Liber 20, Folio 168 - 24 March 1730 / 8 April 1731 - Will of
Francis Anderton
To sister Sarah and heirs, 200 acres "York" and 50 acres of "Westward"
To sister Sarah and brother in law, John Brown executors, residue of
estate equally.
Test: John Briggs, Thomas Smith, Henry Murray
Liber 16 Folio 387 - 15 March 1731 - Inventory of Francis Anderton -
Appraisers: Daniel Sulivane, John Ricks Creditors: Thomas Nevett,
Peter Taylor.
Next of kin: John Anderton, Peter Taylor Executors:
John Brown, Sarah Anderton
35 XYZ? 344 - Will of John Anderton - 22 July 1760 / 10 April 1767 - Land to be divided between sons John Anderton and Francis Anderton. One slave to daughter, Sarah Anderton. I have already given daughter, Betty King, part of personal estate. Desire that what she had already received shall be in part of her portion. Executor: son, John. Witn: Daniel Sullivane Jr. & Sarah Sullivane, Catharine Cannon. Codicil: 8 January 1761 - to son-in-law Robert Clarkson, one slave. Witn: Daniel Sullivane, Henry Trippe.
Liber 39 Folio 366 - 13 March 1773 / 6 May 1773 - Will of Thomas John Marshall
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To wife Sarah Marshall, executrix, all of estate during widowhood then
all my land to sons John and Theophilus Marshall. If my son John
Marshall die without issue, his part to my son Levin, and if John and
Levin die without issue to son James, if sons Theophilus and Henry die
without issue their part to my son James. To 8 children John,
Theophilus, Patience, Sarah, Levin, Mary, Henry, and James, after my
wife's death, all moveable estate, only son John and Theophilus to have
no part of the negroes. Son John, executor.
Witn: John Anderton, Thomas Muir, Bartholomew Adams.
Chancery Case - William Lecompte, deceased (contains Will dated 13
November 1815)
daughter-in-law, Mary, widow of son, Charles Lecompte
grandson, William B Lecompte
son, Caleb Lecompte
daughter, Rebecca, wife of Stephen Lecompte
granddaughter, Mary, daughter of Stephen Lecompte
granddaughter, Sophia, dau of Stephen Lecompte
and friend - Benjamin Lecompte
?? - 29 September 1824 / - Will of Mary Rawleigh
To daughter Mary Rawleigh - house and lot in New Market which formerly
belonged to my father Edward Thompson.
To daughter aforesaid - 5 negoes, namely Rachel and her three children,
Henry, William, and John; and one called Jim.
Mentions brother James Thompson and three sisters Rebeckah Braughn,
Elizabeth Smith, and Sophia Handley. Executor - brother James
Thompson.
Witnesses - Henry Marshall, Allen Twyford, William Harper.
1 THH 27 - 15 March 1832 / 21 March 1832 - Will of Henry
Nicols
In the name of God, Amen, I, Henry Nicols of Dorchester County
in the State of Maryland being sick and weak in body, but of sound and
disposing mind, memory, and understanding considering the certainty of
death, and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and being desirous to
settle my worldly affairs and thereby be the better prepared to leave
this world when it shall please God to call one hence, do therefore make
and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following
that is to say first and principally I commit my soul unto the hands of
Almighty God and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the
discretion of my executor hereinafter named and after my just debts and
funeral expenses are paid I devise and bequeath as follows.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my wife Margaret A. Nicols during her
lifetime and no longer All that lot or parcel of land upon which my
dwelling house stands, and which I purchased of Mrs. Elizabeth Berkhead,
containing about 47 acres of land more or less.
Item - I give also and bequeath unto my wife, Margaret A. Nicols all the
negroes I got of her by marriage viz. Daniel, Daniel Johnson, Job, Tom
and Anne.
Item - I give and bequeath unto Emily A. Green, daughter of Nathanial E.
Green, negro girl Maria to serve her until the first day of January
1841, who shall then be free.
Item I give and bequeath to my wife, Margaret A. Nicols, negro boy
George to serve her until the fifteenth day of March 1842, who shall
then be free.
Item - It is my will and desire that my negro woman called Sarah and
negro girl Rosette be free at my death which I do hereby manumit and set
free.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my woman Sarah, who I have herein set
free, negro boy Clem aged 13 years to serve her until he is twenty-five
years old, who shall then be free.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my said negro woman Sarah, all that lot
of ground with a small house thereon and containing about seven acres of
land and lying back of the Methodist Meeting House, and I also give and
bequeath unto said negro Sarah, a lot or parcel of land which I
purchased of Jeremiah Bramble and adjoining the lands of Morris Roach,
Henry Bradley and Daniel Sullivan, containing about 35 acres of land
more or less. All of the said parcels of land I give and bequeath
unto Sarah during her lifetime and after her decease I give and bequeath
the same to negro girl Rosette who I here herein set free during her
lifetime and after her death I give and bequeath the same to my negro
Clem and negro George, children of the said negro Sarah, or the survivor
of them and their heirs forever.
Item - I give and bequeath unto Emily A. Greene, daughter of Nathanial
E. Greene, all that lot of land lying between the Methodist Church and
lot formerly belonging to Thos. Troth, the graveyard excepted, which I
purchased of Hy Hicks & the Kings, let the quantity be what it may to
her and her heirs forever.
Item - I give and bequeath unto Kesiah Hurlock, fifty dollars in money.
Item - I give and bequeath unto said negro woman Sarah, the sum of one
hundred dollars to be paid hereby my Executors hereinafter named.
It is my will and desire that my negro man Sam Green, be sold for a term
of five years and my negro man Daniel for a term of ten years, and to
have the liberty to choose Masters, and after the expiration of said
terms I do hereby manumit and set them free. It is my will and
desire that my Executor hereinafter named, do sell and dispose of to the
best advantage the balance of my real estate, consisting of a lot lying
opposite the Tan Yard in New Market and adjoining the lands of Stephen
LeCompte, Henry Dickinsons' Hs, and Doct. T. Handy. Also one
hundred and eighty-two acres of land adjoining the lands of Elijah
Stevens and others, which I purchased at Sheriffs sale, and convey the
same by a deed of Bargain and Sale to the purchaser or purchasers.
Item - I give and bequeath to my wife, Margaret A. Nicols, my gig and
horse called Charley, and her choice of the best bed and furniture, and
after all just debts and funeral expenses are paid I give and bequeath
all the remaining balance of my personal estate to my wife, Margaret A.
Nicols.
Item - I give and bequeath unto Nathaniel E. Greene my sulkey carriage.
And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph K. Traverse and
Nathaniel E. Greene executors of this my last Will and Testament,
revoking and annulling all former Wills by me heretofore made ratifying
and confirming this and none other to be my last Will and Testament.
In Testamonty whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
fifteenth day of March in the year of anno Eighteen hundred and thirty
two. Henry Nicols (seal)
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by Henry Nicols the above named
Testator, as and for his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us
who at his request, in his presence, and in the presence of each other
have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto:
Thomas Henry Handy, John B. Leckie, James LeCompte Jr.
Codicil:
Whereas I, Henry Nicols, of Dorchester County, have made and duly
executed my last Will and Testament in writing bearing date, this
fifteenth day of March, Eighteen hundred and thirty two, which said last
Will and Testament and every clause bequest and devise therein contained
I do hereby ratify and confirm and being desirous of making some
addition thereto, do therefore hereby make this my codicil, which I will
and direct shall be taken and held as part of my said last Will and
Testament in manner and form following that is to say:
Item -it is my Will and desire that the parcel of land upon which my
dwelling house stands containing about 50 acres of which I purchased of
Mrs. Elizabeth Berkhead and which I have bequeathed, to wife Margaret A.
Nicols during her natural life and after her deceased, I give and
bequeath unto Emily C. Greene, daughter of Nathaniel E. Greene to her
and her heirs forever. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and my seal this fifteenth day of March, Eighteen hundred and
thirty two. Henry Nicols (seal)
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by Henry Nicols the above named
testator, as and for his Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the
presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of
each other have subscribed our names at witnesses thereto.
Jos. K. Travers, Thomas H. Handy, Andrew S. Gootee
On the 26 day of March Anno Domini 1832, then came (witnesses regarding)
Henry Nicols, late of Dorchester County, deceased...
1 THH 30 - 23 October 1792 -Will of Nimrod Newton
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1 THH 159 - 3 March 1835 / 9 March 1835 - Will of Stephen LeCompte
To Tryphena M. LeCompte, wife, to have testator's houses and lots in the
town of East New Market during her natural life
To Levin LeCompte, nephew, son of brother Charles LeCompte...
To Mary Jane Fleharty, niece, after widows decease to have testator's
houses and lots in East New Market
To Smart LeCompte, nephew, son of brother Charles LeCompte,...
To Harriet, negro, to be free
To James Thompson, friend, named executor
1 THH 93 - 16 November 1836 / 2 February 1846 - Will of Henry
W. Hicks
To Eliza Hicks, wife - testator's dwelling plantation for the her use
during her widowhood
To Elizabeth Ann Hicks, daughter - $100
To William Franklin Hicks, son, Sarah Rebecca Hicks, daughter, Henry
Woolman Hicks, son - three youngest children to have $150 each.
To Thomas James Hicks, eldest son, George Washington Hicks, son -
remainder of the estate to be divided among testator's six children -
Thomas to take negro woman "Sarah" at a fair valuation as his share -
George to take negro girl "Levinia" at a fair valuation as his share of
the estate, and should testator's two sons attempt to sell the negroes
out of the estate unless the said negroes "should commit a violent act"
then the said negroes are to be free.
To James Thompson, friend - executor of Will
Witnesses - John Kemp, Silas Carroll, Henry Bradley
1 THH 90 -14 March 1840 / 9 November 1840 - Will of Jacob
Howard
In the name of God, Amen, I Jacob Howard of
Dorchester County and State of Maryland, being weak in body, but of
sound, disposing mind, memory, and understanding, and being desirous to
settle my worldly concerns, and thereby be the better prepared to leave
this watch, when it shall please God to call me home, do make and
publish this my last Will and testament in manner and form following to
wit:
1st - Present(?) my soul to God, hoping he will receive it
through the writs of Christ, and my body to the earth to be decently
buried by my Executor hereinafter mentioned(?).
