Wills:  Will of David Thomas. (1746) Baltimore County, Maryland

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Last Will and Testament of DAVID THOMAS of Baltimore Co.,
Dated 15 June 1746, proved 17 Sept 1746

(p. 494) IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN The fifteenth day of June in the year of Our 
Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and forty six, I David Thomas of Baltimore County in 
the Province of Maryland, being very sick and weak in body but of perfect memory and 
understanding Calling to mind the mortality of my body and that it is appointed for all men 
Once to Die do make this my last Will and Testament Principally I recommend my Soul to 
god and my body to the earth to be Buried in a Christian Decent manner at the discretion 
of my Executors and as toughing such worldly Estate as it hath pleased god to help me 
with I do dispose bequeath and Devise of the same in manner and form following that is to 
say Imprimis 

First I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Thomas, my beloved wife, a Negro man called 
Adam, and another Negro man called holland, a Negro woman Called Joan, Likewise the 
Feather Bed and Furniture down Stairs in the new house also the Desk, during her Natural 
Life and after he Decease to my son David Thomas likewise the whole Tract of Land and 
plantation that I now dwell upon Containing three hundred acres of Land also which she 
Shall Pofsefs during her Natural Life likewise She Shall have a Child’s part in all my 
moveable Goods and Chattles as household goods and stock which Share she shall have, 
& her heirs and afsigns &. Item I give and bequeath unto my Son David Thomas a Negro 
man Called Jack and next best feather bed in the house and the furniture belonging to the 
same also a Child’s part (?) my real Estate & and Personal. 

Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Eliz" Thomas a negro woman Called May and 
an equal share with the rest of the children, in my Estate 

Item, I give and bequeath unto Hannah Thomas a Negro Girl called Pugg and a Share with 
the rest as above. 

Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary, Thomas, a negro Child Called Sarah, 
and a Share Equal with the rest of the Children as above and as my Wife is at present Big 
with Child my will and Pleasure is that if the Child proves a male Child and lives he Shall 
have and pofsefs my Tracts of Land over Deer Creek Called Isaac’s Enlargement 
Containing One hundred and thirty five acres and also a small tract of land being a portion 
among the aforesaid Tract Called Davis’s Enlargement Both which Tracts I give and 
bequeath to the said male child his heirs and afsigns forEver. but if the Child happens to be 
a girl she shall have one Equal Share with the rest of the Children and the aforesaid child 
[Rest of line not legible] 

(page 495) my last will and Testament & annulling and revoking all other former Wills and 
Testaments and Confirming this to be my only Last Will and Testament [?] whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and Seal at the day and year first above written [?] personal in he 
Seventeenth Century [?] 

David Thomas (Seal)

in ? of David Thomas ? before Sealing and delivery, Signed Sealed pronounced by the 
Said David Thomas as his Last Will & Testament in he Presence of us the Subscribers
IGNATIUS WHEELER, 
WILLIAM FEU,
PATT. CONNER. 

On the back of the accomp. will was thus written Viz. 
On the Seventeenth day of September one Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Six, 
Ignatius Wheeler ? Patrick Conner two of the Subscribing witnefses to the foregoing Will 
being duly and Solemnly Sworn on the holy evangelist of the almighty god, depose and 
Say that they Saw the Testator David Thomas Sign the foregoing will and heard him 
publish and declare the same to e his Last Will and Testament that at the time of his 
signing he was to the best of their apprehension of sound and disposing mind and memory 
and that they with William Few, the other subscribing witnefses, subscribed their 
respective names as Witnesses, to the Said Will in the presence of the said Testator and at 
his request (which oath was taken by the Said Witnefses before me.
Theo. White [?] Baltimore County

Soucre: Vol. 24 Pages 494-495, Hall of Records Commission Department of General 
Services, State of Maryland