Somerset County, Maryland · 1688
Contributor: This transcription was contributed to Somerset County MDGenWeb by Ed Smith.
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Transcription
In the name of God Amen I Thomas Wilson of Wicomico in Somerset County in
the province of Maryland, Planter, being very ill and indesposed in body
but of aged and perfect memory, praise be Almighty god doe make and ordain
and constitute this my last will and testament in manner and form following
Viz._____
Imp. First I give soul to god that gave it and my body to be burried by
the discretion of my Executrix, hereafter named In sure and certain hopes,
that by and through the merits Jesus Christ to enjoy a blessed
resurrection. And as for my reall and personall Estate, I give and
bequeath as followeth (gr)_______
2ndly I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth the plantation where I
now live containing, the two hundred acres more or less and called by the
name of Might have had more to her and to heirs forever________ _______
_________
Item I give and bequeath unto the girle that now liveth with me, called
Hannah One cow and a calf by her side with her whole and singular her
increase to her the sd. Hannah and to her heirs forever and to be delivered
to the said Hannah or her heirs or to her used within twelve months after
my decease.______ ______
Item I give and bequeath all the rest of my Estate both reall and personall
moveables and unmoveables both with in doors and with out To my loving wife
Alice Wilson and to my sd. Daughter Elizabeth Wilson be equally divided
between them within twelve months after my decease, after my funerall
expenses and my debts are discharged______
Item I do appoint and ordain my loving wife Alice Wilson my sole and only
Executrix of this my last will and testament and doe Appoint upon request
my two well beloved friends Alexander Thomas and Richard Crockett to be
overseers to look and oversee this my last will and testament. Performed
in ord. In confirmation and full assurance of the truth above written I
have hereunto sett my hand and seale this three and twentieth day of July,
One thousand six hundred Eighty and eight
Signed sealed delivered and declared
Is my last will and testament in the
Presence of us_______ Thomas Willson {seale}
Ed. Day ~
The mark of
Thomas [ I ] Coalmen
Edward D. Fover
Sampson Power____ This above written will was proved [????]
Wicomico in the
County of Somerset above said by the oaths of Thomas
Coalmen Edward Fowler and Sampson Power November the first 1688. Edward
Day one of the witnesses refuse to swear but said affirm with the said
Signed sealed and delivered and as the Last Will of Thomas Willson, at the
same time Alice Wilson the Executrix Sworne and James Dashiell and Daniell
Hast sworne appr. Before me._____
Signed Wm. Briueton {Seale}
Memorandum that whereas my wife Alice Wilson withen mentioned is now with
child I give and bequeath unto the said child is a son, All my land within
mentioned to his and his heirs forever if a Daughter to equally divided
between my Daughter Elizabeth and the said daughter any thing in my this
will to the contrary notwithstanding and I doe hereby ratify this as a
schedule to this my last will and testament as witness my hand the second
day of August 1688_____
Testis:
John Huett Tho. [I] Wilson
Joseph Thomson
Thd. Cartwright
This above written schedule was at Wicomico in the County of Somerset
proved by the oath of John Huett Clerk October the 5th 1688______
Joseph Thomson
Thomas Cartwright Wm. Briuerton {seale}
(Indorsement: Intr. Lib H fol. 39)
Recorded in Liber EB No. 5 folios 163-164~
Test. Esme Bayly Regr. W.S.C.