Wills:  Will of John Mason, (1736) Baltimore County, Maryland

This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Cheryl Kemp Perkins
(Chrprkns@aol.com).

************************************************************************
* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the 
Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message 
remains on all copied material.  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any 
format for profit or presentation by other organizations. 

************************************************************************

Will of John Mason of Baltimore County,
Dated 02 Apr 1736, proved 11 May 1736

In the name of God Amen. I John Mason of St. John's Parish of Baltimore County in the 
Province of Maryland being weak of Body but of sound disposing mind and memory 
thanks be to Almighty God do ordain constitute and appoint this my last Will and 
Testament in manner and form following that is to say 

I give and bequeath unto my loving Son John one Shilling.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my loving Wife Frances all my Real & Personal Estate 
after my Lawful Debts and funeral Expences are paid. I also leave my said Wife Frances 
my whole and Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament. In Testimony whereof I 
have hereunto set my hand & afixed my Seal this 2d Day of April Anno Domini 1736. 

John Mason (Seal)

Signed Sealed & Delivered In the Presence of us 
John Roberts
John Stokes
Wm (his mark) Kemp

To which Will was annexed the following probatess. 
May the 11th 1736 Then Came John Roberts, John Stokes, and William Kemp, and made 
oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God that they saw the Testator John Mason Sign 
the foregoing Will and heard him publish 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 their apprehension of 
sound & disposing mind and memory. Sworn to before
F Wells Stokes, Dep Comly Balt County

Source: Baltimore County Wills (1666-1759); 1, i MSA: CR72240, liber 1, folio 553