WILL
OF JOHN LAKE (LEAKE)
In
the name of God Amen. I John Lake (Leake)
of Leonard Town in St. Marys County and in the Province of Maryland Innholder
being Sick and Weak in Body, but of Sound and perfect mind and memory (Praise be
God for the same) and Calling to mind the uncertainty of this Mortal Life, do
make this my Last Will and Testamt hereby revoking and rendering null and
void, all and every Will and Wills Testament and Testaments heretofore by me
made.
And
first of all I bequeath my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God who formed it
Assuredly Trusting (Thru the merits of my most Dear redeemer Jesus Christ) In his mercifull reception thereof and my Body to the Earth
from whence it was taken thereinto be buried
In Such Christian & Decent Manner as to my Executrix hereafter named
shall seem meet. And as to such
Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased Almighty God of his Infinite Goodness
and Mercy to Bless me, I dispose of in manner and forme following, viz.
Imprimis.
My will is that all my Just Debts due to any Persons whatsoever, and
funeral Charges be duly and Justly Satisfied and Discharged with all possible
Expedition after my death.
Item.
I give and bequeath to my Son Richard when he Shall arrive to the age of
Twenty One Years and the Heirs of his Body Lawfully begotten for Ever, all my
Reall Estate viz., my three Lotts of Land and houses in Leonard Town above
mentioned and the Land I bought of John Baptist Carbery, and if my son Richard
should die before he a[
.] to the Age of Twenty One Years, then the Said
Land to his Mother During her Natural Life and after her Death to my Son and
Daughter Catharine and John to be Divided between them and Catharine to have the
Plantation in her part to them and their Heirs lawfully begotten for Ever.
Item.
I give and bequeath to my Son Richard Two of my best F[eather] Beds and
furniture, viz. Two new silk Ruggs,
two pair {[
e] Blanketts, Two pieces of new Shirting Linnen Conta[
.] in
both pieces One Hundred Yards.
Item.
I give and Bequeath unto my said Son Richard Six Good Sizable Pewter
Dishes one Dozen Good Pewter Plates Two Good Sizable Iron Po[
]Three cows and
Calves, Three breeding Sows, One Black M[
] ch I lately
[
purchased?..] of [
ala] Thompson with all her future
I[
..], one new Desk, my own Small Chest wh[
], cloaths,
Ten Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, out of the Debt [owed?] to me by Book or
otherwise Together with one Twenty Pound Sterling [
..]Exchange drawn by Mr.
Parnham and now in my House to be paid out in the Purchasing of one Negro Woman
I Leave for him, the Said Richard, and her Increase.
Item.
I Give and Bequeath to my Son Richard One Silver Spoon Two Iron Potracks
one Iron Spitt and one Small Table now in my House.
Item.
I Give and Bequeath to my Son Richard my Seald Gold Ring and my Gunn
all which particulars in this Paragraph before mentioned to be delivered unto
him the Said Richard when he shall arrive to the age of Twenty One Years.
Item.
It is my Will that my Said Son Richard be brought up a Protestant
according to the Liturgy of the Present Established Church of England and that
Catharine my Wife Give very good Security for the time being So as he may be
Safely Educated in ye Communion of the Church of England.
Item.
It is my Will that my Son Richard Shall remain with his Mother,
She keeping him to School till he arrive to ye age of Nineteen Years,
Endeavouring to bring him up a Protestant, and if there should be any Want of
Tobacco to pay for his Schooling, I Give Katharine my Wife and Executrix the
Liberty of the Disposing of the Town Lotts, and the Ten Thousand pounds of
Tobacco.
Item.
My Will is that in Case my Son Richard Should Die and Depart this Life
before he Shall arrive to ye Age above mentioned then that his part of my Real
& Personal Estate be to my wife Katharine during her Natural Life, and after
her Departure to be Equally divided between my Son and Daughter John and
Katharine them and their Heirs for Ever.
Item.
I Give and Bequeath to my Son William the [fi
] acres of Land I
bought of Thomas Williams and his Heirs forever together with all my Wearing
Apparel old and new Cou[
.]
.[ine] excepting one gray Broad Cloath Coat,
and one p[air?] Breeches which I Give and Bequeath to John Tole a poor
..[bour].
Item.
I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Brewer One Shilling Sterling in
full of her part of my Estate.
Item.
I Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Katherine the good Tolerable Feather
bed and fur
[
] Size Two Cows & Calves and One
Thousand [
] Tobacco out of
? as mentioned of ye Tobacco Given to
[son] Richard to be Delivered and paid to her after She
[
.]
.arried as mentioned in ye Paragraph relating to my Daughter Mary
Brewer.
Item.
I Give and Bequeath unto my Dear Wife Katharine all the Residue of my
Reall and Personal Estate whom I hereby Nominate and appoint Executrix of this
my Last Will and Testament.
Lastly,
my Will is that there be as little Cavil or Dispute about the Meaning of this my
Last Will and Testament as possible These Words (the Said Land) Interlind in
the first Leafe and Two Obliterations in
Do. and One Do.
in
the Second Side -
In
Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Seale this 2nd Day
of October Anno Domini, 1731.
Signed
and Sealed and
John Lake (Leake)
Published
and Declared
(his mark)
To
be his Last Will and Testamt.
(sealed)
In
the Presence of
William
Russell
Jacob
Delan
at the back of the ye
Mary
Williamson (her mark)
foregoing Will was
the following Probate thus Written ?
January 14, 1731
Then came
William Russell Jacob Delan and Mary Williamson The Three Subscribing Witnesses
to the foregoing Will and made Oath on the Holy Evangelists of Allmighty God
that they Saw the Testator, John Leake sign and seale, and heard him Publish and
Declare the same as his Last Will and Testament, and that at the time of his So
doing he was to the best of their Knowledge and apprehension of Sound and
Disposing Minde and Memory and that they the aforesaid William Russell Jacob
Delan and Mary Williamson as Witnesses did Subscribe the aforesaid Will in the
Presence of ye Said Testator, Sworn to before me
Tho. Aisquith Depty Comy
of St. Marys County
The Deceased
Widow Stands to the Will
viz.= namely
(L. videlicet)
imprimis = [L.
for in primis, lit. among the first; in
among and
primis abl.
pl. of primus, first] in the first
place; in the first order.
