Sussex County, Delaware - Wills: Robert Holmes
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Last Will and Testament of Robert Holmes
  
Sussex County Delaware ----- April 25th, 1754

In the name of God Amen.  I, Robert Holmes of the county afsd. yeoman
being sick and weak in body but of Sound Disposing Mind and Memory and
Calling to Mind what is Appointed for all men Once to dye do make my
Last will and Testament in manner and form Following that is to say
first and principally I Recommend My soul unto God who gave it and my
body to the Earth to be buried in a Decent manner by my Executors
hereinafter Named in hopes of a Glorious Resurrection Through Jesus
Christ my Saviour. And as to what wordly goods it hath please God to
Allow me on this Earth I Give and Dispose of in manner and form
following, viz:
Impro: I order all my Just Debts and Funeral Charges to be paid Out of
my Personal estate.

Item:  I give and bequeath to my Loving wife Jennet Holmes the
plantation whereon I Now Dwell During her Natural life and after her
Decease to my Loving Son John Holmes and his Heirs forever.

Item:  I Give and Bequeath to my Loving Son John Holmes my best suit of
Apparil and a Beaver Hat to Have and to Hold and a Great Coat and one
pare of Boots and Twenty Shillings in Cash.

Item:  I give and Bequeath to my Loving Daughter Isabella Coulter One
Black mare and Twenty shillings in Cash.

Item:  I give and Bequeath unto my son, In Law Charles Coulter One Silk
Cap and Ten shillings in Cash.

Item:  I Give and Bequeath to my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Campbell after
the Decease of my wife One Negro man Called Dick.

Item:  I Give and Bequeath to my Loving wife all the residue of my
personal Estate whom I Likewise constitute make and Ordain Executrix and
Josias Martin Executor of this my Last will and Testament an I do hereby
utterly Disallow all and Every other former Testaments wills legacies
and Executors by me in any way before this time named and willed and
Bequeathed ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will
and Testament.

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year
above written.

Signed Sealed Published pronounced and  Declared in the presence of us
to be his Last will and Testament
			The Mark of Robert Holmes (Seal)
Charles Pratt
Joseph Allen
Robert Bucher