Will of Thomas BEATTY (1760) Frederick County, Maryland This file was contributed by David Rohde ************************************************************************ * 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. ************************************************************************ Thomas (1703-1769) was the son of Susannah Beatty (1742 Frederick County Will) Thomas Beatty Will *********************************************************** THOMAS BEATTY...IN THE NAME OF GOD,this day of February,one thousand seven hundred and sixty years,I Thomas Beatty of Fredrick County and providence of Maryland and being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory,thanks be given to God for the same,and calling to mind the mortality of my body to make and ordain this,my last will and testament and first of all I give and bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty,my hravenly Father,hoping for forgiveness of all my sins through the merits and intersessions of my blessed redeamer and Savior Jesus Christ,and as touching such worldly estates wherewith it hath opleased God to bless me in this life,I give and dispose of the same in manner and form following,viz: Imprimis. I gtive and bequeath to Mary,my beloved wife,two of my best hoeses and two of my best cows beside what the law allows her. Item...I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Beatty the sum of two pounds current money as his birthright. Item...My will and devise is that my son and daughter Sarah be educated in reading,writing and cyphering as far as my other children and to be paid out of my estate by my executors and furthermore my will and pleasure is that all remainder of my real and personzanal estate that iI have any right to be equally divided between my children namely;Thomas Beatty,Charles Beatty,Susannah Maynard (wife of Nathan Maynard) ,James Beatty, and Barbara Beatty,their heirs and assigns forever,and if it should happen that any of my said children should die before they arrive at age of lawful heir,that then his or her share shall be equally divided between them,then in such a case my will and pleasureis that Mr Daniel Richards and Mr John Carmack ,both of Fredrick County in their(his or her) place in behalf of the orphans of heirs so left in dividing my said lands ,and if either or both of them should refuse to act,then it is my will and desire that they should choose two credible freeholders to act in their place, and I do hereby impower the aforsaid Daniel Richard and and John Carmack or either of them ,of any person so appointed by them to act in the part and behalf of the deceased ,same oas if he,she,or they were themselves living to give releases or any other testement of writing writing which shall be necessary in law. And lastly I do make constitute and ordain my dearly beloved wife Mary and my son Charles Beatty my executors of this,my last will and testiment and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannull,all and every other former will of wills,bequeaths and legacies whatsoever by me before this time made willed or bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have herunto set mt hand and seal the day and year above written. Tho.Beatty (seal) Siognes,sealed,published ,pronounced and declared by the aforesaid Thomas Beatty to be his l;ast will and testament in presence of us the word (10) between the eighth and ninth linesthe words (or either of them) between the 25 and 26 lines being first inyerlined. William Beatty John Beatty John Middagh Will made February 1768 and proved April 1769. (Frederick County, Maryland)