Wills:  Will of Thomas Parsons, (1683) Anne Arundel County, Maryland

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Last Will & Testament of Thomas Parsons 
Of Anne Arundel County, Maryland 
Dated October 10, 1683, Proved May 31, 1684

Recorded in Maryland Wills, Liber 4, Folio 28 

I Thomas Parsons of Anne Arundel County in ye Province of Maryland, being sick of 
body but of perfect disposition [and] memory, thanks be to God, do make, constitute, 
ordain & appoint this to be my Last Will & Testament, revoking, annulling, & utterly 
making void all other will or wills & this wholly to be taken, affirmed, and held for my 
Last Will & Testament, as aforesaid, in manner & form following -

Imprimis. I give & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Parsons one shilling. -

I give & bequeath unto my daughter Isabell Parsons fifty acres of Land which is joining 
upon Anthony Holland's & Benjamin Capill's lines for her to have & hold at her day of 
marriage for to be hers and her heirs forever, & if ye said Isabell Parsons should die 
without any issue of her body, then this land is to fall to ye two youngest. -

I give & bequeath unto my daughters Mary Parsons & Susanna Parsons my plantation 
which I live upon & all things belonging thereunto. I give it unto them to be equally 
divided betwixt them after their mother's decease to be theirs & their heirs forever. And if 
these two should die without any heirs of their bodies, then this plantation is to fall to ye 
two youngest to be theirs and their heirs forever.--

I give to my daughters Sarah & Hannah Parsons betwixt them, I give a two year old heifer 
named Mealy. I give it betwixt them for it & its increase to be equally divided betwixt 
them & to be theirs and their heirs forever. And likewise I give unto these my two 
daughters to each of them the first two colts that my mare brings, let them be horse colts 
or mare colts, to be theirs and their heirs forever. 

And further I do hereby constitute & ordain & appoint my loving friends Anthony Holland 
& Benjamin Capill to be my whole & sole Executors of this my Last Will & Testament & 
for ye true performance hereof I have here set my hand and seal this tenth day of October 
in ye year of our Lord 1683.

The mark of

TP 

Thomas Parsons

Witnesses:
James White
John Mayhew ye mark of 
Nicholas Grose ye mark of 
Rose Grose

May ye 31st 1684. The within writing was proved before me by ye oath of John Mayer.

Thomas Tailor

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Transcribed by Curt L. Sytsma on March 11, 1999, from a photocopy of the original given 
to me by Dick & Sandy Rollins. Other sources indicate that the original is found in 
Prerogative Court (Wills), Liber 4, Folio 28. Obvious spelling errors and punctuation have 
been corrected to enhance readability, but all names are spelled as in the original.