Will of Ignatius MATTINGLY (1807); St. Mary’s County, Maryland

This file was contributed by Judith Burger.

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Ignatius Mattingly
Signed: November 10, 1807
Proved: December 1, 1807

Ignatius Mattingly's
Last Will and Testament
In the name of God, Amen. I Ignatius Mattingly of Saint Mary's County in the 
State of Maryland being Sick and weak in Body but of sound and disposing mind 
and Memory and understanding, Considering the certainty of death and the 
uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous to Settle my worldly affairs 
and thereby be the better prepared to leave this world when it Shall please God 
to call me hence do therefore make and publish this my last will and Testament 
in manner and form following, that is to say-----First and principally I commit 
my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth to be Decently 
buried at the Discretion of my Executore herein after named and after my debts 
and funeral charges are paid, I devise and bequeath as follows.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Dear wife Eleanor, one negro Man called George 
one bed and furniture Two cows & calves one Yoke of oxen one horse one 
(illegible) one side saddle---Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Eleanor 
one Negro boy called Joe one cow & calf one Bed and furniture and hair Trunk---
Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susannah Catherine one negro woman 
called Lucy one Dish and one cow and Calf----Item. I give and bequeath to my 
daughter Ann Caroline, one negro woman Called Terry and her Child called Clem, 
one bed and furniture one walnut Tea Table----I give and bequeath to Mary Smith 
one cow & calf-------Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear Son Ignatius and 
also unto my daughter Terrecy Spalding one Negro boy called Mike to be equally 
between them Both----My will and desire is one Negro boy Called Lewis Should be 
Sold to pay my Just debts.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son George five shillings Current Money---
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son Zachariah five Shillings Current Money----
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Item. I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of My personal Estate unto my 
Dear wife--And lastly, I do hereby Constitute and appoint my Dear Wife Eleanor 
Mattingly to be Sole executrix of this my last will and Testament, ratifying and 
confirming this, and none other to be my last will and Testament In tistimony 
whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Seal this tenth day of 
November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven-------

Ignatius Mattingly (((Seal)))

Signed, Sealed published and declared
By Ignatius Mattingly the above named
Testator, as and for his last willand
Testament in the prisence of us who at his
Request in his presence, and in the presence
Of each other, have Subscribed our names as
witnesses thereto……………
Joseph Blancett, Tarisa + Blancett, John G. Ford

On the back of the aforgoing was the following to wit:
Saint Mary's county, to wit, the 1st day of December 1807--Then came Eleanor 
Mattingly and made Oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God, that the 
aforegoing instrument of writing is the true and whole last will and Testament 
of Ignatius Mattingly last of Saint Mary's County deceased that hath come to her 
hands or posession and that she doth not know of any other.
Certified by James Forrest Regr.
For Saint Mary's County

Saint Mary's County, ss, the 1st day of December 1807-----Then came Joseph 
Blancett, Teresia Blancett, and John G. Ford, the three subscribing witnesses to 
the aforegoing last will and Testament of Ignatius Mattingly late of Saint 
Mary's County deceased, and Severally made Oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty 
God, that they did see the Testator herein named Sign and Seal this will and 
that they heard him publish, pronounce and declare the Same to be his last will 
and Testament, that at the time of his Sodoing he was to the best of their 
apprehensions of sound, and disposing mind, memory and understanding and that 
they respectively Subscribed their names as witnesses to this will in the 
presence and at the request of the Testator and in the presence of each other---
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Certified by James ForrestRegrWills
for Saint Mary's County 716W
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Transcribed by Judith A. Burger October 19, 2000 from a photocopy, courtesy Lynn 
L. O'Brien, of the original court document from Saint Mary's County, Maryland. 
The photocopy was good and the writing legible. I made no corrections of any 
kind.