rachel.
To my grdson Levin Mackall, negro boy Nick.
To my son Benjamin Mackall, my extr., the rest of
my e.
Witn: John Gray, Thos. Goslin Hutchins.
29 Dec. 1761, sworn to by both witn.
See page [506] for widow's election.
Liber 31, folio 503
19 May 1761
HOOK, JOHN, Frederick Co.
To my son James Hook, 134a & the plntn. I live
on after my wife's d.
To my son John Snoden Hooke, The John & Sarah,
135a at the S end of the same tract after my wife's d.
To my wife & extr., Sarah Hooke, all my m. e.
Witn: Abraham Lakin, John Simpson, Thos. Aldridge.
4 Dec. 1761, sworn to by Lakin & Simpson in
the presence of James Hook, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 504
23 July 1761
BOON, JACOB, Queen Anns Co.
To my eldest son, Joseph Boon, the plntn. I live
on, but not to disturb his mother-in-law, Jemimah Boon, during her widhood,
& part of Boons Park.
To my 2d son, Jacob, the rest of Boons Park, adj.
Wolf Pitt Swamp.
To my 3d son, Benjamin Boon, & my youngest son,
James Boon, equ. div., the land on the N & NE side of the Great Br.
& the Muddy Br.
To my 4th son, Wilson Boon, the land on the S side
the Great Br., part of Boons Chance & Boons Chance Addition & part
of Boons Hazzard & Boons Strug-
gle, & if Wilson Boon d. s. p., to his bro. John Boon & to
his bro. Jacob Boon, Boons Struggle.
To my 5th son, John Boon, the rest of Boons Chance
& part of Boons Park . . .
To my dau. Rachell Boon, negro girl Luse.
To my dau. Jemimah Boon, negro girl Nan.
To my wife & extrx., Jemimah Boon, for widhood,
all my p. e., & if she mar., her 1/3.
Witn: Isaac Boon, William Boon, James Genn.
26 Nov. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn in presence
of Joseph Boon, heir at law, & the widow elected her 1/3 of her husb's
e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 506
25 Jan. 1762, Clemt. Smith, Dep. Commy. Calvert Co: Mrs. Barbara Mackall,
widow of Benjamin Mackall, appeared before me on 21 Jan. 1762 &
declared she would not stand to her husb's will [Folio 502].
Liber 31, folio 506
I hereby certify that on 26 Nov. 1761 Mary Thomas, widow of Trustram
Thomas of Queen Anns Co. decd., elected to take 1/3 her husb's e. r. &
p.& refused to
stand to his will.
Th. Wright, D. Comy. of Queen Anns Co.
Liber 31, folio 506
28 Jan. 1760
THOMAS, HENRY, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my son Ebenezer Thomas, my dw. plntn., 110a of
Anne Arundel Grove adj. to his u[n]cle Thos. Thomas's land.
To my son Joseph Eill Thomas, the remaining 110a
of sd. dw. plntn. with my dw. house, a bed, other hhold furn., a horse
worth L 10, & my saddle & bridle.
The rest of my p. e. is to be equ. div. among my
4 chldn: Mary Wilson, Rachel Strong, Ebenezer Thomas, & Eill Thomas.
Extrx: my wife, Sarah Thomas.
Witn: Daniel Farrel, Wm. Lovegrove, Thomas Bickersteth.
7 Jan. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 507
23 April 1761
BUCKANNON, LOYD, Baltimore Co., Attorney at Law.
To my child Elia. Buckannan, The Levell, Hab Nab
at a Venture, Addition to Hab Nab, the part of Coles Harbour I purchased
of Thomas Sligh, & my lot & dw.
house, but if my sd. dau. Eleanor d. s. p., to my bro. Andrew Buckannan,
The Levill, Hab Nab at a Venture, & the Addtn. to Hab Nab at a Venture,
& to my bro. William Buckannan, my lot & the sd. land I bought
of Thos. Sligh, & if he d. s. p., to my bro. George Buckannan, &
if he d. s. p., to my bro Archibald.
To my bro. Archibald Buckannan, part of Sellsett.
To my bro. George Buckannan, The Stage, but if he
d. s. p., to my bro. William Buckannan.
To my bro. George Buckannan, my law books &
clothes, the rest of my books to be sold.
To Susanna Buckannan, my bro's wife, my chaise.
To Mrs. Dorothy Lawson, the direction of my child,
& my extr. is to reimburse her with all expense.
To my child Elia. Buckannan, the residue of my e.,
but if she d. before mar. or age 21, it is to be equ. div. among m bros.
Archibald, George, & William.
Tomy bro. James, my pistols & my watch.
Extrs: my bros. Andrew & Archibald, & Igive
each L 25 sterl. in lieu of commission.
Witn: William Rogers, N[icholas] Ruxton Gay, Thos.
Harrison, Edwd. Hanson.
21 Jan. 1762, sworn to by Gay & Hanson.
Liber 31, folio 509
11 June 1761
BEAVAN, CHARLES, Sr., Prince George's Co.
To my son Charles Beavan, negro boy Natt & negro
girl Sall, & a bed.
To my son Richd. Beavan, negro boy Jerrie, negro
girl Terrie, & a bed.
To my son Edwd. Beavan, negro boy James, the first
child b. alive of my nego woman Nelly or Jen, & a bed.
At the d. of my wife, Rebecca Beavan, the residue
of my p. e. is to be equ. div. among my 3 chldn: Charles, Richard, &
Edwd. Beavan.
To my wife & extrx., Rebecca Beavan, for life,
the residue of my p. e. & on her d., to sd. 3 chldn.
Witn: John Clagett, Mary Ann Miles, Henry Boone.
16 Dec. 1761, sworn to by Clagett & Miles, &
the widow renounced the bequests in the will & claimed what she is
entitled to.
Liber 31, folio 509
20 Nov. 1761
DORSETT, THOMAS, Sr., Prince George's Co., planter.
To my son Thomas Dorsett, Stephens Hope 98a, Norwich
100a, in Charles Co., 50a of Good Luck, in Prince George's Co., negro man
Samboy, negro fellows
Pass & Robin, negro girls Rachel & Patience, & 6 sheep.
To my son William Newman Dorsett, negro men Corsey,
Harry, & George, negro woman Nan, negro girl Eleanor, & 3 sheep.
To my dau. Eleanor Marlow, negro fellow Bambo, negro
girl Aggy, & a bed.
To my dau. Sibby Noble, negro girl Nan, negro fellow
Beander, a 5-yr.-old steer, & 2 cows & calves.
To my dau. Mary Wight, negro man Pudy, negro man
Patt, & a hogshead of tob. 950.
To my dau. Eliza. Dorsett, negro boys Jones &
Jem, negro man Tony, negro girls Letty, Vilott, & Cate, a bed, other
hhold furn., & livestock.
To my wife & extr., negro fellow Jones, negro
woman Joice, negro child Harry, negro boy Kell, negro man Natt, negro girl
Henny. & the rest of my e.
Witn: James Sadler, Jno. Hawkins, Alexanr. Ross.
13 Jan. 1762, sworn to by Sadler & Hawkins,
& the widow resigned the admin. to her son William Newman Dorsett.
Liber 31, folio 511
4 Nov. 1761
MARLOW, EDWD., Prince George's Co., planter.
To my wife & extr., Sarah Marlow, for widhood,
my land Timothy & Sarah, negro woman Jene, negro boy Henry, & the
residue of my e., & on her d., to be div.
among my chldn.: my daus. Eleanor Stevens & Mary & Ann Marlow
& my sons Richd., William, George, Saml., & Abel Marlow, &
grdson Butler Marlow.
To my son Abel, at the d. of my wife, sd. Timothy
& Sarah, where I dw., & my 5 sons I leave to the discretion of
my bro. Wm. Marlow to bring up.
Witn: Henry Hardey, Jr., Henry Thomas, Jno. Hurdell.
30 Nov. 1761, sworn to by Hardy & Thomas.
Liber 31, folio 511
10 Sept. 1757
BATTERSTULL, JNO., Kent Co.
To my 2 sons William & Henry Battershill, my
lands equ. div., son Wm. to have his part at the lower end, where I dw.,
& if either d., his part to the next young-
est bro.
To my stepson, Freeman Gimmerson, a 3-yr.-old horse.
To my daus. Rachel & Mary Battershill, equ.
div., the residue of my m. e.
To my wife, Elizabeth Battershill, 1/3 the residue
of my m. e., & she & my friend, John Smith, Jr., are to be my extrs.
Witn: Aaron Underhill, Caleb Jacson, Willm. Smith.
2 Feb. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
[See folio 535 for renunciation.]
Liber 31, folio 512
2 Oct 1761
HENDERSON, MARY, widow of The Rivirend Mr. Jacob Henderson, late of
Prince George's Co. decd.
To my daus.-in-law Mary Whitehead & Pricilla
Wickham, each L 25 sterl.
To my dau.-in-law Susannah Lamar, L 25 & my
clothes, which clothes she is to dispose of among her daughter.
To Mary Magruder, wife of Jeremiah Magruder, L 35
sterl. & 1 suit of my clothes.
To Ruth Hall, wife of Isaac Hall, 1 suit of my clothes.
To susannah Gray, wife of John Gray, L 5 sterl.
To John Duvall & Jeremiah Magruder, each L 10
sterl.
To Margarett Hutton, wife of Richard Hutton, L 5.
To Robert Tyler, s. o. my son-in-law Robert Tylor
decd., John Pi[n]dle s. o. Philip Pi[n]dle, & Elizabeth Pi[n]dle, d.
o. Philip Pi[n]dle, 1 sh. sterl. apiece.
To repairing the vault at the chapel, I leave L
20 sterl.
To Daniel Stanton, s. o. my bro. Daniel Stanton
(my sd. nephew lately living in Philadelphia), the residue of my e.
Extr: John Duvall.
Witn: James Beck, Marsh Mareen Duval, Ann Baldwin.
17 Feb. 1762, sworn to by Beck & Duval
Liber 31, folio 514
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SMITHERS, ELIZABETH, Kent Co., widow
To my bro. George W. Forrester, 1/2 my e.
To my goddaughter Mary Eliza. Haley, d. o. Wm. Haley,
my white silk damask gown, an old silver shoe buckle, a girdle buckle,
& a small parcel of old silver.
To Elizabeth Hana. Haley & Mary Comegys, equ.
div., the other 1/2 my e.
Extrs: my bro. G. W. Forrester & William Haley.
Witn: W[illiam] Comegys, Jno. Comegys, Hanah Spencer.
10 Feb. 1762 sworn to by Wm. & John Comegys.
Liber 31, folio 515
19 Jan. 1762
WHITE, SARAH, Kent Co.
To my sister Martha White, all my e. r. & p.
Witn: W[illiam] Hynson, Wm. Wilmer, Ebe[neze]r Blackiston.
8 Feb. 1762, sworn to by Wilmer & Blackiston.
Liber 31, folio 515
13 May 1760
FRISBY, JANE, Kent Co.
To my son William Frisby, my negroes Rany, Betty,
& Bettys dau. Mary, the bed I generally lie on, & a maple table.
To my son James Frisby, negro woman Sib, her child
Henny, & negro man Cuffey.
To my dau. Mary Granger, Rachel & Sall (negro
women), 6 silver tablespoons, 20 head of sheep, 2 mares, Lightfoot &
Lydia, & 12 head of cattle.
To my son & extr., Richard Frisby, the residue
of my e. & 2 parts of Cunny Warren which I purchased of Danl. Hull
& Benja. Green separately.
Witn: Isaac Gooding, Catherine Waters, S[tephen]
Bordley.
3 Feb. 1762, sworn to by Boardly & Gooding.
Liber 31, folio 516
13 Aug. 1760
BERNARD, LUKE, Sr., Frederick Co., planter.
To my son John, 5 sh.
To my son Jeremiah, the W 100a of Bernards Desire.
To my son James, the remaining 130a of sd. land.
To my son Nathaniel & my son Luke, Sarah, &
Elenar, equ. div., my p. e.
Extrs: my sons Jeremiah & James.
Witn: Robert Dawe, Ch[arle]s Davis, Benjamin Kelly.
12 Jan. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 517
26 Oct. 1753
THOMPSON, GEORGE, Frederick Co., farmer.
To John Darnall, Esq., of Frederick Co., my extr.,
all my e.
Witn: W[illiam] Darnall, Meredith Davis.
2 Jan. 1762, affirmed by Davis (Quaker).
Liber 31, folio 518
13 Dec. 1761
HANCE, JOHN, Calvert Co., planter.
To each of my chldn. [not named], 1 sh. sterl.
To my wife & extr., for widhood, the residue
of my e. r. & p.
Witn: Abra[ham] Rhodes, Yeats Conwill, John Talbot.
22 Jan 1762, affirmed by Talbot (Quaker), &
the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 519
30 Nov. 1761
STINSON, ELIZABETH, Calvert Co.
To my son Thomas Poulston, my young horse Billy,
2 tin pans, & 1 middle-size iron pot.
To my son William Polston, 1 tin pan, 1 young cow
& calf, 1 of my worse beds, & my smallest iron pot.
To my grdchild Eliza., a pewter dish, 2 plates,
the bed I lie on, a square table, my old gray horse Gray, my biggest iron
pot, & 2 gowns.
Extr: my bro. William Taylor.
Witn: Joseph Wilkinson, Ann Tucker.
19 Feb. 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 519
23 July 1756
KININMONT, JOSEPH, Talbot Co., planter
To my wife & extrx., Alice, my plntn. for her
widhood, my best bed, & the care of my dau. Mary Kininmont.
To my son Francis Kininmont, my young bay horse
Grog with saddle & bridle.
To my dau. Rebecca Kininmont, my young bay mare
Pleasure.
My sons [not named] are to be of age at age 18.
Witn: J[oseph] Hicks, Jr., Samuell Clayland Harper,
Mary Scott.
9 Feb. 1762, sworn to by Hickes & Harper, &
the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31,m folio 520
4 March 1761
WARRING, WILLIAM, Talbot Co.
To my son Bazell Warring, my 2d son, Henry Warring,
my eldest dau., Hannah Turner, wife of Edwd. Turner, my 2d dau., Mary Kerby,
my 3d dau., Betty Warring, & my 3d son, William Warring, 5 sh. apiece.
To my 4th son, Marson Warring, my clothes, my saddle,
& at age 21, L 10.
To my wife & extr., Betty Warring, 1/3 my e.
To my 4 youngest chldn. - Sarah, Clark, James, &
Thomas Warring - equ. div. the residue after their mother's d.
Witn: Henry Clark, Mikel Kerby.
9 Feb. 1762, affirmed by Clark (Quaker) & sworn
to by Kirby.
Liber 31, folio 521
22 Oct. 1761
WIGGINS, MARY, Queen Anns Co., widow.
To my son Matthew Wiggins, my whole p. e., but if
he d. s. p. before age 21, equ. div., to James Kieron, s. o. my bro. John
Kieron, & all the chldn. of my decd.
bro. Richard Kieron.
Extr: Jeremiah Barnicle.
Witn: Stephen Hook, Hannah Nicholson, John Davis.
6 Jan. 1762, sworn to by John Davis.
Liber 31, folio 522
7 Nov. 1761
VINCENT, NATHAN, Charles Co., planter.
To Elizabeth Maccotee, my admr., all my e.
Witn: Ignatius Adams, Alexr. McDonald, Alexr. Morris.
14 Dec. 1761, sworn to by McDonald & Morris.
Liber 31, folio 523
24 Nov. 1761
CROUCH, HENRY, Annapolis, [Anne Arundel Co.], ship carver.
To my bro.-in-law Thomas Agnis of Annapolis, all
my p. e.
Extr: Thomas Williams of Annapolis, innholder.
Witn: Francis Fairbrother, Francis Keys.
9 Dec. 1761, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 523
8 Nov. 1761
HALL, JOSEPH, AnneArundel Co.
To my son Edward Hall, my plntn. at Lingonore, negro
boy Robin, the colt that came of the gray mare last spring, other livestock,
& a bed & other hhold furn.
To my son & extr., Joseph Hall, a bed &
the chest he has used.
To my dau. Sohia, negro boy Peter, a bed, &
her trunk.
To my dau. Sarah, negro girl Cate, a bed, &
the chest she has used.
To my dau. Anne, negro girl Easter, a chest, &
a bed.
To my wife [not named], for life, the rest of my
e., & on her d., to my 3 daus. Sophia, Sarah, & Anne.
Witn: Alexr. Warfield, W[m.] Gambrill, Joseph Warfield,
Charles Warfield.
12 Jan. 1762, sworn to by Mr. Alexr. Warfield, Wm.
Gambrill, & Joseph Warfield.
Liber 31, folio 524
15 Sept. 1761
COALE, WILLIAM, Anne Arundel Co.
To my wife, Sarah Coale, for life, my dw. plntn.
River Dams or River Dams Br. & the residue of my p. e., & on her
d., to my son John Coale.
To my son William Coale, Young Mans Adventure, in
Baltimore Co.
To my son Samuel Coale, my 3 tracts in Baltimore
Co: Martinton, Martintons Addition, & Coales Good Luck.
To my 2 grdsons Wm. & John Coale, s. o. my decd.
son Thos. Coale, equ. div., my land in Baltimore Co., Owens's Adventure
& Owens Adtn. except 150a.
To my dau. Ann Stockett, sd. 150a, the W end of
sd. tracts.
To my son John Coale, 2 tracts in Anne Arundel Co.
- Hills Chance & Talbotts Angles - & on my wife's d., sd. dw. plntn.,
negro man Charles, a bed, & the rest of my p. e.
Extrs: my wife, Sarah Coale, & my son John Coale.
Witn: B[enjamin] Ward, William Briant, John Barker,
Jr., William Journay, George Neale, Jr.
11 Dec. 1761, sworn to by Neale & Barker.
Liber 31, folio 526
19 March 1756
WELCH, ROBERT, Anne Arundel Co.
To my chldn. James Welch, Lewis Welsh, Robert Welsh,
the heirs of my dau. Jemima Edwards decd., my chldn. Elizabeth Tongue,
Grace Eliot, & Katherine Stewart, 1 sh. sterl apiece.
To my son Benjamin Welsh, Prestons Enlargement,
on Herring Crk.
My part of Marys Mount that my son James lives on
is to be sold to pay debts.
To my wife & extrx., Ketherine Welsh, the residue
of my e.
Witn: John Jacobs, Ann Dalton, Nicholas Jacobs.
6 March 1762, sworn to by Mr. John Jacobs &
Ann Dalton.
Liber 31, folio 527
5 Feb. 1762
BIRCKHEAD, ELIZABETH, Anne Arundel Co.
To my bro. Samuel Birckhead, negro girl Sarah, left
me by my grdfather John Beckett in his will, to be kept by my father till
my sd. bro. comes of age.
Witn: Alexander Fraizer, Joseph Fraizer.
9 March 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 528
21 Feb. 1762
ASHMAN, WILLIAM, Anne Arundel Co.
To my sister Rachel Ashman, Charitys Delight, devised
me by my father, John Ashman, by his will.
To my mother, for life, negro man Hercules, &
on her d., to be sold & the money equ. div. betw. my sisters Rachel
Ashman & Patience Jacobs.
To my bro. John Ashman, my silver watch.
Extrx: my mother, Constant Ashman.
Witn: George Ashman, Hugh Merrikin, Jr., William
Cromwell, Ezekiel Stansbury, Emanuel Stansbury.
11 March 1762, sworn to by Merriken, Cromwell, &
Ezekiel Stansbury.
Liber 31, folio 329
25 Nov. 1761
MAXWELL, JOHN, [Baltimore Co.]
To Thomas McMullen, during the life of my sister
Margarett, my plntn. & g. & c., & to her, if she survive her
husband, for her widhood, & my bro. Thomas must
not destroy the e. while it is in his custody, & if he is a widower,
to him an equal part while he is unmar.
To my bro. Thomas's oldest son, John, on the d.
of my sd. sister, my plnn. if he can keep it, & pay each of his bros.
& sisters their parts.
Extr: Thomas McMullan.
Witn: Barnaby Connally, Robert Kennedy, Thos. Maxwell.
9 Feb. 1762, sworn to by Connally & Kennedy
Liber 31, folio 530
24 May 1761
BARNS, FORD, Baltimore Co.
To my wife, Ruth Barns, until my son Bennitt is
21, the use of my plntns. on Rupelta.
To my sons Richard & Amos Barns, each 1a of
Rupelta, to be laid off by their bro. Bennitt when they are 21, above the
first turning of the run from trhe R. Susquahanna.
To my son Bennitt Barns, the rest of Rupelta.
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. betw.
my 4 chldn: Bennett, Richard, Arabella, & Amos.
My bro.-in-law Amos Garrett is to be grdn. to my
children, & if he see his sister, my wife Ruth Barnes, neglect their
education, he is to rent out 2/3 of my land to educate them till they are
of age to be bound out, & if he d. before they are bound out, my bro.
Gregory Barns, is to bind them out.
Extrx: my wife, Ruth Barns, my bro.-in-law Amos
Garrett to assist her.
Witn: Benja. Culver, Joseph Baley, Elizabeth Cord.
31 Dec. 1761, sworn to by Culver & Baily.
Codicil, 21 June 1761. To the child my wife may
be with, if a son, 1a of Rupelta, & to such child, an equ. part of
my p. e.
Witn: James Barns, Ann Williams, Margarett Armstrong.
31 Dec. 1761, sworn to by Barns & Armstrong.
Liber 31, folio 532
6 Sept. 1758
PARTRIDGE, JANE, Baltimore Co.
To my son William Partridge, my part of Richardsons
Neglect I bought of Samuell Smith on the E side Gunpowder Falls.
To my 4 chldn. - Daubeney Bucklar Pertridge; Ann
Bond, wife of Joshua Bond; Francis Bond, wife of Jacob Bond; & Elizabeth
Sollors, wife of Highth Sollors -
each 20 sh.
To my son & extr., William Partridge, the residue.
Witn: Joseph Tayler, Moses Mackubin, Sarah Bond.
3 Nov. 1761, affirmed by Mr. Joseph Tayler [Quaker]
& sworn to by Mackubin.
Liber 31, folio 533
12 Nov. 1761
RISTEAU, CATHERINE, Baltimore Co.
To my dau. Margarett Hammond, my son Isaac Risteau,
my dau. Catherine Craddock, each 1 sh. sterl.
To my grddau. Catherine Hammond, d. o. Benjamin
& Margarett Hammond, negro Leo.
To my grddau. Ann Craddock, d. o. Thomas & Catherine
Craddock, mulatto Prissilla.
To my grddau. Katherine Risteau, d. o. George &
Francis Risteau, negro Bett.
To my son & extr., George Risteau, the residue.
Witn: John Jones, Wm. Hamond, Wm. Isgrig.
22 Feb. 1762, sworn to by Jones & Isgrigg.
Liber 31, folio 534
6 Nov. 1761, John Travers & William Cook, Jr., swore that what
is in the writing annexed is just as it was spoke by William Pitt, dec.
4 Nov. inst. about nine o'
clock at night, on his death bed, & they had the words reduced
into writing on the next day:
We heard Thomas Pitt ask his bro. William Pitt on
Sunday, 1 Nov. 1761, to make his will, & he answered, Let me alone,
for I am low enough in spirits already, for all that I have shall be yours
when I die. 5 Nov.
1761 John Travers,
William Cook, Jr.
Witn: Mary Hooper
Certified by Jam Auld, Depy. Commy. [Dorchester
Co.]
Libr 31, folio 534
1 March 1762
THORN, ELIZABETH, Kent Co.
To my sister Hannah, my cloak.
The rest of my goods, chattels, & debts due,
I give to my son John Thorn.
Extr: my bro. John Burk.
Witn: Mary Macdaniel, Henry Lulavin.
5 March 1762, sworn to by Henry Lulavin, Jr., &
Mary McDaniel.
Liber 31, folio 535
17 July 1762, Elizabeth Battershall, widow & extrx. of John Battershall
[Will, folio 511], renounced the extrship& bequests in will in favor
of what the law allows.
Liber 31, folio 535
16 July 1756
YEARLY, WILLIAM, Kent Co.
To my son John Yearly, on his mother's d., the land
& plntn. I dw. on, negro girl Sall, a chest that belonged to my son
William, 3 ewes, & my clothes, & during his mother's life, he is
to have Cousins, which he lives on & which, on his mother's d., I give
to my dau. Patience with the land W of Swann Crk. Road, & the land
E of sd. road, I give to my dau. Susanna Blackistone.
To my dau. Mary Frazier, 50a near the head of Graysin
Crk. which I bought of Edward Gibbs.
To my dau. Patience Yearly, 2 negro boys, Clineas
& Monday, the 2d best bed, other hhold furn., the black horse that
was my son William's, & other livestock.
To my wife, Mary Yearly, for life, the use of my
dw. plntn., negro men Tom & Hazard, my riding chair & the gray
mare that draws it.
Witn: Thos. Slipper, Benja. Shong, William Grant.
22 Feb. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow stood to her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 536
10 Feb. 1762
RASIN, WILLIAM, Kent Co.
To my son Thomas Rasin, part of Margaretts Delight
& part of Tree [Free] Gift on the main road to a stone on the S side
marked FW, the div. stone betw. the Revd. Mr. Forrester & Giles Cookes
parts & to William Haleys land.
To my son William Rasin, my lands near the head
of Steel Pone Crk. which my father devised me & which I bought of Henry
Truelock.
To my wife & extx., Sarah Rasin, for life, the
rest of Free Gift, & on her d., to my son Joseph Rasin.
To my dau. Sarah, the lot at the cross roads.
To my dau. Susanna, the lot in George Town where
I live.
To my dau. Rebecca, the lot in George Town where
John Nehaw lives.
To be sold: my grist mill & with the land, my
ware house & ground in George Town, my lands at Howells Point, the
lot in George Town where Andrew Marr keeps school, the lots & houses
Samuell Sloss conv. to me, the proceeds to be paid to Messrs. McGlevain,
Banton, & Wharton in Philadelphia.
To my wife, Sarah, who is to be grdn. to all my
chldn. during their minority, my chaise & the large chaise horse, negro
boy Matt, & 1/3 the residue of my p. e.
To my sons equ. div., 1/3 the remaining 2/3 of my
p. e., & to my daus. equ. div., 2/3.
Witn: Ann Eliza. Chapple, James Piner, John Chapple.
23 Feb. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 538
12 Feb. 1762
HUFF, JOHN, [Kent Co.]
Mary Huff, his wife, is to have [what she has ?]
only.
To Rebath, Alsey Huff, his dau., Rachel Huff, his
dau., & Darky Huff, his dau., 1 sh. sterl apiece.
To Mary, his wife, horse Jack, mare Boney, 2 cows
& calves, a sow & 5 saths, 3 sheep & 2 lambs, 2 beds, other
hhold furn, plow & tackle, & carpenters tools.
Witn: John Rosser, Salmon Newman, William Heath.
11 March 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 539
1 Dec. 1759
ERWIN, JOHN, Cecil Co., weaver.
To my wife & extr., Martha Erwin, all myn e.
r. & p.
To my son Henry Erwin, my clothes, L 4 in Thomas
Wallace's hands, & 30 sh. in Samuell Grimes hands.
To my daus. Elizabeth Grimes & Margaret Porter,
1 sh. sterl. each.
Witn: James Harper, James Wilson, Sarah Harper.
16 Nov. 1761, sworn to by James & Sarah Harper.
Liber 31, folio 540
29 Jan. 1762
ONAIL, ELIZABETH, Cecil Co.
To William Paget, who is to care for me while living
& bury me when d., all I have & what belonged to my son Samuell.
Witn: Thos. Moody, Samll. Miller, & Wm. &
Rachel Paget.
1 March 1762, sworn to by Moody & Miller.
Liber 31, folio 540
2 Feb. 1762
AWL, JOHN, Cecil Co.
To my wife, Mary, whom, with my friend James Vance,
I appt. extr., 1/3 my m. e.
To my son James, a young horse, bridle& saddle,
& at age 22, the tenement I live on.
To my son Joseph, a young colt, & the residue
of my m. e.is to be equ. div. among my 5 chldn., except 40 sh. to my son-in-law
Sinclair Landcaster.
Witn: William Paul, John Paul, Adam Vance.
8 March 1762, sworn to by William & John Paul.
Liber 31, folio 541
27 Aug. 1761
PATTERSON, ROBERT, Cecil Co., farmer.
To my son & extr., Samuell Patterson, all my
lands, the bed he lies on, negro man Primes, negro boy Hamlet, horse Dick,
& saddle & bridle.
To my dau. Marth Humphras, mulatto wench Flora &
L 10 Penna. with the L 20 I lent her in spring.
To my dau. Elizabeth Patterson, negro wench Sall,
the mare & saddle & bridle she rides with, the bed she sleeps on,
& L 40 Penna.
To my son John Patterson, negro child Frank &
L 180 Penna.
To my dau. Esther, young negro wench Prudence, the
bed I lie on, L 70 Penna., & my extr. is to keep her negro till she
is mar.
Witn: John McCoy, Jos[eph] Rutherford, John Patterson.
Codicil, 10 Sept. 1761.To my daus. Elizabeth &
Esther Patterson, hhold furn., & the residue of my p. e. is to be equ.
div. among my 3 daus. & my son John.
Witn: John McCoy, Jos. Rutherford.
20 Oct. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 543
7 Sept. 1761
HALL, GEORGE, Cecil Co.
My part of The Fork, near George's Town, Kent Co.,
is to be sold & the money equ. div. among all my chldn [not named].
My 3 sons [not named] are to be bound out by my
extrs., my bro. John Hall in Cecil Co. & my bro. Christopher Hall in
Kent Co.
Witn: Robert Mansfield, Joseph Mather, Jemina Mansfield.
26 Oct. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 543
24 Sept. 1761
BRATTEN, JAMES, Worcester Co.
To my son James Bratten, the plntn. where I dw.,
& if he d. in his nonage, to my son Jesse Bratten.
To my wife & extr., An Bratten, for widhood,
my whole e. & her 1/3 if she mar., & my whole e. to be equ. div.
among all my chldn. [not named], & my son John to have an equ. part
with the rest.
Witn: RobertNilson, Willm. Richardson, William Handcock.
8 March 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow stood to the will as to the p. e. & to her 1/3 as to the r. e.
Liber 31, folio 544
8 Jan. 1762
TOWNSEND,BRIKUS, Worcester Co., planter.
To my son Brickus Townsend, 300a of Desires Content
on the E part of my plntn.with all horses etc., negro fellow Daniel, &
negro boy Sam.
To my son Jeremiah Townsend, the remaining 249a
of sd. plntn. I dw. on & negro boys George & Hary (right name Stephen).
If my son Brickus d. s. p., his land & negroes
to my son Jeremiah, & if he d. s. p., his land & negroes to my
son Jeremiah.
To my son John Townsend, 181a at the head of the
Sound on the W side Swann Gutt, called Point Lookout, & negro boy Caleb.
To my son Luke Townsend, Brunt Marsh & Powels
Lot, the rest of my land at the head of the Sound, & negro boy Isaac.
If my son John or Luke d. s. p., their land to my
son William,& I give to sd. Wm. negro boy Jacob & negro girl Dinah.
To my dau. Ann Townsend, negro wench Rhoda.
To my dau. Hemutul Franklin, negro girl Sarah.
To my dau. Mary Townsend, negro Hannah & the
child negro wench Fillace is with child with.
To my wife, Mary Townsend, negro fellow James &
wenches Patience & Fillace & her choice of all my land & houses.
The rest of my m. e. is to be equ. div. among my
wife & her 8 chldn.
Extrs: Mary, my wife, & my son Jeremiah Townsend
Witn: William Fassitt, William Richards, Savory
Wing.
Vide widows election in folio 790 [691].
10 March 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 546
13 Aug. 1761
SELBY, WILLIAM, Worcester Co., planter.
To my wife, Martha Selby, 1/4 my p. e., & for
widhood, Durrom House.
To my dau. Sarah Martin, the residue of my p. e.,
& for life, sd. Durrom House.
To my grdson John Selby Martin, after my wife's
widhood & my dau. Sarah Martin's d., Durrom House, & if he d. s.
p., to my grdson George Martin, & it he d. s. p., to my grdson James
Martin.
To my grdson Chosed Purnell, Simpleton, he never
to bar Lemel Purnell free passage to drive creatures to & from Selbys
Hammos.
To my grdson Lemuel Purnel, Middle, 50a adj. Simpleton,
where he lives.
To my dau. Sarah Martin, Middle, 50a adj. the land
where Thomas Martin lives.
To Mary Marchment, negro girl Jenny.
To my grdson William Pernell, Middle 100a.
Extrs: my wife, Martha Selby, & Thomas Martin.
Witn: Parker Selby, Moses Pain, Joseph Bishop.
4 March 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow elected her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 547
23 Aug. 1756
DISHAROON, JOHN, Worcester Co.
To my son Obediah Disharoone, Haskiels Choice, 92a
he lives on.
To my son & extr., Stephen Disharoon, negro
man Coffey, negro women Grace & Joan, & the plntn. I live on, &
if he d. s. p., to my son George.
To my wife [not named], negro woman Fanney &
negro girl Tamer.
To my son Samuel Disharoon, negro girl Rose.
To my dau. Mary Disheroon, negro girl Nancy.
To my dau. Elizabeth Disharoon, negro girl Mintus.
The rest of my e. is to be equ. div. among my wife
& my 8 chldn: Obadiah, Stephen, Thomas, George, Frances, Samuel, Mary,
& Elizabeth Disheroone.
Witn: Wm. Roach, Sr., Stephen Roach, Jr., William
Roach, Jr.
18 Dec. 1761, sworn to by William & Stephen
Roach, William Roach, Jr., being d.
Liber 31, folio 549
31 Oct. 1761
DAVIS, CHARLES, [Worcester Co.]
To my wife, Rebecca Davis, 1/3 my m. e., & for
life, the plntn. I dw. on, & then to which of her sons she think proper.
To my youngest son, Nathaniel Davis, my 90a lower
plntn., Sarah Purnels Neck.
To my friend William Veasey, 17a running from Watsons
Mill up thro. his plntn.
To my dau. Sarah Pruitt & my 2d dau., Mary Brittingham,
each 1 sh. sterl.
The rest of my p. e., equ. div., to my 7 chldn:
Esther, Walton, Joseph, John, William, Nathaniel, & Rebecca.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son Joseph Davis.
Witn: Wm. Aydelott, Jr., Benjamin Tull, John Allen,
Jr.
15 Jan. 1762, sworn to by Aydelott & Allen,
& Joseph Davis renounced the joint extrship.
Liber 31, folio 550
30 Oct. 1761
HENDERSON, CHARLES, Worcester Co.
To my son William Henderson, after my wife's d.,
all my land, marsh, & cypress swamp.
To my son Jessey Henderson, after my wife's d.,
negro girl Bettey, my gun, the bed I lie on, a large iron pot, & pewterware.
To my son William Henderson, after my wife's d.,
negro man George, a pewter dish, iron pots, & a large iron-bound
chest.
To my dau. Levinah Blaids, an iron skillet &
kettle, a pewter chamber pot, other pewterware, & a cow & calf.
To my grdson Charles Henderson, a bed, a cow &
calf, & a small iron pot.
Extrs: my wife, Partheney Henderson, & my son
William Henderson.
Witn: Joshua Mevrill, Jr., Mary Blaids, Jr., Rachel
Young.
29 Jan 1762, sworn to by Mevrill & Blaids, &
Wm. Henderson renounced the joint extrship.
Liber 31, folio 552
2 Jan. 1761
POYNTER, ELIAS, Worcester Co., planter.
To my son Thomas Poynter, 172a of High Field, but
if he not pay the money due to John Smith, 50a of sd. land to my bro.-in-law
John Smith.
To my dau. Mary Poynter, a brindle cow & yearling,
& the young mare, but the first colt she brings, to my dau. Rhoda Poynter.
To my dau. Rhoda Pointer, a white-faced cow &
yearling, a young heifer, a small pot, & a bed.
Witn: Wm. Smock, Jr., Obediah Glaston, Jr., Thos.
Burbb[a]gg, Jr.
29 Jan. 1762, sworn to by Gladstone & Burbbagg.
Liber 31, 553
4 Nov. 1761
PARKER, SAMUEL, Sr., Worcester Co.
To my wife, Elizabeth, negro girl Patience, for
life, & on her d., to be equ. div. among my 3 chldn: Anne, Sarah, &
Samuel..
To my dau. Tabitha, negro fellow Joe, & if she
d. s. p., to my 2 sons Saccarer & Scarborough
To my dau. Abigail, negro fellow Ezekiel.
To my son Samuel, Forrest Grove 63a & enough
money to take up 50a adj.
To my friend Wm. Jarman, a parcel beg. at a white
oak & going across to the home-going line of Parkers Adventure
to include as many a. as he can make good to the abovesd. Samuel Parker,
Jr.
The remainder of sd. Parkers Adventure, equ. diuv.,
to my 2sons Saccaur & Scarborough.
Witn: Schoolfield Parker, Henry Turner, George Parker,
Sr.
19 Dec. 1761, sworn to by all 3witn.
Liber 31, folio 555
11 Dec. 1760
BURNS, ISABAL, Worcester Co.
To my grdson Elihu Bridwell, a yoak of oxen &
a plow.
To my 2 grddaus. & xtrs., Marget &
Itheneth Bridwell, equ. div., all the rest of my e.
Witn: Hinmon Wharton, David Wharton, Wm. Tunnell.
19 Feb. 1762, David Wharton & Wm. Tunnell
swore that they saw Elizabeth Burns, the testator, swear to the will.
Liber 31, folio 556
29 March 1761
MARSHALL, ISAC, [Worcester Co.]
To my nephew Isac Marshall, s. o. John Marshall,
my plantn., part of 2 tracts, Deal & St. Lawrence, negro man Filer,
negro woman Floro, negro boy Cim, an old hoe, & livestock.
Extr: my bro John Marshall.
Witn: Morris Smith [who write the will], Moses Pettit,
Elizabeth Marshall.
10 July 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
To my nephew Isac Marshall, all my money except
L 20 due from Zadoch Pornel.
To myn nephew Zadock Pornol, s. o. Thomas Pornel,
the sd. L 20
22 Feb. 1762, sworn to by Petit & Marshall.
Specially taken before Benton Harris, Depy. Commy. of Worcester Co.
Liber 31, folio 557
7 March 1753
TURVILL, JOHN, Sussex Co., [on Delaware], yeoman.
To my 2 sisters, Mary, wife of Wm. Got, & Rhoda,
wife of John Potter, Turvils Neck, in Worcester Co., to sd. Mary for life
& then to her eldest son, John Got,
& my 3 friends, Cord Hasard, John Cambell, & Ebenazer Evans
of Worcester Co. are to div. sd. land betw. my sisters & cousin.
Sd. John Potter & I cancel the exchange of land
we agreed on.
To my sd. sister Rhoda, the rest of my land in Worcester
Co.
To my cousin John Got, my riding horse, bridle,
& saddle.
To my bro. William Got, a white horse.
To Scarborough Potter, d. o. John Potter, a cow
& calf.
To William Got., s. o., William Got & his wife,
Mary, a cow & calf.
To my extrs., William Got & John Potter, the
residue.
Witn: Elizabeth Shanklin, Sarah Stockly, Benjn.
Stockly.
13 Jan. 1762, sworn to by Elizabeth Mills (late
Shankland).
Liber 31, folio 559
5 Nov. 1761
WALLACE, THOMAS, Dorchester Co.
To my bro. Matthew Wallace, 1/2 of Wallaces First
Venture, on the E side of the NW fork of Blackwater R.
To my 2 sons, William & Whittington Wallace,
the other 1/2 sd. tract.
To my wife & extrx., Rebecca Wallace, for widhood,
all my e. r. & p., & on her d. or mar., to be equ. div. among my
4 chldn: William, Whittington, Rizpah, &
Brittanay Wallace.
Witn: William Pritchett, Mathew Bibey, Sarah Wall.
16 Feb. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 560
26 Sept. 1760
McKEEL, THOMAS, Dorchester Co.
To my wife & extrx., Mary McKeel, & my son
John McKeel, for my wife's life, Spocott, where I dw.& Warners Chance,
on a point, & on her d., to sd. John.
To my son Thomas McKeel, Fishing Creek Point Regulated,
with Johns Delight, on the White Marsh, & Addition to Johns Delight.
To my dau. Mary Mackeel, part of Deavours Choice
with a warrant now in the handsof the surveyor of Dorchester Co.
The profits of sd. land are to remain with my wife
for the schooling of my 3 chldn till age 18 or mar.
To my wife, 4 negroes: Glasgow, Nell, Fan, &
Jen.
To my sd. son Thomas, 4 negroes: James, Luce, James,
& Sarah.
To my son John McKeel, 5 negroes: Minta, Charls,
Glasgow (the younger), Patience, & Jack.
To my dau. Mary McKeel, 5 negroes: Sam, Easter,
Hannah, Comfort, & Ibbey.
To my cousin Mary Ann Mackeel, a sorrel hors called
Tomays horse or a dark mare formerly belonging to Anthony Vickers &
a home with my wife.
My friend John Caile is to have my son John to bring
up.
The exchange of 4 1/2a betw. me & William Byus
about 1747 is to be executed by my extrs.
To my wife & my 3 chldn., my pew in the church
at Cambridge & my pew in the church at Fishing Crk.
Trustees: my friends John Caile & Robert How.
Witn: Charles Lecompte, John Vickers, George Purdie.
28 Jan. 1762, sworn to by Lecompte & Purdie,
& the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 562
31 Aug. 1761
DODD, JAMES, Dorchester Co.
To my 2 bros., William & Charles Dodd, equ.
div., my whole e. r. & p.
Extrs: Thomas Mackeel & William Steel.
Witn: Joseph Fooks, William Vickers [of Fishing
Crk], William Vickers, [Jr.].
18 Nov. 1761, sworn to by Fooks & Wm. Vickers
(Fishing Crk.), & 12 Nov. 1761, Thomas Mackeel renounced the will &
admin.
Liber 31, folio 563
17 Jan. 1761
GOULD, FRANCES, Queen Anns Co.
To my son Richard Gould, 1 sh. sterl.
To my dau. Elizabeth Primrose, negro man Will.
To my son James Gould, negro man Jesse.
To my son Benjamin Gould, negro man Peter &
negro woman Sheba.
To my dau. Frances Hawkings, negro woman Judey.
To my grddau. Margaret Hacket, negro man George.
To my grddau. Mirimy Gould, negro boy Peter.
To my grddau. Frances Primrose, negro boy Jack.
To my grddau. Frances Hawkins, negro girl Sue.
To my grddau. Frances Gould, negro boy Cesar.
The residue of my p. e., equ. div., among my 4 chldn:
Elizabeth Primrose, James Gould, Benjamin Gould, & Frances Hawking.
To my son Benja. Gould & my dau. Frances Hawkins,
equ. div., 500a of Sewalls Fork.
To my grddau. Mirimy Gould, Spring Branch, &
for want of heirs, to my grddau. Frances Hawkings.
Extr: my son Benjamin Gould.
Witn: Vinson Benton, William Pryor, John Rage.
1 April 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 564
29 Jan. 1762
KIERON. ESTHER, Queen Anns Co.
To James Kieron, s. o. my decd. bro. John Kieron,
a good bed worth L 6.
To Mary Kieron, d. o. my decd. bro. Richard Kieron,
my gold ring & chints gown.
To my cousin Henry Council, L 16 Penna. money towards
the debt of my bro. Wm. Kieron to Charles Brown for which sd. Henry is
bound.
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. betw.
sd. James Kieron & all the chldn. of my sd. decd. bro. Richard Kieron.
Estr: John Davis, Jr.
Witn: Jeremiah Barniels, John Davis.
4 March 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 565
23 March 1762
POWELL, JANE, Kent Co., widow.
To my dau. Mary Ann Minskee, who is to settle my
affairs, pay her sister Elizabeth Eldridge 1 sh. sterl., & care for
my grddau. Sophia Charlotta Brown, all my g. & c.
Witn: Samuel Brown, William Houston.
3 April 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio566
5 March 1762
SMITH, NICHOLAS, Jr., Kent Co.
To my first son George, all my land, 175a of Grantham,
& 1 sh. sterl of my p. e.
To the rest of my chldn., equ. div., the residue
of my p. e.
Extrx: my wife, Mary.
Witn: John Woodall, Edward Clements, James Woodall.
30 March 1762, sworn to by John & James Woodall.
Liber 31, folio 566
5 Jan. 1762
ROGERS, EDWARD, Kent Co.
To my son Hynson Rogers (whom I gave negro girl
Chloe), 1 sh. sterl.
To my son Edward Rogers, [the child] my negro woman
Crocus goes with.
Extr: son Nathaniel Rogers.
Witn: Thos. Slipper, Edward Whaland, Charles Coleman.
25 March 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 567
1 March 1755
CARMAN, MICHAEL, Kent Co., Gent.
To my sons Thomas & William Carman, equ. div.
all my lands
Witn: William Stoops, Jos[eph] Carman, Zipprah Stoops.
5 April 1762, sworn to by Wm. Stoops & Joseph
Carman
Liber 31, folio 568
2 Sept. 1761
JONES, PHILIP, Baltimore Co.
To my son Nicholas Jones, those tracts near Soldiers
Delight called Son Jones's Park Resurveyed, Abners Camp, & Jones Preventions.
To my dau. Rachel Jones, The Folly, near sd. Soldiers
Delight.
To my dau. Hannah Jones, all that part of Eagles
Nest on the E side Patapsco Falls.
To my dau. Anne Jones, all that part of Eagles Nest
on the W side Patapsco Falls.
To my son John Jones, Jones's Contrivance &
128a
of Addition to Stonny Hill, adj. Jones's Contrivance.
To my sons Thomas, Nicholas, & John Jones, Sewells
Relief 10a.
To my dau. Margaret Murray, 50 sh.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Murray, d. o. sd. Margaret,
L 50 sterl.
To my grdson Phillip Rogers, negro boy Nathan about
7 yrs, old.
To my dau. Henrietta Rogers, mulatto girl Sal.
To Ann Jones, my wife, extrx., & grdn. to my
minor chldn., for life, the use of my houses, & to her & my son
Thomas, the use of my lands except my lot in Bal-
timore Town, & on her d., to sd. Thomas.
To my dau. Rachel, negro woman Juno.
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. betw.
6 of my chldn: Rachel, Thomas, Nicholas, Hannah, Ann, & John Jones.
Witn: Cornelius Howard, Nicholas Orrick, Hannah
Orrick.
20 March 1762, the extrx. refused the execution
of the will but not the devise & legacy bequested her.
19 March 1762, sworn to by Howard & Nicholas
Orrick.
Liber 31, folio 570
5 Feb. 1762
CLINDINNING, THOMAS, of the Town of Baltimore, Gent.
To my friend Sarah Palmer (wife or reputed widow
of Abraham Palmer, shipwright, late of the Town of Baltimore), L 20.
To Rebeccah Stewart, d. o. Sarah Palmer & wife
of John Stewart, taylor, late of Baltimore Town, L 10.
To Sarah Palmer, d. o. sd. Sarah, L 10.
To my friends & extrs., Thomas Sligh & Abraham
Wayne, of Baltimore Co., each a gold mourning ring.
To my natural son, John Clindinning of Glascow,
if living, the residue of my e., but if not, equ. div. betw. my wife, Margaret
Clindinning, d. o. James Wilson, writer, & my bro. John Clindinning,
both in Glascow.
Witn: Brian Philpot, Willm. Askew, Thos. Rutter.
20 March 1762, sworn to by Askew & Rutter.
Liber 31, folio 571
17 Dec. 1761
SCOTT, JAMES, Baltimore Co.
To my sons Daniel & James Scott, equ. div.,
James Forrest & The Addition to James Forrest, 556a.
To my son Benjamin Scott, the part of Scotts Improvement
Enlarged above the br. where Joseph Norris dw. & which descends from
the School HouseSpring;
also Scotts Close 100a.
To my son Aquila Scott, the remaining part of Scotts
Improvement Enlarged, where I live, & Burr adj. it.
My chldn. are to be brought up in the Protestant
faith.
Witn: Jos[hu]a Bond, Joseph Norris, s. o. Edwd.,
Joseph Norris, s. o. Benjn.
29 March 1762, affirmed by Joshua Bond (Quaker)
& sworn to by both Norrises.
Liber 31, folio 572
12 Jan. 1757
KELLAM, EDWARD, Somerset Co.
To my grdson Edward Kellam, my dw. plntn. &
all my land on the N side Barren Crk. except 50a sold to Stephen Rose &
100a to Matthew Gaskenew, where
they live, Kellams Discovery, & negro boy Ez.
My son & extr., John Kellam is to possess sd.
lands until sd. Edward is 21.
To my grddaus. Prisila, Rodey, & BettyHofington,
each 2 pistoles to be laid out in silver spoons & clasps.
To my grddaus. Isbel, Margaret, & Sarah Kellam,
each 2 pistoles to be laid out in silver spoons & clasps.
Witn: John Brown, Robert Brown, George Brown.
16 Feb. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 573
6 Feb. 1761
WHITE, JOHN, Somerset Co., planter.
To my wife, Elizabeth White, for life, negro woman
Dinnah, & on her d., Dinnah & her increase, equ. div., to my 4
chldn.; also to sd. wife, 1/3 my p. e. & 1/3
my dw. plntn.
To my son John White, my dw. plntn. with Oxford,
an island of 100a.
To my son William White, 108a, part from Father
& Sons Desire & part from Friends Contentment & an equ. part
of my m. e.
To my elder dau., Ann Jones, & my younger dau.
Margaret Neal, wife of John Neal, each an equ. part of my m. e.
Extrs: my sons John & William.
Witn: John Lawes, Jr., Francis White, John Windsor.
6 Jan. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & 9 Feb.
1762, the widow, by John White, her son, stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 574
26 Feb. 1762
MUNROE, ALEXANDER, [Somerset Co.]
