Will of Ebenezer Davis. 1794.

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Will of Ebenezer Davis. 1794.

ABSTRACT
Davis, Ebenezer
Nov. 18, 1793.  Jan. 13, 1794.  Wife: Sarah Davis.  Sons: Ebenezer Davis,
Joseph Davis, Levi Davis, Stephen Davis.  Daughters: Tabitha, Rachel, Mary, 
Susanna, Jenny.  

Exrs.: Wife Sarah Davis and son Ebenezer Davis.  

Wit.: Patrick Murdock, Susanna Brain.


Will Book A, p 10-11, Allegany Co., MD.

     I Ebenezer Davis of the County of Allegany County and State of
Maryland being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make and publish 
this my last will & testament.

        Imprimis - having already advanced my sons Joseph, Levi, & Stephen,
& my daughters Tabitha & Rachel by giving each of them a just and reasonable 
part of my estate, I hereby give and bequeath them and each of them five 
shillings.

     Item.  I give and devise to my son Ebenezer the land & plantation in
which I now live to him and his heirs forever, subject to the burthens after 
mentioned.

     Item.  I give and devise to my three daughters Mary, Susanna, and
Jenny my land in Monongalia County Virginia to them and their heirs forever 
to be equally divided between them.

     Item.  I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah my horse, saddle
and bridle, two cows and two calves such as she shall choose from my flock 
and all my household furniture and stock of sheep.

     Item.  My will and desire is that my said three daughters Mary,
Susannah, and Jenny be maintained and brought up out of the profits of the 
lands bequeathed to them in Virginia, and that if the same shall prove 
deficient the deficiency shall be made up by my said son Ebenezer out of 
the profits of the plantation herein above devised to him until they arrive 
respectively at the age of 16 years compleate.

     Item.  My will and desire is that my said wife shall be supported out
of the rents and profits herein above devised to my son Ebenezer, as long 
as she shall remain my widow.

     Lastly, all the rest and residue of my estate of what nature or kind
soever, I devise to be sold for the payment of my just debts, and if there 
shall be anything left I bequeath it to my Executors to be applied towards 
the support of my three younger children Mary, Susannah, & Jenny, that my 
son Ebenezer's plantation may not be burthened more than is necessary.

     And I hereby appoint my said wife Sarah and my son Ebenezer Executor
and Executrix of this my last will and testament & Guardians of all my 
infant children, hereby revoking all former wills and testaments by me made.

     In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal
this eighteenth day of November one thousand seven hundred & ninety three.

                 Ebenezer (his mark) Davis
Signed, sealed, published & declared in presence of
          Patrick Murdock
          Susanna (her mark) Broin
          [This last name is written over.  Might be Brown altho there is
                 a dot over the middle of the name]

Allegany County, January 15, 1794
Then came Patrick Murdock, one of the subscribing witnesses to the above
last will & testament of Ebenezer Davis late of Allegany County and made 
oath as that he did see the testator therein named sign and seal the same 
and that he 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 his apprehension of sound & disposing mind, memory & understanding and 
that he with the other witness respectively subscribed their names as
witnesses to this will in the presence and at the request of the testator &
in the presence of each other.

Allegany County, 15 Feb 1794.  Then came Sarah Davis and Ebenezer Davis
Executors of the last will & testament of Ebenezer Davis deceased and made 
oath that the aforegoing Instrument of writing is the true and whole will 
and testament of Ebenezer Davis, late of Allegany County.

The Inventory of the estate was made by Patrick Murdock, Evan James, and
Peter Devermon on 26 Mar 1794.