Will Abstracts of Frederick Co, Maryland

Will Abstracts

Frederick County, Maryland


  • DOLL, Conrad of Frederick Town, weak - Will RB-1, 523-527 written 27 Oct 1814; filed 15 Nov 1814 son - George DOLL son-in-law - Solomon STICKEL and 6 grandchildren: ..........Samuel STICKEL ..........George STICKEL ..........Thomas STICKEL ..........Margaret STICKEL ..........Susannah STICKEL ..........William STICKEL LAND to son George - "Tasker's Chance", 11 acres(where he resided). - part of three tracts: "Resurvey on Meadow", "Pipe Meadow" and "Stumbling Block", 3.5 acres; adjacent to John BRENGLE and Jacob WEAST. - "Tryall", 30 acres of mountain land; adjacent to John BAERS. - 1/4 of two lotts in "Addition to George Town", DC on High Street and 5th Street, #202 and 203 and passage of 10 feet. LAND to daughters - Margaret and Elizabeth, each $90 plus each get half of 20 acres of mountain land, part "Tryall"; and money due from Christian WEAVER's estate. exec/ son George DOLL and son-in-law Solomon STICKEL wit/ Philip ROHR, Henry BANTZ, Jacob SCHUSLER, Adam SCHISSLER ==========================
  • DOLL, George of Frederick Town, weak - GME-3, 149 written 29 Jun 1835; filed 9 Feb 1846 w/ Mary - house and lot on East Patrick Street, lot adjacent to lands of John BRENGLE, 3 1/2 acres; and 5 shares Bank Stock at Union Bank of MD in wife's maiden name, MOTTER sister - Elizabeth w/o Jacob MOTTER nephews - Hyram STICKELL and Hyram MOTTER Lot in George Town, DC, NE corner of High St and 22nd St of #9, Sq 56 to nephew Hyram STICKELL nephew - Hyram STICKELL (silver watch) niece - Mary Ann ALBERT niece - Susan STICKELL nephew - William STICKELL Witnesses: Lewis BIRELY, Joseph B. WEBB, Lewis A. BRENGLE ==========================================
  • DOLL, John, Frederick Town, weak - Will HS-2, 516 written 21 Sep 1821; filed 16 Oct 1821 w/ Susanna son - David DOLL son - Thomas DOLL exec/ wife and brother, Jacob DOLL wit/ John McDONALD, George LAMBRIGHT, George GEBHERDT =================================
  • DOLL, Mary, Frederick Town - Will TS-1, 132-133 written 9 Jun 1847; filed 17 May 1851 nephew - Jacob MOTTER sister - Anna Frances MOTTER exec/ Ezra HOUCK wit/ Charles I. JENKINS, Joseph DEOK, George RICE ================================
  • DOLL, Mary, Frederick County - Will TS-1, 171 written 7 Jul 1846; filed 27 Jan 1852 only child - Ann ETZLER - house and lot# 4 in Woodsboro exec/ Constable David F. YANTIS wit/ George W. SHANK, W. Harrison BAKER, Brook BAKER =============================
  • DOLL, Joseph, Frederick Town, weak - Will HS-2, 287-288 written 1 Feb 1810; filed 31 Aug 1819 w/ Charlotte - $100, house and lott only children mentioned were son - Joseph DOLL, deceased (w/ Catharine) son - George DOLL, deceased (w/ Catharine) son-in-law - Jacob BRUNNER wit/ Conrad DOLL, Philip ROHR, John McDONALD =========================
  • FRACK, Daniel, sick and weak - Will HS-2, 274-276) written 10 May 1819; filed 26 Jul 1819 w/ Catharine - half of dwelling (2 rooms, 1 above, 1 below) and 1/2 of garret and seller (cellar), 1/2 spring house, all stock, household and kitchen furniture, interest of 300 pounds on bond. d/ Mary, dec'd w/o Jacob FOGLESONG - Lot #1 of 40 acres (to her children) s/ John FRACK - Lot #2 of 40 acres s/ Jacob FRACK - Lot #3 of 28 acres (Benjamin FROCK to pay Jacob $233.62 to make his share equal) s/ Henry FRACK - Lot #4 of 40 acres s/ Daniel FRACK - Lot #5 of 40 acres s/ Peter FRACK - Lot #6 of 40 acres s/ Benjamin FRACK - Lot # 7 & 8 of 138 acres with buildings, orchards, waters, etc; allotments of grains to wife of potatoes and apples; wife to have horse to ride to church or elsewhere; 540 pounds current money US; and layouts to siblings on yearly basis rotating. ex/ John LEYSTER, Michael FROCK, Sr, son Benjamin FRACK wit/ William COGHLAN, Charles ANGEL, John MILLER (John LEISTER renounced executorship) ===================
