Will of John SOMERS (1720-1), Atlantic/Gloucester County, MD Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ray Steelman http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************************** " WILL OF JOHN SOMERS.......(IMMIGRANT) " In the name of God, Amen the 8th day of January in the year of our Lord 1720/21- I JOHN SOMERS of Great Egg Harbor in the County of Gloucester in the Province of West New Jersey, Yeoman being very sick and weak in Body but of perfect Mind and Memory-thanks be given unto god, Therefore Calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body and Knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and Testament, that is to say, principally and first of all I give and Reccommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and for my Body I reccommend it to the Earth to be burried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of My Executors, nothing doubting but at the general Resurection I shall receive the same again by the Mighty Power of God And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life. I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. Imprimis. I give and bequeath to my well beloved Son RICHARD SOMERS and his Heirs and Assigns All my Land and Plantation where I do now live on excepting four Hundred Acres of land on the East side of my Plantation with the provisq that my Son RICHARD SOMERS pay to his Mother the sum Ten Pounds Current Money of America per annum during her life time, and also to let his Mother have sufficient Room to dwell in and to provide her firewood and Fodder and Pasturing for Six Cows and Six Sheep during her widowhoo d. Item, I give to my well beloved wife HANNAH all my Household goods, to her dispossing. Item, I give and bequeath to my well beloved Son JAMES SOMERS three hundred and fifty Acres of land and Meadow on the North East side of Mulberry Point where he now lives on, to him and his Heirs and Assigns. Item, I give unto my well beloved Son SAMUEL SOMERS and my Son JOB SOMERS Eight Hundred Acres of Land and Meadow lying on the North West side of Patconk Creek equally to be divided between them, to them and their Heirs and Assigns, but my Son SAMUEL to have his choice when divided of this Eight Hundred Acres. Item, I give to ISAAC SOMERS my Son four Hundred acres of Land and Meado w Beginning at Pon called Gilberts Pon and so over to the head of the Mill Creek, to him and his Heirs and Assigns forever. Item, I give to my Son EDMOND SOMERS three hundred and fifty Acres of land and Meadow joining on the South West Side of his Brother JAMES SOMER'S Land to him and his Heirs and Assigns. Item, I ordain my four Sons, viz, SAMUEL SOMERS, JOB SOMERS,ISAAC SOMERS and EDMOND SOMERS each to pay to their Sister BRIDGET SOMERS , after the decease of their Mother the Sum of ten Shillings per annum for her life time. Item, I leave my Stock in the Hands of my Son RICHARD SOMERS to Make use of the farm and to pay all my Debts and after the decease of my whife and my debts paid what remains to be equally divided among my three Daughters. Item, and Lastly I ordain my well beloved Son RICHARD SOMERS whom I likewise Constitute make and Ordain my only and Sole Executer of this my last will and Testament and I do hereby disallow, revoke and disanul all any other former Testaments, Wills, Legacies, Bequests and Executers by me in any ways before this time named willed and Beguested, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and Year abo ve written. JOHN SOMERS (Seal) Signed Sealed published, pro nounced and declared by the said JOHN SOMERS as his last will and Testament in the presence of us the Scribers viz. PETER WHITE, JONATHAN ADDOMAS, THOMAS GREEN. A true copy from the Record No 4 of Wills Follio 216 Robert Burchan....Pro. Reg..