Will of Jacob BANKER (1783), Carroll County, MD Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Roger Nale http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************************** Liber GM 2, Folio 310; Microfilm CR 49, 160; Maryland State Archives. The text of Jacob Banker's will, as transcribed from the original by Roger Nale, follows: (Capitalization, spelling and punctuation copied exactly as shown in original text.) "In the name of God Amen. The Twentieth day of January AD. one thousand seven hundred and eighty three. I Jacob Banker of Frederick County and state of Maryland being weak in body but of perfect mind and memory Thanks be to God for it remembering the mortality of all Flesh and that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and Testament, that is to say first of all I give and recomend my soul unto the hands of God that gave it and my Body to the Earth to be decently buryed in Christian like manner till the coman resurection believing that all men must appear before almighty God, and as touching such worldly Estate where with it hath pleased God to bless me in this life. I give and dispense of the same in the following manner and form Inifirimes. It is my will and I do order that in the first place all my just debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied, and then I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Ester one good feather bed with Bedstead and curtains with compleat furniture thereto belonging and as much of the kitchens furniture as she may be in need of and the chest with all what is in it that belongs to her is to be given to her and the choice out of my cows she is to take and is to have one and then I give to her my said wife Ester the sum of Three Hundred pounds good hard specie the said money to be taken from the first money that becomes due -- I give to my oldest son Jacob ten pounds good hard specie for a foremost present and then I give and bequeath unto him the said my son Jacob one hundred and twenty five acres of Land situate and Lying on or near great pipe Creek being part of a Tract of land called Carolina and part of the addition to Carolina and part of a tract called Ohio to make up the full quantity of one hundred and twenty five acres of Land as aforsaid next adjoining to the House where the said my son Jacob now lives, to be laid of to him by way as Christian Bower has begun and finishes for him and his heirs and assigns for ever, the said my son Jacob his heirs or assigns paying the just and full sum of one hundred and twenty pounds good hard specie. That money to be paid to my Executors and Guardians that is to say twenty five pounds one year after my decease and so on twenty five pounds every year untill the whole is paid. Item I give and bequeath unto my second son John the full and just quantity of one hundred and twenty five acres of land being situate near great Pipe Creek as aforsaid being part of a Tract called Carolina as aforesaid and part of a Tract called Ohio aforsaid and part of a tract called Hill Spring and part of a tract called Christophers Lott and Ohio one outside line of Peter Michael running a tourts Philip Nail so as to make up the full quantity of one hundred and twenty five Acres to be laid off by Christian Bower next adjoining the house where the said my son John now lives to be described to him his heirs and assigns for ever he or them paying the just and full sum of sixty five pounds to my Executors to my Executors and guardians that is to say twenty pounds one after my decease and twenty pounds two years after my Decease and twenty five pounds the third year after my Decease -- Item I give and bequeath unto my third son Peter the full and just quantity of one hundred and twenty five acres of land situate near Pipe Creed as aforesaid being part of a tract called Ohio as aforsaid and part of a Tract called Carolina aforsaid and part of a Tract called Christophers Lott to make up the said one hundred and twenty five acres of Land next adjoining the improvements be lately made on the Deep Run to be laid off by the aforsaid Christian Bower to him the said my son Peter his heirs and assigns forever he or them paying the full and just sum of fifty pounds good hard specie to my Executors and guardians that is to say Twenty five pounds one year after my decease and twenty five pounds two years after my decease. Item I give and bequeath unto my son Christophel the full and just quantity of one hundred and twenty five acres of land situate near pipe Creek aforsaid being part of a tract called Ohio and part of a tract called Jacob Lott and part of a Tract called Hill Spring and part of a tract called Christophers Lott and Ohio one the outside line of Peter Michael running a tourts Philip Nail so as to make up the full quantity of one hundred and twenty five acres to be laid of by Christian Bower next as to join the improvements my son Christophel hath made to