Sussex County DE Archives Wills.....Hearn, Elijah November 23, 1789
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Source: Lib Em, No. 17, Fol.91 & 92. Georgetown, Del
Written: November 23, 1789
Recorded: December 19, 1789


 Will of Elijah Hearn(e), son of William Hearne & Elizabeth, and he, the son of 
William, the Merchant & Mary. 
In the name of God, Amen, I Elijah Hearn of Somerset County and of Stepney 
Parish, do make and constitute this to be my last will & testament ,in manner 
and form following: Item: Give and bequeath to my son William Hearn, a part of 
a tract  called stains, containing one-hundred-seventy-five acres & one-hundred 
& fifty acres of the said tract called stains, bought of Elijah Hearn and also 
eighty and a quarter acres, of the same tract bought of Elisha Hearn, likewise 
thirty-seven acres an addition to stains & fairfield, also a tract of land 
called Support likewise twenty acres of land bought of Thomas Hearn being part 
of tract of land called Sand Hill, also I give & bequeath to my son William 
Hearn, a negro woman called Leah & one negro boy called Will,  all to William & 
heirs... 

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter , Joanna Townsend, one-hundred & 
eighteen acres of land being part of a tract of land called Stains bought of 
James Hearn, also I give to my daughter one negro woman called Jemima & one 
negro boy, called Sevin and one negro girl called Mille...
Item: I leave the remaining part of my estate equally divided between my son 
William & my daughter Joanna, after fifty pounds to the poor of the neighood to 
be disposed of by my Executors.  Lastly leave & appoint my son William Hearn, 
to be my executor of this my last will  & testament, In testimony whereof I 
have hereto set my hand & affixed my seal, this twenty-third day of November, 
Anno Do., 1789

                                                              Elijah his 
                                                            Hearn mark     seal
    Witness: Benjamin Hearn, Jonathan Hearn, Turnell Johnson...
 December the 19th day 1789, Then came William Hearn & made oath upon the Holy 
Evangels of Almighty God that the within instrument of writing is the true & 
whole last will & testament of Elijah Hearn , late of Somerset County deceased, 
that hath come to his hands or possession & that hr doth not know of any other  
Before Esmr Bayly , Reg of wills....

December the 19th day, 1789, then came Benjamin Hearn , Jonathan Hearn, & 
Turnell Johnson the subscribing witnesses to the within last will and testament 
of Elijah Hearn, late of Somerset County ,deceased & severally made oath upon 
the Holy Evangels of Almighty God , that they did see the testator  within 
named sign & seal this will that they heard him publish, pronounce, and declare 
the same to be his last will & testament and at the time of his so doing he was 
to the best of each of their apprehensions , of sound and disposing mind , 
memory & understanding & that they did respectively sibscribe their names as 
witnesses to the same in the presence & at the request of the testator & in the 
presence of each other. Before Esmr Bayly Reg W,S,C....
Recorded in Lib EM No. 17, fol.91&92.  Exam'd Jus Esmr Bayly, Reg.


Additional Comments:
 The relationship of Elijah Hearn(e) to William the Merchant is discribed 
in "Brief History and Genealogy of the Hearne Family" by William T. Hearne, 
published in 1907 and is available on-line at 
http://www.cragun.com/brian/hearne/history/index.html



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