Philadelphia County, PA Wills:  The Will of Stephen Brown (1776).

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF STEPHEN BROWN - Oct. 1776

(words that are underlined . . . unsure what the word is or guessing that is the 
word. Spellings of words were transcribed as written)

     In the name of God, Amen. I Steven Brown of Uper Dublin Township in the 
County of Philadelphia and province of Pensyvania, Mason, being of
     perfect mind and memory, but knowing the mortality of my body and sole(?), 
it is apointed for all morvance(?) tody(?) do make and ordain this my
     Last Will and Testament and principaly and first of all recommend my soul 
to God that gave it and my body to the Earth to be buried in a Christian
     maner at the discresion of my Executor and as touching such worldly goods 
and am blest within this life, I devise and dispose of the following manner
     and form and first of all _____(?) I allow all my just debts and funeral 
charges to be fully paid and discharges. Item, I give and bequeath to my well
     beloved wife, Jean, all that tract of land whereon I now live situate in 
Uper Dublin Township in the County of Philadelphia bounded by land of John
     Man, Sr., by the Welsh tract hence partly by land of John Man, Jr. and 
partly by land of Elis Lewis there by land of Hanna Walton thence partly by land
     of Mical Trump and partly by land of John Trump, Jr. and partly by land of 
James McCrory in all 85 acres, the same more or less to her, her heirs and
     assigns forever. Likewise I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife, 
Jean, all my cash bills, binds, book debts, goods, and chattles and my
     whatch(?) peresonal estate to her, her heirs and assigns forever, and I 
appoint and ordain my loving wife to be my sole heir and executor of this my
     Last Will and Testament, and I do hereby utterly revoke and dissanul all 
former wills or legacys by me made or names ratifying and confirming this and
     no other to be my Last Will and Testament. Dated October 21, 1776. Signed: 
Steven Brown

     Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said Steven Brown 
to be his Last Will and Testament. John Mann Sr., John Mann, Jr.,
     Elizabeth Dowdy(?) _____, Philadelphia, November 5th, 1776 here _____(?) 
_____(?) John Mann, Jr. and John Mann, Sr., two of the witnesses to the
     foregoing Will and on oath did declare that they saw and heard Stephen 
Brown, the Testator, therein named, sign, seal, publish and declarethe same
     Will for and as his Last Will and Testament, and that at the execution 
thereof he was of sound disposing mind, memory and understanding to the best of
     their knowledge and belief forum(?) Benjamin Chess(?), Reg. Gen. ___(?) 
___(?) that on this 5th day of November 1776 the Last Will and Testament
     of Steven Brown (rest of line was cut off from copy).