  • FORTNEY, David, weak - Will TS-1, 124) written 6 Feb 1851; filed 7 Apr 1851 d/ Rebecca MYERS d/ Elizabeth Ann WINTER w/o Thomas WINTER d/ Mary MYERS d/ July Ann FORTNEY wit/ John ZIMMERMAN, Edward HOWARD, Abraham HARGATE =========================
  • HENNICKHAUSER, John Detrick of Middletown - Will GM-3, 146-149 written 18 Oct 1796; filed 16 Nov 1796 w/ Mary Magdalena d/ Elizabeth d/ Eve s/ Henry HENNICKHAUSER (no children at writing of will) d/ Gartrout (no children at writing of will) exec/ wife and Samuel SHOUP wit/ John STONE, Adam HONING, Samuel MAYOR =============================
  • NEFF, Catharine, sick and weak - Will A-1, 567; filed 12 Mar 1776 s/ John NEFF, residue s/ Jacob NEFF, 1 shilling the following to receive 6 pounds each d/ Margaret NEFF s/ Henry NEFF d/ Easter NEFF s/ Francis NEFF s/ Adam NEFF exec/ son John NEFF wit/ P. BAINBRIDGE, Barthalomew BOOKEE, John ARNOLD =====================
  • PERINS, John, tanner, farmer - Will A-1, 354 written 8 Jun 1769; filed 7 Jan 1770 s/ Edward PERINS s/ John PERINS s/ Joseph PERINS d/ Susannah PERINS d/ Mary PERINS ...grandchildren mentioned but not named wit/ Joseph SMITH, John REYNOLDS, Robert SMITH =========================
  • REID, John - Will written July 8, 1811; filed July 15, 1811 Frederick County w/ Ann s/ George Nelson REID s/ William Perry REID s/ John Alford REID s/ Joseph REID s/ Archibald REID s/ Thomas REID d/ Mary REID d/ Ester REID d/ Ann REID exec/ was wife [from Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills & Inventories, Hardin County, Book B, Page 89; contributed by Shirley Middleton Moller] =========================
  • SHERTZ, Samuel, sick - Will GM-2, 34 filed 3 Apr 1783 widow/ Elizabeth - to have plantation should she maintain children if they don't obey her, to be bound out d/ Elizabeth SHERTZ - cow, heifer, horse, 5 sheep, when she marries s/ Philip SHERTZ - horse, cow Each child to have 15 pounds when of age, rest to widow. If any child wishes to inherit land, he shall care for his mother. Two youngest children to have one young beast each. exec/ Christian STOUFFER, David GARRINGER wit/ Jacob SCHERTZER, David GERRINGER When will was proved, Peter MANTZ appeared who translated the will from German. The widow elected to take her third. ===========================
  • SULLIVAN, Cornelius - Will HS-1, 202 written 1 Mar 1816; filed 18 Mar 1816 w/ Catherine s/ Daniel SULIVAN s/ William SULIVAN s/ Michael SULIVAN s/ Abraham SULIVAN d/ Margaret BOARE d/ Mary SULIVAN Estate to wife during her widowhood until her death, then to be divided into two equal sections for sons Daniel and William and pay their siblings their respective shares. Exec/ son William SULIVAN and friend William DURBIN Jr. Witnesses: George CASSELL, Jacob CASSELL, Nicholas DURBIN and William DURBIN JR. [submitted by Ray & Judy Smith] ==========================
  • TOM, Henry, farmer - Will A-1, 426-428 written 2 Feb 1772; filed29 May 1772 w/ Margaret s/ ADAM TOM - plantation s/ William TOM - 5 shillings sterling of Great Britain (full portion) d/ Clara? HOOVER rest of children not named wit/ Andrew STEPHEN, Nicholas BEARD, Balser FRANK ==============================
  • TOMS, Catharine - Will A-1, 375-377 written 4 Aug 1770; filed 28 Aug 1770 s/ Henry TOMS s/ Samuel TOMS - tract "Humbert's Delight", 150 acres, "Mistake My Friend" (on North side of Andrew STEVENSTON's "Mill Creek. s/ John TOMS- 40 pounds PA currency s/ William TOMS - tract "Tom's Folly" and part "Mistake My Friend" (South side) and 3 children bound to her d/ Mary w/o Anthony TEARTURF (Deardorff?) exec/ Samuel and William wit/ Peter BAINBRIDGE, Benjamin EASTBURN, William HUMBERT ====================================
