Will of Edward MILLSTEAD, Sr. (1733):  Charles County, MD

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The Will of Edward Millstead Sr.
December the 14th day 1733. In the name of God Amen. I Edward
Millstead Sen. of Charles County in the province of Maryland ???
being sick of body but of sound and ??? memory thanks to God ???
do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and
form following that is to say first and ??? I commit and commend
my soul and spirit into the hands of Almighty God hoping through
his mercy and the merits of my dear Savior's blood which he hath
shed for me and all others who through faith and belief in His
name do obtain ??? and ??? ,,,
my body I commit unto the earth and to Christian and ??? burial
to the discretion of my well beloved wife Mary if she survives me
or my eldest son if he die before and touching the disposal of my
temporal estate which God hath blessed me with all my will is to
dispose thereof as followeth:
Item: I give unto my son Edward Millstead my wearing apparel also
an orphan boy Jno Ettil??? and one pair of hand millstones and
one pair of iron ??? at my decease
Item: I give unto my wife Mary Millstead the one third of my
cattle and of hoggs and of the ??? during her life and after her
depose to fall to Jno (??) Millstead and William Millstead also
appoint my well beloved wife Mary Millstead the whole executor of
this my last will & testament
Item: I give unto James Mordock one cow and calf at my decease
Item: I give and bequeath the residue of my personal estate which
is not here mentioned to be equally divided in three parts
between William Millstead and John Millstead and John ???
Item: I give unto Benjamin Shacklit one feather bed & one cow and
calfe & ??? which is now in his possession
All my children that are not here mentioned I give unto them one
shilling
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Christopher
Carney, Anne Ast??tt,
/s/EDWARD E MILLSTEAD
On the back of the foregoing will was endorsed the ???? Charles
County on the 17th day of January 1733 came Christopher Carney
and Ann Hott & made oath on the Holy Evangelists that they saw
Edward Milstead sign seal the within writing and heard him
publish and declare the ??? to be his Last Will and Testament and
that at the time of his so doing he was of sound and ??? memory
to the best of their judgments. Sworn before ??? ???