Will of Francis HUTCHINS (1698) Calvert County, Maryland This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Stella Cotrill ************************************************************************ 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 Francis Hutchins " ******************* February 20,1698 ************ Province of Maryland *********************************************************************************************** In the name of God, Amen. ******************************** The twentieth day of ffebry in ye Year of Lord God,One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Eight, **************************** I, Francis Hutchins of Hunting Creek in the County of Calvert,in the Province of Maryland, Gent'l, being sick and weak of body, but of a sound & proper memory, thanks be to God, do make and declare this my Last Will and Testmt,in manner & for me following, viz.: ********************** First and principally, I commit my Soul into the hands of Allmighty God that gave it,and My body to ye Earth to be Interred in such decent manner as my Exec'rs hereafter named shall think best & convenient, and such mortal Estate, as God of his Mercy hath Lent me, I give & dispose of the same as followeth: I will all such debts, I owe, shall be fully paid within convenient tyme after my decease. I give & bequeath unto my Son,John Hutchins, four male negros not to be under sixteen Yeares nor to be above Twenty yeares of age apiece & six cows & calves beside those of his own Stock, one good feather bed & furniture to ye same & Six Sowes, all to be delivered to him by my Exec'rs hereafter named, also one Tankard marked F. A. to be delivered to him by my Execu'rs when he shall attain to one & twenty Yeares of age. Item.--For the rest of all my goods, Chatteles--and debts remaining unbequeathed after my debts paid, my funerall charges discharged, and this my Last will & Testament in everything performed, I give & bequeath unto my Loving Wife, Elizabeth Hutchins, and my six daughters, that is to say, Margaret Hutchins, Eliz. Hutchins, Sarah Hutchins, Francis Hutchins, Pricilla Hutchins & Mary Hutchins, Equally to be divided amongst them, part & part alike, when my said six children shall attain to their severall and Prospective age or ages of sixteen yeares or day of Marriage, which shall first happen, & if my son or any of my six daughters so decease before ye s'd age of sixteen yeares or before ye marriage, that then ye portion of Every of them so deceased, shall remain & be to ye Survivor or Survivors of them as part & part alike to be Equally divided amongst them, provided allwayes, and I do will & ordain by those present, that if hereafter I shall fortune to have any more Child or Children, than are above named, that then, every such child or children shall have Like Saleable part and portion of and in all my said goods, Chattels, Cattle, debts & all other--with those my Wife and Children, before named as if those--amongst them had been named by name to havebeen equally partakers thereof, anything to the contrary Notwithstanding, and further, I do will and appoint that my said Loving Wife, Elizabeth Hutchins, shall have the use and Custody of the portion of my Sonns and Daughters, until my Sonn arrive to the age of twenty yeares or day of Marriage and my daughters to the age of sixteen or day of marriage which shall first happen, putting in Security to my overseers of this my last Will and testa'mt, thereafter named and appointed for the same, towards their Education and bringing up and--the distributage of my lands, Tenements and Hereditaments I will & dispose them in manner following: Item.--I give and bequeath unto my Sonn, John Hutchins, above named, all that parcel or Tract of Land together with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, which I lately purchased of Benjamin Parrott & his Wife, containing three hundred acres of land, Be it more or less, to Have & to Hold the above parcel of land and ye appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, to my Said Sonn, John Hutchins, his heirs and Assigns forever, when he shall attain to the age of one & twenty yeares or day of marriage which shall first happen, and further, my will and mind is, that there shall be no more of the s'd parcel or Tract of Land before mentioned & Expressed shared, than what shall be shared att my decease, untill my sonn, John Hutchins, attain unto his full age of one & twenty or day of marriage above said, and in case my s'd Sonn, John Hutchins, should decease, then if it should so happen, that if hereafter I shall have any more children, more than is above expressed, I give and bequeath unto my said male child or children the abovesaid parcel or Tract of Land with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, in any wise, & appertaining unto my Said Five daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah, Frances, Priscilla, Mary, to have an equall part & part alike, provided, that if I shall happen to have a female child or children now more than what is above expressed, that then every such child or children shall have equall part or parts of the abovesaid parcels of Land or Tract of Land and appurtenances thereunto belonging. Item.--I give, devise and bequeath unto my Son-in-law, Sam'll Thomas, one negro man or as much money as will buy one. Item.--I give, grant & devise and bequeath unto my five Daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah, Frances, Priscilla, Mary, all that parcell or Tract of Land where I now dwell called, Known by the name of Stoakly? containing Seven hundred Acres of Land (which I purchased of Stoakly?) more or less with a water mill together w'th all ye appurtenances there unto belonging or in any wise appertaining, to the said, Elizabeth, Sarah, Frances, Priscilla, Mary, their heirs and assigns forever to be Equally divided between them, provided, allways that if I should happen to have any more Child or Children hereafter, than what is above expressed, that, then every such Child or Children shall have alike equall part or parts of the aforesaid Tract of Land and appurtenances thereunto belonging and Water Mill or anything thereunto appertaining, to them, their Heirs and Assigns for Ever and further my will and mind is, that there shall be no more of the said parcel or Tract of Land called or known by the name of Stoakly? aforesaid, Cleared, than what shall be shared at my decease, during the naturall Life of my said Loving Wife, Elizabeth Hutchins. Item.--I give and bequeath unto, Matthew Hutchins, six brooding sows and liberty to raise what Stocks of Hoggs he can on the Plantation he now dwells,and house and ground,for himself to work on during his life. Item.--I make and ordain my Loving Wife, Elizabeth, to be my whole & sole Exec'r of this my Last Will and Test'mt, and do appoint my good friends and neighbors, Rich'd Jones and John Harned? to be overseers of this my last Will and Test'mt, and do desire them to see that neither my wife nor children be wronged, and I do utterly Revoke all other Will or Wills by me heretofore and do acknowledge this and no other to be my Last Will & test'mt. In Witness whereof, I, the said Francis Hutchins to this my last Will & Test'mt, putt my hand & seal the day & year first above written. ******************************************************************** Witnesses his Jno Taney FRANCIS F. HUTCHINS.(*) S. Bourne mark. James Elliker Probate, July 14, 1698