To my 2 youngest chldn., Isaac & Mathias Munroe,
equ. div. at age 21, the residue of my p. e.
Extr: my friend William Pullet.
Witn: John Tull, Sinah Harris.
18 March 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 574
25 Jan. 1762
DISHEROON, WILLIAM, Somerset Co., planter.
To my wife, Mary Disheroon, for widhood, Frisells
Injoyment 150a, my dw. plntn. & my m. e.
To my son Leven Disheroon, my sd. dw. plntn.&
Come No Neigher 50a, & if he d. s. p., to my son James Disheroon.
To my 3 daus., Margaret, Eunice, & Prisilla
Disheroon, negro girl Plina on the mar. or d. of their mother.
To my dau. Margaret Disheroon, a bed, a chair, &
1 sh. sterl.
To my dau. Prisilla, what she has & 1 sh. sterl.
To my dau. Unice Disheroon, a bed, a trunk, a side
saddle, a box iron, a pewter dish & basin, a spinning wheel, &
1 sh. sterl.
To my 4 sons - Jesse, Weatman, Joshua, & James
Disheroon - equ. div., on the d. or mar. of my wife, the rest of my m.
e.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son Leven Disheroon.
Witn: John Watson, John Disheroon, John Carrew.
23 Feb. 1762, sworn to by Disheroon & Carrew.
Liber 31, folio 576
7 Dec. 1761
ADAMS, DAVID, Somerset Co., planter.
To my son David Adams, Partners Agreement &
the residue of my m. e..
To my wife, Mary Adams, for widhood, 2/3 my m. e.,
& on her d. or mar., to be equ. div. among my 7 chldn: Betty Adams,
Martha Langford, & Isaac, Rhoday, Levi, Mary, & Nancy Adams
To my son William Adams, my clothes & 2 bull
or steer yearlings.
To my daus. Ann Adams, Mary Owen, & Sarah Adams,
1 sh. sterl apiece.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son David Adams..
Witn: Purnell Outton, Thomas Potter, Henry Potter.
20 Feb. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow stood to the will with regard to the p. e. & to her 1/3 with
regard to the r. e.
Liber 31, folio 577
23 July 1761
RAWLE, JOSEPH, Somerset Co.
To Matthew Karven of Dorchester Co., Monococy, in
sd. Co. near Hungar R.
To John Rotten of Dorchester Co., Timber Yard, near
Hungar.
To my bro. Benjamin Rawle & my sister Jane England
of Philadelphia, for their lives, the residue of my e. r. & p., &
then to be equ. div. among the 3 chldn.[not named] of my cousin Francis
Rawle, lately decd. in Philadelphia.
Extr: my bro Benjamin Rawle.
Witn: Joseph Cope, David Cope, Willm. Kennally.
16 Feb. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 578
24 Oct. 1761
HITCH, SOLOMON, Somerset Co.
To my wife & extr., Elizabeth, my dw. plntn.
& land, negro wench Rose, a new bed & all the feathers in the house,
& she is to find my son Risdon a bed.
To my son Risdon, who is to be for himself at age
18, negro boy Jack, & at age 18, my plntn. & land.
To my dau. Susanah, a bed.
To my wife & son & dau., equ. div., the
residue.
Witn: George Vinson, John Hitch, Jr., Thomas Humphriss,
Sr.
18 Nov. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 579
27 Jan. 1762
HEARNE, THOMAS, [Sr.], Somerset Co.
To my son George, Negro fellow Hercules.
To my son Ebenezer, negro fellow Jeffrey & enough
tob. to get him L 5 sterl.
To my son & extr., Thomas Hearne, negro wench
Sue.
To my dau. Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Moore, negro
wench Patience.
To my grdsons Elisha, William, & Joshua Hearne,
s. o. my son Nehemiah Hearne, a negro boy, the eldest to have the boy &
pay the other two L 5 apiece, it be-
ing the whole part of my son Nehemiah's part of my e.
To my dau. Jemima Hearne, negro fellow London, to
be hired out till she is of age or mar., a bed, cow & calf, pewterware,
& a spinning wheel.
To my son John Hearne, Hearns Venture 100a, St.
Kitts 50a, & Tower Hill 50a, a good bed, cow& calf, pewterware,
a small gun, my black vest & breeches, & my best hat, & negro
wenches Doll & Hannah.
To my dau. Mary, wife of Joshua Morgan, L 20.
To my dau. Sarah Hearne, a bed, cow & calf,
pewterware, & negro girl Pegg.
To my dau. Ann Hearne, a bed, cow & calf, pewterware,
& negro boy Andrew.
To my dau. Esther, wife to Benjamn Vincient, negro
boy Holborn.
To James Hearne, s. o. William Hearne, 150a out
of Stains 420a near Coxes Br.
Witn: John Williams, Elijah Hearne, George Mareten.
26 March 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 581
24 July 1761
GODDARD, JOHN, Sr., St. Mary's Co.
To my 2 sons, John & Ignatius Godard, my leased
lands Godard Delight One to be equ. div., on the d. or mar. of their mother
To my wife & extr., Mary Godard, for widhood,
the use of all my e. r. & p., & on her d. or mar. to be equ. div.
among all my chldn.
My youngest son, John Baptist Godard, is to be free
at age 18.
Witn: Enoch Fenwick, Elizabeth Fenwick.
12 Jan. 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 582
13 Dec. 1761
SOLLERS, BENNETT, Calvert Co.
To my bro. James Sollers, Forked Neck, the land
left me by my father, Robert Sollers.
To my bro. Basil Sollers, (provided he pay my debts),
Negro Jack.
To my sister Mary Sollers, negro boy Abraham, my
new silk handkerchief, a bed, & my chest.
To (my niece) Elizabeth Turner, d. o. Gidion Turner,
negro woman Page & my trunk.
To my sister Ann Sollers, my bay horse Bess.
To my bro. Resin Sollers, my clothes.
To my bro. Walter Sollers, my old mare Pleasant
& $1.
Extr: Gidion [Turner?].
Witn: Peter Hellen [who wrote the will], Walter
Blackburn, Benja. Blackburn.
18 March 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 583
12 April 1762
BOYD, BENJAMIN, Prince George's Co., planter.
To my eldest son, Thomas Boyd, the plntn & land
where I dw., parts of Sway & Frys Choice, negro man Peter, & negro
lad Tom.
To my 2d son, Abraham Boyd, negro lad James.
To my eldest dau., Eleanor Whatkins, first choice
of a bed.
To my 2d dau., Sarah Boyd, negro girl Kate &
second choice of a bed.
To my 3d dau., Peggy Boyd, negro girl Chloe &
third choice of a bed.
Extrs: my sons Thomas Boyd & Abraham Boyd.
Witn: John Bateman, Abraham Woodward, Benjn. Hall,
Son of Benjn.
22 April 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 584
9 Nov. 1760
READ, JAMES, Cecil Co., shopkeeper.
To my bro's son James Read, my Bible & silver
watch.
All my e. r. & p., I give to the Revd. John
Rogers to be distrib. among the poor.
Extr: my friend George Sewal Douglas.
Witn: Bartholomw Anderson, William Douglas, Daniel
Jackson, Elizabeth Grimes.
8 March 1762, sworn to by Jackson, Anderson, &
Douglas.
Liber 31, folio 585
8 Nov. 1761
POOR, ROBERT, Prince George's Co.
To my wife & extrx., Mary Poor, my whole p.
e. for life, & then, equ. div., among her 4 chldn [not named] .
Witn: John Webster, Richard Brian, John Athey, Thomas
Bowan.
24 March 1762, swon to by Brian, Athey, & Bowman.
Liber 31, folio 585
12 Feb. 1762
SMITH, CHRISTIAN,[widow], Prince George's Co.
To my son Thomas Sim Lee, mulatto boy Charles, his
choice of 2 of the sons of my negro wench Bett, L 50 sterl., my large church
Bible, silverware, & a colt.
To my dau. Sarah Brooke Lee, negro fellow Cesar,
negro Bett & her other child, silver teapot, 2 cows & 2 mares,
& negro wench Sibb, to be maintained.
To Mrs. Elizabeth Conee, wife of Theodore Contee,
my tea chest & best set of silver.
To my bro.-in-law Clement Smith, my large China
bowl & case of bottles.
To my sister-in-law Mrs. Catherine Sim, a large
China dish, a glass salver, & 2 vols. of Herveys meditations.
To Lucy Botelar, a bed, other hhold furn., &
a cow & calf.
To my sister Barbara Smith, 1/2 doz. deep China
plates & a suit of mourning.
To my friend Mrs. Ann Holliday, the vols. of Youngs
Night Thoughts & my single China mug.
To Mrs. Sarah Chitton, my plate basket & plates,
a suit of mourning, & cancellation of all debts betw. us.
To my bro. Joseph Walter Sim, a set of China mugs.
The residue, except my 2 negro carpenters, to my
dau. Eleanor Addison Smith, & she is to be under the care of Mr. Theodore
Contee.
Extr: my bro. Joseph Sim.
Witn: Richd. Smith, Moses Orme.
24 March 1762, sworn to by Orme, & Thomas Brooke,
age 44 yrs., who wrote the will, swore that he later learned that sd. negro
Bett had but 3 chldn. & be- .
lieves Mrs. Smith intended to give her son Thomas the choice of the
2 sons of Bett & the other 2 chldn.[sic] to her dau. Sarah.
Liber 31, folio 587
1 March 1762
BURTON, WILLIAM ELLER, Frederick Co.
To my sons Joseph Walker Burton, William Burton,
Isaac Burton, & Joshua Burton, Content & The Resurvey on Content.
To my dau. Drusilla Burton, the part of Foxden,
which I live on, betw. Speirs Br. & Richardsons Br., & to my sons
Basill & Jacob Burton the rest of Foxden.
Extrs: sons-in-law Samuel Waters & Edward Browning.
Witn: John Lashear, William Waters, Thomas Waters.
11 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn. in the presence
of the heir at law [not named].
Liber 31, folio 589
3 Nov. 1761
AYRES, THOMAS, Sr., of Kent Co.
To my sons Robert Parks Ayres & William Ayres,
who are to be of age to work for themselves at age 18, each L 50.
To my dau. Elizabeth Ayres, L 10.
To my youngest dau. Mary Ayres, negro boy Hereford.
To my sons Abram Ayres & Thomas Ayres, my eldest
dau. Mary, & my daus. Keturah & Ann Ayres, 5 sh. apiece
Extr: my friend John Smith.
10 March 1762, Nathaniel Miller of Kent Co., who
lived about 2 mi. from the testator, deposed that about 3 Nov. last, summoned
by Robert Parks Ayres, about 13 yrs. old & son of the testator, he
went to the house of the testator, who said he had been told that, as the
extr. wrote it, the will he had made would not stand good, &
deponent said he did not think such a circumstance would invalidate the
will, & the testator said that by his former will he had bequeathed
his plntn.
in Talbot Co. but since had agreed to sell it & now intended to
leave the money instead of the land, & that deponent said that if testator
would give him a preamble
he would write what testator directed, & he did so with the advice
of John Smith, the extr., & testator made his mark in the presence
of the deponent, John Tharpe,
George Farrow, & John Smith.
The extr., John Smith, assigned his right to the
extrship to Mr. Abraham Ayres, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 590
7 March 1762
RAWLINGS, SUSANNAH, Anne Arundel Co.
To my son Aron Rawlings, negro wench Easter, a bed,
& an iron pot.
To my son Moses Rawlings, negro man Wallue &
a sorrel mare with foal, the colt within her for my son Richard Rawlings.
To my dau. Mary Rawlings, negro girl Jane, a sorrel
horse, a bed, trunk, & cubbard.
To my son Richard Rawlings, negro boy Davey, &
the abovementioned is to pay my debts.
The residue of my e. in stock & hhold furn.
to my 4 mar. daus: Ann, Susannah, Rachel, & Elizabeth.
Extrs: my son Aron Rawlings & my son-in-law
Gassaway Watkins.
Witn: James Disney, Ralph Bazill, Jacob Short.
17 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn..
Liber 31, folio 591
8 Sept. 1760
BOWEN, ABRAHAM, [Sr.], Christ Church Parish, Calvert Co.
Each of my 4 sons - Abraham, Parker, Young, &
Charles Bowen - is to be at age 16 to possess their e.
My 2 younger sons - Young & Charles - are to
be under the care of their mother to age 16, but if she mar. or d., their
elder bros. are to be their grdns.
Of my 5 negroes - Prince, Simon, Nell, Ben, &
Mary - . . . .
To my son Abraham, negro boy Simon, a bed, a cow
& calf, young horse Merry Boy, & old horse Jack.
To my son Parker, negro boy Ben & young horse
Ranter.
Extrs: my 2 sons Abraham & Parker with the council
of my kinsmen Isaac & Jacob Bowen, Seniors.
Witn: Benjamin Hall, William Bowen, Henry Burchett.
18 March 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn. & the
widow declared she would not stand to the will.
Liber 31, folio 593
14 Nov. 1761
WILSON, JOSEPH, Jr., Calvert Co., planter.
To my son Joseph, the plntn. I live on 200a, &
if he d. s. p., to my son Nathaniel.
To my son John, Mackalls Desire 84a & 100a adj.
the plntn. where I live, adj. the Race Ground.
To my son Nathaniel, negro boy Jacob & negro
girl Kate.
Extrx: my wife, Mary Wilson.
Witn: James Kirshaw, Francis Woolfe, Thomas Mackenzie.
18 March 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & 16
April 1762, the widow declared she would not stand to the will.
Liber 31, folio 593
5 May 1761
BURK, ULICK, Baltimore Co., planter.
To my wife, Elizabeth Burk, for life, the plntn
I live on 100a, & on her d., to my grdson Ulick Burk, & if he d.
s. p., to his bro. Thomas Burk; also to my wife, 1/3 my p. e. & negro
fellow George.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Taylor, a bed & a dividend
of my Catholic books, Foxes Forrest 100a adj. the 100a willed to my grdson
Ulick Burk, & if she d. s. p., to her mother, Margaret Miles.
To my dau. Mary Ryland, 100a leased by me of Esquire
Tasker adj. the plntn. I live on & a dividend of my Catholic books.
The rest of my books are to be div. betw. Thomas
Miles & Nicholas Ryland.
To my grdchldn. Thomas, Richard, Elizabeth, &
Sarah Burk, equ. div., 20 sh.
To Margaret Miles, the residue of my p. e.
Extr: Thomas Miles, my son-in-law.
Witn: William Parish, Jr., Jacob Johnson, Thomas
Franklin.
20 April 1762, sworn to by Major Thomas Franklin
& affirmed by Wm. Parish, Jr., (Quaker), & 22 April 1762, affirmed
by Johnson.
Liber 31, folio 596
19 Feb. 1757
ROSS, DAVID, Baltimore Co.
To Robert Divisson, my chest & goods in it.
To Daniel Preston, my extr., the residue.
Witn: Sarah Pyecraft, Thomas Pycraft, James Preston.
4 May 1762, sworn to by Preston & affirmed by
Thomas Pycroft (Quaker).
Liber 31, folio 596
6 April 1762
LUSBY, JOHN, Cecil Co., farmer.
To my son Robert Lusby, 1 sh. sterl.
To my son Edward Lusby, all the rest of my e.
Extr: my friend Robert Walmesley, who is to keep
my son Edward till he is of age & & pay my son Robert his part
of negro Valentine.
Witn: Thomas Mercer, Richard Wallace.
26 May 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 597
26 March 1762
LOFTUS, SUSANNAH, Cecil Co.
As most of my chldn. are old enough to provide for
themselves, to my 2 youngest chldn., Thomas & Francis Loftus, the residue
of my e. except my rings & clothes, which I give to my 2 daus. Susannah
& Joan Loftus, equ. div.
Extrs: my friend Michael Tully & my son John
Loftus, who are to take care of my 2 sons, Thomas & Francis, &
bind them to some trade.
Witn: James Langworthy, Otho Otherson, Tholwell
Loftus.
19 May 1762, sworn to by Otherson & Loftus.
Liber 31, folio 598
12 Jan. 1762
MAULDIN, Capt. FRANCIS, of Cecil Co., Gent.
To my son Francis, the plntn & lands where I
live & negro boy Simon at age 21 or mar.
To my son Benjamin, the land I bought of Mr. Henry
Baker with the swamp near Graneys Spring & an oak by the main road
from Turkey Point to the head of
Elk R. & to a valley that leads into Back Crk. & negro boy
Tom at age 21 or mar.
To my son William Mauldin, negro boy Phill &
negro girl Nan, & he is to be bound out till he is 21.
To my son Henry Mauldin, negro boy Gabriel &
negro girl Salle, & after he has been given learning, he is to be bound
out.
To my dau. Rebecca Mauldin, negro girl Bess at lawful
age or mar.
To my dau. Elizabeth Mauldin, negro girl Hannah
at lawful age or mar.
To my dau. Mary Kittridg Mauldin, negro girl Jean
at lawful age or mar.
To the child my [wife] goes with, negro boy Jack.
The son of John Hunt is to be given 1 yrs. schooling
when a school is kept in the neck where my extr. lives.
Extr: my wife, Mary, & my friends Col. Nicholas
Hyland & Mr. Robert Hart, are to be tstees & overseers.
Witn: James Hart, William Manley, Nicholas George.
7 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Libr 31, folio 601
21 April 1762
FLEAHARTY, STEPHEN, Dorchester Co.
To my sister Mary Hobbs, my mothers bed.
To my wife, Sarah Fleaharty, for life, the plntn.
where I live except the part rented to Edward Alford, Jr., & 1/2 the
orchard.
To my grdson Stephen Fleaharty, Fleahartys Desire
198a, The Addition to Fleahartys Desire 50a, & 27a of Goodluck, for
life, & on his d., to his male heirs, &
for want of heirs, to my grdson John Fleaharty for life, & for
want of heirs, to the issue male of my dau. Rebecca Chipley, & for
want of heirs, to the male issue of my grddau. Ann Fleaharty.
To my grdson John Fleaharty, 200a of Goodluck W
of the Main Rd. from Fouling Crk. to Hog Island Ferry (provided my sd.
grdson Stgephen will not make ov-
er to sd. grdson John 150a of Fleahartys Beginning where John Cohe
lives) . . .
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. betw
my dau. Rebecca & my son John's 3 chldn.(Stephen, John, & Ann)
& my dau. Ann's (Sarah, William, & Deborah
Perrys).
Extrx: my dau. Rebecca Chipley.
Witn: Andrew Banning, Edward Alford, Jr., John Cohe.
12 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 603
31 Dec. 1756
HAYWARD, HENRY, Dorchester Co.
To my son & extr., Thomas Hayward, 182a of Beaver
Neck, 130a to be redacted to discharge my debts & bond to Col. Joseph
Ennalls.
The residue of my p. e., equ. div., to my
sd. son Thomas & my dau. Adling Hayward
Witn: John Traverse, Thomas Pitt.
12 May 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 604
30 Jan. 1762
VINSON, JAMES, Dorchester Co., Gent.
To my son Bruffit Vinson, 1 sh. sterl.
Extr: son Eliab Vinson.
My lands are to be equ. div. among my 5 chldn: Eliab,
James, Daniel, Basheba, & Celia Vinson.
To my dau. Basheba, 3 cow & a heifer yearling;
to my dau. Celia, 2 cows & a heifer; & to my dau.Mary Morris, a
bed worth L 3.
The residue is to be equ. div. betw. Eliab, James,
Basheba, & Celia Vinson.
Witn: Waitman Goslen, William Harrington, James
Vinson, Jr.
29 March 1762, sworn to by Goslen & Harrington.
Liber 31, folio 605
27 3d mo., called March, 1762
BROOKS, HENRY, [Kent Co.]
To my dau. Araminta, negro boy Tom.
To my dau. Hannah, negro girl Rachel.
To my dau. Sophia, negro girl Dinah, & to sd.
3 daus., L 300 to be equ. div. among them as they come toage.
To my wife & extrx., Sarah Brooks, for life
my dw. plntn.& land adj., & then, equ. div., to my daus. Arraminta,
Hannah, & Sophia.
My sd. wife is to have the bringing up of my sd.
chldn, educating them after the manner of the people called Quakers.
Witn: John March, Henry Bodien, James Findley.
6 May 1762, sworn to by March & Findley &
affirmed by Bodien (Quaker).
Liber 31, folio 606
3 Jan. 1759
WHITEFORD, MICHAEL, Baltimore Co.
To my wife, Margaret Whiteford, 1/3 my p. e. &
1/3 my land for life & my dw. house for widhood & the bed we lie
on.
The other 2 shares of my p. e. are to be div. equ.
among my sons & daus. except my dau. Mary, to whom I leave L 3 Penna.
money.
To my 2 sons Hugh & William Whiteford, equ.
div., all my land.
My son Hugh is to pay to my dau. Jean, when he is
2 yrs. in possn. of his land, L 10, & the next year to pay to my dau.
Ann L 10
My son William is to pay to my dau. Margaret when
he is 2 yrs in possn. of his land (age 23) L 10, & the next year to
pay to my dau. Agnes L 10.
Extrs: my wife & my son Hugh, & my 2 bros.,
James Read & Hugh Whiteford are to div. the land betw. the 2 boys.
Witn: H[ugh] Whiteford, James Read, John Balch.
25 May 1762, sworn to byn all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 607
28 April 1762
MACCAULEY, JOHN, Kent Co.
To Solomon Wright, my extr., the residue of my e.
Witn: Jonathan Leatherbury, Samuel Grifith.
12 May 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 607
29 Oct. 1761
TREISH, MARTIN, his will in German. Translation on folio 916.
20 May 1762, sworn to by Jacob Parkoner, Conrad Hailman, Philip Lautensleger, & the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 608
30 Dec. 1761
EKLER, ULERICK, Baltimore Co.
To my eldest son Ulrick Eckler, 150a on Pipe Crk.,
for the price of L 40, of which he expects L 10, the other 30 to
be div. in 3 parts, to his bro. & 2 sisters at the rate of L 7.10 a
yr. after my d. & their mother's.
To my son Joseph Eckler, the plntn. with 150a on
the Bar Branch for the price of L 70, of which he keeps L 17.10, &
the rest to his bro. & 2 sisters at the rate of L 7.10 a yr. after
my d. & their mother's.
To each of my 2 sons, 2 horses & a plow &
tackle, & to them, the great Bible & 2 Christian books.
Their mother [not named] shall have wheat, rye,
corn, pork, barley, flax, & a cow & calf.
Witn: James Hendricks, Adam Wise, Peter Lessly.
27 May 1762, affirmed by Hendricks & sworn to
by Wise.
Liber 31, folio 609
10 May 1762, Mrs. Ann Scott, widow of James Scott, late of Baltimore
Co., decd., renounced his will [Liber 31, folio 571] & stood by what
the law gives her.
Liber 31, folio 609
8 April 1762
DORSEY, HENRIETTA MARIA, widow of Edward Dorsey, late of Annapolis,
decd.
To my mother, Henrietta Maria Dulany, L 1000, my
clothes, & my 2 negro women, Jenny & Sue.
To Mrs. Ann Howard, spinster, & Mrs. Grason,
widow, L 20 each.
To each of the daus. of Mr. Richard Dorsey, late
decd., L 25, except to my goddau. Mary, L 30.
To the chldn. of my uncle Francis Chew, equ. div.
at age 21, L 50 ster.
To Mary Young, wife of Benjamin Young, L 30.
To the chldn. of my cousin Joseph Chew, equ. div.
at age 21, L 40.
To Mrs. Sophia Gough, widow of the late Thomas Gough,
the silver salver & ladle my late husb. had of the sd. Thomas &
L 20.
To my cousin Ann Dare, late Ann Chew, sister to
sd. Joseph Chew, L 20.
To the vestry of Annapolis Parish, L 50 sterl. for
a pulpit cloth & cushion & L 100 for the poor.
To my dau. Henrietta Maria Dorsey, my negro girl
Bett, but if she d. unmar. before age 21, to my sd. mother.
To my sister Mary Chew, my 2 negro women Alfy &
Pol, but if my sd. dau. attains age 21 or mar., to her.
The residue of my p. e., equ. div., to my bros.
& sisters: Samuel Chew, Philemon Loyd Chew, Bennett Chew, Loyd Dulany.
Margaret Bordley, & Mary Chew.
To my sd. dau., for life, all my r. e., but if she
d. s. p., to my mother.
For the care of my sd. dau., my mother is to have
of her e. L 15 sterl./yr. until she is 8, then until she is 10, L 20 sterl./yr.,
etc.
Extrs: Beale Boardley & my bro. Samuel Chew.
Signed by Stephen Bordley for the testatrix.
Witn: William Paca, John Rogers, Thomas Hands.
28 May 1762, Beale Bordley renounced the extrship.
8 June 1762, worn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 612
10 March 1762
SWIFT, THEOPHILUS, rector of Portobacco Parish, Charles Co.
To my wife, Mary Swift, 1/2 my p. e.
To my bro. John, Meade, & Thomas Swift &
my sisters Susanna Jubbs & Elizabeth Borr, equ. div., the other 1/2.
Extrs: Mr. Robert Horner of Charles Co.& Mr.
Robert Chesley of St. Mary's Co.
Witn: John Findall, James Forbes.
9 June 1762, sworn to by Forbes.
Liber 31, folio 613
16 June 1759
COLLISON, EDWARD, Talbot Co., planter
To my son & extr., George Collison, negro woman
Jenny, my dw. plntn. & part of Rehoboths Point I purchased of my bro.
George Collison, & for want of heirs, to my son James Collison, to
my son Edward Collison, & to my son Benjamin Collison.
To my son James Collison, at age 21, L 10.
To my son Edward Collison, at age 21, negro boy
Mingo.
To my son Benjamin Collison, , at age 21, negro
boy Sam.
To my daus. Mary & Sarah Collison, negro boy
Esop.
To my dau. Frances Collison, at age 16, negro boy
Ambrose.
To each of my daus. Rachel Crawford & Rachel
Chap, a yearling heifer.
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. among
my chldn: George, James, Edward, Benjamin, Mary, Sarah, & Frances Collison.
Witn: Benjamin Kemp, John Buiham, James Hewes.
3 March 1762, affirmed by Kemp (Quaker) & sworn
to by Hewes.
Liber 31, folio 614
9 Nov. 1761
McCULLUM, ARCHIBALD, Talbot Co.
To my wife & extr., Jane, for widhood, all my
r. & p. e., the residue to my sons Alexander & William McCullum
& my dau. Fanny McCullun, & if she mar., my
friends James & Mathew Tilghman are to take over the residue of
my e. & dispose of it among my sd. 3 chldn.
Witn: Jacob Hindman, Thomas Stevens, Jr., Ann Lewis.
4 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the widow
stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 615
29 Jan. 1762
NAYLOR, DAVID, Talbot Co., planter.
To my wife &extrx., Elizabeth, all my p. e.
except my part of the e. of John Bennett of Talbot Co. late decd., which
I give to my sister Rachel Pitts.
To my sister Mary Jones, Stay 65a adj. Dun Range
& Moorfields Addition 40a adj. Stay.
Witn: William Kemp, William Bordley, William Grace.
Sworn to by Bordley & Grace 12 May 1762 &
by Kemp 2 June.
Liber 31, folio 616
12 April 1761
ARDERY, WILLIAM, Talbot Co., planter.
To my wife, Mary, for life, Lows Rambles 200a where
I dw. & part of Fishers Pond, in Dorchester Co. 100a by a deed given
my father, William Ardery, if the
child she goes with d. before age 21.
Witn: William Lee, Sarah Lee, Edward Sinkler.
18 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 617
31 Oct. 1761
BARNETT, PHEBA, Talbot Co., widow.
To my son William Martin, my bed, warming pan, &
2-handled sugar pot.
To my son John Giles, my bed, chair, wheels, the
harness not belonging.
To Ann Giles, wife of John Giles, my black gown,
bonnet, handkercheif, quilted coat, hood, & gloves, all my head linen
except 2 suits, & a pr. calimanco shoes.
To my grddau. Pheba Boice, a case of drawers, cloak,
black petticoat, & a double gown.
To my 3 grddaus. Ann Martin, Ann Alexander, &
Ann Boice, my daily appl., which my dau.-in-law, Mary Martin is to div.
equ.
To Thomas Alexander, 1 English sh., & to Nicholas
Lowe 1 sh. sterl.
Extr: my son William Martin, Jr.
Witn: William Edmondson, William Bowdle.
18 May 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 618
16 Oct. 1760
GORE, JACOB, Talbot Co.
To my son Samuel Gore, the N 100a of Dunmore Heath
& Frampton adj. it, & for want of issue, to my son Walker Gore,
& for want of issue, to my son Benja-
min Gore, & for want of issue to my son John Gore.
To my son Walker Gore, the S 100a of Dunmore Heath,
& for want of issue, to my son Benjamin Gore, & for want of issue,
to my son John Gore, & for want of issue, to my son Samuel Gore.
Extrx: my dau. Elizabeth Gore.
Witn: Edward Vickers, James Kendrick, Peter Garon.
18 May 1762, sworn to by Kendrick & Garon, in
presence of Samuel Gore, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 619
5 Jan. 1762
CATROP, LAMIN JOHN, [Talbot Co.]
To my dau. Mary Ann Catrop, mulatto man Aby, a best
bed, black mare Dolphin, a chest of drawers, 3 silver spoons, & a tea
kettle.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Catrop, young mare Pleasure.
To my son William Mash Catrop, his choice of my
cases of bottles.
To my son & extr., John Catrop, all my lands,
but my sd. son William is to have liberty to live on a part, & John
& William are to share my still.
Witn: Peter Denny, Charles Forker, Rachel Mulakin.
15 June 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 620
23 March 1762
DAVIS, REBECCA, Talbot Co.
To my niece Elizabeth Nicks, d. o. George Nicks,
my riding horse Lyon, saddle & furn., & all my clothes.
To my son & extr., Joseph Bunton, the rest of
my e.
Witn: Jonathan Shanahan, Mary Neighbours, Rachel
Davis, Pheba Nicks.
18 May 1762, sworn to by all 4 witn.
Liber 31, folio 621
27 Nov. 1760
STOCKER, JOHN, Talbot Co.
To my son Elijah Stocker, my gun & young horse
Night.
To my wife & extrx., Susannah Stocker, the residue.
Witn: James Lenard, Mathew Kirby, Thomas Driver.
18 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
[Widow's renunciation of admin. folio 736.]
Liber 31, folio 622
7 April 1761
DAWSON, RALPH, Talbot Co., bricklayer.
To my friend & extr., James Wrightson, my riding
horse provided he will collect & settle all my accts.
To Mary, Sarah, & Mable Ball, d. o. Thomas Ball
2 1/2 yds. of frize & to sd. Mary Ball, my chest.
To Alexander Larrimore, mythickest coat & saddle.
To John Dawson, the rest of my clothes.
To John Dawson, s. o. John Dawson, my gun.
To my mother, Sarah Dawson, the residue.
Witn: Jonathan Harrison, Esther Skinner.
19 May 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 623
1 Dec. 1761
BARROTT, MERCURY, [Talbot Co.]
To my son Robert Barrott, a black mare, & colt
Jewel, & saddle.
To my son Solomon Barrott, a case with botles.
The residue is to be equ. div. among my chldn: Solomon
Barrott, Rebecca Booker, Robert Barrott, Margaret Allen, Susanna Mathew
Shaw, Rachel Stableford.
Extrs: my 2 sons Solomon & Robert..
Witn: Saml. Cockayne, Margaret Allen, Eleanor King.
27 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 624
7 April 1762
FULTON, ALEXANDER, Cecil Co.
To my wife, Elizabeth, for life, 1/3 my e. r. &
p., but at her d., the r. e. to my youngest son, Samuel.
To my eldest son, John, & my son Francis, each
10 sh.
To my youngest son & extr., Samuel, 2/3 my e.
r. & p., he paying John & Francis, eldest sons, each L 5 when they
are 21.
Witn: William Ewing, Sr., Andrew Porter.
9 June 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 625
5 Oct. 1761, William Hynson, witn. to the will of John Brown [of Kent
Co., Liber 31, folio 103], swears to the will.
Liber 31, folio 625
26 Feb. 1761, Jane Whittington, widow of Benjamin Whittington of Queen
Anns Co., refused to stand to his will [Liber 31, folio 140, 164].
Liber 31, folio 625
9 June 1761, Talbot Co., John Silvester, witn. to the codicil to the
will of Wm. Robins [Liber 31, folio 332], swears to the codicil.
Liber 31, folio 625
19 June 1761
WALLACE, MATTHEW, Somerset Co.
To my wife & extrx., Mary Wallace, for widhood,
my dw. plntn. & land in Rock Crk., & on her d. or mar., to my son
Joseph Wallace, & if he d. s. p., to my son
David Wallace.
To my son William Wallace, my clothes & my boat
& sails.
To Brigett Reabell, my dau., Richd. Wallace, my
son, George Travis, my grdson, & Matthew & William Wallace, my
sons, to every one, a shilling in silver.
To my daus. Mary Roe & Elizabeth Travis, each
L 10.
To Leah Wallace, my dau., negro girl Fender &
a bed or L 10.
To Ann Windsor, d. o. my sd. wife, negro girl Sall,
& if she d. before Ann Windsor is 16, negro girl Jane.
To my sd. wife, the residue of my p. e., & she
shall give my 4 chldn., Joseph, David, James, & Mary Wallace as far
as the rule of practice perfect, & on her d. or
mar., to sd. chldn.
Witn: George Jones, Gowen Wright, William White.
25 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & 22 July
1762, by letter, the widow relinquished any claim by the will & chose
her 1/3 of the e.
Liber 31, folio 627
24 April 1760
BUTLER, NATHANIEL, Somerset Co.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth, all my lands
with all my negroes, hhold goods, & other movables.
Witn: Stephen Harris, Samuel Phebus, William Ballard.
26 June 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 628
10 Dec. 1760
COOPER, SAMUEL, Somerset Co.
To my wife, Pricela Cooper, 1/3 my dw. plntn. for
life & 1/3 the residue of my p. e.
To my son & extr., Samuel Cooper, my dw. plntn.,
Bedford, a yoke of oxen & plow & harrow & iron works, &
a bed.
To my dau. Ann Cooper, my roan horse Jack,
a bed, & a cow & calf.
To my son Leven Cooper, 1 sh. sterl.
Witn: John Finch, William Graviner, Thomas Greaviner.
25 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & 29 June
1762, the widow relinquished any claim by the will & elected her 1/3
of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 629
22 Oct.1756
COSTIN, AHAB, Somerset Co.
To my wife, Abigail Costin, for widhood, all my
p. e..
After her widhood, to my son Ahab Costen, negro
man Frost, & to my son Oliver Costin, my stillhead & worm.
To Benjamin Cottman, Costins Vineyard 100a, where
he lives.
Witn: Isaac Costin, Joseph Thomson, Ambrose FitchWater.
17 June 1762, sworn to by Costin & FitzWater,
& 29 June 1762, the widow elected her 1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 629
12 May 1762
COOKE, FRANCIS, Frederick Co.
To my wife, Susannah, 1/2 my e. if the child she
may be big with d. underage, but if it live & she get another husb.,
she shall give security for the child's part.
To each of my bros. in Germany 1/3 my e. from my
father's e., & if they come into this part, each shall have 1 sh. sterl.
of my e.
Extr: the Revd. Mr. William Otterbein.
Witn: Thomas Schley, PhilipBargher, Samuel Dorff.
18 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn. in the presence
of the widow, & Thomas Schley, who understands both English & German,
swore that the above is a true translation of the will.
Liber 31, folio 630
22 Jan. 1762
BARTON, JACOB, Frederick Town, Frederick Co.
To my wife & extr. [Henritta Barton], for widhood,
all my r. & p. e., & on her d. or mar., to my only son, Henry Barton.
To my chief male heir, 5 sh. sterl.
If my son Henry d. before he comes of age or before
his mother, Henritta Barton, the whole e. to her.
Witn: Godfreye Brown, Daniel Ragon, James Wall.
12 Feb. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn. in the presence
of Henry Barton, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 631
4th of 3d mo. 1762
RICHARDSON, SAMUEL, Jr., Frederick Co.
To my wife & extr., Hannah, my whole e. r. &
p., & my bro.-in-law Robert Brooke & William Matthews are to assist
her.
Witn: James Brooke, Jr., Roger Brooke, Basil Brooke,
Thomas Brooke.
31 March 1762, affirmed by Roger & Basil Brooke
(Quakers).
Liber 31, folio 633
10 Feb. 1762
BALDWIN, STEPHEN, Frederick Co.
To my son Elijah Baldwin, 200a where my dw. house
is when he is of age, except the largest house, which is reserved for his
mother for her widhood.
My sd. son is to pay to my dau. Matha Baldwin L
10 in 6 yrs., my dau. Keziah Baldwin L 10 in 7 yrs., & my daus. Ruth
& Mary Baldwin L 5 each when they
come of age.
To my son Daniel Baldwin, after he comes of age,
100a of woodland I bought of James Brooke, he paying my sons Jessey
& John Baldwin each L 8 when they come of age.
My wife, Pheba Baldwin, is to have the benefits
of the sd. 300a until my son Elijah comes of age & to have the best
house for her widhood & the residue of my e.
after the sd. 300a are paid for.
Extrs: my bro. Joseph Baldwin & my friend Abraham
Hayter.
Witn: George Buchanan, Abraham Wimmer, Jacob Wimmer.
16 March 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 633
9 Dec. 1755
BROWN, GUSTAVUS, Charles Co., Practitioner in Medicines & Laird
of Mainside & House Byres in Scotland.
My e. in Scotland, England, & elsewhere is to
be disposed of as follows:
To my wife, Margaret Brown, for widhood, Midleton,
in Durham Parish & the use of all my negroes & livestock, which
I would have kept together for mainten-
ance of her & my 2 chldn. by her, Gustavus Richard Brown &
Margarett Brown, & after the determination of her e., sd. land to my
second son Gustavus Richard Brown, & for want of heirs, to my eldest
son, Richard Brown, & for want of heirs, to the eldest son of my dau.
Francis Moncure, & for want of heirs, to the eldest son of my dau.
Sarah Scott, & for want of heirs, to the eldest son of my dau. Mary
Threlkeld, & for want of heirs, to the eldst son of my dau. Elizabeth
Wallace, & for want of heirs, to the eldest son of my dau. Jane Campbell,
& for want of heirs, to the eldest son of my dau. Cecilia Key, &
for want of heirs, to the eldest son of my dau. Ann Claggett, & for
want of heirs, to the eldest son of my dau. Margaret Brown, & for want
of heirs, to my eldest dau., etc. & for want of heirs, to Mr. Samuel
Mitchelson of Middleton, Scotland, & for want of heirs, to his bro.,
Mr. John Mitchelson, & on the d. or mar.of my sd. wife, sd. negroes
& g. & c. to my sd. son Gustavus Richard, & if he d. a minor,
to his sister Margaret till the day of her mar. or age 24, then to my sd.
son Richard.
To my sd. wife, for widhood, instead of the L 20
sterl. by an agreement, all my rent from House Byres, in Scotland.
To my sd. son Gustavus Richard, the rent of my farm
in Newstead, Scotland, to help with his education till he is 21, &
if he continue his studies to qualify for the
practice of the law, physick, or divinity, till he is 25.
Of the money due me in Scotland, in the hands of
my kinsman & factor Mr. Samuel Mitchelson, to my sd. son Gustavus Richard,
L 1000 sterl. . . .
To my dau. Margarett Brown, L 300 to be put out
at interest till she is 25 or mar.
Provided I do not give them their portions during
my life, to each of my daus. Mary Threlkeld, Jane Campbell, & Ann Claggett,
L 300 sterl.
To my dau. Cecilia Key, 10,000 lb. tob. to her use
& the use of Philip & Susannah Key, her 2 children.
To my eldest son, the Revd. Mr. Richard Brown, my
lands in Scotland & Maryland . . .
To each worthy friend - Messrs. John & Samuel
Mitchelson, Philip Key, Col. Richd. Harrison, Robert Yates, & my 2
sons, Richd. Brown & John Moncure,
a mourning ring.
Extrs. for my property in Scotland: Messrs. John
& Samuel Michelson.
Extrs. for all other places: my son Richard Brown,
the Revd. Mr. John Moncure, Phillip Key, Col. Richard Harrison, & Mr.
Robert Yates.
Witn: the Hon. Richd. Lee, Esq., Arthur Lee,
Esq., Benjn. Fendall, George Dent, Esq., John Fendall, Phillip Fendall,
& Josias Hawkins.
12 May 1762, sworn to by Richd. Lee, John Fendall,
& Phillip Fendall.
11 Feb. 1757, codicil written by Wm Brown, Atty.
at Law, to correct the conveyance of land.
Witn: Benjn. Fendall, Arthur Lee, John Fendall.
Codicil, 25 March 1758, to my son Gustavus Richd.
Brown, to compensate for the loss of negro Cully of my Nanjemoy Quarter,
drowned out of a canoe last Sunday, enough money to purchase a negro no
older than 24 yr.; also, to my dau. Margaret, negro wench Eleanor or Nell
I recovered for a debt from John Pen.
Witn: Charles Courts, Penelope Courts, Charity Courts.
18 May 1762, sworn to by [Charity] Courts.
Codicil 4 March 1761. Two negroes, Anthony &
Charles, now removed from Middleton, are to be returned there. I revoke
the bequest to my dau. Cicilla Key,
since mar. to Mr. Thomas Bond, of 10,000 lb. tob.
Witn: Benjn. Fendall, Townsend Dade, Jacob Mason.
12 May 1762, sworn to by Townsend Dade, Jr.
Liber 31, folio 645
16 Oct. 1761
PHILLPOT, JOHN, Charles Co.
To my son David Phillpot, 1/2 of Walkers Run, 1/2
of the rest of the land that appears to be mine, 2 negroes, Peter &
Jude, a bed, & 2 cows & calves.
To my son John Phillpot, the other 1/2 of Walkers
Run, 1/2 the rest of my land, 2 negroes, Nathan & Chloe, a bed, &
2 cows & calves.
To my son Charles Thomas Phillpot, negro boy Marke
& a cow & calf.
To my dau. Sarah Warren Phillpot, negro girl Patti,
a cow & calf, & a bed.
To my son Zachariah Phillpot, negro boy John &
a cow & calf.
To Phillip Glover, a bed & a cow & calf.
To my bro. Barton Phillpot, a cow & calf.
The rest of my e. to my wife & extrx., Mary
Phillpot.
Witn: James Keech, Richard Posey, Joseph Bridges.
30 March 1762, sworn to by Posey & Bridges,
the heir at law, being a minor, not present.
Liber 31, folio 647
7 June 1761
McPHERSON, ALEXANDER, Charles Co.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth McPherson, for
lfe, the plntn. I dw. on & my p. e.
To my son Alexander McPherson, after my wife's d.,
Pomfrett 75a.
To my son Mark McPherson, after my wife's d., McPhersons
Benefit 80a.
To my grddau. Elizabeth McPherson, after my wife's
d., a bed, 2 cows & calves, an iron pot, a pewter dish, & 6 pewter
plates.
To my dau. Ann McDaniel, after my wife's d., a bed
& 6 head of sheep.
To my grddau. Dorcas Turner, after my wife's d.,
a bed.
To Mary Beale, after my wife's d., a cow & calf.
To my grddau. Priscilla McPherson, after my wife's
d., a bed.
To William Grahame, a cow & 2 yearlings I gave
him.
To my grdson Alexander, after my wife's d., a cow
& calf.
To my sons William, Alexander, John, & Mark
McPherson, after my wife's d., the rest of my p. e. equ. div.
Witn: Thomas Adams, John Garner, Thomas McPherson.
22 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., William McPherson,
heir at law, having had no objection.
Liber 31, folio 648
3 March 1762
COX, CHARLES, Charles Co.
To my bro. James Cox, a blue coat & breeches
& a red cloth jacket.
To my brother William Cox, one of my fine hats &
my boots wigg.
To my bro. Samuel Cox, mysuit of 2d mourning &
my other wigg.
To my mother & extrx., Mary Cox, negro boy Tom,
a bed, & a writing desk, & if she d. without will, to her 2 youngest
chldn.
To my bro. Richard Cox, my saddle & bridle.
To my bro. Edmond Cox, a young heifer & a white
gilt & her pigs.
To my bro. Hugh Cox, all my smiths, carpenters,
& shoemakers tools, to be sold, & negro girl Sall.
To my bro. John Cox, all my land.
To my sister Margery Cox, my silver watch, to be
sold.
To my sister Ann Cox, a young heifer & a mare
colt.
To my sister Mary Cox, negro lad George & a
young mare.
To Rebecca Fulla, a bed, my dun horse, 2 crop notes,
& an old chest.
The residue is to be div. betw. my 2 youngest bros.
& sister.
Witn: John Chandler, James Keech, Jr., George Keech.
29 March 1762, sworn to by Chandler & George
Keech in presence of James Cox, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 649
14 Oct. 1756
WRIGHT, THOMAS, Charles Co., planter, being very ancient.
To my son & extr., Thomas Wright, the
part of Galeys Venture on the S side a fresh run where my dw. house stands,
negro woman Catherine, negro girl Lucy, negro boy John, & the
rest of my g. & c., & if he d., his extrship to my son Willian
Wright
To my son John Wright, negro woman Jangover &
all my clothes.
To my son William Wright, negro woman Elenor, negro
boy Pompey, a bed, a cow, a large dish, & 2 plates.
To my son Joseph Wright, negro woman Elizabeth,
negro girls Susan & Frances, negro boy Thomas, & hhold furn.
To my son Booker Wright, negro woman Jean, negro
girl Sarah, negro boy Matthew, a cow, a bed, & other hhold furn.
To my 2 daus. Winifred & Elizabeth, equ. div.,
40 sh.
Witn: Joseph Hanson Harrison, Whorton Philbert,
John Carroll.
Sworn to by Harrison 4 May 1762 in presence of the
heir at law [not named] & by Carroll 14 June 1762.
Liber 31, folio 651
23 Sept. 1761
WOOD, GILLIUM, Charles Co.
To my son John Wood, Norwood, the land I live on
& after the d. of my wife, Sarah Wood, L 5 sterl..
To my 3 sons, James Wood, Robert Slye Wood, &
Leonard Wood, & my 4 daus., Sarah, Priscilla, Susanna, & Mary Ann
Wood, who are my extrs, equ. div. on the d. of my sd. wife, all my m. e.
Witn: Samuel Amery, Thomas Nash, William Scott.
11 March 1762, sworn to by Nash & Scott in presence
of John Wood, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 652
17 Feb. 1762
BASSNETT, ROBERT, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my wife & extrx., [Susanna Basnett], for
lfe, my p. e. & 1/3 my r. e., & on her d., my p. e. to my 4 chldn:
Charles Basnett, Mary Cavelier, Elizabeth (wife of
James Mayner), & Elenor (wife of John Murphy) equ. div.
Witn: Benjn. Roberts, Jona. Hall, Henry Elliott.
24 June 1762, sworn to by Roberts & Elliott,
& the widow stood to the will & refused to take letters testamentary..
Liber 31, folio 653
25 June 1761
SWIFT, ABSOLOM, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To Priseler Garra[t], my cousin, a cow & calf
& young steer & a bed.
To Ruth Swift, my wife & extrx., Swifts Content
50a., Swift Contents Addition, & all my m. e.
Witn: William Culbreath, Jonathan Culbreath, Jean
Culbreath.
Sworn to by Jean Culbreath 26 Oct. 1761 & by
Jonathan Culbreath 25 June 1762.
Liber 31, folio 655
31 Jan. 1757
WILCOCKS, DANIEL, Jr., Queen Anns Co.
To my wife, Mary, negro man Julius & the land
I dw. on for life, & on her d., to the child she is big with, &
as well, at age 16 if a girl & age 20 if a boy, negro girl
Betoris.
Extrs: Daniel Wilcocks, my father, & my sd.
wife.
Witn: George Personett, Thomas Newton, Sarah Newton.
24 June 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Libe 31, folio 656
6 Nov. 1756
GOODHAND, MARMADUKE, Kent Island, Queen Anns Co.
To my son Marmaduke Goodhand, my home plntn. with
parts of Point Love & Silley, as much of Broad Oak, on Crab Alley,
as needed to make up 1/2 my land, 3 negroes - Plater, Crue, & Moll
- 6 cows & calves, 2 killable steers, & my great looking glass,
provided he never remove it from the dw. house.
To my son Jones Goodhand, Poplar Neck, on Crab Alley,
the rest of Broad Oak, 3 negroes - Sue, Jacob, & Steven - 6 calves,
& 2 killable steers.
To my dau. Cozby Goodhand, 2 negroes - Nan &Rachel
- a small looking glass & 2 cows & calves.
To my grdsson Nathaniel Brown Goodhand, negro boy
Ben.
To my grddau. Hannah Goodhand, negro girl Ruth.
To my dau. Elizabeth Horn, 2 cows & calves &
the debt Richard Goodman owes me.
To my dau. Sarah Goodman, 2 cows & calves.
Extrs: my wife Latitia Goodhand, & with her
consent, my son Marmaduke Goodhand.
Witn: Mary Barnes, Thomas Barnes, Sr., Jo[hn] Smith.
10 June 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of Marmaduke Goodhand, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 658
5 March 1762
WILLSON, THOMAS, Queen Anns Co.
To my son Thomas Willson, Bennetts Outlett, now
in tenure of Adam Gray, & Sewells Range, in tenure of Joseph McConikin
& Joseph Anthony.
To my youngest son, Richard Willson, Broad Neck,
where I dw., & Plain Dealing, & all the sd. lands & negroes
are to be leased until my sd. sons are 21.
Extr: as my wife [not named] is incapable, my friend
John Sayer Blake.
Witn: William Murphy, James Coursey, Bennett Lowe.
13 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & Blake
renounced the extrship.
Liber 31, folio 659
19 Feb. 1762
CARROW, HENRY, Kent Island, Queen Anns Co..