be described to him my said son Christophel his heir and assigns forever he or they paying the full and Just sum of Sixty fife pounds to my Executors and Guardians that is to say Twenty pounds two years after my decease and twenty five pounds the third year after my Decease. Item I give and bequeath to my Eldest Daughter Margarett the full and Just quantity of fifty acres thirty acres being part of a tract called ohio twenty acres being part of Ohio and part of Carolina to be laid of by the said Christian Bower to her and her heirs and assigns forever she or they paying for the twenty acres the full and just sum of forty pounds specie to my Executors or guardians to be taken out of her portion hereafter described or mentioned. Item I give and bequeath unto my fifth son Abraham the full and just sum of fifty pounds good hard specie the money is to be taken from such money that will become due from the Mill and place where I now Dwell at as hereafter mentioned -- Item I give to my Sixth son Henry the full and just sum of fifty good hard specie to be taken out of the same money as just mentioned from the Mill and place above said and Abraham and Henry my two last sons are to be paid when they become of age and the money is due or received from the mill and place. Item it is to be and it is my will and desire that my mill and my land that is to say my plantation with the mill and all said belonging to be or remaining in my possession after my four sons namely Jacob John Pater and Christophel and my Daughter Margaret have taken their portion as before mentioned is all to be sold after my decease and the money whatsoever it will be sold for is to be divided amongst my six Daughters and two sons namely to my son Abraham and to my son Henry and then to my Daughter Margareth and to my Daughter Catharine and to Magdalena and to my Daughter Mary and to my Daughter Judith and to my Daughter Ester and all these moneys is to be divided so that each of the aforsaid six Daughters and my two youngest sons is to have an equal share of the same and what sum or sums is to be paid from my four eldest sons as namely Jacob John Peter and Christophel, that is to say ninety pounds the first year after my Decease and ninety pounds two years after my decease and three years after my decease seventy five pounds the fourth year after my decease twenty five pounds and the fifth year after my decease twenty pounds all this money namely three Hundred pounds is to be divided and an equal share to be given to the above mentioned six Daughters and two Sons namely my son Abraham and my son Henry and my Daughter Margareth and Catarina my Daughter Mary and my Daughter Magdalena and my Daughter Judith and my Daughter Ester so that each of them is to have an equal part of it -- And then all the Residue of my personal Estate shall be equally divided amongst my twelf Children that is to say if they among themself can agree the my twelf children may join and Divided among themself peacable and if in case they cannot agree my two Executors or guardians shall be fully empowerd to divide it among them twelf and give a equal part to each of them and if after my Decease their should be any Debts due to me or my Executors as upon Bonds notes or Book Debts all such Moneys is to be demanded and received by my Executors and Divided among my above said six Daughters and two younger sons namely to my son Abraham to my son Henry and to my Daughter Margareth and to my Daughter Chatarina to my Daughter Mary and to my Daughter Madgalena and to my Daughter Judith and to my Daughter Ester -- And I do hereby make constitute and ordain my beloved friend David Shriver and Jacob Cassel to be my sole Executors of this my last will and Testament and to be guardians of all my Children in there minority as well as (be all?) to my other children agreeable to the intent and meaning of this my last will and Testament. Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seas the day and year above written. Signed Sealed and Delivered Published and pronounced and declared by the said Jacob Benker as his last will in the presence of us the Subscribers Chas. Angell John Angel Jacob Angel John Miller Frederick County June 3, 1789 Then came Charles Angel and John Angel two of the subscribing witnesses to the aforgoing last will and Testament of Jacob Bankard late of Frederick County deceased and made oath that they did see the Testator therin named sign and seal this will that they heard him publish pronounce 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 knowledge of a sound and disposing mind memory and understanding that they respectively subscribed their names as witnesses to this will in the presence and at the request of the Testator and that they did also see Jacob Angel and John Miller sign their names as witnesses thereto in the presence and at the request of the Testator and all in the presence of each other. Geo. Murdock Reg.