Copy of Will of Joshua Doyne for St.Mary's Co. Archives Joshua DOYNE died in 1698 and his will was recorded in St. Mary's County, Maryland:

WILL DATED 16 AUGUST 1698, ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, VOLUME 6, PAGES 169 THRU 173,
FILED IN THE HALL OF RECORDS, DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN The fowerth Day of March in ye Yeare of our Lord God One Thousand Six hundrd & Ninety Seaven Eight I Joshua Doyne of St. Maries County in the Province of Maryland Gent being Sick in body but in Good and Pfect memory my humble thanks be to allmighty God for ye same, I bequeath my Soule to God my body to ye Earth to be buried in such decent manner as to my Executrix hereafter named shall seem meet and Convenient & revokeing and annulling all my Former Wills & Testaments doe make ordeyne and Declare This only to be taken for my last Will & Testament & hereby of such temporall Estate as it hath pleas'd God beyond my Desert to bestow upon me, I give & Dispose of ye Same in manner & forms following (That is to Say) IMPRESS The land & plantacon I now live on Called Batchelours hope as alsoe ye Land and Plantacon Called Derbys plantacon I Leave unto my Deare & Loveing wife Jane Doyne for and During her Naturall Life... ITEM I give and bequeath unto my Said Deare Wife the use and Benefitt of ye Land called Notley's Addition containing Fower hundd acres of Land till my Son Ethelbert Doyne arrive at ye Age of Eighteen Yeares.. ITEM I give and Bequeath unto my Sonn Jesse Doyne to him and to ye heires of his boddy lawfully begotten for Ever five Hundd acres of Land being in Dorchester County being the halfe of One Thousand acres of Land lyeing there Called by the name of Jimna Sara survey'd by Mr. Thomas Smithson.. ITEM I Give and Bequeath unto my Sonn Jesse Doyne to him and to ye heires of his body Lawfully begotten For ever Two Hundd acres of Land, That lyes at Nangemy in Charles County whereof I have allready deposit him it being part of a Tract of Land I purchased of Madam Elizabeth Calvert & of her Sonn Charles Calvert... ITEM I give and Bequeath unto my sonn William Doyne & to ye heires of his body Lawfully Begotten for Ever Two hundred acres of Land being the Plantacon allready Seated by me Lyeing at Nangemy in Charles County & purchased as above reserving hereof for the use and benefitt of my Deare wife Jane Doyne one Third of ye Plantacon & Dividend of ye Said Two hundred acres Dureing her widdowhood.. ITEM I Give & Bequeath unto my Said Sonn William Doyne to him & to ye heires of his body Lawfully Begotten for Ever Five hundd and Fifty acres of Land Called Rang being at ye head of Ingrams Creeke in Dorchester County... ITEM I give and Bequeath unto my Sonn Ethelbert Doyne to him & to ye Heires of his body Lawfully Begotten for Ever the Land Called Notley's Addition being in Chaptico which I purchased of ye Rt Hono'ble Lord Baltimore containing Fower Hundd acres of Lande... ITEM I give & bequeath unto my Sonn Ethelbert Doyne to him and the heires of his body Lawfully begotten for ever Five hundred acres of Land being in Dorchester County being the other halfe of ye Land Called Jimnco Sarah... ITEM I give & bequeath unto my Sonn Joshua Doyne to him & to ye heires of his body Lawfully begotten for Ever Two hundd acres of Land Lieing near port Tobbaccoe in Charles County called St. Bernards... ITEM I Give and Bequeath unto my Said Sonn to him and to ye heires of his body Lawfully begotten for Ever after ye decease of my said Deare wife Jane Doyne my Plantacon Called Batchellors hope Containing three hundd acres of Land as alsoe my Three Lotts in Indian Towne called Chaptico... ITEM I Give & Bequeath unto my sonn Ignatius Doyne Fifty Pound Sterling to be Laid out in Land with all expedicon & Convenience according to ye best Judgmt and Discretion of my Executrix & Trustees hereafter named & that ye said purchase be to my Sonn Ignatius Doyne & ye heires of his body Lawfully begotten for ever...

