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Will of Mark Manlove |
Will of Mark Manlove of Somerset County, MarylandI Mark Manlove of Pocomoke in the county of Somerset in the province of Maryland, planter, being weak in body but of good memory, blessed be God, do make this my last will and testament. My soul I commit to God who gave it and my body to be buried according as my executors think fit. As for my outward estate, my debts being first paid, I give and bequeath as followeth: first, to my loving wife Elizabeth and the children I have lawfully begotten of her and to their heirs forever, five hundred acres of land lying on the north side of Pocomoke River, beginning at a little branch on the south side of my new dwelling house, being at my first bounder, and so running northerly up the river. All the rest of my land I give and bequeath to my sons Mark, William, and Christopher and to their heirs forever to be equally divided as they come of age, each child to have his portion. To Hanah Gilley, Richard Hackworth and to his next son born, being three of my grandchildren, each of them a cow calf. I bequeath unto my sons John and Thomas one hundred pounds of tobacco apiere. The rest of my estate, after my debts are paid, besides the lagacies already given and bequeathed I give one third to my wife and two thirds to be equally divided unto my sons Mark, William, Christopher, George and Luke, and to my daughters Hanna, Abia, and Persey Manlove, and I do appoint my wife Elizabeth and my son in law Richard Hackworth to be the executors of my last will and testament, and William Stevens Horsey and Wm. James Meedon overseers of the same, and this I publish and declare to be my last will and testament the 14th day of September anno domini 1666. Mark [his (MM) mark] Manlove
Witness: William Green Probate: 03 JAN 1666/7 [email protected] 29 OCT 2003 |
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