To James Ringgold, my godson, at age 21, 2 negroes,
Lymas & Little Jack.
To Mary Arnold, 2 negroes, Simon & Sue, with
all my hhold furn.
To my cousin John Carrow, L 30.
The residue of my e. to Thomas Ringgold, my extr.
Witn: Robert Alison, Elizabeth Street.
31 May 1762, sworn to by Street.
Liber 31, folio 660
10 Feb. 1762
MOORE, NATHANIEL, of St. Luke Parish, Queen Anns Co.
To Joseph Moore, s. o. Samuel Moore of Kent Co.,
Delaware, at age 21, L 5 Penna.
To Mary Ware, d. o. James Ware late of this Co.
decd., at age 20, L 10 Penna.
To John Ware, s. o. James Ware of this Co. decd.,
at age 21, L 5 Penna.
To James Ware, s. o. James Ware of this Co. decd.,
at age 21, L 20 Penna.
To my wife & extrx., Ann Moore, all my e. r.
& p.
Witn: William Ruth, John Ruth, Aquilla Beck.
15 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 662
22 Oct. 1761
BOUDEN, JAMES, Little Creek Hundred, Kent Co., Delaware, laborer.
To my friend & extr., Thomas Irons, the residue
of my e.
Witn: Clayton Cowgill, Thomas Cowgill, Darby Carty.
19 Mqy 1762, affirmed by Clayton & Thomas Cowgill
(Quakers).
12 Nov. 1761, Kent Co., Delaware, before Theodore
Maurice, Wilson Buckmaster, swore that James Bouden who made & signed
the will is the James Bouden
who served his time with William Dockery, who moved from Queen Anns
Co., Maryland, to this province.
31 Oct. 1761, before Theodore Maurice, affirmed
by Clayton & Thomas Cowgill.
Liber 31, folio 664
19 April 1760
ROBERTS, JOHN, [Queen Anns Co.]
To Sarah Boon, all my e.
Extr: Thomas Boon, father to sd Sarah Boon.
Witn: John McCosh, Robert Boyle, Bebecca Burbidge.
13 May 1762, sworn to by Buridge.
Liber 31, folio 665
18 April 1762
ATKINSON, JOHN, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my wife, for widhood, all my p. e., & on
her d., all my negroes to my son John Atkinson.
To my grdson Timothy Lane, s. o. Timothy Lane, L
10.
My sd. son may pay his 3 sisters - Mary Young, Ann
Meredith, & Juliannah Meredith - L 15 for their part of the negro money.
Extrs: my wife, Mary Atkinson, & my son John
Atkinson.
Witn: Edward Clayton, Thomas Cook, Richard Newton.
6 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the widow
elected her 1/3 of the p. e. & her dower in the land.
Liber 31, folio 666
12 Jan. 1762
TANEY, THOMAS, St. Mary's Co.
To my son Michael Thomas Taney, a hansome maintenance
out of the e. I give to his bro. John Francis Taney.
To my son John Francis Taney, at age 21, the plantn.
I live on & all my p. e., & if he d. s. p., the land to my grdson
Charles Taney & the p. e. betw. my grdchldn
of Raphael Taney & Mary.
To my dau. Mary Eleanor Combs, the land in Beavourdam
Mannor.
To my grdson Charles Taney, the first negro child
b. after my d., to be delivered at the age of a yr.
To my grdson Rapael Combs, at age 21, L 25.
Extrs: my wife, Mary Taney & my son John Francis
Taney.
Witn: John Smith, John Gray, Mary Pike
1 June 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow renounced the will & accepted what the law allows.
Liber 31, folio 668
21 Jan. 1762
STILES, JAMES, St. Inegoes Hundred, St. Mary's Co.
To my son Sim Stles, the land on the new road &
Ann Angels line & the 43a in St. Elizabeths Manor I bought of Thomas
Jeans.
To my son Solomon Stiles, the rest of the land in
St. Elizabeths Manor I bought of my bro. John Stiles.
To my son Stephen Stiles, all my parcels at the
head the main br. of St. Mary's R: part of Stiles Chance, part of Wallaces
Chance, & What Care I.
If either of my 2 eldest sons d. before age 21,
their share is to be equ. div. betw. my 3 daus. [not named], & if my
youngest son, Stephen, d. before age 21, his part is to be equ. div. betw.
my 2 eldest daus.
After my wife & extrx., Winifred Stiles, has
her 1/3, my p. e. is to be equ. div. betw. my 3 daus.
Witn: John Sanners, Ann Sanners, Richard Farthing.
1 June 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 669
11 Feb. 1762
PIKE, JOHN, St. Mary's Co., planter.
To my son Archibald Pike, after my wife's d., Ferney
Br., the 50a where I dw.
After my wife & extrx., Kezia Pike, has her
1/3, the residue is to be div. among my chldn: Mary, Lucy, Ann, Mary Ann,
& John Pike & the child my wife may be
with.
Witn: Rodolphus Hackett, Mary Hackett, James Pike.
1 June 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 670
26 Oct. 1758
COLEGATE, BENJAMIN, Baltimore Co.
To my wife, Charity Colegate, for widhood, Colegates
Last Shift 163a & my p. e..
To my 5 daus., Rebecca, Elizabeth, [Ann], Mary,
& Ruth Colegate, at age 16 or mar., Friends Discovery 500a.
When my wife mar., my p. e. is to be equ. div. betw.
my 6 chldn: Thomas, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Ann, Mary, & Ruth Colegate
& the child my wife may have..
But if my wife have a son, to him after her widhood,
Colegates Last Shift, but if she have a dau., Colegates Last Shift &
Friends Discovery to my 6 daus. [sic].
Extrx: my sd. wife, & my friends James Scott
& William Rogers are to advise her & see that my chldn. are brought
up in the Protestant religion.
Witn: John Talbott, Abraham Inloes, Austin Spicer,
A. Eagleston.
28 June 1762, sworn to by Talbott & Enloes.
Liber 31, folio 672
21 Nov. 1761
BAKER, MAURICE, Baltimore Co.
To my son Nicholas Baker, my dw. plntn. with 50a
of The Tanyard.
To my grdson Francis Dorsey, the Scotchmans Desire,
100a in Baltimore Co. Forrist near Brices Run.
Witn: Thomas Porter, William Seabrooke, John Parrish,
Richard Parrish.
4 June 1762, sworn to by Porter & Richard Parish
& affirmed by John Parish (Quaker).
Liber 31, folio 673
10 Aug. 1758
YOUNG, JOHN, [Baltimore Co.]
Extrx: with the assistance of my bro. William Young,
my wife [not named].
To my son William Young, 100a of leased land I am
now a settling adj. the land I live on near the head of Saml. Youngs land
betw. the fork of Gunpowder & widow Holts land.
To my son George Young, the 100a of leased land
& 52a of patent land where I dw., after the d. of my wife, & if
my 2 sd. sons d. s. p., to be equ. div. betw. my
4 daus: Rebecca, Mary, Sarah, & Elizabeth.
After the d. of my sd. wife, to my dau. Rebecca,
negro wench Jenny; .to my dau. Mary, negro girl Tarey; to my dau. Sarah,
negro girl Lusey; & to my dau. Eliza-
beth, George, & William, equ. div., negro wench Beck; & to
my 6 chldn., equ. div.,my hhold goods & stock.
[No witn. listed.]
7 June 1762, Joseph Waters & Wm. Godsgrace swore
that they were perfectly acquainted with the hand of the decd. & believe
the will & the signature are in it.
Liber 31, folio 674
28 Feb. 1758
HILL, ABELL, Sr. [Anne Arundel Co.]
To my daus. Susannah Dowell & Hesther Weems,
each L 5.
To my grdson Richard Weems, s. o. my sd. dau. Hesther,
L 10.
To my grdchild Abell Hill, s. o. Abell, at age 21,
L 10 sterl., & if he d. under 21, to my extr. herein named.
To my dau. Sarah Caiubden, L 10.
To my son & extr., Joseph Hill, negro
fellow Josh, the tract Hillington, my dw. plntn. Turkey Island, 6a of Talbotts
angles bought of Mr. Wm. Cole, 12a bought of Thos.Pratt, & the crop.
To my dau. Sarah Caiubden & my son Joseph Hill,
equ. div., the residue of my p. e.
Witn: Walter Gott, Jo[hn] Norris, William Devenish,
William Matthews.
23 March 1762, sworn to by Norris, Devenish, &
Gott.
Liber 31, folio 675
29 March 1762
COOK, ANN, Anne Arundel Co., widow.
To my extr., John Wood, negro girl Nan & her
child Nan &the rest of my e.
Witn: William Drown, Francis Keys.
3 April 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 676
22 Nov. 1761
WRIGHT, CATHERINE, Anne Arundel Co., planter.
To my grdson John Wright, at age 21, negro boy Jason,
a pot & pot hooks, a chest with a bad lock & key to it, & if
he d. s. p., to my son Thomas Wright.
To my grdson John Boon, negro boy Nathan, but if
he d. s. p., to Thomas Wright.
To my dau.-in-law Mary Wright, my clothes, bay mare,
saddle & cover, not to be sold.
To my dau. Hannah Jacobs, 1 sh. sterl.
To my 2 sons, equ. div., the residue, but if my
son Benja. Wright have no issue, sd. Thomas is to have the whole but to
maintain Benja. as long as he lives.
Witn: Arron Hawkins, Joseph Hawkins, Henry Dorsey,
Jr.
6 Aptil 1762, sworn to by Arron & JosephHawkins.
Liber 31, folio 677
18 July 1761
HAMMOND, NATHAN, Anne Arundel Co.
Extrs: my wife, Ann, if she thinks proper, &
my son Nathan Hammond.
To my son Nathan, Forrist Range & 5 sh. sterl.
To my son Rezin Hammond, Tevises Adventure, Hammonds
Pursuit, & 5 sh. sterl.
To my son Charles Hammond, part of Chesnut Hill,
where my quarter is settled, from Mansells Mill Br. westward.
To my son Phillip Hammond, the part of Chesnut Hill
on the E side Mansells Mill Br.towards John Welch's & my Walnut Bottom.
To my son John Hammond, my part of Rich Neck, ,
Nelsons Walks, Miery Swamp, & Addition to Miery Swamp.
To my son Ormond Hammond, part of Locust Thickett.
To my son Aquila Hammond, the rest of Chesnut Hill,
Tare Coat Thickett, & Browns Delight.
To my son Thomas Hammond, the part of Locust Thickett
a back of Hinkles & John Plummores.
To my 3 daus. Ann, Hannah, & Ruth, equ. div.,
Friendship.
To my dau. Caroline, part of Locust Thickett.
To my dau. Mary, part of Locust Thickett adj. Carolines
part.
To my dau, Hamutell, Hammonds desire.
To my sons Ormond & Thomas, Timber Plenty.
To the child my wife may be with, if a boy, L 80
sterl of what The Wilderness is sold for, & if a girl, L 50 ster.l
If my son Ormond or Thomas d. before age 21, the
other is to have his part of the land, & if any of my 3 daus., Caroline,
Mary, or Hamutell d. s. p. under age . . . My p. e. is to be div.
among my youngest sons - Charles, Phillip, John, Ormond, Acquila, &
Thomas - & all my daus. are to have an equ. share with the boys.
Witn: Benjn. Welsh, Jno. Worthington, Jr., Saml.
Riggs.
Liber 31, folio 680
7 May 1762
GAITHER, MARGARET, Anne Arundel Co.
To my dau. Margaret Howard, wife of Joseph Howard,
& their 4 chldn. - Margaret, Joseph, Margery, & Benjamin Howard
- my p. e. & these 3 tracts: 100a of Foreland, Plumpton 280a, &
The Plains 120a.
Extr: my son-in-law Joseph Howard.
Witn: Comfort Williams, Otho French, Jr., John Jacobs.
9 June 1762, sworn to by French & Jacobs.
Liber 31, folio 681
30 May 1762
DISENY, WILLIAM, Anne Arundel Co.
My dw. house, water mill, & negro Adam are to
be sold to pay debts, & anything left after my wife's 1/3 is to be
equ. div. among all my chldn. [not named].
Extrs: my wife, Sarah Diseny, my bro. James Diseny,
& my bro.in-law William Burges.
Witn: John Ijams, Richd. Diseny, John Watkins, son
of Gassaway, Caleb Burges.
21 June 1762, sworn to by all 4 witn.
Liber 31, folio 682
3 Nov. 1708
WRIGHT, WILLIAM, Anne Arundel Co.
To Ruth Darr, the bed she lies on, a mid-size iron
pot, pewterware, Strawberry, a red cow with white rump, & a heifer
yearling.
To my son & extr., William Wright, the bed I
lie on, a gun, a mare, a large iron pot, 2 cows, & 2 young steers.
To Thomas Darr, brindle heifer Brindle, a young
mare, a ram, a ewe, & a small gun.
The residue of my p. e., equ. div., to sd. Ruth
Darr, Wm. Wright, & Thomas Darr.
Witn: Benjn. Beale, James Norman, Ann Norman.
28 June 1762, sworn to by Benjn. Beall.
Liber 31, folio 684
27 May 1762
GASSAWAY, JOHN, Anne Arundel Co., to be buried in a decent manner appointed
by the Church of England.
To my wife, Sarah Gassaway, my silver watch &
my dw. plntn. for life, & then to my son Thomas Gassaway, & if
he d. s. p., to my son Nicholas Gassaway.
To my son Nicholas Gassaway, the former dw. plntn.
of his uncle William Cotter decd., a tract in the mouth of Road R. I purchased
of Thomas Rutland, & a tract
adj. the former formerly of James Cadle; also my silver spurs.
To my dau. Ann Chapman, negro man Young Bacon, negro
boy Sagomore, & negro woman Lucy & all her increase except a boy
Suddy, which I give to my grdson William Chapman; also to sd. Ann, negro
woman Little Ester & all her increase but the child Casey, which I
give to my grddau. Ann Chapman; also a guinea.
To my son Thomas Gassaway, negro man Old Bacon,
negro women Priss & Sue, negro boy Tolla, & my silver-hilted sword.
To my grddau. Sarah Johns, mulatto girl Spinnage,
negro girl Bess, negro boys Jack & Dick, & livestock, she is to
be maintained to age 16 or mar., & for each of 3 yrs.after my d., L
25 are to be laid out for her education in such manner as her mother &
grdmother think proper.
To my son-in-law William Chapman & my dau.-in-law
Mary Gassaway, each L 10.
These tracts are to be sold: part of Marys Mount,
which I purchased of John Galloway, Triangle, which I bought of Thomas
Stockett, part of Larkins's Hills Resurv., & part of Bessenden, the
last 2 bought by me of John Howard.
The residue is to be equ. div. betw. my sd. wife,
my son Thomas Gassaway, & my son Nicholas Gassaway.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son Thomas Gassaway.
Witn: [Dr.] Geo. Steuart, James Dick, John Barclay,
Henry Gassaway.
9 July 1762, sworn to by Steuart, Dick, & Gassaway
in the presence of Thomas Gassaway, heir at law.
See folio [740] for widows renunciation.
Liber 31, folio 686
29 July 1758
CLARKE, REBECCA, Talbot Co.
To repairing the graveyard a Tuckahoe Meeting House,
L 5.
To Mary Benny, wid. of John Benny, & Mary, wife
of Thomas Dudley, Jr., equ. div., all my clothes, & to sd. Mary Benny,
L 30 pd. @ L 5/yr.
To Richd. Kirby all my sheep he has & the bed
that lies under my lodging bed.
To Mchael Kirby, L 7 to be pd. in stock & hhold
goods.
To Robert Kirby, s. o. Richard Kirby, my part of
a tract given me by the will of my husb., Caleb Clarke.
To my friend & extr., John Goldsborough, L 30.
To Thomas Baggs, L 5 to be pd. in stock & hhold
goods.
To Elizaeth Kirby, wid. of David Kirby, L 12.
To the chldn. of David Kirby decd. - Rebecca, Mary,
Rachel, Lydia, Nancy, Elizth, & David - & David Rathel & Robt.
Kirby, s. o. Richard the rest of my p. e.
Witn: John Sylvester, Leven Millis, John Goldsborough,
Jr., William Waring.
13 July 1762, sworn to by all 4 witn.
Liber 31, folio 687
17 June 1762
BOOTH, JOHN. Kent Co., planter.
To my wife & extr., Elizabeth Booth, gray horse
Mountain & black mare Fancy.
To my 3 youngest daus. - Sarah, Lucretia, &
Martha Booth - each L 6 & a gold ring.
To my dau. Elizabeth Booth, 1 sh. sterl.
The residue, except my wife's 1/3, equ. div., to
William, John, Mary, David, Sarah, Lucretia, & Martha Booth & Charles
Crowley.
Witn: James Smith, Jarvis James.
2 July 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 688
23 April 1762
FOREMAN, ROBERT, Kent Co., planter.
To my wife, Elizabeth, my livestock & hhold
goods.
To my son & with my wife, Elizabeth, extr.,
Walter Foreman, all my lands.
Witn: Joseph Gray, John Tuckwell.
27 July 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 689
10 May 1762
DAY, JOHN, Kent Co., farmer.
To my son John Day, Matthias 100a, Addition to Matthias
& St. Johns Field 250a, the rest of my patent land, & 100a of Sherwood
Forrest.
The 123a of my dau. Araminta Day may be laid out
from the beg. tree of the land Bartus Piner lives on.
To my wife & extrx., Susannah Day, 1/3 my lands
for life & 1/3 my p. e.
The rest of my p. e., equ. div., to my son John
& Ariminta Day.
Witn: Bartus Piner, Stephen Denning, Jno. March.
23 July 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 690
4 Sept 1762, James Beck swore to the will of Jacob Henderson [Folio
512].
Liber 31, folio 691
14 April 1762, Mary Townsend, wid. of Brickus Townsend late of Worcester
Co. decd. [Liber 31, folio 544], elected her 1/3 of his e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 691
Accomack, 10 March 1762, John Sturgis resigned the admin. of his bro.
Micajah Sturgis [intestate] to his bro. Daniel Sturgis.
Liber 31, folio 691
8 March 1762
BARNETT, JOHN, [Worcester Co.]
Barnett said Mr. Thomas Lambdon & James Atkinson
shd. have all his e. except his clothes, & them to James Shaw, &
Lambdon & Atkinson shd. bury him.
Witn: William Atkinson.
9 March 1762, Thomas Handy certified that William
Atkins swore to the within words spoke by John Barnard last night..
Liber 31, folio 691
23 Jan 1760
OWENS, JAMES, Worcester Co.
To my son Samuel Owens, Goshe 100a.
To my son William Owens, the part of Addition to
Goshe betw. John Polocks & the long swamp drain.
To my son James Owens, the rest of Addition to Goshe.
To my wife & extrx., Kisia Owens, 1/3 my e.
,& for widhood, the plntn. where William Knox lives with all the land
above the long swamp drain.
My sons Saml., William, & James, if they recover
the sd. land, are to pay my 2 daus. Elizabeth & Magdalan Owens, L 4
apiece
The residue is to be div. equ. among my 5 chldn:
Samuel, William. James, Elizabeth, & Magdalen Owens.
Witn: John Griffith, Adam Killen, Rachel Griffith.
3 July 1762, sworn to by John & Rachel Griffith,
& Kisia Fowler, late Owens, widow, & elected her 1/3 of the . r.
& p.
Liber 21, folio 693
6 Oct. 1753
MOORE, JOHN, Sr., Worcester Co., planter.
To my son William Moore, 1/3 of 200a on Broad Crk.
in the deed from Mr. Peter & Job Surmane.
To my son Thomas Moore, the1/3 of sd. tract where
Peter Surmane, Sr., lived.
To my son Matthias Moore, the 1/3 of sd land where
I live.
To my dau. Margaret, wife to William Callaay, Jr.,
& my dau. Mary, wife to James Causey, each 1 sh. sterl.
The residue is to be equ. div. among these chldn:
John Moore, Sarah Rhodes, William & Thomas Moore, Elizabeth Baker,
& Rachel, Eve, Phebe, Eunice, & Mathias Moore.
Extrs: my wife [Elizabeth] & my son John.
Witn: John Williams, John Callaway, Samuel Jarvis.
2 June 1762, sworn to by Williams & Callaway.
19 April 1762, Jno. Moore, Jr., gave his part of
being extr. to his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Moore, wife of John Moore,
Sr., decd.
Liber 31, folio 694
7 May 1761
SPENCE, ADAM, Worcester Co., planter.
To my wife, Mary Spence, 1/3 the residue of my m.
e., & she is to have her meal ground at Snow Hill mill toll free, &
for life, Meedelse, where I live.
To my son Adam Spence my dw. plntn. at my wife's
d., Midlemore Enlarged, on the head of sd. land, my water mill (Snow Hill
Mill), & lot #5 in Snow Hill Town.
To my son John Spence, Smiths First Choice, on the
N side the creek & Spring Br.,my part of Chance on the N side sd. Spring
Br., part of Dover, adj. Chance, & Lot 22 in Snow Hill Town.
To my son George Spence, my part of Smiths First
Choice on the S side Spring Br., my part of Chance, on the S side Spring
Br., part of Dover, & my water mill
& land at Calkes Cr.
To my dau. Margaret Spence, Pewesheet.
To my dau. Betty Spence, part of Dover adj. Penwe
Sheet & a mirey br.
To my dau. Mary Spence, part of Dover adj. Penne
Sheet & a mirey br.
To my dau. Ann Spence, Double Perches, 200a in Broad
Neck.
To my dau. Sarah Spence, Middle Plantation, near
Steven Halls.
To my 3 sons, Adam, John, & George Spence, equ.,
my land & marshes on the beach, Wilmore & Long Island, with Desart,
a cypress swamp in the forrist.
To my son & extr., Adam Spence, Convenency.
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. among
my 8 chldn: Margaret , Betty, Adam, John, Mary, George, Anne, & Sarah
Witn: Phillip Guthery, Hugh Nilson, Samuel Stivenson.
7 May 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the widow
stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 697
27 6th mo., called June, 1762
GOVER, ROBERT, Calvert Co.
To my eldest son, William Gover, Dinourk & 60a
of Exchange, on Patuxent R.
To my 2d son, Robert Gover, part of Archer Hate,
on Patuxent R., part of Govers Meddows, & part of Gauss Purchase.
To my 3d son, Samuel Gover, part of Govers Fearon,
in Ann [Arundel?] Co. & Govers Addition.
To my 7 daus. - Sarah, Mary, Rachel, Jane, Margaret,
Elizabeth, & Hannah Gover, equ. div. - if my bro. Ephraim & sister
Mary d. s. p., the lands by the will of my decd.father, Ephraim Gover.
To my wife & extrx., Sarah Gover, 1/3 my lands
for life, 1/3 my p. e., negro girl Priss, & her riding horse.
Witn: William Hammond, Samuel Robertson, Mary Robertson.
12 Aug. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 698
6 March 1762
CLAGETT, NATHANIEL, Calvert Co.
Tomy bros. & sisters - Sarah Dawkins (wife of
Joseph Dawkins), & Mary, Charles, Jr., Martha, & Rebecca Clagett
- each 1 sh. sterl.
To my wife & extrx., Frances Clagett, 1/3 the
residue of my e., & the remaining 2/3 to him, her, or them she bring
forth that she is now big with.
Witn: Charles Dawkins, John Dare, Fran[ci]s Wolfe,
Jr., James Somervell.
18 Aug. 1762, sworn to by all 4 witn..
Liber 31, folio 699
27 Jan. 1759
SUNDERLAND, JOHN, Calvert Co.
To my son John, negro woman Hagar & her increase
except her first child that lives 12 mo.
To my dau. Elizabeth, all my p. e. beyond sea &
otherwise equ. div. betw. my wife & 2 chldn.
Extrx: my wife [Sarah Sunderland].
Witn: Stockett Sunderland, Richard Ward.
24 April 1762, sworn to by both witn., & Sarah
Sunderland, the widow, declared she would not stand to the will.
Liber 31, folio 700
25 Dec. 1761
SOLLERS, WALTER, Calvert Co.
To my mother, Dorothy Soillers, for widhood, negro
boy Hopewell, provided she pay my debts, & on her d. or mar., to my
bro. Resin Sollers.
To my sd. bro., my saddle & housing, gun, &
leather breeches; also my old mare Pleasant left me by my bro. Bennett
Sollers, provided he give my bro. James Sollers his black horse Shaver.
To my sd. mother & extrx., my dun horse Whisler
& L 6 she owes me during her widhood, & then my sister Mary shall
have the L 6; also to her a piece of eight.
To my bro. James Sollers, my great coat, caster
hat, & silk hendkerchief.
To my bro. Basil Sollers, the rest of my clothes.
To my sister Ann Sollers, my trunk, & the money
due me from Gidion Turner is to be equ. div. betw. my sisters Ann &
Mary.
Witn: Peter Hellen, Richard Hellen, Jr.
17 June 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 701
15 April 1762
SPENCER, CHARLES, Talbot Co.
To my wife Katherine Spencer, for life, all my lands
& p. e., & on her d., to my son Phillemon Spencer, my 2 tracts
on St. Michaels R., Fair Play & Mainsail.
To my dau.& extrx., Frances Spencer, on my wife's
d., part of Ennions Range adj. the land of Lusby, the land of Bartholmew
Roberts, & York.
To my grdson Joseph Spencer, the rest of Ennions
Range.
If my sd. dau. Frances d. s. p., her part of Ennions
Range to my dau. Prudence Spencer, & to sd. Francis & Prudence,
a bed each..
If sd. dau. Prudence d. s. p., her land to my son
Charles Spencer.
Witn: John Leeds, B[enjamin] Sands, Charles MacCarty.
Sworn to by Sands & McCarty 16 July 1762 &
by Leeds 4 Aug. next ensuing
Liber 31, folio 702
5 May 1762
MULLIKIN, WILLIAM, Talbot Co., planter.
To my son John Mullikin, Taylors Ridge 100a, Timber
Neck 50a, Timber Necks Addition 55a, & part of York, but if he d. s.
p., to my son Jesse Mulikin.
To sd. son Jesse, the rest of my land SW of the
line from the hickory to the first bound tree of Timber Neck, but if
sd. son John d. s. p., my 2 sons William & James Mulikin are to have
sd. lands SW of sd. line equ. div.
If all 4 of sd. sons d. s. p., the land bequeathed
to son John to go to son Samuel & the lands bequeathed to son Jesse
to go to my 2 daus., Sarah & Mary.
To my wife, Mary, negro man Peter, negro woman Lucy,
& my riding horse.
To my son William, negro girl Sarah.
To my son James, negro girl Dianna.
To my daus. Sarah, L 50 & Mary, ech L 50..
To my son Samuel, L 20.
To my son Jesse, a horse colt Buck.
To my son John, mare Pleasure, & he is to keep
the land given to son Jesse till he is 21 & to be grdn. to my sons
Wm. & James.
Extrs: my wife, Mary, & son John.
Witn: Thomas Martin, Jr., William Edmondson, Edward
Harrison, William Kim May.
27 July 1762, sworn to by all 4 witn., & 4 Aug.
1762, the widow elected her 1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 704
6 May 1762
LAW, ANDREW, Talbot Co., merchant.
To my wife, Rachel Law, the residue of my e. except
my watch, which I give to my bro. James Law, in Chester Co., Penna., schoolmaster.
Extrs: Mr. Peter Denny of Talbot Co., planter, &
my wife, Rachel Law.
Witn: Thomas Bruff, James Barrow, Thomas Barrow.
27 July 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & 26
June 1762, P. Denny renounced the extrship.
Liber 31, folio 705
10 May 1762
BESSWICKE, ELIZABETH, Talbot Co.
To Mary Ann Blackwell, negro wench Flora & the
child at her breast, my riding horse, a bed, & a big hair trunk.
To Susannah Thomas, my godchild, d. o. John Thomas,
L 6.
To Denny Besswicke, s. o. Nathan Besswick, L 3.
To Nancy Blackwell, L 3 towards schooling.
The residue to my bro. & extr., William Besswicke.
Witn: Bartholomew Gully, Mary Jones, Mary Hawkins.
4 Aug. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 706
23 Feb. 1761
LOVEJOY, SAMUEL, Prince George's Co.
To my wife, Jean, negro man Deborah & negro
wench Rachel & her child Cate for 31 yrs., & if she d. before 31
yrs., they are to be sold & the money equ. div. betw. Edward Lovejoy
son John John Lovejoy son Leonard Lyon, s. o. Michael & Eleanor Lyon
dau. Michael Lyon.
To my wife, Jane, for life, all the rest of my e.,
which is to be sold at her d. & the money div. among Edward Lovejoy,
John Lovejoy, Leonard Lyon, & Eleanor
Lyon.
Extr: my friend John Stone Hawkins, & if he
d. before my wife, my friend William Miles.
Witn: William Watson, George Naylor.
28 June 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 707
23 Nov. 1761
BADEN, THOMAS, Prince George's Co.
To my wife, Eleanor Baden, for life, my part of
The Gores & Hargrove, & for widhood, 4 negroes - Adam, Ned, Nacy,
& Rachel - & on her d. or mar., the sd.
4 negroes to my 4 chldn - John, Thomas, Martha, &Lettice - &
if she choose my part of The Exchange for her 1/3, my son John shall have
its use during her life.
To my son John Baden, my part of The Exchange, betw.
White's Br. & Rathafords Br., Sarums Forrest, in The Forrest, &
negro man Ned.
To my son Thomas Baden, my part of a lease, Brookfield,
on the d. of my sd. wife, the lands bequeathed her, & negro man Nacy.
To my dau. Martha Baden, negro woman Rachel, &
except negro Adam., 1/3 my m. e.
To my dau. Lettice Baden, 1/3 my m. e.
My bro. John Baden is to be grdn. for my sd. 4 chldn.,
& he & my sd. wife my extrs.
Witn: Jonathan Oden, Vinson Oden, Ben. Baden.
23 June 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow renounced the bequests in the will & elected what the law allows.
22 June 1762, John Baden renounced the admin. &
the grdianship.
Witn: Benjn. Baden
Liber 31, folio 709
3 March 1762
GOE, WILLIAM, Prince George's Co., [planter].
To my son William Goe, the 200a where he is seated
& negro woman Jeane.
To my dau. Margaret Hutton, the SW 100a of the land
where sd. William lives & negro John.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Goe, negro girl Lucy, a
bed, & a cow & calf.
To my grddau. Mary Hutton, negro boy Tobias, a bed,
a cow & calf.
To my grddau. Mary Goe, negro boy Nacy.
To my grddau. Margaret Goe, negro girl Rachel.
To mygrdson John Goe, negro girl Jean.
The residue is to be equ. div. betw. my son William
Goe & my dau. Margaret Hutton, my extrs..
Witn: John Duckett, Jr., Jeremiah Crabb, John Duvall.
25 Aug. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 710
7 Aug. 1762
FOGG, AMOS, Baltimore Town, Baltimore, Co., innholder.
To my wife, Eleinor Fogg, 1/3 my e. r. & p.
Te rest of my e., equ. div., to my dau.-in-law Prudence
Clarke & her 2 chldn., Sam.l & Rebecca Clarke, to remain in the
hands of my sd. wife till they be of age.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my friend Joseph Smith
of Baltimore Co., iron-master.
Witn: William Askew, Ja[me]s Moore, Jr., Thomas
Ward.
11 Sept. 1762, sworn to by Askew & Ward.
Liber 31, folio 711
18 May 1762
BULL, ABRAHAM, Baltimore Co.
To my sons Abraham & William Bull, equ. div.,
my part of Cecils Adventure, William's part to be where my dw. house &
plntn. are.
To my wife, Martha Bull, for life, my son Wm. Bull's
part instead of 1/3 of the whole land.
The residue is to be equ. div.betw my 2 daus., Hannah
& Rachel Bull.
Extrs: Luke Wyley, Sr., & William Bull.
Witn: Jac[ob] Bond, Peter Miles, Lemuel Howard,
Edmund Bull.
5 July 1762, affirmed by Bond (Quaker) & sworn
to by Howard.
Liber 31, folio 712
26 May 1761
[MAN], BENJAMAN, Baltimore Co.
To my wife & extrx., Margaret Mane, all that
belongs to me.
Witn: Solo[mon] Wooden, Danl. Young, Ma[y]b[er]ry
Helm.
2 Aug. 1762, sworn to by Wooden & Helmes.
Liber 31, folio 713
5 July 1762
COLE, GEORGE, Baltimore Co.
To my son Richad Cole, 1 sh. sterl
To my son & extr., William Cole, Stoney Hill
60a, & he is to possess my dw. plntn. till my son Nathan comes of age.
To my son Nathan Cole, my dw. plntn. with 1/2 of
Stones Range.
To my son George Cole, the rest of my part of Stones
Range.
The residue is to be equ. div. among all my chldn.
but Richard Cole.
Witn: W[m.] Barney, John White, Sarah Jones.
2 Aug. 1762, sworn to by White & Jones.
Liber 31, folio 714
23 Sept. 1762, Mr. Thomas White, swore to the will [folio 302] of Edward
Barwick [Berwick] of Dorchester Co.
Liber 31, folio 714
3 Feb. 1759
GOSNELL, WILLIAM, Sr., Baltimore Co., far advanced in years.
To my son Zebediah Gosnell, Williams Folly 81a &
Addition to Williams Folly 12a.
To each of my daus., Sarah Stoxsdill, Abarilla Buckingham,
& Rachel Baker, 1 sh..
To my grddau. Rebeckah Gosnell, L 3 or a horse or
mare of that value at age 16 or mar.
To my wife [not named], the use of the residue,
& to my sons John & Zebediah Gosnell, anything left.
Witn: Jossua Sewell, William Parrish, Edwd. Pontany.
28 Aug. 1762, sworn to by Sewell & Pontany.
Liber 31, folio 715
22 June 1762
HADDEN, WILLIAM, Baltimore Town, carpenter.
Extr: friend & kinsman, William Dunlap.
The residue of my e. r. & p. is to be equ. div.
betw. my mother, Jannett Hadden, my bro John Hadden, & my 2 sisters,
Jannett & Elizabeth.
Witn: D[aniel] Chamier, J[ames] Bonfield, Alexander
Russell.
20 July 1762, sworn to Chamier & Russell.
Liber 31, folio 716
20 April 1759
HOFINGTON, THOMAS, Somerset Co.
To my son Thomas Hofington, my dw. plntn., Bakers
Folle.
To my dau. Sarah Day a plntn. Hofington Lott.
To my wife, Margaret Hofington, my riding horse
with 1/3 my m. e.
To my 3 chldn., Thomas, Easter, & Betty, the
2 parts of my m. e.
To my eldest son, Richard Hofington, a gun.
Witn: William Brown, Sr., George Brown, John Brown.
17 Aug. 1763, sworn to by William & John Brown.
Liber 31, folio 717
2 April 1762
WALSTON, JOY, Somerset Co.
To my couzen Joy Walston, a bed, a case & bottles,
my black gun, the gun he has, a new cloth jacket, an under-jacket, a cow,
& a chest without a lock.
To my son Jesse Walston, a silver stock buckle.
To my cozzen John Walston, my great coat, a pair
of pistols & holsters, my tin tobacco box, my shoes & buckles,
& all my stockens.
To my cozzen Jesse Walston, my yellow gun.
To my cozzen Deba Roach, a cow & calf.
To my bro. Booz Walston, a brown cloth Jacket, a
brown linen jacket, a pr. blue everlasting breeches, a blue coat, L 1.15
in the hands of my bro. Wm. Walston.
To my 2 cozzens Eley MacDaniel & Rebekah Walston,
a desk; to sd. Eley, pewter ware; & to sd. Rebekah, a dish & 3
plates & my silver sleeve buttons.
Witn: P[eter] Taylor, William Hammond.
31 July 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 718
12 March 1762
DAVIS, JOHN, Coventry Parish, Somerset Co.
To my nephew Thomas Handy, my dw. plntn. & the
lower part of my lands where I live, S of a due E line from a cedar post
set up in the presence of Jacob Cul-
lem, Thos. Montgomery, & Stephen Dye where one Kelly has his landing
up Johnsons Crk.to run to Horseys line; also 34a of Long Hedge adj. Lazarus
Landfords.
To my nephew Samuel Cox, the upper part of the lands
where I live, Davises Inlet (50a on Pocomoke Bay near Johnsons Crk), negroes
Harry, George, Wat, &.
negro woman Cate.
To the eldest son & heir at law of John Cox
decd., whose name I know not, 100a of Anglesey adj. the land where Wm.
Cox, father to the sd. John, lived & my
sister Mary Cox, whom I give negro woman Beck, now lives.
To my niece Sarah Fleming, wife of John Fleming,
negro woman Sarah.
To my niece Elizabeth Colborne, wife of Wm. Colborne,
negro girl Rachel.
To my niece Mary Gould, formerly wid. of John Randal
of Kent Co., L 20 - L 10 each from my nephews & extrs., Thomas
Handy & Samuel Cox.
To Emlin [female] Salsburry, a good breeding cow,
a heifer, a young mare, & a young ewe.
The rest of my p. e. is to be equ. div. betw. my
sister Mary Cox, my sd. nephews Thos. Handy & Saml. Cox, & my sd.
nieces Sarah Fleming & Eliz. Colborne.
Witn: Jacob Cullin, Thomas Montgomery, William Roach,
Stephen Dyes.
Codicil, 23 July 1762. To my nephew Thos. Handy,
female negroes Sophia & Hannah.
10 Aug. 1762, sworn to by all 4 witn.
Liber 31, folio 720
4 April 1762
NELSON, WILLIAM, Somerset Co.
To my grdson William Atkerson,when he is 18,70a
of Noble Quarter, where I dw. & which I bought of John Evans decd.,
Edwards Lott, 25a I bought of Edward Willin, 5a of Noble Quarter I bought
of John Evans, Jr., 25a betw. John Evanes & Robert Willins, & 25a
of marsh I bought of Thomas Dashiell.
To sd. grdson Wm., negro girl Joanna, negro boy
Jacob (8 mo. old), 1/2 my tools, 2 beds, other hhold furn., livestock,
& my fiddle..
To my son-in-law Isaac Atkerson & his wife [not
named], the use of my land at Muddy Hole, where he lives & then to
my sd. grdson Wm.
To my grdson Joshua Atkerson, when he is of age,
L 5.
To my dau. Betty Atkerson, enough to buy a suit
of mourning & a warming pan for life.
To my grddau.[not named], enough to buy a gold ring.
To my wife, Ann Nelson, for widhood, the legacies
before mentioned.
Witn: Nicholas Evans, George Collier, Jos[eph] Dashiell.
Codicil, 24 May 1762. My sd. grdson Wm. is to have
negro man Joe & negro woman Rose on the d. or mar. of my wife, &
if he d. s. p., all I give him is to be equ. div. betwe the chldn of my
dau. Betty.
Witn: Jacob Mezick, Jos. Dashiell.
31 Aug. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn. to the will
& both witn to the codicil, & the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 723
18 May 1762
LONG, JEFFERY, Somerset Co., planter.
To my dau. Orpha Brittingham, negro girl Patience,
1/6 the negroes at my wife's d. or mar., & all my land below Coulborne
Longs provided she pay my other 4 daus. L 220 equ. div. when they come
of age or mar., & to each of my 5 daus. L 20.
To my dau. Mary Long, negro girl Grace.
To my dau. Rachel, negro girl Leah.
To my dau. Asseneth, negro girl Hannah.
To my dau. Easter, negro girl Jenny.
To my son Saywell, negro boys Titus, Jacob, &
Somerset, L 30, & on the d. or mar of his mother, all my lands, &
if he d. before age 21, sd. lands are to be equ. div. betw. my 4 youngest
daus, they paying my eldest dau. L 55.
To my wife & extrx., Sarah Long, for widhood,
the use of my plntn. & all other lands & the rest of my p. e.
Witn: Hope Addams, George Miles, William Turpin.
17 July 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & 22
Aug. 1762, the widow elected her 1/3 of the e. r. & p. unless the law
permit her to hold the land by the will.
Liber 31, folio 724
2 Nov. 1761
HERVEY,THOMAS, Kent Island, Queen Anns Co.
To my dau. Sarah Smith, wife of John Smith, 3 head
of sheep.
To my dau. Mary Hervey & my grdson Thomas Hervey,
each a heifer.
To my wife [not named], for widhood, my whole e.,
& on her d., to my son Robert Hervey.
Witn: Stephen Bryon, Moses Hurley.
26 Aug. 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 725
12 July 1762
TANNER, THOMAS, Kent Island, Queen Anns Co.
To my son & extr., Philemon Tanner, for life,
my 3 tracts on Kent Island, Chance 50a, Providence 100a, & Long Point,
39a on the E side sd. Island, & then to Philemon Tanner, s. o. my son
Benjamin Tanner.
The residue of my p. e. to my chldn. Sarah Rice,
Ruth Hadaway, Benjamin Tanner, Philemon Tanner, Rachel McConikin, equ.
div.
Witn: William Weaver, John Conikin, William Benton.
13 Aug. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 726
6 July 1762
PRATT, JAMES, Queen Anns Co., planter.
I disinherit my 4 daus. - Elizabeth, Jane, Sarah,
& Rebecca - with 1 sh. sterl apiece, & I leave the care of my 2
youngest daus. - Jane & Sarah - to age 16, to my extrx.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth, all my p. e.
Witn: Joseph Harris, Thomas Shoebrooks.
20 July 1762, sworn to by both witn., & the
widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 727
4 Feb. 1758
DAWSON, JOSEPH, Cecil Co., yeoman.
To my son Joseph Dawson, my plntn., but if he d.
s.
p., to his 2 sisters, Mary & Rebecca Dawson equ. div., but if he live,
my g. & c. are to be sold & equ. div.
betw. my sd. daus. & put out at interest till they come of age.
If all my chldn. d. before they come to age to have
chldn., my bro. Nathaniel Dawson shalll inherit my e.
Extrs: Wallace Thomas & Thomas Killgore, yeoman.
Witn: William Wallace, Fergus Smith.
14 Aug. 1762, sworn to by William Wallace &
Rebecca Wallace, who declare they saw Jane Wallace, the other witn., sign,
& Fergus Smith swore that he saw the testator show his name & acknowledged
it to be his own handwriting.
Liber 31, folio 728
17 Feb. 1761
SULTNER, GEORGE, Frederick Co.
To my couzin Catherine Sultner, my e. r. & p.
Extrs: Casper Shaaf & Conrad Young, both of
Frederick Co.
Witn: Robert Wood, Michael Jesserang, David Smith.
10 Aug. 1762, sworn to by Jesserang & Smith.
Liber 31, folio 729
28 June 1762
JOHNSON, EDWARD, Frederick Co.
To my 3 sisters - Ann, Elizabeth, & Hannah Johnson
- all my e. r. & p.
Extrs: Peter Bainbridge & Mary Whiteacre.
Witn: Mary Johnson, Thomas Whiteacre, William Johnson.
9 Aug. 1762, sworn to by Johnson & Whiteacre.
Liber 31, folio 730
12 March 1762
CRUM, GILBERT, Frederick Co., farmer.
To my sons William & John Crum, Rattle Snake
Spring, part of his Lordships manor at Monocacy, where I live, allowing
my wife, Martha, 1/3 for life.
To my chldn. - Martha, John, Elizabeth, Peter, Mary,
& Abraham - each L 5 as they come to age or mar.
To my chldn. - Cornelius Crum, Hannah Vought, &
Gilbert, Martha, Elizabeth, Peter, Mary, & Abraham Crum - the residue
of my e. p. & r. as they come to age or mar.
Extrs: my wife, Martha Crum & my son William
Crum.
Witn: Jos[eph] Wood, Peter Hedge, John Beard.
18 Aug. 1762, sworn to by Wood & Hedge.
Liber 31, folio 731
5 May 1762
AYTON, HENRY, St. Margarets Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel Co.
My negro man James is to be sold to pay debts, &
anything over to go to my dau.-in-law Jane Ayton for support of my family.
To my dau. Ann Ragan, (wife of Cornelius Ragan),
negro woman Judah & negro boys Charles & Glasgow.
To sd. dau.-in-law Jane, for life, negro women Didoe
& Hannah, negro man Gainford, negro boy Bristol, negro girls Pheabey
& Adney, & the rest of my p. e.
To my grddau. Jane Shipley (wife of Richd. Shipley),
negro woman Hannah & for want of heirs, to my grddau. Elizabeth Ayton.
To my grdson Henry Ayton, negro man Gainford, negro
woman Didoe, & negro boy Bristol, & for want of heirs, to my grddau.
Elizabeth Ayton . . .
Extrs: my dau.-in-law Jane Ayton & Richard Shipley,
(s. o. Adam & consort of my grddau. Jane Shipley).
Witn: Jos[eph] Watkins, Jo[shua] Shipley, Caleb
Dorsey, Jr.
2 Oct. 1762, sworn to by Watkins & Dorsey.
Liber 31, folio 733
23 Sept. 1762
GAITHER, SAMUEL, Annapolis.
To my mother, Sarah Gaither, L 20.
To my bro. Benjamin Gaither, negro man Kiah.
To my sister Sarah Seadgwick, negro woman Alse.
To my sister Elizabeth Brown, negro girl Nel.
To my bro. John Gaither, negro boy Flander.
To my bro. Edward Gaither, negro boy Jack.
To my sister Ann Hammond, part of Timber Neck.
To my bros. John & Henry Gaither, Dears Park.
To my bro. William Gaither, a tract where my people
dw.
To my sisters Mary & Casandra Gaither, my houses
& lot in Annapolis, Murphys Lot, Bite the Biter, 2 best beds, 1/2 my
stock, cash, & hhold furn .
Extrs: Benjamin Gaither & Mary Gaither.
Witn: Caleb Dorsey, Ben [Vinson], Elias Sulivan.
8 Oct. 1762, sworn to by Vinson & Sulivan, &
Ann Gaither, the widow, renouned the will.
28 Oct. 1762, Caleb Dorsey, Jr., planter, swore
that he wrote the above will for Saml. Gaither & saw him sign it.
Liber 31, folio 735
28 July 1762
GREGORY, ANTHONY, Talbot Co.
To my wife [not named], for life, all my lands,
& on her d., Newbegin to my son John & Turners Chance, equ. div.,
to my sons Wm. & James Gregory.
To my dau. [not named], wife of John Beung &
my dau. Rebeckah, wife of Thomas Studham, each 1 sh. sterl.
To my daus. Mary, Elizabeth, Lydia, Ann, Grace,
& Esther, equ. div. after my wife has her 1/3, all my p. e.
Extrs: my wife & my son John Gregory.
Witn: Amb[rose] Kininment, Hugh Wilson, Mable Benny.
7 Sept. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of John Gregory, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 736
7 Sept. 1762, Susanna Stoker, renounced the admin. of the e. of John
Sto[c]ker [will, folio 621].
Witn: Loyd Chamberlaine.
Liber 31, folio 736
1 March 1762
MORGAN, CHARLES, Talbot Co., planter.
To my friend & extr., Jacob Fallowfield, a parcel
left me & my 3 bros. by my decd. father, L 9.10 due me, 2 beds, other
hhold furn, & 3 head of cattle, & he is to give to Mark Roe a cow
& calf when he is 21.
To my friend Mark Roe, my riding mare, bridle, saddle,
a gun, & a great coat.
To my friend Charles Roe, a mare he has now.
Witn: John Barwick, Jonas Fallowfield, Nathan Lain.
11 Sept. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 737
7 Sept. 1762
BREAKENRIDGE, ROBERT, [Cecil Co.]
If my wife [not named] be with child, she is to
have the 1/3, & the other 2 parts to be between Barbary Breakenridge,
my nice, & my wife's child, & if she be not
with child, the other 1/3, equ. div., to my wife & niece.
Extrs: Robert Barr, Samuel Whan.
Witn: Patt Banan Clark, James Douglass.
12 Oct. 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 738
26 April 1761
STOKETT, THOMAS, A[nne] A[rundel] Co., planter.
To my son Thomas & his heirs, if he have a child,
200a of the Smost part of Tailors Choice (or Chance), his wife to enjoy
1/3 for widhood, & he has power to sell itnto my son Thomas Noble or
my dau. Mary Elizabeth; also to son Thomas, my clothes.
To my son Thos. Noble, the rest of Tailors Choice,
my part, near 80a, of Obligation, & my part, near 48a, of Larkins Hills,
& if he d. before he is of age to sell
or will the land, my dau. Mary Elizth. is to have them for life . .
.; also to son Thos. Noble, my surveying instruments & books relating
to surveying or Latin & Greek.
To my sd. dau., negro girl Phebe, negro boy Gahaza,
& 6 silver tea spoons.
To my wife & extrx.,[Elizabeth], my silver watch
& seal, & for widhood, my dw. house.
Witn: Chas. Stewart, Samuel Watkins, Richard Harwood,
Jr., Thomas Harwood.
30 Oct 1762, sworn to by all 4 witn. before Thomas
Stockett, heir at law, & Elizabeth Stockett renounced the will &
elected her dower of the e.
Liber 31, folio 740
12 July 1762, Sarah Gassaway, [widow of John Gassaway, in folio 684],
elected her 1/3 of his e. & released the admin to her son Thomas Gassaway.
Liber 31, folio 741
5 May 1762
IJAMS, ELIZABETH, Anne Arundel Co.
Tho' it was my decd. husb., Wm. Ijams', will [Liber
21, folio 878] that my effects be equ. div. betw. my sons John & Plumer
Ijams & my dau. Ann Williams, my will is that they be disposed of thus:
The negroes shd. not be div. betw. sd. 3 chldn.
until 1 Dec. next but to be kept on the plntn. for my son John Ijams.
To sd. son John, my best bed & the great looking
glass.
To my dau. Ann Williams, my clothes.
To my dau.-in-law Ruth Ijams, my earthenware &
my saddle & bridle.
To my son Thomas Ijams, L 10 apiece from sd. John
& Plumer Ijams & Ann Williams.