ITEM I give & bequeath to my Sonn Edward Aloysius Doyne to him & to ye heires of his body lawfully begotten for ever a tract of Land being near Chaptico in St. Mary's County Containing Three hundred & Eighty Acres Called Beverley's Week I purchased of John Suttle... ITEM I Give & bequeath unto my Daughter Jane Doyne to her & to ye heires of her boddy Lawfully begotten for Ever Three Hund'd and sixteen acres of Land being above ye head of Piscataway Creek in the Woods in Prince Georges County w'ch I purchased of Maj. John Wheeler... ITEM I Give & bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Jane Mathews to her & to ye heires of her body Lawfully begotten for ever Fower hundd acres of Land lyeing at Maryland point in Charles County w'ch I purchased of Mr. Gilbert Clarke... ITEM I Give & bequeath unto my Son Jesse Doyne a negroe man named Tully
and his son William both negroes... ITEM I Give & bequeath unto my Son William Doyne one Negroe man named Robbin alias Cuta & a negroe named Little Nanny the Daughter of Black Robbin & Nanny... ITEM I Give & bequeath unto my Son Ethelbert Doyne a negroe man named Angelo & his wife Nanny... ITEM I Give & bequeath unto my Son Joshua Doyne a negroe boy named Peter a negroe girle Named Tonny daughter to ye Negroe Woman Betty... ITEM I Give & Bequeath unto my daughter & ye heires of her body Lawfully begotten a Mallatoe boy named Charles... ITEM I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Jane Doyne one Mallattoe boy called Lewis and a Negroe called Mary provided she marieth a Roman Catholick if she betake herselfe to ye State of Mattrimony... ITEM I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Mathews all accompts chargd & in my Books to her or her Deceased husband Mr. Ignatius Mathews all ye Year ITEM I give & bequeath unto my sons Joshua & Ignatius Doyne & to my daughter Jane Doyne to Every one of them a Feather bedd & Furniture... ITEM After ye decease of my Deare & Loveing wife I leave my suite of Church Stuff to my Son Jesse Doyne provided he be dutifull & Respectfull to her my said wife and after her Decease to ye next Eldest Survivor... ITEM I give & Bequeath of my sonn William Doyne fifteen hundd pounds of Tobbaccoe a Cow and Calfe & Two sows...To my son Ethelbert Two thousand pounds of Tobbaccoe a Cow a Calfe and Two sowes... ITEM I give and Bequeath to my son Ignatius Doyne a Negroe boy named Edward the Younger Son of Gibinda & a negroe Girle named Ellinor. ITEM I Give & Bequeath to my sonn Edward Alloysius Doyne a Negroe boy Called Edward the son of Black Robbin & Nanny & Victoria ye Daughter of the said Nanny... ITEM I Give & bequeath unto my Grand Son Thomas Mathews & in Case of his Death to his mo'r & her heires a Negroe Girl called Judith... ITEM My Debts being paid I Give & Bequeath unto ye poor Catholiques One Thousand pounds of Tobbaccoe to be distributed at ye discretion of my executor. ITEM I Give and Bequeath to Mr. William hunter five pound Sterling and to Mr. Richard Hubbard Five hund'd pounds of Tobbaccoe... ITEM I give & discharge Mr. Francis Pennington & Mr. Nicho Genlicke from fower hundd pounds of Tobbaccoe a price wch they Stand indebted unto me... ITEM All the remaining part of my Estate of wh nature or kind soever whether lands & tenemts slaves or servants goods & chattells I give bequeath to my Deare & Loveing Wife Jane Doyne... ITEM My Will is that the Lands & one halfe of ye personall Estate hereby given & bequeathed to my Sons aforenamed be deliverd unto them as they Each doe arrive at ye age of Eighteen Yeares & ye other halfe provided their Good Behaviour towards their Mother-in-Law to ye sattisfaccon of my Trustees hereafter named at ye Lawfull age of Twenty one Yeares... ITEM My Will is that my Daughter Jane Doyne have her Lands & personall Estate Delivered to her at ye age of Sixteen Yeares or Day of Marriage which shall first happen Provided she doe not dispose of her selfe to ye State of marriage without ye consent & approbation of her mother & to a Roman Catholique otherwise that my whole Gift of guifts herein Given or Bequeathed to be at the Discretion of my Executrix... ITEM My Will is and I doe hereby declare it to be my intent & meaning that my aforesaid Children & every one of them shalbe mainteyned with good Sufficient Meale Drinke Washing & lodgeing Requisite & necessary according to their Severall Degrees & quallity's and that they be kept and taught instructed in such Learning as shalbe necessary and Requisite for them according to their Degrees and Quallity's as to the discretion of my Executrix & Trustees hereafter Named shall seem meet and convenient... ITEM My will is and I doe hereby order and Desier That my said Children be Educated and Instructed In the Roman Catholique Faith wch I profess and dye in and That they be Taught educated & nurtured therein and furnished with all necessary's & conveniences to Frequent