Will of Ann ABELL (1822); St. Mary’s County, Maryland

This file was contributed by Judith Burger.

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Ann Abell
Signed: August 3, 1822
Proved: September 3, 1822

Ann Abell's
Last Will & Testament In the Name of God Amen ~ I Ann Abell of Saint Mary's 
County and State of Maryland, being very Sick and weak, but of sound and perfect 
mind and memory thanks be given to God therefore calling to mind the uncertainty 
of this life, and knowing that it is allotted for us all once to die ~ do make 
and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say, principally and first 
of all ~ I Give and bequeath my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it 
me, and my Body to the Earth to be buried in decent and Christian burial at the 
discression of my Executor hereafter mentiond. ~ Nothing doubting but at the 
general resurrection I shall recive the same by the Mighty power of God, and as 
touching my Worldly Wealth, that it hath pleased God to bless me with in this 
life I give devise and dispose of the same in the manner and form following ~~~
Item 1st I Give and bequeath to my two daughters ~ Ann Abell, and Elizabeth 
Abell, one negroe Boy Called by name Ignatius to be equally divided between them 
after my death, to them and their heirs for ever ~
Item 2nd ~ My Will is that all the remaining part of my Estate estate should be 
equally divided Amongst all my Children after my death namely, John Abell, Mary 
Abell, Ann Abell, Margaret Dillihay, Thomas Abell, William Abell, Elizabeth 
Abell, James Abell, Joseph Abell and Henry Abell ~ to them and their heirs 
forever ~
Item 3rd ~ And lastly I nominate and appoint, my son Joseph Abell my whole and 
sole Executor of this my last Will and testament and I do hereby revoke and 
disannul all other former testaments, legacies and bequests, by me made, 
ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament, 
this the third day of August Eighteen Hundred and Twenty two ~~~~~
Ann X Abell (((Seal)))

Signd. Seald. and acknowledgd. 
In presence of us ~~
Elizabeth D. Greenwell, Bn Hutchins

Saint Mary's County, towit: the 3rd day of September 1822. Then came Joseph 
Abell and made oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God, that the aforegoing 
instrument of writing is the true and whole last Will and Testament of Ann Abell 
late of Saint Mary's County, deceased, that hath come to his hands or 
possession, and that he does not know of any other. ~~~~
Certified by James Forrest Reg. Wills
for St. Mary's County

Saint Mary's County, towit: the 3rd day of September 1822. Then came Elizabeth 
D. Greenwell and Bennet Hutchins the two Subscribing Witnesses to the aforegoing 
last Will and testament of Ann Abell late of Saint Mary's County, deceased, and 
severally made oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God, that they did see the 
Testatrix therein named sign and Seal this Will, and that they heard her 
publish, pronounce, and declare the same to be her last Will and testament that 
at the time of her so doing, she 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 this Will in the presence and at the 
request of the Testatrix and in the presence of each other
Certified by James Forrest Reg. Wills
for St. Mary's County

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Transcribed by Judith A. Burger March 19, 2001 from a photocopy of the original 
court record, JF 1, 54-55, obtained from Norma I. Dawson, Register of Wills, 
Saint Mary's County, Maryland. The photocopy was good and the writing legible. I 
made no corrections of any kind.