Kent County, Delaware - Wills: Benjamin Brown
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		DE Will - 1767 - Benjamin Brown

In the name of God amen I hath of and being weak in body but of Sound memory 
blessed be god Do this day 14th of July Make and Publish this my last will and
testement.  In Manner following that is to say first I give and bequeath unto 
my son John Brown him and his heirs for ever all that Track of Land marsh and
(???) lying on the Creek that I bought of John Paradee Part of Aberdeen. 
I also give and bequeath unto my Son Benjamin Brown my dwelling house and 
plantation which I bought of Mary Grewwell being part of Aberdeen him and his 
heirs forever.  I also give and bequeath unto my Son Jonathan Brown him and his
heirs for ever All that track of land part of Aberdeen I bought of George 
Gordon formerly belong to Peter Lewrux(?)  
I also gave and bequeath unto my daughter Rebeka Brown now Smith one Cow and 
Calf and Also I do herby order that in case any of my Sons should dy before 
they come to the age of twenty or without issue of their body Lawfully begotten
that their Lands and tennements shall decend to and Belong Equally among their 
five sisters Namely Rachel Brown Mary Brown Miraam Brown Seula Brown and 
Susanna Brown to them and their heirs for Ever.  I also give and bequeath unto
my Dear and Well Beloved Wife a negro girl Nameed Jude during her widowhod. 
In Case she marry the aforesaid Jude shall belong and decend unto my dear 
little daughter Susanna Brown and her heirs for Ever and further and Further 
I Do hereby Order that out of my Movable Estate All my Just Debts to be paid 
and my Wife having her third part that then the Remainer be Equal Divided Among
my three Boys and five Girls Above Mentioned.  
I also give out of my Movable Estate unto Ann B---- and Elizabeth Howell Each 
of them five pounds a piece.  
I do hereby order that my Sons be of Age at twenty Years this I Acknoledge to 
be my last Will and Testament as witness my hand and seal this Sixteenth Day of
July 1767.

[admitted to probate January 6 1770, Kent county, "late of Dover Hundred"]