Will of William Smith

Liber 9 Folio 159-160 In the name of God Amen this the 28th of September 1733 I William Smith of Somerset County in ye Province of Maryland being in my ordinary Sences but weak in Body at present Blessed be God for it yet knowing the uncertainty of this life and being desirous to settle and leave things in order do make this my last Will and Testament in manner & form following First and principal I commend my Soul to God Almighty my Creator assuredly believing that I shall receive full and free Pardon of all my Sins and be saved by the precious Death and merits of my Blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ and my Body to the Earth from whence it was taken to be buried after a decent and Christian manner by my Executors hereafter named and as touching this Worldly Estate as the Lord in his Mercy hath lent me this is my Will that it be bestowed as hereafter is Expresed I Leave and bequeath to my Son William Smith this Plantation whereon I live called Hartellbery and the other Tract called Addition to him and his heirs for Ever Except a part of the head of Hartelbery ye Bounds & Line known already that I Leave and bequeath to my Cousin Thomas Smith Junr. I Leave and bequeath my Mill stones to my Son William Smith and to his heirs for ever as also I leave my two Guns to my Son William and all the rest of my moveable Estate I Leave to be divided one third part to my Wife and the other two parts to my Son and I do Constitute and appoint my beloved Wife Magdalen Smith to be my Executor of this my Last Will and Testament making void all other former Wills by me made by word or writing in Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Day and year above written Signed and Sealed William Smith (Seal) in presence of us James Train, Thomas Smith, John Gray. April ye 15th 1734 Came James Train Thomas Smith and John Gray Subscribing Evidences to the above Will and made Oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God yt they Saw the Testator William Smith Sign and Seal and heard him publish pronounce and declare the above Instrument of writing to be his last Will and Testament and that at the time of his so doing he was to the best of their apprehension of sound disposing mind memory and understanding and that they the afsd James Train,Thomas Smith ,& John Gray, Subscribed this Will in ye presents & at ye Request of the Testator William Smith. Sworn before me Nehemiah King Depy Commissary of Som: County April ye 15th 1734 / Then came Magdalen Smith Extx of Wm Smith late of Som: County deceased and made her Election yt she was well contented wth the Will of her Husband relating to his personal Estate but Claimed her Right of Dower in his real Estate he having made no provision for her in his Will on the other side mentioned touching his Lands As Attests Nehemiah King Depy Commissary of Somerset County