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Francis Boyd's Will

"No 58 .  . .   Francis  Boyd .  .  . .  .  .   April 11th,  1787

In the Name of God   Amen      I   Francis Boyd of Cicel County of  State of  Maryland   farmer  being in a poor State of Health but of sound Mind  Memory and Understanding     blessed be God for his Mercies,  but knowing the Uncertainty of this transitory Life  do make Publish and Declare this my last Will & Testament  in Manner and Form following.....       that is  to say...

First of all after paying all my just and lawful Debts and funeral Expenses and the legacies hereafter reserved   I give and bequeath to my loving wife Esther Boyd, the one third of all my real and personal Estate, during her natural Life, or during her widowhood, and at her Decease or Day of Marriage  if such should happen  I bequeath her third to be equally divided among all my Surviving Children and Grand Children,  I also give and bequeath the remaining two thirds only what is hereafter reserved, to be Equally devided between my two Daughters  Esther and  Elizabeth  to them and their heirs   It is also my Desire for the Convenince of the Heirs that the Land should be Sold at the Expiration of one year after my decease---

I also give and bequeath to my Son Hugh to him and his Heirs  my Desk ____  I also give and bequeath to his son Francis or his Heirs my Silver Watch ______  I also give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Williams  to her and her Heirs the Sum of Twenty five pounds,  I also give and bequeath to my three Grand Children Jane & Esther and Mary Williams  to them and each of them their Heirs or Representatives  the Sum of Twenty five Pounds  Each  to be put to Interest at the discretion of my Executors until they arrive at lawful age ------

It is also my Will that my Negro man Nero shall be free at the Expiration of one year after my Decease___ and I also give and bequeath unto him during his natural Life  Five Acres of land to be laid of my land on the South-East Corner adjoining Land of Samuel Gay,  Widow Mitchell  and Robert  Weir. It is also my Will that my Negro woman - Esther shall be Sold for the Term of Six Years after my decease and then to be free,  and also her Daughter my Negro Nance to be sold for the term of twelve Years and then to be free,  It is also my Will that my Negro Boy Cesar shall be Sold untill he arrives at the age of twenty Six years  he being now Seven Years of Age   It is also my will that my Negro boy Solomon shall be Sold untill he arrives at the Age of twenty-Six Years, he being now four years of Age  and then to be free, from my Heirs  Executors or their Assigns ------ or any other Person whatsoever Claiming under them ----- and Lastly  I do hereby nominate and appoint my Son Hugh Boyd and my Son-in-Law Hugh Steel to be Executors of this my Last will and Testament  hereby revoking all former Will or Wills heretofore made by (me)       in witness whereof I have herewith affixed my hand and Seal this (blank space) Day of January in the Year of our Lord One
thousand Seven hundred and Ninety seven  1797------

Franc.  Boyd       (Seal)
Signed  Sealed and acknowledged in the Presence of us the Subscribers
and in the Presence of the Testator and in the Presence of each other____
          J.  Egan                  On the Same Day that I  Francis
                                        Boyd signed this Will  on Second Thought I
 Arthur Alexander Jun         do hereby allow that my Negro Girl  Flore
                                        shall live with her Mistress during
        Robert  Weir              her mistress Life and at her  Decease
                                        my Heirs shall be bound to keep her
                                        during Life and Shall not sell her as a slave;
                                        as witness  my Hand and Seal the day and
                                        year above written Franc  Boyd     (Seal)

We the Subscribers do testify that this Codicil was done by the Testator in
our Presence at the time of Signing ____ Signed in the Presence of us -------
  J  Egan   Arthur Alexander Jun   Robert  Weir-----
Cecil County  S  April 11th 1797  then came Hugh Steel and made Oath on
the holy Evangels of Almighty God that the foregoing is the whole and true last
will and testament of Francis  Boyd late of said County Deceased, that hath come to his hands and possession and that he doth not know of any other _____

Sworn before David Smith  Reg. Cecil County   April  11th 1797 Then came James Egan,  Arthur Alexander Jun; and Robert Weir the three Subscribing witnesses to the foregoing last Will and Testament of Francis Boyd late of said county Deceased, and Codicil thereto annexed and made Oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God that they did See the said Testator sign and seal this Will,  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 a Sound and a disposing Mind Memory and Understanding and that they Severally Subscribed their Names as witnesses to this will and Codicil in the Presence and at the Request of the testator and in the Presence of each other.

Sworn before David Smith   Reg.

Recorded and Examined by  David Smith  Reg.  April 28th, 1797"

Above from MSA Nr. C646     Cecil County Register of Wills
                     Francis Boyd        Vol. FF #6   pp. 96-99

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