2nd - I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Leah, in lieu
of rights of dower in my lands, one third of the net annual income of
rents of all my lands, during her natural life and no longer. I
also give unto my said wife in part of her thirds of my personal estate
my negro man David to serve her until he arrives to the age of thirty
five years and then to be free, also my negro lad "big Joe" to serve her
to the end of the year Eighteen hundred and sixty one and then to be
free, also my negro lad Robert to serve her to the end of year Eighteen
hundred and sixty two, and then to be free, also my negro boy Joshua to
serve unto the end of the year Eighteen hundred and sixty seven, and
then to be free, also my negro Girl Minty to server her to the end of
the year Eighteen hundred and sixty three, and then to be free, also my
negro Girl Ann, who is insane. I also give unto my said wife, my
Bay mare, Gig and Harness, and the first and fourth choice of two beds
and furniture, one metal Clock, on Secretary, one square mahogany table,
one dozen of my best chairs, all the Carpeting, all the China and
Crockery ware about the house, and all my silver plate.
3rd - I give and devise to my daughter Harriet Beckwith, all
the lands lying near New Market which I purchased of John Donavan,
Trustee for the sale of the real estate of Silas Griffith, deceased,
also all the lands I purchased of Samuel Craft and George Phillips on or
near Nanticoke River to her my said daughter, and the heirs of her body,
but for the want of such heirs or should said heirs of her body die,
leaving no issue of their body, then to the nearest of my blood kin and
their heirs forever. I also give to my said daughter Harriet, my
negro man Jenkins to serve to the end of the year Eighteen hundred and
fifty two, and then to be free, also my negro woman Sarah to serve to
the end of the year Eighteen hundred and fifty one, and then to be free,
also my negro child David, to serve to the end of the year Eighteen
hundred and seventy three and then to be free.
4th - I give and devise to my daughter Mary Jane Howard, all
the lands where I now live which I purchases of Doctor John Hooper and
Greenberry L. Rawleigh and Henry Windows(?) and wife, and also all the
lands near Middletown, which I purchased of WIlliam Learde and which
formerly belonged to Richard Hayward, deceased, and also all the lands
adjoining on near which I purchased of Henry Page, Trustee for the sale
of the real estate of George W. Stevens, deceased. To her my said
daughter and the heirs of her body, but for want of such heirs or should
said heirs of her body die leaving no issue of their body, then I give
said lands to the nearest of my blood kin, to them and their heirs
forever. I also give and bequeath to my said daughter Mary Jane,
my negro man Henry to serve her to the end of year Eighteen hundred and
fifty four and then to be free, also my negro woman Alley to serve to
the end of the year Eighteen hundred and fifty six and then to be free.
Also my negro boy Stephen, to serve to the end of the year Eighteen
hundred and seventy two, and then to be free. I also give to my
said daughter Mary Jane, one bed and furniture, second choice, on new
Mahogany Bureau, one pair of mahogany tables, one pair of looking
glasses, on side saddle and on hundred dollars in cash.
5th - I give and devise to my son William J. Howard, all my
lands that I purchased of Brice J. Goldsborough, Trustee, for the sale
of the real estate of Richard Willoughby, and which formerly belonged to
Charles LeCompte of Charles, and a small lot purchased of the said
Charles Lecompte of Charles, and also all the lands which I purchased of
Henry Page, Trustee for the sale of the real estate of Samuel Hodson,
deceased, lying near "ChickCane" Bridge, and also the lease of the farm
which I purchased of Dr. John A. Claugh and wife, which aforesaid Lavis
I devise to my said son and to the heirs of his body, but for the want
of such heirs of his body, or should said heirs of his body die without
lawful issue of their bodys then I give said lands to my nearest blood
kin. I also give and bequeath to my said son William J. Howard, my
negro man John to serve to the end of the year Eighteen hundred and
fifty eight, and then to be free, also my negro boy little Joe, to serve
to the end of the year Eighteen hundred and sixty four, and then to be
free, and also my negro girl Mary Anne to serve to the end of the year
Eighteen hundred and seventy one, and then to be free, also my side
board, silver watch, clothing, on bed and furniture, third choice, and
five hundred dollars in cash to aid in giving him a good English
Education.
6th - I give and bequeath to my grand daughter Catherine
Beckwith, one girl child named Mariah to serve to the end of the year
Eighteen hundred and seventy eight, and then to be free.
7th - I give and bequeath to my grandson Jeremiah H.
Beckwith, my negro boy Jim to serve to the end of the year Eighteen
hundred and seventy six and then to be free.
8th - I give and bequeath to William H. Corkran, my nephew,
one hundred dollars cash.
9th - I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Foxwell, daughter of
Matilda Foxwell, fifty dollars in cash.
10th -I give and bequeath to Mary Jane Foxwell, daughter as
aforesaid, fifty dollars in cash.
11th -I give and bequeath to Andrew J. Foxwell, son of
Matilda Foxwell, fifty dollars in cash.
12th -I give and bequeath to my three eldest negroes namely
Joshua, Littleton, and Pally, their freedom at my death.
13th - It is also my Will and desire, if any of my negroes
before mentioned as legacies for a time of years should runaway or
abscond from their respective owners, that they forfeit their freedom
and remain as slaves for life.
14th - It is my will and desire, that after all the legacies
before mentioned in this my Will is paid, and the balance of my wife's
thirds taken out, and my just debts and the expenses of settling my
estate is paid, that the rest and residue of my estate be equally
divided between my three children namely Harriet Beckwith, Mary J.
Howard, and William J. Howard, share and share alike.
15th - It is my Will and desire that my friend James
Thompson, should be Guardian to my son William J. Howard, and as such, I
hereby nominate and appoint him, my said friend Guardian as aforesaid
with a request that he bring him up in a proper manner by attending to
his mind as well as his temporal interests, and to have him given a good
English education. It is also my wish that my said friend James
Thompson, should advise and council my daughter Mary Jane and my said
son William, and that they severally take his council and be advised by
him, believing as I do that it will be greatly to their interests to do
so. And lastly I do hereby nominate and constitute my beloved
wife, Leah Howard, and my son-in-law Whiteley Beckwith joint executors
of this my last Will and testament, revoking and annulling all other
Wills by me heretofore made...
To William J. Howard, son, ...
To Catherine Beckwith, granddaughter,...
To Jeremiah Beckwith, grandson,...
To William H. Corkran, nephew,...
To Elizabeth Foxwell, Mary Jane Foxwell, and Andrew J. Foxwell, children
of Matilda Foxwell
To Whiteley Beckwith, son-in-law
1 THH 238 - 28 March 1846 - Will of Matthias P. Davis
Testimony of John H. Bramble - Some 8 years ago I was called upon by
Matthias Davis to witness his last will and testament. This
occurred in my store in New Market. My father Jeremiah Bramble,
Hooper B. Stevens and myself all signed said will.
1 THH 120 - 27 March 1849 / 20 November 1852 - Will of
Anthony Manning
In the name of God, Amen. I Anthony Manning of Dorchester County and
State of Maryland being weak in body, but of Sound, disposing mind,
memory and understanding and being desirous to settle and arrange my
worldly concerns and thereby be the better prepared to leave this world
when it shall please God to Call me hence, do make and publish this my
last will and testament in manner and form following to wit.
First and principally I commit and commend my Soul to
Almighty God hoping that he will receive it through the merits of
Christ.
Secondly, I give and devise to my Son William Thomas Manning
the store house lots at or near the Drawbridge with all and Singular the
improvements thereon including granary and wharf. beginning for the
outlines thereof at the foot of the drawbridge and wharf thence running
with the County road to a corner of a ditch which was cut to bank in
said lots. So as to include the locust trees on the aforesaid lots.
thence with the Said ditch to the edge of the marsh, thence with the
said Marsh opposite and near the back comes of said lots, that is nearer
the river, then with a straight line to the nearest of the river, then
with the river to the beginning of the foot of the bridge and wharf, to
him and his heirs forever.
Item 2nd. I give and devise to my Son William T. Manning and
my two daughters namely Elizabeth Vincent wife of Col Jno Vincent and
Emily L. Vincent wife of John F. H. Vincent the following tracts, parts
of tracts and parcels of land known by the name of the Brick house farm
or Plantation near the Drawbridge which I have resurveyed and called
Mannings Gift, except that part which I have herein devised to my Son
William T. Manning foresaid to them and their heirs forever share &
share alike - and also my Pound farm share & Share alike. --
Thirdly. I give and devise to my Son Anthony L. Manning my
house plantation where my son William T. Manning now lives, including
the following Tracts or parts of tracts of land to wit, all my timbered
land on the west side of the County road leading from Middletown to the
Drawbridge up to a line beginning at the end of Six perches from Harry
Lee's gate (Leaving from the House to the County road) and running from
thence a South course across my said Lands until it intersects the lands
formerly belonging to Colonel Thomas Pitt called Copartnership I also
give & devise to my Son Anthony all my timbered lands on the East side
of the County road leading from Middletown to the Drawbridge commencing
at the South end of a Lot of ground near the corner of the farm where
Nicholas Langford lives on which the school house formerly stood and
from thence running due East course across the timbered land until it
intersects the land belonging to Col. John Newson on the land formerly
belonging to Charles Hodson's heirs including all the timber to the
south of said line and no more to him and his heirs forever. I also give
and devise to my said Son Anthony my Brick House and lot as it is now
laid off in East New Market to him and his heirs forever, I also give to
my said son one Negro man Aaron Seve and my negro boy John, my secretary
and books and my Gold watch and clock --
Fourthly I give and divide to my daughter Eugenia my Farm on
which Harry Lee lives and all the timbered lands lying to the west of a
line beginning at the end of six perches distance from Harry Lee's gate
and running across to the intersection of Colonel Thomas Pitt's lands as
described in the devise to my Son Anthony to her and his heirs forever.