The rest of my e. is to be equ. div.betw. sd. 3
chldn.
Extr: my son John, & if he d. before my will
is ex., my son Plumer is to succeed him.
Witn: Richard Harwood, Jr., John Phelps, Ariana
Ijams, Mary Tull.
22 Sept. 1762, sworn to by Harwood & Phelps
Liber 31, folio 742
8 Feb. 1758
RIGGS, JOHN, Ane Arundel Co.
Extrs: my wife, Mary Riggs, & my sons John Riggs
& James Riggs.
To my sd. wife, negro woman Murreer.
To my 5 eldest sons - Thomas, John, James, Samuel,
& Elisa Riggs - Bordleys Choice, in Frederick Co., div. according to
the div. made by Robt. Davis in 1758.
To my son Amon Riggs, Rich Neck, where I dw., &
Riggs'd Hills adj.
To my dau. Rachel Warfield, negro woman Abigail.
To my dau. Ruth Griffith, negro girl Cassy.
To my dau. Mary Griffith, negro girl Dorchas.
To my 3 youngest daus. - Katherine, Ann, & Nackey
Riggs - L 30 apiece.
Witn: Abso[lute] Warfield, H[enry] Griffith, Orlando
Griffith.
22 Sept. 1762, sworn to by Warfield & Henry
Griffith.
Liber 31, folio 743
30 Sept. 1762
CHANDLER, THOMAS, Kent Co.
To my eldestson, Michal, 120a of Dray Cote, where
my dw. house is & 1 sh. sterl.
To my son & extr., Thomas, the rest of Dray
Cote, which I bought of Cracknells heirs, Howells Farm, & Sweatmans
Insolet.
To my son Nathaniel & my dau. Hannah, my right
to The Grange, in Steel Pone, equ. div.
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. betw
my sons Thomas & Nathaniel & my dau. Hannah.
Witn: Jno. Crew, Andrew Toalson, Jon[a]s Crew.
20 Oct. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 745
25 Jan. 1762
BLACKISTON, PAGE, Kent Co.
To Ralph Page, my extr., Middle Branch & Hazzard.
Witn: Anne Blackistone, Sarah Blackistone, William
Blackistone
1 Nov. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 745
26 Sept. 1762
ELDER, JOHN, Anne Arundel Co., planter.
Extrs: my 2 sons, John & Owen Elder.
To my wife, Jemima Elder, the residue of my p. e.
& the use of my dw. plntn. for widhood, negro woman Beck, & a pr.
silver buckles.
To my 5 sons - John, Owen, Charles, Ely, & Elijah
- equ. div., all my lands: 660a of Taillors Park, The Addition to Huntington
Quarter & Laxford (both in the fork of Patuxent), 397 1/2a of Adams
Garden, Elders Puzzel 160a, & Elders Plague 125a (the last 3 in Baltimore
Co.).
To my eldest dau., Elizabeth, L 10.
My negro girl Elce, now in possn. of Joseph Guess,
is to be appr. in my e.
To my 2 daus., Honor & Jemima, L 30 at age 16
or mar.
Ttees: my friends Mr. Vachel Dorsey & Mr. John
Hood.
Witn: John Hood, Robert Davis, Vachel Doesey.
9 Nov. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., the widow
renounced the will & elected her 1/3, & 8 Nov. 1762, John &
Owen Elder resigned the admin. to their mother.
Liber 31, folio748
12 March 1760
BOWEN, MARY, Baltimore Co.
To my son & extr., Edward Bowen, negro girl
Pegg.
To my dau. Elizabeth Sollars, negro girl Eady.
To Aetion Sollars, d. o. Elizabeth Sollars, a bed.
To Rachel Brock, my grddau., a cow& calf &
2 ewes & lambs.
To all my chldn., equ. div., the residue of my e.
r. & p.
Witn: Moses Mackubin, Jacob Sindel, Amos Holbrooke.
11 Oct. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 749
26 Nov. 1760
HAWKINS, MATTHEW, Baltimore Co.
Toy son Benjamin Hawkins, the S 77a of Hawkinses
Fancy & the g. & c. already delivered to him.
To my 2 sons, William & Abraham Hawkins, the
rest of Hawkinses Fancy.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth Hawkins, for
widhood, all my p. e., & on her d. or mar., equ. div., to my 3 chldn.William,
Abraham, & Ruth Hawkins.
Witn: Job Evans, Joseph Tayler, Nicholas Merryman,
son of Saml.
11 Oct. 1762, affirmed by Merryman & Taylor
& sworn to by Evans.
Liber 31, folio 750
10 July 1759
BORSLEY, CHARLES, Baltimore Co.
To all my sons - James, Elijah, Caleb, Zebulon,
& Charles Borsley - all my lands, & with the approval of my wife
& a majority of my sons then over age 14, a son at age 21 may choose
3 freeholders to divide sd. lands.
To my daus. - Millenda, Lydia, Elizabeth, &
Temperance Borsley - each L 10 more than their equ. part with their bros.
of my p. e.
To my wife, Elizabeth Borsley, her dw. plntn. for
life, her saddle, bridle, riding horse or mare, & for widhood my negroes,
but on her 2d mar., my chldn are to have 2/3 my negroes.
Extrs: my sd. wife & her bro. Jacob Cox.
Witn: Joseph Bosley, Jr.
11 Oct. 1762, sworn to by Joseph Bosley, Jr. &
the extrx. & widow, Elizabeth Bosley, who stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 751
28 Aug. ----
STEVENS, JOHN, Worcester Co., planter.
To my son Thomas Stevens, Coxes Folly 117a on the
br. of Broad Crk., Coxes Craft 50a, Security 50a, & my young colt..
To my son & extr., Avery Stevens, 125a enterd
for him with Mr. Shankland under Penna. rights & a young mare Rose.
To my son William, a horse 3 yrs. old last spring,
90 1/2a which Wm. Beavens is to convey to him, one of my best beds, &
a young yoke of oxen.
To my dau. Margaret, a horse that is lame.
The residue, equ. div., to all my chldn., &
whoever my son Michael Stevens chooses to live with is to care for his
part.
Witn: John Williams, Solomon Burn, Magdalane Burn.
11 Oct. 1762, sworn to by Solomon & Magdalane
Burn.
Liber 31, folio 753
[n. d.] Ann Linch resigned the admin. of the e. of Abraham Linch [Worcester
Co., folio 811] to her son David Linch & elected her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 753
7 Oct. 1760
COTTINGHAM, JONATHAN, Worcester Co., planter.
To my son William Cottingham, after the widhood
of my wife, Margaret Cottingham, the plntn. & land where I dw. on the
N side Cool Spring Br., but if he d. s. p., to my son Thomas; also to sd.
Wm. my case & bottles, the couch with leather bottom, & the gun
called his.
To my son Daniel Collingham [sic], the land he poss.,
on the S side Cool Spring Br. & the cow calf heifer he has had for
some yrs.
To my son Charles Collingham, the plntn. in Kent
Co., Delaware, where my son Jonathan dw., with the movables he had of me.
To my son Jonathan Cottingham, all the movables
he has in Kent Co., Delaware.
To my dau. Mary Nicholson, 1 sh. sterl.
To my wife, Margarett Cottingham, for widhood, the
residue of my p. e., & then to be div. among my chldn: 1/6 to my dau.
Sarah Laws & the rest equ. div. betw. my sons Elisha & Thomas Cottingham.
Extrs: my sd. son William & my sd. wife.
Witn: Thomas Jones, Southy Newton, John Barnard
(Dead).
Codicil, 12 March 1761. To my son William, all my
hogs (he allowing his mother enough to subsist on), my hand mill, looking
glass, chest, grindstone, & 2 ewes.
Witn: James Shaw, John Barnard, Southy Newton.
Sworn to 4 June 1762 by Jones & 30 Aug. 1762
by Newton.
Liber 31, folio 755
20 Feb. 1761
MASSEY, STEPHEN, Worcester Co.
To Michael Walter, Masseys Chance 66a & the
remainder part.
To Elisha, Mary, & Martha Evans, the residue.
Extr: Elisha Evans.
Witn: John Evans, Joseph Evan, William Tunnell.
10 Sept. 1762, sworn to by Joseph Evans & Wm.
Tunnell.
Liber 31, folio 756
12 Jan. 1762
OWENS, WILLIAM, [Worcester Co.]
Extrx: my wife, Elizabeth Owens.
To my eldest dau. Nancy Griffith, 1 sh. sterl.
To my eldest son, William Owens, Owens Security
100a, Zachariahs Swamp, & 2 other tracts - Long Swamp & Bettys
Fancy - to sell & pay debts.
To my 2d dau., Mary Owens, negro girl Sib.
To my 3d. dau.Rebekah Owens, negro girl Rachel.
To my 4th dau., Betty Dashiell Owen, negro boy Matthew.
To my 2d son, Robert Owen, negro boy Jack.
Witn:Jos[eph] Collins, John Mitchell, Robt. Mitchell.
3 Nov. 1762, sworn to by Collins & John Michell.
Liber 31, folio 757
5 Jan. 1762
WATTS, CHARLES, Worcester Co., planter.
To my wife, Mary Watts, the land & mashes I
live on, for life, & then to the heir at law; also to sd. wife, the
residue.
Tiszard Island, 250a of land & marshes, is to
be sold to pay debts.
To my wife's dau. Rebecchah Dickerson, L 50.
To my wife's sister Leah Dickerson, 2 cows &
calves.
Extrs: sd. wife & my cousin Parker Selby.
Witn: John Johnson, Leonard Johnson, Parker Selby.
5 Aug. 1762, sworn to by Selby & Leonard Johnson,
& the widow elected her 1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 758
4 Sept. 1762
HORNEY, SOLOMON, Talbot Co., planter.
To my wife & extrx., Margaret Horney, the admin.
of Andrew Kinnimont's e. & care of his chldn.& my riding chair
& horse Toby.
The residue is to be distrib according to law.
Witn: JacobHindman, Jona[than] Nicols, John Bracco,
Wolman Gibson.
2 Nov. 1762, sworn to by all 4 witn.
Liber 31, folio 759
8 Feb. 1762
HELLEN, JOHN, Calvert Co.
To my bro., Charles Hellen, negro wench Jenny, &
I appt. him extr. provided that my bro. Jesse Hellen come in for
1/4 the residue of my e.
Witn: Edward Blackburn, Gideon Turner.
17 Nov. 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 760
13 Aug. 1762
PHILLIPS, JOHN, Somerset Co., being old & weak.
To my grdson Nathaniel Smulling, 50a of The Wolf
Pit Ridge.
To my son & extr., John Phillips, the rest of
my land, but if he d. s. p., sd. land is to be equ. div. betw. my 2 daus.,
Elizabeth & Grace Phillips; to sd. John also, my farm implements, gun,
& clothes.
To dau. Elizabeth, my rone mare, a heifer, a calf,
my biggest pot, a chest lock & key, & an oval table.
To dau. Grace, a black mare & 6 plates.
To my son-in-law William Layfield, 1 sh. sterl.
The rest of my e. - cyder mill, wain cart, &
my creatures - to be for the plntn. as long as my wife, Elizabeth Phillips,
lives.
Witn: Cornelius Ward, William Sylavan, Matthews
Ward.
25 Oct. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 761
11 March 1760
CARROW, MARY, Kent Island, Queen Anns Co.
To my dau. Mary Blunt, my clothes & my little
trunk.
To my grdson William Ringgold, negro man Dick.
To my grddau. Mary Richardson, negro woman Dafney.
To Mary Carter, first dau. to John Carter, negro
boy Joe.
To Samuel Thomas, first son to Thomas Thomas, negro
boy Will.
To my grdson James Richard Blunt, negro girl Sall.
To Thomas Ringgold, Jr., s. o. my grdson Thomas
Ringgold, negro boy Jack.
To William Kerby, first s. o. Walter Kerby, a bed.
Extr: Benjn. Richardson.
Witn: James Blunt, William Harper, Susannah Walters,
Susanah Kerby.
25 Nov. 1762, sworn to by Harper, Kerby, & Walters,
& the extr. refused to take letters testamentary, alledging the sd.
will was made by virtue of a contract mar. with Henry Carrow, her late
husb.
Liber 31, folio 763
26 April 1762
BROWN, CHRISTOPHER, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To Levina Evans Burkett, negro girl Rachel.
To my sister Mary Byrn, wife of James Byrn, my cattle
& hhold furn. & negro girl Judith.
To my neighbour Benjamin Hinds, my part of the canoe&
sein & all accts. due me in fishing acct.
Extr: my friend William Ruth, he to keep or sell
my negroes to good masters & of the money, to give L 100 to the ttees
for educating youths of this co. & L 500 to the hospital in Philadelphia
for support of the sick, weak, & disabled.
Witn: Stephen Bush, Sr.(who cannot read writing),
Stephen Bush, Jr.(s. o. Stephen Sr.), Benjamin Hinds.
13 Nov. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., who were
instructed by John Ruth.
Liber 31, folio 765
21 March 1762
RICHARDSON, HENRY, Wye Parish, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my son William Richardson & my dau. Ann Scott,
equ. div., all my cattle sd. son has now in keeping.
To my son Daniel, my gray horse the Rock, provided
he give his riding horse to my wife, Mary.
To my son Henry, the bed I lie on & my gun.
To my dau. Elizabeth, negro wench Subbinah, provided
she let her mother-in-law use her this yr.
To my son Benjamin & dau. Barbary, negro wench
Rose, equ. div., provided they let their mother-in-law use her this yr.
To my wife & extrx., Mary Richardson, the residue
of my e. r. & p.
Witn: Trustram Thomas, John Price, Rebecca Price.
4 Nov. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Codicil, 22 March 1762 [which should have been copied
before the probate]. I appt. my son Henry grdn. to my son Benjamin to learn
his trade or any other.
Liber 31, folio 767
24 Oct. 1757
SEMANS, HENRY, Kent Co.
To my grdson James Semans, s. o. Henry Semans decd.,
1 sh. sterl., & if he d. s. p., to each of his sisters 1 sh. sterl
To my sons Solomon Semans, William Semans, &
Jeremiah Semans, 1 sh. sterl apiece.
To my son Giles Semans, Mitchells Range, which I
bought of Robt. Bartlebee & sd. Giles lives on.
To my daus. Elizabeth Boyer, Mary Burrus, &
Hannah Jarvis, 1 sh. sterl. apiece.
To my sons Henry Semans decd., Solomon, William,
Benjamin decd., & Jeremiah Semans, their portions already given.
To my wife, Rebeckah Semans, for life, my ddw. house,
1/3 my lands, & her dower in my p. e.
To my sons Daniel & Fowler Semans, equ. div.,
the rest of my land.
Extr: my son Solomon Semans.
Witn: Daniel Hull, James Tibbitt, Samuel Tibbitt.
28 Oct. 1762, sworn to by Samuel Tibbitt, who swore
also that James Tibbitt (since decd.) & Daniel Hull were present, &
Jeremiah Semans swore to James
Tibbitt's hand.
29 Nov. 1762, Daniel Hull (Quaker) affirmed the
will.
Liber 31, folio 769
8 Sept. 1755
FODORY, ELIZABETH, Anne Arundel Co.
To my sister Katherine Thornbury, negro woman Dinah.
To Zachariah Maccubbin, L 5.
To Leowis Stephens, s. o. John & Rachel Stephens,
negro girl Ruth, but if he d. s. p., equ. div. among the other chldn. of
sd. John.
To Ann Vernon & Elizabeth Vernon, each L 3.
To Sarah Jones & Rachel Stephens, each L 5.
To Catherine Thornbury, the residue.
Extrs: my sister Catherine Thornbury & ny friend
Zachariah Maccubbin.
Witn: John Carr, Joseph Mumford, Ephrain Gover.
Calvert Co., 17 Sept. 1762, sworn to by Carr &
Mumford.
There was letters of admin. granted several months
before this will was found.
Liber 31, folio 771
8 Jan. 1762
SMITH, GEORGE, Calvert Co., planter.
To my wife, Eizabeth Smith, 1/3 my e. & the
residue equ. div. among my 7 chldn.
Witn: Parker Young, John Hellen.
16 ---- 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 771
8 Jan. 1762
BANKSON, JOSEPH, Baltimore Co., shipwright.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth Bankson, for
life, the house in Baltimore Town where I dw. & 1/3 lot adj., both
purchased of Brian Philpot of sd. Town, & 4 1/4a adj. sd. Town purchased
of Thomas Sligh, & on her d., the sd. house & lots to be sold &
the money equ. div. among my 3 chldn., Mary, James, & Joseph Bank-
son, to Mary at age 18 & to my sons at age 21.
Witn: Elizabeth Connel, Deborah Castrop, Brian Philpot.
Sworn to 2 Feb. 1762 by Castrop & 6 Dec. 1762
by Connel, now Elizabeth Asquith.
Liber 31, folio 772
11 May 1760
WATTSON, LANCELOTT, Baltimore Co.
To Barbara Pickett, wife of George Pickett, blacksmith,
Baltimore Town, for life, the profits from my lot #35 in Baltimore Town.
To the heirs of sd. Barbara, for their lives, the
lot I bought of Thomas Sheridine & Thomas Sligh.
To David Gorsuch, my extr. & bro. of sd. Barbara,
my best suit of clothes & my leather & working tools, & on
the d. of sd. Barbara, my sd. lot.
Witn: Joseph Taylor, Jonathan Hanson, Samuel Taylor.
29 Nov. 1762, Joseph Taylor affirmed & Hanson
swore to the will & codicil.
Liber 31, folio 774
9 Dec. 1747
GRAHM, MARY, Cecil Co., widow.
To Catrin Grahms, my dau., a tract in Penna.formerly
claimed by John Gibson adj. a tract in Maryland willed to her by her father,
John Graham, & the best bed.
To my son William Grahms, a little black mare I
had from William Mitchel.
To my son Robert Grahms, L 20 Penna. currency.
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. among
my 3 chldn: William, Robert, & Catrin.
Extr: my bro. George Curriy.
Witn: James Dickson, Robert Correy, Hugh Muckelroy.
Sworn to 20 Nov. 1762 before Wm. Plumstead, Regr.
Genl., Philadelphia, by Robert Correy of Philadelphia, mercht., & 29
Nov. 1762 before E. Andrews by
James Dickson, farmer.
Liuber 31, folio 776
10 Oct. 1759
DENIS, PATRICK, [Cecil Co.]
To my dau. Margaret Murphey, 5 sh.
To my dau. Elizabeth Leonard, L 2.5.
To my son John Denis, 2/3 & my dau. Mary, 1/3
the residue.
Extrs: my wife, Elizabeth Denis, & my friend
Joseph Gilpin.
Witn: Archbballd Armstrong, Thomas Ricketts.
24 Nov. 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 777
24 June 1757
MATTHEWS, THOMAS, Prince George's Co.
To my nephew Thomas Matthews (s. o. my bro. Wm.
Matthews), Oneils Desert, in Charles Co., & if he d. s. p., to my bro.
John Matthews.
To my bro., John Matthews, the rents of sd. land
till sd. nephew is 21 & negro woman Phillis.
To my bro. Maximillian Matthews, all he owes me.
To my sister Mary Matthews, negro boy Harry.
To my sister Theodosia Short, a mourning ring worth
a guinea.
To my friends Mrs. Mary Sim, Mrs. Christian Smith,
Mrs. Sarah Chilton, & Mr. John Stone Hawkins, each a mourning worth
a guinea.
The residue of my e. is to be equ. div. betw. my
sister Mary Matthews & my bro. & extr., John Matthews.
Witn: Benja. Brookes, Allen Bowie, Bazil Magruder,
Thomas Brooke.
6 Feb. 1762, sworn to by Benja. Brooke, the heir
at law having no objection.
Liber 31, folio 778
5 Oct. 1737
BURNES, DAVID, Prince George's Co., planter.
To John Fleming, my son-in-law, 1/2 The Hensley
200a, purchased by me of John Banks, equ. div. betw. him & my son James
Burnes, & 2 cows & calves.
To my wife, Ann Burnes, the plntn. I dw. on for
life & 1/3 my negroes & other p. e.
To my son James Burnes, on the d. of sd. wife, the
plntn. I dw. on & the rest of my e.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son James Burnes
Witn: John Allison, Thomas Stump, Terence Downing.
26 Oct. 1762, Anne Burnes resigned the extrship
to her son.
28 Oct. 1762, sworn to by Allison.
Liber 31, folio 779
20 Oct. 1762
BEANES, COLMORE, Prince George's Co., merchant.
To my friend Mrs. Lettice Thompson, 20 guineas to
be laid out in plate.
To Mrs. Margaret Symmer, a mourning ring worth 4
guineas.
To my sister Elizabeth Marbury, a mourning ring
worth 4 guineas & my gold sleeve buttons.
The residue of my e. r. & p. is to be sold &
the money used to pay my debts.
To my nephew Colmore Beanes, the residue of my e.
To my sister Mary Sutton, 1000 lb. tob./yr. , &
if she d., the interest on the money left to my sd. nephew to maintain
his chldn. till he is of age or the mar. of my sd. sister's chldn.
I appt. Mr. John Lee, Jr., of Virginia, to see the
mar. articles performed betw. Dr. Adam Thompson & Mrs. Lettice Wardrop.
Extr: my bro. William Beanes, Jr.
Witn: Daniel Page, Thomas Brooke, Benjamin Skinner.
23 Nov. 1762, sworn to by Page & Skinner.
Liber 31, folio 781
27 Sept. 1762
SPINCK, ANASTASIA, St. Mary's Co.
To my 2 sisters-in-law, Heneretta & Dorothy
Spincks, equ. div., the land my father [not named] willed me.
To my grdfather Peter Ford, the rents of my lands
due Christmas next.
To the poor, 500 lb. tob. as my uncles Peter Ford
& John Ford think proper.
To Peter, Richard, & John Ford, my uncles,
the rest of my p. e.
Extr: my uncle Peter Ford.
Witn: Alexander Benithon, Joshua Millard, Marthia
Benithon.
25 Oct. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 782
1 Sept. 1762
FENWICK, CUTHBERT, Sr. St. Mary's Co.
To my cousin Benedict Fenwick, s. o. George Fenwick,
Swamp Island 238a, in Beaverdam Manor & all the stock belonging to
The Forrest Plntn..
To my cousin Cuthbert Fenwick, living with me, s.
o. Bennett Fenwick, the rest of my lands & all the stock belonging
to my home plntn.
To Elizabeth Barnes, 1000 lb. tob./yr. for life
& my great horse & side saddle she uses.
To Rebecca King, wife of Wm. King, Jr., a 2-yr.-old
heifer.
To my 2 sd. cousins, equ. div., the residue as they
arrive at age 21.
Extr: my bro. Bennett Fenwick.
Witn: Ignatius Fenwick, William King, James Mackby.
8 Sept. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 783
18 June 1762
DOWNES, JOHN, Jr., Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my son Nathan Downes, a bed worth L 6.
To my chldn. - Jacob, Charles, Elizabeth, &
Heneritta Downes - equ. div. to the boys at age 21 & to the girls at
age 16 or mar. & to Jacob, negro wench Lydd.
Extrx: my wife, Rachel Downs.
Witn: Jere. Grasingham, Hawkins Downes.
16 Dec. 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 784
7 Dec. 1782
WELCH, JOHN, Queen Anns Co., planter.
Extrx: my wife, Mary.
To my son John Maclean, 100a of Partnership, in
Tuckahoe Neck.
To my son William, my dw. plntn., 100a in Tuckahoe
Neck, the other 1/2 of Partnership.
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. among
my sons John Maclean, William Welch, & the child my wife is big with.
Witn: Andrew Toulson, Rebecca Toulson, Mary Faulknor.
16 Dec. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 785
26 Nov. 1762
BOWRMAN, JOHN, Talbot Co.
To Grace Oakley, L 15 current silver.
To Susannah Ellis, at age 21, a negro girl to be
purchased by my extr.
To my extr., James Benson, my horse bridle &
saddle, my clothes, & what else remains after expenses.
Witn: John King Parr, Benjamin Townsend.
14 Dec. 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 786
1 Aug. 1762
MELVILL, DAVID, Dorchester Co.
I desire that my wife & extrx., Rachel Melvill,
& my mother, Sarah Melvill, live together, but if they part, to my
sd. mother negro boy Tyer.
Witn: Dan Sulivane, John Maccollister, John Dean,
Jr.
Codicil, 1 Aug. 1762. To my sisters Mary Smith,
Frances Smith, & Sarah Melville, L 5 apiece to be pd. in pieces of
8 at L 0.7.6.
20 Sept. 1762, sworn to by Macollistere & Dean.
Liber 31, folio 787
23 Sept. 1762
TREGO, THOMAS, Dorchester Co.
To my sons William Trego & Thomas Trego, each
20 sh.
To my daus. Prisilah Wheeler, Mary Morrain, &
Easter Willis, 1 sh. sterl apiece.
To my wife, Elizabeth, for widhood, all my e., &
on her d. or mar., equ. div. to my 3 sons Newton, James, & Henry Trego
To my sd son James, a young horse, & to my sd.
son Henry, my gun.
Witn: Mosses Lecompte, Jr., John Mitchel, Ann Newbery.
18 Nov. 1762, sworn to by Lecompte & Newbery.
Liber 31, folio 788
8 June 1762
EVANS, MARY, Dorchester Co.
To my dau. Alice Evans, my mare Doll & my saddle
& bridle
To my 2 daus. Alice & Sarah Evans, equ. div.,
all my hhold goods except my low bed, hand mill, usefull iron that does
the plntn. work, an oval table, & stock..
To my son John Evans, my low bed, hand mill, his
fathers tools, all the iron work for tilling ground & working wood,
& a cow & calf.
To my son William Evans, L 7.10 to be raised out
of my stock of cattle.
To my son Henry Fisher Evans, a pr. silver sleeve
buttons & L 7.10.
To my extr., Job Todd, 2 young steers.
The remainder to my 2 youngest sons, William &
Henry.
Witn: David Rumbley, William Willey.
10 Aug. 1762, sworn to by Willey.
Liber 31, folio 789
28 March 1762
MILLS, PETER, St. Mary's Co., planter.
To my son William Mills, a chest ofdrawers, &
on the d. of my wife, Monica Mills, negro man George.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son Joshua Mills.
Witn: Henry Jernogan, Elizabeth Buckler, James Glouster.
24 Aug. 1762, sworn to by Buckler & Glouster.
Liber 31, folio 790
8 Dec. 1761
MANNING, THOMAS, Dorchester Co.
All my lands on Blackwater are to be sold to pay
debts.
To John Stewart McNemara, negro girl Beck,if I d.
s. p.
To William Dale, my old bay mare.
To Ann Norton, a bed, pewterware, an iron pot &
hooks, & a young cow & calf.
To both the Daniel Bruffits, all they owe me.
To Elizabeth Hodson, Christian Grimes, Margaret
Satchel, Richard Sanders, & Rebecca Clarke, all they owe me.
To Henry Stewart, a pr. silver shoe buckles.
To my wife & extrx., Mary, for life, my plntn.
& lands, & on her d., to the child she is big with, & if I
d. s. p., to Henry Stewart, who is to care for my bro.'s child.
Witn: Daniel Coleman, William Strahan, Ann Vickars,
William Gray.
4 Oct. 1762, sworn to by Coleman, Strahan, &
Gray.
Liber 31, folio 791
9 April 1757
WARNER, WILLIAM, Dorchester Co.
To my dau. & extrx., Daricas Warner, Devus Choice,
300a on Great Choptank R. nigh Tods Bay, a tract at Bediford, England,
its writings in the hands of Col.
Edwd. Lloyd, & all my lands.
Witn: Robert Pears, Henry Fisher, James Harper.
Sworn to by Pears & Fisher 14 Sept. 1762
& by Harper 11 Oct. 1762.
Liber 31, folio 793
24 March 1762
RICH, PETER, Dorchester Co., Gent.
To my 2 eldest daus., Elizabeth Chanch & Sidney
Harrington, each 10 sh. sterl.
To my dau. Richey Heald & her husb. Joseph Heald,
200a of Riches Woodyard 406a, div. from a white oak on the road from Dover
to Choptank Br. . . . & an
entry betw. The Golden Grove, Lowes Purchase, & Frances Climers,
negro girl Bell, a side saddle, bed, mare, & other livestock.
To my son William Rich, Addition to Stony Ridge
323a, 100a of Smithsons Recreation, 1/2 Bridge Town, over the bridge, 3a
where I live (of which his mother is
to enjoy 1/2 for her widhood), the other 206a of Riches Woodyard, Turkey
Point 30a, Turkey Point Addition 120a, in Kent Co., & he is to be of
age at 18.
To my dau. Cynthia Rich, Glascoe 100a & 1/2
of Piney Neck 476a (only 50a sold to Daniel Skinner) & she is to be
of age at 18.
To my dau. Susannah Rich, Riches Folley, Riches
Chanch 60a, 1/2 sd. Piney Neck, & she is to be of age at 18.
To my son Peter Nixon Rich, 175a, Exchange (bought
of Joshua Martain), Buck Bark 50a, Buck Barks Addition 130a, 1/2 of Bridge
Town, over the bridge, 100a of Smithsons Recreation 200a, & he is to
be of age at 18.
To my 2 grdsons, Peter Harrington & Rich Chanch,
each 1a of the W end of Bridge Town.
To my wife, Susannah Rich, for widhood, 1/2 the
place where I dw., my best horse, & riding chair, then the rest to
be div. among my 4 last mentioned chldn. -
William, Cynthia, Susannah, & Peter Nixon Rich - & if all 4
d. s. p., to my other 3 daus.
My son & extr., William Rich, is to maintain
my 3 last mentioned chldn. till they are of age & give Peter Nixon
4 yrs. schooling & Susannah 3 yrs.
Any increase of negro Boyner are to be equ. div.
betw. my 4 last mentioned chldn.
Witn: A[rthu]r Whitely, Sr., Samuel Fountain, Elizabeth
Tolson.
14 Aug. 1762, the widow renounced the will &
elected her 1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Witn: Arthur Whitely, Jr., Mattw. Traverse.
19 July 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 795
27 July 1762
NEWTON, EDWARD, Dorchester Co., planter.
I confirm my deed of gift: to my son Willis Newton,
negro man Plymouth, a chest, & a horse colt; to my son Richard Newton,
negro woman Sabina, a table, desk, & black bay [sic] mare Jewell; to
my dau. Margaret Clarkson, negro girl Rachel; to my dau. Betty Newton,
negro girl Rose; & to my dau. Frances Cannon, negro girl Beck, a bed,
& negro boy Elisha.
To my wife, Mary Newton, negro man Peter.
Tomy dau. Lilly Newton, negro boy Isaac & negro
girl Myme.
To my dau. Betty Newton, bay mare Fancy & L
7 to buy a saddle & furniture.
To my daus. Margaret Clarkson & Francis Cannon,
each 3 sheep.
The residue of my p. e. to my sd. wife, my sons
Willis & Richd. Newton & my daus. Betty & Lilly Newton,
but if my sd. wife renounce the will & elect her 1/3,
the residue is to be div. betw. my sd. sons Willis & Richd. &
my dau Betty, & my dau. Lilly, her mother's only child, is to have
nothing.
To my sd. son Richd., my part of Partnership, on
which are 3 tenements: Nobles, Badleys, & Cooks.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son Willis Newton.
Witn: Dan. Sulivane, Jno. Caile, Roger Ashcom Cooper.
13 Sept. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
extrx., Margaret or Mary Newton, renounced the legacies & elected her
1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 797
27 Nov. 1761
FISHER, JOHN PRICHET, Dorchester Co., Gent.
To my son Henry Fisher, Rang 50a where he lives,
a cow & heifer, 2 ewes, & my desk.
To my 2 sons, James Fisher & John Prichett Fiaher,
the rest of my lands div. by a line from the first bounder of Hopkins Horse
Pond to the middle of Fishers Venture, James & John to have the E &
W parts respectively, & to son James my old gun & to son John my
new gun.
To my dau. Elizabeth Goslin, a cow.
To my dau. Mary Barwick, 6 yr.-old hogs.
To my dau. Jane Fisher, mulatto boy Tom.
To my dau. Triphena Fisher, mulatto boy Sambo.
The residue, equ. div.betrw. my 4 chldn. - James,
John Prichet, Jane, & Triphena Fisher - on the d. of my wife.
Extrx: my wife, Rebecca Fisher.
Witn: Jeremiah Prichett, William Morris, Salathiel
Parrish.
10 June 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 799
8 June 1762
RIDGLEY, ELIZABETH, Anne Arundel Co.
To my sons Greenbury Ridgley, Henry Ridgley, &
Charles Greenbury Ridgley, 5 sh. apiece.
To my son Joshua Ridgley, my right to a deed from
him for his r. & p. e. & 5 sh.
To my son Nicholas Greenbury Ridgley, Mothers Care
& 5 sh.
To my daus. Ann Worthington & Elizabeth Dorsey,
L 66 each.
To my dau. Sarah Ridgley, a bond I have of Philimon
Dorsey for conveying a parcel in place of Silence, & if she d. s. p.,
to my dau. Elizabeth.
To my sd. 3 daus. - Ann, Elizabeth, & Sarah
- the remainder oif my e.
Witn: H[enry] Griffith, Edward Hall, Caleb Warfield.
11 Nov. 1762, sworn to by Griffith & Hall in
the presence of Greenbury Ridgley, eldest son of the decd.
Liber 31, folio 800
18 Nov. 1759
PEARCE, ELIZABETH, Anne Arundel Co.
To my dau. Rachel Phelps, an iron pot, a breeding
mare, a cow & calf, 2 breeding sows, a bed, & the rest of my hhold
furn.
To my dau. Rebecca Phelps, an iron pot.
To my sons Daniel Pearce, Nicholas Pearce, &
William Pearce, each a cow & calf.
To my son Joseph Pearce, a cow & calf &
a 2-yr.-old mare colt.
The residue to be equ. div. among the abovesd. chldn.
Witn: John Jacob.
8 Oct. 1762, Daniel & Nicholas Pearce, s. o.
the testatrix, renounced their right of admin.
10 Dec. 1762, sworn to by John Jacobs.
Liber 31, folio 801
26 Oct. 1762
OLIVER, JOHN, Anne Arundel Co., planter.
All my e. r. & p. is to be sold, & the residue
equ. div. betw. my 5 sons & 3 daus. [not named].
Extr: my friend Robert Gilgresh.
Witn: John Hatherly, John Barlow, John Boling.
16 Nov. 1762, sworn to by Barlow & Boling, Battrus
Oliver renounced the will & elected her 1/3, & the heir at law
was said to be out of the Province.
Liber 31, folio 802
8 Oct. 1762
BIRKHEAD, NEHEMIAH, Anne Arundel Co.
To my wife [not named], 1/3 my r. & p. e. &
6 silver teaspoons & 3 large tablespoons.
To my eldest son, Nehemiah Birkhead, Wellses Hills,
where I dw.
To my son Matthew Birkhead, a tract formerly my
bro. Matthew's.
To my other sons - Joseph, Samuel, Francis, &
John Birkhead - L 80 sterl in the hands of Caple & Ogood Hanbury equ.
div.
To my dau. Mary Birkhead, negro girl Tamar.
To my dau. Susannah Batson, 2 cows & calves.
Extrs: my wife & my eldest son, Nehemiah Birkhead.
Witn: John Birckhead, Samuel Birckhead, John Clavey.
22 Dec. 1762, affirmed by John & Samuel Birkhead
(Quakers) & sworn to by Clavey.
Liber 31, folio 803
18 Oct. 1762
GOSLEE, RICHARD, Worcester Co.
To my son William Goslee, Hobs Choice, the 158a
where I live, a bed he lies on, a chest & tools that belonged to his
bro. Charles Gorslee, & my clothes.
To my dau. Sarah Lott, 1 sh. sterl.
To my dau. Jemima Gorslee, a bed, small iron pot,
a cow & calf, & a chest.
To my dau. Ann Gorslee, a bed, a cow & calf,
& a box iron that belonged to her mother.
To my son Richard Gorslee, a bed, a cow & calf,
a gun, & a hat that belonged to his bro. Charles.
To my son John Gorslee, a mare colt & L 5.10
to be paid when he comes of age.
To my son Job Gorslee, L 5.10 when he comes of age.
Extr: my son William Gorslee.
The residue is to be equ. div. betw. my 4 sons &
2 daus. that live with me.
Witn: Robert Lacey, Molley Simpler.
17 Dec. 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 804
29 June 1762
WEBB, JOHN, Worcester Co.
To my son Solomon Webb, Winter Quarter 200a &
Trubridge 250a & 5 negroes: Jenny, Sarah, Dinah, George, & Patience.
To my son John Webb, 2 beds & Repentance 215a,
& if he d. s. p., to my grdson Solomon Webb; also to son John 3 negroes:
Pelince, Hannah, & Joe . . .
Extr: my son Solomon, who is to have the residue
of my p. e.
Witn: Abraham Gibbs, Jr., Robert Gibbs, Abraham
Gibbs, Sr.
17 Dec. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 805
9 Oct. 1760
MORRIS, JOHN, Worcester Co., planter.
To my son William Morrice, all of Cowbridge but
2a on the S side my mill br. & negro man Simon.
To my 2 sons Joseph & Joshua Morrice, my griss
mill (except the use of 1/3 to my wife, Catherine, for widhood) & all
of Cowbridge on the N side my mill br.
To my son Joshua, Morrises Second Addition 87a &
part of Morrises First Addition adj. Hobs Choice & Chance, negro wench
Nell, & negro boy Cuge . . .
To my son Joseph, Whatts Humer 100a & the rest
of Morrises First Addition, negro man Perro & negro girl Dyner, &
if he d. s. p., to his bro. Joshua.
To my wife, Catherine, negro wench Cate, Worwek
Land in Sussex Co. [Delaware] & the use of my m. e. for widhood.
To my dau. Anne, negro boy Phillip for life, &
then to my 2 grddaus. Sary & Rhody Robenson equ. div.
To my dau. Elizabeth negro girl Moll, & if she
d. s. p., to my grdson John Morrice & grddau. Suny, chldn. o. William.
Extr: my son Joshua Morrice.
Witn: William Cohoon, Thomas Kellam, William Kellam.
Sworn to by Wm Kellam 3 Nov. 1762 & by Wm. Cohoon
12 Nov. 1762, & 23 Nov. 1762, the widow elected her 1/3 of the e. r.
& p.
Liber 31, folio 807
15 May 1762
PARSONS, PETER, Worcester Co.
To my wife, Martha, for widhood, the use of my lands
& other e.
To my son Porter, Williams Priviledge 44a, &
if he d. s. p., to the child my wife is now with.
T my son John, Rich Point 50a, Cabin Ridge 15a,
& the parcel I am to have with Jarman Bedwards.
Liber 31, folio 809
7 Aug. 1762
ENNIS, WILLIAM, Worcester Co.
To my son William Ennis, the plntn I dw. on, my
part of Cannardee, 5a of Cannarnee, The Wildgoose (30a I bought of Isaac
Brittingham), & Friendship (24a Capt. Thomas Robins took up for me);
& until he is 19yrs. & 3 mo. old, he is to be cared for by my bro.-in-law
Leonard Johnson, & if he d. s. p., sd. lands are to
be equ. div. betw my 2 daus. Sarah & Zipporah Ennis.
My wife [Elizabeth] is to have the use of my lands
at the discretion of her bro. Leonard Johnson, & all my livestock &
hhold goods & my part of the peteauger.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my bro.-in-law Leonard
Johnson.
Witn: Nathaniel Ennis, Sr., Cornelius Ennis, Sr.,
Rachel Ennis.
3 Dec. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn., & 10 Dec.
1762, the widow elected her 1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 811
28 Dec. 1760
LINCH, ABRAHAM, Worcester Co., planter.
To my elder son Jonah Linch, the part of Venture
on the N side Indian Town Br.
To youngest son Baker Linch, my house & plntn.
on the S side sd. Br.
To my son David Linch, Linches Choice, 100a near
Wolf Pitt Ridge.
To my dau. Neomy Linch, a cow & calf & a
bed.
To my dau. Ann Linch, young mare Brown.
Extrs: my wife, Ann Linch, & my son David Linch.
To the 5 youngst chldn. [not named], equ. div.,
the residue of my m. e.
Witn: Isaac Bell, George Magee, Thomas Wildgoose.
3 Dec. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.; the
widow stood to her 1/3 & swore that when the alteration was made she
heard her husb. say his son David would make enough by the admin. &
he would take that legacy out of the will & leave a mare Brown he had
given his dau. Nanny (Ann in the will) & the heifer he had left to
his dau. Hannah he would also take out.
Liber 31, folio 813
26 Dec. 1761
COLLIER, ANN, Somerset Co., widow.
To my son Dowty Collier, negro womn Sarah, negro
girl Sarah, a bed & other hhold furn., livestock, & 1/7 my e.
To my son Robert Collier, negro woman Bess.
To my son George Collier, 2 steers.
To my dau. Jean Dashiell, 2 ewes & a linen wheel.
To my 4 grdsons - George Collier Hopkins, John Hopkins,
Robert Hopkins, & Roger Hopkins, s. o. John Hopkins, Sr. - each 1 sh.
sterl.
To my dau. Sarah Outerbridge, 1 sh. sterl.
To my dau.-in-law Prisilla Collier, a coat filled
with cotton & a check apron.
To my 4 daus. [not named], equ. div., my clothes
& to the rest of my 6 chldn. [not named], the rest of my e.
Witn: Archibald Ritchie, James Anderson.
10 Jan. 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 814
12 Dec. 1762
SOMERVILLE, JOHN, Calvert Co., merchant.
To my housekeeper, Jannett Kent, negro boy Farmer.
To my bro. Alexander Somervill, all my land to the
right hand of the main road from the horse bridge to the main Bayside road.
To my 2 bros. James & Alexander Somerville,
my warehouse & lot at St. Leonards Crk. Town & 1 part of my p.
e. to sd James & 2 parts to sd. Alexander..
Extr: my bro Alexander Somervill.
Witn:John Brome, John Bond, Saml. Hance, Samuel
Gray.
7 Feb. 1763, sworn to by all 4 witn.
:Liber31, folio 814
3 Sept. 1762
PARKER, ANN, Calvert Co.
To my grddau. Nancy Greenfield, negro girl Fanny.
To my grddau. Nancy Cox . . . ?
To ------ Lane negro girl Jenny.
To my son William Parker, negro boy Jacob.
To my dau. & extrx., Mary Parker, the residue.
Witn: Willam Allnutt, James Allnutt, Jr.
24 Dec.1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 815
11 Nov. 1762
MASSEY, NICHOLAS, Kent Co.
To my son Soloman Massey, the bed he lies on &
L 5.
To my dau. Mary Massey, a bed, a horse, & L
5.
To my 3 youngest sons - Eliazer, William, &
James - a bed apiece.
To my grdaon William Finock, 20 sh.
To my dau. Rachel Massey, a bed & L 8/yr. for
life.
To my 2 sons, Joseph & Ebeneazer Massey, equ.
div., the rest of my e.r. & p., they paying to each of my 3 youngest
sons - Eleazer, Wm., & James - L 125, &
they are to have a home to come to till they are of age.
Extrs: my sons Joseph & Ebeneazer.
Witn: Francis Hollyday, Francis Hollyday, Jr., John
Falconer.
31 Dec. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 816
4 Feb. 1762
PERRY, ANN, [Frederick Co.]
To my dau. Ann Warman, for life & on her d.,
to her chldn, my clothes, hhold furn, livestock, meat, corn, wheat, &
cloth.
To my son Henry Claggett, negro man Fowler, negro
boy Dick, & 10 cyder casques.
To my dau. Sarah Davis, negro boy Frank, long iron
pot, & iron spit.
To my son Postumas Claggett, negro man Mark &
L 5.
To my grddau. Ann Warman, on her mother's d., negro
woman Sarah, a dun mare, a bed, a box iron, & a silver spoon.
To my gddau. Elizabeth Warman, on her mother's d.,
negro girl Hannah.
My son-in-law Benjamin Perry is to deliver all in
his possn. & get 3 honest men to divide all among my 3 chldn. - Henry
Claggett, Sarah Davis, & Postumas
Claggett - & for his trouble, I give him negro woman Fyder, 1/4
of my fowles, & my bed.
Witn: John Holmes, Saml. Rogers.
14 Jan. 1763, sworn to by Holmes (Rogers being d.)
Liber 31, folio 818
25 Oct. 1762
STERM, JOHN, Frederick Co., farmer.
To my wife, Barbara Sterm, a bed, a cow, an iron
pot, 2 pewter dishes, 6 pewter plates, & 6 pewter spoons.
To my son John Sterm, 5 sh. sterl. to be pd. when
he arrives at age or mar.
The rest of my e. is to be sold & the money
invested to maintain my chldn John Jacob & Catherine.
Extrs: my friends Christopher Eversole & Peter
Duffler, both of Fredk. Co.
Witn: P[eter] Butler, [Peter Hoffman], Matthew Evitts.
31 Dec. 1682, sworn to by --------- ------ &
Matthew Evitts.
Liber 31, folio 820
2 Feb. 1762
ALEXANDER, MOSES, Cecil Co.
To my sons Nathaniel Alexander, Abraham Alexander,
James Alexander, Zebulon Alexander, Moses Alexander, & Mark Alexander,
& my dau. Ruth Dizard, each 5 sh.
To my dau. Priscilla White, my large Bible.
To my dau. Mary White, L 30.
To my grddau. Hannah White, L 20, & if she d.
in her minority, to her mother, the sd. Priscilla White.
To my youngest son, Dan Alexander, my e. r. &
p., provided he pay all debts & legacies, incl. a bond of L 60 for
sd. son Dan to Theophilus Alexander & Thos.
Sharp.
Extrs: my friends Theophilus Alexander & Amos
Alexander.
Witn: William Frier, Joseph Cannon, Sarah Craige.
1 Dec. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 821
8 Dec. 1762
DUDLEY, THOMAS, Jr., Talbot Co.
To my bro. George Dudley, to sell, all my lands,
part of Dudleys Inclosure & Dudleys Addition 37a, & the money to
be equ. div. betw. my 3 daus, - Elizabeth,
Sarah, & Lydia Dudley - at age 16.
My p. e. is to be valued by Thomas Powell &
Edward Needles
Extr. & grdn. to sd. 3 daus: my bro. George
Dudley.
Witn: Caleb Clark, Sarah Ferrell, Henry Clark.
8 Feb. 1763, affirmed by Caleb & Henry Clark
(Quakers) & sworn to by Sarah Ferrell
Liber 31, folio 822
1 Jan. 1763
WINWRIGHT, STEPHEN, Somerset Co.
To my son Stephen Winwright, 4 steers, & he
is to live with his mother, & my bros.-in-law John & Nicholas Evans
shall look after him till he is 20.
To my son Winwright, a horse that went by the name
of his.
To my son Cannon Winright, 50a of Witteneys Contrivance
& 32a of Ignoble Quarter, the land I bought of Charles Dashiell.
To my dau. Sarah Thornes, 1 sh. sterl.
The residueis to be equ. div. among my wife, [Mary],
& my 6 chldn: Evans, Elender, John, Cannon, Stephen, & Rebecca
Winwright.
Witn: Jo[seph] Dashiell, John Evans, William Winwright.
9 Feb. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn., & 19 Feb.
1763, the widow, Mary Winwright, elected her 1/3 of the clear e.
Liber 31, folio823
9 Nov. 1762
GIBBINS, AMEY, Somerset Co., widow.
To my bro. William Perkins, L 10, a large pewter
dish, & a pewter basin.
To John Perkins, s. o. John Perkins decd., my best
bed, a pewter dish, a pewter basin, 6 deep pewter plates, & L 10.
To Sarah Perkins, d. o. John Perkins decd., a pewter
dish, a pewter basin, & 6 pewter plates.
To Mary Perkins, d. o. John Perkins decd., a horse,
my saddle, an iron pot, a pewter dish, a Bible, a box iron, a small looking
glass, & a pewter quart pot.
To William Perkins, s. o. John Perkins decd., L
10, an iron pot, a frying pan, & 6 pewter plates.
To Thomas Gibbins, s. o. my decd. husb., a cow &
yearling, a plow & harrow, & a pair of iron traces.
To John Gibbins, s. o. my decd. husb., a bed.
To my sd. 2 cousins, Sarah & Mary Perkins, equ.
div., my clothes.
The rest of my m. e. to my sd. 4 cousins, John,
William, Sarah, & Mary Perkins, chldn. of my decd bro. John Perkins.
Extr:my friend Michael Cluff.
Witn: S[amson] Wheatley, Bettey Wheatley.
15 Dec. 1762, sworn to by both witn., & Michael
Cluff relinquished claim to extrship.
Liber 31, folio 825
23 Feb. 1762
BOARD, JAMES, Baltimore Co., planter.
To my son James Board, 3 beds, pewterware, an iron
5-gal. pot, a brindle & white pregnant cow, a mare & her colt,
& a small gun.
To my son & extr., Francis Board, 2 cows &
an old gun.
Witn: John Walters, Jo[seph] Presbury, Godfrey Walters.
14 Feb. 1763, sworn to ny John Waters & Joseph
Presbury.
Liber 31, folio 826
22 Dec. 1753
DOCKERY, MATTHEW, Queen Anns Co.
To my wife & extrx., Sarah Dockery, 100a of
Fishingham, Fishingham Addition13a, Dangerfield, & Matthews Fancy;
a 15-yr. lease of part of Chesterfield gran-
ted me by Capt. William Hopper, but if she d. before sd. lease ends,
to my bro. Thomas Dockery; a lease for Abraham Williams's mill granted
to Thomas Dock- ery & by him assigned to Gorge Cope, who assigned it
to me; & the rest of my e.
Witn: Thos. Wilkinson, Jno. Jackson, Robert Kent,
Th. Wright.
20 Jan. 1763, sworn to by Jackson & Kent in
the presence of William Dockery, heir at law, & the widow stood to
the will.
