Will of Mary ABELL (1815); St. Mary’s County, Maryland

This file was contributed by Judith Burger.

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Will
Mary Abell
Signed: January 17, 1815
Proved: February 14, 1815

Mary Abell's
Last Will and Testament} In the name of God Amen. I Mary Abell of Saint Mary's 
County in the State of Maryland being Sick of body but of Sound and disposing 
mind, memory and understanding considering the certainty of Death and 
uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous of Settling my Worldly 
affairs and thereby be the better prepared to leave this World when it shall 
please God to call me hence do therefore publish and declare this my last Will 
and Testament in manner and form following ~~ Item, I give and bequeath unto my 
beloved Nephew William F. Greenwell one Negro boy Lewis, to him and his heirs 
forever. In case he the said William doth well and truly pay over to Allathear 
Greenwell and Elizabeth Jarboe each Seventy Dollars ~~ Item ~~ I give and 
bequeath unto my beloved Nephew Phillip Greenwell/ Lewis Greenwell and Thomas J. 
Greenwell my Negro man Sam, to be equally divided between them ~~ Item ~~ I give 
and bequeath unto my beloved Nephews & Nieces Abner Abell/ Elenor Abell/ 
Daughter of Robert Abell, Mary Wimsatt/ Daughter of Bennett Wimsatt/ Lucinda 
Abell Daughter of Jesse Abell/ Elizabeth Spalding wife of William/ and my 
beloved Sister Winefred Morgan my three Negroes hereafter named to wit Mary, 
Harriet and Mary to be equally divided between them and their heirs for ever ~~ 
Item, I give and bequeath, to the Reverend James Mayrick and and the Reverend 
Leonard Edelin Ten Dollars each ~~ Item after my just debts are paid the rest 
and residue of my Estate to be equally divided as follast to wit William F. 
Greenwell/ Allathear Greenwell/ Elizabeth Jarboe/ Philip Greenwell/ Lewis 
Greenwell/ Thomas I. Greenwell/ Aberien Abell/ Elenor Abell/ Mary Wimsatt/ 
Lucinda Abell/ Elizabeth Spalding/ and Winifred Morgan to be equally divided 
among them Item ~~ I give and bequeath unto my three Sisters Namely Winefred/ 
Dorothy and Alethea all my wearing apparall to be equally divided amongst them 
~~ and lastly I do constitute and appoint Philip and William F. Greenwell 
Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other Will by 
me heretofore made ratifying this and only this to be my last Will and Testament 
In testimony whereof I have hereby Set my hand and Seal this Seventeenth day of 
January one thousand Eight hundred and fifteen.

Mary X Abell (((Seal)))

Signed Sealed published and declared by
Mary Abell the above Testator as and
For her last Will and Testament in
The presence of us who at her request
And in her presence have Subscribed
Our names as Witnesses thereto

Henry Ford ~~ Francis Abell



Saint Marys County, to wit: the 14th day of February 1815. Then came Phillip 
Greenwell and made Oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God, that the 
aforegoing instrument of writing is the true & whole Will of Mary Abell late of 
Saint Marys County deceased, that hath come to his hand, or possession, and that 
he doth not know of any other

Certified by James Forrest Regr Wills

For St. Marys County

Saint Marys County, SS the 14th day of February 1815. Then came Henry Ford and 
Francis Abell the two Subscribing Witnesses to the forgoing last Will and 
Testament of Mary Abell late of Saint Marys County deceased, and Severally made 
oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God that they did see the Testatrix 
therein named sign & Seal this will; and that they heard her publish, pronounce 
and declare this to same to be her last will and Testament: that at the time of 
her sodoing she was to the best of their apprehension 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 Said 
Testatrix, and in the presence of each other.

Certified by James Forrest Regr Wills

for Saint Marys County

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Transcribed by Judith A. Burger March 6, 2001 from a photocopy of the original 
court document, JJ 3, 374-375, obtained from Norma I. Dawson, Register of Wills, 
Saint Mary's County, Maryland. The photocopy was good and the writing fair. The 
spelling of the first name of Aberien Abell and the surname of the Reverend 
James Mayrick is uncertain. I made no corrections of any kind.
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