Will of Darby HENLY (1726):  Calvert County, MD

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WILL OF DARBY HENLY 10-4-1726

In the Name of God Amen:  I Darby Henly of Calvert County being weak in Body but 
of perfect memory do make this my last Will & Testament VIZ----
I commit my Soul to God that gives it me in a sured hope of eternal life through 
the only Merrits of my Only Savior Jesus Christ & mu Body to the earth to be 
Buried at the descretion of  my Executor of this my last Will and Testament.
Item: My Will is that my Executor pay all my just Debts first.
Item:  I Make and Ordain my son Darby Henly to be my soul Executor of all my 
goods and chattels.
Item: I give my son Darby Henly my dwelling house and thirty acres of land 
called Marys Widdower adjoining to it.
Item:  I give to my son John Henly fifty acres of land the one half of Island 
Neck from the Mulberry Tree in the corn field to the head of the creek.
Item:  I give to my son Edmond Henly the place where he now dwelleth known by 
the name of Addition to Island Neck.
Item:  I give to my son Edmond one cow called Mottly and her Increase forever.
Item:  I give to my son John Henly my bed and furniture after my decese and half 
dozen of  plaites Two dishes one pan poot called grandfathers poot.
Item:  I give to my Dawter Ann Elliott my looking glass 
Witness my hand and Seal this fourth day of October 1726
in the presence of George and Ann Elliott.