Will of George Gale

In the name of God Amen I George Gale of Somerset County in the Province of Maryland being of Good sound and disposing mind and memory do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following ______ Imprimis I Desire that all my Just Debts be paid ______ Item I Give and Desire unto my Nephew Levin Gale the Elder and to his Heirs and Afsigne for ever all my Lands with the appurtenances Situate Lying and Being in Somerset County unlefs the Such part thereof as shall Lye to the Westernmost Side of a line to Begin at the mouth of the Ditch at the back of my Negro Quarter from thence Runing with the Said Ditch untill it forks wch is about Eighty yards above my Barn and from thence to Run untill it intersects the Line of the Tracts of Land where on I Live called addition so as to Leave five Hundred Acres to the Westward of the Said Lines which five Hundred Acres of Land with the appurtenances I give and devide unto my Nephew Liven Gale the Son of John and his Heirs and Afsigns for ever I give unto my Nephew Henry Gale Five Hundred pounds to be paid him in Dollars at Seven Shillings and Six pence each or Pistoles at twenty Seven Shillings each But it is my will that two Hundred and Sixty five pounds which He Has had of me and for which I have his Note be considered as a part of that Sum______ I give unto Magaret Denwood Forty pounds to be paid in Dollars at Seven Shillings and Six pence each or Pistoles at twenty Seven Shillings each I also give unto the said Margaret One Bed and Furniture of the value of Ten Pounds I give Twenty Pounds to be laid out by my Executor here after named among such as shall to him appear objects of Charity within this Parish I give the Residue of my personal Estate to be disposed of in the following manner Viz one Seventh part to Leah Gale wife of Levin one Seventh part to Henry Gale One Seventh part to Levin Gale Son of John One Seventh part to Mary Wilson Wife of Samuel One Seventh part to Amelia Forman wife of Jofeph one Seventh part to be Equally divided Between Mileah Gale George Gale Elizabeth Gale and Leah Gale Children of my deceased nephew Gorge Gale provided the Boy Arrive the Age of twenty one years and the Girls to the Age of Sixteen and in case of the Death of any of them before that age it is my Desire that the Survivors have Equally their part among them Lastly I hereby nominate Conftitute and appoint my Nephew Levin Gale the Elder whole and Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament Hereby Revoking and making void all other and former Wills by me made In Witnefs where of I the said George Gale have hereto Set my Hand and affix'd my Seal this Eleventh day of January ~ in the year of our Lord 1768 ~ Signed Sealed published and Declared as the Last Will And Testament of George Gale the Testator in the Presence of us who have Hereto Subscribed our Names As Witnefses in the presence of the said George Gale and at his Request ______ Mary Surman Ann Day Seat Geo Gale {Seal} Henry Jackson On the 11th day of January 1772 Came Levin Gale and made oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that he Believed that the afforegoing Inftrument of Writing to be the Last Will and Testament of George Gale Late of Somerset County deceased that hathe Come to his hands or pofsefsion, and that he belived it is free from any Interlining Erasures Or any alterations whatsoever Since the Executor there of, and that he did not know or had any Just Reason to Belive that there is any other since the Date thereof ~ Sworn Befor Thos Holbrock Depy Comy of Som County On the Eleventh day of Janurary One thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy two Came Mary Surman Ann Day Scott, Alias Jones and Henry Jackson the three Subscribing Witnefs: to the Aforegoing Will and made Oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that they did See the Testator George Gale Sign and the Aforegoing Will and heard him Publish pronounce and Declare the Same to be his Last Will and Testament and the time of his Sodoing he was to the best of there Apprehansions of a Sound Disposing mind memory and understanding and that they Subscribed there Names as Witnefs: to the Said Will In the presence of the Said Testator Sworn Before Thos Holbrock Depy Comy of Som County Accorded in Liber E B No. 5, Folio 7, 8 and 9 ~ Epms Bayly Reg. W S C.