Frederick County, MD Wills:  The Will of John Martin (1860)

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Will of John Martin
Frederick County Wills Liber/Folio APK-1-1
Frederick County Court House
Frederick County, Maryland


John Martin
________Deced. Will				
							
Abiah Martin Extr.
				
     In the Name of God Amen, I, John Martin of Frederick County in 
the State of Maryland, being weak in body but of Sound and discerning 
mind, memory, and	understanding, considering the certainty of death, 
the uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous to settle my 
worldly affairs and thereby be the better prepared to leave this 
world when it shall please God to call me hence, do therefore make 
and publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form 
following, that is to say.____ 

     First and principally, I commit my Soul into the hands of 
almighty God & my body to the Earth to be decently buried, at the 
discretion of my Executor hereinafter named, and after my Debts and 
funeral charges are paid, I desire and bequeath as follows.____  My 
Son, George H, I charge with the Sum of Nine hundred dollars having 
expended that Sum for his Education.____

     My Daughter Elizabeth the wife of Samuel Valentine, My Daughter 
Barbara, the wife of William Black, I charge Each with the Sum of 
Seventy Dollars for articles furnished them after their 
marriages.____

     It is my will, and I do hereby direct that as soon after my 
decease as practicable my Executor shall sell all my Real and 
personal Estate at Public or private Sale and on Such terms as he may 
think best.____

     I give and bequeath the balance of my Estate to be equally 
divided between my Sons Abia and George H. and my Daughters 
Elizabeth, the wife of Samuel Valentine, and Barbara, the wife of 
William Black, & the children of my deceased Son Joseph, share & 
share alike, that is the children of my Said Son Joseph, to have the 
shares their Father would have been entitled to if living.____

     And, Lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my Son Abia 
Martin, to be sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament, 
revoking all former wills by me heretofore made, satisfying and 
confirming this & none other to be my Last will and testament.____

     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, affixed my 
Seal this 23d day of July, in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred 
and Sixty.____

                                             John Martin (seal)

Signed, Sealed, published, and declared by         
John Martin the above named testator, as 
and for his Last Will and testament, in the        
presence of us who at his request in his 
presence & in the presence of Each other, 
have subscribed our names as Witness thereto.____

Joshua Motter,, Mathias P. Zacharias
Samuel Motter

State of Maryland, Frederick County to wit._____

     On this third day of September 1860, Came Joshua Motter and made 
oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God, that the aforegoing 
instrument of writing, is the true, whole will and testament of John 
Martin late of Frederick County deceased, that has come to his hands 
and possession, that he received the same from the testator for safer 
keeping, and that he does not know of any other of a Later date._____

                                     Test A.P. Kessler Regr


State of Maryland, Frederick County to wit.____

     On the 3rd day of September 1860 Came Joshua Motter & Mathias P. 
Zacharias two of the Subscribing witnesses to the aforegoing Last 
Will and Testament of John Martin late of said County deceased and 
made oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God that they did see John 
Martin the testator therein named sign and 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 sound and disposing mind, memory and 
understanding, and that they respectively subscribed their names as 
Witnesses to said Will, in the presence and at the request of the 
testator, and that they did also see the other Subscribing witness 
sign his name as witness to said will at the request of the testator 
in his presence & all in the presence of each other.____

						Test. A.P. Kessler Regr.