Will of Thomas MATTINGLY (1774); St. Mary’s County, Maryland This file was contributed by Judith Burger. ************************************************************************ * 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. ************************************************************************ Thomas Mattingly Signed: April 11, 1774 Proved: September 10, 1774 The Last Will of Thos. Mattingly In the name of God Amen, I Thomas Mattingly of Saint Mary's County being sick and weak, in body but of sound mind memory, and understanding, do make and publish this my last will and Testament, in manner and form following to wit,--- -1stly my will is that my Just debts be paid & discharged-----2ndly My desire is that my son Leonard Mattingly have the use of my negro, fellow Hary, during his natural life, and after his decease said negro to Return in & be added to my personal Estate---3rdly My little Strip of Land called Mattinglys Lane, my Water Mill, with the small parcell or parcels of Land adjoyning thereto, which I purchased from Thomas Warren deceased, & intended to have given to my son John Baptist Mattingly, but it being omitted in my deed of Gift which I made to my several Children, naming date, the seventh Day of July one thousand seven hundred, and fifty five, or there abouts, and on St. Mary's County Records & my son Edward Mattingly, having Since bought and paid his Brother John Baptist for the same, with my other Lands, my will and desire therefore is that my said son Edward & his heirs have and Enjoy the aforesaid Mill & Lands forever-----4thly The other purchases which my said son Edward hath made with his Brother (illegible) to my Estate, my Will is that he be paid out of my Estate, agreeable to the true intent & meaning, of said deed & the Contracts which he and they have made with Each other----------5thly my will & desires is that the remaining part of my personal, after my said son Edward purchases & my Just debts be deducted be given divided & distributed among my several Children & grandchildren, according to the true intent & meaning of my deed of Gift aforesaid, but if after my own & my wifes decease my Children should differ & cannot agree in the division of my Estate, then and in that case my will is and I hereby Empower & Authorise my executors hereafter named or the surviors of theunto these, and appoint two or three persons of honest Charectors no way Interested, to settle divide & distribute, all my effects, & Estate among my Children & Grandchildren, according to the true intent and meaning of my said deed, this my will, and the purchases & contracts, which my said Children have made with Each other, Relative to my Estate, without any administration with the Commissary thereon, and I hereby nominate & appoint my two beloved sons, Edward & Clement, Mattingly, Executors of this my Last will & Testament hereby Revoking all other will and wills by us heretofore made, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the Eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord 1774------ Thomas Mattingly (((seal))) Signed Sealed & declared In the presence of us Joshua Mills Alley Mills Teresa Mills Saint Mary's County to wit, On the tenth Day of September, seventeen hundred & seventy four came, Joshua Mills, Alley Mills & Teresa Mills the three subscribing witnesses to the within Last will and Testament of Thomas Mattingly deceased and made Oath on the Holy Evangels of almighty god that they did see Thomas Mattingly the Testator therein named, Sign and 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 sodoing he was to the best of their apprehensions of perfect louse, and of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, and that they Respectively subscribed their names as witnesses to the said will in his presence and at his Request, and in the presence of each other------- Sworn before J A Thomas Dep Commis St. Mary's County------- ******************************************************************************** ******************************* Transcribed Maryland by Judith A. Burger, October 20, 2000 from a photocopy, courtesy Lynne L. O'Brien, of an original court document from St. Mary's County, Maryland. The photocopy was good and the writing legible. I made no corrections of any kind.