I also give and devise to my said daughter Eugenia the House and Lot
formerly belonging to the Heirs of Thomas Troth and two small pieces
adjoining which I purchased to her & her heirs forever & my negro man
James and my negro Girl called Amy and my Negro woman Ann and child Mary
Lizzy, and one Silver coffeepot –
Fifthly I give and devise unto my son Geo. Washington Manning
& my Daughter Rosaline M. Manning my farm where Nicholas Laryford now
lives and all the lands adjoining thereto, not therein before devised to
my other children, to them and their heirs forever - I also give and
bequeath to my said Son Geo. Washington my negro man Aaron Jr. and my
negro boy Charles.
I give and bequeath to my said daughter Rosaline M. Manning
my negro woman Hannah-
Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Anna Rebecca one
negro boy Zachariah -- I also give and devise to my said daughter Anna
Rebecca my Farm lying near Buck Town which I purchased of Geo. Scott to
her and her heirs forever.
I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Vincent my negro
man Jack my negro woman Eliza and girl Hester and 2 doz. silver, Table
Spoons --
I give and bequeath to my daughter Emily L. Vincent my negro
woman Sarah and one lot of Silver Table Spoons marked NCM (?) and a
silver stand and cup and one large Mahogany chair.
I give and bequeath to my son William T. Manning my negro man
Dick my negro man Moses, and my negro woman Ebb & child Asbury - It is
my will and desire that my Executors herein after named should have the
graves of my former wives and my own Bricked up above the surface of the
earth with front or press bricks and suitable Slab, bought and the
graves covered therewith, and it is also my will and desire that after
all my just debts are paid and the expenses of settling my estate and my
wife's things are taken out that the rest and residue of my Estate
should be equally divided between all my children share and share alike
–
And lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my son William
Thomas Manning and Col Jno Vincent sole executors of this my last will
and testament, revoking and annulling all other wills by me heretofore
made and ratifying this and none other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I do hereto set my hand and affix my Seal this Twenty
Seventh day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty
nine.
Signed sealed published and declared by Anthony Manning the
Testator as and for his last will and testament in presence of who
Anthony Manning (Seal) at his request in his presence & in the presence
of each other have subscribed our names as witness thereto.--
James Thompson, Wm. M. Edmondson, Nicholas Langford
1852, November 20th. From the proof before me this day I have
ascertained, and do hereby adjudge and determine the within and
foregoing instrument of writing to be a genuine copy of the Last Will
and Testament of Anthony Manning late of Dorchester County, deceased,
which was on file in the office of the Register of Wills of Said county.
There was no dispute before me as to the genuiness of said copy---- Dave
M. Henry, Commissioner, State of Maryland
Dorchester County, to wit: In testimony that the aforegoing
copy of the Last Will and Testament of Anthony Manning, deceased, and
the endorsement of the Commissioner is truly, and correctly copied from
the proceedings had before said Commissioner and by him returned to the
Orphan's Court and now on file in my office for record I have hereunto
set my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this twenty second
day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty two.
Thomas H. Hicks, Register of Wills for Dorchester County
1 THH 318 - 1848 / 11 March 1854 - Will of Leah Howard
In the name of God Amen, I Leah S. Howard of Dorchester County and State
of Maryland being usual health of body and sound mind, memory, and
understanding and being desirous to settle my worldly concerns and thereby
be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to
call me home, Do make and publish this my last will and testament in
manner and form following to with: First and principally I commit
and command my Self to almighty God hoping that he will receive it
through the merits of Christ my redeemer.
Item 1st - I give and bequeath unto my two negroes namely
David and Minty their freedom at my death and give to David fifty
dollars in cash. I give to my negro man Joseph his freedom at the
end of five years from my death. I give to my negro boy Henry his
freedom when he arrives to the age of twenty eight years.
Item 2nd - I leave my negro man Joshua left to me by my son
W. T. Howard in his last will & testament to my friend James Thompson as
my agent to hire him the said Joshua and or take him at wages and pay
his net hire after deducting lost time expenses and commissions for
trouble over to apply it to the maintenance of negro girl Ann, an idiot.
# In case of her death to old Joshua Keen, the father of said
Joshua during the period or term of years left him to serve by his old
master Jacob Howard and then to be free.
Item 4th - I give and bequeath to my niece Mary Jane Fordwill
one hundred dollars cash.
5th - After all my last debts are paid and the expense of
settling my estate and the legacy above named are paid over, I give all
the rest and residue of my estate to my two daughters, Harriet Saxton
and Mary Jane Hodson, share and share alike, and lastly I hereby
nominate and appoint my friend James Thompson sole executor of this my
last will and testament revoking and annulling all other wills by one
heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and none other to by my
last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have herewith set
my hand and affixed my seal the __ day of __ 1858. Leah S. Howard.
Witnesses - John B. Leckie, Edwin E. Medford
[On 11 March 1854, then came John B. Leckie
1 THH 120 - 27 March 1849 / 20 November 1852 - Will of
Anthony Manning
To William Thomas Manning, son, lands in Drawbridge area...
To Elzabeth Vincent, daughter, wife of Col. John Vincent,...
To Emily L. Vincent, daughter, wife of John F. Vincent,... "Mannings
Gift" near Drawbridge
To Anthony L. Manning, son, lands in Drawbridge area, woodland near
Middletown, and to have the testator's brick house and lot as it is now
laid off in East New Market...
To Eugenia Manning, daughter, to have lot formerly belonging to the
heirs of Thomas Troth and 2 small pieces of land adjoining which the
testator purchased.
To George Washington Manning, son,
To Rosaline M. Manning, daughter, farm where Nicholas Langford now lives
To Anna Rebecca Manning, daughter, farm near Bucktown
To Col. John Vincent, named executor
1 THH 463 - Spring 1851 / 19 March 1856 - Will of Jeremiah
Bramble
To all persons interested in the Will of Jeremiah Bramble, deceased.
Whereas a copy of the last will and testament of Jeremiah Bramble, late
of Dorchester County, deceased, which was on file in the office of the
Register of Wills for said county has been laid before me, but said
copy, or paper purporting to be such, is not authenticated by the seal
of the said office. Notice is hereby given to all persons
interested, that I shall proceed on Wednesday the 2nd day of April next
at nine o'clock A.M. at my office in Cambridge to take proof touching
the genuineness of such copy of paper purporting to be such in order
that the same if proved to be a genuine copy may be recorded in the
property office and have full effect and operation in law. Geo. W.
Jefferson, Commissioner
The State of Maryland to the Sheriff of Dorchester County.
Greeting: we command you to summon Samuel Sewell and Clement
Bradley that all excuses and delays set aside they be and appear before
me at my office in Cambridge in the said County on the 2nd day of April
at 9 o'clock A.M. to testify in relation to the last will and testament
of Jeremiah Bramble, deceased, hereof fail not at your peril and have
you then and there this writ witness my hand this 26th day of March Anno
Domini 1856. Geo. W. Jefferson, Commissioner.
Clement Bradley another witness of lawful age on the part of
the applicant being duly sworn testified as follows: Sometime in
the spring of the year eighteen hundred and fifty one I was present when
Jeremiah Bramble, late of Dorchester County, deceased, executed his last
will and testament and at his request and in his presence signed my name
as a witness thereto. The other witness who signed with me were
Samuel Sewell, William M. Price, and Edward W. Morris. I do not
know what were the provisions of said will as I never heard it, read
that I recollect of. The testator at the time of Executing it was
to the best of my apprehension and belief of sound and disposing mind
and fully competent to make a valid deed or contract. After the
death of the testator which occurred in the fall of the same year, I
appeared before the Register of Wills of Dorchester County together with
Samuel Sewell and Edward W. Morris and proved said will in the usual
way. Clement Bradley
Samuel Sewell a witness of lawful age summoned on the part of
the applicant being duly sworn according to law testified as follows.
Some time in the spring of the year 1851 at the request of Jeremiah
Bramble, late of Dorchester County, deceased, I wrote his last will and
testament according to his dictation and direction and after I had
completed it I read it over to him and he executed it in the usual way
by signing and sealing it as his last will and testament in the presence
of myself, William M. Price, Clement Bradley, and Edward W. Morris who
at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other
severaly and respectively signed our names as witnesses thereto.
After the usual formal introduction the said will was according to the
best of my recollection as follows:
First & principally I commit my soul to Almighty God who gave
it to me and my body to the earth from whence it came to be decently
buried at the discretion of my executor hereinafter named. After
the payment of my just debts and funeral expenses and my wife's dower is
taken out, I devise and bequest the remainder of my estate in the
following manner.
Item - I give & bequest unto my three grandchildren namely
Emily C. Corkran, Jeremiah Fletcher, and Mary J. Fletcher, the children
of my daughter Emily, deceased, each of the above named grandchildren
the sum of fifty dollars current money.
Item - I give and bequest unto my daughter Eliza Hubbard the
sum of twenty dollars current money.
Item - I give & bequest unto my granddaughter Frances J.
Hicks, daughter of the above named Eliza Hubbard, the sum of Fifty
Dollars current money.
Item - I give and bequest unto my grandson Hooper B. Stevens,
the sum of Twenty Dollars current money.
Item - I give and bequest unto Hooper B. Stevens, the father
of the above named Hooper B. Stevens, the sum of Twenty five cents
current money (and no
more).
Item - I give and bequest unto my son Joseph K. Bramble, the
sum of Fifty Dollars current money.
Item - I give and bequest unto my daughter, Corah A. Bramble,
the sum of Fifty Dollars current money.
