Cecil County MD Archives Wills.....Tanner, Elizabeth (Dickey)  November 25, 1797
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Source: Cecil County Md Wills. Maryland Archives, Microfilm Wk 981-982-3) No. 73
Written: November 25, 1797
Recorded: May 29, 1798

Elisabeth (Dickey) Tanner (d.1798) 
Will
East Nottingham Hundred, Cecil County MD (now Chester County PA)
Written:  25 November 1797
Probated:  29 May 1798 in East Nottingham Hundred, Cecil County MD
Source:  Cecil County MD Wills. Maryland Archives, microfilm WK 981-982-3) No. 
73 

In the Name of God Amen. This fifth day of May one thousand Seven hundred & Ninety
Six. I Elizabeth Tanner of East Nottingham Hundred Cecil County & State of 
Maryland being weak and frail in Body but of Perfect and Sound Mind and Memory 
Blessed be God for his Mercies Calling to mind the mortality of my Body & that 
it is apointed for all Men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will & 
Testament. First and Principally I recommend my Soul to God who gave it & my 
Body to the Dust to be Buryed in a Christian ? Like manner at the Discretion 
of my Executors, my Will is that my Funeral Expenses and all my Just and 
lawfull Debts be paid and that a Headstone & foot Stone such as is over my 
Husband Philip Tanner's Grave be set over my Grave and that the Remainder of 
my Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me I Dispose of in the 
following manner & 

first I give and bequeath unto my Son Hugh one hundred Pounds. 

And the Remainder of my Estate to be Devided Equally among Six of my Grand 
Children Namely Philip Tanner & Frances Tanner and Elizabeth Moore & Rebeccah 
Tanner Betsey Tanner & Mary Tanner. 

And Lastly I do hereby apoint Nominate & ordain my Son Hugh Tanner and my 
Grandson Philip Tanner Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby 
revoking all former wills by me made Rating and Confirming this in Witness 
whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Day and Year above written.

Elizabeth (her x mark) Tanner (Seal)

Signed Sealed and Published pronounced and Declared & Declared by the above 
named Elizabeth Tanner to be her last Will & Testament in the Presence of us 
who have hereunto Subscribed our Names as witness in the Presence of the 
Testator. John Dickey David Dickey
Cecil County Nov. 25th 1797 then came Hugh Tanner and Philip Tanner and made 
Oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God, that the foregoing is the true and 
whole last will and Testament of Elizabeth Tanner Late of said County deceased 
that hath come to their hand and Possession, and that they know not of any 
other. Sworn before David Smith Regr

Cecil County Nov. 25th 179 7 then came David Dickey one of the Subscribing 
Witnesses to the within last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Tanner late of 
said County Deceased and made Oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God that 
he did see the said Testatrix sign & Seal this Will, that he heard her 
pronounce publish and declare the same to be her last Will and Testament and 
that at the time of her so doing she was to the best of his apprehension of a 
Sound and diposing mind and memory, and that he and John Dickey Severally 
Subscribed the same as witness in the presence and at the Request of the 
Testatrix and in the Presence of each other. Sworn before David Smith Regr
Recorded and Examined by D. Smith Regr May; 29th 1798

Cecil County Nov. 25th 1797 then came Hugh Tanner and Philip Tanner and made 
Oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God, that the foregoing is the true and 
whole last will and Testament of Elizabeth Tanner Late of said County deceased 
that hath come to their hand and Possession, and that they know not of any 
other. Sworn before David Smith Regr Cecil County Nov. 25th 1797 

then came David Dickey one of the Subscribing Witnesses to the within last 
Will and Testament of Elizabeth Tanner late of said County Deceased and made 
Oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God that he did see the said Testatrix 
sign & Seal this Will, that he heard her pronounce publish and declare the 
same to be her last Will and Testament and that at the time of her so doing 
she was to the best of his apprehension of a Sound and diposing mind and 
memory, and that he and John Dickey Severally Subscribed the same as witness 
in the presence and at the Request of the Testatrix and in the Presence of 
each other. Sworn before David Smith Regr Recorded and Examined by D. Smith 
Regr May 29th 1798

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