Will of Kenelm McWILLIAMS (1786); St. Mary’s County, Maryland

This file was contributed by Judith Burger.

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Kenelm McWilliams
Signed: February 1, 1786
Proved: March 6, 1786

Kenelm McWilliams
his Last Will~~~
In the Name of God Amen, I Kenelm McWilliams of St. Marys County and State of 
Maryland make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following~~ 
Infni. I resign my soul to its Creator in all humble hope of its future 
happiness, and the Disposal of a being infinitely good~~Item as to by body my 
will is that it be buried at the Direction & Discretion of my Executor hereafter 
named~~~Item it is my will & desire that my beloved wife Elizabeth McWilliams, 
whome I hereby Constitute and appoint my wholo Exectrix have and enjoy the use 
of all and solo my property both Real & personal, during her widowhood, and that 
at the Expiration thereof that land where whereso I now live with all its 
improvements be reserved for the use of such of my Daughters as may then be 
found unmarried, while they may Continue in that State but that as they may 
afterwards marry they may loose all claim to Said Lands and improvements; and 
the whole use of said land & improvements may still lay in my unmarryed 
Daughters for a home at the last of whoes marriage or Death it is my desire that 
the said Lands fall to my son John and his heirs~~~Item it is my will And Desire 
that at the Expiration of my beloved wifes widowhood my personal Estate be 
Equally Divided, Among my Children or their heirs, Should any those decease 
before that time~~~This And no no other is my last Will and Testament, Signed 
and Sealed with my hand and Seal this first Day of February 1786

Kenelm McWilliams (((Seal)))

Signed sealed & acknowledged
By the Testator before us
Raphael Neals
James Heard
Wm. Muir

On the back of the foregoing was thus Endorsed~~~~~~~~
Saint Mary's County Ss the 6th day of March 1786~~~Then came Raphael Neal, James 
Heard and William Muir the three Subscribing Witnesses to the within last will 
and Testament of Kenelm McWilliams late of Saint Marys County deceased and 
severally made Oath on the Holy Evangels of almighty God that they did see the 
Testator therein 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 apprehension 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.~~~~
Certified by Jeremiah Jordan Regr Wills
for Saint Marys County

Saint Marys County to wit~~~
The 7th Day of April 1786 Then came Elizabeth McWilliams and made a Oath on the 
Holy Evangels of Almighty God that the within Instrument of writing is the True 
and whole Will and Testament of Kenelm McWilliams late of Saint Mary's County 
deceased that hath come to her hands or possession & that she doth not know of 
any other.~~~~
Certified by Jeremiah Jordan Regr Wills
~~~~~~~~~~~St. M C~~~~~~~~~
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Transcribed by Judith A. Burger, October 24, 2000 from a photocopy, courtesy 
Lynne L. O'Brien, of an original court record of Saint Mary's County, Maryland. 
The photocopy was good and the writing legible. I made no corrections of any 
kind.