Item - I give and bequest unto my wife, Mary Bramble all the
lands enclosed with the home farm called Poplar Grove viz., the Tom
Holliday lot and the two acres purchased of S. Sewell & the lot purchase
of M.M. Dean (all enclosed in the same field) and that portion of
Landoon tract enclosed in the field in the rear of the house at Poplar
Grove and also all the residue of the Prichett tract except one hundred
acres heretofore sold off to my son John H. Bramble upon this
consideration that my wife, Mary Bramble shall relinquish all her right
of and into Fifty acres of Land attached and belonging to the farm
purchased by John E. Hooper, nothing contained in the above.
Item - Shall be construed so as to deprive her of her right
of Dowery.
Item - It is my express will and desire that the residue of
my property both real & personal after taking out the above name
Legacies shall be equally divided between my six children viz. John H.
Bramble, Edward K. Bramble, James A. Bramble, Williamina K. Bramble,
Joseph K. Bramble, and Corah A. Bramble. And Lastly I do hereby
nominate and appoint my son Edward K. Bramble whole and sole executor of
this my last will and testament.
Signed and Sealed - Jeremiah Bramble
My attention has been at various times called to the subject
since the destruction of the court house and my recollection is quite
distinct as to the provisions I have stated after the death of Mr.
Bramble the testator, Clement Bradley, Edward M. Morris, and myself
appeared before the register of Wills of Dorchester County and proved
said will in the usual way. The testator at the time of executing
it was according to my apprehensions and belief of sound and disposing
mind and felt competent to make a will. Samuel Sewell...
1 THH 8 - 14 May 1852 / 18 June 1852 - Will of Elizabeth R. Rauleigh (Rawleigh)
To William C. Huffington, being the son of my first marriage, named
executor and instructed to sell all personal and real estate at public
sale;
To other children Jeremiah C. Rauleigh; Stephen Rauleigh; Robert Walter
Rauleigh; Harriett Rauleigh; Susanna L. Rauleigh; Sarah Elizabeth
Rauleigh; and granddaughter Elizabeth Keene (daughter of late daughter
Jane, wife of Richard A. Keene).
1 THH 262 - 15 August 1853 / 1 December 1853 - Will of Edwin E. Medford
To Mary Adaline Medford, daughter,...
To Seldon P. Medford, son,...
To Thomas H. Medford, son,...
To Charlotte A. Rawlings, cousin,...
To Ansel M. Medford, named executor
1 LLK 241 - 4 October 1862 / 13 October 1862 - Will of
John Atkinson
To Jane Atkinson, wife, to have all of testator's estate
To Charles Bosbury, son of testator's wife by a former husband, at
widows decease real estate to be sold and Charles to have the sum of
$200 out of the proceeds.
Witnesses: WVM Edmondson, J.T. Jacobs, W.R. WIlloughby
2 EWL 166 - 1 May 1872 / 18 April 1876 - Will of Nimrod
Newton
In the name of God Amen, I Nimrod Newton of Dorchester County in the
State of Maryland being in perfect health of body and of sound and
disposing mind, memory, and understanding considering the certainty of
death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous to
settle my worldly affairs and thereby be the better prepared to leave
the world when it shall please god to call me hence, do therefore make
and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form
following, that is to say,
First and principally, I commit my soul into the hands of
Almighty God, and my body to the earth, to be plainly and decently
buried by my executor hereinafter named and after my debts, and funeral
charges are paid and my wife's thirds taken out of my personal estate,
Rail Road
stock excepted,
I devise and bequeath as follows:
Item 1 - I give and devise unto my wife Margaret, in addition
to her thirds of my personal estate, and the property held in her own
right at the time of her marriage and such as she by her own industry
has made since. The dwelling House and lot where I now live with
the adjoining house and lot now occupied as a dwelling and Post office
situated in the town of E. Newmarket during my said wife's natural life
only. And after the death of my said wife Margaret, I give and
devise all that said house and lot now occupied as a dwelling and Post
office to my Grandson Causine Helsby, to him, his heirs and assigns in
fee simple.
Item - and after the death of my said wife Margaret, I give
and devise, all that said house and lot where I now live to my great
grand daughter Emma Helsby to her heirs and assigns in fee simple.
Item - I give and devise unto Wilbur Fisk my son, all that
tract or parcel of land situated and lying on the east side of the
Dorchester Delaware rail road whereon Samuel J. Warters now lives,
containing about twenty five acres of land more or less to him, the said
Wilbur Fisk and his heirs and assigns, in fee simple. Also three
shares of stock in the aforesaid rail road.
Item - I give and devise unto Francis Asbury my son, all that
tract or parcel of land situated and lying on the west side of the
Dorchester and Delaware rail road and bounded on the east by said road,
on the north by the lands of Thos Meredith, and on the west partly by
the lands to formerly belonged to Jas A Hutchinson and on the south by
the new county road crossing the said R R containing about thirty three
acres of land more or less to him the said Francis Asbury his heirs and
assigns in fee simple. Also one feather bed, and three shares of
stock in the said D & D R R.
And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Francis
Asbury to be sole executor of this my last will and testament, revoking
and annulling all former Wills by me made and ratifying and confirming
this and none other to be my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and seal this first
day of May in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and seventy two.
Nimrod Newton (seal)
Signed, sealed, published, and delivered by the above named
Nimrod Newton as for his last will and testament in our presence, who at
his request in his presence and in presence of each other have hereto
set our hands as witnesses thereto. Elbridge Johnson, S. Carmine,
Wm R. Hooper
On the 18th day of April Anno Domini 1876, personally appeared Francis
A. Newton, the within named executor, and made oath on the Holy Evangely
of Almighty God that this paper or instrument of writing, purporting to
be the last will and testament of Nimrod Newton, late of Dorchester
County, deceased, was deposited in his hands for safe keeping...
2 EWL 241 - 25 January 1878 / 4 April 1878 - Will of Anthony
Lafayette Manning, MD
In the name of God, amen, I Anthony Lafayette Manning MD of Dorchester
County in the Sate of Maryland, being weak in body, but of sound; and
disposing mind, memory, and understanding: considering the certainty of
death, and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and being desirous to
settle my worldly affairs, and thereby be the better prepared to leave
this world whenever it shall please God to call me hence, do therefore
make and publish this my last will and testament, in manner and form
following: that is to say.
First and principally, I commit my soul into the hands of
Almighty God hoping that He will receive it with mercy through the
merits of His Son Jesus Christ; and my body to the earth to be decently
buried: in lot No. 2, front tier of lots, and the third lot to the left
of the main avenue on entrance in East New Market Cemetery, in
Dorchester County, and State of Maryland, that I have purchased and have
a receipt for; my coffin to be bricked in with two good courses of hard
red, or arch bricks, and double arched, laid in cement not mixed with
sand; and plastered all over on the out side with a coating of cement;
and to have placed at my head a monument of polished scotch granite of a
reddish hue, in fosur, four feet square all the way up; and to rise five
feet from the square gray granite base, that is to be four feet and a
half square, three feet in the ground, and two feet above ground,
securely fastened on this base, and on the polished scotch granite, have
carved in deep, plain letters, my name, birth 19th of December 1831, and
date of my death, on one side, and these lines following of my very own
composition, on one, or more sides of the polished scotch granite.
A human beings last remains lie here
Who has tried this world, and found it all a tear,
While friendship, love, and hate have passed away,
As things that were, amid the world's decay;
With heart unknown, and its affections spurned,
Condemned and blighted, while it madly yearned
For some true heart, on which it should rely,
Ere all was past, and it had come to die.
Alone he struggled upward for the right,
Amid fiercest foes, who tried his soul to blight,
Amid temptations, trials, dangers dire,
Misunderstood by souls of lesser fire:
And all condemned, because he could not show,
His finer nature, neath the treacherous blow,
But now his God has lain him down to rest:
It matters not, He knew his nature best,
Then oh vain world, deceitful world, adieu,
For God alone is just, alone is true,
Nor care I what your estimate may be,
When He alone the heart can read and see,
Alone can estimate its every worth,
While here the form returns to mother earth,
Then drop no tears, since I desire no flow,
From loving hearts, and scorn each melting foe."
By A. L. Manning MD Formerly Surgeon U. S. Army Expressly for his own
epitaph.
The entire lot to be fenced in with stout granite posts and stout
wrought iron railing and strong wrought iron gate, and well painted,
leaving room for my very much beloved sister Mrs. Eugenia S. Thomas, to
be buried by my side should she not desire otherwise to be buried when
it shall please God to take her also."
Secondly, after my debts and funeral expenses are paid I
desire that my poems and my prose life shall be published together, and
suitably illustrated in book form, one copy to be made a present to each
of the following libraries: the Peabody, the Mercantile, the Maryland
Institute, and the Maryland University school of Medicine libraries; all
of Baltimore City, Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institute library of
Washington, D.C. and the remaining copies to be sold as deemed best, and
the proceeds if any therefrom the five thousand copies, to go to my
sister Mrs. Eugenia S. Thomas; and to the furtherance of this purpose,
and to the completion of my grave, monument, and lot, and to the paying
of all my indebtedness, I will that my property situated at the South
East corner of North Charles Street and North or Boundary Avenue in
Baltimore City, and state of Maryland, consisting of a lot fronting
twenty-five feet on North or Boundary Avenue and running full width all
the way back, and binding on N. Charles Street one hundred and seventy
five feet to a twenty feet alley, together with all the improvements
thereunto belonging, shall be sold to the best advantage, and the
proceeds to be immediately, or as soon as possible, applied as stated
above, and should the proceeds from the sale of this property be more
than sufficient to defray the expenses of the objects above named, the
residue is to be invested in good permanent, irredeemable ground rents
in Baltimore City, Md, and a sufficient part of the income therefrom
applied yearly to keeping my grave, monument, and lot in first rate
order forever, and in case this sale is sufficient for these expenses,
the Framed dwelling and lot next herein after mentioned shall not be
sold, but be inherited by my sister Mrs. Eugenia S, Thomas and her heirs
in the same manner as she is to inherit the other property willed to her
by me: but should the sale of the Baltimore City property not be
sufficient to pay my debts, funeral expenses and for the publication of
my life and poems, then I will that the frame dwelling and lot with all
the improvements thereunto belonging built by me, and adjoining my hotel
property in East New Market, Dorchester County and state of Maryland,
shall also be sold to the best advantage, and the proceeds immediately
appropriated to the completion of my monument, burial lot, my funeral
expenses, my indebtedness, and to the publishing of my life and poems in
book form both together; and if any should be left, to be invested in
good permanent irredeemable ground rents in Baltimore City, Md, and a
sufficient part of it appropriated yearly toward keeping in complete
repair my monument, grave, and burial lot forever, and the residue, if
any, shall go to my sister Mrs. Eugenia S. Thomas.
