Will of William MATTINGLY (1771); St. Mary’s County, Maryland

This file was contributed by Judith Burger.

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William Mattingly
Signed: November 28, 1771
Proved: December 30, 1771

The Last Will of
William Mattingly
In the name of God Amen. I William Mattingly of St. Marys Coty being weak and 
sick of 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 first of all my 
will and desire is that the House or Improvements & Land whereon I live & am 
possessed with be sold to those who will pay & give most for it, and the produce 
thereof to be Equally divided among my four Children & their heirs & while my sd 
land &c remains unsold to be rented & the Rents Equally to be divided among my 
said four Children 2nd ly my will is that my crop of Tobacco corn &c be applied 
to pay & discharge my Just debts as far as is or may be convenient, or necessary 
3rd ly I give and bequeath to my Daughters Wathing & Saxton to Each of them one 
young Heifer 4thI give and bequeath to my two Daughters who, are now unmarried, 
Sally & Dolly Mattingly and their Heirs all the remaining part of my personal 
Estate to be Equally divided between them, & I hereby nominate & appoint my two 
Sons in Law Leonard Wathing & Robert Saxton, Executors of this my Last Will & 
Testament hereby Revoking all former will or wills by me heretofore made. 
Witness whereof I have hereunto sat my hand and seal this 28th day of November 
in the year of our Lord 1771.

William X Mattingly

Signed Sealed & published by the above Wm. Mattingly
As his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us
Edward Mattingly
William + Wathing
Henry X Mattingly

St. Mary's County to wit On the thirtieth day of December 1771came Edward 
Mattingly, and William Wathing two of the subscribing Witnesses to the above 
Last will and Testament of William Mattinglylate of this County aforsd. 
Produced, and severally made oath on theHoly Evangels of Almighty God that they 
did see, William Mattingly, the Testator herein 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 so doing he was to the best of their and Each of 
theirs apprehensions of perfect sense, and of sound and disposing mind memory 
and understanding, and that they respectively subscribed their names as 
witnesses to the said will in the presence and at the request of the said 
Testator and that they did soo Each other together, with Henry Mattingly the 
other subscribing witness, Subscribe their names as witnesses-
Sworn before T A Thomas Dept Com
of St. Mary's County
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Transcribed Maryland by Judith A. Burger June 1, 2000 from a photocopy, courtesy 
of Lynne L. O'Brien, of an original court record from Saint Mary's County, 
Maryland. The photocopy was good and the writing was legible. I made no 
corrections of any kind.