Will of Priscilla MATTINGLY (1790); St. Mary’s County, Maryland

This file was contributed by Judith Burger.

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Priscilla Mattingly
Signed: October 23, 1790
Proved: December 14, 1790

Priscilla Mattingly
Her last Will
In the name of God, amen. I Priscilla Mattingly of Saint Mary County, being sick 
and weak of body but of sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding do 
make this my last will & Testament in manner & form following. Infinnis. I 
recommend my soul into the hands of my redeemer, and my body to be buried in 
decent manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my two grand daughters Jane Thompson (wife of 
Jesse Thompson) and Sarah Thompson (wife of Bennett Thompson) Five pounds of 
Current money each.-----Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Ford 
Mattingly, a Seal Skin Trunk, three pewter dishes, and six plates, and one third 
part of a Negro girl Called (Curest?) Nan.----Item. I give and bequeath unto my 
son Bennett Mattingly three pounds Currency.
And the residue of my Estate, I bequeath to my three following Children to wit. 
Bennett, Zachariah and Mary Ford, equal proportion, Share and share alike. And 
lastly, I do hereby Constitute and appoint the above Bennett, Zachariah, & Mary 
Ford Mattingly to be Sole Executors of this my last will & Testament revoking 
and annulling all Former wills by me heretofore made ratifying and Confirming 
this, and none other to be my last will and Testament, In Testimony whereof I 
have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 23d Day of October, 1790--------

Priscilla X Mattingly (((seal)))

Signed sealed, published & declared
By the above named Testator, as and
for her last will & Testament in the
Presence of us who at her request & in her presence have subscribed our names as 
witnesses.
Benedict Spalding. Elias + Smith

On the back of the foregoing was as follows, to wit.
Saint Marys County, to wit, the 14th December 1790. Then came Bennett Mattingly, 
Zachariah Mattingly, & Mary Ford Mattingly & made oath on the holy evangels of 
almighty god that the within Testament of writing is the true & whole last will 
& Testament of Priscilla Mattingly, late of Saint Marys County, declared that 
hath come to their hand or possession and that they do not know of any other.
Certified by Jeremiah Jordan Regr Wills
for Saint Marys County

Saint Marys County Ss the 14th day of December 1790------------
Then came Benedict Spalding and Elias Smith, the two subscribing witnesses to 
the within last will and Testament of Priscilla Mattingly late of Saint Marys 
County, deceased, and severally made oath on the holy evangels of almighty God, 
that they did see the Testatrix herein named, Sign and Seal this will, and that 
they heard her publish pronounce, and declare the same to be her last will and 
Testament; that at the time of her doing, she was to the best of their 
apprehension of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding and that they 
respectively inscribed their names as witness to this will, in the presence, and 
at the request of the Testatrix, and in the presence of each other.-----------
Certified by Jeremiah Jordan Regr. Wills
for Saint Marys County
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Transcribed by Judith A. Burger October 17, 2000 from a photocopy, courtesy 
Lynne L. O'Brien, of an original Court record from St. Mary's County, Maryland. 
The photocopy was good and the writing legible. I made no corrections of any 
kind. Underlined words were underlined on the photocopy of the original 
document.