Last Will and Testament of Ann NEWCOME (1785); Talbot County, MD

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Name on will:     Ann Newcome
Date written:     February 22, 1785 
Date recorded:    December 6, 1785
Source of record: Talbot County Register of Wills (Wills) MSA C1925-3, Liber 3, p. 22





     In the of God Amen I Ann Newcome of Talbot County and the State of Maryland being sick and
     weak in Body But of perfect sound and disposing mind memory and Understanding considering the certainty of
     Death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and thereby be
     The better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence do make and Publish this
     my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say,
     I Bequeath and Commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried
     at the discretion of my Friends and Relations.
Item. I give and devise to my Daughter Mary one half part of my personal property that I may die possessed of
     and also one half part of the money due to me from the Administration of my brother Jonathan or from  any other
     Person, I also give my said Daughter Mary all my wearing apparel.
Item. I give and devise the other half part of my Personal property that I shall die possessed of or in any way doe
     to me or hereafter to become due to me be equally divided between my two youngest children Tilton & Joseph Newcome
     I also give my aforesaid Daughter my Large Bible, Prayer Book and six silver tea spoons and Lastly I do nominate &
     appoint my Unc{l}e John Gibson my sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament, Signed, sealed and acknow
     ledged this 22d day of February seventeen hundred and Eighty five,
     In the presence of
     Henry Banning                                             Ann Newcome [seal]
     Joseph Larremore
     Talbot County sct      }                                  6 December 1785 Henry Banning
     the 6{th} December 1785} Then came Henry Banning one of the subscribing Witnesses to the within Last Will &
     Testament of the Ann Newcome Late of the said County Deceased and made oath on the Holy Evangels of Alm
     ighty God that he saw the Testatrix herein named sign and seal this will and that he heard her publish pro
     nounce and declare the same to be her Last will & Testament that at the time of her so doing she was to the best
     of his Apprehension of sound & disposing mind Memory & understanding and that he with Joseph Larremore the
     other subscribing witness respectively subscribed their names as witnesses to the will in the Presence and at the
     request of the Testatrix & in the Presence of each other __           Certified ? James Bracco Reg{r} of Wills
											           Talbot County






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