Will of John Booth

In the name of God Amen I John Booth wiccoemacoe I the County of Somerset and province of Maryland, planter being weak of body yet of sound and perfect memory prayse be therefore given to Almighty God doe make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say, First and principally I commend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God hoping through the merrits death and passion of my savoir Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon of all my sins and to inherit ever lasting life and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named and as touching the dispossession of all such temporal Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth____ First I will that my debts and funeral charges shall be paid and discharged Item I do give unto Bredgott Spence the Daughter of James Spencer one Ewe and lamb and one cow and calf and first that shall fall upon the Plantation whereon I live____ Item I do give unto my Daughter Eastire Booth one black cow and yearling heifer which commonly was called and properly is her own __ Item I do give unto my son John Booth the Plantation which I now live and all the appertained thereunto belonging to him and his heirs forever only. I do give and bequeath unto my youngest son Daniel Booth four hundred and fifty acres more or less and the said hundred acres which I now do give unto son Daniel Booth is bounded as followeth binding upon the West side of a branch called the deep branch for length word upon the river of Wicomico for breadth to him the said Daniel Booth and his heirs for ever, with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging and the sd. Daniel my will is shall inherit his land and goods at eighteen yrs. of age. Item I do give unto my son Peter Booth a tract or dividend of land lying back in the woods upon the branches of Wicomico containing the hundred and fifty acres, commonly called Harmon, which I bought of John Parker withall profits benefits and appurtenances thereunto belonging to him and the sd. Peter Booth and his heirs for ever and the sd. Peter Booth my will is shall inherit his land and goods at eighteen years of age____ Item I doe give unto my son Isaac Booth one tract or dividend of land lying back in the woods called Fatt acres quarter containing two hundred acres more or less which tract I bought of Wm. Carry with all rights profits benefits thereunto belonging to him the said Isaac Booth and to his heirs for ever and the said Isaac my will is shall be at age to inherit his land and goods when he shall come to the age of eighteen years_____ Item I will that my son John Booth and my Daughter Easter Booth and my daughter Elizabeth Booth shall be at age and at their own disposing after my decease leaving my son John Booth my full and sole Executor desiring James Spencer and Philip Askew Jun. To be assisting to my Executor aforesaid to see this my last will and testament duely performed to the utmost of their power_____ All the rest and residue of my personal Estate goods and chattles whatsoever I do give and bequeath to be equally divided amongst my six children to will. John Booth my eldest son my soul Executor and Peter Booth and Isaac Booth and Daniel Booth and my Daughter Easter and Elizabeth Booth ____ And my will is that John Booth my eldest son and sole executor of this my last will and testament and my daughter Easter Booth and Elizabeth Booth shall enjoy and possess their goods and chattles after my decease____ And do hereby revoke disanull and make void all former wills and Testaments by me heretofore made I witness whereof I the said John Booth to this my Last Will and Testament being contained in two sides of one sheet of paper sett my hand to the top of the first side thereof and to the last side I sett my seale the 16th day of May in the year of our lord 1698. Signed Sealed and delivered In sight and presence of us William Keble {seale} James Spence Tho. Horsmorn Memorandum that this 25th day of June 1698 said will proved p[??] the oaths of all the witnesses then Executors and Appraisers sworn and testamentary letters granted copy will refused Witness S. Hopkins Dep.Com Entd. In liber H folio 141 Recorded in Liber EB No. 5 folio 111 112~ Test. Esme Bayly Regr. W.S.C.