Wills: Will of William Jones, (1705) Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Last Will and Testament of William Jones of Anne Arundel County, dated 1 May 1705
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN --- the thirty-first day of May One thousand Seven
hundred and five I William Jones Gent of the County of Ann Arundel in the province of
Maryland Planter being sick and weak in Body of Sound and perfect Memory thanks be to
God for the Same and Calling to mind the uncertain State of this life and that all must
goeth unto Death when it shall please God to call Doe make and sine constitute and
appoint and Declare this my Last will and testament in Manner and form following
revoking annulling and making void all other will and wills by me hereto made either by
word of mouth or writing and this only to be Taken for my Last will and noe other and
first Commit my Soul into the hands of God that gave it hoping through the Merits of my
blessed lessons to be Eternally loved and my body to the Earth to be Decently buried by
my Executive hereafter named and for my Temporall Effects which it hath pleased God to
bless me with I Dispose as follows
Item I give and bequeath to my Dear and loving wife Elizabeth Jones all that Plantation
whereon I now Dwell Together with the land belonging to the home During the terme of
her Naturall life and pass on after her decease to the use and ________of my son William
Jones and his heirs forever except what is hereafter given to Mary Beddingfield and
Anthony Beddingfield
Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Duvall the wife of John Duvall unto
my Daughter Jane Clarke the wife of Neale Clarke and unto my Daughter Ann Cheney the
wife of Charles Cheney the sume of one Shilling Cash to be paid by my Executive
hereafter named
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Beddingfield and Anthony Beddingfield
a piece or parcel of land whereon they now Dwell it being piece of a tract Called Johns
Cabin Ridge which is to begin at a ______Spanish Oaks in a line Janey land
__________land Wm Jones and running to est North west Cross the land to an
______bounded with twelve_____ and be bounding on the land of Thomas Cheney to
have and to hold the ____land and the appertainces unto the land Mary Beddingfield and
Anthony Beddingfield and their heirs for Ever
Item I give and Bequeath unto my Granddaughter Mary Duvall the Daughter of John
Duvall one cow and Calfe to be delivered in Time convenient after my decease by my
Executive hereafter named
and lastly I Give and bequeath unto my Law wife customary debts legacies and funerall
Charges shall be paid all the remainder of my Estate whatsoever to be Equally divided
between her my Law wife and my Grandson William Trogden share and share alike and
my Law Grandson to remain with my Law wife till he Comes to the age of Sixteen at
which time I will that he shall be free for himself and of this my last will I leave my Law
wife my full whole and sole Executive in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand
and Seal this Day and Year
his
Wm (X) Jones
mark
Above written Signed Sealed and Published and Declared to being the Last will and
testament of the late Wm Jones in the presents of
Richard Duckett
John Starkey -
Powell Mary Powel
( on the back of the will was written)
Then came the witness' to the within written will and made Oath that they saw the within
named Wm Jones sine seal and deliver the same as his last Will and Testament
John Grossman (?)
Will of William Jones, Gentleman Planter Ann Arundel Co., Maryland dated 31 day of
May 1705