Liber 31, folio 827
14 Jan. 1763
WALTERS, ROBERT, Kent Island, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my son John Walters, the part of Dundee where
I dw., negro boy Limus, & negro girl Phillis.
To my son Benjamin Walters, the rest of Dundee on
the N side the road from the narrows of Kent I to the church, negro woman
Rumsey, mulatto girl Grace, ne-
gro girl Sue, the cattle, the hhold furn, & 1/2 the hogs on the
plntn he lives on..
To my grdson Robert Walters, on the d. of his father,
Alexander Walters, the part of Dundee on the S side the road from the narows
to the church & Walters's Addition to Kerbys Prevention.
To my son James Walters, Jamaco & 50a of Hope
adj., both on a br. of Hameltons Crk. in Chester Forrest in Queen Anns
Co., a good bed, & an oak desk.
To my 3 grddaus. - Ruth, Mary, & Anne Walters
- d. o. sd. son James, on his d., equ. div., negro woman Dinah.
To my grdson Jacob Walters, s. o. James Walters,
negro boy Tom.
To my grddau. Ann Blunt, negro boy Ceaser.
To my grddau. Susannah Walters, d. o. my son Alexander,
negro girl Moll, & if she d. s. p., to my grdson Alexander Walters.
To my dau. Susannah Latham, negro woman Dinah.
To my dau. Rachel Kirby, negrowoman Murrear.
To my son Jacob Walters, on the d. of his mother,
Elizabeth Walters, negro man Joe.
To my wife, Elizabeth, for life, these 4 negroes:
Joe, Phillis, Darkey, & Dafny.
Extrs: my wife, Elizabeth Waters, & my son John
Walters.
Witn: Francis Bright, Francis Bright, Jr., Charles
Webb.
17 Feb. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn. in the presence
of Alexander Walters, heir at law, & the widow refused to stand to
the will.
Liber 31, folio 829
13 Jan. 1763
HARRISON, RICHARD, Queen Anns Co., Clerk.
To my wife & extrx. [not named], negro boy Jem,
all my plate & chinaware, my watch, riding chair, & her choice
of any horse or mare.
To my son John, my dw. plntn. & land Holts Castle
Hill & Plain Dealing, which I purchased of Wm. Hemsley.
To my son William, my manor plntn. & land Ruths
Folly.
To my son Richard Everingham, Buck Island, near
the head of the long marsh.
To my extrx., my books, in confidence she will give
them to the son she thinks most proper.
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. betw.
my wife & 5 chldn: Ann, John, William, May, & Richard Everingham.
Witn: Andrew Hall, James Hackett, John Thompson,
James Hollyday.
16 Feb. 1763, sworn to by Hall, Hackett, & Hollyday
Liber 31, folio 831
29 Dec. 1762
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM, St. Pauls Parish, Queen Anns Co.
To my dau. Ann Walters, for life, my dw. plntn.
& lands adj. - 166a of Detteridge, 74a of Reason, & 66a of Lloyds
Meadows - all on Thomas's Br., & on her d., to my grddaus. Frances
& Sarah Walters equ. div.; also to her, negro men Lancashire &
Darby.
To my grddau. Frances Walters, negro woman Sarah
& negro boys Kitt & Will, s. o. Sarah, L 20, & 1/3 the cattle
& hogs on sd. plntn.
To my grddau. Sarah Walters, negro woman Jenny,
negro boy Henry, & 1/3 the cattle & hogs on sd. plntn., sd. stock
to be for the support of my sd. grddaus.
To my grddau. Ann, wife of John Ceder, negro women
Pegg & Young Pegg & her child Nan, L 20, & 1/3 the stock on
my dw. plntn.
To my grddau. Elizabeth, wife of Phillimon Green,
Walkers Square, on Thomas's Br., & if she d. s. p., to my grddaus.
Frances & Sarah; also to sd. Elizabeth negro woman Rachel, negro girl
Frank, & L 20.
To my grdson James Walters, negro boy Pompey, L
20, & his choice of any one of my horses on sd. plntn.
To my grdson Robert Walters, negro boy Phill, L
20, & his choice of any one of my horses or mares.
To my dau. Sarah, wife of John Sullivan, for life,
250a of Anthrape, in the fork betw. the SE Br. & Hambletons Br., to
include the part I bought of Dr. Rd. Porter, & on her d., to my grdson
William Hammond; also to sd. Sarah, negro man Joe & negro women Rose
& Easter which I lent her.
To my grdson William Hammond, negro man Simon.
To my grddau. Mary Roberts, negro man Cooper, L
10, 4 head of cattle, & 10 sheep.
To my dau. Mary, wife of Thomas Mooth, for life,
150a of Arathrape & 68a of Bishopton adj., which I bought of Nicholas
Clouds, & on her d., to my grdson
William Mooth; also to sd. Mary, negro man Young Joe & negro woman
Henny.
To my grdson James Mooth, negro man Robin &
L 10.
To my grdson William Mooth, negro man Charles.
To my grddau. Mary Mooth, negro man Tom & L
10.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Mooth, negro girl Moll &
L 10.
To my grddau. Margaret Mooth (or the youngest child
of my dau Mary by whatever name), negro boy Will & L 10.
To my grddau. Sarah, wife of Thomas Meredith, negro
girl Cate, L 10, 4 head of cattle, & 10 sheep.
To my son John Campbell, Hambletons Hermitage, on
the N side Hambletons Br., where he lives & John Sullivan keeps some
people & stock, & Adventure, 30a adj.; also negroes James, Henry,
Bess, & Phillis with all livestock & crops, furn. & plntn.
tools & L 30.
To my grdson William Campbell, negro boy Jemmy.
To my grdson James Campbell, negro boy Sam.
To my grdson William Hackett, Churnells Neck 200a,
negro boy Ben, & L 20.
To my grdson Thomas Hackett, 185a of Davis's Range
on Red Lyon Br. in the upper part of Queen Anns Co., which I bought of
Jeremiah Grassingham, negro
boy David, & L 20.
To my grdson Samuel Broadaway, when he is 21, negro
boy Emanuel & L 20.
Extrs: my friends Thomas Emory & Philemon Green,
to each of whom I give L 20 & a mourning ring worth 35 sh.
Witn: John Emory, Aquilla Beck, Isaac Leverton,
Robt. Loyd.
8 March 1763, sworn to by Loyd (who said Campbell
was "very ancient") & Beck, & 1 March 1763, John Campbell certified
he had no objection to his father's
will being proved. Witn: John Brown.
Liber 31, folio 837
12 March 1763
MOUAT, JAMES, Anne Arundel Co., Gent.
To Alexander Carvil, Sr., all my clothes with my
watch, silver shoe & knee buckles, & gold sleeve buttons.
To my godson Stephen Watkins, L 10.
Benjamin Pound shall be maintained by my e. for
life.
To my kinsman Capt. William Strachan, L 300 sterl.
To my nephew & extr., Dr. James Anderson of
Kent Co., the residue of my r. & p. e.
Witn: James Dick, Thos. Gassaway, John Jacobs.
21 March 1763, sworn to by Gassaway & Jacobs.
Liber 31, folio 838
5 May 1758
GOODRICK, GEORGE, Charles Co.
To my bro. & extr., Francis Goodrick, 552a of
Barbadose, where I dw., & if he d. s. p., to my 3 sisters Vialetta
Sewall, Mary Goodrick, & Ann Goodrick, equ. div.; also to sd. Francis,
slave Jeremiah, my hhold furn. & livestock except my horse Ranter,
& the residue is to be div. my sd. b ro. & 3 sisters.
Witn: John Theobalds, Henry Marten, Samuel Jones,
William Price, Richard Speake, Henry McPherson.
Sworn to 13 Feb. 1763 by Marten & Price &
25 same month by Speake, the heir at law being a minor was not present.
Liber 31, folio 839
5 April 1760
MEADS, EDWARD, Baltimore Co.
To my 6 chldn. - Sophia Baker, James Meads, Hannah
Ricketts, & Edward, Benjamin, & William Meads - my whole e. except
my wife's 1/3 equ. div.
Extr: my wife [not named].
Witn: George Presbury, Edward York, George Goulds[mith]
Presbury, Will. Robinson Presbury.
31 March 1763, sworn to by George Presbury &
Edward York, & the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 840
5 Dec. 1761
NORRIS, EDWARD, Baltimore Co.
To my son Joseph Norris, the part of The End N of
the High Bridge Br.
To my sons Edward, James, John, Thomas, & Aquilla
Norris, equ. div., the rest of my land.
To my dau. Susanna Norris, a bed & a horse or
mare.
To my dau. Mary Norris, a bed, a horse or mare,
& a saddle.
To my son Edward Norris, a bed & a horse or
mare.
To my son James Norris, a bed, a horse or mare,
& a saddle.
To my son John Norris, a bed, a horse or mare, a
saddle & bridle, & L 3.
To my son Thomas Norris, a bed, a horse or mare,
saddle & bridle, & L 5.
To my son Aquilla Norris, a bed, a horse or
mare, a saddle & bridle, & L 6.
Men's saddles are not to be worth more than 55 sh.,
& women's saddles not more than L 5.
To my wife, Hannah Norris, for widhood, my whole
e. r. & p., & on her d. or mar., the residue equ. div. among all
my chldn: Joseph, Daniel, Edward, James, John, Thomas, & Aquila Norris,
Sarah Treadway, Hannah Fulton, Elizabeth Taylor, Susanna & Mary Norris.
Extrs: my sd. wife & Daniel Treadway.
Witn: Joshua Bond, John Bay, Abraham Norris.
20 March 1763, affirmed by Bond (Quaker) & sworn
to by Norris.
Liber 31, folio 842
19 Nov. 1762
DORRUMPLE, WILLIAM, Calvert Co.
To my son John Dorrumple, the plntn where I dw.
except 50a at the head of sd. land I give to my son William.
To my 2d son, Henry, Norwood except 50a at the head
of sd. land I give to my sd. son William.
To my 3 sons John, Henry, & William my watermill
equally.
To my youngest son, Jesse Dorrumple, the parcel
I laid a warant of escheat on.
To my sd. chldn. - John, Henry, William, Alexander,
Jesse, & Rebeckah Dorrumple - the residue.
Extrs: my wife, Elizabeth, & my son John Dorrumple.
Witn: Rousby Miller, James Ward, John Convell.
21 March 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 843
18 Dec. 1762
SKINNER, HENRY, Calvert Co., planter.
To my bro. Frederick Skinner, on the d. of my mother,
Elizabeth Skinner, Scraps & Reserve, the land she dw. on.
To my bro. Elisha Skinner, 3 tracts - Blind Tom,
Taney's Right, & Addition.
To my 2 sisters, Mary & Amelia Skinner, the
lands descended to me from my grdmother Rebecca Skinner, relict of Adderton
Skinner.
To my bros. Walter & Benjamin Skinner, equ.
div., the residue of my p. e.
Extrs: my mother, Elizabeth Skinner, & my bro.
Truman Skinner.
Witn: L[eonard] Hollyday, John Barnes, Ellis Slater.
3 Jan. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Libeer 31, folio 844
8 Jan. 1763
TAYLOR, ISAAC, Calvert Co., weaver.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth Taylor, for life,
1/2 my p. e., & on her d., to my dau. Mary Taylor, mulatto girl Beck,
& the rest of that 1/2 my e.to be equ. div. a-
mong my 5 chldn. James & Isaac Taylor, Elizabeth & Sarah Sunderland,
& Mary Taylor.
To my son James Taylor, out of the other 1/2 1 sh.
sterl., & the residue is to be equ. div. among my other 4 sd. chldn.,
sd. Isaac to receive his part at age 21 & sd. Mary hers at age 16.
Witn: John Fryer, John Lawrence, Jr., John Lawrence.
7 March 1763, sworn to by John Lawrance, & John
Lawrance, Jr.
Liber 31, folio 845
21 Nov. 1762
COATS, DORCAS, Calvert Co., surprized with sickness.
To my dau. Elizabeth, 2 cows & calves, a heifer,
horse Breeler, & 4 young hogs.
To my grdson Christopher Baker, negro man Ben.
To my dau. & extx., Eleanor Baker & the
rest of her chldn. [except?] sd. Christopher, the rest of my e. equ. div.
Witn: Mark Breeden, Thomas Evans, John Greves, Jr.
16 March 1763, sworn to by Breeden & Greves.
Liber 31, folio 846
29 Nov. 1756
MACKALL, SUSANNA, Calvert Co., widow.
To the widow of my son Gabriel Parker & each
of her chldn., incl. my grdson George, 1 sh. sterl.
To my son-in-law John Chesley & each of his
chldn. 1 sh. sterl.
To my grdson Thomas Truman Greenfield, L 25 sterl.,
& to each of his sisters (Elizabeth & Rebecca), L 20.
To my son-in-law Gideon Dare & his wife &
each of their chldn. 1 sh. sterl. each.
To my dau. Mary Smith & her chldn. 1 sh. sterl.
each.
To my son-in-law James Weems & the chldn. he
had by my dau. Sarah, 1 sh. sterl. each.
To Elenor Ivey, widow, L 5.
The residue of my e. r. & p. to my son &
extr., James John Mackall
Witn: Thomas Mackenzie, Daniel Rawlings, Jno. Somervell.
4 June 1762, sworn to by Mackenzie & Somervell.
Vide further probate on folio [955].
Liber 31, folio 847
16 Feb. 1763, Jane Sandrous declined being extr. of the will of her
son [Craffort Mekelpen, Worcester Co., Liber 31, folio 852].
Liber 31, folio 847
2 March 1763, Ananias Hudson renounced the extrshp. of the e. of Richard
Hudson [Worcester Co., Liber 31, folio 854].
Liber 31, folio 847
30 Nov. 1760
DICKENSON, CORNELIUS, Worcester Co., Gent.
To my son Cornelius Dickerson, Addition to Limerick,
Part of Limerick, Whitsby, Cornelius's Choice, & Freemans Discovery
bought of Major Townsend; negro
Ben & negro woman Amey with her chldn. - Patience, Mingo, &
Sam - & 3 yrs. constant schooling.
To my son Josiah, Donahoes Second Choice (175a bought
of Daniel & Jas. Townsend), Smiths Chance 200a, Unlookt For, &
the 117a taken up by my resurv.
To my son Joshua Dickenson, 4 hogs, 2 sheep, &
4 negroes [not named].
To my dau. Grace Dickenson, 2 negroes [not named]
& 2 cows & calves.
To my dau. Luecria Dickenson, 2 negroes [not named]
& 2 cows & calves.
To my son Josiah Dickenson, 6 negroes [not named],
6 cows, 7 sheep, & 20 hogs, & he is to maintrain my son Joshua.
To each of my 5 chldn., a bed & 1 sh. sterl.
To each of my 3 sons, 1 negro [not named].
Witn: William Tull, William Scott, Edmond Dickerson.
Codicil, 8 Dec. 1760. To my son Josiah, the new
gun I had of William Knowles, to my son Cornelius, my buckenar gun,
to my son Joshua, my other gun. To my son Cornelius my still, & to
sons Josiah & Joshua its use.
Witn: Jocob Williams, Edmond Dickerson, Abraham
Cordray.
Sworn to 26 Nov. 1762 by Williams & 21 Jan.
1763 by Scott.
Liber 31, folio 850
14 Sept. 1760
HOUGH, EDMOND, Worcester Co.
To my wife, Hannah Hough, for life, the plntn. where
I live, & on her d., sd. plntn., Leeds, a lot in Snow Hill Town &
all my other lands to my dau. Sarah Hough,
& if she d. s. p., to my grddau. Hannah Elizabeth Hough, &
for want of heirs, to my grddau. Hannah Stuart, & for want of heirs,
to Elizabeth Copeland, Jr., in Lin-
ley in Yorkshire, Grt. Britain.
To my sd. wife, Hannah, for life, 6 negroes - Leeds,
Jacob, Jabo, Jude, Job, & Will - & on her d., 5 of sd. negroes
- Jacob, Jebo, Jude, Job, & Will to my grddau. Hannah Steuart, &
negro Leeds to my grddau. Elizabeth Hough.
To my dau. Sarah Hough, 8 negroes: Scipio, Shadrick,
Moll, Little Roda, York, Chester, & Great Roda & her child Loeisa.
To my sd. wife, 4 negroes: Jack, Bristow, Frank,
& Betty.
The residue to be equ. div. betw. my sd. wife, my
sd. dau. Sarah, & my 2 grddaus. Hannah Steuart &Elizabeth Hough,
but if either grddau. d. before age 16 . . .
Extrs: my friend Isaac Morris & my sd. wife.
Witn: William Whittington, James Johnson, Nathl.
H[opkins] Murray, Isaac Kellam
. Sworn to 26 March 1763 byWhittington & 1 April
1763 by Murray & Kellam, & 8 April 1763, the widow stood to the
will.
Liber 31, folio 852
3 Jan. 1763
MEKELPEN, CRAFFORT, Worcester Co.
To my wife, Esther, & my dau. Genne, 1/2 my
e. left me by my gtgrdfather Robert Crafort in Ireland & to my mother,
the other 1/2.
To my wife, Esther, 1/3 my m. e. & my horse.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my mother, Jeane Sandros.
Witn: Benjamin Phillips, James Thomson, John Thomson,
Sr.
3 March 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn., & 16
Feb. 1763, Jane Sandrous declined the extrship [on Folio 847 also].
Liber 31, folio 853
26 Feb. 1763
McCALY, ELIZABETH, [Worcester Co.]
To Easter Brittingham, my spinning wheel & a
pewter dish & 2 plates.
To my friend & extr., Jeremiah Brittingham,
the residue.
Witn: James Porter, Isaac Brittingham, Jr.
4 March 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 854
5 Dec. 1762
HUDSON, RICHARD, Sr., Worcester Co.
To my wife, Margaret Hudson, the 100a I bought of
Thomas Bowding & John Hudson, & for life, negro men Titus &
James & negro woman Phil, & then to my
3 sons Henry, John, & Ananias
To my son John Hudson, Lowas Choyces at the head
of Indian R. whichI bought of William Low, Rumbly March 25a, & negro
man Titus.
To my son Henry Hudson, negro man James & Brunt
March 25a.
To my son Solomon Hudson, the NW 1/2 of Harrigate,
1/2 the land I bought of Bulger, 25a of Powells Hamakes, 145a of Hardship,
& negro boy Levy.
To my son Ananias Hudson, the other part of Harregate,
the other 1/2 the land I bought of William Bulger, the rest of Powells
Hammaks, Hardship 350a, negro girl Sarah, & negro girl Phib.
To my dau. Rachel Pattey, negro girl Tammer &
negro boy Steven.
To my dau. Leah Richards, negro girls Pheba &
Sue.
To my 6 chldn. - John, Henry, Solomon, & Ananias
Hudson & Rachel Pattey & Leah Richards - on the d. of my sd. wife,
the residue equ. div.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son Aananias Hudson.
Witn: Josiah Mitchell, Caleb Tingle, Stephen Tilghman.
2 March 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn. & the
widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 856
9 Dec. 1762
WYAT, JOSEPH, Sr., Worcester Co., planter
To my eldest dau., Mary Wyat, a bed & a cow,
& for life,12a of Wyats Conclusion about the housewhere she dw. &
on her d., to my son John Wyat.
To my youngest son, John Wyat, 155a of Windsor Forrest,
25 1/2a of Wyats Conclusion, my black walnut table, & my hand mill.
To my son Nathaniel Wyat, my large Bible.
To my dau. Dinah Latchum, a pewter dish.
To my eldest son, William Wyat, negro girl Darkess.
To my grddau. Ziporah Wyat, the bed I lie on &
a 2-yr.-old h3ifer.
To my wife, Rebecca Wyat, for life, the plntn I
live on & my p. e., & on her d., the residue equ. div. to my 5
chldn: William, Nathaniel, John, & Mary Wyat & Dinah Latchum.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my youngest son, John Wyat.
Witn: James Tubbs, William Cobb, Daniel Coe.
23 Jan. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 857
10 Dec. 1762
JOHNSON, JAMES, Worcester Co., Gent.
To Thomas Davis, Jr., the land betw. his father
& the road & him, he paying 8 sh./a.
John Porter & his wife are to have the plntn.
they live on for life, & then it is to return to the proper heir.
To Henry Kelley, the land in his plntn. as far as
my line extends, he paying 8 sh./a.
To Baley Fisher, 100a where Benj. Biship lived.
To Mary Davis, d. o. John Davis, L 25 when she is
at age or mar., & to John Davis or his wife, L 25.
To my bro. Peter Johnson & aunt Jane Johnson
in England, equ. div., what e. I have on the Western Shore.
To Parker Selby, L 25 to see me bur. & to Peter
Shelle, L 25 to assist him.
To Joshua Sturgis, Sr., my lot in Snow Hill Town
& the river or cypress swamp lying thereto & John Haleses bond
for making it over.
To John Davis 100a beg. at his upper bounder, &
to John Davis, s. o. John Davis, negro girl Esther.
To Henry Willet, 3 negroes - Stephen, Phillis, &
David - & L 80 for his schooling.
The residue to Matthew Harman['s] dau. Ann, the
eldest dau. by his last wife, & if she d. s. p., to the next eldest
sister & the dau. of John Harman, s. o. sd. Matthew.
Extrs: my friends John Harman & John Davis.
Witn: John Boyd, Elijah Laws, N[athaniel] H[opkins]
Murray.
Sworn to by Boyd & Laws 30 Dec. 1762 & by
Murray 7 Jan. 1763.
Liber 31, folio 859
1 Feb. 1762
OLIVER, JOHN, St. Mary's Co., planter.
To my wife, Mary Oliver, Archers Hill 65a &
all my p. e.
Witn: John Stevens, Daniel Clocker, John Milburn.
22 Feb. 1763, sworn to by Clocker & Milburn.
Liber 31, folio 860
18 Jan. 1763
DELLIANS, JOHN, St. Mary's Co.
To my son Lawrance Dillian, The Inclosure, &
the profits of sd. land are to b e div. among all my chldn. till he is
of age.
To my daus. Ellianor & Elizabeth & the child
my wife is with, equ.div., all my other e.
Extrs: my sd. wife & Thomas Matthews, &
sd. Thomas & Ann, his wife, are to be grdns. to my chldn.
Witn: Benjn. Morgan, Henry Corbin.
31 Jan. 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 861
13 Dec. 1762
TAYLOR, THOMAS, Sr., St. Mary's Co., planter.
To my wife & extrx., Mary Taylor, all my e.
r. & p.
Witn: John Smith, Owen Allen.
15 Jan. 1763, sworn to by Allen.
Liber 31, folio 862
20 Jan. 1763
PAYN, JOHN, St. Michaels Hundred, St. Mary's Co.
To my mother, Elizabeth Harrison, all my e. r. &
p.
Extrs: William Harrison & my sd. mother.
Witn: John Langley, George Smoot, Thomas Crawley.
8 Feb. 1763, sworn to by Langley & Crawley.
Liber 31, folio 862
21 Nov. 1762
CLARKE, JAMES, [St. Mary's Co.]
To my sister Elizabeth Clarke, my horse, & my
mare to my sister Henrietta Brown.
To my bro. & extr., Joseph Clarke, my
saddle & cloths & 2000 lb. tob. he owes me.
To my sisters Elizabeth & Susan, each 500 lb.
tob.
To my cousin Bennett Spalding, 1000 lb. tob.
To my uncle John Clarke, a hhead of tob. in the
hands of my uncle Thomas Spalding that I lent him.
Witn: Michl. Spalding, Robert Fenwick, Ralph Taney.
2 March 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 863
25 Oct. 1762
WISEMAN, ELIZABETH, St. Mary's Co.
To my son John Wiseman, 2 negroes, Charles &
Phill.
To my dau. Ann Vanrishwick, a bed, pewterware, &
my clothes; also, for life, negro girl Terry, & then to be equ.
div. betw. my 2 grdshldn. Monica & Wilford Vanrishwick
To my son & extr., Richard Wiseman, 2 negroes,
Jenny & Joe, & a bed.
To my grdson Robert Wiseman, s. o. Richard Wiseman,
negro girl Dinah.
To my dau. Elizabeth Downie, mulatto boy James,
a bed, & a chest of drawers.
To my grddau. Peggy Leigh, negro girl Jenny.
The residue is to be equ. div. among my chldn: John
& Richard Wiseman, Mary Leigh, Ann Vanrishwick, & Elizabeth Downie.
Witn: Mary Kough, Henrietta Heard.
20 Feb. 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 864
3 Nov. 1759
STEVENS, JOHN, St. Mary's Co.
To Abraham Tennison, which was mar. to my dau. Mary,
1 sh. sterl.
To John Russell, my godson, s. o. William Russell,
my saddle, bridle, housing, & saddle cloth.
The residue - negro man Cesar, negro woman Cate,
&all my movables - to be equ. div. betw. my wife & my dau.-in-law
Ann Richardson, widow.
Extrx: my wife Elizabeth Stevens.
Witn: Charles Attwood, Jane Dunbar.
7 Feb. 1763, sworn to by both wtn.
Liber 31, folio 865
13 Sept. 1761
WARD, WILLIAM, St. Mary's Co.
To my dau. Elizabeth Harrison, 1 sh.
To my daus. & extrs., Mary Gardener &
Ann Ward, 34a of Quainton & 66a of Swanns Venture & my m. e. equ.
div.
Witn: Sam. Swann, Sam. Amery, Leonard Davis.
19 March 1763, sworn to by Amery & Davis.
Liber 31, folio 866
28 Nov. 1762
GREENFIELD, NATHANIEL TRUMAN, St. Mary's Co.
To my wife & extrx., Rebecca Greenfield, negro
fellow Frank, & to be sold to pay debts, negro fellows Peter &
Ben.
To my son Thomas Truman Greenfield, my black mare
Butterfly now with foal by Dr. Hamilton's stallion.
The rest of my p. e. (except negro girl Nell, which
my mother gave to my dau. Nancy) is to be equ. div. betw. my wife &
all my chldn.
Witn: Mev[era]l Lock, Thos. Greenfield, John Briscoe
Davis.
19 Feb. 1763, sworn to by Lock & Davis.
Liber 31, folio 867
16 July 1761
BRYAN, HENRY, [St. Mary's Co.]
To my wife & extr., Monica Bryan, a bed, a desk,
& for life, the land I bought of Henry Miles, & on her d., to sd.
dau. Eleanor..
To my dau. Eleanor Bryan, a book case & the
desk belonging to it & a bed.
To my dau.-in-law Monica Shireclif, negro boy Andrew,
& if she d. s. p., to my dau. Eleanor Bryan; also to sd. Shircliff,
my best square table.
To my son-in-law Thomas Shiclif, my 17 & 3/4a
of Greens Plot, provided he pay my dau. Eleanor Bryan L 6.12.
To my bro. Ignatius Bryan, my best suit of clothes.
To my dau. Eleanor Bryan, my land near Beaverdam
Manor, & if she d. s. p., sd. land is t be div. betw. my 2 bros., Ignatius
& John Bryan.
Witn: Robt. Cole, Robt. Mattingly, Peter Mattingly
3 Feb. 1763, sworn to by Peter & Robert Mattingly.
Liber 31, folio 868
26 March 1761
COLE, EDWARD, St. Mary's Co.
To my wife & extrx., Ann Cole, for life, the
part of Delabrooke Manor I live on.
To my grdson Ignatius Fenwick, on the d. of my wife,
the part of land beg. at the head of Sams Cove of St. Cuthbert's Crk..
. .
To my grdson Francis Brooke, L 50 sterl. toward
his schooling & the rest of sd. land, but if he take holy orders or
d. s. p., to my grdson Ignatius Fenwick; also to sd. Francis, if he not
take holy orders & live to age 21, 4 negroes apprd. in the e. of James
Brooke, father to sd. Francis: Will, Primas, Barbery, & Charity.
To my grdson James Cole, Partnership, in Charles
Co. near Zacchia Manor.
To my grdson John Smith, L 50 sterl. toward his
schooling.
To my grddau. Jane Smith, if she live to age 18,
L 20
To my sons Joseph & Robert Cole & my daus.
Mary Fenwick & Elizabeth Brooke, L 5 sterl. apiece & to my son
Henry Cole, L 10 sterl.
The residue is to be equ. div. amongst the chldn
of my dau. Mary Fenwick, except. her sons Ignatius & Edward Fenwick
Witn: Athan[asiu]s Ford, Cuthbert Fenwick, George Fenwick.
Codicil, 27 Sept. 1762. Witn: Athans.
Ford.
21 Dec. 1762, sworn to by Ford & George Fenwick
Liber 31, folio 870
13 June 1762
NUTTHILL, ELIZABETH, St. Mary's Co., drawing near the confines of eternity.
To my dau. Mary Atkinson, a bed & 1/2 my pewter
& pots.
To my dau. Margaret Brunt Nutthill, a bed, 1/2 my
pewter & pots, largest teakettle, red cloak, cubboard, & set of
tea ware.
To my dau. Ariminta Nutthill &nmy grddau. Ann
Nutthall, each a bed to be kept by my sd. dau, Margaret till she is 18
or mar.
To my daus. Mary Brunt Atkinson & Margaret Brant
Nutthall, the rest of my e.
Extrs: my son-in-law Joshua Atkinson & my dau.
Margaret Brunt Nutthall.
Witn: Thos. Vowels, Susanna Vowles, Bennett Cox,
Abraham Weaver.
21 Dec. 1762, sworn to by Thomas & Suaanna Vowles
& Bennett Cox.
Liber 31, folio 871
5 Nov. 1762
HULLS, LUKE BARBER, St. Mary's Co.
To my bro. John Hulls, 3000 lb. tob.
To my couzen Elizabeth Green, 1000 lb. tob.
To my couzen & extr., Cornelius Barber 80a of
Westham, negro man Ralph, girl Lucy, & the rest of my e.
Witn: Thomas Barber, John Fewel, Michael Branson.
18 Dec. 1762, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 872
10 June 1761
CHEW, BENJAMIN, Cecil Co.
To my wife & extrx., Sarah Chew, 1/3 my p. e.
To my son Benjamin Chew, the 360a I leased from
the Lord Proprietary on Clay Crk., which he posseses.
To my 2 sons Benjamin & Phinehas Chew, Perry
Neck Resurv., 575a beg. at 2 chestnut trees on the N side Perry Crk., alias
Mill Crk. . . .sd. Phinehas's part near Murty Mahons; also Lot 38 in Charles
Town equ. div. on Market St. with a line parallel to Calvert St.
To my sd. son Phinehas, negro boy Pompey.
To my 2 daus. Sarah Chew (alias Johns) &
Mary Chew, equ. div., the 375a, by a lease from the Lord Proprietary, formerly
poss. by Henry Baker.
To my 2 daus. Ann Chew & Henritta Chew, equ.
div., the 350a, by lease from the Lord. Prop.formerly poss. by Samuel Piggott,
& if any of my sd. 4 daus. d. before age 16 or mar. . . .
To sd. dau. Sarah Chew (alias Johns), negro girl
Suckey.
To sd. dau. Mary, negro girl Hagar.
To sd. dau. Ann, negro girl Phillis.
To sd. dau. Heneritta, negro boy Jem & negro
girl Nel.
To my grddau. Sarah Crockett, negro boy Joe.
To my 6 chldn. - Benjamin, Sarah, Phinehas, Mary,
Ann, & Henneritta Chew - the rest of my p. e.
Witn: Saml. Thomas, Saml. Crockett, Mary Thomas.
4 Jan. 1763, sworn to by Thomas & Crockett,
& the widow elected to have what the law allows.
Liber 31, folio 874
23 June 1757
PANTHAM, MARY, Cecil Co.
To my son William, all I possess.
Witn: John Stockton, John Thomas.
23 Nov. 1762, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 875
18th day 11th mo. 1762
CORSE, JOHN, Kent Co., yeoman.
To my son & extr., John Corse, my dw. house
& plntn.
To my son William Corse & my dau. Susannah Lamb,
each 1 sh. sterl.
My sd. son John is to make over 1/4 of a lot in
Charles Town & the money added with my p. e. & it equ. div. among
my chldn. - John, Timothy, Samuel, Han- nah, Withyann, Thomas Hynson, Martha,
& Mary Corse - & if my younger chldn. are taken from the care of
my son John, 4 of my negroes are to be taken & kept with them until
each is at age 16: Chester for Withyann Corse, Jacob for Thomas Hynson
Corse, Seaser for Martha Corse, & Palen for Mary Corse.
Witn: G[riffith] Jones, Michael Corse, Elizabeth
Walls.
16 March 1763, sworn to by Jones & Walls.
Liber 31, folio 876
31 Jan. 1763
STAVELY, JOHN, Kent Co., farmer.
To my son James Stavely, the house I live in &
230a adj.
To my son John Stavely, the remaining 150a of sd.
land.
To my wife, Margaret, 1/3 my p. e., & the residue,
equ. div., to my 3 chldn: James, John, & Mary.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my bro. James Stavely.
Witn: John Greenwood, Jr., James Greenwood, Sr.,
John March.
17 March 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 877
12 March 1763
WATSON, JOHN, Kent Co.
To my son Edward, all my lands, but for want of
heirs, equ. div. betw. my 2 youngest sons, John & Thomas, whom sd.
Edward is to give L 100 as they are 21.
To my 4 daus.- Elizabeth, Catherine, Margaret, &
Jane - equ. div., the residue of my p. e., & if any of them d. before
coming of age . . .
Extrs: my sd. wife [not named] & my sd. son
Edward.
Witn: Jno. Falconar, Saml. Thompson, John Donaldson.
9 April 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 878
30 Oct. 1762
PIPEN, JOHN, Queen Anns Co., unprofitable servant of God.
To my wife & extr., Rebecca Pipin, the residue
of my p. e.
To my sons Joseph, John, Jr., Robert, Solomon, &
Benjamin Pipen, & Rebecca Emory, each 1 sh.
Witn: Nathaniel Cleave, Jr., Humphrey Cleave, Richard
Cleave.
24 March 1763, sworn top by Nathaniel, Jr. &
Humphrey Cleave.
Liber 31, folio 879
22 Sept. 1762
TATE, GEORGE, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my wife & extrx., Catherine Tate, for widhood,
my dw. plntn., Jacksons Choice, & then to my son Robert Tate.
To my daus. Mary & Sarah Tate, equ. div., the
plntn on the 50a originally called Tims Arcadia & Tates Arcadia 193a,
& if both d. s. p., to Robert Tate & Hannah Hicks, equ. div.
To Robert Tate, negro boy Peter (on the d. of his
mother, Catherine Tate), a desk, & a case of bottles.
To Mary Tate, negro girl Daphne (on the d. of her
mother), & if she d. s. p., to her sister Sarah.
To Sarah Tate, negro girl Flora . . .
To Ann Mouson (d. o. Hannah Hicks), a bed &
a cow & calf.
All the hhold goods & livestock to be equ. to
my chldn: Robert Tate, Hannah Hicks, & Mary & Sarah Tate.
Witn: Philem[on] Murphy, Joshua Shaw, Matthew Bryan.
10 March 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presece
of Robert Tate, heir at law, & the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 881
26 Nov. 1762
SNEAD, AARON, Kent Island, [Queen Anns Co.]
I appt. my wife, Jane Snead, my extrx. of &
all my e. r. & p.
Witn: John Barnes, James Connor.
24 March 1763, sworn to by both witn., & the
widow refused to take letters testamentary.
Liber 31, folio 881
7 Sept. 1761
SEENEY, SOLOMON, Queen Anns Co.
To my son John Seeney, Barton, my dw. plntn, &
a horse colt that came of the old black mare.
To my son Nevil Seeney, Bradfords Addition 100a,
75a of Clouds Adventure I purchased of Richard Ponder, & a 2-yr.-old
colt Dolphin.
To my son Solomon Seeney, 112 1/2a of Clouds Adventure,
negro boy John, my 2d-best bed, L 10, & 2-yr.-old gelding Jack.
The residue of my p. e. to my wife, Ann, for life,
& then, equ. div., to my sd. 3 sons.
Extrs: my sd wife & my son John Seeney.
Witn: John Brwn, Andrew Hall, Joel Brown.
5 April 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
See the other part of this probate on folio [883].
Liber 31, folio 882
9 Sept. 1762
HITCH, JOHN, Somerset Co.
To my son Joshua Hitch, the plntn. he lives on.
See the remainder of this will on folios [883 &
884].
[folio 883, continuation of probate of Solomon Seeney's will:]
[Sworn to] in the presence of John Seeney, heir
at law.
The widow elected her 1/3 the p. e. & her dower
in the r. e. & renounced the extrship
[folio 883, continuation of John Hitch's will:]
To my son John Hitch, the plntn. he lives on, &
he is to have 150a, incl. it, of the S end of the land Joshua Hitch lives
on.
To my son George Hitch, the plntn. I live on, a
young mare, a new bed, other stock, pewter, & 3 flag chairs, &
if he d. s. p., equ. div. betw. my chldn. Joshua, John, James, & Joseph
Hitch & Baty Rencher.
To my dau. Sarah Talbard & son-in-law John Talbard,
1 sh. sterl.
To my wife, Baty Hitch, for widhood, the residue
of my p. e., & then to be equ. div. betw. Joshua, John, James, &
Joseph Hitch, Baty Rencher, & George Hitch
Extr: my son Joshua Hitch.
Witn: Joshua Humphriss, Nathan Colver, Stephen Ellis.
16 March 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 884
4 June 1762
DARBY, WALTER, Somerset Co.
To my wife, Sarah Darby, for widhood, my houses
& lands Batcherlys Chance & Darbys Addition & all my p. e.
To my sons Thomas & William Darby, after their
mother's widhood, equ. div., all of Batcherlys Chance & Darbys Adventure,
& if either d. s. p., to my 3 sons,
Daniel, John, & Benjamin Darby, who are to be of age at 20 &
whom I leave L 12 apiece.
To my dau. Mary Moore, negro woman Rose.
To my dau. Margaret Rider, negro girl Beck.
To my dau. Elizabeth Wright, negro girl Tamar.
To my 5 sons - Thomas, William, Daniel, John, &
Benjamin Darby - after their mothers widhood, the rest of my negroes.
Witn: Isaac Taylor, James Taylor, Jacob Right.
7 March 1763, sworn to by Taylor & Right, &
4 March 1763, the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 886
19 Sept. 1754
PEARCE, THOMAS, Cecil Co., to be bur. at the bur. ground, 2 perches
square, on my dw. plntn.
To my wife, Mary Pearce, for life, my dw. plntn.,
Gibsons Green, according to pat. of confirmation of 15 April 1751.
On her d., sd. plntn., equ. div., to my sons John
& Richard Pearce, & if John d. s. p., his part to my dau. Susannah
Pearce, & if Richard d. s. p., his part to my dau. Rachel Pearce.
To my grdson Benjamin Pearce, at age 21, a 3-yr.-old
horse & a suit of common broad cloth.
To my grsdson William Pearce, 1 sh. sterl.
To my sd. wife, the residue of my p.e., &n on
her d., to my 4 chldn., John, Richard, Susannah, & Rachel.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my 2 sons, John & Richard
Pearce.
Witn: James Porter, Edward Furroner, Richard Pennington,
Michael Earle.
21 Feb. 1761, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 887
20 March 1761
PILES, FRANCIS, Prince George's Co.[planter]
To my wife & extr., Sarah Piles, negro woman
Marcah & mare Jewell, but if she not abide by the will, what the law
allows.
To my son Francis Piles, negro man Charles.
Tomy son Josiah Piles, young negro fellow Primus.
To my son Leonard Piles, egro lad Phill.
To my son Bazil Piles, negro boy Ben.
To my son Osburn Piles, negro boy Nace & horse
colt Ranger.
To my son Henry Piles, negro boy Tobey & the
first colt my mare Phancy has.
To my sd. sons Osburn & Henry, equ. div., the
land I live on, which I leased of Benedick Calvert, Esq.
To my daus. Naomia Willett & Sarah Beall, each
20 sh.
To my sd. 6 sons, the residue equ. div.
Witn: John Sutton, Solomon Hardey, James Gibson.
22 March 1763. sworn to by Sutton & Gibson,
& 14 March 1763, the renounced the bequests & claimed what the
law allows.
Liber 31, folio 888
14 March 1759
CAVENOUGH, WILLIAM SHIRLEY, [Prince George's Co., planter], soldier
in 44th Ridgment.
To my sister Monaca Hilton, wife of James Hilton,
my extrs., a negro girl [not named] & a black horse & saddle &
bridle.
Witn: David Husband, George Lyles, Charity Muckmillian.
21 Feb. 1763, sworn to by Macmillion.
Liber 31, folio889
26 Aug. 1745
BEALE, JOHN, Jr. Charles Co.
To Mr. John Hawkins, Jr., of Prince George's Co.,
375a of Durham Freehold, on Port Tobocco Br., made over to me by 2 deeds
by my father [not named].
To my father, for life, 2 negro men, Nacy &
Durham, & on his d., to sd. Hawkins.
To sd. Hawkins, my extr., the residue of my e. r.
& p.
Witn: Richard Brooke, Thomas Hawkins, James Clarke.
11 March 173, sworn to by Hawkins.
Liber 31, folio 890
6 Oct. 1762
CULVER, CATHERINE, Prince George's Co., widow.
To my friend & extr., Henry Boone, for the use
of my dau. Catherine Miles, & on her d. her 3 chldn. - Eleanor Miles,
Henry Culver Miles, & Mary Miles - negro
wench Moll, Negro girl Sarah, 2 beds, other hhold furn, & black
mare Butterfly.
To my dau. Margaret Peirce, negro boy Charles &
a bed.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Truman, negro boy Dick.
To my grddau. Mary King, a sorrel mare colt branded
HC.
To my 4 daus. - Margaret, Monaci, Eleanor, &
Catherine - old negro wench Sarah, who is to choose 1 of the 4 for her
mistress.
The residue is to be equ. div. among my 4 sd. daus:
Margaret Peirce, Monaci Culver, Eleanor Dorsett, & Catherine Miles.
Witn: Thomas Brooke, Thomas King, Jr., John Sawcer.
20 Dec. 1762, sworn to by Brooke & King.
Liber 31, folio 891
28 Jan. 1762
HALL, MARY, Calvert Co.
To my son Richard Hall, negroes Will, Little Caesar,
Tom, Miriah, & Venus, my livestock, & hhold furn.
To my dau. Sarah Hance, widow of John Hance, negro
fellow Mingo.
To my grdson Gerrard Hopkins (s. o. Phillip Hopkins),
negro fellow Old Caesar.
To my grddau. Rebecca Hance (d. o. John Hance),
negro boy Nat.
To my son & extr., sd. Richard, the residue.
Liber 31, folio 892
31 Jan. 1763
BOND, RICHARD Baltimore Co.
To my son Richard Bond, 50a adj. William Andersons
tract, negro boy Jacob, & a bed.
To my son John Bond, 80a on Middle Ridge beg. at
70 perches from the beg. trees.
To my son Shadeach Bond, 70a on Round About
To my son Nicodemus Bond, the residue of the land.
To my dau. Ruth Gott, negro woman Dinah, her increase
to be div. at 3 yrs. among the rest of my unmar. daus.
To Jemima Ensor, the first child negro Dinah is
delivered of & the bed in the little room.
To Mary Bond, my dau., negro girl Flora & the
bed.
To my dau. Ann Constanty, negro girl Rachel.
To Phillip & John Pindell, s. o. John Pindell
& Eleanor, his wife, 1 sh. sterl. each.
To Elizabeth Pindell, d. o. sd. John & Eleanor,
a heifer big with calf.
To my dau. Elizabeth Cole, L 2 Penna. currency
The overplus to my 6 daus: Mary Bond, Jemima Ensor,
Phebe Bond, Sarah Bond, Helen Bond, & Margaret Bond.
Extrs: my son Nicodemus Bond & Richard Gott.
Witn: Wm. Hamond, Joshua Bond, Jonathan West, Oliver
Abbott.
11 April 1763, sworn to by Bond, Hamond, &West.
Liber 31, folio 894
26 Dec. 1762
BOND, PETER, Baltimore Co., innholder.
To my wife & extrx., Susannah, her 1/3 my e.
To my son Samuel Bond, my lands in the Barrens where
he is settled.
To my sons Peter Bond & Amon Bond, equ., my
dw. plntn., the div. betw. them the same as betw. my bro. Richard Bond
& me, but if either d. s. p., his part to
my son Edward Bond.
The residue, equ. div., to my chldn. Sophia, Karenhappuch,
Edward, Benjamin, Henry, Elizabeth, Christopher, Joshua, & Susannah.
Witn: Richard Gott, Mordecai Cole, Nicodemus Bond,
G[eorge] Bramwell.
11 April 1763, sworn to by Gott, Bramwell, &
Bond.
Liber 31, folio 895
28 Dec. 1753
HOLLIS, WILLIAM, Baltimore Co.
To my son William Hollis, Islington, part of Eling,
Swampy Point (running from the beg. to the head of Cod Crk.), & North
Union.
To my son Clark Hollis, Jeffrys Neck, the part of
South Union on the W side Abby Island Crk., & the part of Swampy Point
betw. the heads of Cod & Abby
Island Crks.
To my son Amos Hollis, Hollis's Refuss except what
George Channey & Wm. Osborn hold, 25a of Holly Hill, & South Union
on the E side Abby Island Crk.
To my son & extr., William Hollis, my right
to sell Broad Neck, Clements, & Clements Denn, the 250a that John Atkinson
lives on, the money to be equ. div. a-
mong my 4 daus.
To Amos, Catherine, Ann, & Mary Hollis, each
2 cows & calves, 3 sheep, & a bed.
Witn: George Channey, WilliamOsborn, Henry Garland,
Norris Dixon.
11 April 1763, sworn to by all 4 witn.
Liber 31, folio 896
25 Nov. 1761
HARRISON, WILLIAM, Sr., Calvert Co.
To my wife, Frances Harrison, L 40 sterl.
To my son & extr., Henry Harrison, Islington
282a where he lives, he paying L 20 to his bro. William.
To my son William Harrison, Brook's Discovery 200a,
one part bought of Col. Henry Cox & the other I bught of Anne Demillion.
I have given my dau. Mary the value of 1/4 my e.
I have given my son James Harrison 7 negroes [not
named] instead of land.
The residue is to be equ. div. betw. my 4 chldn:
my son Henry Harrison, my dau. Mary Hunt, & my sons William & James
Harrison.
Witn: Daniel Fibbens, Ann Kingsbury, Henry Wells.
Sworn to by Kingsbury & Wells 23 April 1763
& by Fibbens 25 April [1763].
Liber 31, folio 898
29 Nov. 1760
THOMAS, PHILLIP, Anne Arundel Co., in the 66th year of my age.
To my son Richard Thomas, the upper 270a of Perry
Point in Susquehanna R., Cecil Co., beg. at the mouth of Batemans Run.
To my son Samuel Thomas, the rest of Perry Point.
To my son John Thomas, the plntn. where I live &
20a of The Widow's Enlargement & L 200.
To my wife & extrx., Ann Thomas, 1/3 my e. r.
& p.
To my 5 sons - William, Samuel, Phillip, Richard,
& John & my [dau.?] Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Snowden - equ. div.,
the residue of my p.e.
Witn: Jos. Galloway, Robert Norris, Nathan Brashears.
31 Jan. 1763, afirmed by Galloway & Norris (Quakers),
& the codicil affirmed by Joseph & Richard Richardson (Quakers).
Codicil, 23 Non. 1762. Since I made my will, my
dau. Mary, wife of Robert Pleasants, is d. So instead of what I left her
in sd. will, I give to her dau. Ann Pleasant L 100 when she is 16.
Witn Joseph Richardson, Richard Richardson.
Liber 31, folio 900
26 Dec. 1761
SHIPLEY, ROBERT, Anne Arundel Co., planter.
To my son William, 191a of The Last Shift
adj. Whats Left 100a gave by me to him & negro man Ben.
To my grdson Robert Shipley, s. o. William, the
rest of Last Shift, 246a of Shipleys Search, with my dw. plntn., &
when he comes to age, 2 young mares . . .
To my son-in-law John Hood, negro man Harry &
Heister, his wife.
To my dau. Lois, L 20.
To my sons & extrs., George & William, my
elder chldn. having already had their portions, the rest of my p. e.
Witn: Vachel Dorsey, John Whips, Thomas Sellman.
9 March 1763, sworn to by Dorsey & Whipps.
Liber 31, folio 901
17 Nov. 1761
BOONE, ELIZABETH, Anne Arundel Co., widow.
To my son & extr., Humphry Boone, negro woman
Hannah.
To my grdson John Boone, s. o. Thomas Boone, at
age 21 or mar., L 20.
To my son Thomas Boone, 1 sh. sterl.
To Ann Boone, wife of my son Humphry Boone, all
my clothes.
To my grdson Charles Boone, s. o. sd. Humphry, negro
man Paul, negro woman Judah, negro woman Phillis, her son Ezekiel, her
future increase, & the residue of my p. e., & if he d. s. p. before
age 21, to my grdson Stephen Boone, s. o. sd. Humphry.
Witn: Jno. Brice, John Thompson, Jubb Fowler.
30 March 1763, sworn to by Thompson & Fowler.
Liber 31, folio 902
5 Jan. 1763
SNOWDEN, RICHARD, Anne Arundel Co., iron master.
To my wife, 1/3 the residue of my p. e. & 4
16[th?] parts of Patuxent Iron Works & 4 16[th?] parts of my new forge
at Davis's Ford on the N Br. of Patuxent R. for life, & on her d.,
to my 3 sons Thomas, Samuel, & John Snowden
To my 6 grdchldn. - James, Roger, Richard, Basil,
& Thomas Brook & Elizabeth Pleasants, chldn. of my dau. Deborah
Brooks decd. - L 550 equ. div.
To the 4 chldn of my dau. Elizabeth Thomas decd.
- Richard, John, & Samuel Thomas & Elizabeth Richardson - L 550
equ. div.