  • TOMS, Daniel, sick - Will HS-2, 364-365 written 12 May 1820; filed 19 Jun 1820 - John TOMS, minor s/o John TOMS, dec'd "The Land of Promise", 24 3/4 acres (John is illegitamate s/o Mary MARKER) bro/ Samuel TOMS bro/ William TOMS bro?/ Michael TOMS bro/ Abraham TOMS ..George HARB (HARP?) ..Susanna w/o Jonathan MILLER ..Michael TOMS Mortgage to Jacob SUMMERS and Daniel GAVER. exec/ Samuel and Abraham TOMS wit/ Jacob LIGHDERT, Jacob POFFENBERGER, David BOWLUS ======================================
  • TOMS, Samuel of W. - Will TS-1, 214-216 written 9 Nov 1851; filed 27 Dec 1852 w/ Mary - property West side of Catoctin Creek s/ Jacob TOMS, eldest d/ Mary (no right to purchase land) d/ Lydia d/ Caroline Property from Tobias HORINE and Daniel MAIN, trustees of Tobias HORINE, deceased; lies along Old Hagerstown Road next to Jacob TOMS, John HARP, Joseph GAVER. exec/ son-in-laws, William METZGER and James GLADHILL wit/ Enoch POFFENBERGER, Joseph BROWN, George BOWLUS Widow claimed dower rights for her share when sold. Owned tract "The Year of Plenty" known as the 'Horine Farm', then in possession of Jacob ZENTMYER Sr. valued at $7,600, but asked for new appraisal by Jacob S. TOMS and Elizabeth TOMS; William METZGER and Lydia; James S. GLADHILL and Caroline. ===================================
  • WAGONNER, Adam, weak - Will GM-1, 166-167 written 27 Oct 1779; filed 4 Dec 1779 w/ Sophiah s/ William WAGONNER s/ Christopher WAGONNER Niece - Catherine WAGONNER (brother's daughter), provided she stays until of age. wit/ George TRUCKS, Matthias MORT ===================
  • WAGNER, Frank G. - Will GH-1, 51-52 written 7 Apr 1855; filed 24 Apr 1855 (name also shown as Francis) bro/ Joseph E. WAGNER sis/ Margaret E. SAPPINGTON sis/ Elizabeth HITSELBERGER and her children Executor to purchase house and lot. exec/ Richard GALLAGHER wit/ Edward F. WILLIAMS, Francis S. JONES, Augustus A. SAPPINGTON ==============================
  • WAGNER, John - Will GMRB-1, 391-397 written 7 Mar 1807; filed 2 Aug 1808 w/ Mary - Negro man JOE and Negro woman HAGAR s/ John WAGNER - 100 pounds s/ Jacob WAGNER - 240 pounds s/ David WAGNER - 1 pound, 5 shillings 140 pounds to each daughter below: d/ Mary - Negro girl, HARIOT d/ Catharine d/ Susannah d/ Nancy - Negro girl, LIDDY d/ Sally d/ Rachel The 2/3 division goes to the children above and to: d/ Elizabeth - only receives interest as long as husband lives d/ Dorothy - only while living, then to children if any exec/ wife and son John wit/ Abraham CRAPSTER, Robert CUMMING, George OVELMAN Codicil - Property on main road adjoining east side of property presently possessed by Michael BRINKMAN. To lay off 1 acre and erect dwelling house and stable for wife; single children may live with her free of rent. If after death of wife, any unmarried children may retain possession until marriage or death unless wife chooses to sell. Dated 11 Jun 1808. wit/ Robert CUMMING, George OVELMAN, Henry WINDROOD ==================
  • WAGNER, John, sick and weak - Will GME-1, 13-15 written 2 Dec 1828; filed 22 Dec 1828 w/ Catharine - 1 of 2 houses and lot in Libertytown and lot of 4 acres, bought from Frederick UNKEFER; also wood lot of 8+ acres from Upton HAMMOND; all grain (wheat, rye, corn, clover seed, hay), furnishings and 2 cows s/ Willilam WAGNER, eldest son - $400 when 21 s/ Richard WAGNER, one of two youngest - $400 when 21 d/ Mary Ann WAGNER, oldest daughter - $50, bed & bedding d/ Agnes WAGNER - $50, bed and bedding d/ Rachel WAGNER- $50, bed and bedding d/ Dorothy Elizabeth WAGNER, one of two youngest - $50, bed & bedding exec/ David WAGNER, John R. CURTIS wit/ Edward NUZUM, Elias A. GRUSHON, William JACKSON ============================
