Wills: Solomon Wright, 1792: Queen Anne's County, MD

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Will of Solomon Wright, of Queen Anns County, Maryland
Queen Anne's County Register of Wills, RW:1:14
21 April 1792
11th May 1792

To sons Thomas Wright and Solomon Wright, all my dwelling plantation called
"Guildord," "Guilford Addition," and "Guilford Addition Enlarged," and
"Wright's Outlett" to be equally divided between them by my son Robert
Wright and my kinsman Nathaniel Wright.

To Ann Pratt, my daughter, all that part of a tract of land called "Cummin's
Beginning Resurveyed," "Tate's Folly," " - - - - Outrage," and all that
tract of land I bought  of Richard - - - - and all the land I bought of
Humphrey Wells in Caroline County, except "Login's Horns," and all my lands
contiguous thereto containing six hundred acres of land.  If  Ann dies
without issue then to my granddaughter, Martha Downes.

To granddaughter Martha Downes - all that tract of land called "Wright's
Forrest" in Queen Anns County containing seven hundred and twenty five acres
of land.   If Martha die without issue to Ann Pratt.

My lands in Caroline County called "Logins Horns" to be sold by my Executors
to enable them to execute this my will.

To Joseph Wright: that slip of land lying to the southward of the Dover Road
between the land of Joshua Kennard and the said Joseph Wright containing by
estimation 15 a. - but if the same shall exceed that quantity, then the said
Joseph Wright must convey to Thomas Wright and Solomon Wright the like
quantity.

To my sons: Robert Wright, Thomas Wright and Solomon Wright, equally, all
that tract of land called "Father's Care" and all the lands thereto
contiguous or as devised by Nathan S. T. Wright -  all which said lands lie
in Kent County in the Delaware State and in Queen Anns County in the state
of Maryland (with right of survivorship).

To son Robert Wright slaves: Peter, Lydia, Henry, - - - -, Ben and Tom, the
children of Lydia, - silver tankard, 1/5th stock, etc.

To son Solomon Wright 2 large looking glasses, the following: Old
Harry, - - -, his son Charles, Nan, 1/5th stock, etc.

To Ann Pratt the large silver coffee pott, the following slaves to wit:
Pompey, Fanny, Lambert, little - - - (Ann?) and Joe, 1/5th stock.

To Martha Downes the silver tea pott, the following slaves: Polydore, Amy
and little - - -  (Cyries?), 1/5th stock.

To Robert Wright interest to the lands or money due from the devises of
Vincent Lowe and Elizabeth Lowe for the sale of which an act of assembly
passed the state of Maryland the said lands lying and being in the New
Castle County in the Delaware State & in Maryland.

Ex.: sons Robert Wright & Thomas Wright
Wit: Nathaniel Wright, Art Emory, Nathan Wright