Will of William A. Lyon of Trinity Church, Newport.

                   April Term 1887
                   Wm. A. Lyon Will

In the name of God! Amen!  I, William A. Lyon of Charles 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 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 constitute my soul into the hands of Almighty
God, and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of
my Executors hereinafter named.

After my debts and funeral charges are paid I devise and bequeath as
follows:

Having already given my children by my first wife what they are justly
entitled to, and wishing to provide for the children of my second
marriage, so as to make them equal with those of my first marriage, I
will and devise as follows:

I give and bequeath all my personal estate of every kind and description
unto my seven youngest children, viz: Alexander M. Lyon, Samuel M. Lyon,
Stouten W. D. Lyon, Henry H. Lyon, Julia S. Lyon, William A. Lyon and
Kate Emma Lyon to be divided among them in equal portions share and
share alike.

I give and devise all the Real Estate of which I may die seized and
possessed to be equally divided between my seven children aforesaid,
viz:  Alexander M. Lyon, Samuel M. Lyon, Stouten W. D. Lyon, Henry H.
Lyon, Julia S. Lyon, William A. Lyon and Kate Emma Lyon in equal
portions share and share alike, as hereinafter specified:

It is my will and desire and I so direct, that from(?) and after my
death, all my Real Estateaforesaid shall be rented out by my Executors
hereinafter named, at an appraised valuation, until my youngest child
arrives at the age of twenty one years and that the annual rents and
profits arising from said Real Estate--after deducting the taxes on the
same and the necessary repair bills shall be equally divided between my
seven children aforesaid, share and share alike.

It is my will and desire and I so direct that no portion of my real
estate shall be sold until my youngest child arrives at the age of
twenty one years, and then it is my will and desire and I so request,
that my seven children aforesaid, viz: Alexander M. Lyon, Samuel M.
Lyon, Stouten W. D. Lyon, Henry H. Lyon, Julia S. Lyon, William A. Lyon,
and Kate Emma Lyon shall divide the whole of said Real Estate among
themselves, according to their respective interests, but in the event
that they cannot make an equal and just division among themselves--then
I will and direct that all my Real Estate shall be sold by my executors
hereinafter named and that the proceeds of sale, after deducting the
necessary expenses, shall be equally divided among my seven children
aforesaid share and share alike.

I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons Philip A. Lyon and Alexander
M. Lyon to be quardians to my children, viz: --Samuel M. Lyon, Stouten
W. D. Lyon, Henry H. Lyon, Julia S. Lyon, William A. Lyon and Kate Emma
Lyon, all of them now under the age of Twenty one years.

And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my said sons, Philip A.
Lyon and Alexander M. Lyon, to be the executors of this my last will and
testament, revoking and anulling all former wills by me heretofore made,
notifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and
testament.

In testimony so hereof I hereto set my hand and seal this 24th day of
May in the year 1887.

						W. A. Lyon   (seal)


Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named William A.
Lyon as and for his last will and testament in our presence who at his
request, in his presence and in the presence of each other, have hereto
set our hands as witnesses hereto

						J. Walter Carpenter
	Witnesses				John F. Ching
						Wm. E. Simpson


Charles County Sct:  The 7th day of June 1887, There came J. Walter
Carpenter and John F. Ching two of the subscribing witnessess to the
last will and testament of W. A. Lyon late of Charles County deceased,
and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that they saw the
testator therein named sign and seal this will and that they heard him
publish, pronounce, and declared the same to be his last will and
testament, and that at the time of his so doing he was to the best of
their apprehension of sound and disposing mind, memory, and
understanding, and that they together with Wm. E. Simpson the other
subscribing witness respectively subscribed their names as witnesses
thereto in the presence and at the request of the testator and in the
presence of each other.

Test:--J. Benj. Mattingly, Register of Wills for Charles County.

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