Abstracts of Maryland Wills - Liber 25 1746-1748	Page 1 of 84
Abstracts of Wills by Carson Gibb
abstracted from
PREROGATIVE COURT
(Wills)
MSA S538
Liber 25
1746-1748
Introduction and abbreviations list
Liber 25, folio 4
8 Aug. 1746
[BREREWOOD, THOMAS, Sr., Baltimore Co.]
Extrs: in England, my dau., the Honorable Charlotte Brerewood, & in Maryland, my grdson Wm. Brerewood, Esq.
To s dau., My Lord Baltimores Gift, alias My Ladys Manor, 10,000a in Baltimore Co., which on 30 Aug. 1730 she conveyed to me
My extrs are not to molest Mrs. Elinor Turner in a settlement I made her 4 April 1740, witnd. by Mr. Peele & Dolphin.
My e. in Chester, Old England, may go as it is settled, & my s grdson is to transmit the deeds & a copy of this will to England.
To my s grdson, negroes Daniel, Jenny, & Hannah, a girl, all improvements & stock, on a quarter of 413a which he has settled.
Witn: J. S. Bordley, Thomas White, Geo. Buchanan.
Codicil. As s grdson is d., I appt. Mr. William Dallam, mercht. of Joppa, to replace him.
Witn: Geo. Buchanan, N. Rigbe, Jr., William Caswell.
10 Feb. 1746, sworn to by Mr. William Dallam.
Liber 25, folio 4
8 Jan. 1746
DAY, EDWARD, Baltimore Co.
To my wife [not named], my dw. house & other houses with 50a, my silver watch, & 1/3 my p. e.
To son & extr., John, all he possesses & 20 sh. sterl. to buy a mourning ring.
To dau. Avarila, negro girl Maria, a bed, & L 50.
To dau. Jane, negro boy Scipio, a bed, & L 50.
To dau. Ama, negro girl Grace, a bed, & L 50.
To sons Nicholas & Edward, all my lands equ. div., & if both d. s. p., equ. div. among my 3 youngest daus: Avarila, Jane, & Anna.
To son Edward, a bed, L 30, & a mourning ring I wear.
To son Nicholas, a bed, L 30, my silver buckles, & a plain gold ring.
To son-in-law Vincent Dorsey, all he possesses & L 20.
To dau. Sarah Dorsey, Lots 29 & 30 in Joppa Town, but if she d s. p., to dau Jane.
Witn: Hugh, Deans, Roderick Cheyne, James Lemix.
12	Feb. 1746, sworn to by all 3 witn.
Liber 25, folio 7
14 Jan. 1746
BUTTERWORTH, ISAAC, Baltimore Co., planter.
To wife, Jane Butterworth, the plntn. I live on with 180a of Isaac & John Lott & 20a of Unkles Good Will, to be laid out at the discretion of Thomas & Leonard Wheeler, & on her d., to son Benjamin Butterworth.
To son Isaac Butterworth, that part of Unkles Good Will betw. Thomas Run & the main road.
To daus. Mary & Elizabeth, equ. div., the rest of Unkles Good Will on the N side Thomas Run.
To dau. Charity Butterworth, the rest of Unkles Good Will betw. the main road & the Tobacco Ground Branch.
Extrs: wife, Jane Butterworth & Isaac Butterworth.
Witn: Samuel Gilbert, Edwd. Flanagan, Samuel Webster.
13	Feb. 1746, sworn to by Flanagan & Webster.
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