Frederick County, MD Wills: The Will of Christian Coon (1795) Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Diana Lehman http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00002.html#0000457 Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ********************************************************* Will of Christian Coon Frederick County Wills Liber/Folio GMRB1-168 Frederick County Court House Frederick County, Maryland In The Name of God Amen I Christian Coon of Frederick County & State of Maryland being in perfect Health & of sound disposing mind memory & understanding Thanks be to God do make ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following to wit. Imprimis it is my will and I do order that in the first place all my Just Debts and funeral charges be paid and Satisfied by my Executors hereinafter named__ Item I Give and bequeath unto my son Christian Coon all that Tract of Land whereon I now live called Shroyers Blessing to him his heirs and Assigns forever Also my still and other Impliments thereto belonging Also my House Clock Desk Kitchen Cupboard one Old Waggon & G__ers for four horses and also my Ploughs and Harrows__ Item I Give and bequeath unto my son Henry Coon his heirs and Assigns forever all that part of a Tract or parcel of Land called Johns Delight and also a Tract of Land called content both Situated lying and being in Frederick County aforesaid__ Item I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Gertrout Cypher wife John Cypher All that Tract or parcel of Land called Kerr's Resolve for and during her natural life and after her Decease to be Equally Divided between the Children of the said Gertrout Cypher or the Survivors of them their heirs and Assigns forever__ Item I Give and bequeath unto the children of my Daughter Lovice (Deceased) Wife of Henry Grove the sum of Forty pounds in Gold or Silver Currency each to be paid them by my son Christian Coon as follows my grand Daughter Mary grove's Legacy to be paid her one year after my Decease my Grand Daughter Betsey Grove's Legacy to be paid her two years after my Decease my Grand Daughter Rebecca Grove's Legacy to be paid her three years after my Decease my Grand son Joseph Grove's Legacy to be paid him four Years after my Decease and my Grand Daughter Cathrine Grove's Legacy to be paid her five Years after my Decease provided Nevertheless that if any of the children of my Daughter Lovice as aforesaid Should Die before they receive their Legacies as aforesaid then his her or their parts shall be equally Divided between the Survivors of them Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Elisabeth all my Houshold Goods of every kind (except the Goods bequeathed to my son Christian Coon as aforesaid) Also my Horses Cattle & Sheep during her natural life And after my wifes decease the aforesaid Household goods Houses, Cattle & Sheep to be Equally Divided between my son Christian & Henry & the Children of my Daughter Lovice & my Daughter Gertrout or the Survivors of them__ Item I give and bequeath unto my grandson Christian the Sum of Fifty Pounds in gold or Silver Currency to be paid by my Executors herein after named when he Arrives at the Age of Twenty one Years out of the Monies due me on Notes & Bonds And the residue of all unapropriated Monies to be equally Divided between my son Christian and Henry and the children of my Daughter Lovice and my Daughter Gertrout or the Survivors of them respectively. And Lastly I constitute make and ordain my son Henry & my son in Law Henry Groff Executors of this my last will and Testament & I do hereby utterly disannul all & every other former Testaments wills Legacies & Executors by me in any ways before this time named willed & Bequeathed ratifying and confirming this & no other to be my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed my seal the Twenty first day of May one thousand seven hundred and Ninety five Christian _u_n (seal) Signed Sealed Published & Declared by the said Christian Coon to be his last will & Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers Richard Butler Tobias Butler, Wm Ritchie Frederick County fsd February 5th 1806 Then came Henry Kuhn and Henry Groff and made Oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God that the foregoing Instrument of writing is the True whole will and Testament of Christian Coon or Kuhn late of Frederick County Deceased that hath come to their hands and possession and that they do not know any Other. Richard Butler Regr.. Frederick County fsd February 5th 1806. Then came Tobias Butler and William Ritchie two of the Subscribing Witnesses to the foregoing last will and Testament of Christian Coon or Kuhn late of Frederick County Deceased and made Oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God that they did see the Testator therein named Sign & Seal this will that they heard him publish pronounce and declare the same to be his last will and Testament That at the time of his so doing he was to the best of their Apprehensions of a sound and disposing mind memory and understanding that they respectively Subscribed their names as witnesses to this will in the presence and at the request of the Testator And that they did also see Richard Butler the other subscribing Witness Sign his name as a Witness to said will in the presence and at the request of the Testator and all in the presence of each Other Richard Butler Regr.. Note in margin: Henry Groff renounced Executorship 2d August 1806 -- ___ filed in will