To my grdson Evan Thomas & my grddau. Mary Thomas,
wife of Samuel Thomas at Susquehanna, chldn. of my dau. Mary Thomas decd,
each L 100.
To my grtgrddau. Anne Thomas & my grtgrdson
Phillip Thomas, chldn. o. my sd. grddau. Mary Thomas, each L 50.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Hopkins, d. o. my sd. dau.Mary
Thomas decd., L 100.
To my grtgrdsons Samuel & Phillip Hopkins, s.
o. my sd. grddau., each L 50.
To my grtgrdsons Richard Thomas, s. o. my grddau.
Mary Thomas, & Richard Hopkins, s. o. my grddau. Elizabeth Hopkins,
L 50 equ. div.
To my dau. Ann Crabb, L 200 & to her 5 chlldn.
- Richard, Ralph, Elizabeth, John, & Jeremiah Crabb - at age 21, L
350, equ. div., & 500a of Snowdens Mannour Enlarged.
To my dau. Margaret Contee, 500a of Snowdens Mannour
Enlarged & L 550.
To my dau. Elizabeth Cowman, 500a of Snowdens Mannour
Enlarged & L 550.
To my son Thomas Snowden, the N 1/2 of Williams
Range, 200a of Happy Choice, part of Josephs Neglect, & part of the
addition to Clarks Grove, to incl. the improvements where he dw.
To my son Samuel Snowden, the S part of Williams
Range, where he lives, part of Happy Choice, part of Clarks Grove, part
of the Addition to Clarks Grove, to
incl. 200a besides his 1/2 of Williams's Range.
To my son John Snowden, on his mother's d., 400a
near my dw. house.
To my sd. 3 sons, the remaining 12 16[th] parts
of Patuxent Iron Works with these lands: New Birmingham 12,260a, Snowdens
Intent 820a, 88a of Rutlands Pur
chase, Bassetts Beginning 200a, the rest of Clarks Grove, Addition
to Clarks Grove, & Josephs Neglect (perhaps 700a), 22a of Snowden &
Welch in Defiance of
Williams & Clark, Ropers Range 400a, Clarks Fancy 97a, Linthicums
Lott 1199a, Abrahams Fancy 100a, Williams Delight 143a, The John &
Thomas 300a, Ry-.
lyes Planes 172a, Woolfs Harbour & Addition to Woolfs Harbour 400a,
The Richard & John 517a, Wilsons Chance 38a, & 200a of Hollands
Lot - 17, 656a.
To my son John Snowden, 1000a of Snowdens Mannour
Enlarged adj. Samuel Rogers land The John & Jone & the land sold
Michael Bance & Benjamin Jo- seph Perry.
The lands I bought of Charles Carroll, Esq., where
my new forge is built - the remainder of Duvals Delight 1500a, 50a I bought
of Charles Hammond & his grdssons & grddaus., 16 1/2a I have of
Thomas Ijams, 14 1/2a I have of Joseph Penn, Soldiers Fortune 100a, Prudence
209a, Elfords Delight 176a, Purdams Dis-
covery 60a, The Addition to Do. 89a, Purdams Bit 11a, Part of Littleton
200a, part of Talbots Adventure 60a, the rest being sold to Thomas Benson,
weaver - sd.
12 tracts containing 2486a.
Extrs: my wife, Elizabeth Snowden, & my 3 sons,
Thomas, Samuel, & John Snowden.
Witn: Gerrard Hopkins, John Wayman, James Wilson,
John Waters.
12 March 1763, affirmed by Hopkins & Waters
(Quakers) & sworn to by Wayman & Wilson.
Liber 31, folio 907
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GILLISS, HENRY, Anne Arundel Co.
I authorize my bro. John Gilliss to convey my land
Richneck, on Curtisses Crk., until my son Joseph Gilliss is 21, but if
he does not convey it, my wife, Easter Gilliss, is to have her widhood
in 1/3 sd. land, & if my sd. son d. a minor, my sd. lands are to be
div. equ. betw. my 2 daus. Mary & Emealea Gilliss.
Extrx: my sd. wife Easter Gilliss.
Witn: Silvanus Pumphery, Jonathan Meegloclin, William
Pumprey.
Sworn to 8 March 1763 by McGocklin & 9 March
1763 by William Pumphrey.
See further probate on folio [944].
Liber 31, folio 909
15 July 1757
BURGESS, WILLIAM, Anne Arundel Co.
Upland, 224a on Gussis Br., is to be sold
To my son John Bugess, L 50 sterl. in land.
To my wife & extrx., Sarah Burgess, negro man
Charles.
To my 2 sons, William & John, & my 4 daus.,
Ann, Jane, Husley, & Sarah Burgess, my p. e. equ. div.
Witn: Richard Watts, Wllm. Disney, West Burgess.
23 April 1763, sworn to by Watts & Burgess.
Codicil, 9 April 1763. To my son Samuel Burgess,
who was not b. when the within will was made, L 50 sterl. or land.
Witn: John Burgess, Sr., Richard Burgess, Mary Burgess.
23 April 1763, sworn to by John & Richard Burgess.
Liber 31, folio 910
29 Dec. 1758
NICHOLSON, BEALE, Anne Arundel Co.
To my aunts Ann & Hannah Norwood, for life,
& then to my sister Ann Dorsey, Norwoods Beale 638a (except the part
incl. Rocky Neck 150a) settled on me
after the d. of my aunt Ann Rutland, formerly Ann Beale.
Witn: Edward Dorsey, Thomas Beale Dorsey, John Hammond.
6 April 1763, sworn to by Mr. Thos. Beale Dorsey
& Mr. John Hammond.
Codicil. 6 March 1763, Beale Nicholson, late
of Annapolis, Gent., now decd., who d. on the 8th day of trhe same mo:
Take notice now Garrettson: I give my whole p. e. to my mother besides
2 lots in London Town.
Witn., 8 March 1763: Corn[elius] Garretson, Eleanor
Dorsey, Elizabeth Dorsey.
6 April 1763, affirmed by Garrettson (Quaker) &
sworn to by Miss Eleanor Dorsey & Miss Elizabeth Dorsey.
Liber 31, folio 911
19 Dec. 1761
DUKE, LEONARD, Calvert Co., surprised with sickness.
To my bro. Basil Duke, all my e.
Witn: Easter Gray, John Greves, Jr.
16 March 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 912
13 Dec. 1762
EVANS, WILLIAM, Calvert Co.
To my bro. John Evans & my sisters Ann Pastre,
Mary Cullember, & Sarah Gardner, each L 0.2.6 sterl.
To my son-in-law Benjamin Tucker, negro boy Joe.
To my dau.-in-law Elizabeth Mugg, negro girl Moll.
To Elizabeth West, eldest dau. of my dau.-in-law
Ann West, negro girl Vina.
To my wife & extrx., Mary Evans, 3 negroes -
Genny, Easter, & Peter - & the residue.
Witn: Samuel Dare, Edward Blackburn, Isaac Gardner.
9 April 1763, sworn to by Dare & Gardiner.
Liber 31, folio 913
30 Oct. 1746
SMITH, JOSEPH, Calvert Co.
To my oldest son, Nathan Smith, the plntn. where
he dw. beg. at the Spring Br. & adj. Goughs Purchase (alias Turners
Pasture) & Harveys Old Field.
To my son Joseph Smith, his dw. plntn. beg. where
Ephraim Govers line crosses the gravelly spring br. . . . & a silver
tankard.
To my son William Smith, the old dw. plntn. where
I live with the rest of Goughs Purchase, my part of Mardike, 2 negro woman
named Kate, negro man Mingo,
the g. & c. left to his mother, but not to enjoy them till he is
19, & a dunn horse called Dunn.
To my wife & extrx., Lurana Smith, for life,
my old dw. plntn., negro man Mingo, implements, 1/3 my cattle (except what
I promised my daus. Elizabeth & So-
phia).
To my dau. Elizabeth Crossby, on the d. of her mother,
my chest of drawers.
To my dau. Sophia Smith, wife of Thomas Smith, a
bed.
To my dau. Susannah Smith, a bed, & the rest
of my stock, equ. div., to my 2 chldn. Susannah & William Smith.
Witn: Joseph Sulivant, Abraham Fowler, William Smith.
19 May 1763, sworn to by Sulivant (the other 2 witn
being d.), & the wife named extrx. having d. before testator, letters
of admin. granted to Wm. Smith,s. o.
testator.
Liber 31, folio 915
21 May 1762
MORGAN, THOMAS, Calvert Co.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth Morgan, all the
negroes that were hers when I mar. her, provided she pay her chldn. by
her former husb., Mr. Richard Roberts decd., theirjust dues by his will;
also to sd Elizth., for life, my dw. plntn., part of Garys Chance, &
negro man Califf.
To my dau. Mary Morgan, 2 negroes, Will & Frank.
To my dau. Elizabeth Morgan, 2 negroes, Benn &
Joy.
To my dau.-in-law Elizabeth Roberts, negro girl
Jain.
I leave 6 negroes - Nan, Fiday, Dick, Secor, Roger,
& Robin - equ. div. to my 4 chldn. Mary, Elizabeth, Thomas, & Jonathan.
If my wife won't stand to the will, my son Thomas
shall poss. sd. dw. plntn., & my son Jonathan the plntn.where I formerly
lived, part of Devise.
Witn: Mary Wilson, Thomas Freeman [of] Clifts, Joseph
Vanswaringgen.
9 April 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 916
29 Oct. 1761
TREISH, MARTIN, [Baltimore Co.]
His younger son, Martin Triesh, shall have the place
for L 60, paid L 10/yr.
The woman shall with the chldn. remain on the place
till the youngest child, Anna Barbara Triesh, is come of age & shall
yearly have 8 bu. corn, 5 bu. wheat, 1/3
the kitchen garden & the orchard, shall maintain a cow & a
fat hog & give 60 or 70 lb. flax seed & have 50 eggs for her maintenance.
Witn: Jacob Bernardier, Conrad Hulman, Philip Lautensleger.
See probate & will from which this is translated,
folio [607-608].
Liber 31, folio 916
19 Dec. 1762
FENDALL, JOHN, Charles Co.
My horses & mares, except my draft horses &
the 2 blooded stallions in partnership with Mr. Levin Covenington &
Mr. George Hawkins are to be sold, & the
blooded stallions are to stay & my wife receive the profits from
them.
To my son Benjamin Fendall, the land near Cedar
Point I bought of Benjamin Thomas.
To my wife, Sarah Fendall, for widhood, the rest
of my e. r. & p., & at her d. or mar., my r. e. to my son Benjamin
& my p. e. equ. div. among all my chldn.
But if she be with child & it be a boy, to him
at my wfe's d. or mar. . . .
. . . to my son Benjamin as well as his part of
my p. e., & he is to be under the care of Dr. James Bayard.
Extrs: my sd. wife, my father, Benjamin Fendall,
my bro. Phillip Richartd Fendall, & my friend Dr. James Bayard.
Witn: [The Revd.] Jacob Townshend, [Dr.] James Craik,
Elenor Linn.
8 Feb. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.; the heir at
law, being a minor, not present; & the widow renounced the will regarding
the land but accepted it regarding the p. e.
Liber 31, folio 917
13 Oct. 1760
CHAPMAN, MARGARET, Charles Co.
To Matthew Breeding's 4 chldn. [not named] 4 English
Sh., & to Thomas Jacson's 4 chldn [not named], 4 English sh.
To my grddau. Pretious Jones, negro man Charles.
To my grddau. Sarah Clements, 2 cows & calves,
a bed, 3 pewter basins, a pewter dish, & 6 pewter plates.
To my dau. Margaret Clements, a looking glass, a
bell-mettle spice mortar, & 1/2 my clothes.
To my dau. Sarah Jones, a looking glass & 1/2
my clothes.
Extr: my son John Chapman.
The e. unmentioned is to be equ. div. among my chldn.
Witn: Ignatious Adams, Edward Stone, Jr., Catherine
Kelly.
Liber 31, folio 918
3 Feb. 1763
NEALE, WILLIAM, Charles Co., to be bur. at the Chapple Point near my
2 chldn.
To my son Raphael Neale, the part of Chandler's
Hope & Chandler's Addition where I live on Port Tobacco Crk., a boundary
betw. Mr. John Hanson & my-
self , but if he d. s. p., to my youngest son, Francis Ignatius Neale.
To my wife, Ann Neale, for life, 1/3 Chandler's
Hope & Chandler's Addition running with Port Tobacco Crk. to the bridge
on the head of the sd. crk. by the main rd. to John Hanson's called Courthouse
John Hanson.
To my son Charles Neale, the part of sd. 2 tracts
beg. at the sd. bridge . . .
To my son Leonard Neale, on the d. of my sd. wife,
the land bequeathed her, but if any of sd. 4 sons - Raphael, Leonard, Charles,
& Francis Ignatious Neale - become religious or d. before age 21, the
surviving sons, not being religious, shall inherit the lands equally .
. .
To my son Francis Ignatious Neale, Lot #1 in Port
Tobacco, where my storehouse is, a lot where Gilbert McQuaker has a garden,
& a lot adj. sd. lot . . .
My sons Charles & Francis Ignatious are to be
sent home to be educated.
To my sd. wife, 7 negroes - Nicholas, Dick, Tom,
Rustin, Sambo, Clem, Jenny, & Lucy - & my clothes.
To my son Raphael, 3 negroes: Stephen, Bob, &
Mary.
To my dau. Clare Neale, 3 negroes: Joseph, Rachel,
& Jane, d. o. Lucy.
To my dau. Eleanor Neale, 3 negroes: James, Kate,
& Hannah.
To my son Charles Neale, 3 negroes: Mary's 2 chldn.,
Ned & Milly, & Lucy's dau. Nelly.
To my son Leonard Neale, 3 negroes: Basil, Charity,
& Chloe.
To my son Francis Ignatious Neale, 3 negroes: Peter,
Judith, & Teresia.
To my dau. Mary Matthews, 3 negroes: Charles, Grace,
& Sarah.
To my son-in-law William Matthews, all due from
him to me.
To the poor Roman Catholics of Charles Co., 20 pistoles,
as the Revd. Mr. George Hunter thinks proper.
To the Revd. Mr. James Ashby, 1 pistole.
To my son William Chandler Neale, 20 pistoles to
buy a horse if he ever return to this part of the world.
To my sd. wife, 1/3 my p. e. , & the other 2/3
are to be equ. div. among my chldn., my dau. Mary Matthews & any who
become religious excepted.
Extrx: my sd. wife, but if she d. before all my
chldn. are of age to receive their e., my son-in-law Wm. Matthews shall
be extr., & if he d., my son Raphael is to be
extr. . . .
Witn: Fred Stone, David Walker, Robert Mundell.
8 Feb. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn., the heir at
law, being in Europe, was not present.
Liber 31, folio 921
28 April 1757
SMALLWOOD, MARY,Charles Co.
To my dau. Elizabeth Smallwood, negro woman Judah
& the keeping of my grddau. Mary Ann Lovely till she comes of age,
but if sd. dau. d. before sd. grddau.
come of age, her care to my dau. Mary Ann Smallwood, & to sd. dau.,
my riding horse, bridle, & saddle..
To my son Willam & my dau. Ann Hopewell, each a mill
shilling..
To my 2 daus. & extrs., Elizabeth & Mary
Ann Smallwood, equ. div., the residue, but if either d. s. p., her part,
equ. div., to my other 2 daus.[not named].
Witn: Jno. Hanson, Sr., Jno. Hanson Youngest, Mary
Hanson.
8 Dec. 1762, sworn to by both John Hansons in presence
of William Smallwood youngest, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 922
8 Aug. 1760
JENKINS, SUSANNAH, Charles Co.
To my son George Jenkins, negro woman Sarah in discharge
of his claim to his grdfather & his decd. bro's e., negro girls Lucy,
Terry, & Fyda, negro boy Charles, & negro woman Harry.
To my son William Jenkins, negro woman Nell &
negro boy Jerry.
To Elizabeth Jenkins, wife of sd. William, my saddle
& bridle.
To my dau. Heneritta Semmes, my 6 silver teaspoons.
To my 3 sons & extrs., John, George, & William
Jenkins, equ. div., the residue.
Witn: Richd. Barnes, Marght Garner.
29 Jan. 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 923
2 Nov. 1761
FORD, EDWARD, Charles Co., planter.
To my son Alason Ford, negro woman Peg & my
land on the S side the County Rd., the land I had survd. in July 1760,
& the land I have a pat. for; that is, all the land I have a right
to on the S side the County Rd. except my land on the W of a path from
the sd. rd. by my fence to GeorgeScrogin, Sr.
To my son Charles Alason Ford, negro man Peter &
the rest of my land, & for want of heirs, to my son Allison Ford, &
for want of heirs, to my son John Ford, & for want of heirs, to my
son Notly Ford, & for want of heirs, to my son Richard Ford.
To my son John Ford, negro boy Jacob.
To my son Notly Ford, negro woman Nan.
To my son Richard Ford, negro man Nace.
To my grddau. Sarah Gwinn, 1 pistole.
To my grdson Edward Gwinn, negro girl Mary.
The residue is to be equ. div. among my 3 sons &
2 daus: John, Notly, Richard, Mary, & Ann.
My wife & extrx., Elizabeth Ford, is to have
the use of my whole e. during her life & is not to be thirded.
Witn: Robt. Yates, Joseph Joy, Jr., Phillip Joy,
Willson Cage.
10 March 1763, sworn to by all 4 witn.
Liber 31, folio 924
19 Nov. 1762
MADDUX, THOMAS, Somerset Co.
To my wife, Elizabeth Maddux, for life, negro man
Jack, negro woman Esther, & girl Cate, 1/2 my livestock, &
my house.
To my son John Maddux, negro men Will, Coffee, &
Ceasar, woman Sue, & boys Jack & Ephraim, 1/2 my livestock, a bay
mare, all due me from Mr.Levin Gale, & to him & my sd. wife,
the rest of my p. e.
To my dau. Ann Hall (wife of Zorobabel Hall), negro
wench Jane, boys Ben, James, Israick, Daniel, & Levi, & girl Sarah.
To my grdson John Jull, negro boy Peter.
To my grtgrdson Thomas Hall (s. o. Joshua Hall),
the child my negro Esther is now with.
Extr: my son John Maddux.
Witn: Lazarus Maddux, Lazarus Maddux, Jr., Edward
Waters, Jr.
23 Feb. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 926
1 May 1763
KITELY, WILLIAM, Baltimore Co.
To my son William Kitely, at age 21, negro boy Peiro,
negro girl Lucey, L 38.2 sterl. due fro Zachens Onion, L 49 Penna. money
in the hands of Mr. Hugh West
Atty. in Virginia; also my watch, gun, silver shoe buckles, a 2-yr.-old
mare from my bald-faced sorrel mare, & small black horse Prusia by
Mr. Robt. Adair.
To my dau. Rebecca Norris, for life, negro woman
Patience, & for want of heirs, to return to my son William; also my
sorrel mare Deborah & a bed.
To my dau. Rachel, negro girl Pegg.
To my wife & extx., Elizabeth Kitely, the blak
mare I bought of Smith.
To my 3 chldn., the residue of my e.
Witn: [the Revd.] Hugh Deans, Robt. Adair, Alexr.
Stenhouse
31 May 1763, sworn to by Adair & Stenhouse,
& the widow elected her 1/3 & renounced the device in the will.
Liber 31, folio 927
31 May [1763]
HAWS, DEARING, Baltimore Co.
To Walter Folley, Jr., L 6.
To Patrick Brannan, my velver coat & black velvet
jacket.
To Henry Orom, Sr., the rest of my clothes &
my chest at John Bond's.
To An Statia Orom, my extrx., the residue.
Witn: Walter Folley, John Cornelius Gash.
4 June1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 927
30 Jan. 1763
WRIGHT, WILLIAM, Chester Town, [Kent Co.], shoemaker.
I empower my wife, extrx., & grdn. to my chldn,
Ann Wright, to sell as much of my Lot 54 in Chester Town I purchased of
Elizabeth Cook as needed to pay my debts, & I leave her 1/3 my p. e.
& the other 2/3 to my 3 daus.[not named].
To my son William, the rest of sd. Lot 54 &
my NW moiety of Lot 52, where I live.
Witn: James Claypoole, Thos. Ringgold, Thomas Kinsey.
7 May 1763, sworn to by Ringgold & Kinsey &
affirmed by Claypoole (Quaker).
Liber 31, folio 928
24 March 1763
MACCUBBIN, Mr. CHARLES, Kent Co., planter.
My land is to be equ. div. betw. my bro. Moses Mecubin
& my 2 sisters, Eleanor Howard & Mary Wayman.
The rest of my e. in the same form, except negro
boy Jacob & a bed & L 25 - dollars @ L 0.7.6/dollar to Mary
Bedding , d. o. William Bedding.
Extr: my cousin Nicholas Maccubin.
Witn: Jno. Crew, Robert Ford, James Norris.
8 June 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
[See renunciation of Nicholas Maccubbin, folio 1018.]
Liber 31, folio 929
6 Aug. 1761
BAXTER, [Col.] JAMES, Cecil Co., merchant.
To my son & extr., William Baxter, negro lad
Ned & the plntn. & lands where I live, he paying my 3 daus. Elizabeth,
Mary, & Rachel each L 100 Penna. money.
To my son Joseph Baxter, little negro boy Frederick
& Rich Hill, 200a on Susquehanna R. where James Whitelock lives, but
if my son-in-law William Bradford inclines to purchase sd. land, he is
to have it for L 200; also to sd. son Joseph, at age 20, my watch.
To my dau. Elizabeth Baxter, mulatto girl slave
Nan.
To my dau. Mary Waugh Baxter, negro girl Luce.
To my dau. Rachel Baxter, negro girl Jugg.
To my dau. Grace Smith, the wages of my negro man
Will
The residue is to be equ. div. among my 2 sons,
William & Joseph Baxter, & my 3 daus., Elizabeth, Mary, & Rachel
Baxter.
Witn: John Veazey, Jr., Wm. Savin, Benjn. Moody,
Charles Coatts.
26 May 1763, sworn to by all 4 witn.
Liber 31, folio 930
30 May 1763
GREENFIELD, WILLIAM, Baltimore Co.
To my son & extr., Micajah Greenfield, Part
of Greenfield's Double Purchase where I [live], my right of Collingham,
my still, hand mill, & great Bible.
Partial distribiution: John Coatneys wife's heirs
L 18.5.0; John Deavers [wife's heirs] L 14.11.0;
William Debrulers [wife's heirs] L 13.5.6;
James Greenfield L 25.11.6; William Greenfield
L 14.17.0; John Watkins L 14.1.6; Micajah
Greenfield L 15.10.0.
Witn: John Wood, Samuel Webster, Greenberry Dorsey.
21 June 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 931
21 July 1763, Thomas Evans swore that he saw Adam
Muir, the testator, sign the foregoing will & heard him declare it
to be his last will & he & Joseph Ennalls
signed their name & mark.
See will of Adam Muir recorded in Liber [25. folio
298].
Liber 31, folio 931
16 April 1763
JACKSON, PATIENCE, Baltimore Co.
To my son Thomas Jackson, negro boy Jeffery mentioned
in my father's will to my son William Jackson decd.
The residue with the increase of my negro wench
Biner to be equ. div. betw. my 2 sons George & Thomas Jackson except
a young horse colt & my husband's clothes & wheelwright tools,
which I give to Heanrey Jackson.
Extr: my friend Samuel Clark.
Witn: Chas. Harryman, John Babbs, Elizabeth Warrenton.
23 June 1763, sworn to by Harryman & Babbs.
Liber 31, folio 932
14 Feb. 1763
GARRETTSON, JAMES, Baltimore Co.
To my son Garrett Garrettson, negro girl Amy.
The residue of my p. e. is to be div.equ. among
my 7 chldn: Garrett, Elizabeth, Frances, Martha, Mary, James, & Bennett.
Extrs: my bro. Garrett Garrettson & my wife
[not named].
Witn: Greenberry Dorsey, Jr., John Clark, Josias
Reeves.
9 June 1763, sworn to by Clark & Reeves.
Liber 31, folio 933
12 April 1762
HOWARD, JOANNA, St. Thomas Parish, Baltimore Co., widow.
To my son & extr., Cornelius Howard of Baltimore
Co., all my e.
Witn: Saml. Owings, John Ford, G[eorge] Bramwell.
8 June 1763, sworn to by Owings & Ford.
Liber 31, folio 934
1 June 1751
DEENE, ELIZABETH , Dorchester Co., spinster.
To my son John Deene, 2 cows & yearling, a horse
colt, & 1/2 my sheep.
To my grdson George Ferguson, a bed.
To my grddaus. Mary & Elizabeth Ferguson, my
clothes equ. div.
To my son & extr., Thomas Deene, the rest of
my e.
Witn: Benjn Keene, Benja. Keene, Jr., Matthew Keene.
. 2 May 1763, sworn to by Benjn. & Matthew Keene.
Lber 31, folio 935
10 June 1761
ANDREWS, JOHN, Dorchester Co., planter.
To my chldn. John Andrew, Jr., Thomas Andrew, Joseph
Andrew, & Mary Griffith, my m.e. equ. div.
To Richard Norman, my grdson, 100a of Hopewell,
on the NW fork of Nanticoke R.
To my dau. Jean Cannon, 1 sh. sterl.
Extr: John Andrew, Jr.
Witn: Thomas Gray, Isaac Charles, William Gray.
15 June 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 935
19 May 1763
COLES, JOSEPH, Dorchester Co.
To my dau. Dorothy, the part of Coles Indeavour
on the S side Gravelly Br., a bed, a pewter dish & 6 plates, a small
desk, & a cow & calf.
To my dau. Mary, a bed, a trunk, a dish & 6
plates, a sow & pigs, & a ewe & lamb.
To my dau. Rosamond, Charles's Promise & a cow
& calf.
To my dau. Betty, a pewter dish.
To my dau. Peggy, negro man Coffy after my wife's
d. or mar.
To my wife & extrx., Rosana, for widhood, all
my e. not legacyed to my chldn., & then my p. e. to be div. equ. betw.
my 3 chldn. John, Keziah, & Charles, &
each of my daus. Rosamond & Dorothy is to give 1 yrs. schooling
to my son John.
Witn: J[oseph] Hicks, John Airey, Robert Dines.
15 June 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 936
17 Nov. 1762
TAYLOR, THOMAS, Dorchester Co., Sub-Sherriff.
To my wife & extrx., Ann Taylor, 1/3 the residue
of my p. e. & my dw. plntn. & grist mill till my son Thomas Taylor
is 21, & if he d. s. p., till the next heir is 21, & she is to
have 1/2 sd. mill & plntn. for life.
To Thomas Chillcutt, 60a of Taylors Outlett on the
upper side of the main rd. from the NW Fork Bridge to Hunting Crk. Church,
laid out by Wm. Edmondson.
To my friend Mr. Robert How, my sd. son Thomas from
age 10 to 21 to be brought up.
To Thomas Connerly, s. o. Thomas, a tract to be
laid out according to a bond I gave his father.
ToEliza. Edmondson, gray mare colt Starr.
Witn: Danl. Sulivane, W. Wheland, Frances Taylor,
Mary Laton.
3 Jan. 1763, sworn to by Sulivan, Taylor, &
Laton.
Liber 31, folio 938
30 March 1763
SCOTT, EDWARD, Dorchester Co., planter.
To my wife, Mary, all my goods, & she is to
pay my debts.
Witn: John Anderton, Jr., John Dannerly, Molly Scott.
16 June 1763, sworn to by Anderton & Scott.
Liber 31, folio 938
19 May 1763
BEALL, CHARLES, Prince George's Co.
To Basil Beall, s. o. Nathan Beall, 100a from a
bd. white oak of The Conclusion & a tree of Joseph Pope's & James
Tennyhill's lands.
To my housekeeper Charity Glaze, the dw. house where
Phillip Evans lives with 50a for life, cow White Face, heifer Pretty, mare
Pegg, all my beds but the best.
To my extr., Charles Beall, s. o. my sister Mary,
my bay mare colt Pattys.
To my sister Rachel Greenfield, all my sheep.
To my bro's dau. Amelia Beall, the residue of myn
p. e.
Witn: Thomas Gantt 3d, Jeremiah Lamy, Alexr. MacDonald.
10 June 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 939
1 Oct. 1757, York Town, Virginia.
REVILL, CHARLES. Somerset Co., mariner.
To my friends & extrs., William Miles &
Revill Horsey, all my e.
Witn: [Major] S[amson] Wheatley, William Stevinson,
Edmond Tabb, Thomas Archer.
Sworn to 7 Jan. 1763 by Thomas Archer of York Town,
Virginia, & 23 Feb. 1763, by Wheatley.
Liber 31, folio 940
8 Nov 1762
HENRY, HUGH, Somerset Co.
To my wife, Sarah, a bay mare, bridle, & saddle,
a bed, a case of drawers, negro man Paro, negro woman Sal, my riding chair,
& these books: Dr. Doddrige's Rise & Progress of Religion, Harveys
Meditation, Mr.Rowes Letters, Dickinson Dialogues, Doddriges Treaties &
Sermons, Gospel Sermetts, & Harveys Dialogues
To my son Isaac Henry, all my lands provided he
pay his bro. Hugh Henry L 30 at age 21, & if he d. s. p., the land
I gave him to his bro. James Henry, provided
he pay his bro. Hugh Henry L 30 at age 21. . .
To my son William Blair Henry, negro man Job &
L 12 in pistoles or dollars.
To my son James Henry, negro girl Chloe, my silver
buckles & gold sleeve buttons.
To my bro. James Henry, the grdnship of my sd. 2
sons, William Blair & James.
To my dau. Nancy Henry, negro woman Sophia, the
2d-best bed, & a case of drawers.
To my son Hugh Henry, negro girl Easter, & both
he & my dau. are to be under the care of their mother.
My son Isaac Henry I leave to the care of his grdfather,
Isaac Handy, Gen.
To my wife & my 2 sons, James & Hugh Henry,
the residue equ. div.
My sd. wife, Sarah, & my bro. James Henry are
to be ttees. for my chldn. & pay & receive all debts.
Witn: Thomas Handy, William Handy, John Henry, Dolly
Maclewer, Hannah Evans.
16 March 1763, sworn to by Thomas & Wm. Handy
& Hannah Evans, & 20 April 1763, the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 942
7 Dec. 1760
HANDY, ISAAC, Somerset Co.
To my son Thomas Handy, the land I purchased of
Rebeccah Bready alias Evens & the land I bought of Spence in North
Carralina, & if he d. s. p., sd. land to my son Isaac Handy.
To my son William Handy, 270a of Pemberton laid
off by Capt. Thos. Gilliss with a breadth of 20 ft.down the W side of sd.
tract to the land I bought of Purnall
Johnson & on to Mulberry Landing on the riverside, but if he d.
s. p., to my son Isaac Handy.
To my son Henry Handy, the rest of Pemberton, the
land I bought of Purnall Johnson, & The Surveyors Mistake, deeded to
me by my son George Handy, & if he d. s. p., to my son Isaac Handy.
To my sons George, Thomas, William, Isaac, &
Henry Handy, the rest of my marsh at the Ceadar Hommaks on Weighcomoco
R.
To my cousin Isaac Handy, my interest in the land
at Muddy Hole, where he dw.
To Thomas Willin, Sr., 225a of marsh he bought of
me.
To my dau. Ann Handy, 5 negroes - Will, Juda, Tamor,
Gim, & Lette - a best bed, a new case of drawers, & a black mare,
side saddle, & bridle.
To my son Isaac Handy, 4 negroes - Domanack, Ted,
Prew, & Jacob - the money in Mr. Bacons & Mr. Beels hands in England,
my troopers saddle & bridle, my pistols, holsters, caps, & silver-hafted
sword.
To my son Henry Handy, 4 negroes - Hercules, Moll,
Dinah, & Seasor - my silver knee, shoe, & stock buckles, &
the still, head, & worm.
To my wife, Ann Handy, 4 negroes - Jemaka, Roas,
Jane, & girl Fie.
The residue is to be equ. div. betw. sd. wife &
son Henry by the Revds. Hugh Henry & John Harris, my son George Handy,
& my nephew Isaac Handy.
Grdns. over my son Isaac Handy: Col. Robt. Jinkins
Henry, Capt. Henry Lows, & the Revds. Hugh Henry & John Harris.
Grdns. over my son Henry Handy: the Revds. Hugh
Henry & John Harris, my sons George & Thomas Handy, & my nephew
Isaac Handy.
My sd. wife is to enjoy 1/2 my plntn. for widhood,
& if she mar., 1/3.
Witn: Joshua Porter, Josiah Dashiell, Sarah Bartly.
24 Feb. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 944
23 July 1763, Silvanua Pumphry, witn. to the will of Henry Gillis [folio
907] swore that, with Jonathan McGloclin & Wm. Pumphry, he saw him
execute the will
Liber 31, folio 944
--- ---- 1763
BROWN, EDWARD, Queen Anns Co.
To my wife, Mary Brown, for widhood, the use of
Brampton, my dw. plntn., & then, equ. div., to my son Morgin Brown
& my dau. Catherine Brown, her part to be laid out on the lower side,
next to Spaniards Neck, & after her d. or mar. & the d. of sd.
son Morgin, my whole 125a of Brampton to my grdson Edward Brown, s. o.
sd. Morgin, but if he d. s. p., to his elder bro. , John Brown.
To my son John Brown, L 25.
To my dau. Elizabeth, wife to Absolom Sparks, negro
man Will.
To Mary Brown Hawkins, at age 15, L 4.
To my sd. wife, for widhood, use of the residue
of my p. e., & on her d. or mar., to sd. son Morgin, negro man George
& negro girl Hannah & to sd. dau. Cath-
erine, negro woman Darkey, & the rest, equ. div., to sd. son &
dau.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my sd. son Morgin.
Witn: Philimon Davis, William Carman, John Davis.
16 June 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn., it first
being made to appear that Edwd. Brown, [eldest] s. o. Edwd. Brown decd.,
is a minor; the widow stood to the will
& refused to accept the extrship.
Liber 31, folio 946
6 March 1763
COUNTISS, JAMES, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my son James Countiss, all that is left of Irish
Discovery & Dubblin after laying off 120a at the W end for my son John
Countiss.
To my son John Countiss, sd. 120a, & if either
son d. s. p., sd. lands are to be equ. div. among my daus. Rachel, Rebecca,
& Ann Countiss.
Extrs: my friends Chrisopher Cross Ruth & John
Vanderford, who are free to let out sd. lands during the minority of my
sd. son James..
Witn: Samuel Jackson, James Jackson, Sarah Vanderford.
16 June 1763, sworn to by Saml. & James Jackson,
& Christopher Cross Routh renounced the extrship.
Liber 31, folio 948
30 Jan. 1763
WILLIAMS, HENRY, Queen Anns Co.
To my wife & extrx., Mary Williams, for life,
all my lands.
To my son George Williams, after sd. wife's d.,
Salesburys Plains, where my dw. plntn. is, L 16 towards purchase of a tract
adj. from Col. Wm. Hopper, & the
lands W of the div. line (when extended across Williams's Fortune &
Williams's Chance) of John Walker & Henry Williams part of Salsbury
Plains; & 1 sh. sterl.
The rest of my land is to be equ. div. betw. my
sons Nathan & James Williams after my wife's d.
The rest of my p. e. is to be equ. div. betw. my
son Henry Williams & my daus. Margaret, Sarah, Mary, & Elizabeth
Williams
To my son Nathan Williams, my cain; to my son James
Williams, my little gun.
Witn: Charles Baker, John Holsen, William Saterfield.
12 May 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 949
11 June 1763
CLAVEY, JOHN, Anne Arundel Co.
To my daus. Margret Clavey & Elizabeth Cranford,
equ. div., this 50a, & to sd. Margret, this bed I lie on, & to
sd. Elizabeth, the other bed in the house.
To my dau. Mary Randal, the bed at Saml. Cranford's
& a great iron pot, & the rest of my g. & c. equ. div. among
allmy chldn.
Extr: Richard Randal.
Witn: [Mr.] Hugh Maguire, John Stevens, Edward Heus.
23 June 1763, sworn to by Maguire & Hews.
Liber 31, folio 950
26 July 1763, Richard Shipley, son of Adam, an extr. of the will of
Henry Ayton of Ann Arundel Co. [folio 731], renounced the extrship.
Liber 31, folio 951
24 May 1763
BROME, ALEXANDER, Calvert Co.
To my niece Mary Brome, d. o. John Brome, negro
girl Silla.
To my niece Ann Brome, d. o. John Brome, negro boy
Tom.
To my niece Ann Wilson, negro girl Rennis.
To my bro. Thomas Broome, negro man Tom.
To my nephew Wm. Broome, negro boy Joe.
Extr: my bro. John Broome.
Witn: Richard Hellen, yongr., Searth Hellen.
4 June 1763, sworn to by Richd. Hellen, Jr., &
Searth Hallen.
Liber 31, folio 951
24 June 1758
McDERMOTT, CHARLES, Kent Co.
To my 3 bros. Domnick. Peter, & Thomas, 10 sh.
The residue to Elizabeth, my wife & extrx.
Witn: G. W. Forester, James Pearce, Mary Forrestor.
6 April 1762, sworn to byG. W. Forestor & James
Pearce.
Liber 31, folio 952
4 July 1763
MAYHEW, JOSEPH, Frederick Co., farmer.
To my dau. Ann Walling, on the d. of my wife, Chidleys
Range 100a & Addition to Chidleys Range 80a, & if she d. s. p.
to George Hutsell, Jr.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth, negro man Will
& negro girl Phebe.
After my wife's 1/3 my p. e., the remaining 2/3
to the heirs of my dau. Ann, but if she have no more chldn., to her dau.
Elizabeth.
Witn: P[eter] Butler, Peter Stilly, Jacob Stilly.
2 Aug. 1763, sworn to by Peter & Jacob Stilly.
Liber 31, folio 954
21 April 1759
LITTON, CALEB, Frederick Co., planter.
To my wife & extrx., Grace Litton, 4 negroes
- Old Oatry & his wife, Sue, Young Oatry, & negro girl Diana -
all my goods not otherwise given, the crops pre-
paring, & for life, the plntn. I live on with 186a, 1/2 of Oatry
originally 405a.
To my son Caleb Litton, sd. dw. plntn., & in
default of issue, to my son Michael Litton, & for want of issue, to
my dau. Grace Litton (now Summers) . . .
To my dau. Grace Summers, negro boy Nace & negro
girl Sukey.
To my son John Litton & my dau. Johanna Hall,
each 5 sh.
Witn: Daniel Clary, Benjamin Johnson, James Johnson,
Thos. Butler.
12 May 1763, sworn to by Clary & Benjn. &
James Johnson.
Liber 31, folio 955
5 April 1763, Daniel Rawlings, witn. to the will of Susanah Mackall
[folio 846], swore that, with Thomas McKenzie & John Somervell, he
saw her execute the will.
Liber 31, folio 955
30 Aug. 1762
CHAPLINE, MOSES, Frederick Co.
To my wife, Jennett, for widhood, the plntn. where
I live & my 3 negroes, Tobie, Ross, & Judia, besides what rhe law
allows.
To my son Josiah Chapline, the part of the Resurv.
on Mount Pleasant S of the road from Swearingens Ferry to Frederick Town
& Josiah Bitt.
To my son Moses Chapline, the rest of the sd. Resurv.
with the original, on the N side sd. rd.
To my son William Chapline, 1/2 the lands purchased
in partnership with Peter Rentch on Kittortan Crk.
To my dau. Ruth Lintey, a negro girl of age 6 yrs.
or more.
To my dau.Elizabeth Chapline, negro boy Gabriel,
a horse & saddle, & a decent suit of clothes.
I sold Part of the Resurv. on Weldone to Alexr.
Grim for L 30 . . .
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. among
my chldn. Josiah, Moses, Wm., Elizabeth, Mary, Agness, Ester, Lydia, &
Lovica Chapline, except my dau.Ruth,
but if any of my chldn. d. before they come to age or mar . . .
Extrs: my sd. wife & Joseph Chapline.
Witn: John Perins, William Good, John Waller.
17 Nov. 1762, sworn to by Perins & Waller in
presence of Josiah Chapline, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 957
24 June 1762
DAVIS, THOMAS, Cecil Co.
To my wife, Rebecca Davis, her choice of all my
horses, & for life, 1/2 the lands bequeathed to my son Thomas Davis
excl. her 1/3 the lands I bequeath to my sons William, Joseph, & John
Davis.
To my son Thomas Davis, the part of The Levell on
the N side a br. of Back Crk. below my dw. house, 6 3/4a of Frisbys Prime
Choice, & 25 2/4a of Frisbys Farm I bought of Mr. Daniel Cheston.
To my sons William & Joseph Davis, equ. div.,
the part of The Levell on the S side a br. of Back Crk., Tullys Lot 12a,
Rattle Snake Neck 100a, Kings Delight 69a, Marys Jointure 57a, & Cockatrice,
20a on Rattle Snake Point.
To my son John Davis, 55a of Frisbys Farm, &
if he d. s. p., equ. div., to my sons William & Joseph Davis.
To my son William Davis, Pew #9 in St. Stephens
Ch., to my son Joseph Davis, Pew #25 in sd. ch.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son William Davis.
Witn: Jno. Ward, Matthias Hendrickson, Benjamin
Cox.
23 July 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 959
28 June 1763
TRAIL, CHARLES, Frederick Co.
To my wife Susanna Trail, for life, Trails Choice
50a (& on her d., to my son Thomas Trail) & 52a of Buxtons Delight
(& on her d., to my son James Trail).
To my son David Trail, 50a of Buxtons Delight on
the E. side of Mane Rd. & Addition to Trails Choice 50a.
To my son Charles Trail, Davids Industry, in Prince
George's Co. on the N side of Bealls Meadows.
To my dau. Jane Trail, a mare colt.
Witn: John Segar, Richard Watts, Matthias Gray,
Alexr. Grant.
1 Aug. 1763, sworn to by all 4 witn. in the presence
of Thomas Trail, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 960
21 July 1763
SCRIVNER, RICHARD, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my son Richard Scrivner, my dw. plntn., 100a
of Hackers Meadows, provided that at age 25 he pay his elder bro. John
Scrivener L 50.
Extr: my wife, Hester Scrivner.
Witn: Henry Councel, Wm. Ridgaway, John Scrivner.
11 Aug. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.; John Scrivner,
eldest son & heir at law, is a minor.
Liber 31, folio 961
29 March 1763
JONES, THOMAS, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my wife & extrx., Sarah Jones, for widhood,
my dw. plntn. with Jones's Venture 100a & my p. e.
To my dau. Elizabeth Herring, wife to David Herring,
my dau. Sarah Herring, wife to Edward Herring, my dau. Jane Copes, wife
to Robert Copes, & my dau. Rebecka Barcos, wife of Thomas Barcos, 1
sh. sterl. apiece.
To my son Thomas Jones, Jones's Lott, 100a adj.
my dw. plntn.
To my son Sollomon Jones, Sarah's Portion, 50a adj.
land of Thomas Jackson, Jr.
To my son Daniel Jones, after the widhood of his
mother, Sarah Jones, my sd. dw. plntn.
To my son Sollomon Jones & my 2 daus., Ruth
& Mary Jones, my p. e. equ. div.
Witn: Jno. Smithers, Thomas Jackson, Nathl. Smithers.
4 Aug. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn ; the sons aof
the decd. are all minors; the widow stood to the will..
Liber 31, folio 963
16 May1762
COOPER, JOHN, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my son Richard Cooper, my dw. plntn. & Taylors
Chance 200a & the dw. plntn. in Dorchester Co. with 400a of the S end
of Dentons Holm.
To my son George Cooper, a bed & L 14 &
200a on the N end of Dentons Holmn, & if he d. s. p., to my son Richard.
To my dau. Deborah Emory, L 20.
To my son Thomas Cooper, 10 sh.
To my dau. Ann Everet, a bed & a linen wheel.
To my 4 grdchldn. Richard, Elizabeth, Abner, &
Thomas Roe, when they come to age, equ. div., L 35.14.9.
To my grdson Richard Cooper, s. o Richd. Cooper,
negro girl Phebe.
To my son & extr., Richard Cooper, negro Phillis
& the residue.
Witn: Solomon Kenton, Daniel Wheatly, Nathaniel
King.
18 Aug. 1763, sworn to by Wheatly & King &
affirmed by Kenton (Quaker); Thomas Cooper, eldest son & heir at law,
is in England, as Rd. Cooper alledges.
Liber 31, folio 965
15 Sept. 1763, William Lyon, witn. to the codicil to the will [Liber
29, folio 190] of Stephen Onion, Baltimore Co., swore to sd. codicil with
Ann Richmond & Francis Ingram.
Liber 31, folio 965
27 May 1763
SCOTT, JOHN, Worcester Co.
To my son Joseph Scott, negro man David.
To my dau. Sarah Purnall, negro boy Peter.
To my son William Scott, the plntn where I live,
adj. the land given to my son Joseph & on the R., & if he d. s.
p., to sd. Joseph; also to my son Wm., Smiths Folly, on the E side Divideing
Crk. & on the main rd. to Snow Hill, negro man Patrick, & a bed.
To my son Benjamin Scott, the rest of Smiths Folly,
in Somerset Co. (except what Angelo Atkinson takes with 100a that was Wm.
Dennis's that sd. Atkinson bought of Joseph Allen), provided he pay my
dau. Nilly Scott L 5 in credit in his own store; also to sd. Benjn., negro
boy Solomon, & a bed.
To my dau. Elizabeth or Betty Bruff, negro man Adam
& a silver spoon.
To my dau. Nilly Scott, my double case of draws,
a bed, a silver spoon, & negro girl Hagar.
To my wife, Elizabeth, negro women Phebe & Rachel.
To my sd. wife, my sd. sons Wm. & Benjn., &
my sd. dau. Nelly, the residue of my p. e., equ. div.
To Angleo Atkinson, the 100a of Smiths Folly old
Dennock Dennis gave to his grdsson Wm. Dennis on the W side the rd. from
Snow Hill to Devideing Crk. Br.
There shall be no admin. on my e., they all being
of age & everyone knows their own part.
Witn: Abraham Gibbs, Wm. Tull, George Tull.
8 July 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn., & after
the prob., the widow elected her 1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 967
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DUBBERLY, THOMAS, [Worcester Co.]
To my son Ezekiel Dubberly, the choice of the land
I live on or that where he lives, & the other to my son John Dubberly.
To my dau. Rachel Dubberly, a bed & a cow &
yearling.
To my wife [not named], the rest of my e. to be
left to her chldn.as she pleases.
Witn: Nathan Watson, Robert Watson.
3 Nov. 1762, the 2 witn. (being neighbors) signed
the will tho' the decd. was not in his senses & d. 2 or 3 days later.
Liber 31, folio 968
31 Aug. 1763
KETTS, THOMAS, Talbot Co.
To my son John Ketts, at age 21, black horse Peter,
the saddle he rides on, & my part of Stevenses Plains.
To my bro. James Ripper, sd. land till sd. son is
21, & he is to have my chldn. till they are of age & see that they
are brought up in the fear of God..
My p. e. is to be sold & the money equ. div.
among my chldn: John, Thomas,William, Elizabeth, & Mary Kettses.
To my sister Mary Sangston, my sd. chldn. in case
my sd. bro. d. before they are of age.
Witn: William Besswicke, Wlliam Sherwood, Philomon
Warner.
6 Sept. 1763, sworn to byn all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 969
16 [June] 1763
TAYLOR, JAMES, Worcester Co., his nuncupative will made at his own
house some few hours before his d. about break of day the 16 instant in
presence of his son Solomon Taylor & John Dukes.
To his son Samuel, his gun.
To his wife, Ann, to make corn for her & her
chldn., negro fellow Robin.
The chldn. mar. shd. have no more till those who
had received nothing had as much as they.
17 June 1763, sworn to by Taylor & Dukes.
Liber 31, folio 969
7 Nov. 1762
ROBARDS, SARAH, [Worcester Co.], her will by word of mouth.
To my dau. Harratt, 2 gold rings & 1 chest.
The residue is to be equ. div. betw. Harrait &
my son John.
Extr: Joseph Massey.
Witn: Cesar Godwin, Saluney Smith.
27 June 1763, Ceazar Godwin, of full age, swore
that, with her bro., Joseph Massey, he went to the house where Sarah lay
with small pox, & from the door (for
he had never had it) heard a voice he took to be hers approve sd. will,
& she d. some few days later.
29 July 1763, Sevany Smith swore that she attended
sd. Sarah with the small pox & on the 4th day after she was taken heard
her approve the will.
Liber 31, folio 970
8 Jan. 1760
CHAILLE, MOSES, Worcester Co.
To my dau. Mary Johnson, negro woman Esther, &
after my wife's d. or mar., negroes Flora, Will, Abraham, & Rose, 1/2
the residue of my p. e., & my r. e. in
Swow Hill Town.
To my grddau. Henaritta Mariah Johnson, negro girl
Silvia.
To my dau. Mary Johnson, 100a of Goshan, the land
I live on adj. Joseph Davis & John Townsend, not to affect the cleared
land or houses I live on.
To my wife & extrx., Mary Chaille, for widhood,
the sd. plntn. I live on, my lot & houses in Snow Hill Town, my negroes
& other p. e.
To my 5[sic] grdchldn. - Mary, Moses, Heneritta,
& Margret Chaille, s. & d. of Peter Chaille - on my wife's d. or
mar., negroes Pompey, Cudge, Prince, Pomo,
& Atta, & all my plate.
To my son Peter Chaille, on my wife's d. or mar.,
my dw. plntn., in the Indian Town near Snow Hill, 1/2 my r. e. in Snow
Hill Town, & 1/2 my p. e.
Witn: Wm. Allen, Joseph Nicholson, Joseph Davis.
6 May 1763, sworn to by Allen & Nicholson, Joseph
Davis being d., & the widow stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 972
1 June 1763
ADAMS, SAMUEL, Somerset Co.
