Will of Richard FENWICK (1714); St. Mary’s County, Maryland

This file was contributed by Judith Burger.

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Richard Fenwick
Signed: April 1, 1714
Proved: April 26, 1714

The Last Will of
Richard Fenwick
In the Name of God Amen I Richard Fenwick, being in health of body & sound of 
mind thanks be to God for ye same, & knowing ye uncertainty of this life doo 
make this my last Will & Testament, in manner & form following first I commend 
my soule to god hoping by ye merits of Christ I am to Recieve pardon of all my 
sins, and my body to ye earth to be buried in such Christian, manner; asto my 
Executors hereafter named, shall think fitt. & as touching such worldly Estate, 
as ye Lord in mercy hath Sent me, my will & meaning is ye same shall be imployed 
& bestowed, as hereafter by this my will is Expressed & first I doo declare & 
appoint this my last will and testament. Item I give & bequeath my whole Estate 
to, my five sons~Richard Fenwick Cuthbert Fenwick, John Fenwick Enoch Fenwick & 
Ignatius Fenwick. And their heirs to be Equally shared & divided between them 
both Real & personal. & that , those Sons I had by my first wife & those I had 
By my second wife, to have one to ye other, as tho they had been all of one 
Mother & if Enoch or Ignatius happen to die before they attain to ye age of one 
and twenty years, that their part be equally divided, between ye survivors; & in 
case, they do not agree, among themselves on ye shareing of ye Lands & other 
things, if my brother John Fenwick, be alive my will is that he shall share ye 
same between them, I make my five afore named Sons, my heirs & Executors, as 
witness my hand & Seale, the first day of April in the year of our Lord god 
1714~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Richard Fenwick (((seal)))

Sealed & sind in the presence of us
Joseph Alvey
George. Plowdon
Cuthbert Sawell

April 26. 1714 Then came Joseph Alvey George Plowden and Cuthbert Sawell the 
witnesses to the within will and made oath that they saw the within named 
Richard Fenwick signe seal & deliver the same as his last will & testament.
Wm. Aisquith Depty Comissy
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Transcribed by Judith A. Burger, February 7, 2001 from a photocopy of the 
original court document, Libra P. C. No. 1, p. 192, obtained from Norma I. 
Dawson, Register of Wills, St. Mary's County, Maryland. The photocopy was good 
and the writing was legible. I made no corrections of any kind.