Somerset County MD Archives Wills.....Thomas DIXON, September 8, 1747
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Source: Somerset Co Md Eb9:277-278
Written: September 8, 1747
Recorded: February 24, 1747/8

Will of Thomas Dixon, Gentleman
Somerset Co MD EB9:277-278
Dated 8 Sep 1747, proved 24 Feb 1747/8

p. 277:

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Dixon of Somerset County in the Province of 
Maryland… this Eighth day of September Anno Dom 1747 being in perfect mind and 
memory do make & Ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form 
following, Vizt.

Imprimis I leave & bequeath unto my well beloved Wife SARAH DIXON my plantation 
with House & Orchards whereon I now live during her natural life and after her 
Decease I give the said Plantation unto my Son THOMAS DIXON and to the Heirs 
Lawfully begotten of his Body forever.

Item I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Wife SARAH DIXON one Third part of 
my moveable Estate together with one Negro Boy Named Peter and one Negro Girl 
called Sus to her and her heirs & Assigns forever.

Item I give and devise unto my Son ISAAC DIXON & to heir heirs and Assigns 
forever a Parcell of Land taken out of a Pattent of [Confirmation?] called 
Dixons 

p. 278:

Choice Enlarged beginning at a marked White Oak standing near a Divisional 
Ditch between Brother Wm Dixon and my half from thence moving to a marked Red 
Oak standing by.. The Collar Ditch from this moving to a marked Pine being a 
Boundary or Corner between Capt Thomas Williams & myself as also another 
parcell of land taken out of a Pattent called Additon containing and laid out 
for 167 acres 156 acres of which I give to my Son Isaac before mentioned and 
also another Pattent of Land called Dam Quarter containing Sixty [Thirty?] four 
Acres  Allwhich said Lands … I give to my said Son Isaac Dixon, to his heirs & 
Assigns forever.

Item I give & devise unto my Son ISAAC DIXON One hundred and fifty Acres of 
Marshland of a Pattent called Dixons Lott to him and his Heirs and Assigns 
forever.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Son ISAAC DIXON one Negro Man called Gideon 
and a negro Girl called Black Jennifer [or Joan], his heirs and Assigns forever.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Son THOMAS DIXON a parcel of Land taken out of 
a Pattent of Confirmation Called Bostown containing twenty five acres more or 
less to him and the heirs lawfully begotten of his Body forever.

Item I give & devise unto my Son THOMAS DIXON three Hundred Acres of Marsh 
taken out of a Pattent called Dixons Lott to him & his heirs & Assigns forever.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Son THOMAS DIXON  one Negro Boy named Watt and 
one Negro Girl Wench called Kate to him  & his heirs & Assigns forever.

Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter ELIZABETH TURPIN twenty Shillings, with 
what I have already possessed her with, to be levied out of my Estate as also 
one Shilling Sterling, it being the full part of her Portion or Legacies out of 
my Estate.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter MARY PURNALL twenty Shillings with 
what I have already possessed her with, to be levied out of my Estate as also 
one Shilling Sterling it being the full part of her portion or Legacies out of 
my Estate.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter SARAH DIXON one Negro Boy named Toby 
as also one Negro Girl named Beck to her and her heirs and Assigns forever.

Also I appoint my Well beloved friend Capt Thomas Williams and his Son in Law 
William Turpin Guardians of my Children.  

Lastly All the remaining part of my Estate not Willed away I leave to be 
equally divided amongst my three children viz. Thomas Dixon, Isaac Dixon and 
Sarah Dixon.

And also I do Constitute appoint & Ordain my Well beloved Wife SARAH DIXON 
together with my Son ISAAC DIXON Executrix & Executor of this my last Will and 
Testament Revoking and disannulling all former Wills and Testaments heretofore 
by me made and this only to be taken for my last Will and Testament.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the Day & year first 
above written.

								Thos. Dixon   
Seal

Signed, Sealed Published pronounced & declared by the
sd Thomas Dixon as his last Will and Testament in the Prsence
of us
Willm Smith, Outterbridge Horsey, William Fordred

p. 278:

February ye 24th 1747/8 Came Outterbridge Horsey and William Smith and William 
Fordred Subscribing Evidences to the foregoing Will and made Oath on the Holy 
Evangelist of Almighty God that the Saw the Testator, Thomas Dixon Sign and 
Seal and heard him publish pronounce and declare the above Instrument of 
writing as his last Will and Testament and that at the time of their so doing 
he was to the best of their approbation of sound disposing mind memory and 
understanding and that they the said Outterbridge Horsey William Smith and 
William Fordred Subscribed as Evidences to the same in the presence and at the 
request of the Testaor Thomas Dixon

Sworn to before Nehemiah King, Deputy Comm of Somerset Coty
Recorded in Liber DD No 4, folio 186 pr Wm Rogers Regr
Recorded in Liber EB No 9 folios 277 & 278
Test Esme Bayley, Regr WSC
[Registrar of Wills, Somerset County]


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