Will of John HENNING (1775); St. Mary’s County, Maryland This file was contributed by Lynne Hundley . ************************************************************************ * 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. ************************************************************************ Maryland State Archives – Archives of Maryland Series. MSA No.SM16, Prerogative Court [Wills], volume 40, pg 600-602, SR 4434. Transcribed Oct. 2000 by Lynne Rush Hundley from copy provided by Bill Henning. Note: Spelling and punctuation follow the original as closely as possible. Uncertain words and letters are marked by brackets. In the Name of God Amen this Nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred Seventy and five I John Henning of St. Mary’s County in the Province of Maryland Planter, being of perfect sound and well disposing memory thanks be given to Almighty God therefore calling to mind the mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is Appointed for all men ones to die, do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament, this is to say, principally, and first of all I give and recommended into the hands of Almighty God, and my body and recommend to the Earth to be Buried in Decent Christian Burial at the discretion of my Executors hereafter mentioned, and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God, to blefs me with, in this Life I give devise and dispose of the same in the manner and form following. Imprimise I give and bequeath unto my Son Gilbert Henning one hundred and Twenty five acres of Land, being the part of my Land that lies next to [MrCurles or McCurles or WrCurles] Land to him and his heirs forever ~ Item I given and Bequeath unto my Son Nathan Henning all my Land lying below the Land left my Son Caleb Henning hereafter mentioned, Beginning at the Lower End aforesaid between the Main Road & John Jen[k or ta]in’s Land [until] it contains one hundred and fifty acres, to him and his heirs forever ~ Item I give and Bequeath unto my Son Caleb Henning one hundred and twenty five Acres of Land Beginning at [Bafsetr] plains and running with the Main Road and Jonathan Evans’s Land down untill it Contains the Quantity above mentioned to him and his heirs forever ~ Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas Arnold Henning and his heirs forever, and all Most of the Land I hold, to his use and Benefits from the day of his Date ~ Item I give and Bequeath unto my Son Nathan Henning fifteen pounds Maryland Currency to be paid in Stock and furniture ~ Item I give and Bequeath unto my Son Caleb Henning fifteen pounds Maryland Currency, to be paid in Stock & furniture at the Appraisment and the fifteen pounds left my Son Nathan Henning to be paid at the Appraisment Also ~ Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas Arnold Henning twenty pounds like Money ~ Item I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Ann one feather Bed and furniture, further my will and desire is that after my Just Debts are paid, all the rest of my Estate, to be Equally divided amongst my five Children, Mary Ann [Sanner], Gilbert Henning, Nathan Henning, Caleb Henning & Thomas Arnold Henning, and their heirs ~ Lastly I Constitute and appoint my Well beloved Wife Ann Henning, and my Son Thomas Arnold Henning my hole and Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament In Withnefs whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Affixed my Seal the day and year first above Written. John [his J mark]Henning Signed sealed and Declared in presenes of us. Wm Jenkins [J]unr Moses White Thos Jenkins At the foot of the aforegoing will was thus written Viz St. Mary’s County towit On the twentieth day of August Seventeen hundred and Seventy Five Came Moses White & Thomas Jenkins two of the Subscribing Witnefses to the within last will and Testament of John Henning decd, and severally made oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God that they saw John Henning the Testator therein named sign & Seal this will and heard him publish and declare the same to be his Last Will and Testament and that at the time of his so doing he was to the Best of their and each of their Apprehensions of perfect senes and of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding and that they respectively subscribed their names as witnefses to this will in his presenes and at his request and in the presenes of each other and that they Saw William Jenkins [Ju]nr the other subscribing Witnesfs Also sign his name hereto in the presince of the Testator. Sworn before & Certified by JA Thomas Dy Comr St.Mary’s Cty.