Will of Nicholas DRURY (1789); St. Mary’s County, Maryland

This file was contributed by Judith Burger.

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Nicholas Drury
Signed: May 2, 1789
Proved: July 14, 1789

Nicholas Drury
His last Will
In the name of God, amen. I Nicholas Drury of St. Mary's County, being sick & 
weak of body, but of sound memory & understanding, and duly understanding the 
uncertainty of human life, do make this my last will & Testament in the manner 
and form follows, Viz. First I give & bequeath my soul unto almighty God 
trusting in the mercies, & in the merits of dear Redeemer for the remission of 
all my sins; and as to my Temporal Estate, I give & bequeath in the manner & 
form as Followith ~~~~~
First of all, my will & desire is that all my Just debts be paid, & the Balance 
of Estate, I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife as long as she lives single, 
but if she should marry, my hole Estate to be taken by my two daughters, Mary & 
Amonica, to be equally divided between them two, excepting one shilling 
sterling, I give and bequeath unto my son Leonard. And lastly, I do appoint & 
(Assusininate?) my brother Peter Drury, Executor of this my last will & 
Testament, revoaking all other will or wills heretofore by me made, in witness 
were of I have here unto set my hand & affixed by Seal, this twenty second day 
of May, one thousand sevin hundred and Eighty Nine. ~~~~~

Nicholas 1 Drury (((Seal)))

Test Rob. X Saxton
Elizabeth X Wathen

On the Back of the foregoing was as follows, to wit ~~~~
Saint Mary's County Ss, The 14th day of July 1789. Then came Peter Drury & made 
oath on the holy evangels of almighty God, that the within instrument of 
writing, is the true & whole last Will & Testament of Nicholas Drury late of 
Saint Mary's County, deceased, that hath come to his hands or possession & that 
he doth not know of any other~~~~~
Certified by Jeremiah Jordan Regr, Wills
for Saint Mary's County

Then came Robert Saxon & Elizabeth Wathen, the two subscribing witnesses to the 
within, last will & Testament of Nicholas Drury, late of Saint Mary's County, 
deceased, & made oath on the holy evangels of almighty God, that they did see 
the Testator therein named Sign and Seal this will, and that they heard him 
publish, pronounce and declare the same to be his last will and Testament; that 
at the time of his so doing, he was to the best of their apprehensions of sound 
& disposing mind, memory & understanding; and that they respictively subscribed 
their names as witnesses to this will in the presence, and at the request of the 
Testator, and in the presence of each other. ~~~~~~
Certified by Jeremiah Jordan Regr. Wills
for Saint Mary's County

The deceased's Widow Stands}
To this will.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Transcribed by Judith A. Burger February 19, 2001 from a photocopy of the 
original court document, JJ1 480-481, obtained from Norma I. Dawson, Register of 
Wills, Saint Mary's County, Maryland. The photocopy was fair and the writing was 
legible with the exception of the word in parenthesis. I made no corrections of 
any kind.