Will of William Wallton

In the name of god Amen I William Wallton of Somerset County in the province of Maryland and, being very Sick & weake but thanks be unto god of perfect sound Mind & Memory & knowing the uncertainty of this Life & that all flesh must yield to death for the better Setting yr Temperell Estate god Allmighty hath blefsed me wth after my Just debts are duly pd I do Make & ordain this my Last will & Testamt in Manner & form foll: ~ Revoaking & Making Null & Void all former Wills & Testaments & this onely to remain & be my Last Will & Testamt ~~~ Impr I give my Soul to god that gave it me & my body to ye Earth from whence it came there to be burried in such Christn manner as My Executor hereafter Mentioned shall think fitt, hoping & veryly beleiving at the Last day through ye Merritts death & passion of My blessed Saviour & Reedeemer Christ Jesus it shall be raised up again in Glory ~~~ Item I give & Devise unto my Loving son John Wallton his heirs & assigns for Ever four hundred Acres of Land Lying & being on ye Seabourd Side being part of ye devident Whereon I now Live in A neck called by the Name of the Indian Cabbin, Neck bounded Sourtherly, With the Land of Wm. Courde runing from the Mouth of a Creek next to the Land of Wm Coude & thence Extending Northerly Along the sea board or Bay Side to the Next creek flouing out thence & so up the same & that Branch of the said Creek next unto the plantation whereon I now Live & up that branch so far as the ground is Now cleared & from thence by A Line drawn to the Westermost bounds of my said Land for Length to make the full quantity of four hundred acres of Land as afsd & for that remaining part of ye devident Whereon I now Live I give & devise unto my Lov: Son Fisher Wallton his heirs & afsigns for Ever & in case it should so happen yr Either of my afosrd sons John or Fisher Wallton should dye before they Attain to the age hereafter mentioned then my will is that the survivour of them should have possess & injoy the deceases prt to him his heirs & assigns for Ever ~~~ Item: I give & devise to my Lo: son William Wallton his heirs & assigns for Ever Seven hundred Acres of Land being the one half of a devidend of Land called Neighborgood being the Northern pt there of near the head of a Neck called senapuxon, & for the Remaining pt of that Seven hundred acres called Neighbourhood, I give & devise to my Lo: Son Stephen Wallton his heirs & assigns for Ever & In case it should soe happen that if either of my Two sons Last Mentioned vzt William or Stephen Wallton should dye before they attain to the age hereafter Mentioned then my will is that the Survivour of them should have & Injoy the deceasts pt to him his heirs & assigns for Ever ~~~ Item, My will is that the Two hundred & fifty Acres of Land lying & being at Boggetonorton wch I bought of Hen: Bishop sen. to be settled in some Conveinent time after my decease by My Executrix hereafter mentioned & that ye produce there of may be Imployed for my Loving Children Education & Learning & that one young house & Mare may in the like Manor or dispose of to & for that end & purpose ~~~ Item I give & bequeath to my Lo: Son John Wallton ye Gold ring which was my fathers, having the Two Letters I W thereon & for my Wifes better Accomidation of Living I Will that she have use possess & Enjoy the plantation whereon I now Live ~~~ Item for the Remaining pt of my Estate of Wh Quallity or Specie Soever it be, my will is that it be Equally devided between my well beloved wife Rebecca Wallton & my four Lo: sons John: Wm. Stephen and Fisher Wallton to be equally divided & shared Amongst ye as they shall successively Attain to the age of Sixteen years at which term or time my will is that each of my aforsd Children peaceable & quietly have use posses & Enjoy his pertecular pt & porton either reall or personall devised or bequeathed Intended to be devised or bequeathed as by this my Last will & Testament ~~~ Lastly I leave my well beloved wife Rebecca Wallton the whole & sole Executrix of this my Last will & Testament In Wittness where of & others the before Recited Premises I have hereunto afixed my hand & Seale the Tenth day of April Annoq: Domo 1686 & in the Second year of the Reign of James the second King of EngLand Signed Sealed & Deld as the last Will & Testament of Will Walton In the presence of us William Wallton {Seale} Wm Whittington William Cord ~ John Roberts Somerset County In MaryLand This day came before me Capt. Wm Whittington Wm Cord & John Robert & Made Oath that they saw Wm Wallton late of this County in his life time Sign & Seale A certain Instrument declaring it to be his Last will & Testament bearing date the Tenth day of Aprill 1686. This taken & don by virtue of an Order from the Honble Henry Darnett & Clemt Hill Judges for probate of Wills bearing date the fourteenth day of Augt 1686 & under there seale of of [sic] office given under my h& & seale this 25th of Augt 1686 ~~~ Jno Osborne {Seale} Maryland in Somerset County Memorand that John Roberts one of the Witnesses to the within Mentioned Will being lately deceased the other Two to sit Capt Wm ~ Whittington & Wm Cord Came before me the last day of February 1687/8 & made oath that they saw the testator Wm Walton within named both Sign & Seale the sd Will & did there hear him declare the same to be his Last will & Testamt ~~~ This day being the 10th Day of March 87/8 Came before me Rebecca Carrell the rellique of Wm Walton Within mentioned & Executrix In the within will named & appointed & made Oath virbatum According to the form of the Oath of an Executrix This day being the 12th day of March Appeared before me Mathew Scarbrough & John Townsen Appraisers of the goods & Chattles of Wm Walton aforesd & Made oath ~ According to the form Accostomed Annoq Domo 87/8 ~~~ The Premisses pformed p [per] order of the Honob Henry Darnell & Clement Hill Esqr Judges for probates of Wills IG: To be Transmitted under my h& & Seale March ye 12th 87/8 ~~~ Sam Hopkins ~ {Seale} Recorded in Liber EB No. 5 folios 180 & 181 ~ Test Esme Bayly Reg. W.S.C B Bishop Hen:, 1 C Carrell Rebecca, 2 Cord William, 2 D Darnett Henry, 2 H Hill Clemt, 2 Hopkins Sam, 2 O Osborne Jno, 2 R Roberts John, 2 S Scarbrough Mathew, 2 T Townsen John, 2 W Wallton Fisher, 1, 2 John, 1, 2 Rebecca, 1, 2 Stephen, 1, 2 William, 1, 2 Whittington Wm, 2