To Caleb Boalden, Turke Trap, originally in Somerset
Co., but now in Worcester Co. in the br. of Broad Crk.
To my son Samuel Adams, the lands I bought of Jonathan
Tull in Freemans Br. & part of the land I bought of Stephen Coston
& John Harper.
To my son Philip Collins Adams, at age 21, the rest
of my land on the SW side Deveding Crk., & my sd. son Samuel is to
learn him the trade of house carpenter.
To my sons Saml. & Philip Collins Adams, my
part of Haphazard, land or marsh on the W side Morumsco Crk.
To my son Philip Collins Adams, negro boys Jack
& Bob, a bed worth L 5, livestock, 20 lb. pewter, 40 lb. pot iron,
& a horse or mare worth L 12.
To my dau. Sarah Addams, at age 21 or mar., negro
woman Pegg, the young bay mare, a bed worth L 6, livestock, 20 lb. pewter,
40 lb. pot iron, & 6 turned chairs, but for want of heirs, equ. div.
to my surviving chldn.
To my dau. Mary Adams, at age 21, negro boy Durram,
a horse or mare, side saddle & bridle worth L 15, a bed worth L 6,
livestock, 20 lb. pewter, 40 lb. pot iron, linen wheel, & 6 turned
chairs, but for want of heirs, equ. div., to my surviving chldn.
To my dau. Betty Addams, at age 21, negro girl Jien,
a horse or mare, side saddle & bridle worth L 15, a bed worth L 6,
livestock, 20 lb. pewter, 40 lb. pot iron, linen wheel, & 6 turned
chairs, but for want of heirs , equ. div., to my surviving chldn.
To my son Philip Collins Addams, at age 21, a still
cap & worm at Deviding Crk., farm implements, 1/2 my carpenters, coopers,
& joyners tools, & my watch.
To my son Samuel Addams, at age 21, after my wife's
wdhood, my lands & marsh on the E side Morumsco Crk., negro man Abram,
negro woman Ritto, my horse Projek, a bed worth L 5, livestock, farm implements,
20 lb. pewter. 40 lb. pot iron, & my long gun, & if either son
d. s. p., to my surviving son; also a still cap & worm I bought of
Caleb Boalding, the worm I bought of Teague Riggen, saws, 1/2 my carpenters,
coopers, & joyners tools, & he is to see that my 2 youngest daus.
- Mary & Betty - are taught to read, write, & cypher as far as
division.
To my wife, Sarah Addams, for widhood, the plntn.
in Merumsco, where I live, 6 negroes - Dick, Fancy, Will, Lucey, Ben, &
Phillace - & the rest of my p. e.
To my 5 daus. - Catharine, Ann, Sarah, Mary, &
Betty - after my wife's widhood, sd. 6 negroes, & to my 7 [chldn.]
- Catharine, Ann, Samuel, Sarah, Mary, Betty, & Phillip Collins - after
my wife's widhood, the residue equ. div.
Extr: my son Samuel Adams.
Witn: Samuel Matthews, William Addams, Jr., Elias
White.
5 July 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn, & 19 July
1763, the widow elected her 1/3.
Liber 31, folio 976
23 April 1763, Sarah Holland [Worcester Co.] resigned to William Purkins
the admin. of her bro. John Holland. Witn: Charles Collings.
Lib 31, folio 976
11 Dec. 1758
KENNOR, WILLAM, White Haven, Cumberland Co., [Virginia].
To my cousin Richard Kenner of Northumberland Co.,
Va., L 100, provided it can be raised from my e. above what is needed for
the ed. of my son John William Hicks Kennner before he is 21.
To my sister-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, the clothes
of my late wife, in possn. of her bro. Mr. William Hicks of Maryland, mercht.
The residue of my e. r. & p. to my sd. son,
& I leave his tuition during his minority to Mrs. Sarah Hicks of White
Haven, widow, who is to continue him at school in England, but if he d.
before age 21, 1/2 my e. to my sd. cousin Richd. Kenner & the other
1/2 to the chldn. of my bros. & sisters Mathew Kenner, Francis Kenner,
Elizabeth, & Nancy.
Extrs: sd. Sarah Hicks, & on her d., Henry Ellison
of White Haven, mercht., & the sd. William Hicks, Richard Hull, &
Thomas Jones of Northumberland Co.
Witn: James Wherry, James Wherry, Jr., John Finly.
The foregoing is a true copy of the original will
of Wm. Kenner in possn. of Mrs. Sarah Hicks 21 April 1762 by Henry Littledale,
Public Notary.
At a court held for Northumberland Co. 9 Nov. 1762
this copy was presented by Francis Kenner, who was granted admin. with
will annexed.
8 June 1763, St. Mary's Co., sworn to by Francis
Kenner.
Liber 31, folio 978
19 Oct. 1762
CARTER, WILLIAM, Sr., [Charles Co.]
Toi my son William, all my part of Bridge Town.
To my sons Freeman & Henry, equ. div., the rest
of my land.
To my wife & extrx., Mary, for life, all my
e., & on her d., all the negroes descended to me by the will of my
father, Wm. Carter, are to be div. among my 3 sons: to my son William Langly,
James, Sarah, & Jacob; to Freeman, Martha; & to Henry, Mary &
Young Sarah.
Witn: John Adams, William Thomas, Thos. Thomas.
11 June 1763, sworn to by Adams & Wm. Thomas.
Liber 31, folio 979
28 March 1762
HANSON, HELOISE, Charles Co.
To my sister Elizabeth Hanson, 2 negroes, Prisey
& Lizz.
Extr: my father, Walter Hanson.
Witn: [Dr.] Mungo Mushet, Jane Hanson, AnnMitchell.
3 June 1763, sworn to by Mushet.
Liber 31, folio 980
9 Dec. 1762
PATTON, ANDREW, Charles Co.
To Francis Clements, my mare & saddle.
To my friend & extr., Walter Hanson, in trust
& for the use of his negro woman Sarah, the rest of my e.
Witn: [Revd. Mr.] Thos. Thornton, [Miss] Margret
Hanson.
3 June 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 981
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MARTON, JAMES, Charles Co.
To my wife & extr., the residue of my e.
Witn: Thos. Davis, John Fagg.
15 June 1763, sworn to by Fagg.
Liber 31, folio 981
21 Oct. 1762
MITCHELL, IGNATIUS, Charles Co., joyner.
To my son Bennet, the 304a I bought of Jno. Payne
& a bed.
To my son Samuel, Mitchells Lott, L 25 starl. &
a bed.
To my son Ignatius, my dw. plntn., all my lands,
& a bed.
Tmy wife & extrx., Rachel, negro girls Suk &
Sal in possn. of Benidict Wheeler, & 1/3 my e.
To my son Richard & my 2 daus, Winifrid Ann
& Heneritta, the residue.
Witn: Elizabeth Jenkins, Prudence Mitchell, William
Eilbeek.
15 June 1763, sworn to by Jenkins & Mitchell
in presence of Bennet Mitchell, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 982
19 July 1763
DOYNE, IGNATIUS, Charles Co.
To my son-in-law William Leigh & my dau. Leigh,
for life, St. Barnards, which I live on, except the part on the other side
of the swamp adj. Wm. Mathews.
To my grddau. Dorothy Leigh, sd. land, but if my
dau. Suffiah have a son by sd. Wm. Leigh, sd. land to him, but if she not
have an heir that lives to maturity, sd.
land to my grdson Joseph Taney; I also give [to my grddau. Dorothy
?], negro boy Charles, s. o. Monica.
My grdson John Brooke may be paid what is due him
from his father's e. in negro kind out of my negroes in Calvert Co. (except
negro Charles & negro Jak),
provided he live to age 21 & return to this country not in holy
orders.
To my son Joseph Doyne, for life yearly, L 3.10
sterl.
To my grddau. Ann Mattingly if she live to age 16,
negro girl Agnes.
To my grddau. Dorothy Mattingly if she live to age
16, negro boy Sam.
To my dau. Jane Taney, all she owes me.
To my grddau. Dorothy Leigh, negro girl Philis.
To my grdson Thomas Taney, negro girl Sal, d. o.
Monica.
To my dau. Ann Brook, a cow & calf.
Extr: sd. son-in-law William Leigh.
Witn: Roger Smith, Jos[eph] Thompson, Blair Posey.
15 Aug. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn., the heir
at law being beyond sea.
Liber 31, folio 984
2 March 1763
EVEY, HENRY, Ffrederick Co.
To my eldest son, John Ivey, 5a on the N side the
land.
To my 2 sons Jacob Ivey & Joseph Evey, the 200a
apprd. for L 160, & the money for the land added by Isaac Housers warrant
shall be div. among my chldn.
To my wife [not named], 1/3 my m.e., & for widhood,
the place, & she is to have yearly 12 bu. wheat, 50 lb. well-broke
hemp, a 100-lb. swine, a cow & the
brown mare, a bed, & other p. p.
Extrs: Henry Funck, Isaac Houser.
Witn: Andreas Huber, Christian Biller, John Evey.
25 April 1763, Michael Trisler, who understands
both English & German, swore that this is a just translation of the
will.
16 May 1763, affirmed by all 3 witn. [German Protestants?];
John Evey is heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 986
26 July 1763
ELLIOT, THOMAS, Charles Town, Cecil Co., innholder.
To my dau. Elizabeth Hederick, L 50 & a good
bed.
To my dau. Peggy Hederick, L 50, a good bed part
of Lot #9, a large looking glass in one of the lower front rooms, &
the house & lot I live in with all my p. e.
if my son Thomas Elliott d. s. p.
To my grdsson Thomas Hederick, L 10.
To my dau. Polly Palmer, L 30, & to her dau.
Rebecca Palmer, L 10, & to my 2 daus. Elizabeth Hedrick & Polly
Palmer, 3/4 of Lot #23.
To my wife [not named], 1/3 my e.
To my bro. Joseph Elliott, the L 40-odd he owes
me, & to my son-in-law John Hedrick, what he owes me.
To my son-in-law George Hederick, 20 h.
Extrs: my friend Thomas Palmer & my son Thomas
Elliott.
Witn: Saml. Boude, And[re]w Coulter, Benja. Nelson.
8 Aug. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 987
27 June 1763
HOLLINGSWORTH, ZEBULON, Cecil Co., innholder.
To my dau. Elizabeth Veazy, 6 silver teaspoons,
worth 30 sh.
To my son Jesse Hollingsworth, 115a where Hugh Mehoffey
lived or lives.
To my sons Zebulon & Levi Hollingsworth, part
of Price's Adventure & part of Successor beg. at Fishing or Wharf Point
on the main br. Elk R. & running to the
div. line betw. Robert Evans & this testator, 75a of woodlands
on the NW line of Friendship, & The Cripple, 35a of marsh.
To my son Henry Hollingsworth the land I bought
of Simon Johnson adj. Friendship, Hollings Point (10a of marsh in possn.
of Adam Dobson), the SE corner of
Tolberts Marsh, & negro wench Janto.
To my son Jacob, my dw. house & the rest of
my dw. plntn., the rest of the woodlands below Dogwood Run, & 10a of
Swamp.
To my son Thomas, the cleared part of Friendship
W of Dogwood Run, where Richard Bradly lives.
To my son Stephen Hollingsworth, the SE 1/2 of Clements
Adventure not claimed by the heirs of Wm. Rumsey, & the other 1/2 to
the heirs of James Armstrong.
To my son John Hollingsworth, Worth Little.
My sd. son Henry is to pay to my son John Hollingsworth
L 50 at age 21 & to my son Samuel Hollingsworth L 65 at age 21.
My sd. son Jacob is to pay to my sd. son John L
50 at age 21 & to my sd. son Samuel L 65 at age 21.
To my dau. Lydia Hollingsworth, 1/4 Lot #82 in Charles
Town, a bed worth L 12, 2 cows & calves & L 50.
To my son David Hollingsworth or his grdn. annually,
L 7.10 paid by each of my sd. sons Zebulon, Henry, & Jacob.
To my wife, Mary, negro woman Lyn & negro girl
Peg.
My 2 sd. sons John & Samuel are to be kept &
schooled till they are 14 & then bound out.
To my cousin Adam Dobson, Successor 100a, where
he lives, & Hollings Point 30a on Mill Crk, & 10a of Hollings Point
willed to sd. son Henry.
My m. e. is to be equ. div. among my chldn: Zebulon,
Henry, Levi, Jacob, Lydia, Thomas, Stephen, John, & Samuel Hollingsworth.
Extrs: my wife, Mary, & Henry & Jacob Hollingsworth.
Witn: Nicho. Hyland, Jos[ep]h Gilpin, Alexander
Moody.
27 Aug. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 990
9 June 1763
[HAMMOND, WM.], Calvert Co.
To my son Wm. Hammond, small bay horse Prince if
he returns from sea; if not, to his bro Nehemiah.
To my son Aquila Hammond, sorrel mare Peg, a cow
& yearling with the the bell she wears & my saddle.
To Alason Cowman, black cow Blackey, a steer yearling,
a side saddle, a small desk, & a chest.
To Easter Cowman, cow Prittiy.
To my dau. Sarah Ennis, brown cow Colley.
To my son Philip Hammond, horse colt Ranter &
my gun.
To my dau. Priscilla Hammond, pyde cow Pyde &
yearling.
To Elizabeth Cowman, a brindle cow yearling.
To my dau. Mary Hammond, a black mare & a red
heifer with a white face.
To my son Nehemiah Hammond & my dau. Mary, mequ.
div., horse Spark & a bed.
To whomever takes my youngest chldn., to be some
support, 2 young steers.
The residue, equ. div. to Aquila, Philip, &
Nehemiah Hammond, Sarah Ennis, Alason Cowman, Priscilla Hammond, Eliza
Cowman, & Mary Hammond.
Witn: Daniel Armager, James Inness, Jere Leach.
10 Sept. 1763, sworn to by Armager.
[See additional probate folio 1055.]
Liber 31, folio 991
23 Oct. 1760
GRAY, THOMAS, Christ Church Parish, Calvert Co.
To my son Thomas Gray, the great desk & the
greatest looking glass in my house.
To my dau. Ann Freeman, 1 milled sh.
To my son William Gray, Gray's Addition 109 1/2a,
& for want of heirs, to my son Henry Gray, & my water mill, on
the same land, & a cow & calf.
To my son Henry Gray, negro girl Moll.
To my son John Gray, negro woman Thenar.
To my 2 youngest sons, Henry & John Gray, equ.
div., the residue of my p. e. except a suit of Sagathy to sd. Henry &
the rest of my clothes to sd. John.
Extrs: my sd. 2 youngest sons governed by Mr. James
Weems, Sr.
Witn: Joseph Vanswaringgen, Thomas Gos[lin] Hutchins,
Robert Aviss.
24 Sept. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 992
20 Jan. 1763
WILLIAMS, ELIZABETH, St. Mary's Co.
To my dau. Mary Williams, 1 sh.
To my dau. Susanna Williams, negro girl Hanner &
the residue of my 1/3 of my husband's e.
Witn: Will. King, James King, Jane Tarlton.
29 June 1763, sworn to by James King & Jane
Tarlton.
Liber 31, folio 993
29 Sept. 1760
NEALE, MARY, St. Mary's Co., wid. of Mr. Repheal Neale of Charles Co.
To my dau. Ann Thompson, 6 negroes - Joe & his
wife, Sarah, Clem, Bess, Tom, & Sarah, my waiting girl - my cows &
hogs, & all the bedding at her house.
To my grdson Rapheal Thompson, negro girl Lucy,
& to my grddau. Eleanor Thompson, negro child Sarah.
To my grddau. Mary Eleanor Comb, negro girl Rachel.
To my grdson John Francis Tawney, negro boy Tom.
To my grdson John Diggs, negro boy Lewis.
To my grdson Repheal Brook, negro boy Slem, s. o.
Nell.
I give my old slave Nell to the one of my 3 living
daus. she choose to serve.
To my grddau. Eleanor Diggs, negro girl Hester,
d. o. Nell.
To my 2 daus. Mary Tawny & Henerete Brook, equ.
div., the rest of my negroes & other e. except my mourning ring, to
the heirs of my son-in-law John Lan- kaster, my clock, to my son-in-law
Edwd. Diggs, & 1000 lb. tob. apiece to the revd. gent. who attends
at my d., to the poor, & to Anthony Roberts.
Extrs: my dau. Ann Thompson & my 2 sons-in-law,
Thomas Tawny & Bazil Brooke.
Witn: Jane Carbery, Ann Van Bishwick.
24 May 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 994
6 Feb. 1763
YOUNG, JOSEPH, Baltimore Co., Gent.
To my bro. & extr., Saml. Young of Baltimore
Co., atty at law, all my e. r. & p.
Witn: Vachel Worthington, Joseph Smith, Edward Tyler.
28 Sept. 1763, sworn to by Smith.
Liber 31, folio 995
12 July 1763
BROOKE, JOHN, Charles Co.
Eighty acres on the W side of Good Neighborhood
are to be sold to pay debts.
To my son-in-law Samuel Howeson, the rest of the
sd. land & the 12a of The End of the Scuffle he lives on.
To my son Wiliam Brooke, my leased land of Edwd.
Coal, all but what is in possn. of Stephen Howison & Peter Roby.
To my son Walter Brooke, after my wife's d., the
land I live on, Hopewells Amendments 125a, but if he d. s. p., to my son
William Brooke.
To my 4 eldest daus. - Elizabeth Stewart, Mary Howison,
Sarah Roby, & Jane Roby - equ. div., 4 sh. sterl.
To my wife, 1/3 the residue, & the other part,
equ. div., to my 5 youngest chldn: William, Susanna, Charity, Walter, &
Chloe Brooke.
Extrs: my wife, Sarah Brooke, & Peter Roby,
my son-in-law.
Witn: Jacob Latimar, Philip McRai, Elizabeth Butler.
27 Aug. 1763, sworn to by Lattimer & M'Rai,
the heir at law being a minor.
Liber 31, folio 996
25 May 1761
MUDD, ELIZABETH, Charles Co.
To my son Bennett Mudd, negro man Dick & the
tob. that comes due for his hire.
To my chldn. Thos. Mudd, Henry Mudd, & Elizabeth
Simpson, 1 sh. sterl. apiece.
To my dau. Mary Bibben, negro wench Jane & a
bed.
To my dau. Sarah Wathen, a bed & 1 hhead tob.
to pay the doctor, & anything left, to her.
To my grdson Ezekiah Mudd, s. o. Bennett Mudd, negro
boy Clem.
To Elizabeth Ann Salsbury, negro boy Peter &
negro girl Mary, & if she d. s. p., sd. negro girl Mary to my dau.Mary
Bibben, who is to have sd. Mary till sd.
Elizabeth Ann is of age
To my dau. Henerito Clemants, 1 hhead tob. due for
rent & a warming pan, & the residue, equ. div., to my chldn.
Witn: John Green, Edward Edelin.
19 Sept. 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 997
4 Oct. 1757
BOREING, SARAH, Baltimore Co.
To the Revd. Thomas Chase, rector of St. Paul's
Parish, L 20 sterl.
To William Askew of Baltimore Town, schoolmaster,
my extr., the residue of my e. r. & p.
Witn: [Mathew Coulter], Jonathan Hanson, Sr., John
Shephard.
12 Sept. 1763, sworn to by Sheppard, & Hanson
said he thought he signed as a witn. but didn't emember he saw the testatrix
sign the will.
Liber 31, folio 998
29 Jan. 1763
THOMPSON, THOMAS, Prince George's Co., planter.
To my wife & extrx., Cloe Thompson, for life,
the use of my e. p. & r. & then to be equ. div. betw. my 2 sons,
Charles & Thomas, who are to be of age at 18.
Witn: James Edelin, Joseph Thompson, Elizabeth Thompson.
8 May 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 999
14 July 1763
PRATHER, JOHN SMITH, Prince George's Co., innholder.
To my son Jeremiah Prather, 110a in Frederick Co.,
part of Deer Park & Bear Garden Inlarged convenient to 200a of sd.
lands I gave him before & L 60.
To my son Zachariah Prather, the remaining 310a
of sd. lands, a negro of his choice, livestock, a bed, other hhold furn.,
pewterware, & L 20.
To my wife & extrx., Elizabeth Prather, L 50.
To my dau. Eleanor Beall, L 20.
To my grdson John Smith Prather, s. o. Josiah Prather
decd., L 70 & gray horse Pompey with my saddle.
To my dau. Rachel Prather, the 1st choice of my
negroes, livestock, a bed, other hhold furn., pewterware, & L 20.
The residue of my p. e. is to be equ. div. betw.
my son Jeremiah & my 2 daus, Martha Odell & Rachell Prather.
Witn: Tho. Hallinary or Hilliary, Wm. Deakin, Thos.
Chittam.
3 Sept. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1000
15 Jan. 1763
HOWARD, PENELOPE, Prince George's Co.
To my dau. Susannah Frasher, a small bed, all my
clothes but a stamp cotton gown & cloak, & 3 yds. Irish linen.
To my dau.-in-law Mary Dyer, a stamp cotton
gown.
To my grdson Annocletus Dyer, 5 sh.
To my dau. Mary Edelin, the rest of my e.
Extr: son-in-law Philip Edelen.
Witn: Thomas Halloy, James Campbell.
17 Oct. 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 1001
12 April 1759
BEALL, LEVIN, Frederick Co., [Gent.]
To my extr., Mr. Walter Evans, my horse saddle,
desk, watch, rifle gun, & clothes.
My lands are to be equ. div. betw. my bro. Thomas
Beall & my sister Elizabeth Beall by my friends Walter Evans &
Andrew Hamilton.
Witn: Andw. Hamilton, Eliza. Evans, Jean Evans.
19 Sept. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1001
4 June 1763
HALL, EDWARD, Baltimore Co., planter.
To my sister Mary Lee & my sister Blanch Hall,
each L 200.
To my wife & extrx., Sarah Hall, for her care
in my long sickness, all my e., that is, the W part of Jerico near Deer
Crk. after 384a I sold to Ralph Smith are struck off, & Cranberry,
near Bush R., 600a where Luke Griffith lives.
Witn: Ralph Smith, James Phillips, Jr., Henry Smith,
John Jenkinson, Buchanan Smith.
27 June 1763, sworn to by Ralph, Henry, & Buchanan
Smith & Phillips.
Liber 31, folio 1003
2 June 1763
SOLLERS, BASIL, [Calvert Co.]
To my bro. & extr.,Rezin Sollers, negroes Jack,
Ben, Page, Abraham, & Frank, & if he d. s. p., my bro. James Sollers
shall have Jack & Abraham, my sister Ann Sollers Ben, my sister
Mary Sollers Page, & my niece Elizabeth Turner Frank.
To my bro. James Sollers, my clothes & my desk
& saddle.
To my bro. Rezin Sollers, my carpenters tools, horse
Rain Bow, & my mare Pleasant.
To my mother, Dorothy Sollers, the rest of my m.
e., & my bro. Rezin is to pay her for life L 1.10 per annum.
Witn: Samuel Dare, Peter Hellen.
1 Oct. 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 1004
9 July 1763
BLACKISTON, WILLIAM, Kent Co.
To my mother [not named], all my e. till my bro.
James comes to age, & then she is to give to him Sam & my colt,
& the rest to her pleasure.
Witn: Frances Blackiston, Joh. [P]age, R[ichard]
Miller.
25 Oct. 1763, both Page & Miller declared they
heard Blackiston utter the words in the avove nuncupative will.
Liber 31, folio 1004
30 Sept. 1763
COLE, PETER, Kent Co., planter.
To my son Peter Cole, my dw. plntn. & a hand
mill.
To my sons George, John, & Benjamin Cole, my
daus. Rebecca Cole & Ann, & Mary, d. o. my dau. Elizabeth, each
5 sh. sterl.
To my dau. Sarah Murphy, L 25 with L 25 I have already
paid her, & if she or her husb., John Murphy, desires to reliquish
the 2 sd. sums, she may come in for a
share of my m. e. to be div. betw. my wife, Elizabeth Cole & my
dau. Frances . . .
Extrs: my sd. wife & my sd. son Peter Cole.
Witn: John Eglin, Peter Newcomb, Edward Holeman.
26 Oct. 1763, sworn to by Newcomb & Holeman,
the heir at law was present, & Peter Cole, Jr., relinquished the extrship.
Liber 31, folio 1006
30 Sept. 1745
IJAMS, GEORGE, [Anne Arundel Co.]
To George & William, my 2 eldest sons &
extrs., my dw. plntn., 100a of Brite Seate, George's part on the side of
the br. where the dw. houses are & William's on the other, & they
are to pay my youngest sons, Jacob [& -----?] L 10 each.
My p. e. is to be equ. div. betw. my 2 daus. Mary
& Susanna.
Witn: Edmd. Wayman, Mary Wayman, Edmd. Wayman, Jr.
12 Aug. 1763, sworn to by MaryWayman & Edmund
Wayman, Jr., Edmund Wayman, Sr., bring d.
Liber 31, folio 1007
31 May 1763
DORSEY, BASIL, Anne Arundel Co., planter.
To my wife, Sarah Dorsey, for life, 1/3 the residue
of my p. e. & 1/3 the lands I live on & those adj. & these
11 negroes: Mingo, Isabella, Jacob, Jane (his wife), Pegg, her dau. Hazard,
Luci, Kate, Duk, Jack, & Andrew.
To my son Thomas Dorsey, these 3 negroes - York,
Bells, & Suck - & for his life, my land & houses at Elk Ridge
Lndg., & on his d., to my son Dennis Dorsey.
To my son Dennis Dorsey, these lands - Hobsons Choice,
part of Altogether, which I purchased of my sd. son Thomas & he purchased
of Lancelott Dorsey, & for want of heirs, to my daus. that survive
him - & these 7 negroes: Sam, Nick, Charles, Febe, Maria, Alce, &
Lydia.
To my dau. Sarah Burgess, these 3 negroes: woman
Abigail & girls Sal & Nan.
To my grddau. Achsah Burgess, negro boy Nick, s.
o. Abigail.
To my grddau. Sarah Burgess, negro girl Rachel.
To my grdson Basil Burgess, negro boy Amos, Abigail's
son.
To my dau. Ariana Dorsey, these 6 negroes: Will,
Young Toney, Ruth, Solomon, Charles, & Jane.
To my dau. Eleanor Dorsey, these 7 negroes: Tom,
Bett, Harry, Billy, Grace, Lonon, & Young Mingo.
To my dau. Elizabeth Dorsey, these 6 negroes: Joe,
Ned, Moll, Polli, Old Toney, & Nell.
To my 3 daus. Ariana, Elenor, & Elizabeth, equ.
div., Howards Range & the Resurvey on Howards Range I bought of John
Howard, s. o. Gideon, Middle Way
that I bought of my bro. Edward, & Howards Rest that I bought of
William Purdy.
If John Carmack still wants Walnut Ridge, the land
I bought of Nicholas Ridgly Warfield, my heirs are to make a good deed
. . .
For the education of my son Dennis Dorsey,
L 200 if he live to have it laid out for that use.
The residue of my p. e. to my 5 chldn: Thomas, Dennis,
Araina, Elenor, & Elizabeth Dorsey.
Extr: my son Thomas Dosey.
Witn: John Dorsey, s. o. Caleb, Joshua Dorsey, Joh.
Hawkins.
29 Sept. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn, & 24
Oct. 1763, the widow elected her 1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 1009
19 Oct. 1763
MICAN, WILLIAM, Annapolis. [Anne Arundel Co.], mariner.
To my wife & chldn. [not named], all my e.,
& I name Samuel Turnbridge extr.
Witn: Christian Kemp, Martha Marshall.
21 Oct. 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 1009
18 July 1763
CHAPMAN, WILLIAM, Anne Arundel Co.
To my son William Chapman, Burgesses Choice &
my lands adj., & if he d. s. p. before age 21, to my dau. Ann Chapman.
To my wife & extrx., Ann Chapman, negro girl
Hannah; she is to make over to James Disney part of Mitchels Chance &
part of Puddington sold him the 27th
last May on his paying 30 sh. sterl. per acre, sell Pratts Neck &
Pratts Security below the mouth of West R., a tract on Curtis's Crk. near
Patapsco R., & all my
houses & lots in London Town & Annapolis.
The residue is to e equ. div. among my sd. wife,
my son William, & my dau. Ann.
Witn: Jos[eph] Cowman, Lewis Stockett, John Glover,
Thomas Gassaway.
22 Oct. 1763, sworn to by Stockett, Glover, &
Gassaway & affirmed by Cowman (Quaker).
Liber 31, folio 1011
10 Feb. 1761
OLDHAM, EDWARD, [Cecil Co]
To my wife, Ann, the best room on the plntn where
I live, my best bed, negro girl Rose for life, L 15/yr., a horse or mare
with bridle & saddle, & a milch cow.
To my son William Oldham, L 40.
To my son Zebulon Oldham, Feneia Point, where he
lives, he paying my son Nathan Oldham L 25.
To my son Natham Oldham, Oldham Adventure.
To my son Richard Oldham, the part of Conneday Adventure
I live on, a negro boy, either George or Tom, my silver watch, & my
silver buttons to be div. among my 4 sons.
The residue of my m. e. to 3 of my chldn: my sd.
son Nathan, & my daus. Lydia White, wife of John White, Jr., &
Sarah Brown, wife of Edward Brown.
Extrs: my sd. wife, John White, Jr., & my sd.
son Nathan.
Witn: Margret Johnson, Henry Baker, John Bing.
4 Oct. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1012
10 Oct. 1763
LOVERING, RICHARD, Cecil Co.
To my wife, Mary Lovering, 1 sh.
To my 2 sons Daniel & Richard Lovering, jointly,
the residue of my p. e.
Extr: Thomas Lovering.
Witn: Robert Wren, Peter Lawson, John Holland.
10 Nov. 1763, sworn to by Wren & Lawson.
Liber 31, folio 1013
21 Sept. 1763
FARTADO, ANTHONY, Cecil Co., merchant.
To Susanna, my wife, 1/3 my whole e.
To my son Anthony & my dau. Barbery, the residue,
& to sd. Barbery, cow Lilly & to my son Joseph, my clothes, &
if both d. under age, all to my son Joseph.
Sd. son Joseph is to admin with my sd. wife.
Witn: James Medlicott, Francis O' Neall, James Reynolds.
26 ---- 1763, sworn to by Medlicott & Reynolds.
Liber 31, folio 1014
7 Oct. 1757
MORGAN, WILLIAM, Cecil Co., planter.
To my 4 chldn. - James, Elizabeth, Sarah, &
Anne Morgan - equ. div., the residue of my p. e. after the 1/3 of my wife
& extrx., Elizabeth Morgan.
To my son James, when he is 18, my part of Larimores
Neck Inlarged, & he is to pay to my sd. 3 daus., at age 16, L 10.
Witn: Robert Walmsley, John Fauley, Benjamin Money.
19 Oct. 1763, sworn to by Walmsley & Money.
Liber 31, folio 1015
23 June 1760
CLARK, JOHN, Cecil Co.
To my son Wiliam Clark, the 60a I live on, provided
he maintain his mother for widhood & pay my son John L 5.
To my 6 daus. [not named], equ. div., the residue.
To my eldest son, Samuel Clark, 1 sh. sterl.
Extrs: my wife, Elizabeth Clark, & my son William
Clark.
Witn: Peter Justice, Jr., William Sheeles, Nicholas
Key, Henry Baker.
Sworn to 3 Oct. 1763 by Baker & 4 Oct. 1763
Nicholas Kelly.
Liber 31, folio 1016
13 June 1763
GILBERT, JOHN, Frederick Co.
To my 3 chldn. - Margaret, Mary, & Elizabeth
Gilbert - equ. div. at age 16 my m. e.
My lots # 33 & #37 in Tanneys Town are to be
rented out till my youngest child, Elizabeth, is 16 . . .
To my sd. daus., equ. div., the money left me by
my grdfather John Gilbert in Jermany in the county of Lautern in the Electary
of Palliteno & the money left to my first wife, Mary Claroaperis by
her father Nicholas Peris in the county of Neystoot in the Electary of
Palliteno.
Extrs: Patrick Watson, Philip Preamer.
Wit: Abraham Hayter, [Ulrick Huber], [Peter Hufman].
6 Oct. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1018
21 Nov. 1763, Nich Maccubin renounced extrship of the will of Charles
Maccubbin (Kent Co.), [folio 928].
Liber 31, folio 1018
14 Oct. 1763
HILL, MOSES, Baltimore Co.
To my bro. Thomas Hill, my suit of Manchester velvet
clothes.
To my bro. James Hill, my suit of hair loin clothes.
To my bro. Aaron Hill, my suit of white broad cloth
clothes, which was my wedding suit.
Ti my wife, Margaret Hill, the residue.
Extrs: my wife, Margaret Hill, & my bro. Samuel
Hill.
Witn: Elizabeth Hill, Jas. Spavold, Amos Garrett.
3 Nov. 1763, affirmed by Eliza. Hill (Quaker).
Liber 31, folio 1019
31 Oct. 1763
STERLING, JAMES, Kent Co.
To my wife, Mary Sterling, Birth Right, my land
near Chester Town.
To my dau. Rebecca, Rousby's Recovery, the land
I dw. on, all my other r. e., all the sterling money I die with, all my
negroes (except Dick, Phill, Tom, Raine,
Ham & Hamlett, Sarah, her 2 chldn., & Little Sam), &
the residue of my p. e.
To my sd. wife, L 600, sd. negroes, & 1/3 my
p. e.
Extr: [not filled in].
Witn: Wm. Ringgold, Thos. Smith, John Scott.
21 Nov. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1020
26 Sept. 1763
ADOMS, DAVID, Worcester Co.
To my sister Sarah Adoms, a bed, & the rest
of my e. to be equ. div. betw. my sister Nanny Adoms & William Adoms
& Mary Ozeny & Sarah Adoms.
Extrx: my sister Nanny Adoms.
Witn: John Dolbe, Thomas Hinsle.
4 Nov. 1763, sworn to by both witn in Somerset Co.
Liber 31, folio 1021
22 Sept. 1763
MAFFIT, WILLIAM, Millford Hundred, Cecil Co.
To my wife, Mary Maffit, for life, 1/3 my e. r.
& p. & the use o my negroes & hhold stuff.
To my 2 sons, Thomas & Samuel Maffitt, on my
wifes' d., all my lands, provided that my youngest son, John Maffit be
provided with clothes & books & be kept
at school for 6 yrs & when at age paid L 60.
To my dau. Jane Elder, a L 50 bond due by Robert
Mackey, & to my dau. Mary Miller, L 10.
Extrs: sd. wife & oldest son, Thomas Maffit.
Witn:Augustine Passmore, Robert Lutton, John Scott.
2 Dec. 1763, sworn to by Lutton & Scott &
affirmed by Passmore
Liber 31, folio 1022
--- ---- 1761
WARD, HANNAH, Cecil Co.
To my son & extr., John Ward, 5 sh. sterl.
To my son Henry Ward, the residue.
Witn: Rachel Hall, William Morgan, John Hall.
23 Nov. 1763, sworn to by Rachel & John Hall.
Liber31, folio 1023
21 Nov. 1763
RULEY, SETH, Cecil Co., farmer.
To my dau. Rebecca Ruley, negro man Ned, but if
she d. s. p., to my dau. Martha, she paying my dau. Elizabeth Ruely L 35.
To my dau. Martha Ruley, negro girl Rainey &
my dw. plntn. during my lease, she paying my daus. Rebecca & Elizabeth,
yearly., 2/3 of what it is valued at.
To my dau. Elizabeth Ruley, L 70, & to my 3
sd. daus., equ. div., at mar. or age 18, the residue.
Extr: my friend Edward Veazy.
Witn: David Price, John Cann, John Ward.
28 Nov. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1025
15 April 1762
SWAN, THOMAS, Prince George's Co.
To my wife Catherine Swann, for life, all my p.
e.
To my [eldest] son & extr., Edward Swann, negro
man Prince & negro woman Anes.
To my grdson Thomas Swann, s. o. Samuel Swann, negro
girl Margre.
To my grddau. Eleanor Swann, a bed.
To my son Samuel Swann, negro boy Frank.
To my son & extr., Edward Swann, my other moveables.
Witn: Richd. Estep, John Ramsey Leach, Tho. Taylor.
14 Sept. 1763, sworn to by Estep, who said testator
was upwards of 97; 12 Sept. 1763, sworn to by Leach, who said he was summoned
by James Swan, grd- son to testator; 1 Sept. 1763, sworn to by Taylor.
Liber 31, folio 1027
15 May 1763
EASTWOOD, BENJAMIN, [Prince George's Co.]
To my wife, for widhood, my lands, & if she
mar., my son John is to have 2/3 sd. lands at age 21 & all of them
when she d.
To my sons John & Bazil, my clothes, to be made
into clothes suitable for them.
To my dau. Elizabeth, at age 16 or mar., a heifer
worth 40 sh.
After my wife & extrx., Elizabeth, has her 1/3,
the residue to my 6 chldn: John, Bazil, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, & Benjamin.
Witn: James Taylor, Ignatius Jones, Thomas Woodard.
22 Nov. 1763, sworn to by Jones & Woodward.
Liber 31, folio 1028
24 Sept. 1763
PERKINS, JOHN, Prince George's Co., planter.
My married chldn. shall not have any part of the
e. I am now possd. of, but there shall be an equ. div. of my [p.] e. among
these chldn: Richard, my son by my 1st wife, Dorothy, Henry, Elizabeth,
Mary, & Eleazar, my chldn. by my present wife, Mary, & those under
age shall be under the care of their sd. mother.
Extrx: my wife, Mary.
Witn: [The Revd. Henry] Addison, George Griffin,
James Pickrall.
20 Nov. 1763, sworn to by Addison & Griffin,
& the widow declared she would not abide by the will but elected that
part of the e. widows are entitled to.
Liber 31, folio 1029
19 Nov. 1763
MANNING, JOSHAN, the Clifts, Calvert Co.
To my grddau. Joshan Manning, Priscilla, & to
my grddau. Mary Manning, negro Harry, Priscilla's child.
To be div. betw. Thomas Manning's chldn., 6 coolers,
& to Mary Greves, 6 new pewter plates, my chest, & all my clothes
(except 1 gown), 2000 lb. tob., & L 10 due to me
from John Manning, & I give in Thomas Manning's hands to clothe Old
Priscilla
To John Cox, negro Sam, & my son Thomas Manning
is to keep Sam till John Cox wants him.
To Mary Greves, negro Dick, & to her & Thomas
Manning's 2 daus., my 3 beds.
To my son John Manning, negro Beck, & he is
to bury me.
Witn: Robert Addison, Anne Sollers, Rede Blackburn.
29 Nov. 1763, sworn to by Addison & Sollers.
Liber 31, folio 1030
22 Nov. 1748
REYLEY, MARY, Prince George's Co.
To my son John Johnson, to discharge a note for
L 9 sterl., the bal. of his father's e., cattle.
To my son Robert Dove Cook, the hand mill &
great iron pot.
To my dau. Ann Hugoe, 1/2 the crops, 1/2 the hogs
in the pen, the spinning wheel, 1/2 the cotton, a plough horse, & 1/2
the salt in the house.
To William Johnson Rawlings, my grdson, a black
cow & yearling left him by his godfather Bryant Reyley.
To my grddau. Mary Rawlings, a coal-black heifer
called hers.
To my son Robert Dove Cook & my dau. Elizabeth
Piles, wife of Leonard Piles, 1 of the negroes to discharge the bal. of
their father's e.
To my daus. Ann Hugoe & Else Estep, wife to
Philemon Estep, the other of the negros to discharge the bal. of their
father's e.
Tomy grdchldn. William & Ann Hugoe, each a ewe
& lamb.
To my chldn. John Johnson, Robert Dove Cook, Elizabeth
Piles, Ann Hugoe, & Else Estep, my e. equ. div.
To the negro man, small black mare Jenny & his
bedding, & to the negro woman [neither named] her bed.
Exrs: my chldn. Robert Dove Cook & Philemon
Estep.
Witn: George Biggs, James Thomas, John Hill.
27 Aug. 1763, sworn to by Biggs & Thomas.
Liber 31, folio1032
4 Jan. 1762
LEWIS, ABRAHAM, Dorset [Dorchester] Co.
To my eldest son, Abraham Lewis, my dw. plntn. part
of Sharply Pound 58a, a bed, & a hand mill.
To my son William Lewis, Lewises Range, 50a on the
E side of the NW fork & N side Puckum Br. of Nanticoke R. & a bed,
& for want of heirs, sd. land to
my son Levin Lewis.
To my daus. Ann Philips & Betty Clark, each
a cow & calf, & to my dau. Kezia Lewis, a cow & calf
& ewe & lamb.
To my wife, Betty Lewis, & my other 3 younger
sons, Levin, Shadrach, & Elisha Lewis,the rest of my m. e. equ. div.
Witn: Thomas Creaton, Benony Philips, William Chizam.
15 Aug. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow elected what the law provides.
Liber 31, folio 1033
29 Sept. 1763
MACGRAW, GODFREY, Dorchester Co.
To my wife, Elloner Macgraw, for widhood, All Three
of Us (my dw. plntn.), Looh, & Macgraws Outlet, & then equ. div.
among all my chldn.
To my wife & extrx., Ellenor, for widhood, all
my m. e., & on her d. or mar., to be equ. div. among all my chldn.[not
named].
Witn: Richard Wallace, Mary Wallace, John Woolen.
9 Nov. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1034
26 March 1763
HODSON, HESTHER ANN, Dorchester Co.
To my niece Ann Cannon, eldest dau. of John Cannon,
Jr., my negro fellow Messenger.
To my niece Alethea Cannon, 2d dau. of John Cannon,
Jr., my riding chair.
To my niece Susannah Cannon, 3d dau. of John Cannon,
Jr., my cedar desk.
To my niece Lucretian Cannon, 4th dau. of John Cannon,
Jr., a bed.
To my niece Ann Lookerman, eldest dau. of Thomas
Lookerman, my silk quilted coat & best pair of stays.
To my niece Elizabeth Lookerman, 2d dau. of Thomas
Lookerman, my stampt cotton gown.
To my niece Mary Lookerman, 3d dau. of Thomas Lookerman,
my chince gown.
To my niece Lilly Lookerman, 4th dau. of Thomas
Lookerman, my callico gown & gold ring.
To my sd. 8 nieces, equ. div., the books belonging
to me before I intermeddled with John Stevens Smith's e.
To my nephew William Smith, youngest son of William
Smith, what books remain to me from the e. of John Stevens Smith.
The residue of my p. e. (after my nephew William
Smith, whom I have in my care, is paid his part of his father's & uncle's
e.) is to be equ. div. betw. my 3 nephews John, Hodson, & Whittington
Cannon, s. o. John Cannon, Jr.
Extr: my bro.-in-law John Cannon, Jr.
Witn: John Heary, Dorothy Henry, Easther Mahon.
1 Aug. 1763, sworn to by John Henry, Dorothy Henry,
& Esther Mahon.
Liber 31, folio 1035
13 Dec. 1762
STEWART, THOMAS, Dorchester Co., innholder.
Double Purchase, my land on Transquakin, is to be
sold to pay debts.
To my 4 sons - Joseph, John, William, & Charles
- equ. div., a tract in Great Choptank R. formerly Rearton but now Philips
Discovery, ac. to a deed from James Philips & Ann, his wife, adj. Mr.
Robert Darnalls Garner, my shop, Cullens land, & John Woolford's lot.
To my dau. Rebecka, pewterware, a bed, an iron pot,
& for life, the use of my negro girl Hagar.
To my dau. Elizabeth, on the day of her mar., pewterware
& a bed, & for life, the use of my negro girl Aminta.
To my son Thomas, negro boy Jack, pewterware, &
a bed.
To my dau. Mary, 4 sh. sterl.
To Molly, d. o. James Stewart, at age 16, pewterware
& a bed.
To my son James Woolford, pewterware, a bed, &
40 sh. sterl.
To my dau. Ann, negro girl Fanny.
The residue to my wife & extrx., Elizabeth for
widhood, & then, equ. div., to my chldn. Joseph, John, Charles, William,
& Ann.
Witn: Jos[eph] Scott, John Hodson, Jr., Francis
Hayward, Wm. Gray.
10 Nov. 1763, sworn to by all 4 witn., & the
widow elected her 1/3 of the e. r. & p.
Liber 31, folio 1037
23 Nov. 1762, Richard Parish, Thomas Smith, &
John Saborough swore that on Sunday the 21st instant in the afternoon d.
John Ennalls of Dorchester Co., & the night before his d. he declared
that he gave his sister Sarah Ennalls his negro fellow Sol & that his
horse, bridle, & saddle shd. defray the expense of his burial.
Liber 31, folio 1037
11 Oct. 1762
MURRAY, WILLIAM, Dorchester Co.
I desire my body to be bur. in Cambridge Church
Yard between my 2 wives.
To my son Henry Murray, my clothes, books, instruments,
& medecine relating to physic or surgery & all debts he owes me.
To my son David Murray, these tracts: The Plains,
where I dw.; the part of The Plains I bought of Mr. John Dickenson where
th mill is built; Murrays Landing; Margarets Delight; Wattsons Lott; part
Prevention; Peters Choice Radge; Davids First Venture; Turners Adventure;
& Hap Hazart.
To my son James Murray, these tracts: Tully Bardon;
the part of The Widows Purchase I bought of John Anderton; the part of
Fair Dealing I bought of Mr.Peter
Taylor; one moiety of Humphrys Fortune 100a on the head of Fishing
Crk.; Addition to Puzzle 69a; & Goadstone 40a near the head of Fishing
Crk.
To my daus. Margaret Trippe, Mary Maynadier, &
Lilly Hamilton, each L 20 to buy mourning & a ring.
To my grdson William Maynordier, negro boy Adam
& L 50 to be put out at interest till he is 21.
To my grdau. Sarah Maynadier, L 100 & negro
girl Moll.
To my grddau. Margaret Murray, L 50.
To my grdson Wm. Murray Robinson, if he lives to
age 21, L 60 in full of the remainder of his mother, Amelia's, part of
my e.
My livestock & hhold goods (plate excepted)
to be equ. div. betwe my 2 sons, David & James Murray.
The negroes not before given to my 3 chldn., David
& James Murray & Lilly Hamilton.
The rest of my plate, store goods, notes, etc.,
equ. div., to my chldn: Henry, David, & James Murray, Margaret Trippe
Mary Maynadier, & Lilly Hamilton.
Extr: my son James Murray.
Witn: Philip Walker, H[enry] Ennalls, Thomas Noel.
22 Nov. 1763, sworn to by Walker & Ennalls.
Liber 31, folio 1039
26 March 1763
SCOTT, ANN, Charles Co., widow.
To my dau. Rebecca Burch, for life, negro wench
Sarah, & on her d., to my grddau. Ann Burch, & if she d. without
female heirs, equ. div., to my 3 grddaus., Su- sanna, Rebecca, & Margret
Burch.
To my grddau. Cathrain Scott, negro boy Will, &
if she d. without female heir, to her bro. William Scott, & if he d.
s. p., to his next heir, & my dau. Elizabeth Love is to keep sd. Will
till sd. Cathrain is 16, & to her 1000 lb. tob. for her schooling.
To my grddau. Ann Love, negro wench Janey, &
if sd. Ann d. before age 16, sd. Jenny is to be equ. div. betw. her sisters,
Sarah & Margret Love
To my grdson William Scott, 5000 lb. crop tob. for
school.
To my grddau. Sarah Love, negro boy Ned & a
bed, & if she d. without female heirs, sd. Ned is to be equ. div. betw.
the next female heirs.
To my grddau. Margret Love, nego girl Margret, but
if she d. s. p., sd. negro girl is to be div. betw. my 2 grddaus., Ann
& Sarah Love.
To my dau. & extr., Elizabeth Love, for life,
negro wenches Nelly & Dinah & negro fellow Sam, & on her d.,
to my grddaus. Ann, Sarah, & Margret Love.
Witn: Keren Happack McPherson, Willm. McPherson.
13 Dec. 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 1040
17 Jan. 1763
YATES, FRANCIS, Charles Co.
To my bro. Robert Yates, 2 negroes, Jack & Jean.
To my niece Ann Gwinn, d. o. Joseph & Elizabeth
Gwinn, negro wench Moll.
To my niece Judith Bruce, negro wench Fyer.
To my bro. & extr., Theophilus Yates, 7 negroes
- Seymer, Tom, Watt, Pegg, Gerrard, Jacob, & Cargo - & the residue
of my e.
Witn: Phil Rd. Fendall, Joseph Joy, Jr.
13 Dec. 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 1041
30 Aug. 1759
MANKIN, JANE, Charles Co.
To my dau. Elizabeth Wallass, a bed & furniture.
To my grdson James Mankin, s. o. Mark Mathews Mankin,
negro boy Jack & a cow & calf, & if he d. s. p., to Lyda Musgrave
Mankin, & if she d. s. p, to her sister Sarah Mankin.
To my grddau. Lyda Musgrave Mankin, d. o. Mark Mathews
Mankin, negro girl Sarah, a cow & calf, achest with lock & key,
& a large iron pot, & if she d. s. p., to Sarah Mankin, her sister.
To my grddau. Lucy Chandler, a yr.-old mare colt.
To my son& extr., Mark Matthews Mankin, the
rest of my p. e.
Witn: Thos. Posey, Joseph Crismand, Richard Cox.
10 Nov. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1043
21 Feb. 1763
PERRY, JOHN, Charles Co.
One sh. sterl. apiece to my chldn. Thomas, John,
& William Perry, Elizabeth Warden, Ann Fewell, Mary Posey, & Rebecca
Ratliff.
To my son Hugh Perry, Perrys Last Chance, Griffis's
Ambition, & 17a of Perry's Hunting Place adj. Griffis's Ambition.
To my son Francis Perry, 53a of Perry's Hunting
Place.
To my wife Rebecca Perry, for life, the use of a
bed & furn.
