Last Will and Testament of George LANGRALL (1753); Dorchester Co., MD Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Nell Langwell Gronberg Copyright 2004. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ********************************************************* THERE ARE WORDS IN THE FOLLOWING TRANSCRIPTION THAT ARE MOST CERTAINLY INCORRECT. IN SOME PLACES, I COULD NOT EVEN BE SURE IFTHE LETTERS SPELLED ONE WORD OR SEVERAL. I HAVE UNDERLINED QUESTIONABLE WORDS AND/OR PHRASES. SOME PUNCUTATION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE WILL AND NEW PARAGRAPHS MADE OF SEPARATE ITEMS, IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THEM MORE UNDERSTANDABLE. THE SPELLING OF THE NAMES IN THE TRANSCRIPT ARE AS CLOSE TO THE SPELLING IN THE WILL AS I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE, BUT SOME OTHER WORDS MAY NOT BE SPELLED EXACTLY THE SAME. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE WORD “COUSIN” USED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD (1753), PROBABLY MEANS NEPHEW. ALSO, GEORGE’S SISTER BETSY PINN, WHO IS NAMED IN THE WILL, IS PROBABLY THE DAUGHTER OF GEORGE’S MOTHER AND HER FIRST HUSBAND RICHARD PRIMM/PIN, ETC. ------------------------------------ WILL OF GEORGE LANGRALL DORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND, WRITTEN APRIL 25, 1753, PROVED JUNE 8, 1754 TRANSCRIBED BY NELL LANGWELL GRONBERG 7/4/2001 IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, THE 25TH DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1753, I, GEORGE LANGRALL OF DORCHESTER COUNTY, GENTLEMAN, OLD AND WEAK IN BODY, BUT OF PERFECT MIND AND MEMORY THANKS BE TO GOD, THEREFORE, CALLING INTO MIND THE MORBIDITY OF MY BODY AND KNOWING THAT IT IS APPOINTED FOR ALL MEN ONCE TO DIE, I DO MAKE AND ORDAIN THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, THAT IS TO SAY PRINCIPALLY AND FIRST OF ALL, I GIVE AND SURRENDER OR RETURN MY SOUL UNTO GOD THAT GAVE IT AND FOR MY BODY I COMMEND IT TO THE EARTH TO BE BURIED IN A CHRISTIAN LIKE AND DECENT MANNER AT THE DISCRETION OF MY EXECUTOR NOTHING DOUBTING BUT AT THE GENERAL RESSURECTION I SHALL RECEIVE THE SAME AGAIN BY THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD; AND AS TOUCHING SUCH WORLDLY ESTATE WHEREWITH IT HATH PLEASED GOD TO BLESS ME IN THIS LIFE, I GIVE AND DISPOSE OF THE SAME IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER AND FORM. IMFORIMIS IT IS MY WILL AND I DOE ORDER IN THE FIRST PLACE ALL MY JUST DEBTS AND FUNERAL CHARGES BE PAID AND SATISIFIED. ITEM, I GIVE AND BEQUEATH 80 ACRES OF BLUFF ISLAND THE UPPER POINT NEXT TO IRELAND AND THE LAND AT THE MOUTH OF FORLAND CREEK ____ ? BLACK WALNUT ISLAND TO MY THREE NEGROS, THAT IS TO SAY FILLIS, HARRY AND DINAH AND I DO GIVE AND LEAVE THE FOOLISH NEGRO IN THE CARE OF THESE NEGROS FILLIS, HARRY AND DINAH. TO LIVE AS THEY SO WILL AND ??____ THE SMALLEST CHILD THE WENCH FILLIS HAS ??