  • WAGNER, Mary, weak - Will HS-2, 277-278 written 7 Apr 1819; filed 28 Jan 1828 d/ Sally WAGNER (also exec) wit/ John GLISAN, George OVELMAN, Henry BAKER =======================
  • WAGNER, Sally, in declining health - Will GME-1, 377-380 written 18 May 1832; filed 24 Jul 1832 - Elihu H. ROCKWELL - $1,000; - Sunday School in Liberty - $20 - Trustees of Union Church of Liberty - $20 - Wall around family burying ground to be repaired with stones and grave stones placed. bro/ David WAGNER - $1,000 in trust for clothing and education for nephew Thomas LYON until he's 21; Thomas' father not to obtain possession of money sis/ Rachel WIESTLING - $600 in trust for niece Adriana LYON niece/ Rachel WAGNER - $100 (daughter of his brother John WAGNER) sis/ Rachel WIESTLING, balance Exec/ sister, Rachel WIESTLING wit/ Henry BAKER, Rachard G. DORSEY, Abraham JONES ===================================
  • WAGNER, William - Will GH-1, 11-12 written 19 Jan 1855; filed 6 Feb 1855 w/ Catharine s/ Joseph L. WAGNER - when 21, 1 full set tinner's tools and full set patterns and unworked material exec/ wife wit/ Francis C. JONES, Edward F. WILLSON, R. N. NORWOOD =============================
  • WINTER, George - Will A-1,33 written 23 Dec 1749; filed 3 Mar 1750 w/ Mary Eve, children mentioned but not named ================================
  • WINTER, George - Will TS-1, 57 written 1 Feb 1849; filed 12 Feb 1850 w/ Mary Magdalena - Emmitsburg d/ Mary w/o James I. McKEEHAN s/ Samuel WINTER & children d/ Barbara WINTER, a minor d/ Ann Eliza WINTER, a minor LAND - Lot & 2 houses in Emmitsburg. ex - Henry WINTER & Andrew EYSTER wit - James HOSHELHORN, George WINTER Jr, George W. ROW, Joshua MOTTER ======================================
  • WINTER, George s/o Jacob WINTER, Emmitsburg - Will JKW-1, 275 written 22 Mar 1893; filed 21 Nov 1894 Left everything to children of following brothers and sisters: - Henry WINTER, dec'd - Polly EYSTER, dec'd - Margaret RICKENBAUGH, dec'd - Jacob WINTER, dec'd Exec - Edward H. ROWE =====================================
  • WINTER, Jacob, Emmitsburg - Will GME-3, 212 filed 11 Jan 1847 s/ George WINTER s/ Jacob WINTER s/ John WINTER s/ Henry WINTER d/ Rebecca WINTER d/ Mary WINTER =====================================
  • WINTERS, Magdalena - Will GME-2, 236 written 4 Aug 1825; filed 20 Feb 1837 son/ John WINTERS ..........Lewis WINTERS ..........Mary WINTERS ..........Earhart WINTERS sis/ Frances CONLY? ==========================
  • WINTER, M. Francis - Will WBC-1, 35 written Apr 1892; filed 8 Sep 1904 Artist, Presbyterian Church, Emmitsburg, MD - Mother and two sisters ==========================
  • WINTERS, Erhart - Will HS-2, 293 written 6 Jan 1819; filed 27 Sep 1819 w/ Mary Magdalena d/ Susanna s/ David WINTERS (& exec) He left $200 to each child; money due him from his brother Jacob WINTERS, deceased, from the estate of Pennsylvania. (Notice there is no mention of son John; land records show Erhart as leasing land; no mention of real estate) signed - Erhard WINDER Exec/ son David WINTERS wit - Jacob MATHIAS, John BROWN, William DURBIN Jr, William DURBIN ======================
  • WINTER, Susanna - Will - WBC-1, 441 written 12 Mar 1907; filed 24 Sep 1907 - mother - Mary A. WINTER - Emmitsburg, MD - sister - Columbia WINTER - Mrs Martin (Rose OHLER) VALENTINE .......her d/ Mary VALENTINE - Catherine ......Martha Belle ROWE ......Anabel E. Rowe HARLMAN d/o Rev A.S. HARLMAN of Baltimore ......Mrs J. Rowe OHLER .......Ida ZIMMERMAN, nephew Luther ZIMMERMAN - Ida Ohler GILLELAN .......Carrie GILLELAN .......Ruth GILLELAN .......Rhoda GILLELAN ===============================

These abstracts are some that crossed my path during my research. Perhaps they will be of help to one of you.



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