Last Will and Testament of James LANGERL (1773); Dorchester Co., MD Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Nell Langwell Gronberg Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ********************************************************* Some of the misspelled words in the following Will appear as they looked to me. The underlined and bold words are my best guess of spelling of that word in the Will. WILL OF JAMES LANGERL - MAY 19, 1773 Transcribed by Nell Langwell Gronberg In the name of God amen this 19'" day of March 1773 I, James Langerl, of Dorchester County being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for it. Therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it and as for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian and a decent manner at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting that at the Resurrection of Christ's I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God as touching my worly (worldy) estate wherewith hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give devise and dispose of in manner following Then I give and bequeath unto Sary my well beloved wife one feather bed and furniture and 2 iron pots and one Skillet and one chest and three pewter dishes and three sheers nine plates and one bason and one small trunk Then I give and bequeath to my well beloved son James and my well beloved son Curtis all my lands that is to say equily Divided??? all the land that I between my son James and my son Curtis and for my son Curtis to have the part wheare my dwelling house is and all the rest of my personal estate I give and bequeath to Sary my well beloved wife and as for my lands I do hereby confirm and agree that my land shall be equally divided between my two sons James and Curtis to them and their heirs and to be divided as above written and I do hereby avow this to be my Last Will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this day and year above written. The Testator's name is written James Langerl. Above the space in the name is written "his" and below the space is written "mark" The mark appears to be a'1". In this document, the "L" in the surname could be interpreted as an "S" Will proved November 12, 1773. Witnesses were James Cooper; John (not sure of last name because of the elaborate script used making the first letter, which may be a 'W" an "N" or an "Mc" the last letters are arrett) my best guess is Marrett; and Thomas Stant. I believe that the well beloved wife, Sary, mentioned in James' Will was the widow of a William Fitzgerald who died c. 1765. Sary's maiden name may have been Ormsley. Curtis Langril, with one male of all ages and two females of all ages, is found in the Guilford County, N.C. census for 1790 next door to his stepbrother William Fitzgerald. Curtis did buy some property in Guilford County c. 1785/90, but I have no specific info on that. Research notes prepared by Deborah Moxey, a Langrell descendant, indicates that William, John and Charles Fitzgerald were sons of Sarah and William Fitzgerald and that the widow Fitzgerald married James Langrell. (Nell's Notes) I doubt that Sarah was the mother of James Langrell's sons Curtis and James, because (and here I am just making an assumption) the senior William Fitzgerald did not die until 1765. According to Dorchester County, Maryland, estate records dated October 3, 1765, a Sarah Fitzgerald administered the estate of a William Fitzgerald. Of course this could be different people altogether. Also in Dorchester County, Maryland, records, I found a Sarah Fitzgerald, identified as wife of William, was administrator of the estate of Sarah Ormsley in Dorchester County in 1758 (possibly Sarah's mother??).