Thirdly, I give and devise to my dearly loved and only own
sister, and nearest relative living, Mrs. Eugenia S. Thomas, my farm
that was willed to me by my father, Major Anthony Manning lying in
Dorchester County and State of Maryland, formerly the home farm of my
father, containing four hundred and twenty one acres, more or less,
together with all the improvements, and timbered land, and timber
thereunto belonging to her and her heirs forever: Also unto her my large
Brick House, and lots, and garden, and all that outhouses and
improvements usually belonging to and going with said house and lots,
situated in East New Market Dorchester County State of Maryland where my
father died, and is now occupied as a hotel, also my large Brick store
house and improvements and the ground on and over which it is built,
also my small framed store house and improvements and the ground on and
over which it is built, situated in East New Market Dorchester County
and state of Maryland. All of these to my sister Mrs. Eugenia S.
Thomas, and her natural heirs forever. Also I bequeath to her all of my
personal effects of whatever kind, jewelry, instruments, books, trunks,
& furniture, and everything else, because she has been my very best and
most unwavering friend since the death of my kind and loved father, and
because she is my only own sister and nearest relative, pure, true, and
good, to whom I have gladly willed it. And not from any fear or distrust
of my brother in law Dr. James H. Thomas, whom I believe to be honorable
in every way, but from the uncertainty of business affairs and
misfortunes in this life, and lest they might sometime in from
unforeseen circumstances find themselves without a home & hereby will
that the property that I have willed to my sister Mrs. Eugenia S. Thomas
shall be in her sole control without the interference of anyone
whatever, and that is shall not under any circumstances whatever be
mortgaged or sold so long as she shall live, and that at her death it
shall go to her child or children if she has any, but if dying without
any shall then go to my natural relatives at law, except William Thomas
Manning and his children by his second wife, these shall be excluded,
and those who inherit my property shall see that my grave, monument, and
burial lot shall be kept in a thorough state of repair all the time, as
stated above from a part of the proceeds arising from said property that
I have willed to my sister Eugenia S. Thomas, and that they have heired
through her, and I hereby constitute and appoint my dearly beloved
sister Mrs. Eugenia S. Thomas my sole executress of this my last will
and testament, and intrust the revising and corrections of my poems to
my brother-in-law Dr. James H. Thomas who is my sister's husband, and my
respected old school mate, before they go to the press for publication.
In testimony whereof & hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal this 25 day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy eight (1878) Signed, sealed, published and declared
by the above Testator, Anthony L. Manning, as and for his last will and
testament, in the presence of us, who at his request, in his presence,
and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names, and
written thereto: Witness H. F. Willis Witness Elizabeth S. Goslin
Witness Walter R. Charles State of Maryland. Dorchester County to wit:
On the 4th day of April Anna Domini 1878, personally appeared
Mrs. Eugenia S. Thomas, (wife of Dr. James H. Thomas) the within named
Executrix, and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that this
paper or instrument of writing, purporting to be the last will and
testament of Dr. Anthony L. Manning, late of the said County, deceased,
was deposited in her hands for safe keeping by the said Testator, and
that, to the best of her knowledge, it is the true and whole last will
and testament of the said deceased, and that she knows of no others of a
younger date. And at the same time, personally appeared Dr. Henry F.
Willis, Miss Elizabeth S. Goslin and Walter R. Charles, the subscribing
witnesses to the aforegoing (and annexed) last will and testament of Dr.
Anthony L. Manning late of the said County, deceased, and made oath on
the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that they each of them, did see the
said Testator sign and seal the said will, that they heard him publish,
pronounce and declare the same to be his last will and testament; that
at the time of so doing the said Testator was, to the best of their
apprehensions, of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding,
and that they respectively subscribed their names as witnesses to the
said will in the presence and at the request of the said Testator and in
the presence of each other.
Certified by E. W. LeCompte Register of Wills for Dorchester
County State of Maryland, Dorchester County, to wit: I hereby certify
that the aforegoing is truly copied from Liber E.W.L. No. 2, Wills folio
241, 242, 243,244 and 245, one of the record books for the said county
now in my office- In testimony I herewith subscribe my name and affix
the seal of my office, this nineteenth day of January in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and eighty three- E. W. LeCompte Register of Wills
for Dorchester County For Mrs Eugenia Thomas
2 EWL 290 - 26 October 1877 / 6 April 1880 - Will of Eliza
Hubbard
East New Market, Dorchester County, Md
Know all men by these presents In the name of God
Amen
I Eliza Hubbard of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, being in
feeble health of body and of sound and disposing mind, memory, and
understanding confiding the certainty of death and the uncertainty of
the time thereof and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and
thereby be the better prepared to leave this world where it shall please
God to call me hence therefore make and publish this my last will and
testament in manner and form following that is to say:
First and principally I commit my soul unto the hands of
almighty God and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the
discretion of my executors hereinafter named and after my debts and
funeral charges are paid I devise and bequeath as follows:
I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter Eliza Clementine
Hubbard in Dorchester County my houses and lot in East New Market also
all the balance of my personal estate or property supposing to be about
two thousand dollars except one hundred and fifty dollars to be paid by
said - Eliza Clementine Hubbard to her brother Oliver Webb Hubbard out
of my personal estate. It is my wish and desire for my friend
William T. Hubbard my son-in-law to be the executor and settle my estate
this twenty sixth day of October one thousand eight hundred and seventy
seven. Eliza Hubbard (her mark)
Witness James A. Bramble, A.L. Bramble, T.V. LeCompte
On the 6th day of April Anno Domini 1880, personally appeared Thomas K.
Smith and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that this paper
or instrument of writing, purporting to be the last will and testament
of Mrs. Eliza Hubbard, late of Dorchester County, deceased, was
deposited in his hands for safe keeping by the said testatrix and that,
to the best of his knowledge, it is the true and whole last will and
testament of the said deceased, and that he knows of no other of a
younger date.
1 JWF 91 - 28 November 1885 / 25 August 1887 - Will of Thomas J.
Hicks
Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas J. Hicks of
Dorchester County in the state of Maryland, do make, publish, pronounce,
and declare this paper, writing as and for my last will and testament in
manner and form following that is to say -
Item 1 - I give and bequeath unto my wife Adeline M. Hicks
all my household and kitchen furniture, and two Alderney Cows now upon
my farm.
Item 2 - I will and direct, that the residue of my personal
estate be sold by my executor hereinafter named, and that all moneys due
me be collected by him, and after payment of my just debts, funeral
expense and my wife's thirds, to divide the balance exactly between my
two children Gertrude Hicks and George Hicks.
Item 3 - I give and divise to my son-in-law William H.
Andrew, for and during his natural life all that timothy lot [course
grass lot] now in his possession, situated on the county road
leading from East New Market to the Little Mill. Containing about
four and a half acres of land: and after his death, that part of said
timothy lot south of the division line described in the fourth clause of
this my will in devising to my daughter Gertrude Hicks lot number two of
my cleared lands, to my daughter Gertrude Hicks in fee simple, and that
part of said timothy lot north of said division line to my son George
Hicks in fee simple.
Item 4 - I give and devise to my daughter Gertrude Hicks in
fee simple, all that portion of my said lands where I formerly lived,
which is particularly described as lots numbers one and two of the wood
land, and lot number three of the cleared land upon the plot and
certificate made by John W.B. Todd, surveyor, dated September the 4th,
1875, which is annexed to, and filed herewith, as explanatory of, and
forming a part of this my last will and testament, and that portion of
lot number two of the cleared land south of a division line to run in a
south westerly direction from a stone, a boundary of John Webster's
land, marked A upon the aforesaid plot, until it strikes the easterly
end of a bank fence, then to go with the said bank fence to the end of
the said bank fence at the Seaford and Cambridge Rail Road track, then
to continue on with the same angle of said bank fence until it strikes
the county road leading from East New Market to the little Mill,
containing about two hundred and thirty-three acres of land, being all
the lands described on the aforesaid plot, except that portion north of
the division line described in this the fourth item of this my will:
Subject however to the life estate of my son-in-law William H. Andrew in
that part of the timothy lot which is devised to him in the third item
of this my will.
I also give and devise to my daughter Gertrude Hicks, in fee
simple, all that portion of my lands situated near the Depot of the
Seaford and Cambridge Rail Road Company, which is included within the
following metes and bounds to wit: Beginning at a stone planted
neat a forked Pine tree at the southwest corner of the land which John
Webster bought of Peter Dodson, then running easterly in a straight line
to the southeast corner of the said Depot grounds, and from thence in a
straight line to the main ditch in the front field of my said farm, and
with said ditch to the corner of the lot leased by me to Margaret Brown,
wife of Charles H. Brown, and with the outlines of the last named lot to
the county road leading from East New Market to Crotcher's Ferry and
with said county road to the lands of Emma V.E. Jacobs then with the
Jacobs land to those of John Webster and with the lands of Webster to
the place of beginning, containing about fifteen acres of land.
