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

This file was contributed by Judith Burger.

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James Barton Mattingly
Signed: September 14, 1807
Proved: March 8, 1812

James Barton Mattingly's
Last Will & Testament
In the Name of God Amen. I James Barton Mattingly of the Parish of St. Andrew, 
St. Mary's County State of Maryland being at this time Sick in Body but Sound 
mind to that I easily think that that Lord God hath appointed shortly to lead me 
out of this World I therefore have determined to make this my Testament and 
commit the Same to writing my last Will in the form following~~~as touching the 
Slender Patrimony Which God hath given me concerning Which I have determined 
that to dispose~~~Imprimis; I give to my Daughter (Pann) after my my death & my 
Wife that is today if my wife Should be the longest lived my land that I now 
possess comprehending & called Truth and Trust (plesant devils?) and (St. 
Maryarett ?) my meaning is that during my Wife's Widowhood She Shall be 
possessed with the Land but if She marries again or dies then my Daughter Pann, 
Shall be (undiably?) be put in possession of the Land together with the one 
Eight of my personal Estate The balance of personal Estate I give to my other 
Children that is today Stephen/ Ann/ Thomas/ John and my grand children Joseph 
and Mary Johnson. Lastly I make and constitute my friend W. Thomas Morris 
Executor of this my last Will & Testament Written this 14th day of September 
anno Domini 1807.

James Barton X Mattingly

Sealed published and declared by the Said
James Barton Mattingly and as his last will and
Testament in the presence of
Thomas Morris~~Matthew Morris~~Thomas Norman X Martin

Saint Mary's County to wit, The 8th day of March 1812. Then came Jemima 
Mattingly and made oath, that the within instrument of writing is the true and 
whole will and Testament of James Barton Mattingly, late of Saint Mary's County 
deceased, that have come to her hand or possession, and that she doth not Know 
of any other.
Certified by James Forrest Regr Wills
for Saint Mary's County

Saint Mary's County, to wit: The 8th day of March 1812. Now came Matthew Morris 
and Thomas Norman Martin two of the three Subscribing Witnesses to the within 
last Will and Testament of James Barton Mattingly late of Saint Mary's County 
deceased, and Severally made oaths on the Holy Evangels, of Almighty God, that 
they did See the Testator therein named Sign & 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 
apprehension of Sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, and that 
they respectively Subscribed their manes as Witnesses to this Will, in the 
presence and at the request of the testator, and in the presence of each other; 
also that they did See Thomas Morris the other Witness to the Same, Subscribe 
his name as a Witness to the Same in the presence and at the request of the Said 
Testator.
Certified by James Forrest Regr Wills
for Saint Mary's County

I Jemima Mattingly Widow of James Barton Mattingly late of Saint Mary's County 
deceased do hereby renounce and quit all claim to any bequest or device made to 
me by the last Will of my Husband, exhibited & proved according to Law, and 
elect to take in lieu thereof, my dower or legal Share of the estate of my Said 
Husband James B. Mattingly. Given under my hand this 23 day of April 1812.

Jemima X Mattingly

Test.JamesForrest
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Transcribed by Judith A. Burger October 23, 2000 from a photocopy, courtesy 
Lynne L. O'Brien, of the original court record from St. Mary's County, Maryland. 
The photocopy was good but the writing was distorted and illegible to me in many 
places.