Will of John Covington

In the Name of God Amen I John Covington of great memory I Somerset County in the Province of Maryland being sick and weak of body but of good and perfect sence and memory praise be to god I doe make this my last will and testament in manner and form as followeth first I give and bequeath my Imortall soul unto god who gave it trusting in of through my blessed lord and savior Jesus Christ merritts death and passion to obtain remission and absolution for all my sins and I give my body to the earth from which it came to be decently burried recording t the discretion of my Executrix hereafter mentioned att as to the worldly goods it hath pleased the lord to bestow upon after my debts legacies and generall rights are paid I give as Followeth___Viz. Impr. I give and bequeath unto my wife Mary Covington during her natural life all that tract or piece of land called Second Choice in Great Memory in Somerset County . Containing two hundred acres and after her decease then to my son Nehemiah Covington and his heirs and if he should dye without ssae then to my son Phillip Covington and his heirs_____ Item I give and bequeath unto my son John Covington his heirs all that tract of land called Sassafrass Nick in great memory in Somerset County containing one hundred and fifty acres and if he should dye without ssae then to my son Phillip Covington and his heirs_____ Item I give unto my Cousin Leven Covington the first fold from my mare [smatt????] shall being _____ Item I give unto my cousin Sarah Covington one two yr. Heifer Item I give unto my causin Elizabeth Covington one two year old heifer ~ Item my will is that if my wife Mary Covington should alter then condition that is to Mary, that then my son Nehemiah and John Covington have their liberty to live with her or not as they see fitt and that my son Philip have his liberty to choose his guardian at the age of fourteen_____ Item my will is that all the rest and residue of my moveable Estate be equally divided between my wife Mary Covington my son Nehemiah Covington My son John Covington my so Philip Covington and Daughter Mary Covington and as to time of dividing of it I refer that holy to the discretion of my Executor hereafter mentioned______ ______ Item my will is that my son Nehemiah Covington in case my wife Marry or should die be not possessed with this Estate until he arrives of live to the age of one and X years and that son John be not possessed of any part of his untill he be one twenty all this I leave holy likewise to the desertion of my Executor to possess them at what age they shall think most ______ Item I doe make constitute and appoint my Loving brother Nehemiah Covington and good friend Leven Denwood Jun. Executor of this my last will and testament, In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this the 11th day of October Anno Dom 1693.______ Signed Sealed and delivered In the presence of us___ his Rebecha Covington John [ I ] Covington {seale} Wm. Jones mark Dom. Coppinger Memorandum that probate of this will was made by the oaths of Dom. Coppinger and William Jones who were Sworne on the Holy Evangelist this 12th day of March 93: before me Sam. Hopkins D. Com ____ Leven Denwood refusing to make oath administration granted to Nehemiah Covington Executor _____ Memorandum that this 12th day of March 1693/4 Nehemiah Covington Executor within named was sworn before me Witness my hand -- Sam. Hopkins Dep. Comm (Indorsement : Recorded in lib KC fol. 118) Recorded in Liber EB No. 5 folio 154~~ Test. Esme Bayly Regr. W.S.C.