This is Will of Mary VanSweringen, maiden name SMITH, who was second wife of Garrett VanSweringen: MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES, HALL OF RECORDS, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND PREROGATIVE COURT (WILLS) 13, PAGES 557 AND 558, (MSA S538, MdHR 1291-4, 1-11-1-14) IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Mary Vansweringen of St Maryes County Widdow being Sick of body but of sound and perfect mind and memory thanks be to Allmighty for the Same and Considering the uncertainty of this transitory life we are in and that all mortalls must dye do think convenient to settle all such temporall Benefitts as it hath pleased Allmighty God to bless me with in order thereunto doe make my last will and Testament Revokeing Renowncing and makeing void all former will or Wills by me made and this only to be my last will and testament first and principally I give and bequeath my Soul to Allmighty God that gave it Constantly beleiving that through the Meritorious Death and passion of my Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ I shall receive full pardon and remission of my Sins and transgretions past and my Body I bequeath to the Earth from whence it Came to be buried in Decent and Christian Maner as my Executor hereafter named shall think fitt. Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Loveing Daughter Dorithy VanSweringen four negroes two feather bedds two Ruggs two pair of blanketts, two pair of Sheets and two bolsters one Silver pint Cupp, Six Silver Spoons one Small English Table to be Delivered to her at the Day of her marriage by my Executor hereafter Named;... Item I Give and bequeath unto my Loving Daughter Tereshea VanSweringen four Negroes, two feather bedds two Ruggs two pair of Blanketts, two pair of Sheets two bolsters one Pint Silver tankered Six Silver Spoones a Chest of Drawers and a Small Looking Glass: and to Each of them my Said Daughters a Suite of table linen all which to be Delivered to my said Daughters by my Executor at the Day of their Marriage the above said Legacies being in full satisfaction for their part or portion of their fathers and my Estate. Item I Give and bequeath unto my loveing Son Joseph VanSweringen all that tract or parcell of Land lying in St. Maryes County near St Maryes Called the point containing two hundred acres or thereabouts to him and his heirs and assignes for Ever; my Said Son being and is to maintain my Said two Daughters handsomly untill they are married. Item I Give unto my loveing Son in Law Mr William Bladen and my Daughter Bladen a Ring of thirty shillings price to Each of them; Item I Give and Bequeath unto My Loveing Daughter Elinor Carroll two Thousand pound of Tobacco to be paid by my Executor in Convenient time after my decease, it is my Desire that the Negroes which I have Given to My two Daughters Shall be Such as my Said Executor Shall think fitt they not Exceeding forty years a piece; Item I Give and Bequeath all the Rest of My Estate both Real and person unto my Said Son Joseph VanSweringen after all my Just Debts are paid and lastly I doe hereby Constitute and appoint my loving Son Joseph VanSweringen my whole and sole Executor of this my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seale this Seaventeenth day of Febry 1712/13 Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of Wm Aisquith, Ann Moloni, Hannah (Her Mark) Bantom MARY VANSWERINGEN (SEALE) At ye foot of the aforegoing will was thus written, Sept 5th 1713 Then Came Ann Moloni and Hannah Bantom two of the Witnesses to the within will and made oath that they saw the within Named Mary VanSwearingen Signe Seale and Deliver the Same as her last will and Testament... WM AISQUITH Dept Comissry =========================================================================== File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth F. Randolph efrpac@mocty.com 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.