Susannah Brandt - Will - Allegany County Maryland -  1874-1877

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Susannah Brandt
Wills - Allegany County, Maryland
Maryland State Archives - Microfilm CR 29-1
Liber D, Page 315

        In the name of God Amen, I Susannah Brandt of Allegany County in the 
State of Maryland being in good health of body and of sound and disposing mind 
memory and understanding considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty 
of the time thereof and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and thereby 
be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me 
hence, do therefore make ordain publish and declare this my last will and 
testament in manner and form following that is to say:
        First and principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God and 
body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor herein 
after named and after my debts and funeral charges are paid I devise and 
bequeath as follows:
Item - I devise and bequeath unto Rebecca Rice widow of Solomon Rice all my 
real and personal estate wheresoever situate for and during her natural life and 
after the death of the said Rebecca Rice I give devise and bequeath all said 
real and personal Estate to John F. Rice, Susanna Rice, Andrew Rice, Sarah Rice, 
Mary A. Rice, Solomon Rice, Jacob Rice, Cristina Rice, Hanna B. Rice, Martha 
Rice and Benjamin Rice Children of said Rebecca Rice to be equally divided 
between them share and share alike.
        And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint John F. Rice Executor of this 
my last will and testament revoking and annulling all former wills by me 
heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will 
and testament.
        In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 
24th day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and seventy four.
                                        Susannah (X her mark) Brandt

Signed Sealed published and declared by Susannah Brandt the above named 
testatrix as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us who hat 
her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed 
our names as witnesses hereto.
                                        William F. Frantz
                                        James R. Walker
                                        Eli. Rice

State of Maryland
Allegany County to wit:
        On this the 16th day of January 1877 came John F. Rice the executor named 
in the aforegoing last will and testament of Susannah Brandt late of Allegany 
County deceased, and made oath in due form of law that the aforegoing instrument 
of writing is the true whole last will and testament of Said deceased that hath 
come to his hands or possession and that he does not know of any other.
                                        Test. Jno Rhind, Register

State of Maryland
Allegany County to wit:
        On this 16th day of January 1877 came Wm F. Frantz and Eli. Rice two of 
the subscribing witnesses to the aforegoing last will and testament of Susannah 
Brandt late of Allegany County deceased and made Oath in due form of law that 
they did see the testator therein named sign and seal said will that they heard 
her publish pronounce and declare the same to be her last will and testament 
that at the time of so doing she was to the best of their Apprehensions of sound 
and disposing mind memory and understanding capable of executing a valid deed or 
contract and that they together with James R. Walker the other subscribing 
witness to said will respectively subscribed their names as witnesses thereto at 
the request of the testator in her presence and in the 
presence of each other.
                                                        Test. Jno Rhind, Register