My m. e. is to be equ. div. betw. my 2 sons &
extrs., Hugh Perry & Francis Perry.
Witn: John Elgin, Richard Woodward, John Boye.
28 Oct. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of the heir at law [not named], & the widow reounced the will.
Liber 31, folio 1044
5 Nov. 1763
VANHORNE, NICHOLAS. Cecil Co., planter.
To my eldest son Barnell Vanhorne, L 22.5 out of
my r. e.
To my son-in-law Jacob Harper & his chldn. by
my dau. Katharine, 1 sh.
To my son Nicholas Vanhorne, L 22.5 Penna. out of
my r. e. & 1/8 the residue of my p. e.
To my son Jacob Vanhorne, my clothes, L 22.5 Penna.
out of my r. e. & 1/8 the residue of my p. e.
To Robert Walmsley's chldn. by my dau. Elizabeth,
equ. div., L 22.5 Penna. out of my r. e. & 1/8 the residue of my p.
e.
To my dau. Jane Nowland, L 22.5 Penna. out of my
r. e. & 1/8 the residue of my p. e.
To my dau. Mary Hutchinson, L 22.5 Penna. out of
my r. e. & 1/8 the residue of my p. e.
To my dau. Latitia McCombs, L 22.5 Penna. out of
my r. e. & 1/8 the residue of my p. e.
To my dau. Rachel Rice, L 22.5 Penna. out of my
r. e. & 1/8 the residue of my p. e., & I give the crop on the ground
to my son-in-law William Rice.
To my son-in-law Jacob Everts & Esther, his
wife, the plntn. & dw. house where I dw., 110a, & 1/8 the residue
of my p. e.
Extrs: Jacob Everts & Jacob Vanhorne.
Witn: Rebe[cc]a Bodey, Susanna Body, Thomas Marcer,
Daniel Jackson.
5 Dec. 1763, sworn to by Rebecca & Susanna Body
& Thomas Marcer & affirmed by Daniel Jackson.
Liber 31, folio 1046
27 June 1763
SHUTE, JOHN, Baltimore Co., merchant.
To ------------------- L 50 Penna.
To my nephew John Shute, s. o. my bro. Henry, L
100, to be put out at interest till he is of age, but if he d. s. p. under
age, to my 2 nephews Thomas & Wiliam,
2 of the sons of my bro. William Shute.
To my nephew Atwood Shute, the other s. o. my sd.
bro. William, my watch & L 600 to be put out at interest till he is
21, & if he d. under age of 21, to my 2
nephews Thomas & William Shute, s. o. my sd. bro. William Shute,
equ. div; also L 10 apiece to sd. nephews & their sister Elizabeth.
To my sd. bro. William, my silver-mounted hangar
& my pistols & holsters, & to his wife, Elizabeth L 20-worth
of such things as she chooses.
To Thomas Dicas, my half-bro., negro man Pompey
(who, if he is sold, shall choose his master), & the rest of my p.
e.
Extrs: sd. Thomas Dicas & my friend Thomas Charlton
of Philadelphia, shop-keeper.
Witn: D[aniel] Chamier, Benjamin Rogers, Benja.
Howard.
24 Sept. 1763, sworn to by Chamier & Rogers.
Liber 31, folio 1048
23 Oct. 1763
DANT, JOHN, St. Mary's Co.
To my dau. Ann Spalding, a heifer 2 grasses old,
& in lew of negro Peer's year's work, which is her right, 10 brls.
Indian corn.
To my dau. Mary Ann Dant, the 2d-best bed &
negro girl Teresia, now in possn. of my son-in-law Edward Spalding.
To my dau. Mary Mills, 20 sh.
To my son & extr., John Baptist Dant, Hopewell,
the plntn. where I live & the water mill now in my possn.
To my 2 sons Charles Dant & Joseph Frans. Excr.
Dant, West Field, equ. div.
After my wife, Elinor, has received her right, the
residue is to be equ. div. among my 5 chldn: John Baptist Dant, Ann Spalding,
Charles Dant., Francx. Excr. Dant, & Mary Ann Dant.
Witn: Wm. Joseph, Sr., Thoms. Gatton, Nichs. Gatton.
1 Nov. 1763, sworn to by Wm. Joseph & Thomas
Gatton, & the widow renounced the will.
Liber 31, folio 1049
29 Dec. 1762
RIALL, EDWARD, St. Mary's Co.
To my dau. Mary Price, 1 sh.
To the child my wife goes with, negro woman Rachel,
negro boy Harry, & if sd. child d. s. p., sd. negroes, equ. div., to
my 2 grdchldn. John & Edwd. Price.
To sd. child, Rialls Purchase 189a of Chaptico Manor
as the lease specifies, & if it d. s. p., to my 2 sd. grdchldn.
To my wife, Jane Riall, for life, Rialls Venture
94a of Chaptico Manor as the lease specifies, & on her d., to sd. child,
with a bed.
Extrs: my sd. wife & Philip Briscoe.
Witn: Mathew Compton, Leo Briscoe, Zachariah Compton.
6 Dec. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn., & the
widow renounced the will.
Liber 31, folio 1050
10 Oct. 1763
WILDMAN, CORNELIUS, [St. Mary's Co.]
To my son John Wildman, the bed & iron pot that
were my mother's, the saddle on which he rode, & 1 English sh.
To my wife, Ann, for life, Brooks Chance, where
I live, 1/3 my stock & hhold furn., & 5 negroes: George, Jean,
Nace, Sarah, & Tom.
To my son Cornelius, Wildmans Venture, 100a of The
Tavern, The Solden Grove, Dillions Disappointment, & on the d. of my
wife, sd. Brooks Chance, & for want of heirs, to my 3 daus. Mary Anne,
Susannah, & Monica; also to sd. Cornelius, 2 negroes, Countee &
Jean (the Youngest), my clothes & saddles.
To my dau. Mary Annee Snowden, negro boy Bristole.
To my dau. Susannah, 2 negroes, Luce & Charles.
To my dau. Monica, 2 negroes, Jude & Philis.
To my chldn. - Mary Anne, Cornelius, Susannah, &
Monica - the residue equ. div.
Extrs: my wife, Anne, & my son Cornelius
Witn: Clement Mahony, Mark Crewis [Brewer], James
McKibby, John Reeder, Jr.
2 Nov. 1763, sworn to by all 4 witn., & the
widow renounced the will.
Liber 31, folio 1052
20 May 1763
LUDDLE, ROBERT, Talot Co., shoemaker.
To Margaret Bayley & her chldn. by Henry Bayley
decd., my grey riding horse.
To my friend & extr., Christopher Birckhead,
the residue.
Witn: Birckhd. Sharp, Willm. Sharp.
13 Dec. 1763, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 1052
26 Oct. 1763
BOOKER, LAMBERT, Talbot Co., to be bur. at the White Marsh Church betw.
the 2 dores.
To my eldest son, Lambert Booker, 100a near Petes
Mill which I bought of William Price, provided he make over his right to
my dw. plntn to my younger son, John Booker, & if both my sons d. s.
p., my land shd. be equ. div. betw. my 2 daus., Rachel & Margaret Booker.
To my dau. Racha James, nero girl Susannah.
To my dau. Margret Booker, at age 16, negro boy
Jacob & L 10.
To my son John Booker, at ae 21, L 10.
Extrs: my son Lambert Booker & Elexander James.
Witn: P[eter] Denny, James Millis, Esther Millis.
2 Dec. 1763, sworn to by all 3 witn. in the presence
of Lambert Booker, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 1054
13 Nov. 1763
DARE, NATHANIEL. Anne Arundel Co.
To my wife & extrx., Ann Dare, 1/3 my e.
To my son-in-law Thomas Funge, negro boy Abraham.
To my son Nathaniel Dare, negro woman Rose.
To my son Gideon Dare, negro girl Sarah.
To my dau. Ann Dare, negro girl Nan.
To my son Richard Dare, negro girl Nell.
The money from the sale of 2 tracts in Calvert Co.is
to be equ. div. among my 4 chldn: Nathaniel, Gideon, Ann, &Richard
Dare.
The acre of land in which the graveyard is should
not be sold.
Witn: Jacob Frankling, Wm. Keene, Thomas Grover.
17 Jan. 1764, affirmed by Frankling (Quaker), who
wrote it & sworn to by Grover.
Liber 31, folio 1055
19 Sept. 1763, Calvert Co., the will of William
Hammond [folio 990] was sworn to by Jeremiah Leach, who wrote it.
Memo: Sarah Innes, wife of James Innes, a witn.,
having a legacy in sd. will is the reason I did not take his probate.
Ellis Slater, Dep. Comm., Calvert Co.
Liber 31, folio 1056
1 Oct. 1763, Calvert Co., Eleanor Gray renounced
the will of her husb., Thomas Gray [folio 991]. Witn: Joseph Vanswaringgan
Liber 31, folio 1056
20 Jan. 1764
FAIRBANK, WILLIAM, Talbot Co.
To my son John Fairbank, my old bay horse, Brandy,
& saddle & bridle.
To my son James Fairbank, my young horse Brandy.
To my dau. Mary Fairbank, my young gray mare Bonny
& her mother's saddle.
To my dau. Elizabeth Fairbank, my gray horse Brandy.
To my dau. Bridget Fairbank, my old gray mare Bonny
& a cow & calf.
To my dau. Rachel Fairbank, my colt Brandy.
To my dau. Rebecca Fairbank, 2 cows.
To Isaac Dixon, my son James Fairbank till he is
21.
Extr: Richard Grason.
Witn: Benja. Shield, Sarah Ray, Mary Sheild.
31 Jan. 1764, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1057
21 Sept. 1761
BESWICKES, RICHARD, Talbot Co.
To my eldest dau. Mary Thomas, wife of John Thomas
& my son Thomas Beswickes, each 1 sh. sterl.
To my grdson Thomas Thomas, Jr., s. o. sd. Mary
Thomas, mare colt Jewell.
To my grdson Richard Beswickes, 3d s. o, Thomas
Beswickes, a ewe & lamb & 40 sh.
To my son Richard Beswickes, Jr., a bed & L
5.
To my grddau. Susanna Beswickes, Jr., d. o. sd.
Richard, L 5.
To my son Nathan Beswickes, a bed, a gun I lent
you & L 5 & L 5 to his wife, Mary Beswickes.
To my grdson Denne Beswickes, Jr., s. o. sd. Nathan,
a cow & calf.
To my dau. Eunice Beswicke, a bed & L 15.
To my dau. Susanna Beswicks, Sr., a bed, young horse
Darby, & L 5.
To my son Denny Beswicks, a bed, negro fellow Joe,
& mare Portion.
To Charles Sweat Miller, s. o. Simon Stevens Miller,
a 3-yr.-old heifer.
The residue, equ. div.among my last-named chldn.
Eunice, Susanna, & Denny.
Extr: sd. son Denny, & if he d. before all is
paid, my sons Richard & Nathan are to b extrs.
Witn: James Hawkins, Anne Hawkins, John Blackwell,
Simon Stevens Miller.
7 Feb. 1764, sworn to by all 4 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1058
15 Jan. 1764
FERRILL,EDMUND, Talbot Co., Gent.
To my son-in-law Philip Perkins & his wife,
Ann, my dau., for life, my dw. plntn. & lands adj: Part of Coventry
100a, Muckle Mire 179 1/2a, Part of Jacob & John's Pasture, & Part
of Ornely Range 50a, provided they pay yearly to my son Philemon Ferrill
for life L 10 & maintain him.
After the d. of sd. Philip & Ann, sd. lands
to my nephews William & Edmund Ferrill, s. o. my bro. William Ferrill,
equ. div. . . .& for want of heirs, to St. Michaels Parish.
To my son Philemon Ferrill, black horse Button,
a bed, & all my clothes except my black suit, which I give to sd. Philip.
To my nephew William Ferrill, negro man Jem, &
to my nephew Edmund Ferrill, yellow negro Lydia.
To my sd. dau. Ann, negro woman Great Lydia &
negro woman Rachel, & to her & her husb., for life, the residue
of my p. e., & on their d., to sd. nephews.
Francis Dulen may live on the plntn. where he lives
for life, paying L 5 yearly.
To my dau. Elizabeth, wife of James Ratcliff, a
cow& calf.
My friends John Goldsborough & Samuel Bowman
are to settle all disputes.
Witn: Francis Duly, Myles Fearns, Wm. Austin, John
Buckham.
7 Feb. 1764, sworn to by Fearns, Austin, & Burkham
in presence of Philemon Farrell, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 1061
19 Jan. 1764
HARDING, EDWARD, Talbot Co., planter.
To my chldn. Edward Harding, John Harding, &
Jane Prowse, 1 sh. sterl. of Great Britain apiece.
To my son Benjamin Harding, L 20 & my clothes.
To Levy Botfield, s. o. my dau. Mary, L 25.
To Abednego Botfield, s. o. my dau. Mary, 1 sh.
sterl.
To my son Thomas Harding, my dw. plntn., all other
lands, & the rest of my e., except Judah, whom I free if the law allows,
& my great Bible.
To my friend & extr.Thomas Bruff, my greart
Bible.
Witn: Elizabeth Griffith, Thomas Valliant, Mary
Yeats, Thomas Condon.
7 Feb. 1764, sworn to by all 4 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1062
30 Nov. 1763
PURKINS, EBINEAZER, Kent Co.
To my dau. Margaret, 1/2 the residue of my p. e.
& 150a adj. Thomas Johnstons.
To my son Ebineazer, 1/2 the residue of my p. e.
& the rest of my land with the house I live in.
Witn: John Johnson, Rebecca Dixon, Sophiah Johnson.
14 Jan. 1764, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1062
8 Jan. 1764
BLACKISTON, SARAH, Kent Co., being grown in years.
To my son George Blackiston, L 40 cash.
To my grddau. Sarah Blackiston, d. o. John Blackiston,
negro boy Cesar.
To my grddau. Sarah Comegys, negro girl Rachel.
To my grdson John Shormond, L 10 cash.
To my grddau. Anne Worell, L 17.
To my orphan boy John Porter, L 10 cash.
Witn: John Redere, Elizabeth Lawrance.
21 Jan. 1764, sworn to by John Redin & Elizabeth
Lawrance.
Liber 31, folio 1063
10 Oct. 1758
KNOCK, JOHN, Kent Co.
To my son Nathaniel & my dau. Bersheba &
the child my wife is with, Castle Carey, a small tract.
Extrx: my wife Mary Knock, & after she has her
1/3, the rest. equ. div. among my sd. chldn., & if they d., equ. div.,
to my bros. [not named].
Witn: John Yoakley, Robt. Maxwell, Jr., John Burgin,
Jr.
21 Jan. 1764, sworn to by Maxwell & Burgin,
John Yoakley said to be departed this Province.
Liber 31, folio 1064
16 June 1763
KILLED, JOHN, Talbot Co.
To my cousin Susanna Dunning, d. o. James Dunning,
Killed's Inheritance, & if she d. s. p., to my cousins William &
Tamar Dunning of Kent Co., equ. div.
To sd. cousin Susanna, a bed & a pair of silver
buttons.
To sd. Wm. Dunning, my horse saddle & bridle,
my best coat, hat, britches, neck cloth, & silver stock buckle.
To my mother, Susanna Porter, for life, 1 pr. silver
shoe buckles, & on her d., to sd. Susanna Dunning.
To my sister Mary Dunning, 1 pr. silver studs.
The residue of my p. e., equ. div., to my sd. mother
& my sd. sister, Mary Dunning.
Witn: Cornelius Taylor, Mary Larrimore, Henry Thompson.
14 Feb. 1764, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1066
4 Nov. 1763
JACKSON, JOHN, Cecil Co., surgeon.
To my eldest son, John Jackson, & my eldest
dau., Ann Piner (they being settled in the world) each 1 sh. sterl.,
& to sd. Ann, her mother's plain gold ring.
As my sons William & Richard Blackbourne Jackson
have assumed my debts to my friends Simon Wilmer, Michael Earle, &
Henry Ward Pearce, to sd. Wm., my part of Daniels Den adj. that where I
dw., N of the lane in which the main rd. runs from the Island to
the Ferry, & to sd. son Rd. Blackbourne, Hills Adventure,
where I live & the rest of Daniels Den; also to 2 sd. sons equ.
div., the residue of my p. e.
To my daus. Jane, Mary, & Perpetua Jackson,
equ. div., all hhold stuff, & to sd. Jane small gray mare Philis.
To my sd. 3 daus. & my son Gilbert, each, L
--- Penna. currency.
Extrs: sd. sons William & Richard Blackbourne
Jackson.
Witn: George Cunninham, Richard White, Cornelius
Hogan, Jr.
2 Jan. 1764, sworn to by Cunningham & White.
Liber 31, folio 1067
1 Jan. 1764
PRICE, SARAH, Cecil Co., widow.
To my son John Wallace & the heirs of my son
Peter Meekins decd., each 1 sh. sterl.
To my chldn. Thomas Wallace, Benjamin, David, Augustine,
& Thomas Price, equ. div., the residue.
Extr: my son David Price.
Witn: Henry Burnam, Hezekiah Wingate, Jno. Ward.
18 Jan. 1764, sworn to by Burnham & Wingate.
Liber 31, folio 1068
8 Dec. 1763
TULLY, EDWARD, Cecil Co.
To my son Edward Tully, all my e. r. & p.
Extr: Thomas Davis, merchant.
Witn: William Cox, Susanna Laughlin.
10 Jan. 1764, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 1069
21 Nov. 1763
HARRISON, JAMES, Cecil Co.
To the Revd. John Hamilton, L 25 & a hhead of
cyder.
To my wife & extrx., Mary Harrison, for life
& to be at her disposal, the residue of my e. r. & p.
Witn: R[ichard] Thomas, Phenis Chew, Eliz. Nellson.
7 Jan. 1764, sworn to by Chew & Nellson.
Liber 31, folio 1070
2 Jan. 1764
MONEY, BENJAMIN, Cecil Co., farmer.
To my wife & extrx., Rebekah Money, the remainder
of my e.
Witn: B[enjamin] Etherington, John Urin, Robert
Walmsley.
8 Feb. 1764, sworn to by Walmsley & Urin.
Liber 31, folio 1071
24 Oct. 1763
LAWRENCE, GEORGE, Calvert Co.
To my wife & extrx. [not named], the residue
of my e.
Witn: Dan Fibben, John Lawence, Jr., Willm. Nowell.
3 Feb. 1764, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1071
11 Dec. 1763
COUCHARD, DANIEL, Baltimore Town, Baltimore Co., watchmaker.
The residue to my nearest relation now residing
in Germany.
Extrs, these Gent: Mr. Melchier Keener & Mr.
Andrew Stigar
Witn: Jacob Swoope, Alexander Wille, John M'Clellan.
9 Jan. 1764, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1072
7 Dec. 1757
WOOD, PETER, Charles Co., planter.
To my wife, Johana, 1/3 my p. e. & my riding
chair.
The rest of my p. e. & my dw. plntn., in Piles's
Swamp, equ. div., to my 3 daus.: Judith (wife of John Baker), Dorothy,
& Charity Wood
To my grdsons Henry & William Howard, s. o.
William Howard late of this Co., at age 21, each L 27 sterl. to purchase
a negro.
Extrxes: my sd. 3 daus. Judith, Dorothy, & Charity.
Witn: Robt. Gill, Richd. Gill, S[am] A[bbott] G[uy]
Cornish.
21 Jan. 1764, sworn to by Robt. & Richd. Gill,
& the widow renounced the will with regard to land but accpted it with
regard to the p. e.
Liber 31, folio 1074
5 Nov. 1760
SMALLWOOD. MATHEW, Charles Co.
Extrs: son Beane Smallwood, dau. Priscilla Smallwood,
& Joshua Harris of Charles Co.
To my sd. son Beane, my part of Friendship &
negro woman Bess.
To my sd. dau. Priscilla, negro man Bowles.
To my son Francis Green Smallwood, negro boy Andrew.
To my dau. Martha Smallwood, negro girl Amey.
To my son Benjamin Smallwood, negro boy Watt.
To my sd. dau. Beane & sd. dau. Priscilla, 2
negro men Will & Daniel & negro girl Bess in trust for my sons
Philip & James Smallwood.
Witn: John Smallwood, Luke Smallwood, Alexander
Steal.
4 Jan. 1764, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of Beane Smallwood, a minor.
Liber 31, folio 1088
24 April 1760
EMORY, JOHN, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my son Arthur, Batchelors Change Corrected 253a,
44a of Powells Fancy, 67a of [another] Powells Fancy, 67a of Partnership
adj. Emorys Fortune Ad- dition in possn. of Mr. Michael Earle adj. the
part of Partnership purchased by me of Mr. Joseph Earle, & Hap Hazard
17a, provided that right after my d. sd. Ar-
thur convey to my son Charles the Younger sd. lands.
To my 2 sons John & James, Bee Tree Corrected
1134 1/2a & Bee Tree Swamp 76a div. betw. them by a line beg. in the
point close to the marsh just below John Johnson's flax patch & running
E to Joseph erchant's bd. tree, the beg. of Jacks Purchase, sd. John to
have the upper part & sd. James the lower.
To my son Charles Emory the Elder, 5 sh. provided
he returns & demands same.
My land Emorys Chance Corrected 38a s to be sold
to pay debts.
My 2 clocks, one in the inward room, the other in
the outward, & my still & worm are to be taken down & apprd.
The new spinnett I expect from England this summer
is to be sold to Col. Richd. Tilghman for the use of either of their daus.
To my son Thomas Emory 2000 lb. tob. & all the
bookdebts due me.
To my son William Emory & my daus. Sophia Fisher
& Sarah Durding, each 1000 lb. tob.
The residue of my p. e. (my wife's 1/3 excepted)
to my several chldn: to my son Arthur, 1/2 share; to each of my sons ohn,
James, & Charles the Younger 1 sh; to my daus. Rebecca Clemonds, Elizabeth
Emory, & Ann Emory, each 1/2 share.
Extrs: my wife, Ann Emory, & my son Arthur Emory.
Witn: John Emory, Jr., Thos. Emory, Richd. Skinner.
29 Dec. 1763, sworn to by Thos. Emory & Richd.
Skinner, John Emory, Jr., being d.
Liber 31, folio 1091
23 Jan. 1763
MASSEY, SARAH, Queen Anns Co., widow.
To my dau. Sarah Flerver, L 10 in dollars or Pena.
money.
To my son John Bristall & my dau. Jane Farmer,
my extrs., equ. div., my e. r. & p. & the care of my grdchldn.
Saml. & Sarah Fox till they come of age unless their father, Daniel
Fox sends for them.
Witn: John Primrose, John Tickbell, Henry Harlan.
16 Jan. 1764, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1091
2 Nov. 1763
NABB, CHARLES, Queen Anns Co., carpenter.
To my eldest son, John Nabb, my dw. plntn., Elizabeths
Portion, provided at age 21 he sell sd. plntn. & div. the money equ.
among his bros. & sisters: Rachel,
Milca, Mary, Hannah, & Charles; also to sd. son, 100a of Clowds
Adventure on the W side.
To my next eldest son, Richard Nabb 50a of sd. land
adj. his bro. John on the E.
To my youngest son, Charles Nabb, 50a of sd. land
- the sd. 200a to be div. among sd. 3 bros. as long as the eide ebbs &
flows in Chester R.
Extrx: my wife, Elizabeth.
Witn: John Everitt, John Forman, Arther Foreman.
17 Jan. 1764, sworn to by all 3 witn., John Nabb,
eldest son & heir at law, being a minor, & the widow stood to the
will.
Liber 31, folio 1093
8 May 1761
HAMILTON, JOHN, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my son James Hamilton & my dau. Mary Hamilton,
Hamiltons Luck 100a & 50a of Neglect, my dw. plntn., & on the mar.
or d. of sd. Mary, both to James.
To sd. dau., Hamiltons Range 100a & Hamiltons
Addition 50a.
To my son James Hamilton, Mary Anns Lott 100a until
my grdson John Hamilton comes to age, when he is to enjoy it.
If my sd. son, dau., & grdson d. s. p., my cousins
James & William Kersey, s. o. Thomas Kersey, are to have sd. land.
To my sd. dau. 3 beds, other hhold furn., a linen
wheel, livestock, a plow, & crops.
To my son & extr., sd. James, the residue of
my p. e.
Witn: Thoms. Godwin, Benja. Chairs, Henry May.
7 Jan. 1764, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of sd. James, only surviving son of the decd., sd. John Hamilton, grdson
& heir at law being a minor.
Liber 31, folio 1094
26 Dec. 1763
SEXTON, PATRICK, Queen Anns Co.
To John Young, William Briley, & John Jones,
each 5 sh.
To William Larey, 1 sh. sterl.
To my dau. Francis Young, for life, negro boy Tom,
& on her d., to be equ. div. among the chldn: Gideon Young, Jr., William
Young, Mary Ann Young, Lu- cresia Young, Benjamin Young, Sophia Young,
& Solomon Young.
To my dau. Lucresia Breley, 40 sh. worth credit
in a store.
To my dau. Mary Ann Garner, for life, negro girl
Darky, & on her d., to Mary Ann's chldn., John & Elizabeth Garner.
To my grddau. Mary Leary, negro boy James, to be
hired out for her support, & until she is 7, she is to be under the
care of my dau. Mary Ann, but if sd. Mary d., sd. dau Mary Ann is to have
sd. negro until her son John Garner comes to age, & if my son Benja.
keep sd. negro, he is to pay his value to the chldn. of my dau. Angelico.
To my grdchldn. Leonard, William, Lucy, & Philemon
Larey, a crop hhd. of tob.
To my son Benja. Sexton, Liberty 100a, negro man
Chance & negro boys Charles & William.
To my dau. Mary Ann Garner, the house built for
her & her husband with 10a with timber for 10 yrs. if she live so long
& does not marry.
To my grddau. Elizabeth Garner, the country-made
cupboard.
My p. e. to my daus. Frances Young & Mary Ann
Garner & my son Benja. Sexton equ. div. except L 5 to the church to
the care of the Revd. Father Williams.
Extrs: my son Benja. Sexton & my dau. Mary Ann
Garner.
Witn: Thomas Clayland, John Judey, Elizabeth Coin.
12 March 1764, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1096
20 ---- 1763
OWINGS, HENRY, Baltimore Co.
To my wife Hellen Owings, for life, my part of Long
Acre, & on her d., to my son Bezaliel Owings, & if he d. s. p.,
to my son Elijah Owings.
My land Gilead is to be sold & the money lent
to my sons Henry & Nathaniel Owing for 4 yrs & then equ. div. among
my 6 chldn: Elijah & Michael Owings, Leah Wells, Henry, Nathaniel,
& Hellen Owings.
To my wife, for life, my p. e., & then equ.
div., to sd. 6 chldn.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son Bezaliel Owings.
Witn: Joshua Owings, John Grandry, Thos. Meller.
25 Feb. 1764, sworn to by all 3 witn in Anne Arundel
Co.
Liber 31, folio 1098
[Blank.]
Liber 31, folio 1099
30 April 1760
SPENCER, HUGH, Talbot Co.
To my son Hugh Spencer, my dw. plntn., Mathew Circumvented,
but if he d. s. p., to my son Francis Spencer, & if he d. s. p., to
my 5 daus. [not named] equ.
To my son Francis Spencer, L 20.
To my dau. A[la]minte Spencer, L 10.
To my wife [not named], for widhood, my riding
horse Whistler.
I give 50 sh. for paling & bricking my grave.
To my son Hugh, a blew camblet vest, a pr. sagatha
britches, & my silver shoe & stock buckles.
Extrs: my sd. wife & Thomas Sherwood of the
Bayside.
Witn: Nichs. Spencer, Mary Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer.
10 June 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio [1100]
13 March 1760
KELLDY, SIMON, Talbot Co.
To my mother & extrx., Susanna Porter, for life,
Kelds Inheritance, & then to my bro. John Kelld, whom I give my p.
e.
Witn: Thomas Plummer, Rebeca Milinton, John Stev
ens.
24 June 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio [1100]
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GASKIN, LEAH, [Talbot Co.]
To my son & extr., Benedick Hutchens, his share
of my p. e.
To my dau. Phebe Nix, my sorrel mare & new saddle
& bridle, the best bed, & all my clothes except a staped country
gown, to Richd. Ragins wife
Witn: Isa[ac] Buckbee, Sarah Buckbee, Thos. Smith.
10 June 1760, sworn to by Isaac Buckbee & Thos.
Smith & affirmed by Sarah Buckbee (Quaker)
Liber 31, folio 1102
15 April 1760
GASKIN, GREENWOOD, Talbot Co., planter.
To my wife & extrx., Leah Gaskin, sorrel mare
Pleasure, young black mare Jewel, & the best bed, & for life,
my plntn. Middle Spring 130a, & on her d., to my dau. Deborah Gaskin,
& if my dau. d. s. p., to the heirs of the Parrots.
Witn: James Wilson, George Wilson, Thomas Smith.
10 June 1760, affirmed by Saml. & Geo. Wilson
(Quakers) & sworn to by Smith.
Liber 31, folio 1103
10 June 1760
GOLDSBOROUGH, WILLIAM, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my son William Goldsborough, negro boy David
& to my 2 sons, Thomas & William Goldsborough, equ. div., the residue
of my e., & their e. are to be in the care of my friend & extr.,
Daniel Griffith, until they are 21 or mar.
Witn: Willm. Elbert, Rachell Forkham.
12 June 1760, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 1103
18 March 1760
WIGGINS, MATHEW, Queen Anns Co., planter.
To my son Matthew Wiggins, the residue of my p.
e., but if he d. s. p. before age 21, my wife & extrx., Mary, shall
have all my e.
Witn: John Davis, Jr., Jeremiah Barricls, John Davis.
19 June 1760, sworn to by Barricls & John Davis.
Liber 31, folio [1104]
20 July 1758
CLEMANS, JOHN, Sr., Queen Anns Co.
To my son John Clemans, for life, 160a of Edmundsons
Green Close on the E side Tuckahoe Neck, & on his d., to his son John
Clemans, & if sd. John d. s. p.,
to Abner Clemans, & for want of heirs, to my son Vincent Clemans.
To my son Richard Clemans, 100a of Smiths Ridge.
To my sons Caleb & Lambert Clemans, equ. div.,
200a of Paxtons Range.
To my son & extr., Vincent Clemans, my great
Bible, & the upper 40a of sd. Green Close.
To my dau. Margarett Clemans, livestock, a bed &
other hhold furn., & a woolen wheel & a linen wheel.
To my dau. Martha Clemans, liv estock, a bed, &
other hhold furn., & a woolen wheel & a linen wheel.
Witn: Nathaniel Tucker, John Nabb, Thomas Davis.
19 May 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn. in presence
of John Clemans, heir at law.
Liber 31, folio 1105
20 March 1760
SPALDING, ELIABETH, St. Mary's Co.
To my son Robert Fenwick, negro man William &
a silver spoon.
To my son Benjamin Fenwick, negro man James, a silver
spoon, & everything due me from John Bpt. Mattanly.
To my grddau. Ann Burn, my horse & side saddle,
best bed, my clothes, & a piece of cloth now at the weavers.
To my dau. Ann Mattanly & my grdson John Taney,
each 1 sh. sterl.
Witn: Igns. Fenwick, John Megill.
24 June 1760, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 1106
4 May 1760
BUCKLAND, WALTER, St, Mary's Co., taylor.
To my bro. John Buckland or London & my sister
Elizabeth Buckland, each L 100 sterl.
To my friend & extr., John Sansom, taylor, of
sd. county, the rest of my e. r. & p., whch he may have to go to law
to recover from Ann Srevens, who claims to be my wife.
Witn: James Manning, Joseph Medley, William Swiny.
1 July 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1107
19 May 1759
INSLEY, ELIZABETH, Dorchester Co.
To my son & extr., Andrew Insley, negro man
Peter, who is to be in service of my son Valentine till the fall ensuing,
& my mare
To my dau. Alce Todd, negro girl Fendor, 3 sheep,
1/2 my hogs on this side Foraham Crk., an iron pot & hooks, 2 pewter
dishes, 1 basin, & 2 plates.
To my grddau. Mary Insley, d. o. my dau. Judah Insley,
a cow, my bed, 4 sheep, an iron pot, & dishes.
To my old negro woman Nan, for her support, a cow.
To my son Jacob Insley, my cyder casks, half my
hogs on this side the crk., & an iron pot.
To my 2 sons Andrew & Joseph Insley, all my
hogs on the upper side Faraham Crk., equ. div.
To my son Valentine Insley, my largest iron pot
& hooks & my 2 working steers.
To my daus. Elizabeth Wingate, Roseanna Woollin,
Elizabeth Rumbley, & Rachel Andrews, L 0.2.6 apiece.
To my son Francis Insley, a steer a little above
3 yrs. old.
Witn: Robert Scott, Michael Todd, John Karwin.
6 July 1759, sworn to by Scott & Todd.
Liber 31, folio 1109
13 March 1759
SHERMAN, WILLIAM, [Dorchester Co.]
To my bro. Benjamin Sherman, a pr. leather britches.
To John Sherman, a broad ax.
To my wife, Mary, my g. & c. except the bequests
above.
Witn: Wm. Newton, William Bradley, Mark Noble.
5 April 1759, sworn to by Newton & Bradley.
Liber 31, folio 1110
6 May 1759
STANFORD, ELIZABETH, Dorchester Co.
To my son Richard Stanford, 4 negroes: woman Jenney,
boys Sam & Jack, & girl Lyl; but if he d. s. p., sd. 4 negroes
to my 4 daus: Sarah Staplefort, Chebed Prichett, Rebeccah Wallis, &
Rhody Waters; also to sd. Richd., a yoke of oxen, Rum & Brandy, a gun,
farm implements, a bed, & other hhold furn..
To my dau. Rebeccah Wallis, 2 negroes, Conke &
Tom, & a box iron, & to my dau. Sarah Staplefort, my riding horse
& saddle.
Extrs: my sons Rchard Stanfort & Thomas Wallis.
Witn: William Phillips, Joseph Meekings, William
Jones.
10 Aug. 1759, sworn to by Meekings & Jones.
Liber 31, folio 1111
22 May 1759
MADKINS, WILLIAM, Dorchester Co
To my wife, 1/3 my m. e. & L 15, & for life,
1/3 my lands & negro wench Bett, & for widhood, negro fellow Samson.
To my sons William & Theoardar Madkins, this
home plntn. 147a, & the lands I made over to sd. Wm. to my son Soloman.
To my son John Madkins, Madkins Lott 125a &
an equ. part of my m. e.
To my dau. Betty, negro girl Sina, a young gray
horse, & an equ. part of my m. e.
To my daus. Mary, Nancy, Doly, Sally, & Prissy,
each an equ. part of my m. e.
Extrs: my wife, [Sarah Madkins} & my son William.
Witn: John Clerkson, William Clerkson, Roger A.
Hooper.
30 June 1759, sworn to by Sarah Madkins, widow of
the decd., who stood to the will, & all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1112
10 March 1757
GANEY, RACHEL, [Dorchester Co.]
To my dau. Ann Sisk, mare Jenney if James Sisk finds
my coffin & assists in burying me.
To my dau. Ruth Perry, a puter dish & 2 puter
plates.
To my dau. Sarah Ganey, the residue.
Witn: J[ohn] Nicolls, Jr., Joseph Bowdle.
14 Dec. 1759, sworn to by Bowdle.
Liber 31, folio 1113
17 Feb. 1760
TYLER, DAVID, Dor[chester Co.] but now in York Co., Virginia.
To Thomas Trotter of York Town, my sloop & all
aboard until my father John Tyler or bro. John Tyler come to receive same.
To my father& mother, John & Mary Tyler,
for life, negro man Daniel & negro woman Moll & all my e. r. &
p., & on their d., to my bro. John Tyler.
Extrs: my father, John Tyler, & my bro. John
Tyler.
Witn: Benjamin Catten, Owen Griffin, Josiah Mace.
6 May 1760, sworn to by Mace, & 15 April 1760,
John Tyler resigned his right of admin. to his son John Tyler.
Witn: Jobe Wilson.
Liber 31, folio 1114
2 Jan. 1760
CHAPMAN, RICHD., Dorchester Co.
To my son Richard Chapman's son Thomas Chapman,
at age 21, the S 100a of Barrel Green.
To my son Richard Chapman's son Richard Chapman,
the W 47a of Dover.
To my dau. Bibby & my dau. Mary Pagon, each
15 sh.
To Elizabeth Spicer, L 10, all my wool & flax,
my fowl & geese, & her choice of my linen & woolen wheels &
wool cards.
To Eliz. Spicer's dau. Rebeccah, when she comes
to age, a cow & calf & ewe & lamb & the bed I lie on.
To Mary Robson, d. o. Charles Robson, when she comes
to age, a cow & calf.
To my son Thomas Chapman, 5 sh.
To my son & extr., Richard Chapman, the residue
of my p. e.
Witn: Jacob Pattison, James Travers, Peter Simpson,
Benja. Grainger.
7 May 1760, sworn to by Pattison, Travers, &
Grainger.
Liber 31, folio1115
16 March 1757
WILLIAMS, ROBARD, Dorchester Co., planter.
To my son Thos. Williams, my dw. plntn. 50a
To my son Robt. Williams, 50a convenient to where
he dw. & my largest iron pot.
To Nehemiah Vincen & my son William Williams,
each 1 sh. sterl.
To my grddau. Adeath Williams, a cow calf.
To my wife, Margtt. Williams, for life, all my m.
e., & on her d., to be div. among my chldn.
Extrs: my sd. wife & my son Thos. Williams.
Witn: William Harper, Theophilus Haulkett, David
Harper.
11 June 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn., & Thos.
Williams renounced the extrship.
Liber 31, folio 1116
11 June 1760
VICKERS, ANTHONY, [Dorchester Co.]
To my daus. & son Mary, Elizabeth, & James
Vickers,equ. div., the residue.
Extr: Thomas Mackeel.
Witn: George Purdie, Eleanor Purdy, Anne Sweeney.
15 June 1760, sworn to by Geo. & Eleanor Purdy.
Liber 31, folio 1117
5 April 1760
HOWARD, REBECCA, Dorchester Co.
To my son Allen Howard, negro woman Hanner, a bed,
a chest, & a small pot.
To my dau. Rachel Howard, my best bed & the
rest of my e. except my mare, which may be sold to pay debts.
Extr: Naboth Heartt.
Witn: William Dean, Jr., Markus Andrews, Suanner
Insely.
10 June 1760, sworn to by Dean & Andrews.
Liber 31, folio 1118
25 Feb. 1760
WRIGHT, GEORGE, Dorchester Co.
To SarahCarvin, a chest & what's in it.
To my extr., Mathew Arle, 9 brls. Indian corn &
my 1/4 of the tob. made at Mrs. Sarah Kennerley's.
Witn: Wm. Jones, Jean Shanks.
6 May 1760, sworn to by both witn.
Liber 31, folio 1119
25 Feb. 1760
GUY, WILLIAM, Dorchester Co. planter.
To my wife, Sarah, 1/2 my p. e., & to my dau.
Elizab. Medford, 1 sh.
To my grdchldn. - Mary Boxwell, Rachel Moor, Sary
Moor, Eliza. Addams, Eliza. Lankfit & Rebecker Lankfit - equ. div.,
the other 1/2 my p. e.
Extr: Thomas Moor.
Witn: Mark Littleton, Denwood Smith, Elizath. Hust.
16 July 1760, sworn to by Littleton & Smith.
Liber 31, folio 1120
8 Dec. 1759
RILEY, ELIPHAZ, [Prince George's Co., planter], member of the Protestant
Reformed Church of England.
To my son-in-law, Capt. Robert Douglas & my
dau. Mary, his wife, 30a of The HopYard beg. at the beg. poplar & running
up the Eastern Br. to the houses where Peregrine McNess lately lived .
. .
To my 2 daus., Rachel & Ann, equ. div., the
rest of The Hop Yard, but if both or either of them d. s. p., to Jamey
Riley (s. o. Jeremiah), my grdson.
To sd. dau. Rachel, negro woman Hester & negro
boy Jack, & to sd. dau. Ann, negro man Ben & negro girl Sarah,
& to each, a bed.
To my 2 grdsons, James Riley, s. o. John Riley,
& James Riley, abovesd. s. o. Jeremyah Riley, each a cow & calf.
To my son & extr. (if need be), John Riley,
L 5.
Witn: Edwd. Willett, Wm. Young, Waltr. Evans.
30 May 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1121
8 April 1760
TRUEMAN, ANN, Prince George's Co.
To my son & extr., Thomas Trueman, negro carpenter
Ned about 30 yrs. old & his wife, Cate.
To my son James Trueman, negro man Charles, his
wife, Sarah, & their 3 chldn., Leonard, Chloe, & Clem.
To my dau. Sarah Trueman, negro man Jacob, woman
Lucy, & girl Ginn.
To my son Henry Trueman, negro boy Charles, negro
girl Nell, d. o. Betty, & negro girl Sall.
To my dau. Jane Trueman, negro lad Dick & negro
girls Jone & Henny.
To my son Alexander Trueman, negro shoemaker James,
boy Will, & girl Backwoods Nell.
To my son Edward Trueman, negro blacksmith Ned,
negro woman Betty, her youngest child, Jack, & negro girl Monica.
Witn: [Mrs.] Priscilla Hawkins, James Sothoron Briscoe,
Thomas Trueman.
24 June 1760, sworn to by Hawkins & Briscoe.
Liber 31, folio 1122
Prince George's Co., 4 June 1760, Mary Atkey, widow
of Thomas Atkey, renounced his will [Liber 30, folio 849] & elected
what the law will give her.
Witn: Sarah Maclow, Anne Hutcheson.
Liber 31, folio 1122
13 Jan. 1754
PLUMMER, SAMUEL, Prince George's Co.
To my wife, Sarah Plummer, the land where my dw.
is, Roses Purchase & Upper Getting & the m. e. thereon.
To my eldest son, Thomas Plummer, Hunting Lott,
226a on the drafts of Linganore in Frederick Co.
To my 2d son, Joseph Plummer, 187a on Bush Crk.
in Frederick Co.
To my 3d son, Samuel Plummer, Food Plenty, above
the fork of Bush Crk., & Rocky Hill, both in Frederick Co. & containing
318a.
To my 4th son, Abraham Plummer, 200a of Hickory
Plains, 454a in Frederick Co. on the E side Bush Crk.
To my dau. Cassandra Ballenger, 200a of sd. Hickory
Plains, where she is settled.
To my dau. Sarah Plummer, 151a of sd. Hickory Plains
& Help.
My wife & extrx., Sarah Plummer, shall convey
to my son-in-law Richard Holland Rich Hill, 198a on Linganore in Frederick
Co.
Witn: Mary Moore, Richd. Moore, Thomas Moore.
2 Feb. 1760, affirmed by Richard & Mary Moore
(Quakers) in Anne Arundel Co.
Liber 31, folio 1123
11 Dec. 1759
WARDROP, JAMES, Upper Marlborough, [Prince George's Co.], merchant,
now in New York City.
I confirm (except as it relates to a former will
made by me in London) a codicil made by me in New York City on 8 Nov. last
past.
To my nephew Robert Bull, s. o. Robert Bull of Leith,
Scotland, timber merchant, the dw. house in Wardrop's Court in the lawn
market at Edinbugh where my late father lived & 2 houses with the back
yard adj. the land with the work houses in possn. of Ingles Joyner.
To John Bowles, s. o. Mary Bowles, L 300 sterl.
To my wife, Lettice Wardrop, the rest of my e.
Extrs: sd. wife, my friend & bro.-in-law Mr.
Alexander Symour, merchant, & Mr. Joseph Belt, Jr., Upper Marlborough.
Witn: Chas. Digges, Jas. Duane, Willm. Moodie.
19 March 1760, New York City, sworn to by James
Duane of sd. City, Gent., atty at law, & Lettice Wardrop took the oath
of extr.
2 Aug. 1760, Prince George's Co., sworn to by Diggs
& Moody.
Liber 31, folio 1125
12 March 1760
MILES, THOMAS, Prince George's Co.[planter].
To my sister & extrx., Sarah Plummer, all my
e.
Witn: Joseph Richardson, Zacha. Lyles, Margery Lyles.
24 April 1760, affirmed by Richardson (Quaker) &
sworn to by Zacha. Lyles.
Liber 31, folio 1126
27 Aug. 1760, Lettice Wardrop renounced the will
[Folio 1123] of ther husb. Mr. James Wardrop & elected what the law
allows.
Witn: Lewis Sewall, C. Beanes.
Liber 31, folio 1126
19 Nov. 1759
CORD, WILLIAM, Worcester Co.
To my son William, my still.
To my son Joseph Cord, 3 negroes - Richard, Swithy,
& George - 2 beds, his choice of my horses, & a yoak of oxen.
To my dau. Ester Cropper, negro woman Hannah.
To my son John Cord, a bed.
To my dau. Ann Hazard, 2 cows & calves.
To my dau. Sarah Castirs, a riding mare.
To my grdson John Cord, s. o. Arthur, negro boy
Hammond & a bed.
To my grdson Wm. Cord, s. o. Arthur, negro girl
Comfort & a bed.
To my grdson Auther Smith, negro girl Gennett.
To my grddaus. Molly Parker & Ester Parker,
each L 5.
To my sons John & Joseph Cord & my dau.
Ester Crapper, equ. div., the residue.
Extrs: my sons John & Joseph Cord.
Witn: John Selby, Stephen Walton, Mary Walton.
30 June 1760, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1127
26 Sept. 1759
COLLINGS, JOHN, Sr., Worcester Co.
To my wife & extrx.[Sarah Collins], for life,
all my e. r. & p., & on her d. to be disposed of thus:
To my son William Collings, Freemans Contentment,
on the W side the br. where my houses are & 1 sh. sterl.
To my son Belletha Collings, Freemans Contentment
on the E side sd. br., L 10 to be laid out in learning, & a square-barrel
gun.
To my son Solomon Collings, Collings Lott, 150a
on the head of Sandy Br., a hand mill, & my clothes.
To my son Elisha Collings, Collings Wintour, 50a
of cypress swamp, & a round-barrel gun.
To my grdson William Collings, s. o. Elizabeth,
who is to be under the care of Joseph Smith & Solomon Collings, at
age 21, a bed & 2 cows & calves.
To my chldn. Mary Momford, Elizabeth Beseon, John
Collings, & Ann Stevens, 1 sh. sterl apiece.
On my wife's d., all my p. e. is to be equ. div.
among my 6 chldn: Solomon, Beletha, Elisha, Roady, Sarah, & Jerusha
Collings.
Witn: Robt. Kerby, John Miller, John Fall.
1 Aug. 1760, sworn to by Kerby & Fall, &
8 Aug. 1760, Sarah Collins, the widow, stood to the will.
Liber 31, folio 1128
Translation of Peter Mantz his will, the original being in Dutch [German].
9 Nov. 1759
MANTZ, PETER, [Frederick Town, Frederick Co.]
My apptd. guardians [extrs.], Michael Romer &
Thomas Schley, are to dispose of my effects:
To the Reformed Church in Frederic Town, L 10.
To the chldn. of my bro. Caspar Mantz, provided
no heir of mine survive or any who do d. in their minority L 40.
To my wife, Rosina, 1/3 the residue & her dower
in the house for life.
My guardians are to see that my prentices finish
to learn their trade.
Witn: John Adam Ebert, Valentine Shreiner, George
Thomas Shley.
26 Nov. 1759, the extrs. mentioned refused to act.
29 Nov. 1769, sworn to by Ebert & Sligh.
Translated & examined per E. Vallette.
Liber 31, folio 1129
Translation of Abraham Bohrer's will, the original being in Dutch [German].
18 Oct. 1759
BOHRER, ABRAHAM, Frederick Town, Frederick Co.
To my wife, Anna, a child's part besides her 1/3
& liberty of the house for widhood.
My sd. wife & Mr. Conrad Grosh are to be guardians
to my chldn.
My e. is to go betw. my chldn: Joh. Peter, Joh.George,
Joh.Adam, & Anna Marya, & if more are b., in equal portion with
my wife's child's part.
Witn: Thomas Shley, Valentine Stockle, Peter Baltzers.
13 Nov. 1759, sworn to by Thomas Sligh & affirmed
by Valentine Stuckle (Protestant Dissenter).
Translated & examined per E. Vallette.
Liber 31, folio 1130
20 July 1759
DEVEN, WALTER, Cecil Co., farmer.
To my wife, Catherine Devin, L 5/yr. for life.
Extrs: John Harper, farmer, & my dau. Rosannah
Deven.
Witn: Michael McGoun, John Riggs, George Berwick.
6 Aug. 1759, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1131
23 July 1759
COGHILL, SMALLWOOD, Prince George's Co.
To my cousin Isaac Smallwood Middleton, at age 21,
negro gall Victoro.
To my wife, Keziah Coghill, , for life, Garners
Meadows Resurveighed, & then to sd. cousin, & the rest of my p.
e. to sd. wife.
Witn: John Wynn, Hen. Acton, William Marlow.
27 Aug. 1759, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 31, folio 1132
12 Feb. 1752
NASH, THOMAS, Sr.[Cecil Co.]
To my wife [not named], for widhood, my e. r. &
p., & on her d. my land Nashes Adventure to my sons Saml. & Thomas
equ. div. if both have chldn., & if neither has chldn., to be equ.
div. among my daus.
To my sons John & Saml., each 5 sh.
To my son Thomas, a bed & other things in his
possn.
To my dau. Lucy, her choice of beds, my mares, 3
ewes, a sow & pigs, a heifer, 3 soop plates, 2 basins, a puter dish,
& 3 chairs.
To my dau. Rebecka, a bed, an oval table, 3 soop
plates, 2 basins, a pewter dish, 3 ewes, & a breeding sow.
On my wife's d. or mar., the rest of my m. e. to
be equ. div. among my 6 daus.
Witn: Andrew Alexnder, Lucey Alexander, Isaac Alexander.
15 June 1759, sworn to by all 3 witn.