Will of Jane BOYE (1710):  Charles County, MD

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          JANE BOYE WILL

In the name of God Amen, I Jane Boye, of Charles County
 in the province of Maryland, Widow being very sick and weak
in body but of perfect mind and memory praised be to Almighty
God for the same- (word unreadable)
First and principally I commend my soul unto Almighty God
who gave it hoping at the general resurrection through the merits
of my savior Jesus Christ to have free pardon and forgiveness of
all my sins and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of
my Executor hereafter named and for what Temporal Estate it 
hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and bequeath
as followeth;

Item- I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Boye one
bed with a new bed slick with good blankets and a silk rug with
other furniture and ___   _____ and one table and three small chairs
and one great chair and three dishes and half dozen plates and one
tankard and one iron pot and one big mettle skillet and one pair of
curtains and one pail and piggies? and two cow calves and three
sows and pigs and two barrow hogs all the above said mentioned
goods to be delivered to my daughter Elizabeth Boye when she 
shall arrive at the age of eighteen years or the day of marriage.

Item- My will and pleasure is that all the rest of my personal Estate
be equally divided among my five sons. Pigeon, John, Thomas, 
Abraham, and Bowman Boyes and if any of my said sons shall 
live to arrive to the age of eighteen years at which years my will 
and pleasure is they shall be at age _____ for them _____ _______
if any of them die before the age of eighteen years then their parts
or portions to fall to my daughter Elizabeth Boye and if my 
daughter Elizabeth Boye die before the age of eighteen years or
marriage then her part to be equally divided among the survivors
and if any of my said sons dies after the death of my daughter 
Elizabeth Boye the their part or portions shall be equally divided
among the rest off my said sons that are alive.

Item- I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Boye
all my wearing clothes bath linings and moldings ______
Lastly I do nominate and appoint my Will, beloved son Pigeon 
Boye full whole and sole Executor of all and singular. 
Revoking and disannulling all former wills by me Jane Boye
made and this to be my last will and testament as witness my
hand and seal this 28th day of July anno Domini 1710
Testors Thomas Evans - Ann Evans        Jane [her mark] Boye
Amend to the foregoing will was the following probate to wit;
September 21, 1719 Thomas Evans subscribing witness to the 
within will depose on the Holy Evangels that he saw Jane Boye 
sign and seal the written instrument as her last will and testament 
and that she published and declared the same so to be and that at 
the time of her so doing she was of sound and perfect mind and
memory to the best of his knowledge before me this day and 
year above said.
                    ______ _______ A. Contee