Will of William BEALL, Sr. (1756) Frederick County, Maryland This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Stella Cotrill ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. ************************************************************************************************* ********************************************************************************************** ********************************************************************************************** " Will of William Beall, Sr. " ********************* Frederick County, Maryland ********************************************************************************************** In the name of God, Amen. I, William Beall, sen'r, of Frederick County being sick and weak of body, but of sound and perfect memory and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die, do first Commit my soul unto the Hands of Almighty God, my great Creator & Redeemer, & my Body to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like manner and according to the Discretion of my Executors and do, after all my funeral Expenses are discharged & my just Debts paid, do dispose of my Estate, both real & personal, in manner and form following: Imprimis.--I do first & foremost constitute and appoint my well beloved Wife, Elizabeth Beall, and my Son, Alexander Beall, my whole & sole Executrix & Executor of this my Last Will and Testament and do hereby release, revoke & deny all former Wills by me heretofore made or signed by me. Item.--I first and foremost leave all my part of a Tract of Land with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, which now I live on, being part of a Tract of Land called, Friendship enlarged, containing two hundred & ninety acres & part of a Tract of Land contiguous thereto called Hills & Dales, containing sixty six acres to be sold to pay my just Debts. Item.--I give and bequeath to my Daughter, Margaret Beall, wife of Andrew Beall, & her heirs lawfully begotten of her Body, forever, part of a Tract of Land called Discontent, lying and being in Frederick County, containing one hundred & ten acres the said Land lies on Watts Branch & was given long ago but not conveyed. Item.--I desire that my Executors may convey by a Fee Simple unto William Shaw, Sen'r of Frederick County, part of a Tract of Land called, William & Eliz., containing fourteen acres. I desire also that my Executors do Convey in the same manner & From part of said Tract to Stephen Lanham of Prince George County. The contents, my Bond will make appear. Item.--I give & bequeath unto my Son, Richard Beall, & his Heirs lawfully begotten of his Body forever, part of a Tract of Land called, Fatt Oxen, containing fifty acres which was given many years ago but not conveyed. And last of all, I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Wife, Elizabeth Beall, all the Residue of my Estate after my just Debts are paid, during her natural Life but desire that she, my Wife, shall within two years after my decease, pay unto my Son, William Beall, as much money as will procure him an hundred acres of Land, & after her Decease then the Remainder of the Estate to be equally divided between my Daughters, Jemima Beall, Elizabeth Harding & my Son, William Beall. ********************************************************* WILLIAM BEALL ********** Jan. 18th, 1756 ********** ***************** Probate,March 30th,1756 Witnesses Nathaniel Beall. Samuell Blackmore. Elisha Hoskinson.