Going to Chappells and Places of Divine Service... ITEM It is my will and desiere and I doe hereby Require of my Executrix and Trustees hereafter mentond That if any of my children shalbe Inclineable or Desireous to attaine or Learne any Trade or Calling that may be fitt or becomeing their Degree that my said Executrix and Trustees hereafter named will aid & assist them therein for their best good benefitt as to my Executrix and Trustees shall seem meet. ITEM It is my will and meaning That if it please God any of my Children That I had by my first wife Barbara Doyne shall depart this life before they arrive to their Severall ages of Receiving their Guifts Bequeaths Legacy's hereby given and bequeathed to them or without issue of their body's Lawfully Begotten That the land hereby given & bequeathed shall Decend unto the next surviving heire of my said Children and ye personall Estate belonging to such Deceased Child shalbe equally Divided amongst the Survivors of the said Children that I had by my first wife aforesaid... ITEM It is my Will and meaning That if it shall please God any of my children That I had by my second wife Jane Doyne shall Depart this life before they arrive to Their severall ages of receiving their guifts Bequests and Legacy's hereby given & bequeated unto them or Without issue of their bodys Lawfully begotten that then the Land hereby given and bequeathed shall descend unto ye next surviving heire of my said children had by my second wife Jane Doyne and the personall estate belonging to such Deceased Child shalbe Equally divided amongst the survivors of my Children aforesaid had by my second wife aforesaid... ITEM It is my will and Desire and I doe hereby order That all and every one of my Children Aforesaid be well & Sufficiently mainteyned and Kept at schoole and found with all Necessary's befitting & becomeing their Degrees by my Executrix hereafter named out of my Whole Estate untill they come to their Severall ages herein Expressed to Receive their Lands & ye One Moyely of their Severall Personall Estates by me bequeathed with ye Condicons above mencon'd... And Lastly I doe hereby Constitute & Ordeyne & appoint my Deare and Loveing wife Jane Doyne my Whole and Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament... AND I doe hereby nominate Constitute and appoint my Esteemed & Trusty Friends Clemt hill Esqr and Luke Gardiner & Mr. Clement Hill Junior my overseers and Especiall Friends in Trust Desireing them to See this my last Will and Testament Duely and Truly Executed & performed according to ye true Intent and meaning hereof and hereby order my Said Executrix to give every one of them a Mourning Ring of Sixteen Shillings price Each Ring to be bought with all convenient Speed after my Decease....In Witness of this my last Will & Testament conteynd in Three Sheets of paper Written on one side Each sheet I have hereunto Sett my hand & affixed my Seale the day & Yeare first written... JOSH DOYNE (Seal) SIGNED SEALED PUBLISHED and At ye bottom of ye aforesaid Will was annexed this Endorsmt DECLARED in the p'sence of following John Clarke Cornelius (his mark) Branham BE IT KNOWNE unto all men by these p'sents that Whereas I Peter (his mark) Johnson Joshua Doyne of St. Marys County in the Province of Maryland
Thos (his mark) Melton Jun Gent have made & Declared my last Will Testament in Write ing bearing Date ye Fowerth day of March anno & domi 1697/8 I the said Joshua Doyne by this p'sent Codicill doe confirme & Certify my last Will & Testamt I have not sufficiently and by Express Terms secured my Executrix mencond in the Will & Testament from some Claimes that may be made by vertue of any Deed of Guift or Guifts heretofore passed by me Therefore I the said Joshua Doyne doe by this P'sent Codicill make voyd Revoke & annull all and every Deed of Guift or Guifts whatsoever hereby Willing & desireing That this p'sent Codicill & my last Will & Testament Dated as above shall Stand in full effect as to Every Particular Bequest Legacy Therein nominated And my will is that this Codicill or Schedule be and be adjudged to be part and parcell of my Said last Will and Testament that this Codicill be of as full & ample Effect as to my intent herein exp'sed as If the same were so declared & sett downe in my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Joshua Doyne have hereunto sett my hand & affixed my Seale the Tenth day of March Anno Domi 1697/8. JOSH DOYNE (Seale) Sealed Published & declared in the P'sence of us...... On the back of ye aforesd Deed was thus Endorsed viz Frank Gallampion St. Marys County.... Willm hunter By vertue of a Com'wme Directed out of ye Office of Ye Luke Gardner Honor Commiss Gent of ye P'vince to prove the within Will I have this day proved the same by ye Wittnesses thereunto
Subscribed according to Law as Wittness my hand & Seale this Sixteenth day of Aug 1698. RICHD CLOUDS (Seal)