Item 5 - I give and devise, all the rest and residue of my
lands not hereinbefore disposed of, which includes the dwelling and
other buildings where I formerly resided, containing about one hundred
and sixty acres of land, subject however to the life estate of my
son-in-law William H. Andrew in that part of the timothy lot which is
devised to him in the third item of this my will: reserving however from
this devise the family burying ground, or grave yard, thereon, including
therewith as a part of, and to be added to said grave yard, a strip of
land on the western side thereof, running from the present grave yard
and of equal width thereof to the division line between my said farm and
the premises at present owned and occupied by Mrs. Emma V.E. Jacobs, and
the Methodist Episcopal Parsonage lot, which said graveyard and addition
thereto, with full right of ingress and egress thereto and therefrom at
any and all times shall be and remain in perpetuity for the use of my
family and descendants: to my son George Hicks, in fee simple. But
it is my will and I hereby direct that, in the event of my death before
my said son George Hicks reaches his majority, then the lands herein
devised to him shall be carried on, or rented out, to the best
advantage, by my executor until his majority, and after paying the
taxes, expenses and my wife's thirds, to apply the balance of the income
therefrom to repairs and improvements on the farm, and the residue if
there should be any, to be invested for his benefit, until his arrival
at the age of twenty one years.
Item 6 - Whereas my wife Adaline M. Hicks has sold her dower
right in the Smart B. Lecompte farm unto Joseph A. Hicks, and whereas
the purchase money has been paid to me, and in lieu thereof. I
have agreed with my said wife to provide an annuity for her during her
natural life.
Now therefore, I do hereby direct my executor to set apart
out of my personal estate, the sum of thirteen hundred and thirty
dollars, and to so invest the same under the direction and authority of
the Orphan's Court of Dorchester County that the interest on such
investment shall be semi-annually paid over to my said dear wife, whose
receipt therefore shall be a full aquittance for any interest so paid,
during her natural life, and at her death, I direct the principal sum so
as aforesaid authorized to be invested, to be turned into the residue of
my estate. And I further direct, that the said sum of thirteen
hundred and thirty dollars shall be set apart and invested as
hereinbefore provided before any distribution shall be made of my
personal estate as directed in item two of my said will: And if
there shall not be sufficient personal estate left, after the payments
of my just debts and funeral expense to make up the aforesaid sum
required to pay the said annuity, then I direct that so much thereof ,
as shall remain, shall be invested as aforesaid and the interest
thereupon paid over to my said wife semi-annually during her natural
life, and the interest on the deficiency shall be paid annually to my
said wife, by my said children Gertrude Hicks and George Hicks and their
heirs in equal proportions and I do hereby charge my lands devised to my
children Gertrude Hicks and George Hicks with the payments of such
deficiency equally, or in the event of there being no personal estate
left for investment to meet said annuity, as by this item directed in
that event, I charge my said lands with the payment of the whole of said
annuity, to be paid in equal proportion by my said children Gertrude
Hicks and George Hicks.
And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint Dewit C.
Handley to be sold Executor of this my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my land and seal, this
twenty eighth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and
eighty five (1885). Thos. J. Hicks (seal)
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the above Thomas
J. Hicks, as and for his last will and testament, in our presence, who ,
at his request, in his presence, and in presence of each other, have
hereto set our hands as witnesses hereto. John W.M. Dean, William
J. Payne, Thomas Leckie.
State of Maryland, Dorchester County, to wit: on the 25th day
of August Anno Domini 1887 personally appeared Dewit C. Handley the
executor name in the aforegoing last will and testament of Thomas J.
Hicks, late of Dorchester County, deceased...
1 JWF 313 - 2 June 1891 - William Willoughby's last Will and
testament
In the name of God amen, I William Willoughby of Dorchester
County in the State of Maryland, being sick in body but of sound and
disposing mind, memory, and understanding, considering the certainty of
death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and being desirous to
settle my worldly affairs, and thereby be the better prepared to leave
this world when it shall please God to call me hence, do therefore make
and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form
following, that is to say:
First and principally, I commit my soul into the hands of God
and my body to the earth, to be decently buried at the discretion of my
executor hereinafter named, after my debts and funeral charges are paid,
and my wife's thirds taken out, I devise and bequeath as follows:
Second, I give and bequeath to my dear loving wife Mary
Willoughby all my real estate situated in the town of East New Market
Maryland consisting of dwelling house shop, store house, smok house &
stables + lots, also all family neccessarys found on the premises after
my death.
Third, my dear daughter Nettie Willoughby is to
have and possess all the household goods except what belongs to her
mother.
Fourth, my grandson, Howard H. Willoughby is to have and
possess all my tools, work benches found in my shop.
Fifth, I give and bequeath to my son Wm. R. Willoughby the
sum of five dollars cash and the mortgage that I now hold against him,
that no effort shall be made by my executor to collect the same, the
said Wm. R. Willoughby has a right to have the same satisfied.
Sixth after my wife's death, my four girls are to have and
possess all the property that I have hereby given and bequeathed to her,
to be equally divided.
Seventh I hereby make & appoint my friend Wm. J. Payne my
executor to settle all my affairs. He is to sell the stock of
goods and everything found in the shop and store house that has not
heretofore been mentioned also hearse house and carriage & harness and
after my funeral expenses and debts are paid all money arising from the
sale of such things to be equally divided among the aforesaid girls.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, this
23rd day of May 1891. William Willoughby (seal)
Signed and sealed, published, and declared by above named Wm.
Willoughby as and for his last will & testament, in our presence who at
his request in his presence and in the presence of each other, have
hereto set out hands as witnesses hereto. C.H. Meyer, C.C.
Hubbard, H. A. Henry. State of Maryland, Dorchester County to wit.
On the 2nd day of June Anno Domini 1891, personally appeared
Wm. J. Payne the within named executor and made oath on the Holy
Evangely of Almighty God that this paper or instrument of writing
purporting to be the last will and testament of William Willoughby, late
of Dorchester County, deceased, was handed to him by the deceased
daughter for deposit with the Register of Wills...
1 JWF 344 - 29 November 1889 / 12 March 1892 - Will of Margaret A. Baker
Know all men by these presents, that I, Margaret A. Baker of the town of
East New Market, in the county of Dorchester and state of Maryland, do
hereby make, publish, pronounce, and declare this paper, or instrument
of writing to be my last will and testament in manner and form following
that is to say -
Item First - I give and devise unto James W. Baker, Nathan Baker, and
Elizabeth, or Bessie Baker, children of my nephew William H. Baker, all
my right and title to the farm known as "Drum Point", situated in the
county aforesaid, subject to the following conditions in fee simple.
1st - The said devisee shall pay the said William H. Baker, their said
father, fifty dollars during his natural life, and 2nd - During the
minority of my said grand-nephews and grand niece the said farm to
remain in the custody of my dear son John Anthony Baker, who is to rent
same out, collect all rents therefrom and after paying taxes and repairs
and said annuity of fifty dollars in fee simple, apply the remaining in
his discretion, in equal parts, for the use and benefit of said
devisees, until the last one is of age when he is to surrender
possession to them.
Item Second - I give and devise to my well beloved adopted daughter
Elizabeth (usually called Bessie) Baker, daughter of my nephew William
H. Baker and grandchild of my late dear husband John Baker, deceased,
who first marred my sister, all that house and lot of ground situation
in the town of East New Market aforesaid, the said premises being that
portion of the lot lying on the street or road leading from East New
Market to Cabin Creek which was devised to me by my said late husband
and which lies next to a lot owned by Elbridge S. Johnson on the town
side. Said lot to be of width as now laid off and enclosed and to
run back of equal width one hundred and fifty feet in fee simple.
Item Third - I give and bequeath to my dear sister, Clarissa(?) C.
Abdell twenty five dollars in cash
Item Fourth - I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved daughter, Anna E.
Baker, fifty dollars in cash.
Item Fifth - I give and devise unto my two dearly beloved
grand-daughters, to Margaret Johnson and Hilda B. Johnson, all that lot
of ground with the dwelling house and other improvements thereon,
situated in the said town of East New Market and on the north side of
the street leading to the present Railroad station and between the lots
owned by Charles Willis and wife and the lot formerly owned by the late
Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbard, and running back to a ditch and as far as the
back lines of the said adjoining lots, the same being a portion of a lot
of ground devised to me by my late husband, John Baker.
Item Sixth - I give and devise unto my dear and well beloved son John
Anthony Baker, all my real estate wherever situated, and not herein
before otherwise disposed of or devised in fee simple.
Item Seventh - If I should fail or neglect during my lifetime to enclose
and property care for the graves of my late husband, my deceased
children, and of my father, mother, and brother, or provide for the
removal of the same to some suitable spot, then and in such event I
authorize, empower, and request my executor hereinafter named to have a
suitable(?) monument raised to my memory and have the space of ground in
which lie such mortal remains properly enclosed by an iron railing or by
stone curbing.
Item Eighth - I give, bequeath, and devise unto my dear and well beloved
son John Anthony Baker all the rest, residue, and remainder of my
estate, real, personal and mixed.
Lastly - I hereby appoint my dear son John Anthony Baker sole executor
of this my last will and testament hereby revoking and annulling all
other and forseen wills by me at any time heretofore made, ratifying and
confirming this and none other to be my true, whole, and only last will
and testament.
In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and
affix my seal this twenty ninth day of November in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and eighty nine.
Margaret A. Baker (Seal). Signed, sealed, published, pronounced,
and declared by Mrs. Margaret A. Baker, the above named testatrix, as
and for her last will and testament in the presence of us who at her
request, in her presence and in the presence of each other have
subscribed our names at witnesses thereto November 29th, 1889.
T.H. Medford, Thos. W. Simmons, E.W. LeCompte.
1 JWF 515 - 26 March 1895 - Will of Elizabeth A. Twilley
2 JWF 144 - 23 December 1897 / 6 January 1899 - Will of Samuel E.
Collins
I, Samuel E. Collins, of East New Market, in Dorchester County, State of
Maryland do hereby make this my last will and testament in manner
following. That is to say: After the payment of my just
debts and funeral expenses, I give devise, and bequeath my estate as
follows:
Item (1) I give and devise unto my four sons, Charles E.,
John F.S., Thomas W.H., and William T. Collins, share and share alike as
tenants in common, all that tract of land situated in said county, and
called Carthagena, lying on the northwest side of the county road
leading from East New Market to Cambridge containing thirty-two acres
more or less, to them, their heirs, and assigns forever, in fee simple,
but if either of my said sons dies without issue living at the time of
his death, then I give and devise his share of said tract of land to the
remaining children born to me by my present wife, Guliaelena W. Collins.