____ ?? _____ ACT AS BEFORE MENTIONED WHICH I GIVE FREEDOM I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO THESE NEGROS DURING THEIR LIVES THE FOREMENTIONED LAND AND AFTER THEIR DECEASE TO JAMES LANGREL THE 80 ACRES OF BLUFF ISLAND AND TO GEORGE LANGREL 50 ACRES CALLED BLACK WALNUT ISLAND TO THEM AND THEIRS. ITEM, I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY TWO COZENS, THAT IS TO SAY ISSAC COVINGTON AND WILLIAM LANGRAL THE REST OF BLOOD ISLAND TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN THE TWO, THE UPPER PART TO WILLIAM LANGRALL AND THE LOWER TO ISSAC COVINGTON. ITEM, I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO JAMES AND GEORGE LANGRALL THE TRACT OF MARSH LAND CALLED COW'S INCREASE TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN THEM. ITEM, I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO THOMAS WALTER TWO TRACTS OF LAND CALLED POHLLY ([PROBABLY PONDLY) AND THE OTHER MOONSHINE TO HIM AND HIS HEIRS FOREVER. ITEM, I GIVE TO MY NEGROS THAT I HAVE SET FREE 2 IRON POTTS, 1 ?? 4, 1 ?? 2 ??, HOOKS ??, ONE SKILLET ITEM, I GIVE THEM ONE BED AND FURNITURE TO MY THREE NEGROS. IF THAT ISSAC COVINGTON SHALL DEEM TO LAY ANY CLAIMS OR TITLE TO THE NEGRO HARRY THAT I HAVE SET FREE THEN THE SAID COVINGTON TO REFUND ______ POUNDS TO MY ESTATE FOR THE MONEY I PAID TO HIM FOR SAID NEGRO. ITEM, I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO THOMAS COVINGTON 6 COWS. ITEM, I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO JOHN COVINGTON 10 COWS. ITEM, I GIVE TO NEGRO FILLIS 25 OF THE LIKELIEST CATTLE TO MAINTAIN THE FOOLISH NEGROS. ITEM, I GIVE 2 PEWTER BAFOONS ?? (BASONS??) TO NEGRO FILLIS. ITEM, I GIVE TO LETTIE OR BETTY MOZWIK (MEZICK) DAUGHTER OF ELIHU MEZICK AS LIKELY COW AND CALF IN MY STOCK. ITEM, TO MY SISTER BETSY ______ (BETY PINN IS THE TRANSCRIPTION FROM AN ABSTRACT IN ONE MARYLAND WILL BOOK) A GOOD MAINTENANCE OUT OF MY ESTATE AND NOT TO BE HINDERED OF ANY PRIVILEGE BELONGING TO MY PLANTATION. ITEM, I GIVE TO NEGRO FILLIS FORE SOWS AND 10 SHEEP. ITEM, I GIVE TO MY FIVE COZENS ISSAC AND THOMAS COVINGTON, WILLIAM, JAMES AND GEORGE LANGRELL ALL MY MOVEABLE ESTATE TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN THE 5 PERSONS BEFORE MENTIONED. THE ______ LENGRASIED HORN I GIVE TO JACOB MEZICK, SON OF RACHEL COVINGTON, AS ____ ??? 6 HEAD OF CATTLE. ITEM, I GIVE TO JACOB MEZICK, 20 SHILLINGS FOR A ??_______ I GIVE MY SISTER SARAH COVINGTON 1 SHILLING STERLING AND LIKEWISE TO EACH OF THEM THAT COME FOR A PART OF MY ESTATE I GIVE TO JAMES LANGRALE MY HAND MILL. ITEM, I DO HEREBY CONSTITUTE, MAKE AND APPOINT OR ORDAIN WM. LANGRAL MY HOLE AND SOLE EXECTOR OF THIS MY SAID WILL AND I DO HEREBY UTTERLY DISALLOW, REVOKE, AND DISAVOW ALL AND EVERY OTHER FORMER TESTAMENT, WILLS, LEGACIES AND EXECUTORS BY ME IN ANY WAY BEFORE THIS TIME NAMED. SIGNED BY GEORGE LANGREL BY HIS MARK. THE WITNESSES ARE JACOB MERICK, PRICILLA RUMLEY AND ELIZABETH DUN. NOTATION WRITTEN ON THE BACK OF THE FOREGOING WILL SAYS THAT THE OATH OF THE SUBSCRIBING WITNESSES JACOB MEZICK AND ELIZABETH DUN WAS SWORN ON THE 8TH DAY OF JUNE 1754.