Will of Mary ABELL (1805); St. Mary’s County, Maryland This file was contributed by Judith Burger. ************************************************************************ * USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. ************************************************************************ Mary Abell Signed: March 15, 1805 Proved: January 2, 1813 Mary Abell’s last will & Testament} In the name of God Amen. I Mary Abell of Saint Mary’s County being in good health sound mind, memory and understanding, do make this my last Will and Testament in the manner & form following. First I give and bequeath to my Niece Mary Simmes one hundred dollars. Secondly. I give and bequeath to my Niece Dorothy Simmes one hundred Dollars. Thirdly. I give and bequeath to my Nephew Joseph Simmes Thirty Dollars to purchase him a Watch whe he is Eighteen years of age. Fourthly. I give and bequeath to my Niece Harriet Simmes all the real & personal property that I may be in possession of at my Death. also all the money I have, or may be due me on Bond or note after paying to the use of Saint Johns Church Six Dollars. I do hereby nominate and appoint (?) John Simmes, whole & Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made in Witnesses whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this the fifteenth day March Eighteen hundred and five. ~~ Mary Abell (((Seal))) Signed Sealed and Acknowledged by Mary Abell to be her last Will and Testament in the presence of Anthony Simmes ~~ Sarah Simmes ~~ Saint Mary’s County, towit: the 2nd day of January 1813. Then came Sarah Simmes one of the two Subscribing Witnesses to the aforegoing last Will & Testament of Mary Abell late of Saint Marys County deceased, and made oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty god that She did See the Testatrix therein named sign and Seal this Will, and that She heard her publish pronounce and declare the Same to be her last Will and Testament; that at the time of her sodoing, she was to the best of her apprehensions of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding and that she subscribed her name as a Witness to this will in the presence and at the request of the Testatrix; also that she did see Anthony Simmes the other Witness to this Will Subscribe the Same in the presence and at the request of the Said Testatrix. Certified by James Forrest Reg Wills for Saint Marys County ******************************************************************************** ******************************* Transcribed by Judith A. Burger April 18, 2001 from a photocopy of the original court record, JJ3, 317-318, obtained from Norma I. Dawson, Register of Wills, Saint Mary’s County, Maryland. The photocopy was good, but the writing being very small was hard to read. The surname of Simmes may be Semmes. I made no corrections of any kind.