Last Will and Testament of Johann Ludwig Wissinger
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In the name of God Amen, I Lodowick Wisinger of Fredrick County in the State of Maryland, being sick and weak of body, but of sound mind and memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life, and that all men must die, having first recommending my soul into the hand of Almighty God, that thro the intercession of my blessed Jesus in whom I trust that it may be received into the regions of the blessed, and the things of this life I desire to despose of as follows: First I give unto my beloved wife Catherine, my best bed and furniture with a new blanket, one chest, two cows, one spinning wheel, six new pewter plates, six pewter spoons, one pepper mill, one copper coffee pot, six cups, one iron pot, one frying pan, one pair tongs and shovel, one pokerrack, one milk pail with handle, one chair, all my hops I have now in the house, all the grain I have now in the house, and the grain in the field that is now growing, one Bible, three knives and forks, and the use of my dwelling plantation for and during her natural life, except two acres hereof which belongs to my son, Peter. Secondly after the death of my wife I give and bequeath unto all my sons and daughters, share and share alike, all the remainder of my personal estate, and the real-estate wherewith I am possessed, to be shared in like manner agreeable to the purpose and tenor of my son Peter Wisinger's bond. And lastly, I nominate and appoint my loving wife Catherine my whole and sole executrix, ratifying and confirming this my last Will and Testament and no other.Sealed with my seal and signed this 11th day of March 1779.
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Signed and sealed and acknowledge in the presence of
John Smith, Jacob Kitchendonner and Jacob Smith.
Frederick County, May 8, 1779
Then came Catharine Wissinger and made oath on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God that the aforegoing is the true and the whole Will and Testament of Lodowick Wisinger late of Frederick, County deceased, that hath come to her hands and possession and that she doth not know of any other.
Signed, George Murdock Reg.
Frederick County, May 8, 1779
Then came John Smith, Jacob Kitchendonner and Jacob Smith the three subscribing witness to the aforegoing last Will and Testament of Lodowick Wisinger late of County of Frederick deceased and severally made oath on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God that they did see the Testator herein named sign and seal this Will, that they heard him publish and announce and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament, that at that time of his so doing he was to the best of their apprehensions of sound and disposing hand mind and memory and understanding, that they respectively subscribe their names as witness to this Will and in the presence and at the request of the Testator and in the presence of each other.
Signed, George Murdock Reg.