Will of Thomas Hatton COMBS (1766); St. Mary’s County, Maryland This file was contributed by Jerry L. Clark . ************************************************************************ * 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. ************************************************************************ Wills Liber TA 1 page 116 The Last Will of Tho' Hatton Combs in the name of God Amen, I Thomas Hatton Combs of St. Mary's County in the province of Maryland being in health and sound judgement, thanks be to almighty God, doe make my last will and testament in manner & form following, and first I comend my soul to God hoping for Eternal Salvation through the merits of his blessed son Jesus Christ my Saviour, my body to be decently intered without pomp by my Executor hereafter mentioned. Item I give to my Sons, William Combs, and George Craghill Combs, the plantation I now live on, and the tract of land I bought of John Dillon to be Equally divided between them, and their heirs forever. Item I give to my son Thomas Hatton Combs all that tract or parcel of land that I had of William Spalding to him & his heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to my loving wife Mary Combs, and my five daughters, all the rest of my Estate to be equally divided among them to their heirs forever, my will is that if either of my daughters, should die without issue of their body that then their part shall fall to my surviving daughters. Item I give and bequeth to my loving wife Mary Combs the use of two water mills during her widowhood, and then my son William Combs, and his heirs forever, and I constitute and appoint my loving wife Mary Combs, my soul executor of this my last will and testament this first day of April 1766. Signed sealed and delivered by the said Thomas Hatton Combs to be his last will and Testament, disannulling all other will or wills made by him from the begining of the worldunto the date of this presents in the presents of us_ The word, mills underlined, between the twenty and twenty fifth line. Thomas Hatton Combs ((seal)) Henry Jenkins, Ignatius Combs, St. Mary's County on the 17th Day of June 1766 William Combs came Henry Jenkins, Ignatius Combs & William Combs, subscribing witnesses to the within will and made oath on holy Evangels of Almighty God, that they did see Thomas Hatton Combs the Testator sign and seal this will last will and testament, and that their apprehension of a sound mind respective names as witness____ the deceased's widow renounces this will.