Item (2) I give and devise unto my said four sons in fee
simple as tenants in common share and share alike, all of that tract of
woodland called "Mount Pleasant" in said county lying on the North East
side of the county road leading from the town of East New Market to the
Little Brick Mill and also all of that tract of woodland situated on the
south west side of the last named county road and originally a part of
Mount Pleasant the former containing six and three quarters acres and
the latter containing three acres more or less, but if either of my said
sons shall die without leaving issue at the time of his death then I
give and devise his share of said tracts of land unto the remaining
children born to me by me present wife, Guliaelina W. Collins.
Item (3) I give and devise unto my daughter, Adeline D.
Collins, all of that lot of ground with the buildings and improvements
thereon situated in the village of East New Market in said county
adjoining the property of Thomas J. Helsby and wife. The same
being my home place which I purchased of Emma V.E. Jacobs to have and
hold the same forever in fee simple, but if she, the said Adeline D.
dies without issue living at the time of her death, then I will and
devise the said home place to the remaining children, which have been
born to me by my present wife, Guliaelina W. Collins share and share
alike as tenants in common.
Item (4) I also give and devise unto my said daughter Adeline
D. in fee simple all of that lot of ground containing two and one half
acres more or less situated on the county road leading from the town of
East New Market to Little Brick Mill in said county being the same lot
of ground that I purchased of the said Emma V.E. Jacobs by deed dated 2
June 1875, but if the said Adeline D. dies without issue living at the
time of her death, then I will and devise the said lot of ground to the
remaining children which have been born to me by my present wife,
Guliaelena W. Collins share and share alike as tenants in common.
Item (5) I give and devise unto my daughter Elizabeth T. now
intermarried with Lynn Connard of Philadelphia, Pa. all of that dwelling
house and lot of ground adjoining my home place in the town of East New
Market as at present laid off and fenced, forever in fee simple,
provided that the said Elizabeth T. dies without issue living at the
time of her death then I will and devise said house and lot of ground
unto the remaining children born to me by my present wife, Guliaelina W.
Collins, share and share alike as tenants in commons.
Item (6) I give and devise unto Jas. C. Johnson of Cambridge,
Maryland as trustee to hold in trust for my daughter Gulia S. Collins,
one half of the proceeds of a mortgage I hold on all of that house and
lot of ground situated in the town of East New Market on the west side
of Main Street which I purchased of Andrew F. Dukes and wife, by deed
dated 1 March 1879 and the remaining one half interest in said mortgage
I will and devise unto my daughter Mary S. Collins. And if the
same be paid before my death, I give and devise unto my said daughters
two hundred and seventy five dollars each, the said Gulia's portion to
be in trust as aforesaid.
Item (7) I give and bequeath unto my said daughter Mary S.
one feather bed, bedstead, and bed clothing.
Item (8) I direct and will that my sons, Charles E. and John
F.S. shall pay unto my daughter Mary S. in equal shares the sum of fifty
dollars and if the said Charles E. and John F.S. shall neglect or refuse
to pay said sum then they are to be deprived of all the benefits
bequests, and devises herein contained.
Item (8) I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Sallie M.
LeCompte, the sum of one hundred dollars to be paid out of my personal
estate remaining after the payment of my debts
Item (9) I will and direct that my daughter Adeline D. shall
pay out of her part of the property herein bequeathed and devised unto
her to my daughter Sallie M. LeCompte the sum of Twenty-five dollars and
if the said Adeline D. refuses or neglects to do so then she is to be
deprived of all the benefits, bequests, and devises herein contained.
Item (10) After the payment of all my just debts, I will and
direct that all my personal property not heretofore herein disposed of
shall be sold at public sale of my Executor, hereinafter named, on a
credit of twelve months, on all sums over ten dollars to be secured by
good security and that the proceeds thereof together with my money
shall be divided equally share and share alike among my said children
Adeline D, Thomas W.H., and William T.
Item (10) I hereby appoint and constitute James C. Johnson of
Cambridge, Md. to be guardian of my infant children, Thomas W.H.,
William T., and Adeline D. until they respectively reach the age of
twenty one years.
Item (11) If any of the beneficiaries my children as
aforesaid refuses to abide by and perform the provisions of this my last
will and testament then I will and direct that such child or children
shall be deprived of all the provisions, benefits, bequests, and devises
of this my last will and testament and if suit shall be entered by them
or any of them for the purpose of annulling or setting aside any of the
provisions hereof then I will and direct that my whole estate shall be
exhausted in defense of said suit or so much thereof as may be
necessary.
Item (12) I give and bequeath unto my daughter Gulia S. the
sum of fifty dollars in cash to be paid out of my bank account and also
one feather bed, bedstead, and bed clothing.
Item (13) I hereby name, constitute, and appoint James C.
Johnson of Cambridge, Md. to be the executor of this my last will and
testament, hereby revoking all other wills and codicils heretofore made
by me and request that my said Executor carefully examine all receipts
and papers left by me.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my seal this 23rd day of December in the year Eighteen hundred
and Ninety seven. Samuel E. Collins
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the above named testator as
and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his
request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto
subscribed out names as witnesses. J.H. Barrett, Jno. G. Mills
Codicil - Whereas I made my will as above dated Dec. 23 1897
which I desire to alter and amend now. I declare this to be a
codicil thereto as follows: I give and bequeath unto my
grandchildren Wm. Edwd Rogers, Matilda Rogers, and Mary Catherine
Rogers, children of my deceased daughter Katy B. Rogers each the sum of
one dollar and no more of my estate. I having provided for them as
far as I desire.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my seal this 31st day of December A.D. 1897. S.E. Collins
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the above named
testator as and for a codicil to his last will and testament in
the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed out names as witnesses.
Jno. G. Mills, J.H. Barrett
State of Maryland, Dorchester County to wit. On the 6th
day of January A.D. 1899 personally appeared James C. Johnson, the
within named Executor, and made oath in due form of Law, that this paper
or instrument of writing, purporting to be the last will and testament,
and a codicil thereto of Samuel E. Collins, late of Dorchester County
deceased was deposited in his hands for safe keeping by the said
testator before his decease, and that to the best of his knowledge and
belief it is the whole and true last will and testament and a codicil
thereto of the said deceased and that he knows of no other will or
codicil of a younger date. And the same day also personally
appeared James H. Barrett and John S. Mills, the subscribing witnesses
to the aforegoing last will and testament and a codicil thereto of
Samuel E. Collins, late of Dorchester County, deceased and made oath in
due form of Law. They did see the said testator sign and seal the
said will and a codicil thereto that they heard him publish, pronounce,
and declare the same to be his last will and testament, and a codicil
thereto, that at the time of so doing the said testator was to the best
of their apprehensions of sound and disposing mind, memory, and
understanding, and that they respectfully subscribed their names to the
said last will and a codicil thereto as witnesses in the presence and at
the request of the said testator, and in the presence of each other.
Certified by John W. Fletcher, Register of Wills for
Dorchester County.
2 JWF 263 - 15 March 1900 / 6 April 1901 - Will of Dr. George P.
Jones
In the name of God, Amen: I being of sound mind, memory, but knowing the
uncertainty of human life, do now write and publish this, my last will
and testament, that is to say I bequeath unto my daughters, Maria A.
Jones, Georgia G. Jones, and Mary H. Jones, after all my debts are paid,
all my possessions, that I may have at my death.
George P. Jones. Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the
said Geo. P. Jones.
3 JWF 139 - / 17 December 1907 - Will of Euphemia
Houston
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3 JWF 146 - 26 December 1907 / 7 January 1908 - Will of Emma
Victoria Jacobs
Know all men by these presents that I Emma V. Jacobs, wife of
Doctor James T. Jacobs of this town of East New Market, in the County of
Dorchester, and State of Maryland, do hereby make, publish, pronounce,
and declare this paper or instrument of writing to be my last will and
testament in manner and form following, that is to say:
Item - I give, bequeath and devise unto my four children
Linda E. Jacobs, Jennie E. Jacobs, Willie V.E. Jacobs, and Emma E.
Jacobs, all my property and estate, real, personal, and mixed, to be
equally divided between them, share and share alike, never less.
If any one of my said children should die during their minority, then
his or her part share for to my remaining children. As witness
whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal, this __ day of
__ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety one.
Emma Victoria Jacobs
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced, and declared by Mrs.
Emma Jacobs, the foregoing testatrix, as and for her last will and
testament in the presence of us who at her request in her presence and
in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses
thereto. A.L. Bramble, Wm. E. Johnson, T.J. Andrew
This codicil made this twenty-sixth day of December 1907
declares that I wish my son Wm. B. P. Jacobs to receive as his portion
of my estate, the house, lot, and appurtenances pertaining thereon
formerly belonging to my father Dr. W.V. Edmondson of East New Market,
Md., which has been my house and residence for many years; with all
furniture, fixtures, silver, and other property connected therewith and
belonging to me. Of all other property that I may die possessed, I
wish equal division to be made among my three daughters, Linda Jacobs
Murdaugh, Jannette Eugenia Jacobs, and Emma Edmondson Jacobs in fee
simple, share and share alike.
This codicil to my last will and testament, I Emma V.E.
Jacobs being of sound mind and health on the twenty-sixth day of
December 1907 declare to be a part of my last will and testament, and I
hereby declare and appoint my dear son Wm V.E. Jacobs executor of my
estate without bond. In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my
name and affix my signature this twenty-sixth day of December, Nineteen
hundred and seven. Emma V.E. Jacobs [seal]
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced, and declared by Mrs.
