Will of Philip DRURY (1795); St. Mary’s County, Maryland

This file was contributed by Judith Burger.

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Philip Drury
Signed: 09 January 1795
Proved: June 09, 1795

Philip Drury
his last will
State of Maryland, Saint Mary's County, to wit:
In the name of God, Amen. I Philip Drury, of Saint Mary's County, being sick & 
weak of body but of sound & disposing mind & memory, do order this to be my last 
will & Testament in manner & form following, Viz: I: give & bequeath my soul to 
God & my body to the earth to be decently buried by my Executors hereafter 
mentioned. I give & bequeath unto my loving wife, Ann Drury, all my land & 
living till my youngest son John Drury comes to the age of sixteen years,except 
she marries and in that case my will is that she have one third part of my 
Estate, & the other two thirds to be equally divided between my nine children. I 
do hereby constitute & appoint my loving wife Ann Drury & my son Barnard Drury 
jointly Executors of this my last will & Testament. In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this ninth day of January anno Domini 
1795.

Philip (T) Drury (((SEAL)))

Signed. sealed and published & declared in the presence of
Jeremiah Ford, Jane (her mark I) Jarboe, Eleanor Jarboe

on the back of the aforegoing was as follows towit Saint Mary's County, to wit, 
the 9th day of June 1795.
Then came Ann Drury & Bernard Drury & made oath on the holy evangels of Almighty 
God, that the within instrument of writing is the true & whole will & testament 
of
Philip Drury late of Saint Mary's County, deceased, that hath come to their 
hands or possession, & that they do not know of any other
Certified ………Jermiah Jordan, Reg r Wills
for Saint Mary's County. 
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Saint Mary's County, …the 9th day of June 1795. There came Jeremiah Ford, Janey 
Jarbo, & Elinor Jarbo, the three describing witnesses to the within last will & 
Testament of Philip Drury, late of Saint Mary's County, deceased, & severally 
made oath on the holy evangels of almighty God, that they did see the Testator 
herein named, sign & seal this will & that they heard him publish, pronounce, & 
declare the same to be his last will & Testament, that at the time of his so 
doing he was to the best of their apprehensions, of sound & disposing mind, 
memory, & understanding, and 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, Reg r wills
For Saint Mary's County
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'Will of Philip Drury, ST MARY'S COUNTY, MD., WILL BOOK JJ2, pp. 122, 123
Transcribed from photocopy of original court records obtained from Norma I. 
Dawson, The Register of Wills for St. Mary's County, Leonardtown, MD 20650, May 
8, 2000, by Judith A. Robinson Burger, 5th great-granddaughter of Phillip Drury, 
Revolutionary War Patriot.
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