Will of Jacob EGNER (1828), Cecil County, MD

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Jacob Egner

In the name of God Amen I Jacob Egner of Cecil County in the State of Maryland 
being sick and weak in body but of sound and disposing mind memory and 
understanding considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time 
thereof and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and thereby be the 
better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence do 
therefore make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form 
following that is to say
First and principally I commit my Soul into the hands of Almighty God and my 
body to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor herein 
after named and after my debts and funeral charges are paid I devise as follows
Item 1st I give and bequeath to my son Joel E Egner my negro boy John who is to 
serve intill(sic) he is twenty eight years of age and also to my said son Joel 
my large family Bible
2nd I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Fifty Dollars to be paid her 
by my Executor twelve months after my decease which fifty Dollars is all I 
intend her to receive out of my estate
3rd I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Margaret Egner one third of all my 
real and personal estate after the payment of the aforesaid Legacies and all my 
just debts and the balance of my estate to be equally divided among my six 
children namely Mary Joel Margaret John David and Harriet share and share alike
And lastly I do herby constitute and appoint my trusty friend Edward Wilson of 
Elkton to be my whole & sole Executor of this my last will and testament, 
revoking and annulling all former wills satisfying and confirming this to be my 
last will and Testament.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and 
affixed my seal this twenty third day of June in the year of Our Lord Eighteen 
hundred and twenty eight
            Jacob Egner
Signed sealed published and declared by Jacob Egner the above named testator as 
for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request in his 
presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as 
witnesses thereto
A F Henderson
John Gooding
Andrew McIntire
Cecil County July 3rd 1828.  Now came Edward Wilson, the Executor named in the 
aforegoing Instrument of writing and made Oath upon the Holy Evangely of 
Almighty God that the aforegoing is the true and whole last will and testament 
of Jacob Egner the testator herein named which had come to his possession or 
knowledge.
Test Henry D Miller, Reg
Cecil County Sc July 3rd 1828 Then came Andrew F Henderson and Andrew McIntire 
two of the subscribing witnesses to the aforegoing last will and testament of 
Jacob Egner late of said county deceased and severally made oath upon the Holy 
Evangely of Almighty God that they did see the said Testator sign and seal the 
same will that they heard him publish pronounce and declare the same as and for 
his last will and Testament and at the time of his so doing he was to the best 
of their Knowledge and belief of a sound and disposing mind memory and 
understanding and that they and John Gooding the other subscribing witness to 
the same will and subscribed their names as witnesses to the same will in the 
presence and at the request of the said Testator and in the presence of each 
other. 
Test Henry D Miller, Reg
Recorded July 3rd 1828 and Examined per



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