Emma V.E. Jacobs in the presence of us, who at her request in her
presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as
witnesses thereto: J. Anna Saxton, W.H. Andrew, F.H. Spence
On the seventh day of January 1908, personally appeared
William V.E. Jacobs, the within named executor, and made oath in due
form of law that these papers purporting to be the last will and
testament of Emma Victoria Jacobs, late of Dorchester County, deceased,
and to the best of his knowledge and belief it is the whole and true
last will and testament of said deceased...
3 JWF 165 - 6 November 1905 / 23 June 1908 - Will of Mary Ann Elliott
In the name of God amen. I Mary A. Elliott of Dorchester County,
in the State of Maryland, being in perfect health of body and sound and
disposing mind, memory, and understanding do therefore make and publish
this my last will and testament.
1st I devise and bequeath unto my beloved husband, George W.
Elliott, during the term of his natural life, all that house and lot of
land, with all the improvements thereon situated in the town of East New
Market in Dorchester County in the State of Maryland.
2nd I devise and bequeath unto my beloved niece Mary Charles,
daughter of Arttiul (Arthur?) M. Charles and Ella Charles, his wife, at
the death of my beloved husband George W. Elliott, all that
aforementioned house and lot situated in the town of East New Market,
Dorchester County, Maryland.
3rd Should the above named Mary Charles died without issue
before her mother the said Ella Charles, I devise and bequeath unto the
said Ella Charles, all that aforesaid house and lot situated in the town
of East New Market aforesaid, and her heirs and assignees forever.
4th And I hereby make and declare Ella Charles the guardian
of my niece the said Mary Charles in testimony hereof. I hereunto
set my hand and seal this 6th day of November, in the year nineteen
hundred and five. Test: J.A. Baker, Mary
A. Elliott (her mark)
On the 23rd day of June 1908, personally appeared John A.
Baker one of the witnesses in the aforegoing last will and testament and
made oath... to be the last will and testament of Mary A. Elliott,
deceased...
3 JWF 178 - / 21 January 1908 - Will of Isaac H. Wright
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3 JWF 206 - / 17 December 1908 - Will of Mary L. Smith
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3 JWF 243 - 25 July 1894 / 7 April 1909 - Will of Elbridge S.
Johnson
Know all men by these presence that I, Elbridge S. Johnson of East New
Market, Dorchester County in the State of Maryland do hereby make,
publish, pronounce, and declare this paper or instrument of writing to
be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following. That
is to say I give, bequeath and devise unto my dear and well beloved
wife, Margaret H. Johnson, all my real and personal estate of whatever
kind or nature to her, her heirs or assigners forever, absolutely, and
in fee simple. I hereby appoint my said dear wife, Margaret H.
Johnson to be sole executrix without bond. Of this my last will
and testament; hereby revoking and annulling all others and former Wills
by me at any time heretofore made, ratifying, and confirming this and
none others to be my last Will and Testament. In Testimony
whereof. I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal this
twenty fifth day of July A.D. 1894.
Witnesses - A.L. Bramble, Carlile P. Woodall, Charles W. Spence, Bruce
B. Gootee.
Baltimore City - On the 11th day of December 1907 came Margaret H.
Johnson and made oath in due form...
2 RPS 85 - 16 December 1916 / - Will of J. Mitchell Reid
J. Mitchell Reids' Last Will and Testament by James M. Robertson and
Kate B. Reid, Executors filed December 16, anno domini 1916.
In the name of God, Amen - I J. Mitchell Reid of Dorchester
County, in the State of Maryland, being of sound and disposing mind,
memory and understanding, do hereby make and publish this my last will
and testament, that is to say.
First: and principally, I commit my soul into the hands of
Almighty God, and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the
discretion of my executors herein named and after my debts and funeral
charges are paid I devise and bequeath as follows.
Item: I give devise and bequeath unto my wife Kate B. Reid
the property where I now reside, and all of the furniture in said
dwelling situated in East New Market, Maryland, her life time, and then
to go to my son, James Lewis Reid,
Item: I also give to my wife Kate B. Reid, the horse named
"Von", and the carriage and harness, and the chickens and fowls on the
premises.
Item: I give unto Meta LeCompte, wife of Howard B. LeCompte,
the farm or tract of land which is part of the Norman Farm & called Red
Hill, situated on the East side of the County road leading from East New
Market to Hicksburg, containing thirty six acres, more of less, and
which I bought of Frederick H. Fletcher, she is to possess the same at
the death of my wife. I hereby wish that all of my personal
property except the fuel now on the premises shall be sold and applied
to the payment of my debts not heretofore devised.
I hereby will that my farm "Maplewood" situated near Linkwook
in said County, and on the State Road leading from Linkwood to
Cambridge, shall be sold and the proceeds from said sale shall be
applied and used as follows to with:
In the first place to be applied or so much thereof as is
necessary to pay whatever balance of my debts may remain- than two
thousand dollars of said proceeds of said farm shall be paid to my son,
James Lewis Reid as soon as settlement can be made, and the remainder of
said proceeds from farm shall be paid to my wife Kate B. Reid, to be
invested by her, and she to receive the interest or revenue therefrom
during her life time, and then to go together with the aforesaid
property situated in East New Market, to my said son, James Lewis Reid,
and his heirs and assigns forever.
And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my dear wife,
Kate B. Reid, and James M. Robertson, to be the executors of this my
last will and testament, revoking and annulling all former wills by me
heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my
last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal
this 10th day of December, A.D., 1916. J. Mitchell Reid.
2 RPS 318 - 23 April 1904 / 27 October 1919 - Will of Charles
H. Willis
I, Charles H. Willis, of Dorchester County, State of
Maryland, do make this my last will and testament, in manner following,
to wit:
After the payment of all my just debts and funeral expenses,
I give, bequeath, and devise my estate as folllows viz:
First: I give and bequeath unto my wife, Mary R. Willis
all the personal property and estate of which I may die seized and
possessed.
Second: I give and devise unto my wife, Mary R. Willis,
for and during the period of her natural life only, and no longer, all
that farm or tract of land, commonly known as the "Meredith Farm", or by
whatever name or names that same may be known, which farm is situated in
East New Market Election District of Dorchester County, State of
Maryland, on the west side of the Railroad running from the town of East
New Market, Md. to Linkwood, and adjacent to the farm and lands of John
T. Blake, and others, which farm was conveyed to me by Edward W.
LeCompte, Administrator or Executor of the estate of Thomas B. Meredith,
deceased, by deed duly of record among the Land Record Books of
Dorchester County, State of Maryland, also my one-third interest in the
houses and lots situated in the town of East New Market, Md., and known
as the Charles T. Willis property, or by whatever name or names it may
be called, also all that dwelling house where I now reside, the lot of
ground, the Hardware Store-house and all the buildings on said lot,
situated in the town of East New Market, Md.; and on the death of my
said wife, Mary R. Willis, I give and devise my aforesaid Real Estate,
as above named, to my children, Mary L. Smith (wife of Samuel J.T.
Smith) and Paul L. Willis, in equal parts, share and share alike, as
tenants in common, in fee simple.
Third: I hereby constitute and appoint my wife Mary R.
Willis, guardian to my son Paul Willis, and Executrix of this my last
will and testament, without bond, hereby revoking all other wills and
codicils by me heretofore made.
Witness my hand and seal this twenty-third day of April, in
the year Nineteen Hundred and Four. Chas. H. Willis.
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the above named
testator, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us,
who at his request, in his presence, and in the presence of each other
have hereunto subscribed our names as witness thereto
W.E. Bonner, Thos. H. Collins
3 RPS 302 - 20 December 1909 / 10 May 1928 - Will of George Hicks
I, George Hicks of the County of Dorchester in the State of
Maryland, do make this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all
other wills or codicils herebefore made by me.
After the payment of all my just debts and funeral expense I
give, devise, and bequeath all my property, real, personal, and mixed of
every kind and description and wheresoever situated, and all that I may
acquire in the future which I may be seized or possessed of or in any
manner entitled to at the time of my death, to my beloved wife Mary
Elizabeth Hicks.
I constitute and appoint my said wife Mary Elizabeth Hicks to
be the sole executrix of this my last will and testament and it is my
wish and desire that my said executrix shall be excused from the
necessity of giving bond for the proper performance of her duties as
such executrix.
In testimony whereof, I have here unto subscribed my name and
affix my seal on this 20th day of December in the year nineteen hundred
and nine. George Hicks (seal)
Signed, Sealed, published and delivered by the above named
testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us
who at his request, and in the presence of each other have here unto
subscribed our names as witness hereto. John A. Baker, Clarence L.
Saxton
On the 10th day of May, 1928, personally appeared Mary
Elizabeth Hicks and made oath in due form of law, that the aforegoing
paper or instrument of writing, purporting to be the last will and
testament of George Hicks, late of Dorchester County, deceased, was
found among a package of private papers of the said deceased...
3 RPS 393 - 27 March 1924 / 16 October 1929 - Will of Charles Webster
Sr.
I, Chas. Webster, on this 27th day of March, in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-four being of sound mind and body, do give and
bequeath all my real and personal estate, to my beloved wife, Daisy H.
Webster to have and to hold during her life time, at her death to go to
my daughter, Elizabeth Webster, and to my son Chas. Webster Jr., share
and share alike. And I also appoint my beloved wife Daisy H.
Webster, Executrix of my Estate, with Bond. Frederick H. Fletcher
Attorney. Chas. H. Webster
Witnesses: C.E. Bell, Edward A. Bramble
[On the 22nd day of October 1929, personally appeared Daisy H.
Webster...]
folio 58 7 Nov 1822
JONES, John, dec (1821)
Heirs:
William JONES, dec
Dau - Sophia, wife of Allen VANE
Dau - Jane, wife of Thomas BALL
Dau - Esther, wife of William WINDOWS
Amelia, dec former wife of John MITCHELL
Dau - Kitty, wife of Samuel NEAL
Dau - Sally, wife of Peter ROBINSON
Son - John MITCHELL
Son - Ezekiel MITCHELL