I THOMAS
WATKINS of
Caroline County and State of Maryland being in health of body of sound
disposing mind, memory and understanding, but considering the certainly
of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and being desirous to
settle my worldly affairs and thereby be the better prepared to leave
this
world when it may please God to call me hence, do therefore make and
publish
this last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to
day:
First, after my
lawful debts
and funeral expenses are paid, I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife
NAOMY
all my estate both real and personal during her life, and at her
decease
my will and desire is that my son THOMAS WATKINS shall have my
dwelling
place and all the land which I may have possession of at my death, on
the
provision that he my son THOMAS afsd. shall
pay
my daughter
MARGARETT WATKINS the sum of forty pounds current money
of the State afsd. at the time of his having possession
thereof
and for services done in my lifetime, but of my son THOMAS afsd.
shall refuse to pay my daughter MARGARETT afsd. the
sum
of current money before mentioned or shall bring forward any accompt
against
estate for services or good deeds done for me in my life time, in
either
of these cases then my will is and I do hereby direct that the orphan's
court of Caroline county shall be fully authorized to appoint some
judicious
person to make a bargain and sale of the aforesaid land and premises as
they think proper, and first pay the sum current money before mentioned
to my daughter MARGARETT afsd. and the balance of
the
money then remaining my will and desire is it may be equally divided
between
my son THOMAS, son JOHN, son RHEUBEN, grandson WILLIAM
WATKINS and my three daughters
ANN WAGAMAN,
ESTHER WATKINS
and MARGARETT WATKINS, share and share alike.
Item, I give
and bequeath
unto my children and grandchildren before named after the decease of my
wife all the personal estate that shall then be remaining after her
lawfull
debts and funeral expenses are paid to be equally divided amongst them
share and share alike.
Item, Whereas I
have not
taken notice of my son
JAMES WATKINS, I do hereby declare that the
part which I have given to his son WILLIAM shall go in full
satisfaction
of all right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever which he may
or can any wise pretend to have or claim of in or to all or any part of
my real or personal estate.
Item, my will
is and I do
hereby direct that there be no administration on my estate until the
decease
of my wife. And lastly, I do nominate and appoint my son THOMAS
WATKINS to be sole executor of this last will and testament,
utterly
revoking and disanulling all former wills by me heretofore made, hereby
ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last this eleventh
day of April Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and six: 1806.
Signed: THOMAS
WATKINS
{seal}
Signed, sealed,
published
and declared by THOMAS WATKINS }
the within named
testator
as and for his last will and testament }
and in the
presence of each
other have subscribed
our
}
names as witnesses
thereto
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HENRY CHARLES,
THOMAS
GRIFFITH, ISAAC POOL
Caroline
County
}
The 16th
September 1806
} Then came HENRY CHARLES and
THOMAS GRIFFITH two of the
subscribing witnesses to the aforegoing last will and testament of THOMAS
WATKINS late of Caroline county, deceased, and severally mad oath
on
the holy evangels of Almighty God, that they did see the testator
herein
named sign and seal this Will, that they heard him publish, pronounce
and
declare the same to be his last will and testament that at the time of
his so doing he was to the best of their apprehensions of sound
disposing
mind, memory and understanding; and that they respectively subscribed
their
names as Witnesses to this will in the presence and at the request of
the
Testator, and in the presence of each other and ISAAC POOL
who they also saw
subscribe
this Will as witness in the presence and at the request of the testator.
Certified by RICHARDSON
RYLE ~
