Will of Judiah HENNING (1782); St. Mary’s County, Maryland

This file was contributed by M. Lee Henning <mleehenning@worldnett.att.net>.

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The Will of JUDIAH HENNING

In the Name of God Amen, I JUDIAH HENNEN of Saint Mary’s County being in perfect 
mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in the manner 
and form following viz.; first I will and bequeath to my wife the use of the 
plantation I now live on during her natural life then to be equally divided 
between my two sons BENNET HENNEN and STEPHEN HENNEN to them and their heirs – 
Item I will and
bequeath to my two sons BENNET HENNIN and STEPHEN HENNIN all that tract of land 
called Hunting Quarter to be divided by a branch that leads from my spring into 
the main branch called the Western Branch, my son BENNET HENNON to have the 
upper part of the said tract of land, and my son STEPHEN HENNON
to have the lower part of the said tract of land to them and their heirs – Item 
I will and bequeath to my son JEREMIAH HENNON the two following tracts of land, 
the one called Clowded Levell, the other tract of land I bought of John 
Armsworthy to him and his heirs, I likewise give my son JEREMIAH HENNON should 
have all my wearing apparel – Item I will and bequeath to my daughter ELENOR 
HAGAN, One Shilling Sterling – it being her full part of my estate ~ Item I will 
and bequeath to my daughter ANN BEAN one negro wench called Lott, she and her 
increase. Item I will and bequeath to my grandson WILLIAM BEAN, son of my 
daughter ANN BEAN, one negro girl named Grifs and if he dies before he comes of 
age then the said negro girl Grifs to go to my daughter ANN BEAN’S next living 
child – Item I will and bequeath the residue and remaining part of my estate, to 
be equally divided among my wife and eight children hereafter named, that is to 
say BENNET HENNIN, JEREMIAH HENNIN, STEPHEN HENNIN, DOROTHY ADAMS, ELIZABETH 
HENNIN, SUZANNA TARLTON,
MARY ANN HENNIN, and ANN BEAN, lastly I so constitute and appoint my two sons 
BENNET HENNON and STEPHEN HENNIN to be my whole and sole executors of this my 
last will and Testament – In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my seal this 22nd day of October Anno Domini 1782

Signed sealed published and declared to be my last will and Testament in the 
presence of: David Johns, Will Taylor, Benjamin Bean HisJUDIAH H HENNINGMark

On the back of the foregoing was as follows – Saint Mary’s County – towit – the 
28th day of January, 1783 – Then came BENNETT HENNING and vowed an oath on the 
Holy Evangels of Almighty God, that the written instrument of this writing is 
the true and whole will of Judia Henning, late of St. Mary’s
County, deceased, that hath come to their hands and ossession, & and that they 
do not know of any other---.

Certified for Jeremiah Jordan Reg. Saint Mary’s County on the 28th day of 
January, 1783 – then came William Taylor, and Benjamin Bean two of the three 
subscribing witnesses to the written last will and Testament of JUDIAH HENNING, 
late of St. Mary’s County deceased and severally under oath on the Holy Evangels 
of Almighty God that they did see the Testator thereon 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 and disposing mind, memory and understanding, and 
that they respectively 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 Reg.

On the 28th day of January 1783 --- Carrie Elenor Henning the widow of Judiah 
Henning late of Saint Mary’s County Deceased and quitted her claim to the 
several bequests and devises made to her in the Will of her said husband 
deceased and elected in lieu thereof her dower or third part of the deceased 
estate both real and personal --- before Jeremiah Jordan, Reg.

Maryland Archives
St. Mary's County
1777-1791
JJ # 1
Pages 215-217
October 22, 1782