Will of John ABELL, Sr. (1794); St. Mary’s County, Maryland

This file was contributed by Judith Burger.

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John Abell, Senr.
Signed: July 3, 1794
Proved: Aug 5, 1794

John Abell, Senr.
his last Will
In the name of God amen. I John Abell Senr of Saint Mary's County, in the State 
of Maryland being of Sound mind memory, & understanding do make & ordain this to 
be my last will & Testament in manner & form following hereby revoking all other 
will or wills by me heretofore made ~~ First I give my Soul to almighty God who 
gave it me, & my body to the Earth to be buryed at the discretion of my 
Executors hereafter named ~ 2nd Item I give & bequeath to my grand daughter Jane 
Abell daughter of John B Abell & Elizabeth Abell his wife all the Land I 
purchased of George Abell, Samuel Abell Senr John B. Brown & Raphael Brown it 
being the plantation whereon I now live, to her & her heirs forever, as also one 
Bed & furniture one Desk, and Case & bottles, & one Iron pott to her & her heirs 
forever. 3rd Item, I give & bequeath unto my grandSon Philip Hambleton Abell one 
horse which he & myself are Jointly bound by Bond unto Cuthbert Abell to pay 
for, the Said horse to be paid for out of my Estate. 4th Item I give & bequeath 
all the remainder of my Estate both Real & personal to be Sold for money, & 
after all my Just debts are paid the residue thereof to be equally divided 
amongst my five Children & my grandson, Viz Edmund Abell, John Abell, Aaron 
Abell, Eleanor Swails/ Elizabeth Abell & my grandson Philip Hambleton Abell but 
Should my aforesaid grandSon Philip Hambleton Abell die before arrives to the 
age of Twenty one years then my will & desire is that his part of the residue of 
my estate Should be equally divided amongst my above five aforesaid children to 
them & their heirs forever. 5th Item I give & bequeath unto my afsd. Son Aaron 
Abell all my wearing apparel to him & his heirs forever ~ Lastly I nominate and 
appoint my Son in Law John Booth Abell my whole & sole Executor of this my last 
will & Testament hereby revoking all other wills by me made. In Testimony 
whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Seal this third day of July 
Seventeen hundred & ninety four ~~~
John S Abell (((Seal)))

Signed Sealed published & declared to be the last will & Testament of the 
Testator John Abell Senr in the presence of us
Samuel Abell, William X Wimsatt, Elenor Greenwell



On the back of the aforegoing, was as follows, towit
Saint Mary's County, Ss, the 5th day of August 1794. Then came Samuel Abell, 
William Wimsatt & Elenor Greenwell, the three Subscribing witnesses to the last 
will & Testament of John Abell Senr late of Saint Mary's County, deceased, & 
Severally made oath on the holy evangels of almighty God, that they did see the 
Testator therein named, Sign & Seal this will, & that they heard his publish, 
pronounce & declare the Same to be his last will & Testament, that at the time 
of his Sodoing he was to the best of their apprehensions of Sound & disposing 
mind, memory & understanding, & that they respectively subscribed their names as 
witnesses to this will, in the presence, & at the request of the Testator & in 
the presence of each other.

Certified by Jeremiah Jordan, Regr Wills
for Saint Mary's County
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Transcribed by Judith A. Burger March 12, 2001, from a photocopy of the original 
court record, JJ 2, 95-96, 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.